The continued adventures of Alyssa and the rest of the Avengers

1 Holly Jolly Christmas

HELLO readers new and old! If you came from the FIRST story with Alyssa (The Adventures of Alyssa Williams…err… Stark) Then continue on! If you are new I tried to make this new reader friendly. I think I did okay, but you may want to look at the first one before hand. I will be bringing things up from the last story. (they are connected for obvious reasons)

This one is a lot more fun. I compare this story to a sitcom. Each chapter has it's own story but they are all connected to one another. And any character is fair game. Many arches for many characters!

Hope you enjoy!

It really is funny you know. How a family can be defined. When I was growing up, a family was just my parents and I. Considering I was adopted I was told that a family is not just your blood relatives, it's the people who will love you and stand by you no matter what. Looking around today on Christmas day, I could not help but thank my parents for teaching me that. They couldn't have been more correct.

Now my family consists of my biological father, his CEO girlfriend, my toddler sister, an ex-Russian assassin, an ex-sniper 'brother' that uses a primitive weapon, a physicist with some serious anger management issues, a Norse god, a formerly brainwashed ex-Hydra assassin with a metal arm and a WWII super-soldier husband.

Well… that escalated quickly.

If you are just tuning in now you are probably super confused. I do not in any way blame you. I am still trying to process it all myself.

It also gets difficult because I have changed my last name twice in the last three years. I ran into people I knew BEFORE all this and I have to remember my last name wasn't always Rogers. And it wasn't always Stark either…

Words of wisdom: do not change your name more than once in a period less than five years. It complicates everything. Especially legal things.

All those damn forms for that sort of thing. Makes me shudder.

"What are you thinking so hard about Alyssa?" Steve Rogers AKA Captain America or as I know him as 'Guy I married out of force but later fell in love with' asked me. We were helping Pepper clean up my little sister Lilyana Stark's Christmas present opening mess.

She was a Stark so naturally making a mess and opening presents were some of her favorite pass times as a one-year-old girl.

"Nothing." I shrug. He doesn't need to know I explain and narrate things in my head.

"Issa play pwease." Lily said tugging on my jeans. I could never say no to my little sister. I pick her up into my arms and she directs me to the new toy she wants to play with. Lily, being basically a more Pepper like version of Tony, picked baby Lego. Who knew they had Lego for babies?

And before we could build anything with the baby Lego, Lily had us organize the pieces. That's clearly the Pepper in her. Tony and me built a Lego Death Star once before Lily was born. Both of us refused to organize the pieces. Pepper says it is because both of us like madness and chaos. She could very well be true.

If you really wanted to know why Tony Stark and me were building a Lego Death Star, it is because after the booster carts and us still not having added any safety precautions Pepper made our 'Starks Only' Father-Daughter time have to be things from a pre-approved list of activities and monitored by JARVIS.

Pepper freaked when we told her we were building a Death Star. Then when she realized it was Lego she was fine with it.

She doesn't have to know we rigged parts of it to unlock and pretend to explode with a push of a button.

I watched Lily pick out the Lego pieces and put them in piles. Lily was sitting in my lap on the floor. Steve was still cleaning up the presents. Tony was off setting up one of the many larger play sets for Lily. Pepper was in the kitchen getting food ready for us all. Natasha was getting drinks and drinking herself. Bruce had jumped in to help Steve after I ditched him in clean up. Thor was getting lessons on the holiday from Jane and Clint was playing with a toy helicopter I built him.

All seemed like a typical Christmas family get together.

But if I have learned anything in the last few years 'typical' does not apply. EVER.

"Clint… get that helicopter away from me." I heard Natasha say ever so calmly and ever so deadly.

"But look what it has Nat!"

"I see the mistletoe Barton. Get the helicopter away from me before I shoot at it."

"But come on!"

"Yeah Tasha, give the guy some love!" Tony called out.

"Call me Tasha again Stark. I dare you."

"Tasha." Tony said smiling. He obviously got into the eggnog early.

Natasha went and scared Tony. Clint chased after her with the helicopter. Pepper and Steve asked for peace, Steve was the one to go play referee. Bruce and me shared a look. Bruce kept cleaning as he sighed. I picked up Lily and headed after them.

"Come on Lily, lets go watched dad get his butt kicked by Natasha."

It was now later in the night and everyone was having a nice time. Lily had passed out a few minutes ago due to refusing a nap not wanting to miss anything and then staying up a little later than normal. Tony had just left the room to tuck her into bed.

I had been talking science with Bruce and Jane for a few minutes but as the physicist and the astrophysicist started talking about other things I being the engineer and taking after Tony in everything I decided to leave them.

So I went to see Steve, who I had not talked to in a while.

"Having fun?" I ask. Both Steve and me are not really party people but we knew and liked everyone here so it was not so bad.

