The next day was spent at tower only. Rose, Pepper and Brittany finalized the London deal. Mia was stuck with the paperwork and the hard time Fury was giving her. So mostly the two girls remained busy while JARVIS was heavy on babysitting duty. Steve, being every inch of leader he was at the beginning, stepped up whenever needed. Nat already freaked out the boys with her cold exterior, so was a great babysitter. There wasn't much to worry about them, anyway. By the night, the three women retired to Mia's floor.
They found the whole gang on the couch watching something on the TV
"What are you watching?" Rose smiled, sitting between Steve and Tony.
"Croods!" Tony grinned, moving up her lap, while she wrapped her one arm around Tony's midsection
"Croods, huh?" Rose smiled
"Rosie?" Clint poked her arm
"Yeah, baby?"
" 'm hungy" Clint said
"Mia and Pepper are getting food"
Mia had picked up some take-out for everyone. She and Pepper reheated everything and then brought it to them. It was quite hard to get Clint to eat and not play with his food. Rose managed it, using every strand of patience in her body, which got laugh out of Pepper and Mia
"Teddy?" Pepper asked
Rose nodded "My kid's way more hyper-active"
"He's your kid" Mia added, earning a scowl from Rose
Once they had all done, the three women sent the kids to their rooms. Pepper offered to tuck Tony, who had accidentally gotten high on sugar after he ate some of the sweets Rose had gotten for herself to deal with her period cramps. She had the worst luck in the world. Mia took Nat and Thor to tuck, while Rose took the other three. Clint, who got cuter with every day passing, fell asleep on his way to his room causing Rose to carry him all the way up. Once the kids were settled, The three women went to bed to grab much required sleep
Following day, as per Brittany's suggestion, the girls decided to take the kids to the Central Park.
Rose made sure they all wore the trinkets she had charmed for them. And that Thor left his hammer at home, which was a task at itself.
For once, the kids were enjoying their time outside the tower. Rose firmly held Clint's hand all the way while rest of the gang walked in front of them. They'd stop at certain places at times to look at the displays of the shop. the whole team, especially Nat and Steve, were awed. Not that the girls blamed them or anything. They remembered their childhood, so the latest they remembered were 80s or early 90s.
They had just passed an antique shop when,
"Rose?" someone called from behind them
The two women stopped and turned around to see who called her. It was Claire Greene, younger sister of the head of MACUSA-Connor Greene.
Rose faked one of her best smiles. She particularly never liked Claire. Reminded her too much of a female brattier version of teenage Draco Malfoy. She had bleach blonde hair and deep grey eyes, contrast to Draco's light grey eyes. Rose had even asked her once if she knew Draco, but Claire had denied. While after the war, Draco had matured up, Claire was...Claire.
"Tell me that's not Malfoy with a wig" Mia whispered to her, having her to swallow a laugh
"Hi Claire" Rose smiled as Claire made her way to the girls. Mia snickered when Claire gave Rose a forceful hug and the billionaire squirmed uncomfortably.
"Oh my god! It's been ages since I've last seen you. and damn! new haircut? I personally liked you without the bangs"
Rose maintained her plastic posture "Thanks"
Mia tried not to wince at the shrill voice
"And who are you?"
Mia frowned when she saw Claire check her out head to toe. And then her eyes narrowed at the silent judgement. Sure she didn't wear designer clothes like Claire was wearing at the moment-wrap top, mini skirt, high heeled ankle boots and heavy makeup- but she was well off, thank you
"Hermione Granger" Mia responded, extending her hand
Recognition sparked in Claire's eyes
"Ah" she shook hands with her "You are like Rose's sidekick or something, right?"
Mia frowned and looked at Rose. Sidekick? she mouthed
Rose shrugged apologetically, before looking at Claire "Actually she's more of my best friend"
Claire's eyes went over Mia once more before she looked back at Rose
"So, Connor just brought me a new necklace from Tiffany. Can you believe it? Isn't he like the best brother in the world or what?" Claire started "and the-"
"How's Kyle?" Rose asked, instead
"Oh i broke up with him" Claire shrugged like it meant nothing
"What happened?" Rose asked, trying to keep herself as detached from the conversation as she could
"He brought me an Aston Martin for my birthday"
"That's nice" Mia commented. She knew how costly the car was. And for some reason Claire sounded like complaining.
