"MES." Phil muttered, sitting on the couch.
"huh?" Steve ask.
"MES." Phil told him.
"what's that mean?" Clint ask.
"it's the initials of Tony and Bruce's baby." Phil replied.
"really?" Natasha ask. Phil nodded.
"I've tried all kinds of fucking combinations but none of them have been right." Phil growled.
"what have you tried?" Steve ask.
"too many to list." Phil groaned. "but I did figure out her middle name is Elaina." Phil said.
"Elaina. cute. Elaina Stark." Steve said.
"but what does the M stand for?" Phil muttered. Spike came running in laughing. Bruce came running after him.
"Spike give me that damn sludge hammer!" Bruce shouted following him.
"hey Bruce!" Clint called. Bruce paused and looked at him.
"what?" Bruce ask.
"what does the M stand for? Phil already told us her middle name is Elaina." Clint ask. Bruce laughed.
"can't tell you, this is Tony's game." Bruce replied, going after Spike again. Tony sauntered into the building. "grab him!" Bruce shouted. Tony looked over and frowned. he snapped his fingers and Spike stopped, setting the hammer down.
"I told you to leave that alone." Tony glared. Spike bowed his head.
"yes mommy." Spike muttered. Bruce huffed.
"he doesn't do that for me." Bruce muttered.
"because he knows you won't get angry at him. you're afraid of hurting him if you get angry." Tony replied. Bruce nodded slightly, grabbing the hammer and taking it to the lab.
"where have you been?" Phil ask curiously.
"out." Tony replied.
"doing what?" Clint ask.
"things." Tony smirked. "you know how come we never see the twins?" Tony ask.
"they're always up in their room playing." Clint replied. "Natasha gets them a lot of freaking toys." Clint muttered. Tony nodded.
"so no answer as to where you've been?" Steve ask.
"I told you, out." Tony replied.
"you like, a seven months pregnant, you don't just go out." Steve said.
"whats the M stand for?" Clint ask. Tony chuckled, rubbing his stomach.
"it's part of my game." Tony replied. Clint scold at him.
"come on, tell or I'll find something to tell the others." Clint said.
"like what? like I sneezed the other day and pissed myself or I threw up on Bruce in the shower yesterday?" Tony ask.
"you peed on yourself when you sneezed?" Phil ask.
"it happens." Natasha muttered.
"oh hey, me and Bruce woke up drenched in pee the other day cause I'd done it in my sleep." Tony shrugged.
"thats so annoying." Natasha muttered.
"yeah beyond annoying." Tony replied. "did you ever have Braxton Hicks?" Tony ask curiously.
"no what is that?" Natasha ask raising an eye brow.
"wow I did more research on pregnancy then the only woman in the tower." Tony muttered.
"it's false labor." Phil said. Tony pointed.
"right there this man knows." Tony said.
"why do you know that?" Steve ask.
"one of the Agents at SHIELD had them a lot when she was pregnant. gave us all a lecture on it." Phil replied. Tony winced holding his stomach, he let out a slow and quiet breath hoping no one noticed.
"hey brought something for you guys." Tony said, walking over to the couch. "come here Spike I got something for you too." Tony added. Spike ran over and sat on the couch. Tony held out a zip lock back of unwrapped candies. he handed Spike a green one. "don't eat it until I say so." Tony said. Spike nodded. the others each took one.
"what is it?" Steve ask.
"I've seen these before." Clint muttered sounding confused. Bruce came out of the elevator.
"hey Bruce, come in here." Tony said. Bruce walked over and Tony gave him a candy. "on three everyone put the candy in your mouth." Tony said. "one, two, three!" Tony counted. immediately the candies were put into their mouths. Tony laughed at all the sour faces.
"mommy! I don't like it!" Spike cried spitting out the sour candy.
"I agree!" Bruce shouted, pulling his own out of his mouth and taking Spike's he threw them away.
"warheads!" Clint cried clenching his eye's shut. Steve coughed and spit the candy into his hand.
"oh god! Tony why!?" Steve shouted. Tony laughed, popping one into his mouth.
"she moves an awful lot when I eat them." Tony smirked. "I wanted to see if anyone else did. Phil seems to be handling it." Tony commented.
"I used to eat these." Phil replied.
"they're not bad." Natasha muttered. Bruce smacked Tony's arm glaring at him.
"that was mean." Bruce glared.
"I don't like it." Spike whimpered.
"it's alright buddy, you don't have to eat another." Tony assured him.
"should you really be eating those? I was sent into labor by eating sour patch kids and those are ten times more sour." Natasha said.
"yeah and? I'm seven months pregnant and ready to have this damn kid." Tony said.
"eat hot sauce." Clint said.
"can't." Tony replied.
"are we going to spend the day trying to induce labor?" Bruce ask.
"we are now." Clint smirked getting up.
"he's been trying things for two weeks. stairs, squats, acupressure, spicy foods, red raspberry leaf tea, evening primrose oil, banana's, warm baths, basil, bouncing on an exercise ball, pineapple, meditation, swimming, Chinese food, rough car rides, anything he can think off." Bruce muttered.
"isn't it weird that you have to go into labor before you can't cut yourself open for the baby." Clint said.
"no. it's not. thats just how it works. don't question." Tony glared. Bruce shook his head.
"great. you idiots keep trying, I'm taking Spike to put him to bed." Bruce muttered.
"it's seven pm." Phil said.
"yeah and he has a bed time." Bruce replied picking Spike up. he carried him to his bed.
