A/N: I don't own The Avengers, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,or Thor. Also, the time line has been skewed to allow for the preceding oneshots. Everything from Captain America: the Winter Soldier forward is a year after it happens in the cannon, except Steve met Sam, and Sam joined the team (sort of) before WS. R&R!
A week later, the family had been split into color-named groups, courtesy of J.A.R.V.I.S., different people going to different resorts on the Disney World property...
With the Blue Group:
Steve was in awe, as were his companions. The resort looked like a 1940s Atlantic Coast boardwalk. It reminded him of going to the Stark World Expo with Bucky. Caroline was just amazed at how much Disney seemed to invest into their resorts. Maria and Melinda both wondered if the strange feeling they both felt was the feeling of being an adult who got to act like a kid.
"This is it, Disney's BoardWalk Inn Resort. Ladies first.", Steve said as he pretended to hold the automatic door open for his four female companions, smiling at the look of childhood innocence and amazement on Emma's face.
With the Red Group:
The Coulson-Barton family pulled up to the resort J.A.R.V.I.S. had assigned them, and they were all in awe of the place, but no one more than Skye.
"I've read about this one a few times. It's supposed to be a Victorian-era Palm Beach style resort; I really thought Tony would have kept this to himself.", she said as the van came to a stop.
"Well, he did go with whatever J.A.R.V.I.S. Selected.", Clint told her as they stepped out of the van and followed Phil into the lobby.
With the Green Team:
As much as Loki had loather Midgard before, he was, if anything, glad he had began to actually like it. Thor stopped the car outside a building painted in a pastel blue. Each group member slowly exited the car, and walked inside. The whole place seemed focused on the beach, and Loki was quick to react by pulling out his STARKphone and searching where Tony had sent them in detail.
"Of course, Stark would allow his AI to send us to one of the resorts closest to the park centered around technology.", he said to himself, and Thor let out a low chuckle.
"We're at the Beach Club Resort, brother. Maybe you can lounge by the pool or get a tan and let more women ogle you at any of Tony's parties.", the blonde said in reply.
"Is it really my fault if women find me attractive? And are you insinuating that I am pale?", Loki responded quickly.
"Considering what you are by birth, I would be worried if you weren't a little on the pale side. It's like me being big and bulky like Father.", Thor explained, and Loki, after finally coming to terms with his parentage roughly a year prior, nodded in agreement.
Jane returned from the Check-In desk, and Trip walked over from where he had been standing. Now they had to find their room.
With the Black Group:
As part of the goal to keep them all from remembering who they were within S.H.I.E.L.D., Tony was thrilled when he pulled up to the Polynesian Resort. If Tony was thrilled, Bruce was bouncing off the walls of the Dodge Journey they were in. Jemma and Leo were looking everywhere at everything, and all of this made Pepper and Reggie realize one thing: this trip was part of the childhood most of them never had.
"Pep, we have to do something like this every year. We can't take back how their childhoods were, but we can make sure our children have childhoods, right?", Reggie whispered as she leaned towards the redhead.
"Right. Maybe we should just sign up for the Disney Vacation Club now and save time.", she replied with a laugh, and Reggie laughed too, the pressure of being the wives of super heroes gone temporarily.
That night, all four groups met up in Downtown Disney for dinner. Upon entering the district, they had all made a pact to not buy anything that night unless absolutely necessary. Tony, once the deal was made, took the lead and headed for the restaurant J.A.R.V.I.S. had made reservations at. They group came to a halt in front of a large building with a dinosaur skeleton sticking out of it.
"We're having dinner with animatronic dinosaurs. Okay, this is officially the second weirdest family dinner I have ever been to.", Skye said, and Tony gave her strange look.
"What was the weirdest?", he asked.
"That would be the dinner right after I was shot where everyone came home after a mission of some sort and we all looked as close to dead as I ever want to see any of you. That was the night that Rhodey crashed your guest bedroom because Loki lost his temper and accidentally froze his Iron Patriot armor.", she answered with a laugh.
"That was a pretty weird night.", Tony added, and everyone who was there laughed at the memory.
They got into the restaurant and were seated pretty quickly in the dining room closest to the aquarium. Three tables had been moved together to create enough space for all twenty-one of them, and they were sitting in almost the same arrangement they had sat in at the tower.
