For The Win (AvengersxReader) One-Shot

“I just don’t get it,” Tony shook his head as he watched the World Cup with the others. “Why is everyone obsessed with this? It’s just a bunch of guys running around kicking a ball.”

“Isn’t that what you do when Iron Man isn’t needed?” you snickered from position on the couch.

He shot you a look and Natasha high fived you.

“Guys we all know that the World Cup isn’t America’s thing. It’s the Super Bowl that is,” Clint shrugged.

“Yeah but the World Cup is more important than that. Half of the country mostly watches it for the commercials,” you scoffed.

“That M&M’s commercial last year was funny though,” Bruce grinned.

“I don’t understand. What is this World Cup?” Thor asked.

The Thunder God had arrived yesterday from Asgard so the team hadn’t found the time to explain to him what the World Cup was until now.

“Okay so remember the Olympic’s?” You waited for Thor to nod before continuing. “Basically it’s like that except it’s all about soccer. Every four years, countries come together to compete for a trophy as well as some money. But it’s more than that. Like think about it: a whole bunch of countries, fans, and teams, all in one stadium. That to me is way bigger than the Super Bowl.”

“I take it that you’re a big soccer fan?” Tony asked.

“Only just a little.”

Tony reached for the remote, to change the channel but you shot him your best death glare. You then got a brilliant idea, making you jump up from your seat.

“I’ve got an idea!” you exclaimed excitedly.

You had run off down the hall when Tony shouted, “Where are you going?”

“To call the X-Men!”

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After much threatening and begging, Tony had agreed to rent out a soccer stadium. The X-Men had arrived in their jet and the teams had been assembled and set up. The game was Avengers vs. X-Men.

“Wait we need eleven players,” Steve said. “We’re missing four.”

“That’s why we’re here, soldier,” Darcy said when her, Pepper, Jane, and Sharon entered the stadium. “I brought some beer too. Cause you know, it’s sports and it wouldn’t hurt to drink a little.”

“Hey pass me one will ya?” Wanda asked.

Darcy tossed the vixen a beer before walking up to the other Avengers.

“Jane?” Thor said. “Are you sure you can play?”

“Hey I may be a little nerdy but I can play soccer,” she reassured him.

“If you insist.”

“I still don’t think that it’s a good idea that I play,” Bruce said, rubbing his wrists.

Tony slapped him on the back, then putting his arm around his shoulders. “Don’t worry, big guy. Just take a break if you start to feel too worked up.”

“Are we going to play or not?” Logan grumbled, stomping out his cigar.

“Well where’s the rest of your team?” Natasha asked. “You’re missing two people.”

“The lovebirds are on their way,” Bobby rolled his eyes.

As if on cue, Erik and Charles came running out of the jet, already playing some soccer themselves. You could tell that those two would be very good but you were prepared for this match. Erik kicked the ball up, balancing it using his ankle.

“Ready to play?” he smiled cheekily.

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Avengers Team:

Goalkeeper: Clint

Defenders: Steve, Bruce, Pepper, and Darcy

Midfielders: Natasha, Sharon, and Jane

Attackers: (Name), Tony, and Thor

X-Men Team:

GoalKeeper: Beast

Defenders: Jean, Scott, Kitty, and Bobby

Midfielders:  Pietro, Wanda, and Charles

Attackers: Logan, Erik, and Alex

Tony had provided each team with matching shirts that was easy for him to acquire since he was a billionaire. The Avengers were team red while the X-Men were team blue. Everyone got into positions and it was Logan who kicked the ball to start the game off. He passed it to Erik who was cutting his way through your team to get to try and score a goal. His team was close behind and so was yours. You were running faster than ever before, determined to win this.

Your eyes widened when Erik kicked the ball but you let out a huge sigh of relief when Darcy headbutted it away.

“I’m okay!” she told to everyone and no one at the same time.

The game had just started and everyone was already so into it. Natasha had managed to steal the ball and was already making her way across the field. Beast, all fuzzy and blue, growled.

“Hey Kitty,” you smiled at the young female.

“You’re gonna lose, (Name),” she smirked.

“Yeah we’ll see about that.”

A breeze whipped past, blowing your hair all over the place.

“Damn it!” you cursed. “Guys! They’re using their powers!”

“Oh hell no!” Tony said, fuming mad.

Two could play at this game and so you used your powers as well. Concentrating, you stomped your foot on the ground and did a left upper cut. This caused the ground to rise from underneath Pietro’s feet and made him stop running altogether.

