I rose bright and early thanksgiving morning to the sound of voices coming from downstairs. I got up from my bed and silently padded to the door, pressing my ear against it like I was seven again

"Tony!" pepper groaned "No! It's not supposed to go in there!"

"Well, there are two of them, why can't they go in there?" He questioned.

Pepper sighed loudly and I imagined her pressing her hand to her forehead "Because they both won't fit. It's too small of a space!"

"Pep…" my father said condescendingly "have you ever done this before anyway? Isn't this some like, new thing you've decided to do?"

"Tony… This is important! It's the first time that something like this is happening and…" I heard pepper stop talking, my eyes going wide. There were two possible outcomes for this scenario; one, pepper was pregnant or two, they were doing naughty things in the kitchen "Don't you dare do that Tony Stark!"

I heard my father chuckle "Whatcha gonna do about it Potts?"

"I'll tell you what I'm going to do about it, Stark..."

I closed my eyes and shook my head. I did not want to know and most importantly I was afraid of going downstairs to find what was happening in the kitchen, but hunger ruled out my fear and I decided to head down anyway.

At the steps I turned my head away and quickly walked downstairs "I'm not here! I don't see anything! Give me five minutes, I'll be back upstairs!" I pulled orange juice from the fridge and waffles from the freezer.

"uhh…" my father mumbled "Em? What in the world? Waffles? On thanksgiving?"

My curiosity overcame me and I peeked from around the refrigerator where I found my father sitting at the breakfast bar and pepper shoving a turkey into an oven; nothing out of the ordinary. "Yeah…" I said cautiously "waffles…" I looked between them both and shoved the lever down on the toaster "what was allthe ruckus about down here?" I leaned on the counter crossing my arms looking at them both.

"Well…" my father puckered his lips a bit "We're having people over for thanksgiving this year. Pepper thought it would be a bright idea to have two turkeys in the same oven—"

Pepper snorted interrupting my father "Uh. No. Try again."

My father waved her off "No, you try again. Two turkey's don't fit in one oven." He shook his head "but that's beside the point."

I laughed slightly "of course it is! You have FRIENDS!" I made my way over to him, wrapping my arms around him tightly "You have FRIENDS!" I said again, smiling. I was so caught up in my father having at least a few friends outside of Tiny and Rhodes that the sound of my waffles popping up scared me senseless and caused me to jump.

"Now, what kind of superhero is afraid of popping waffles?" my father chided.

I snorted and pulled away from the hug "I'm not a superhero, you are." I grabbed the two circles and placed them on a plate.

"Ah, that's right isn't it?" I looked at my father who was stroking his chin thoughtfully "It's awfully nice."

I snorted "its thanksgiving so I'll be nice!" I made my way to the breakfast bar sitting next to my father "But, I too invited someone here for Thanksgiving." I smiled "I met him at starbucks, instant friends!"

My father put a hand to his chest, covering up the blue arc reactor "Wait! You have a FRIEND?" I narrowed my eyes at him; I could tell where this was going. He got off his seat and wrapped his arms tightly around me "you have a FRIEND!" he said in an 'Emma stark' voice.

I laughed and pushed him away "I don't sound like that!" I said mocking the voice.

He shot me a look "Oh please." he rubbed his chin and then went to take a drink of his orange juice before he put the glass down and looked at me "You said 'him' this is a boy?"

I shot him the same look he gave to me "Yes, it's a boy."

"how old is this boy?" Pepper pulled down the oven to check on the turkey that she just put in.

I watched her and smiled a bit "He's twenty-three."

My father gave a playful gasp but then looked at me shaking his head "Nope. He's not coming over. Twenty-three, too old but too young."

I snorted "What do you know about being twenty three? You haven't been twenty three in like twenty years!" I laughed slightly as he pushed me away gently

"You might be right, but! I do know what twenty-three year old men want. I was twenty three once and trust. Me." He took a sip of his juice and looked at me "That's how you got here, that's what twenty three year old men want. Minus the baby barf."

I shook my head "Gross! Gross! Gross!" I stood up and ran a hand through my hair "I don't want to know about your exploits with mom." The whole room got silent for a moment, no one mentioned my mother in such a long time "besides…" I cleared my throat and the noise in the kitchen resumed from Pepper and I got my fathers full attention "He's different. He's in the army!"

My dad laughed and shook his head "Even worse! Did you see that picture of the sailor and the nurse back on American soil?"

I crossed my arms and looked at him "of course I did. It's a famous picture."

My father raised his eyebrows "That's all they want too. I mean he went and grabbed the first thing with a set of.." he raised his hands to his chest indicating boobs "Eyes and kissed her. Just like that. Boom."