Claire's eyes zeroed on her again in silent judgement. Really, right now, Mia would give anything to get rid of Claire Greene.
"No wonder you don't have a good taste" she muttered to herself but Mia heard it anyway. Rose did too, by the murderous glare she was sending Claire, to which the blonde was oblivious too. Her attention went back to Rose
"I asked for a Lambo. A Lambo! Even a Ferrari would have done it. But no, he had to get me a Aston Martin!"
Mia wanted to smack herself. In the back of her mind she made a note to have Malfoy and Greene have a DNA test, just in case.
"And if that wasn't enough embarrassment , he had to as-"
"Rosie?" Clint called, pulling her arm. Claire's eyes zeroed on Clint, for interrupting her. Noticing the unknown woman, Clint slightly hid behind Rose, who stepped in front of him
"Hi there" Claire crouched with the fakest smile both the girls had seen.
"Hi" Clint shyly spoke
"Awwww! He's tots adorbs. Who's he?" she looked at the girls
"My nephew" Rose said without any hesitation. It was not unknown that she had five older brothers and a sister.
Mia rolled her eyes at Claire's attempt to talk to Clint, in which was failing spectacularly and looked at Rose
"I'll see the kids" she whispered. Rose nodded and Mia turned to find the rest of the gang...missing
"Shite" she muttered and sparing Rose ad Clint a quick glance went to look for the boys and Nat.
"He's shy" Rose sternly said
"Oh" Claire stood up and looked back at Rose "So, are you coming to this weekend's charity gala. I've heard tha-"
"I appreciate it, Claire, but right now I'm busy with my best friend and nephew. Now if you'll excuse me"
Claire blinked once "uh..sure. I'll see you at the gala" with that she turned and left
"Who's she?" Clint asked "she sounded mean"
"Nobody" Rose replied with a smile and turned around to stop. Mia was frowning and in front of her were four boys and Nat. to her confusion, Thor was holding half of Steve's weight, who was limping, and Nat supported a lip cut and a small bruise under her left eye
"What happened?" Rose demanded, chill running down her spine. none of the kids answered, but supported guilty looks
"go on" Mia probed but no reply "They got in a fight" Mia folded her arms
Rose exhaled loudly and led Steve and Nat to a nearby bench
"Let me see" she muttered. Steve shyly showed her the injuries. In the end Rose determined a sprained ankle, which had the possibility of being broken, a ligament tear in right forearm and a bruised rib. Nat's injuries were only visible ones.
"I don't think he can walk like this" Rose muttered
"But i wanna go to park!" Clint whined
"I'm sorry Clint" Steve looked at Clint apologetically.
"I never said we can't go to the park" Rose smiled at the youngest Avenger. She turned back and offered her back to Steve
"Hop on, kiddo"
Steve hesitated
"Steve" Rose looked over her shoulder "Get on"
with a little help from Thor, Steve got on her back. Rose stood up, hooking her arms under Steve's legs. She frowned realizing that despite the serum, Steve felt a little less than kids his age should. Once settled, Rose got hold of Clint's hand
"To the park!" she grinned at the gang
Once they made it to the park, Mia spread the blanket under a tree and settled down. Tony, Clint, Thor and Bruce ran off to play with strict instructions to not go far. Mia pulled her wand to heal Nat's injuries while Rose worked on Steve
Nat was done quicker and she left to play with the boys, pulling Mia with her. Rose was still working on Steve's injuries. Healing magic was something both of them had learned during the war, which came handy till this day
"Why did you get in fight?" she asked finally. She knew that Steve had a penchant for trouble. That was how he became friends with Bucky in the first place.
