One moment Peter was aiming for Natasha, the next he was flat on his back looking up at the ceiling. It was a familiar routine, but not one he had anticipated at that moment. He let the tension he hadn't even realised was there drain from his body.  "That's not fair," he groaned. He took the offered hand and let Natasha pull him back up. Hoping to catch her by surprise and pay her back, he immediately used what he had just been taught and tried to strike at Natasha.<br/><br/>Steve was surprised to hear Tony talk about Howard. He had learned shortly after meeting that it was a touchy subject he'd better stay away from. It had caused many arguments between them back when they were still getting used to each other. "I was far from perfect - I ám far from perfect. Howard made the shield, so he was there for most of my training. He saw me mess up so many times. I once even accidentally bounced the shield into his chest, he ended up with 2 bruised ribs. He made sure to keep his distance after that." Every time Tony made a mention about how Howard had talked about him he just felt disappointed. He had seen Howard as a friend, and to find out he had placed him on a pedestal and treated his own son like that was disappointing. It wasn't like the Howard he had known. "For what it's worth, Howard and I used to talk about after the war. What we'd do, what we hoped to accomplish, stuff like that. He always said he wanted a kid, and he was always so sure his kid would inherit his brains. Even then, he looked proud at the thought of what his child could do with the future technologies and his intellect. He had high hopes. I'd say you lived up to it." He finally looked away from the training in the middle to look at Tony. "You built Iron Man, you created an element, you've saved the world from aliens. The Howard I knew would have been proud." He didn't know how Tony would respond to his words. It was always a gamble to talk about Howard, even if Tony brought him up himself.