I laughed and shook my head "Well, he's different. He's just a friend." My father shot me a look "I swear! Besides…" I put a piece of dark brown hair behind my ear and blushed slightly "I think he's gay."

My father laughed "oh, that's rich. Not as rich as me, but still rich." He threw his head back and got up off the stool. "I'm going to the workshop. Want to come with munchkin?"

I pursed my lips for a second "Whatcha working on?"

He put the glass down on the breakfast bar and put a arm around my shoulders "The future." He extened his free arm and spread his fingers moving his hand across nothing.

I laughed "I wouldn't doubt it. Sure. I'll join!" I hopped off the seat "Pep, can you call down in two hours? Steve will be here around three and I need to get ready and I'll have to take a shower if I'm going to go tinkering."

My father shook his head "Steve… his name is steve? Such an old man name." he walked into the elevator and I followed him waving to pepper who was once again checking on the turkey.

_

"Miss stark?"

I pulled the screwdriver handle out of my mouth "Yes JARVIS?"

"I was asked my Miss. Potts to call you up in two hours time. It's been two hours."

I sighed and scratched at my face "Give me thirty more minutes, I almost have it!"

"Certainly"

_

"Miss stark, your thirty minutes are up."

I huffed and put down the blow torch "Thirty more minutes." I looked over to the robot with a fire extinguisher "don't you even dare."

"Might I remind you that you have company coming over in an hour. The both of you."

I heard my father sigh and I looked over at him "JARVIS is right, we should go… In thirty minutes."

I laughed slightly, and shook my head. I must have looked foolish in my mask but I went back to work.

_

"Miss stark, you have a visitor. Sir, you also have a visitor."

I gasped slightly and threw down the blow torch and turned the gas off quickly "it's been an hour!?" I looked at my father who placed his blow torch down and took the helmet off, rubbing his sweaty face. I stood up and backed away from the suit I was working on and my father did the same thing.

"Time flies when you're having fun." He mumbled.

I laughed and looked at him "of course, it's always fun working on the iron man suit. It's a good thing I got the repulsor jet packs working." I held out my hand and jerked my shoulder back, pretending to shoot the doors of the elevators "I want to start on the boots tomorrow if I'm not still in a turkey coma." I laughed.

My father laughed "If my math is right, and it always is, all that turkey will be gone tonight. I promise." He and I both stepped into the elevator and he gave me a one armed hug.

I snickered "I think I'm going to go ahead and take the elevator up to my room. Do you think you can entertain Steve for a while?" I questioned rubbing my hand on my face "whatever you do, don't grill the poor boy."

My father gasped dramatically and looked at me "I never, ever result in canabilism and if I did, I wouldn't grill. Baking is the way to go." He winked at me and the elevator shot up the tube. It stopped quickly and opened onto the top floor, I waved at my father who had JARVIS quickly shut the door and I made my way into my room and into the shower that was already started. I loved having JARVIS.

_

Thirty minutes later I found myself making my way down the stairs, dressed in a medium gray knee length pencil skirt, a sleeveless yellow top with ruffles on the front, a patent leather shiny belt and my bare feet complemented the outfit. My hair was pulled back loosely into a bun at the back of my neck, one of my favorite styles.

I let my eyes scan the living room to find pepper and Steve sitting on the couch. Sometime between going downstairs and taking my shower and getting ready for thanksgiving with my little family and Steve, pepper had changed into a pair of black pants and a white top that looked similar to mine, just a lot less ruffles.

"Steve!" I padded my way over to him and he stood up almost instantly. I wrapped my arms around him and then pulled away smiling slightly. He was dressed in his signature khaki colored pants, a white top and a button up blue shirt with brown shoes on his feet "you made it! That's great!" I smiled and pointed to the kitchen "Do you want anything to drink or anything?"

Steve shook his head "No, I'm fine thanks. Pepper asked already."

Pepper smiled and got up off the couch "I need to check on the turkeys…" She smiled at me slightly and took a drink out of her wine glass. Who drank wine at three in the afternoon? Oh yeah, pepper did.

I chuckled slightly and sat on the couch crossing my legs "I take it you met my father? Hope he didn't do anything too embarrassing."

Steve shook his head "No, actually I didn't. Pepper here has been attentive enough." He sat back down next to me and pointed to the projection on the window "We've been watching the Macys thanksgiving parade."