Steve found the grass much more interesting
"Steve" Rose prodded "I asked something"
Steve muttered something incoherent
"Repeat that, but louder, young man" Rose narrowed her eyes
"They picked on Tony and Bruce. Called them some bad names. I don't like bullies"
Rose's lips stretched in a small smile "Standing upto your friends is a very brave act, buddy. Never be ashamed of standing upto your friends." she dropped her voice a little "I hope you gave them at least a black eye"
Steve's eyes widened at her "You are not mad?"
"Of course not" Rose laughed "Don't tell Mia, but I'm not mad at all. I'm more thankful for standing your ground. So, tell me Steve, did you give them a black eye?"
"Nat did. I punched one of them in the face"
"Good enough" Rose grinned "All healed. Go on. Play"
Steve smiled and got up and left. But then he stopped, ran back to her and gave her a quick hug before running off to join others.
Rose just grinned
"Geez! Merlin!"
Rose looked on her side where Mia appeared and settled on the blanket, huffing
"What's wrong?" Rose asked
"Pulled a nerve while playing. Should i be even complaining about stuff like this at 24?"
Rose laughed "don't know"
For the next hour the kids played catch, hide&seek (Tony hid behind Rose but Bruce found him) and now they were playing tag with Nat as 'it'. ("she's a freakin' ninja!" "Language, Tony!" "sorry, Mia")
Rose was settled with her back to the tree, Mia lying with her head on Rose's knees. Seeing the casual day, Mia had clicked a lot of pictures of the kids, mainly with the purpose of blackmail but it was fun.
Rose sighed contently and then pulled her laptop out of nowhere
"You are kidding me, right?"
Rose looked from her screen at Mia, scowling at her, and raised a brow
"You get a day off and you are working?"
"you are the one who's been always telling me to finish my work. Now you've got problem?"
"You idiot" Mia shifted to side, supporting her head on her elbow "Enjoy the day. Do the work once you get back to the tower"
"Doesn't matter" Rose muttered
Before Mia could object,
"Rosie! Mia! Rosie! Mia! Rosie! Mia!"
the two witches looked at the gang rushed towards them, Clint and Tony in lead. Their eyes widened when they noticed two puppies in each of their hands respectively. One of them was white with black patches while the other was white with brown ears and tail
"What do you have there?" Mia asked
"Puppies!" Clint grinned "Can we keep them? Can we? Can we?"
"Can we?" Nat asked, very softly and pleadingly "Please"
"Can we please keep these endearing creatures, Miladies?"
And soon each and everyone of the gang was pleading
"Oh boy" Rose muttered. She might have always had a soft spot for animals, Tony did not. He only tolerated her birds because she had trained them really well.
"they are dirty" Rose pointed
"We'll clean them" Tony volunteered and Bruce nodded
"They'll need to be walked twice a day" Rose added
"We'll take them to their required activities, Lady Rose" Thor said, pointing at himself and Steve
Rose was going to raise another point, but Mia smacked her
"Just say yes. We'll deal with them later"
"Okay. You can keep the puppies." Rose sighed, causing the whole group to cheer, and break out grins and beams which brought a smile on her face too
"Now you guys must be hungry. Sit down" Mia said. she made them wash their hands and pulled out some sandwich they had packed. She spared the puppies some plain bread. To their amusement, the puppies not only seemed very happy to have some food, but to share with some people. If Rose noticed all of them slipping of their food to the puppies when she nor Mia wasn't paying attention, she didn't say anything.
"We gotta name them" Bruce said, after they had lunch
"Tiny" Tony proposed
"No!" Nat frowned "One's male and other's female."
"How about Zeus and Hera" Mia suggested
That got the approval from the team and the puppies too
"You have any idea what breed they are?" Rose asked
Mia shrugged "Look like Russell Terrier, but only bigger"
"Cruppies?"
"Maybe."
"Don't they have two tails?"
"Maybe someone severed their tail at young age"
After lunch, the kids went back to playing and Rose went back to work.
A pressure made her look down at her lap. Zeus, one with black patches, had successfully climbed her lap and was proceeding to make it upto her torso. He placed his front paws on her chest and yipped playfully, making her laugh. She placed her laptop down and looked at Zeus
"You are cute" she smiled, scratching his ear, making the puppy bark cutely.