“Good one, (Name)!” Sharon high fived you.

“Is anyone gonna catch me?” Pietro yelped, a thud to the ground being his answer.

“That’s what you get for cheating!” you yelled.

       Wanda had managed to grab the ball during that whole fiasco. She moved it swiftly across the field, maneuvering her way between the players. Natasha wasn’t about to let her score so she slid in front of Wanda, having the ball be kicked towards Tony who passed it to Pepper.  The ginger kicked it high in the air, the ball landing on Bruce’s head.

“Oh….shit…” you whispered.

In that moment everyone froze in their spots. Even Pietro was too scared to run away just in case something might happen.  

“Guys maybe he won’t Hulk out,” Logan whispered.

All it took was seeing skin turn green to prove him wrong.

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     Pepper was now running around the outskirts of the soccer field, a raging Hulk hot on her heels. The others had been trying to figure out what to do to solve this little problem but everyone, including you, came up with nothing.

“Bad Hulk!” Darcy chided, as she chased him around with her taser that she just so happened to be carrying. “We do not chase pretty ladies! I will taze you goddamn it!”

The Hulk only roared, slamming his fist on the ground.

“Can’t you guys do something?” you turned to the X-Men.
The group just shrugged.

“Can’t we just let them keep chasing each other?” Pietro asked.

Wanda punched his shoulder. “No. That wouldn’t be a safe thing to do.”

“I dunno guys. Darcy looks like she can handle this,” Kitty said when Darcy actually tazed the Hulk.

“Don’t give me that look!” she scolded him. “That’s what you get for trying to smash Pepper’s brains. Now say sorry!”

“Can the Hulk even say sorry?” Alex wondered out loud.

“Yeah, he can,” you nodded. “It’s just a word he rarely uses.”

“So what do we do now?” Jean asked.

“Finish our game?” Pietro stated like it were obvious.

And cue him getting the look from the X-Men and the Avengers.

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Since the Avengers had lost two team players, you had been the one to pull out your cellphone and call someone you thought you would never call for a situation like this.

“Heyyyy guys!”

“Hi Deadpool,” you sighed. You couldn’t help but smile when you saw him dragging Spidey behind him.

“I thought he’d might be useful,” he chuckled.

“I don’t want to be here,” Spidey grumbled. “I was on a date with Mary Jane when you kidnapped me and forced me to put on the suit.”

“That...that must have been fun for you, Wade.”

“It was,” he grinned behind his mask. He took a look around the soccer field and whistled. “Wow so Tony rented out this place?”

“Yeah. Obvious ain’t it?” you chuckled.

“Well yeah but I read Phoenix’s story about this,” he answered with a shrug.

“What story?” Jean asked perplexed.

He shook his head. “Nevermind, nevermind. You guys wouldn’t understand. So! Are we gonna play?”

Before you could respond, a pink and purple mix of colors flared before your eyes, Blink then stepping out of her portal. She smiled at both teams but stepped over to the Avengers side.

“Blink, how could you?” Pietro gasped.

“You’re an X-Men, Blink,” Charles pouted. “Why aren’t you on our side?”

“Because since you guys are cheating, I decided to help them cheat too,” she smirked mischievously.

“Alright, so let’s start the game already people!” Clint yelled from where he stood. “I’m getting tired of just standing around here.”

“I agree with birdbrain,” Tony nodded.

       Everyone jogged off to their places, with Spidey staying by the bleachers. Blink had proved to be a very useful member to the team. Using her portals, Sharon could easily pass the ball to Natasha and other team members. Charles had become irritated when your team scored a goal so when the game started again, he used his powers. Beast certainly wasn’t happy about that goal either. He growled, and it looked like his claws had come out. Pietro was still speeding on by, but you made sure to put a stop to him whenever you could by using your earth bending powers.

Charles had made the ball swerve to the right away from you. Erik swooped in just in time to steal the ball and kick it towards Kitty. The young mutant high kicked it to Bobby who created an ice slide to guide the ball to your teams soccer net.

“Oh no you don’t!” Deadpool shouted, going down the slide himself (almost surfer style).

He slapped the ball off the slide with his katana and Thor headbutted it to Steve who kicked it to Natasha.  

“Blink!” she called.

