A nice Friday night. A nice regular Friday night at the Avengers Tower

Thor was on dinner duty. Clint, Natasha, and Bruce lazily slumped on the couch watching Supernatural (apparantly Starks were big fans who got the team addicted; One of them is a real-time witch, so why not?)

Mia was sitting on the kitchen island, looking over their monthly reports to be submitted at SHIELD

Tony was on one end of the couch being a regular father as he oiled Rose's hair, who was sitting on the carpeted floor right below him with closed eyes. She ran the company, the least he could do was relieve her of some stress.

Steve was seated on the other end of the couch, reading a novel-The Fault in our Stars, half-heartedly paying attention to the TV.

So, everything was normal.

The elevator opened with its signature ding and Pepper stepped out, dressed in casuals. She smiled at the team and sat next to Tony, her eyes landing on Rose

While the young girl looked almost relaxed and asleep from the massage she was receiving from Tony, Pepper knew better

"Saw your Instagram feed for the birthday. Nice Caption" Pepper smiled

Rose chuckled

Tony stopped for a minute before leaning closer to Rose "How many likes did it get?"

"About 3 million"

Clint, sitting next to Pepper, snorted

"she did" Pepper nodded

Clint looked at her and raised a brow "You posted the party pictures on Instagram?"

Rose opened her eyes and looked at Clint "Uh...yes"

"With me and Nat on it?"

"Yes"

Clint blinked "Are you crazy?"

Rose rolled her eyes as she brought her knees closer to her chest "The world knows how you two look. Not that it matters"

Clint pouted and looked at Nat "You are okay with it?"

Nat shrugged "she does have a point" and looked at her "How many likes?"

"3 M"

Nat grinned a little and Bruce chuckled

"and counting" Rose nodded, only for Tony to set her head straight and stop her to move

"Stop moving"

"You saw it?" Pepper asked Nat

Nat shrugged "I don't have an Instagram account"

"what's Instagram?"

And in that split second, the air of the communal did a 180.

Rose, Tony, and Pepper blinked at Steve(who had asked that question) while giving Nat disbelieving looks

"Are you guys for real?" Tony asked

"...Yes" Steve answered, though it sounded quite hesitant

"Who here doesn't have an Instagram or Facebook or Twitter account?" Rose asked

Five hands raised. One person snorted in the kitchen

"You are living with two tech geniuses for over six months. And you have no clue on social media?" Mia half turned, giving the five of them amused glances

"I know what social media is" Clint scoffed and crossed his arms as JARVIS lowered the TV volume "I just never bothered to make an account"

"What he said" Bruce nodded

"Ditto" Nat nodded "Plus, social media doesn't serve well with spies"

Steve looked around "Is someone going to explain to me what you guys are talking about?"

"Blasphemy" Rose muttered quite loudly "This is blasphemy! We need to educate these backward illiterates. We need to right this wrong!"

Tony nodded in complete approval "I'm with you on this, pumpkin"

"Everyone get closer!" Rose demanded "Thor get your arse over here. Dinner can wait"

Thor chuckled a little but did

Rose sat on the couch as Pepper moved to the kitchen. She wouldn't mind finishing the dinner, especially when she knew that the whole team would get hungry by the time the session would be over

"Don't you want to be a part of this?" Mia asked Pepper

Pepper chuckled "I'd rather not"


The next 30 minutes were spent teaching the uncivilized people about social media and its glory. By the end of it, the Starks had everyone make an account of Instagram

Thor asked, "What shall I put in the bio?"

"Whatever you wanna" Rose replied "interests, job, basic info. Like, go for Prince of Asgard, God of thunder, whatever you want to." Rose smiled "Oh and just get it checked by me or dad before you complete it"

The last thing they needed was a social media mishap at the hands of one of the Avengers

Steve nodded "and username?"

"Keep it simple so people can find it" Tony answered

the father-daughter duo helped the team wherever they stuck and didn't stop until each and every one of them had a proper account

"and now you send the follow requests" Tony instructed them, except the spies who already knew how to do it, and it started out small.

Steve looked into Nat's phone before went back to his. She was looking at Rose's account.

