Man In The Woods (TeenAvengersXReader) OneShot

"This tale begins on the cold evening of Halloween when four teenagers were sitting around in the middle of the woods, just like we a-" 

"God dammit no one wants to hear your shitty stories Clint!" Tony, the eldest of the group, shouted drunk. True they had only been sitting around the fire for a mere hour but he had decided to start the party off hard. "I wanna hear something (F/N)'s got up her hot ass." Bucky stared coldly at Tony for this comment but went no further knowing there was no point to it. 

"Alright," (F/N) stood up and walked to the middle of the circle, surrounding her was; Tony Stark, Clint Barton, and her older brother 'Bucky' Barns. Quickly deciding which story she would tell (F/N) smirked knowing the boys would be cowering by the end. It was a tale her and her brother had been told as kids when growing up in Germany, one that could make grown men curl in a ball of paranoia for days. Maybe she was cruel to tell such stories, but it would be more fun than anything else that would possibly go down. 

"I'm sure you’ve all heard of The SlenderMan, am I correct?" Both Tony and Clint shook their heads like excited school children. Bucky froze in his spot. "Well well, aren't you all in for a good time. I suppose I should tell you all how this tourcherous being was created hmm?" Bucky still sat stiff not moving a muscle. 

"In a time when men ruled women like cattle and we were forced to birth pig children for the sake of it only happening to the next generation there was a family whom worked much like the rest. They were nothing special, the father was dirty like all men and the mother a whore like all woman. They had a son, not a great son that all parents wish for. No, this one was sickly pale, bone skinny and read far too often to ever be considered a true man in the eyes of any common folk. And in time the child began to realize the disgrace he brought to the family, though every child do-" 

"What the hell are you talking about (F/N)?" Tony interrupted. "Is the point of this just to make us all feel like crap?" 

"No," (F/N) rolled her eyes at his ignorance and continued from where she was. "Now, even though all children are dogs that bring disgrace and such to their families this particular child felt bad about it. Something most would have gotten ov-" 

"I'm booooard!" Tony, unsurprisingly, interrupted once again. "I could tell a ten times better story!" Clint whom had so far stayed silent looked more annoyed by the interruption then (F/N) herself, while Bucky looked slightly relieved. 

"Please do try, it will be entertaining to see you fail none the less," (F/N) spat bitterly taking her seat back in the circle, trading places with Tony. The drunken man pranced up to center stage excitedly wanting to tell everyone his grand story immediately, but before he could a frustrated noise came from Clint. After being asked by (F/N) what the problem was he said his phone was acting up. 

"How so?" That time Bucky asked the question. 

"It's all weird and fuzzy, like how an old TV works when it's got no signal." Bucky then sprang up from his spot and ran towards his tent screaming about a man in the wood. "What is he talking about?" 

(F/N)'s features were painted in fear before she swallowed hard and answered, "You would understand if Tony hadn't stopped my story..." She couldn’t continue because of the tears choking her own words. Tony and Clint shared a terrified look before pressing the girl for more answers. "Dead. Dead. Dead." She repeated under her breath ignoring the frantic voices of her two friends. Still the two tried to get answers until something interrupted them. 

A large branch from a tree over them snapped falling into the fire. Flames grew large casting a light glow on the nearby forest, and just beyond the tree line where shadows began a dark figure stood. Clint noticed first and pulled Tony's shirt collar gaining his attention and pointing to the tall man staring them down. Both Tony and Clint sat silently in a contest to see who would look away first with the man, they didn’t win in the lease. When long tendrils began appearing they ran like hell there screams dissipating into the cold night air. 

Though when there screams left the air it was once again filled, this time by laughter. (F/N) was hunched over gasping for air while Bucky emerged from his tent also cringing from laughter. "You can come out Loki," he barely got out. From the tree line Loki came out snickering himself. 

"Did I do an adequate job at my performance?" He asked sarcastically already knowing the answer. 

"Indeed you did," (F/N) gasped for air again but finally got a hold of herself. "Told you that magic could come in use."