I laughed and pointed down from the TV "but you can watch it live, right there. Look!" I jumped up and pressed my face to the glass "There's snoopy!" I chuckled slightly and looked at Steve who was patiently waiting on the couch. "Oh come here!" I padded over to him and grabbed him by his hand, which of course made my stomach do flips "You'll love the next balloons!" He pushed himself up off the couch with one hand while I practically drug him over to the window "Look!" I pointed again "There's the Iron Man balloon! Oh! And there's the hulk!" I looked up at him and smiled before I pressed my face against the glass "of course there's the captain!" I looked up at him and smiled slightly "I grew up with super heroes, the comic books and such. My uncle Phil loves Captain America." I shook my head and laughed slightly "he's my favorite super hero too." I laughed and looked back down at the streets of New York at the Macy's Thanksgiving parade "Listen to me, talking about super heroes." I glanced at him and then back to the parade "who's your favorite super hero?"

Steve stayed silent for a moment as he watched the parade go by "I don't think I have a favorite. I like them all."

I laughed slightly "Well, I bet you had all the adventures of Captain America when you were a boy then didn't you?" I smiled and moved my way back to the couch "I used to act them out with my dad. I always made him-"

"Hydra." A voice came from near the stairs "Ah! Cap! Long time no see. How long has it been? Two? Three years?"

Steve nodded "yeah, about that long. How've you been Tony?"

I looked between the two men "Wait." I held up my hands "You two know each other?" how awkward.

"Yeah, worked together; saved the world, that type thing." My father moved to the kitchen and wrapped his arms around pepper's tiny waist and pulled her into a kiss.

"Pepper told me you two were engaged." Steve stood up and stood with his hands behind his back.

"You two…" I paused "Saved the world together?"

"Yeah, about a year ago." My father looked at pepper, completely ignoring me.

Pepper made her way back into the living room, my father in tow "well.. twelve percent engaged." She shot a look at my dad and laughed slightly.

I put a hand to my forehead and shook it "I'm so confused." I mumbled.

"Well.." my dad looked at me and smiled slightly "you're about to get even more confused." The elevator dinged and slid open and in the small tiny silver room four people stood "Welcome, to my humble, all about me, abode." My father opened his arms wide.

"nice to see nothing has changed about you, Stark." A red head emerged first. She wore a pair of black skinny jeans with a black shirt tucked in and a black jacket with knee high black boots. Something told me that this woman dressed like this a lot.

The second to exit the elevator was a blond man who continued to look around "Great vantage point up here, Tony. Why didn't you lend this out two years ago?" he winked and patted my father on the shoulder. He was dressed in grey pants, a black button up top and his feet were decorated with shiny black shoes. It looked like he enjoyed a dark color too.

"Barton, I think you know why. Kinda busy with a portal thing… I wouldn't expect you to know, high tech stuff. AH!" My father smiled at the next man who entered "Brucie!" My father clapped him on the back of his crumpled purple shirt. His khakis were also crumpled and his brown shoes seemed a bit older than the rest, but he seemed nice "Not lookin' too shabby! Tell the other guy that I said hello right?"

He laughed nervously "Let's hope the other guy doesn't make an appearance tonight."

"Well if he does, we have our out of this world friend to take care of him!"

"My Midguardian friend made of iron!" A large voice boomed throughout he entire floor of stark towers "Do you have any pop tarts?!"

My father laughed and shook his head "No, Thor, I do not but.. my lovely daughter Emma…" He extended an arm and looked at me "Emma come." I moved my way over to him and he wrapped an arm around me "My lovely daughter Emma has some stashed way in her room. I'm sure she'd love to get you some. But you don't want to spoil your appetite mean swing."

I looked up at my father, still confused as the first time "I'm confused." I whispered as the blond man in the red and black checkered shirt made his way to the rest of the group.

"Ah, don't be, nothing to be confused about really." He cleared his throat "excuse me, everybody. Eyes on me thank you!"

"You look beautiful!"

My father smiled at the comment "Thank you Clint, we all know I'm beautiful no need to empathize on it… okay, go ahead.." the group stayed quiet "Fine." He cleared his throat and stood behind me grabbing my shoulders "This, my lost creatures," the room seemed to chuckle a bit, I didn't quite grab the joke "is my wonderful.." he paused and looked at me before he looked back to the group "yeah, we'll go with wonderful, daughter. Everyone meet Emma."

"Hello, Emma." The group said in unison.

"uhh.." I looked back at my father and swallowed hard "Hi?" I looked back at the group.

"Shy, Volatile, self-obsessed, doesn't play well with others—"

"So she's you?" The red head moved to the front of the pack and made her way towards me. "Natasha Romanov." I watched as she checked me out up and down… was she assessing me? "No weapons." She eyed my dad "you let her go out on the streets alone without anything?"