She kicked it towards her, Blink throwing two portals: one by her and one near the X-Men’s soccer net. She chest bumped it through her first portal and Deadpool came in just in time to kick it into the net.

“Oh come on!” Erik shouted, becoming angered. “We’re losing!”

“Yeah that happens to people who suck at playing,” Darcy chuckled.

Everyone turned back to see her sitting on the Hulk’s shoulder with an exhausted looking Pepper sitting next to him on the grass.

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The game was coming close to an end, and so far it was 2-1. Your team was winning and you were planning on keeping it that way.

“Thor!” Jane shouted, passing it to the Thunder God.

He chestbumped it to Steve where the super soldier continued to run with it.

“I am enjoying this game very much my friends!” Thor beamed.

Just then, Hulk roared in the background behind him.

Because of a series of unfortunate events, Tony could no longer play.

“It sucks to be you, old man,” Darcy snickered.

“Hey!”

So he had been replaced by the Winter Soldier.

      Bucky had proved that he was very skilled at this game. When Steve passed it to you, Jean had managed to steal the ball and pass it to Scott. He didn’t even have time to kick it to his brother because in came the Winter Soldier charging after him. Bucky did what only you could describe as “a power kick” and made a goal.

“GOOOOOOOOOOOAALLLLLL!!” Deadpool yelled dramatically.

“This game is infuriating me,” Erik grumbled.

“Erik, it’s just a game. Relax,” Charles told him.

“Yeah dad,” Pietro rolled his eyes. “Stop being such a drama queen.”

Erik gritted his teeth but said nothing more.

      With the game soon ending, you wanted to try and score a goal yourself. Blink had helped out by passing you the ball using her portals. When you finally got the ball, you moved quick on your feet. Natasha, Sharon, and you passed it between the three of you until they were blocked off by other X-Men players. Logan had been getting fed up with losing as well and had actually come close to stabbing the ball with his claws until Jean warned him not to. Charles had done his classic telepath trick to move the ball away from you. However you weren’t going to let that stop you.

Bucky practically slammed his foot down on the ball, shot Charles a deadly look, and then passed it to you.

“Thanks Buck,” you smiled.

“No problem,” he grinned.

You were about to make the final goal of the game when the entire ground began to shake. You lost your footing and fell, Deadpool catching you the way a Princess would be caught if she had fainted.

“Uh, thanks,” you laughed.

“No problem,” he winked.

When you both looked around to see what was going on, you saw Erik floating in the middle of the soccer field which clearly meant bad news.

“Don’t you do it, Erik!” Charles yelled.

“You can’t stop me,” Erik huffed.

The ground shook even more and next thing you knew, Erik had lifted the stadium from the ground and was proceeding to float away with it.

“Erik stop!” Charles commanded, fingers to temple just in case he had to use his powers on him.

“This game is over anyways,” he rolled his eyes, flicking his wrist.

“Bucky, no!” you and Steve cried when you saw the Winter Soldier be tossed away like an old rag doll.

“....Oops,” Erik shrugged, continuing to float away.

“Deadpool!” Spider-Man yelled.

He had been taking a nap during the game and was quite surprised to wake up and find that the stadium was now in mid air.

“Spidey!” Wade gasped. “Don’t worry, Spidey! Imma comin for ya!”

He ran to the parking lot where the jet he had come in was. Tony jumped to his feet.

“Hey you come back here! I paid to rent this stadium! Goddamn it, I can’t get sued again!” he whined.

A sleek, black expensive looking jet zoomed past with a determined looking Deadpool riding it.

“Hey! That’s my jet!” Tony gasped.

“Okay guys but seriously. BUCKY WAS JUST FLINGED AWAY,” you flailed your arms around.

Meanwhile, Darcy, Hulk, and Pepper were bursting into fits of giggles. But Hulk’s laugh was more deep and low, making the ground shake slightly.

“Damn it,” Steve sighed. “I’ll go try and find him.”

“So did we win?” Clint asked.

♠♠♠Extended Ending♠♠♠

“Hey (Name),” Tony said when he strolled into the living room. “I was just wondering but is the World Cup over?”

“It’s been over for like a week now,” you said.

“Huh. So who won?”

“Germany.”

“Oh nice~”

“Mhhmmm…”

“You know (Name), if I weren’t such a genius billionaire, I’d be a millionaire now because of your soccer idea,” he sighed.

“Yeah that’s never happening again,” you shook your head.

“Good.”

“Yeah next time we should just play some football.”