"Okay, so let's set some ground rules for meal times. First, if we're all together, no alcohol for anyone. Second, no foul language at the table. Third, no throwing food. Fourth, when asked a group question, answer one at a time. Anything else?", Darcy stated, and no one had anything to add.
"Now, who wants cola to drink?", Phil asked, and all of the "children" and Darcy raised their hands.
"I prefer Sprite.", Melinda said, and Trip nodded in agreement.
"Dr. Pepper for me.", Maria said, and Phil nodded.
So Phil ordered two Sprites, one Dr. Pepper, 2% milk for Emma, apple juice for Roger, and sixteen Coca-Colas. The waitress gave them one look before deciding to just do whatever they asked. Thor and Tony were easily recognizable, and, even while giggling and heavily pregnant, Natasha still looked slightly scary. Due to her not wanting to be near Natasha, the waitress began taking the dinner orders from Phil's end of the table. Ordering went well, but Steve received a strange look from everybody when he ordered Emma's food.
"She'll have the kids' grilled chicken with vegetables."
Steve gave them all confused looks, so Caroline sighed before answering the unasked question.
"He is the only person who can get Emma to eat her vegetables. I can't even do that, so I take advantage of it when I can. Emma's always listened to her daddy, even before I married him.", and everyone understood why the three year old would choose to eat vegetables instead of fries.
Dinner was over and done with by eight, and the Avengers family found themselves sitting at Ghirardelli as the children ate their ice cream and the adults either followed the children's example or sipped on their coffee.
"So, which park are we meeting up at tomorrow?", Melinda asked, and everyone called out different answers almost at once through mouths of multiple desserts.
"Okay, let me rephrase that. Where did J.A.R.V.I.S. say we were going tomorrow?", she asked, and Pepper replied before anyone had the chance.
"Steve has the schedule on his phone, and I have it on mine as well. We're going to Hollywood Studios tomorrow.", she said.
"Why do I have the plan on my phone?", Steve asked.
"Because, for as long as I can remember, Dad made me watch those film reels of your old 'Buy war bonds' shows, and they always called you the Star-Spangled Man with the Plan. As team leader, the plan is your responsibility. Pepper just likes to know exactly what's going on, which is why I made sure she had it, too.", Tony explained, and Steve smiled.
"So what is Hollywood Studios exactly?", he asked as he shook his head.
"It deals a lot with the movies and how things work. They have a Star Wars ride and other Star Wars thing too.", Skye said as she held a sleeping Roger in her arms.
"Well, the park opens at nine o'clock, but we have Extra Magic Hours, so we can get in at eight o'clock. We should all head back to our rooms, or resorts, and get some sleep. All alarm clocks should be set to six o'clock, and I will call everyone to make sure to call everyone and make sure you are all awake.", Pepper said sternly, and no one dared to cross her, so they followed her orders.
The Blue Group reached their resort, and room; and Caroline set the alarm clock while Steve got Emma ready for bed. Melinda pulled out the sofa bed and got herself ready for sleep, and Maria was already brushing her teeth by the time Steve was finished getting Emma ready.
"Emma, are you going to sleep with Aunt Maria tonight?", Steve asked the three year old.
"Yes, Daddy.", she mumbled back sleepily.
Within half an hour, everyone in the Blue Group had fallen into a peaceful sleep.
The Red Group reached their villa and prepared for bed in silence. Skye pulled out the sofa bed in the second bedroom, and Roger climbed in. All five of the adults looked on and cooed over how cute they thought he looked, marveling at how he was asleep before his head hit his pillow.
"Well, I'm not about to make a pregnant Pepper Potts-Stark angry; so, good night people!", Skye said with a yawn, and she got into bed beside her two year old brother.
"Skye's got the right idea. Good night.", Clint said as he got into the other bed alongside Natasha, and Darcy and Phil left the room and made their way to their own bedroom, where they went to sleep peacefully for the first time months without worrying about H.Y.D.R.A.
The Green Group had returned to their villa, and Jane was asleep in the master bedroom, and Trip had gone to sleep on the sofa bed in the second bedroom. Thor and Loki sat in the living room, researching Hollywood Studios more without the knowledge of the others. After about twenty minutes of intense, and rather informative, studying, the two men decided to go to bed. They clearly had a long day ahead of them.