"I'm going for a shower." Tony said following behind him. instead though, Tony laid on their bed. he moaned softly, laying on his back.
"just get some sleep baby." Bruce muttered. Tony cursed at him, but curled up on his side to try and sleep. he was out in a few minutes. Bruce smiled and laid beside him to watch him sleep. falling asleep as well. Tony jerked awake, wincing. looking at the clock it read one am. Tony moaned and reached over to shake Bruce.
"Bruce." Tony winced. Bruce snored softly. Tony smacked his arm hard. "Bruce wake up." Tony whined, shaking him. "BRUCE!" Tony hissed. Bruce jerked up.
"I'm up. whats wrong?" Bruce ask.
"lab now. labor now. baby now." Tony managed. Bruce rolled out of bed quickly jogging over to Tony. he helped Tony up and to the lab.
"look at the bright side, you're not stuck in an elevator with Phil helping you out and Steve trying to get you on the machine." Bruce said. Tony chuckled softly, holding his stomach.
"yeah just us. get SHIELD on the phone and get Phil up here. worked last time we're gonna do the same thing again." Tony said. Bruce nodded helping Tony out of the elevator.
"Jarvis wake Phil." Bruce said, pulling his phone out. he called Fury to let them know what happening as he scooped Tony up. he pulled his shirt off and laid him back, starting up the machine. Phil came running in, pants unbuttoned as if they'd been picked up off the floor, and rubbing his eye's.
"what's going on?" Phil ask.
"her name is Maria and she's ready." Tony replied.
"Maria Elaina Stark. nice... but that sounds familiar. Maria Stark." Phil muttered thinking out loud. Tony moaned loudly, digging his nails into the bed he was laying on. Phil turned away quickly.
"oh god. why did you call me in?" Phil ask, holding his stomach and mouth so he wouldn't puke. "why couldn't you call Steve? or Nat? or Clint? or Thor? anyone but me?" Phil ask.
"be honored. Tony ask for you." Bruce replied. Tony gave a cry of pain and Bruce suddenly thrust the baby into Phils arms. "here. go she's been taken care of. put her in a diaper and dress her. keep her out of SHIELDs reach." Bruce said. Phil nodded taking the elevator up. the living room was full of the other Avengers.
"why is it they call you?" Steve muttered tiredly.
"Tony ask me." Phil replied, putting a diaper on Maria.
"so, whats her name?" Clint ask, watching Phil dress her carefully.
"Maria Elaina Stark." Phil replied.
"Maria Stark?" Steve ask, shocked.
"whats Maria mean?" Thor ask.
"Maria and Howard Stark. they were Tony's parents." Steve said.
"they named her after his mother?" Natasha ask as SHIELD doctors raced to the lab.
"yup. appears so." Phil replied.
"hey Steve, come help me get Tony down there and someone go get Spike." Bruce called over the intercom system. Steve got up and headed up, Clint followed to get Spike. Steve on one side, Bruce on the other, they slowly helped Tony down the stairs. he was bloody, but his stomach was closed and wrapped up in bandages.
"you okay Tony?" Natasha ask.
"you of all people should know not to ask that question." Tony hissed. she chuckled softly, watching Bruce and Steve help him sit. Tony reached over for Maria, Phil handed her to him quickly. "this is mine." Tony muttered.
"you said the same thing after Spike." Bruce commented.
"I know. this is mine too. I'm stingy. they're mind and so are you." Tony said. Bruce chuckled.
"is that my baby sister?" Spike ask as Clint carried him down. Tony looked over.
"yeah sure is buddy." Bruce said. he pushed away from Clint and ran over, climbing up onto the couch.
"she's wrinkly!" Spike cried. Tony immediately burst into laughter despite how bad it hurt, he pulled Spike against his side.
"Tony stop laughing at him." Bruce snickered. Maria whined, opening her eye's.
"they're green. like Hulk green." Tony said.
"that not good for her." Phil frowned.
"oh I'll have another talk with Fury. she'll be fine." Bruce said. Tony smirked and held his children. Bruce sat beside him and looked at Maria.
"whats her name?" Spike ask.
"Maria." Bruce replied.
"why she all wrinkly?" Spike ask.
"you were wrinkly too." Natasha muttered.
"I am not." Spike huffed.
"you used to be. it's what happens when you're born." Bruce explained.
"how long will she be wrinkly?" Spike ask.
"does it matter? she's your sister, love her." Bruce said.
"I do! she's just wrinkly." Spike replied, staring at his sisters face. Maria looked at him and laughed.
"so we gonna start having family meetings at two am?" Clint ask.
"yes, sit. I know call this meeting to order." Tony chuckled. Spike suddenly screamed and Tony looked down. "hey, no hair pulling." Tony glared, pulling Maria's hand from Spike's hair. Spike held his head and ran over to Bruce, hugging his leg with a whine. Bruce laughed and picked him up.
"she doesn't understand buddy. like Lyla and Kyle. sometimes they don't understand." Bruce explains.
"this is great, but like I said it's two in the morning, night." Clint said, heading for the elevator. Natasha followed him.
"congrats guys." Phil waived as he and Steve headed up to bed. they family sat there for a while, curled together watching tv.
"shouldn't we get up to bed?" Bruce ask.
"you'll have to help me up." Tony replied. Bruce chuckled softly and pulled Tony up to his feet. Tony cradled Maria while Bruce scooped Spike up gently. they headed to bed, family complete, even if they hadn't told anyone they'd gotten married a couple weeks ago. they knew their family was complete and thats all that mattered.