Around 5.30PM, the girls' decided it was a good time to return. So they packed everything, Steve and Thor carried the puppies and the team headed back to the tower. Somewhere along the way, Clint jogged to Rose and pulled her hand
"Yeah?" she asked, crouching down
"can i get a piggy? like Steve?"
Rose smiled and let Clint climb on her back. Once settled, Clint grinned and kissed Rose on the cheek. A click made the two of them look forward as Mia placed her phone back in her jeans pocket
"Hey Rose" Nat began
"Yeah?"
"Who are Avengers?"
Mia and she froze.
"Oh yeah" Steve nodded "Even i heard of them. Who are they?"
"Avengers are a group of superheroes" Mia explained, ignoring Rose's frown
"Superheroes?" Thor asked confused
"Like Captain America?" Tony asked, petting Hera
Rose frowned as Mia explained everything about Avengers.
"You are an Avenger?"
Rose looked at the team gaping at her then at Mia, who meekly smiled at her
"I'm" she admitted, nodding
"Cool!" Tony beamed, jogging in front of them and looked at the girls
"So you protect people from monsters?" Steve asked
"Those and big bullies" Rose smiled
"did you fight any monster today?" Thor asked
"Uh..Not to-"
A blast resonated from the neighborhood
"Spoke too soon?" Rose asked
"I guess" Mia nodded
Rose looked at Mia and let Clint down "Take the kids and pups to the tower."
Mia nodded "Just don't die"
Rose nodded with a smile, pulled her earpiece, put it on and walked towards the source
"What am I looking at JARVIS?" she asked
"It appears that Dr. von Doom has attacked 23rd Street"
"Today's not really my day, is it?" she muttered
"It would appear so, Ms"
Rose frowned at the reply "Get my suit. Call Rhodey"
Within a minute, her suit appeared and wrapped around her. she flew up the attacked spot and hovered, scanning the scenario, looking for hostiles. So far she could make three types of bots-normal, flying and larger ones
"Col. Rhodes is on his way"
"Get Fury"
"Calling Director Fury..."
"Saw the attack?"
"I'm right there, Fury. What's wrong with Doom and his robots?"
"Guess he just woke up and decided to conquer the world"
"You are not funny" Rose grumbled and swooped down, blasting doombots with the repulsors and occasional missiles.
"Are you getting me backup or is it my first solo act?" she grunted, sending a Reducto at a bunch of robots. There were too many for her to handle alone
"I thought you didn't play well with others, Stark"
Rose grunted, launching small missiles from her shoulder compartments
"I'm so hexing you after this" she muttered loud enough for Fury to listen
and then there was some explosion behind her, which made her look above. She breathed in relief when she saw War Machine
"Where are others?" Rhodey asked
"Well...that's a long story" Rose replied. she ducked under an attack, which wouldn't stop, so she picked a nearby car and threw it at them
"Long story?"
"Quite"
"I'm not liking the sound of it" Rhodey replied "Plan?"
"Ugh..fight more talk less?"
"good plan" Rhodey flew off to deal with the ones who managed to get away, leaving her to the large ones
She did a well timed Confringo and every bot in her vicinity exploded into pieces. Nodding to herself, she flew to Doom
"What's your today's agenda, Doom?" she asked, blasting away his large robo-guards and punching his in the face. he stumbled back but managed to keep his footing
"Ahh, Stark. Prettier one at that" Doom chuckled, standing his full height
"Flattered" Rose replied, landing in front of him "Not sure Dad would agree, though"
"When has he ever?" Doom chuckled, launching an attack at her. Rose barely managed to conjure a shield. She used her repulsor on him, whose energy he just absorbed, making her swear
"My, my, my. Quite a colorful language for a young like such as yourself" he chuckled and his hands glowed a subtle dark green
Rose stood there, panting slightly, expecting something but nothing
"you okay there, Doom?" she asked
"Why am i not able to control your armor?" Doom growled
"Oh" Rose blinked, unable to understand why either "Luck?" she shrugged and dodged at the last moment when Doom sent a attack.
