Avengers Live Stream

Peter stood in the corner of the conference room, pressed against the walls to stay out of the way. All around him, cameras were being pushed around and people were running to and fro. When he'd been told the Avengers were doing a live stream to talk about what happened at Leipzig and how the Accords were being edited, Peter hadn't really expected so many people to come. He'd come over to help Tony in the lab and ended up trying to stay out of the way while people set up.


Noticing Peter in the corner, Sam made a face over Steve's shoulder. Peter grinned and tried to mimic Sam's face. Back and forth, the two made faces at each other until Sam's attention was pulled away by the TV host and they began their live stream.


"Hello, everyone," the host said, sitting between Tony and Steve. "We are here to talk to the Avengers about just what happened seven weeks ago in Germany and the agreement the UN came to. Mr. Stark, can you give us a brief overview of what happened?"


"Of course, Brenda."


Even Peter knew the woman's name with Beth, but he also knew (like everyone else) that Tony had messed it up on purpose. Peter had given up trying to figure out why.


It wasn't long into the live stream before Peter got bored. Deciding to try and catch Sam's attention again, he made a face. After several attempts, he got a small smile from Wanda, but nothing from anyone else.


He frowned, then came up with an idea. Hiding behind the cameras and where only the team could see him, he began acting out dramatic, silent plays. Within a few minutes, he'd created his own soap opera and was terribly invested in it.


He was in the middle of pretending to be a young woman begging her fiancé to believe she hadn't cheated on him when he heard someone snort. Glancing over, he saw Natasha covering her face, attempting to keep a straight face. Encouraged, Peter pretended to be the fiancé and throw an invisible vase at the spot he had just been in. He then went back to being the girl and pretended to faint.


Sam cracked first. He couldn't hold it back any longer. In the middle of Steve's answer to what he was sure was a very important question, he doubled over in laughter.


Steve turned to look at him only to notice Wanda laughing quietly as well and Natasha struggling to hold back her own laughter. Wondering what was so funny, he turned and looked in the direction they were just in time to see Peter fan himself, bat his eyelashes, and bite his lip in hopes of seducing the Captain.


Steve smiled but Tony frowned.


"Stop it!" Tony exclaimed, getting Peter to stop his silent soap opera. "You're ruining my TV show."


"Get out here!" Sam demanded instead, wiping a tear from his eye and waving Peter over in front of the camera. "They're gonna think we're stupid unless we explain why we're laughing."


Suddenly not at all interested in their live stream, Peter shook his head. Sam rolled his eyes, stood up, and jumped on Peter to prevent him from running. As he dragged Peter over in front of the camera, he wrapped his arm over his shoulders and grinned.


Peter's eyes locked on the camera and in a panic, he smiled.


"I'm gonna kill you when this is over," Peter told him through the corner of his mouth, his smile unfailing.


"This is Peter Parker!" Sam announced to the camera. "He works for Tony and is a pain in my—"


"Sam," Steve warned.


"—butt," Sam finished, giving Steve a grin. "He had some sort of dramatic break-up play going on behind the camera."


"It was a silent soap opera," Peter corrected.


Sam rolled his eyes. "Get out."


He shoved Peter out of sight with a grin then went back to sit down. As Peter stumbled behind the camera, he turned and flipped Sam off.


"Hey!"


Peter shot out of the room before Steve could get after him. He didn't need another lesson on why he shouldn't cuss or use obscene gestures. 

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