"Yeah. Its nice to have Bucky here again." Steve says as he points to Bucky. Bucky was over talking with Thor.

"James. Remember, he doesn't like Bucky anymore."

"I can't stop calling him that in my head. Habit."

"I know. As long as you don't call him it to his face I guess I can't blame you."

"Hey Natasha do you think Stelyssa knows they are standing under mistletoe?" Clint calls out across the room.

"STOP CALLING US THAT!" I yell. Clint and couple names… he has them for everyone.

"Stop calling us Clintasha and I will get him to stop calling you two Stelyssa." Natasha bargains.

"Clint's right Alyssa. Look up." Steve directs my head upwards with a gentle tap under my chin. I look up and there is indeed mistletoe.

"You know the rules Steve, better kiss your girl." Bucky called out.

"Our friends are nuts." I roll my eyes.

"Rules are rules." Steve shrugged as he leaned down to kiss me. Clint and Bucky high-fived each other, Thor cheered and Jane encouraged us.

Then Tony came into the room.

"What are you guys so happy abo… NO. STOP IT. SPANGLES STEP AWAY FROM ALYSSA!" Tony called out furiously. "That's disgusting!"

"Killjoy…" I mumble when Steve and me break apart. "Fine dad, I'll stop kissing my husband…" I continue to provoke Tony.

"Don't remind me of that Alyssa. Not cool. Just… no." Tony said as he took a large sip of eggnog. Eggnog I am pretty sure was mostly alcohol.

"If we actually were to get married and have a wedding, he is going to have real problems isn't he?" Steve whispered to me.

"He would be drunk the whole time. That's my bet." I laugh.

"Stop whispering to each other! Just gah!" Tony said as he walked up to me and pulled me away.

"Uncalled for dad." I cross my arms as Tony leads me to the other side of the room. He turned me so I faced a corner and told me to stay.

"Ha! Alyssa is getting a time out!" Clint said childishly.

"Shut it featherbrain!" I yell.

"Tony, she isn't four. She did nothing wrong." Pepper reminded Tony.

"I saw a lot of things wrong!"

"Only to you Stark." Natasha says as she probably rolls her eyes. Not that I can see that.

"Can I turn around?" I ask.

"Nope. Not until you learn to stop kissing boys."

"I'm twenty four and married! I'm not going to learn that!" I point out.

"Then you are staying in that corner forever."

Then I make a bunch of frustrated noises to make my point.

"Don't worry Aly. I'll break you out of prison." Steve assures me.

"You don't get to go near her Capsicle!" Tony warned.

"Tony stop being… you for a second. It's Christmas. Turn around Alyssa." Pepper overruled.

"Thanks mom!" I smile as I turn around. And just to spite Tony I go and hug Steve. Tony groans.

"Pepper!" Tony whines.

"Get used to it Stark. The same thing will inevitably happen with Lily." Natasha reminds him.

Tony's face paled. "Not if I can help it. No human contact outside family for Lily."

"Not happening. Giving Lily a normal life." Pepper went on.

"Mom… hate to break it to you but look around. Lily's life is already the complete opposite of normal." I pointed out.

"Exactly! We need to keep her protected from everything." Tony nodded.

"From real threats. Not people!"

"People can be threats…" Clint added.

"Says the guy dating an former assassin." Bruce joined in.

"Key word, former." Natasha pointed out.

"Plus Lily is obviously a genius like me and Alyssa. She will probably be like us and graduate university early too." Tony said.

"And that is fine but you can't get rid of human contact with the outside world."

"I can try."

"No you can't."

"So this is what happens when people have kids…" Bucky sighed.

"I guess so." I shrugged.

"And since we are on that topic and Christmas is the perfect time for awkward conversations… when are you two…" Bucky started. Clint was walking by but stopped to watch when he heard the question.

"Not having this conversation James!" I go wide-eyed.

"Yeah! Not for a long while!" Steve struggled to say.

"Oh c'mon! I was hoping to be Cool Uncle Clint!" Clint mock-pouted. "And I bet Tony would just love to be a grandparent!"

"Why are you talking about bird boy?" Tony asked at hearing his name. I could tell by the look in Clint's eye that whatever came out of his mouth Steve or me would have to go running.

"Just Alyssa having LOTS of little Rogers babies!" Clint smirked. Clint ran away and hopped into an air vent.

"GET BACK HERE LEGOLAS!" Tony chased after him. Tony could not get into the air vent but after that his target switched. To Steve of course.

Good thing Steve is a very fast runner. Everyone stopped to watch the chase unfold.

"Fa la la, la la la, la la la." I sing the one line from 'Deck the Halls' dryly.

Yes, my family may not be entirely be blood relatives. Most of them are not. Okay, only Tony and Lily are. This is my crazy messed up family. I wouldn't change it for the world.

Who would provide me entertainment otherwise?