"So, your everyday world tyrant wannabe dream?" Rose asked, launching a few missiles, but he conjured a shield
"Not a dream anymore, Stark!" he snarked, sending a new horde of robots, the flying ones at that
"Where are the Avengers?!"
"Vacation" she replied, blasting the robots. But a new fleet appeared through the smoke
"Fuck!"
Rose zoomed away, the bots following her tail.
"J, what all do i have?" she asked, trying to lose the bots, while also dodging the attacks
"Not enough to deal with both the bots and Dr. Doom, Ms"
Rose grunted and flew towards the ground and pulled up at the last moment. The bots, unable of such a maneuver, crashed into the asphalt. Before Rose could even celebrate that small victory, something grabbed her by her foot and threw her away. She crashed into a building, passing through various walls and glasses before she finally stopped. She panted hard. Something had definitely broken, she was sure of.
She looked in front and her sensors locked on a huge bot
"Weakness, JARVIS!"
"Scanning..."
Rose grunted and putting everything in the thrustors, tackled the bot back into the open. She raised her forearms, aiming the mini missiles at the bot, but the bot caught her by the head and flung her to the other side
"One day I need backup and it's not there. Fuck my life!" she grunted and looked at the huge bot approaching her
"Confringo!"
The blast hit the bot the same time as a big ball of fire. Once the smoke settled, the bot was no longer there. Rose looked up to see Johnny in his full Human Torch form.
"Having fun without me, beautiful?" he asked, approaching her and offering a hand
Rose rolled her eyes, but accepted his hand and stood up "Just try to keep up. And keep flirting to the minimum"
"I can do that, but no promises, though"
With that, the two flew off
Rose noticed Ben as well, being a pretty good substitute for Hulk, just not as effective.
"Duck!"
Rose faltered mid-air when Johnny pushed her and a missile flew past her, hitting a pack of flying robots, which was following them.
"Storm" Rhodey eyed Johnny warily, hovering in the air
"Colonel" Johnny nodded
"You two get Doom, Grimm and I've got the bots"
The fight lasted for another hour. Together Johnny and her managed to corner Doom, but the sonofabitch ran off before he could be captured, promising to return.
"so" Johnny began, crossing his arm and extinguishing himself "it was fun while it lasted"
A loud crack made the two look on their side where Ben had tore down a big bot into half with his hands
"Sure" Rose deadpanned, letting the helmet dissolve. Ben grunted and made his way to them, dusting his hands
"Good to see you, Rose"
"Feeling's mutual" Rose smiled
"Where's your team, Rosa? Especially my less handsome twin?" Johnny asked
Rose looked at Rhodey, who had raised a brow too at the question and the comment at Steve
"That's confidential" she replied
"Confidential?" Ben frowned
"I'm sorry Ben. I can't share more" Rose shot him an apologetic look
Ben grunted
"I gotta go" Rose said "Damage Control would be here soon"
"See you later, gorgeous" Johnny winked at her
Rose giggled when Rhodey shot him a dirty look. She nodded at him and let the helmet get back
"Come with me" she said in her comm to which Rhodey nodded
At once, the two flew off towards the Avengers tower
"Pepper called me a few days ago"
Rose tried not to wince as Rhodey's face appeared in her HUD
"How much did she tell?" she asked
"She just said that there was a magical mishap, thanks to Hawkeye. That's all"
"That just happens to be the tip of an iceberg, actually" Rose said, landing on the pad as her suit started deforming around her. Rhodey followed suit.
Once in the elevator, Rose pressed the button for Mia's floor, and not the communal, which earned her a look from Rhodey
"Don't ask"
The moment the elevator opened at Mia's floor and she stepped out, two weights collided with her. If Rhodey had not caught her, she would have fallen on her arse. She looked down at Tony and Clint
"Are you okay?" Clint asked, his eyes glassy
"I'm fine" Rose grinned and picked up Clint, settling on her hip and kissed his head "I'm a superhero. That's what I do"
"Promise?" Tony asked, also looking at the verge of crying
"Promise" Rose smiled
"That big robot threw you into a building!" Steve noted
"Bruised a rib but nothing too severe" Rose replied. And the she was met with Mia's glare. Broke a rib, Rose mouthed. It only made Mia tsk
"They've been worried ever since they saw the whole fight on the news" Mia said, approaching the two "Oh, hey Col. Rhodes"
"Rhodey, Mia. How many times do i have to tell you?"
