Steve bit his lip a little, wondering if he was bing picked on or teased t the Dogs new name and then shook his head deciding it was just Tony being Tony. "he's certainly big enough to be a Captain." Steve agreed with a chuckle before smirking, glancing at James. "Tinkerbell?" he suggested, wincing when James turned and glared at him. "okay...not Tinkerbell then." "Cherub." James informed them imperiously, as if daring any of them to comment at all. "That sounds like a lovely name." Phil agreed, looking a bit surprised James had voiced an opinion at all. James glared at them all, nodded and went back to brushing Cherub. "Well as log as you didn't do it on purpose." Phil grumbled. "you live to give me heart attacks, don't even try to deny it... still, this was a very good idea." he admitted with a smile. "having some animals around will be good for everyone. i might go out and get a cat too. Natasha can't stand dogs." he admitted with a chuckle before smiling at Tony. "i wonder when you will learn that we really do care about you?" he asked softly, Steve jerking his attention away from Captain at that. "what!? Who the hell told Tony we didn't care about him?!" Steve demanded, enraged, Natasha leaping to her feet. "Someone told Tony we didn't care about him!?" she demanded, her voice low and dangerous before both her and Steve cringed when James snarled, not liking the tone of voice they had around Tony, taking them as a threat. "Whoever said it was lying Tony! of course we care! your our favorite!" Natasha huffed, Steve nodding his agreement, Bruce slowly relaxing, having gone sort of green when he'd heard that someone had been fucking with Tony.
"what's with all the yelling?" a half asleep Sam asked as he walked in. he'd been pulling triple duty at the V.A. and had been asleep since they showed up. "....oh awesome dogs!" Same said, grinning as he fell upon Captain and scrubbed him all over. "So what's with the yelling?" "someone told Tony we didn't care about him." Steve said hotly, looking furious and Sam blinked at him, glanced at Tony and then did it again before nodding slowly, catching Tony's eyes before looking at Steve. "Well, being all pissed off isn't going to help. your going to start scaring people. you have to calm down man." Sam explained. "Tony isn't like us, i explained that right?" Steve nodded. "yes. he needs more time alone, because people make him nervous." Steve agreed, Phil's eyebrows flashing up. seams like Sam had already started explaining to the Avengers why Tony had pushed them all away, they just hadn't fully made the connections yet. "well it also means that Tony is prone to believing the worst of himself too." "oh!..." Steve hesitated, looked at Tony and immediately understood and looked very guilty. "oh... oh Tony, i made you think we didn't care about you... i'm so sorry..." well, Sam was going to be a much needed addition to the team it seamed, Phil was instantly glad the other was there. he had a way of speaking that could make both Steve and Tony understand.