July 30, 1994

ASPP

A short black haired man raced down the hallway of the delivery ward. His suit jacket flying out behind him. He glanced at each numbered door, searching for room 221. Once finally reaching the correct room, he slid inside and hustled over to the beautiful red head laying in the bed.

"Tony, you're here!" she whispered and took his offered hand in hers.

"Of course, I'm here, Lily." He brought her hand to his lips, pressing a kiss to the back of her hand. "I couldn't miss the birth of our munchkin." She gave him a light smile before wincing in pain.

"Oh, that was a big one." She moan slightly, squeezing Tony's hand a bit tight. He grimaced lightly before pressing another kiss to her hand. Nurses and Doctors ran in and out of the room, trying to make the couple as comfortable as possible while they waited for Mrs. Stark to fully dilate. Mr. Stark was the perfect husband as they waited for the birth of their first child. He held his wife's hand through each and every contraction, went and got her ice chips, mopped her brow with a cool cloth, and helped her walk around their private hospital room when she got tried of laying down. By 11:30 pm, Mrs. Stark was fully dilated and by 12 am, July 31, the Stark couple greet their 8 lb. and 6 oz. daughter, who they named Avianera Odette Stark. The wailing baby was handed to her mother with her father watching over them in awe. The Doctors and Nurses left the room to give the new parents alone time with their first born.

"She's perfect, Tony." Lily told her silent husband. Tony sat down next to his wife and wrapped his arms around his two very special girls.

"That she is, Lily. That she is." He whispered and pressed a kiss to her hair. After a while, Tony felt Lily slump against him asleep. He smiled and chuckled lightly as he took their daughter out of her mother's relaxed arms. He place his daughter into her temporary crib and then helped his wife get into a more comfortable sleeping position, then picked his child back up. He wandered over to the rocking chair in the corner of the room, sitting down he stared at the beautiful creature he had help created and welcomed into the world. Lily wasn't joking when she said that Avianera was perfect, she really was. The baby girl had her father hair coloring, skin tone, and nose but had her mother's face shape, lips, and almond shape eyes with the same startling green coloring already showing. The baby gurgled and cooed up at her father, staring at him just as much as he was at her. Tony gave his little girl a beaming smile, ignoring the single tear that ran down his cheek.

"I can't believe I helped make something as beautiful and perfect as you, Avianera." He brought the child up to place a kiss to her tiny little head. "My daughter." He whispered as he watched her close her eyes and give a little yawn. He chuckled softly and began to rock back and forth in the rocking chair, slowly easing the infant into a peaceful slumber. Soon, Tony's eyelids began to droop feeling heavy with tiredness. Tony carefully reposition Avianera to his shoulder and leaned back in the chair before they closed entirely. A few hours later, Tony was jolted awake from the sound of clicking and immature giggles. He cracked an eye open before shutting it again with a low groan. "Oh, Jesus." He grumbled.

"Oh, we aren't that bad, Anthony." Tony eyes snapped open and glared at the shaggy black haired man, grinning madly while his partner rolled his eyes exasperated at his boyfriend's behavior.

"Behave, Sirius." The ragged brown haired man scolded.

"Oh, your no fun Moony." Sirius whined while the other man huffed at the childish nickname. Another black haired man with round glasses plopped down beside the now awake red hair beauty, chuckling at his friends antics.

"How you doing, Lily?" He asked her with a small smile.

"I'm doing great, James but I would do better if my husband wasn't hogging all of our daughter's attention." Tony sent her a smirk before getting up from the chair and walked over to his wife. He pressed a kiss to her lips and handed over Avianera to her. He turned to the three other males in the room.

"Hello, James, Remus, and Black." He shook hands with the first two males but give Sirius Black a glare which was returned with a pout.

"So mean." He whined as he held onto Remus, who just sighed. James leaned over to get a good look at the baby in Lily's arms. He let's out a low whistle.

"Dang, Tony. She's gonna be a little heartbreaker." He said before letting out a grunt when Sirius looked over his shoulder by leaning on him.

"Prongs right, Sparky. You'll have to beat her suitors off with a stick." Sirius barked out a laugh at the death glare Tony sent him. Remus being the serious and mature one of the group, give Lily a kiss on the cheek and a friendly pat to Tony's back.

"Congratulations, Lily and Tony. She's perfect." He told them with a small smile.

"Thanks, Lady." Remus scowled at Tony then to his laughing boyfriend.

"I don't know why your laughing, that makes you the Tramp." Remus crossed his arms with a light smirk as Sirius pouted. They all looked to the door when a knock sounded out through the room. A blonde nurse stood in the doorway with a smile.

"Hello, it's time to feed Avianera." Tony bent down and kissed both of his girls forehead and turn to the three other males in the room.

"Alright, that means coffee break for us." He began to walk to the door before turning back to grab James. "That means you too, Bambi." He grumbled out as he dragged the male out of the room, following after the other two. They chatted quietly among one another as they made their way to the cafe. They all got a black coffee and sat down at a round table in the corner away from the public eye.

"Have you guys figured out who's going to be Avianera's godparents?" Remus asked Tony.

"Rhodes for her Godfather and I think Lily wanted Alice as her Godmother." He said, after taking a sip of his coffee and grimaced at the awful taste.

"She's going to be so overprotected with all of us watching over her." James said to the others. They all nodded in agreement.

"It'd be just our luck if it turns out she has Lily's fiery temper." Sirius shuddered at the reminder of the red heads temper, seeing it first hand many times before. Sirius turned to Tony with a questioning look.

"Is Lily going to go back to performing after her maternity leave is over?" Tony shook his head.

"We've decided to take a year off from work to spend time with Avianera." He took another sip of his beverage. "After she turns one, we'll be taking turns of bring her to work with us."

"Why not hire a nanny?" James asked his cousin.

"Lily absolutely refuses to let someone else raise our children, if it comes to that point, Lily said she'd retire and take care of them herself." Tony shrugs, "I actually agree with her. I hated my nanny."

"Are you two going to tell her about Captain America?" Remus asked, curious. Tony glowered at the tabled, his shoulder tense at the mention of that man.

"Between Lily and Peggy, I would say so." He griped.

"You guys staying here in England or going back to Malibu?" James quickly asked to change the subject, knowing how much it bothered Tony to talk about Captain Steve Rogers. Tony sent him a thankful glance.

"We'll be staying here in England until the Company needs me back in America." He told them and drank the rest of his coffee. He checked the time on his watch and looked back at the boys. "I think Lily should be done feeding Avianera." The others nodded in agreement, standing up and tossing their cups into the bin.

"Where did you even come up with that name?" Sirius questioned as he linked his fingers with Remus.

"Apparently, Lily overheard me talking in my sleep one day." Tony grinned with pride that his love liked the made up name. "She said it was unique and one of the kind, so that's what we decided would be the kid's name if it was a girl." They stopped outside the Starks room and Tony knocked on it twice, opening the door just a crack to pop his head around to look in. "Is it safe?" He called out to his wife.

"Yes, you dork." She laughed, Tony grinned and rushed into the room. He settled himself down beside his wife and daughter. "Perfect timing too, firecracker." She handed him Avianera. "You can change Avi's nappy." Tony just stared at his smirking wife to his laughing friends, gobsmacked. Tony pouted and turned to his infant daughter.

"Don't you turn out to be as evil as your mother, Avi." The little girl just cooed up to her father. "Oh, who am I kidding?" He sighed as he stood up with the child, who already had her father wrapped her little finger. "Let's go get you change, Avi."