"Good morning, Miss Stark."
"Morning, Jarvis."
"Breakfast is ready for you in the dining room in case you are interested."
"no thanks, not for me. I'll have a martini. Dry, please. With a lot of olives. Make it 3, jarvis."
"but madam, this is your 9th drink since yesterday. Let alone the ones you had in—"
"Mute."
Miss Toni Stark, CEO and owner of what used to be one of the biggest weapons dealers in U.S history. After her run-in with a few terrorists and a brand new heart she is starting all over again with her new Iron Maiden suit. Her somewhat boyfriend and right hand man, Peter Potts helps her with her every day needs and advise. He makes appointments, arrangements, contracts, or anything else to make sure miss stark stays happy. Well, not really "happy". She likes to use the term "satisfied".
"Morning, Potts." She winked at her lover who was sitting at the bar sipping a cup of coffee.
"Toni. How many times do I need to tell you? You can't-"
"I can't be drinking too much. I know, I know. You sound like a mother."
"I'm just trying to keep you safe, Toni."
"And you're doing a marvelous job with that."
Toni got behind peter and wrapped her arms around his neck.
"You were pretty good last night." She nibbled on his ear
"How do you remember? You were dead drunk."
"Hey! I remembered most of it! And can you get me an Advil or something? I have a killer head ache."
"Hung over?"
"Big time."
Peter swiveled in his chair to face Toni, who was rubbing her head. Her arc reactor seemed to be dimming down a bit.
"Isn't your arc reactor usually…I don't know…more blue?"
"Oh, Minor wire configuration. I'll fix it when I suit up later. So what do we have planned for today?"
"Well, in case you forgot…it's your birthday."
"Is it?"
"Yea." Peter sighed as he took another sip of coffee.
"Did you get a present?"
"I did. Last night. You were just too drunk to remember."
He winked at her and tried to take another sip of coffee until Toni grabbed it out of his hands and set it on the bar. She slowly got on his lap and stared at him, waiting for some feedback.
"You know, Potts…I can't live without you." Her lips were getting closer to his
"No," he said under his breath
"You can't live without this." He pointed to the arc reactor
He lifted her and set her aside and started walking to the kitchen.
"Excuse me! We were having a moment here!"
"I'm going to make you breakfast and I swear to god, if I see another drink in your hand I'm resigning."
"You can't resign. You'll miss me too much."
"Oh I'LL miss you? You can't even tie your shoes without me around!"
"I don't wear laced shoes."
"You know what I mean, Toni."
She walked behind peter and crossed the coffee table in the living room. On top of the coffee table was a huge manila folder with the name "Avengers initiative: Toni Stark"
"Babe?" Toni cried out
"Yea?" came a muffled yell from the kitchen
"When did I get this?"
"Get what?" he popped his head into the living room and saw Toni eyeing the huge packet
"God damn it." She tossed the pile of papers into the living room fire place
"What if that was something important?" peter cried out as he ran to the fireplace
"It's not. It's that stupid book club Fury wants me to join."
"The Avengers?"
"Yea."
There was a knock at the door.
"We're not home!" Toni yelled
Peter sighed and opened the door. Sure enough, Nick Fury was standing at the door holding a similar copy of papers Toni just threw into the fire.
"For god's sake!" Toni yelled walking towards fury.
"We NEED you, stark."
"I'm on vacation! And plus even if I did join your super secret boy band what's in it for me?"
"Your arc reactor needs new batteries, Toni." Fury said, looking at the arc reactor
"It's just a misplaced wire."
"What about the high-tech crossword puzzle on your neck?"
Peter raised an eyebrow and looked at her neck
"JESUS TONI! How did I not see that from last night?"
"I wasn't the only one that was buzzed." Toni said under her breath.
"This is serious, stark. I can save your life."
"In exchange for what, exactly?"
"You join the avengers and save the whole universe from collapsing on itself."
"Seems fair I guess."
"Stark, this is serious business. We need you."
"See, Potts? HE needs ME!"
"No time for domestics," Fury said as he turned toward a huge private plane on Toni's front yard
"We got some unfinished business back at headquarters."
"I guess that's my cue," Toni said as she turned and kissed peter on the cheeks
"I'll be back." she said smiling
"You better." He said wrapping his arms around her waist and kissing her softly on the lips
"You complete me!" she waved at him as she walked to the private plane
Seconds later she was introduced to five of the most skilled and trained heroes in the world.
"This…" Fury said as he pointed at the bunch of people sitting on the round table
"This is your new assignment. Welcome to the avengers, Miss Stark."