The Black Group made their way to the suite reserved for them (a suite which cost a whole lot of money that Tony would only tell Pepper about after the trip), and the three men crashed before their heads hit their pillows. In the master bedroom, Pepper snapped a picture of Tony with her phone and texted it to Reggie, who then replied with a similar picture of Bruce. Both men had apparently fallen asleep while trying to text the other one. Pepper took Tony's phone out of his hands and looked at the screen.
'Everybody seems so happy. We should do this every year.', the text read.
Smiling, Pepper called Reggie, who answered with the question that made Pepper's question obsolete.
"Tony wants to come back every year, too, huh?"
"Apparently so. Are Jemma and Leo sleeping okay?", Pepper asked in reply.
"Yep. Well, they're sleeping okay now. Jemma only got into bed a few minutes ago. The four of us decided to just shower tonight before bed. Leo fell asleep almost as soon as she laid down beside him. I think they're helping each other through this. It sort of reminds me of the way you and Tony helped each other after the Killian incident.", Reggie answered, and Pepper chuckled.
"That incident prompted Tony to get the shrapnel out of his chest, which forced us to buy one of those Arc Reactor night lights they make for kids. I never needed a night light until I started living with Tony, and now I have to wean myself off of the one that was bought to replace it!", she told the scientist.
"And then he told Bruce that whole story, which resulted on the two of them deciding to heavily invest in energy shots. At least they're sleeping now.", Reggie said tiredly.
"True. We should head that way as well. Good night, Reggie.", Pepper replied, sounding equally tired.
"G'night, Pepper.", and the call ended.
The next morning, Tony and Pepper's alarm clock went off at six o'clock sharp. The redhead was up and in the bathroom before Tony had even opened his eyes. The self-proclaimed Genius-Billionaire-Philanthropist (the Playboy part was dropped the moment he had proposed to Pepper) sat up as the water turned on, and gave a large yawn. He immediately moved over to the closet and pulled out his clothes for the day. Tony turned as Pepper opened the bathroom door, now showered and in her outfit, he caught sight of the mirror and smiled.
"It's kind of nice, you know, not having to worry about the Arc Reactor distracting anyone on one of the rides at any of the parks. I learn to appreciate losing that thing more and more each day.", he told her.
"And, we made it the whole night without the light. Say nothing about the rhyming, Tony, or so help me-"
Pepper never finished that statement. Maybe it was because swearing to God was a little difficult when you live with two Norse gods? Or perhaps it was because the threat was clear without being finished? The most likely reason, however, was that Tony had kissed her before she could say anything else.
"We did it!", he cheered, and Pepper could not help but cheer with him.
"Yes, we did! Now, go get ready. I have to dry my hair.", she said as she shoved Tony into the bathroom before grabbing her hair dryer.
On the other side of the two-bedroom suite, the other four shot up when the alarm clock went off. The girls went into the bathroom to change, and the guys realized only one of the three bathrooms was still available. Leo let Bruce go, and he waited for the girls to get out of the bathroom. When they finally came out, he hurried in and closed the door without even taking a second glance at them. Reggie and Jemma looked at each other before laughing.
"Oh, what wonders you can achieve when you instill the fear of Pepper Potts-Stark into any man who's lived with her for over a week.", Reggie said, and Jemma nodded, no words able to overcome her laughter.
That was when Bruce entered the room, highly confused.
"What's so funny?", he asked slowly.
"Oh, nothing. It's just fun watching you boys work at top speed to get ready before Pepper's timer goes off. We have to get to the park by eight, meaning we have to hurry downstairs if we want breakfast.", Jemma said simply as she walked out of the room with a sunscreen bottle in hand.
The scene was the same with all of the groups: get up, get ready, and threaten whoever was moving the slowest with no food or Pepper's wrath. Each group went to a restaurant on their resort's property and ate a quick breakfast before rushing outside to board a bus or boat to Hollywood Studios.
A/N: Okay, so the Avengers are off to The Most Magical Place on Earth. Even though I am the one writing this, it should be interesting. I hope you enjoyed it, and I hope you stay tuned in for more! R&R! P.S., I do not own Disney World. Believe me, I would not be writing if I did; I would probably be on Space Mountain if I did.