My father shrugged "yeah. She knows karate… Next!"

"Lady Emma…" I blushed slightly as the blond man with the beard made his way towards me. "to meet you is my pleasure. I am Thor of Asgard."

I looked at him "Asgard?" I laughed slightly "that's just in comic books.. it's not a real place."

Thor laughed loudly "Oh lady Emma, it's very real. It is my home."

I swallowed slightly and nodded "I bet it's uh.. very beautiful."

Thor looked pleased "Might you tell me where I can find the tarts of pop?"

I laughed nervously and nodded "I'll go get them in a bit…"

"Wonderful!" Thor wrapped his arms around my frame and squeezed tightly.

"hey bilgesnipe, you're suffocating her."

"I am sorry Lady Emma."

I laughed slightly and shook my head "no, it's okay… Thor." I smiled and rubbed my back "You popped my back, it feels excellent." I paused and looked at my father "Bilgesnipe? Exactly what is a Bilgesnipe?"

"Oh you know." My father shrugged "Huge, scaly, Big antlers. Never seen one?" I shook my head slowly "Ah, well, neither have I but our buddy thor here can tell you all about it over dinner…. NEXT!"

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"So here I was, sitting…" Clint laughed slightly "sitting there, waiting. Nothing and then out of nowhere Natasha's cat jumps on my back, scares the living hell out of me and boom! I fall off the roof."

I watched Steve laugh, the way his face lit up like a tree on Christmas "the hawk, falling off a roof? Now I've seen it all."

Natasha shook her head and took a drink of her wine "That's not the best part. I come back out…."

"She comes back out and wonders where I am. I'm five stories down just chillin on a rose bush. I hear her just complaining, so angry that I left and then, then she see's it."

Natasha threw her self back on her seat, it was obvious that she was a little looser after a few glasses of wine "The largest rock you've ever seen." She held out her left hand and pepper gasped grabbing her fingers.

I looked over at Steve and took a drink of my own wine "This has been the oddest thanksgiving ever. One to get drunk and not remember." I laughed leaning into him a bit "you've had like, four glasses are you feeling it?" I purred.

"no, I can't get drunk, but you dear Emma are defiantly feeling it." He laughed and patted my knee.

I took another drink "Can't get drunk whadda mean?" I took a bite of my turkey and stuffing and leaned back on Steve.

"Fast metabolism." He shrugged causing my head to bounce off his shoulders "I'll explain it to you more when you're sober." He chuckled.

I held up my glass and took another drink "I've had two glasses, I'm sober! Tipsy! But sober." I laughed and put my glass down rejoining the conversation.

"So there she was, on the side of the high way right out infront of area fifty one, just giving birth!" My father looked horrified "Let me tell you ladies and gentleman that it was the best day of my life because I got to see inside area fifty one. The men there were kind enough to let us in." He looked over at me and smiled at my annoyed look "of course having little baby Emma there was a joy too."

"That reminds me of my brother Loki." The table groaned as Thor erupted into a loud story about his brother.. Loki. Somewhere between the story and the story of Bruce's days without an accident I sobered up for the most part and found a comfortable position on the couch.

"Hey." I mumbled as a body sat next to me, I glanced at the man and smiled "How was dinner Steve?"

He laughed "It was enjoyable. The best meal I've had."

I laughed and looked around the room where I found Thor passed out on a chair, Natasha and Pepper were cleaning up, Clint was scanning outside and my father and Bruce were somewhere "So, Captain America huh?" I looked over at him and laid on my back, stretching my legs out over his lap.

"Tony Stark's daughter huh?" He counteracted and winked at me.

Steve told me about being captain America, how he helped save the world and how everyone in the room played a part. How he spent most of his time in the gym because life was difficult after…. Something, I had dozed out at that point. I told him all about being Tony's daughter, how it was just like everyone thought it would be, weird but it was my normal.

"Ugh." I stretched and felt Steve put his hands on my legs, gently rubbing up and down absbentmindly "I need to go work this meal off… know of any good gyms?" I winked, giving him a small smile.

Authors Note: okay, so I realized that I never put my email address fully on the last chapter or two (whenever that was) so the offer still stands that if you want to write for Loki later on in the story (much later.) then please email me at setudor7 if you have any questions or if you have ideas that you'd possibly want to discuss or if you have ideas but you don't know where to start you're always welcome to email me there as well if you want to talk that's fine too! I normally check my email there every Thursday/Friday. This chapter was also longer than I anticipated. My apologies!