So Steve typed Rose's name in the search bar as she had shown him and clicked when her name appeared, his eyes skimming through Rose's profile. The photo she had used was simple yet gorgeous. And her profile was amazing- again, simple yet to the point. He clicked the "follow" tab below it and soon a small popup appeared on the lower side. he tapped on it and there was a notification(that was what it was called, right?) that Rose Stark was following him back now. He nodded and looked for Tony's id before he went on with others.

Thor would get stuck more, being from another world, but he managed with Rose's constant help.

After that, Rose and Tony helped them all make Facebook and Twitter accounts, also showing them the ropes on how stuff's done. Once that was done, Rose created an official Avengers account on all three platforms before she looked at Mia

"Pretty please" she batted her eyelashes

Mia groaned "fine"

though she did agree to manage the official social media account, Mia knew her job would also require her to make sure none of them, except Tony and Rose, post any offensive or biased material.

"What did I just sign up for?" Mia muttered tiredly

"I'm gonna say a lot of headache and lot of extra work" Pepper laughed, which earned a glare from the witch

Pepper just giggled and looked at the team

"Dinner's ready. Get your butts over here. You can play with your phones later!"


Steve spent the rest of the night barely asleep but mostly on the phone, trying to make his social media accounts presentable. He sighed, having no idea what to do.

"JARVIS?" Steve asked, turning around on his bed "How can I make my social media profile more presentable to the general public?"

"Well, Captain, you can start by choosing a right and optimum profile picture that shows your best side. Then make your media presence more consistent by posting quite regularly. Post content that is relatable and would reach to masses. Is that all or should I provide more information, Captain?"

Steve bit his lip "I think it'd be all for, right now. Thanks, JARVIS"

"Always ready to help, Captain"

Steve nodded and went back to his Insta account. he understood JARVIS to most of his part, but still...

He thought of asking Rose or Tony. But it was past midnight and Rose'd most probably be asleep. Tony would most probably be in the lab downstairs, not wanting to be disturbed. he sighed. he could really use some help when an idea struck him. Instead, he opened Rose's Instagram profile and checked the contents. The bio seemed simple yet effective.

he scrolled down to her posts. The latest post was 4 days ago about Tony's birthday. The photos made him smile. The party was great. And the photos just depicted it-Tony cutting cake, a small video of him trying to blow trick candles before Rose removed them, group photos, the kids, the team with Tony and a few more. All their of their blinding smiles and happy expressions. It had 2,98,873 likes and thousands of comments.

He scrolled down and found a solo picture of Rose and Tony from some time ago when either of them was not paying attention. And this one had a message(Caption, he reminded himself) below

rosestark I love you not only because you are my dad, but because you're a caring father, my partner-in-crime, my lab associate, my inspiration, my driving force, and my best friend. Despite how annoyed I get when you do your silly antics, I know that you know that I still and always will love you from the bottom of my heart. Happy 45th Birthday Daddy (a)iamironman

He chuckled. he had meant what he said to Tony on his birthday night after the party. And despite all this time, the relationship and love between the father-daughter duo always amazed him, no matter how much he witnessed it.

Below it was millions of likes and thousands of comments, starting with Pepper, Mia, Rhodey and Happy and moving down to many more.

He kept on scrolling below. A good portion of the photos was that of her work in the office or lab or field. Some were her vacationing, including their time on the tropical island. But there were a lot of photos.

He almost checked them all before he switched and looked into Tony's profile. he didn't expect it but Tony's profile was equally maintained and sophisticated. Photos of him in his workshop which were taken most probably by an unsuspecting Rose, Pepper or JARVIS. Then there were photos of his suits, vintage cars, some selfies with Pepper, Rose or the puppies. A few photos with Bruce here and there, but he posted quite constantly, just like Rose

He quickly switched over to Facebook, where he wasn't surprised to find equally sophisticated profiles for both the Starks. They were public figures, it would mean much better if they had presentable profiles only. Not to mention impressing ones.

Steve looked over at the time. Past 1 AM. With a sigh, he went kept his phone back and dragged his covers over him. He could work on social media the next day


Mia was not surprised when she found the team, minus the Starks had become devoted to developing their social media accounts. from Clint asking her views for a good profile picture (which only showed his side profile and was highly edited by shadows and contrasts) to Bruce seeking her help for his first post.