Mia just gave him a small smile
"Now..."
"Right" Rose turned to the kids "I'm fine. And this is my uncle and godfather, Rhodey. Uncle Rhodey, this is Tony and Clint" she pointed at the kids latched to herself "and Nat, Steve, Bruce and Thor"
"Hi" came a chorus
Rhodey was too much of a shock in to reply. he broke out of his stupor once Rose elbowed him
"H-Hi"
"How about you all get some nap?"
Once all the kids left, Rhodey looked at Rose and Mia and frowned
"Who's going to start explaining? Also do tell me why I see two puppies over there?"
Next morning Rose woke up to the smell of omelettes. She got up with a yawn, stretched and went to Mia's room. She found her best friend asleep on the bed.
She groaned. It had to be Thor or Steve trying to cook, again.
Pouting, she made her way to the kitchen and froze.
It was Steve cooking, alright. But not a ten-year old Steve. Her old Steve.
Her eyes had widened the size of saucers. Steve was flipping omelettes while petting Zeus, who was on top of the counter. Hera was by his feet, playing with a small ball
Steve was making breakfast when he noticed Rose standing at the doorway, shock very evident on her face
"Staring is bad, Rose" he chuckled, which seemed to break out her stupor.
Steve didn't expect Rose to tackle him into a tight hug. Steve laughed and wrapped her arms around her and pulled her closer
"Thank god you are back to normal." she relaxed in his arms and took a deep breath
"Yeah" Steve smiled, omelette forgotten
Rose pulled after a while and rested her forehead to his.
"I'm glad you are back" she said, her voice lowering an octave
"Me too" Steve replied. He suddenly noticed the closeness. Her perfect pink lips so close to his. His heart suddenly started hammering loudly in his chest. His breathing deepened. He just bent down but before he could place his lips on her
"Rosie?"
Rose pulled in a second and turned around to see Clint and Bruce and a huge grin broke on her face
Steve loosened his hold as she pulled and quickly tackled the two in a hug, who were laughing as hey hugged her back
Tony was next to appear on the floor and Rose not only latched onto him, but didn't let go for quite a time. Nat and Thor also got hugs. When Mia woke up with all the ruckus, she was too surprised to find the whole team back to normal. and more surprised when they gave her hugs.
Steve ordered for breakfast first and discussion later. He spared some milk for the puppies, making a mental note to buy some dog food.
"Oh coffee!" Tony almost moaned "How much I missed you?"
Mia chuckled and Rose scoffed while others laughed
"So, i have one question" Rose began "Do the pups stay?"
the six looked at the two puppies playing with a ball on the floor before looking at Tony
"Only if someone trains them"
Once they were done, they settled on the sitting area
"So, how much do you remember?" Rose asked
"Everything" Tony replied, Hera on his lap lying while Zeus was in Nat's arms, absentmindedly playing with her short red hair
"Everything?" Mia asked with a blink
"Yup" Nat nodded, petting Zeus
"Oh. Okay"
Silence. Quite an awkward silence
"You know what?" Clint spoke up "we are going to pretend that...that never happened and go back to our old lives. Alright?"
"We wouldn't be too haste in that, Clint" Mia smiled and pulled her phone, handing it to Clint. Others hunched over his shoulder to watch. To Clint's horror, it was a video of him singing "Let it Go" completely off key and giggling all the time. Best part, little Clint had insisted that he dress up like Elsa while doing so. How could you say no a four year old baby with a full force of puppy-got-requesting look?
