I shoved all the food items and drinks into the tray and shook my nerves, this was going to be my first proper introduction with the infamous Avengers and I definitely didn't want to make a fool of myself in front of them. When I was up in the kitchen I could hear their laughter and general conversations but now as I made my way down the stairs the talking slowly decreased until and awed silence. I don't have any idea what I could have done to earn this silence and it made me very self-conscious, everyone of their eyes was on me with a questioning look that pierced straight through me. This specific look ended when Tony appeared behind me, I'm guessing that they the group then understood who I was from our resemblance.

I definitely inherited a many of his features, his rich hair and eye colour to name a few. I don't speak often of my mother, not for any negative reasons, she was a wonderful woman when she was here but she is long past and no matter how much I dwell on her she will never come back. She was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen though I think every child thinks the same of their mother, her mother was a Malay immigrant and I was lucky enough to inherit her high cheekbones.

I was lead out of my inner monologue when I felt Tony's arm close around my shoulders in a slight side hug. I tried my best to not look a little sheepish, Tony had a way of introducing me in a way that ended in my embarrassment and I am well aware that this is customary for fathers but it would be the death of me if he were to do something in front of these well renowned figures. "Well seeing as that she already has your attention, I would like to introduce my daughter."

"Your daughter?" Thor half exclaimed questioned his outburst. There was a chorus of laughter and sighs of disbelief from this room of heroes, they all looked between my father and I, "Well is there any other hidden families we need to know about..."

"Yeah... hey my name is Liana and I can't even begin to explain how honoured I am to finally meet you guys. I swear I'm better behaved than my father." My last statement earned me another round of laughter and at that I placed the whole tray of foods and drinks on the table before me, I took the cup of coffee in hand and passed it to the assassin which earned me a small smile and no doubt some friendship points. Nat shifted over in her seat and offered me the place beside her, within a few minutes I was mingling comfortably with the team of Avengers.

The light outside was growing dark but it seemed that these Avengers were hellbent on staying up, the end of the night was nowhere in sight. Throughout the night many important guests arrived on the scene, they had their specific groups and it was funny because it was like high school all over again. After many hours I eventually excused myself from the group of heroes, I needed a few minutes to myself so I decided to move outside to the balcony. The night was cool and the sky was the clearest that it had been in very long time perhaps as a sign of renewal after all the hardship that those around me and those around the world have been through. I watched the stars for a time mapping each and every constellation that I knew, the one star that always stood out to me no matter where I was on the earth was Arcturus. It is the brightest star in the northern hemisphere but the fourth brightest in the entirety of the night sky, after Sirius of course. All of these thoughts of the stars ended with my growing uneasiness, I was having one of my gut feelings, this small celebration over the events in Sokovia were gonna be short lived. Something bad was going to happen.

The door that connects the balcony to the main room opened behind me and heavy but nimble steps were heard until they came to a stop beside me. From my side view I could see it was the captain, he was leaned up against the railing like I and staring up into the stars no doubt seeing what I see but through a different perspective. He kept quiet for a length of time but it was a silence that didn't feel weighted and looking for conversation. I was grateful that there was another person that didn't feel it necessary to talk if there was silence, silence wasn't something to be feared and it certainly didn't mean that you were less interesting because of it.

The silence was eventually broken and it was I that broke it. In my young naivety I stated the obvious to the great captain, "So... You're him, the hailed and beloved Captain America." I instantly cringed at the first words I spoke to the man who literally stopped the second world war.

"Yes ma'am though that's not exactly how I'd phrase it." He had turned to my direction and from his heighted stature he glanced down at me. He was certainly tall especially standing next to me and I was of average height. The silence passed over us both for a brief few minute but it was the captain who broke it the second time, "And you're the daughter of one of the most brilliant minds of your time, though don't tell him that I said that. That would be another thing that he would never let me live down."

"While I appreciate the compliment I am far too young for someone like you to be calling me ma'am." I gave a short giggle much to the dissolution of my somewhat serious composure. I wasn't usually so guarded but I did want to keep up my best appearance in front of these Avengers, I was legally an adult though some mannerism that I express can make me appear to be younger than I am.

"And I'm too old to let chivalry die even for a cookie like yourself." Chivalry was something that this age is in no doubt lacking, often I have idealised the time in which the captain came from though I'm fully aware that it wasn't perfect. There was segregation and inequality between the sexes but thankfully that time has gone and passed. Still I would have loved to experience a time when the world wasn't so dependent on the technology that we use.

"You're not that old." I exclaimed which earned me a small chuckle from the captain.

"Technically, I'm nearly a century old." It sounded so absurd to hear that but it was 100% true, he really was nearly 100 years old and yet he was still in his early 30s.

"Technically, Captain, you were on ice most of that time." Well it was true and because of that reason he has been able to be brought to my time.

"Please call me Steve, I don't need this whole captain thing 24/7 it's basically become my name. Oh well I hope you look as good as you do now when you reach my age..." I didn't know how to react to his last comment and all I could do was change a million different shades of red. Steve himself got a bit flustered and quickly pulled his admittance together. "Please forgive me, that was a bit forward and not exactly thought through especially since I'm talking to my friend's daughter."

"Well I'll admit that I don't know how to respond to such a compliment... ill just say thank you and we shall drop it for now, assuming that's a fair arrangement. I know you meant it as a compliment so just chill." I laughed to ease his obvious tension, his comment didn't even bother me since I knew he didn't mean it in 'I'm into you' way. Frankly I don't think he'd have it in him to be so foreword considering that he was such a sweet and humble guy from the 40s.

He sighed a huge sigh of relief and ten layers of tension dropped from his composure. "If Tony had heard that there would no doubt be a war between him and I... anyway I'm dropping it and glad that you took it as you did. I can't possibly be making a good impression on you."

"And here I thought that I wasn't making a good impression on you and the rest of the team." I turned from the cityscape to rest my back on the railing so that I could gaze upon the slowly subsiding party within the tower. The first thing to catch my eye was the growing closeness of the assassin and the Hulk, luckily for me body language was something I could read most of the time. I was a good people watcher but probably not the best people person in terms of superficial conversations and interactions.

"Well you shouldn't be too hung upon impressing us, we're just people at the end of the day. Maybe not the most normal group of people but still normal people no less." He beamed down at me which dissolved my last bit of fear and insecurity regarding my newly extended family.

I nodded a small thank you to him and for a time we fell back into a contempt silence. I continued to observe the slowly dying party, Tony mingling with the many distinguished guests and dignitaries while the rest of the Avengers did their own thing. The assassin was still with the Hulk, the archer was off hidden in the a corner talking animatedly over the phone and Thor was entertaining a small crowd with his lightning and magical hammer. The captain on my right was doing the exact same thing as I, observing the people, but his perspective would be one of the truly unique thoughts considering where he was from.

"Hey, I'm going to head back in before things die completely. Thanks for the company Steve, I needed some chill time though I'm sure you guys needed more than I considering you just came back from a mission." I exhaled as I pushed off from the railing and took a step forward.

The captain extended his hand which I took graciously, he shook my hand and smiled before replying. "It was good talking with you Miss Stark, I hope we can do it again in the future. I hope that your fears about the team are gone, we aren't exactly like closet monsters."

"I hope in future conversations you'll call me Liana." Honestly I liked this whole Miss Stark thing but hey it would be nice to hear my own name for once without the association with my ritzy father.

"We'll see about that ma'am."