This story contains a little bit of dialogue from Thor in pt. 11 and from The Avengers in pt. 15. I'm ignoring the official Marvel Avengers Timeline because no way did all that shit go down in just a week. Also, title nicked from Shakespeare because if you're not making up your own you might as well steal from a popular source.
Warnings for comic book violence, mind control, and the grief that comes with perceived character death.
This was written for the Marvel Universe Big Bang (I failed to fail at a sorta-big bang, whee!) and I'm twice-blessed because I got to work with two generous and talented artists who were a joy to collaborate with.