Summary:

Amara Jade Stark is Tony Stark's little sister, she is the apple of his eye. When Tony was 21 and Amara was two their parents were killed in a car accident. Since that day Tony took it upon himself to raise his baby sister. He sheltered her from everything including his playboy ways.

Amara turned out to be a genius just like Tony but instead of following in his footsteps Amara went to Harvard Medical School. Now at the age of 23, Amara has graduated and is about to leave the nest for the first time. She and her friends decide to backpack across Europe. But while there Amara is attacked by an unknown creature and is nearly killed. After she recovered they decided to put the whole nightmare behind them but the nightmare had just begun.

Five years of torture Amara is finally able to get control of her curse with the help of Charles Xavier. He teaches her how to repress the beast until a certain Feral mutant shows up and discovers that he has found his mate in Amara. What will happen when he learns about her terrible curse?

Tony Stark sat proudly in the audience as he watched his baby sister give her valedictorian speech for her graduating class at Harvard Medical School. Amara Jade Stark was only 15 when she entered Harvard, now at 23, she was the youngest in her graduating class to become a doctor. As he sat there listening to her speech he couldn't help but feel like a proud father instead of a brother.

Amara was born when Tony was 19 years old, Howard and Maria called her their miracle baby, but Tony never felt any jealousy towards his baby sister, he fell in love with her the minute he saw her and vowed to always protect her. He had to fulfill that vow two years later when their parents were killed. But Tony did his best to raise his baby sister even though he was still known as the genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist. He never let his sister see that side of him. Even though Tony knows she read about it.

And even when the media called Tony all sorts of bad things sometimes even hateful things, to Amara Tony was her everything. Her brother, her playmate, the chaser of monsters from underneath her bed when she was little, her teacher, and above all her best friend.

Tony suddenly laughed as he realized that Amara had said those exact words in her speech when she was thanking him. He smiled up at her and blew her a kiss.

"I love you, Bubba," Amara said to him then continued on with her speech.

Bruce squeezed Tony's shoulder when he noticed the billionaire get choked up. That was her term of endearment to him ever since she was a baby.

The Battle of New York had happened earlier that month and Tony had almost died, but there was no way in hell he was going to miss Amara's graduation. Now that all the speeches were given, they began to call up the students to hand them their diplomas. Tony and the others clapped as each new doctor got their diploma.

"Doctor Amara Jade Stark." was called and Amara walked up on stage.

Tony stood up along with Bruce and Happy and started cheering and clapping. Amara turned and waved at her brother before hugging her professor. She walked over to the dean who handed her diploma and shook her hand. They posed for a picture and then Amara got off the stage and sat down with the others.

After the last doctor was called up the dean took the podium, "May I present to you Harvard's graduating class of 2012. Congratulations to you all.

With that, the new doctors took off their caps and toss them in the air while everyone else cheered.

It took a while for Tony, Bruce and Happy to get to his sister as she was talking to friends and posing for pictures. Once he did he wrapped his arms around her and gave her a great big hug.

"I'm so proud of you, kiddo."

"Thank you, Tony. Bruce, Happy, thank you so much for coming. It really means a lot to me. But where are Rhodey and Pepper?"

"Rhodey is on duty right now and Pepper had to go to this last minute meeting in Hong Kong. But they both send their love and their congratulations," Tony tells his baby sister.

"Now, how about we have dinner and then head to your graduation party?"

"Great, let's go," Amara said.

The got into the car and Amara took off her graduation gown, underneath she had on a beautiful red dress. They head over to Amara's favorite Italian restaurant, where she meets up with a few friends who tell her they're excited about the party.

After dinner and a few drinks, Happy takes them to 9ofs where Amara's graduation party is going to be held. The minute the car door opens the event coordinator meets Tony.

"Good evening Mr. Stark, Miss Stark. Everything is ready and your guests have already started to arrive."

"Thank you," Amara tells the coordinator as her, Tony Bruce and Happy made their way inside.

As soon as Tony and Amara walk into the room, everyone begins to cheer and applaud. Amara waves at everyone, then kisses Tony on the check and disappears into the crowd. Tony smiles and heads towards the bar, along the way he got stopped several times so people could get his autograph and take pictures with him. By the time he gets to the bar, Bruce is already sitting at the bar with a drink in his hand.

