The following morning, Natasha woke up Sam and Wanda who had fallen asleep on the couches at 8AM. They rushed through breakfast, talking excitedly as they waited for Happy to arrive with the car to take them to Stark Tower where they would be signing the new Accords. By that afternoon, they would once again be official Avengers.

They still weren't quite finished eating when Natasha caught sight of the car pulling up to the Compound and shouted, "Happy's here!"

Wanda scooped her last bite of pancake into her mouth and ran her plate and utensils to the dishwasher. Sam followed close behind while Steve finished off the orange juice. By the time Happy had parked the car, they were hurrying out the door and into the car.

The car ride was quiet. Arriving back in Manhattan brought excitement but also a bit of apprehension. 

"It's been a while," Steve said, looking out at the skyscrapers they passed.

"Yeah," Natasha agreed, craning her neck up to catch sight of the top of a building. "It has."

It took a couple of hours to get from the Compound to the Tower and by the time Happy had parked in the garage, they were itching to get out. Reporters were almost breaking down the doors outside of the Tower, but Happy was quick to take them the back way through the garage. They would already be encountering enough cameras, they didn't want to endure more than necessary.

As soon as they walked into the room where the press conference would be held, Tony greeted them.

"Welcome back."

Natasha could tell his smile was still strained when directed towards Steve, but he seemed to be loosening up around Sam and Wanda.

"Good to be back," Steve said, shaking Tony's hand when he stepped forward.

"Never been here before," Sam said, looking around the room. "Seems nice."

After making it clear to the press that they were all on good terms, Tony led them over to where the documents were laid out and waiting for them to sign.

"Can we just sign them now?" Wanda asked. Tony shook his head.

"The UN is doing a speech then you can," he answered. "Something about welcoming you back to the States."

"How fake," Sam grumbled. Tony snorted and nodded.

As they waited for everyone to settle down, Steve, Sam, Wanda, and Natasha took their seat at the front.

The speech from the UN official was long and definitely not only about welcoming the group back to the States, but it ended before Sam could fall asleep. Right before he nodded off, the room erupted into applause and they were being led to the table where the documents waited. While they signed, the room was silent but sounded with applause once again when they had finished.

"Welcome back, Avengers," the UN official said, smiling at all of them.

They smiled back then turned to the cameras and smiled.

Tony managed to keep the questions few in number and three hours after arriving, the group was headed back to the Compound.

Tony stayed back to check on something related to Stark Industries, so Happy drove Sam, Wanda, Steve, and Natasha back to the Compound without him. When they arrived, Tony was already back and in the kitchen with a mug of coffee.

As the group filed into the Compound, Tony looked up over the top of his mug. Almost immediately Steve approached him.

"What's going to happen," he asked hesitantly, "when the government finds out about the Raft and Ross?"

"They won't trace it to us," Tony assured him, setting down his mug. "They'll know about an explosion, but won't pin it to us. I made sure of it."

"Thanks," Steve said. Tony just shrugged him off and moved to leave the kitchen only for Steve to stop him. "Oh, and Tony?"

Tony turned to look at him.

"I hope someday we can try to go back to being friends," Steve said.

Tony gave him a small smile. "Me too, Cap." 

The End