A/N: Another six year time jump. Last one, I swear.
I don't own The Avengers, Loki, Iron Man, or anything of the like. Just the thoughts inside my head. And taking some personal freedoms with mythology and lore.
Tony winced a little when he walked by the closed door to Melisande's room. He's sure if he looks he'll see the door actually vibrating in its place from the volume of the music that's playing in her room, the vibration of the bass and drums from the rock music that he can't stomach. He'll never give up on the classics from his time. Never.
"Hey, JARVIS?" Tony glanced at the door, still walking past the now 14 year old's door. "What is she doing in there?"
"Miss Melisande is re-purposing some old clothing," his faithful AI responded. "She had procured some older shirts from Master Loki and yourself." Tony stopped and raised an eyebrow. "she confirmed with that neither of had worn some of the clothing in years before using them. She putting to use a self taught skill of sewing to make new shirts."
Tony held up a hand and he headed back down the hall. "I don't think I want to know anymore, actually. Just let me know if she hurts herself with needles or scissors, or looks like she about to cut into some of my vintage shirts. And please Stop her before she does that."
He walked into the living room and saw Key sitting on the floor, back against the couch with a notebook in her lap. Loki was sitting on said couch legs folded in front of him, as he put braids into her hair that he must have learned how to do from Asgard. Tony walked behind the couch, leaned over to see that Key was actually sketching into a drawing sketchbook.
At twelve, Key was still smaller than her other siblings at that age, showing that she was going to be around Tony's height, and shorter than the others. Where Melisande's hair darkened to an almost black like Loki's hair, Key's hair was a shade lighter than Tony's. While Melisande, at 14, was entering 11th grade, Key had asked to be home schooled by JARVIS when she was 9 and fond herself in the same grade as her sister. Key didn't talk nearly as much as her other siblings, or even as much as Loki, but she wasn't shy. Some of her teachers from the schools had taken her silence for apathy, claiming they never saw her do any work in the classroom, and the other students had even started to tease her to get her to talk.
"I wouldn't tell Uncle Steve this, but you might actually be a better artist than he is." Tony smirked when he heard the soft snort come from his youngest daughter. Tony's hands splayed out on Loki's shoulders and started to rub them a little. "Can we have another baby to replace the girls when key becomes a teen?" He saw Key's head lift slightly, her pencil stopping it's sketch of a nameless figure. "Melli is apparently cutting up some of our old shirts to make clothes, and she only just became a teen not too long ago."
"Our children aren't like pets," Loki replied, amusement tinting his tone. "We can't just keep getting a new one when they reach their slightly less than enjoyable years."
"You two aren't funny," Key murmured and went back to her drawing. Loki smirked and Tony leaned down to kiss his shoulder. "And you two are gross."
"You know that all your siblings are proof that we've had sex at least six times right?" Tony bit back a laugh when he saw a shiver cross her back. "I know JARVIS has been teaching you sex-ed. I'm the one who checks most of your homework." Tony leaned forward a little more and kissed Loki's cheek. "I'll be back, I'm going to see Eir."
"Will she be coming back after lunch?" Loki asked as he started another smaller braid in Key's hair.
"Yeah, she's loves to spoil the kids with gifts from other Realms." They both saw how Key had perked up a little. Just like Sander and Tomas, Key and Melisande adored their Nana. "Sander is coming, too, he says he has some good news."
Tony sipped from his glass, leaning back in his chair a little as Eir and Sander split a dessert. "I think you've led us on long enough." Tony watched as a grandmother tried to admonish her grandson, with a smirk, for keeping his good news from her for too long. "What have you been hiding from us?"
"Hiding makes it sound like I never intended to tell anyone," Sander commented as he licked his spoon from the chocolate sauce sticking to it. He let Eir have the last bit of cake and ice cream as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a folded envelope. As he opened it all the creases disappeared and Tony raised an eyebrow. Whatever was in it must have been important if he was using his magic to preserve it.
Sander pulled out two thicker pieces of papers and pushed them over to Eir upside down, a smile on his face. She looked at him raising an eyebrow before she took them and flipped them over. Tony couldn't help but lean forward in curiosity.
Eir's eyes widened a little ad she looked at Sander, a grin lighting up. "Two of them?" Sander nodded. "Oh, you are going to have your hands full." She leaned over and kissed his forehead, hands cupping his cheeks.
"Lemme see," Tony almost whined as he leaned over to take the papers. He found out quickly that they were pictures, and they were pictures from an ultrasound. "Fay's pregnant?" Tony looked up at the smiling Sander who nodded. "Yeeeee!" Tony let out a strange kind of squeal and leaned over to hug his son. "I love when my children give me grandchildren to spoil!" Eir couldn't help but laugh at her own son.
"Grandchildren?" They trio looked up when they heard Key's voice approaching the table.
"What are you doing here, tiny?" Sander smiled at his sister, smiling a little wider when she wrinkled her nose at the nickname.
"Melli asked if we could come out so she could get some stuff for her clothes, and I asked if Dad could drop me off here." Key walked over and hugged Eir at the table, her Nana hugging her back and kissing her cheek. "They're just a couple stores over." Tony pushed out the chair that was next to him for her, pulling it closer to his with his foot when she sat down. She smiled and leaned over to steal the rest of the water from his second glass.
"Your brother has just informed us that his fiance is pregnant, and they're going to have two little monsters," Tony filled his daughter in, arm resting along the back of the chair she was in. Eir couldn't help but smiling. She loved watching her son with his kids.
"There's something else," Sander started as he took one of the pictures. He opened his mouth to keep talking when a shiver suddenly ran down his back. Tony and Eir noticed it too, and they both looked around, noticing that suddenly the restaurant was silent. Everyone around them had stopped moving, being frozen in time. Key had pulled her legs up onto the chair moving as close as she could to Tony.
"Eir?" Tony asked slowly as he got up, looking around. "Can you go get Loki, quickly? Take Key with you."
Sander also stood up, frowning He turned around his eyes widened when he saw someone facing him. A woman, frighteningly familiar. She smirked and walked closer to him and he backed up hitting the table. "Dad."
Tony turned quickly and took a couple steps closer, putting himself between the woman and his children. He wasn't going to let her take another one of his children.
"We meet again," she purred out, stopping a few feet away. "It occurs to me that we've never formally introduced ourselves."
"Eir," Tony said again, never taking his eyes away from the woman.
"Here, let me help." The woman snapped her wrist, waving her hand, pushing Eir back towards the door of the restaurant with a force. "I don't exactly need a Valkyrie here right now. Maybe later." Eir hit the ground, rolling back a little, pushing herself to her knees quickly. "I've decided that I'd like to add some more of your family to my collection. I have a few more tales I'd like to display."
Eir had pushed herself up in time to see a yellow glowing circle appear around Tony, Sander, and Key. She ran towards them, watching them disappear suddenly, along with the woman, and the restaurant come back to life.