"Never thought I'd hear you giggle" Rose noted "We were so close to posting it on Youtube, Insta and Facebook"
Clint just raised his face, which had turned beet red and did something on the phone before returning it to Mia
"Did you just delete the video?" Mia frowned, checking it
"I have no idea what you are talking about" Clint looked away, face still very red
Mia shrugged "Good thing I saved everything into JARVIS' servers last night only"
Clint sputtered, causing everyone else to laugh
"We are not done, you know. we got too much stuff" Rose smirked "Like, we got a video of Nat trying to do ballet inspired from the Swan Lake, Dad on sugar high, Steve in an accident involving paint cans, Thor falling down asleep during dinner and Bruce..." she looked at Mia "How come we don't have anything embarrassing on Bruce?"
"Because he was extremely disciplined for a kids his age" Mia replied, causing them all to flush with embarrassment
"JARVIS, delete all the evidence they just mentioned" Tony barked, face turning pink
"I'm afraid I can't do that, sir. Ms. used her override codes to keep that specific data secured"
Everyone looked at the two girls, who grinned at them
"We've got photos too" Rose said, pulling all the photos they had clicked. A couple of them had Pepper and the most recent ones had Rhodey caught in candids
"Hey, stop, that one" Clint pulled a photo of him getting a piggy back with Rose, before he looked back at Rose
"What do you say? Old times' sake?"
Rose chuckled and stood up.
"Oh god!" she grunted as Clint climbed on her back
"You are heavy, Barton!" she complained, carrying him piggyback. She tried to stand straight, barely managing as JARVIS clicked a photo of both the idiots grinning at each other. Clint got off and JARVIS placed both the photos next to each other
"Feels like a lifetime" Clint grinned at the compare
"the only difference i notice is Rose's change of clothes and hair" Bruce noted
"What's that supposed to mean?" Clint glared at the Dr.
Bruce shrugged and everyone laughed
"Wanna give a try, Cap?" Nat looked at Steve
"It's alright. I'm good"
"Old times' sake?" Nat tried with a smirk
"I'm good, Romanoff"
"don't tell me you think that Rosie can't handle you, do you?" Clint said, making Steve frown "You think so!"
"I don't want to hurt Rose" Steve noted
"I can handle you" Rose shrugged with a grin "You are not as heavy as you look, Cap"
"Ooooh" Clint laughed
Steve just raised a brow "Are you challenging me?"
"Only if you take me up on it" Rose smirked
Steve stood up and made it to her and she turned her back to him.
"Nope" Steve backed after a second "Not doing it" he turned to go back to his place when he felt a push. Rose had jumped on his back and he hastily liked his arms under her legs
"That makes a weird before-after, you know" Tony noted as JARVIS clicked a picture
"Talking of before-after" Rose spoke up, climbing off Steve back "We've got something for you"
"A present, Rose?" Thor asked
"something like that" Rose smiled as she and Mia led them to the elevator
"Communal Floor, J"
the elevator started moving to the destination
"did you repair it?" Bruce asked
"Awww! Thank you, Rosie. You didn't had to"
Rose just smiled but no reply
Once the elevator opened on the communal, the team noticed it was just the way they had left it as. Not a single thread out of it's place.
"We saved it for you guys" Mia smiled
"so, you better get to repairing the whole floor" Rose added
"When you say 'you', you mean," Nat trailed off
"I mean all of you." Rose grinned, green eyes sparkling with mischief "Think of it as a...team building exercise"
With that she turned and hooking her arm with Mia turned to leave
"where are you going?" Clint demanded
"You disrupted our vacation time in Milan. So we are going back to vacation" Mia replied
"Milan fashion Week's over" Tony said
"Paris Fashion week begun today." Mia smiled
"Oh and one more thing. Clint, Pepper said you are in trouble when she gets back" Rose said
"And don't forget to feed Zeus and Hera" Mia said and the two girls disappeared into the lift
the whole team reviewed the broken floor
"Well, it could have gone worse" Nat shrugged
Clint's eyes widened "could have? Pepper Potts out there for my head! How worse could it be?"
Tony scoffed "You did cause us all to turn kids and were the cause of the huge amount of blackmail material they now possess! You deserve it, birdbrain"
"But i must say, this experience as kids had been quite...interesting" Thor nodded
"That's one to put it" Bruce sighed
"So, where do we start from?" Steve asked, looking around
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