"Enjoying yourself Bruce?"

"A little bit, it's kind of weird being out in public without having to worry about being chased anymore."

"I can imagine," Tony said as he took a sip of his drink.

"So, how are you handling letting your sister go traveling across Europe with her friends this summer?"

It's going to be hard, but I'm going to have JARVIS monitor her at all times. I even had some gauntlets built that are inconspicuous that she can wear as bracelets."

Bruce raised an eyebrow, "Really, Tony, do you think she's going to need that?"

"I don't know but I'm not taking any chances. You've seen the movie Taken right?"

Bruce rolled his eyes and shook his head. "You're ridiculous."

Tony blew Bruce a kiss.

Around 4 am the party wound down. Amara said goodbye to all of her guests then she and Bruce helped a very drunk Tony into the car and they headed back to the hotel. The next day after breakfast they headed to the Malibu house. Amara was going to spend a week with Tony and Bruce then head out with her friends to Europe. When she got back she would look over her job offers and decide where she wanted to work.

The entire week they were in California, Tony and Amara spent as much time with each other as possible, but they dragged Bruce with them wherever they went much to his protest. Bruce was always worried that he would Hulk out and hurt someone.

"Oh, come on, Brucie Bear, you have better control than you give yourself credit for. Besides, if that happens, I'm here to help you, the Big Guy likes me."

It was true, for some odd reason Hulk was very fond of Tony, but Bruce still worried even though he really did want to spend time with Tony and Amara. So what Tony started doing was renting out places they went to so Bruce didn't have to worry about crowds. He really wanted to make Bruce happy.

Amara thought it was the sweetest thing that Tony had ever done for anyone. It showed just how interested Tony was in Bruce. Tony had always admired Bruce because of his work but when he met him he realized just how much he found Dr. Banner attractive and vice versa. But, of course with the whole Loki thing they didn't show that they were attracted to each other. So, the minute it was over, Tony jumped at the opportunity to have Bruce close by. As the weeks progressed Amara noticed that Tony and Bruce were beginning to subtly flirt with each other, and she had no doubt in her mind that by the end of the summer Tony and Bruce would be in a relationship.

Within that time period Pepper and her husband Rhodey, showed up at the house to congratulate Amara on becoming a doctor.

"I'm so proud of you, Kiddo," Rhodey tells her.

"So am I, have you decided what job offer you're going to accept."

"Well, I've narrowed it down to the Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins, Massachusetts General Hospital, or New York-Presbyterian Hospital."

"Go for the one in New York," Tony tells her.

"Why?" Pepper asks.

"Because that's where Brucie Bear and I are going to be living with the rest of the Avenger. And who better to treat my injuries than my baby sister."

Amara laughs, "We'll see, Tony when I get back if the offer still stands."

At the end of the week, they fly back to New York where Amara meet up with her friend at Stark Tower. They were going to spend the night in the Tower then take the private jet to England. From there they would travel to Spain then start their trek across Europe.

So the next morning six doctors, three girls and three guys, fresh out of Harvard piled into the car along with Tony and Bruce and had Happy drive them to the airport. They made their way to the Stark Jet where their gear was taken from them and stored in the plane.

Tony pulls his baby sister aside, "Are you sure you want to do this?"

"Yes, Tony I really want to do this with my friends."

"But I can make arrangement for you guys to stay at the best hotels in Europe."

"No, Tony, we want to travel like this and stay in Hostels it'll be fun."

"Fine, you have your bracelets?"

"Yes, Bubba, don't worry I'll be fine. And before you ask, yes I have my Stark phone."

"Okay, I love you, Kiddo."

"I love you too, Tony." They hug and Amara kisses Tony on the cheek then whispers in his ear, "Let me know how things go with Bruce."

Tony chuckles, "I will."

With that, give Bruce a hug then Amara boards the plane and takes her seat with her friend Josh. She waves one last time to Tony then the plane leaves the terminal. Tony and Bruce stand there until the plane is out of sight.

Bruce puts his hand on Tony's shoulder, "She'll be alright, Tony."

"I hope so, but for some reason, I have a bad feeling about this."

"Okay, Han Solo, let's get back to the Tower," Bruce tells him as he wraps an arm around Tony's shoulders.