Forgetting breakfast-it was her and Rose's turn-she opened her own social media accounts to check over everyone. So far everything seemed smooth. Rose and Tony had made a post on all three informing the world about the Avengers team officially entering the world of social media. Curious, she checked the first profile that appeared and happened to be Thor's. and her eyes widened. The previous night, he had only 10 followers. Right now he had 2.6M followers and counting if she knew better.

She knew others would be getting the same. Soon appeared fan-posts that tagged the team members or the official account. Pepper was right. She had signed in for a lot of headaches.


Social media was not something Thor understood. He was not used to Midgardian customs. So he pestered Tony, asking questions about everything he didn't understand(which was actually everything!), while Bruce would look at the two amused.

Thor pestered Tony to a point, here Tony set aside his tools and looked at the ceiling

"JARVIS, ask Capsicle to get his ass down here. I'm going to give a Social media 1-oh-1 and I'm not gonna fucking repeat it!"

Steve came down in three minutes, shooting confused glances at the collected men

"Rogers!"

Steve looked at Tony, who looked a bit cross

"sit down and listen with your utter attention. No one speaks in between!"

Bruce almost laughed as Steve obeyed and sat next to the blonde Asgardian and Tony began his social media 1-oh-1.

Bruce wouldn't admit if asked, but he closely listened to Tony as he told the blondes everything about social media do's and don'ts. Just because he knew of them doesn't mean he knew how to work them


Nat woke up to the constant buzzing of her phone. with a grunt she picked it and unlocked the screen, seeing about 12 notifications from Insta and FB.

the first pic was that of Clint in one of the tower's gyms, clad in a tank top, sweating and tired clearly after a workout. Though she did wonder who clicked that picture. The captain down below just contained a #JUSTDOIT

Natasha frowned. It had been posted just 21 minutes ago.

The next post was of Thor, quite similar to Clint just without any captain or hashtags. She exhaled. the two of them had to be together in the gym for that to happen since his picture was also posted 20 minutes ago.

then was Steve's. Someone had caught him on camera during his morning run and posted the video, tagging him. Steve shared that same story.

It was followed by Bruce. Nat scoffed. she thought Bruce was all about laying a low profile, but apparently that rule didn't apply to social media. The photo was of Tony sleeping on the couch down in their joint lab, along with the mess that was spare parts, incomplete suit parts, trick arrows on the table and stuff. Tony must have gone to sleep early in the morning. The caption was-

brucebanner Catching some Zzzz's after pulling an allnighter (a)IAmIronMan

The last post was from Rose. it was a small video. She was in bed, sleepily smiling at the camera while Hedwig, Arrow, and Rouge were perched on her back and pillow respectively as they preened her hair. It didn't seem like Rose had any problem but rather enjoyed it, except when she'd wince if one of the birds tugged her hair a bit hard. The caption just read-

rosestark Here I am waking up to special salon level treatment from my personal stylists, who are making sure I look orderly and neat for the day ahead. #birdstagram #wokeuptothis #owls&hawk

she was aware that Rose posted almost every second day. being young and resourceful, she was quite active on social media accounts.

The rest of the notifications were from FACEBOOK and Twitter which informed her of the same. Posts from all of them. Obligatory, she liked and commented on all their photos, like a good friend she was.

Then she realized, she was the only one without a post. no way was she going to stay behind.


Mia bit her nails as she sat in the communications room the tower, waiting for the reply that the Avengers had finally taken care of the threat. The threat being a huge genetic experiment gone wrong which proved that Godzilla could be made if you are not being too careful.

The whole team was called down to Florida trying to capture the creature without pissing it further or hurting it.

suddenly the receiver blared with static before Steve's voice came over

"Threat neutralized. Damage control is needed down here"

Mia nodded, quickly doing that

"How bad are we looking?"

"A few civilians are critically injured and more than a couple buildings reduced to rubble"

"Anyone hurt on the team?"

"I think Hawkeye's got a fracture. Widow's got a head injury. Stark's got a concussion"

"Which one?"

"Younger one. IronMan has a fracture, as he just told me"

"You?"

"Just a few scrapes. Compared to others, better"

Mia nodded as she realized the lack of codename for Rose's superhero persona. Another thing to be discussed with the team

"Any casualties?"

"..."

"Captain?"

a brief silence "Two. the scientists who were eaten by the monster"

"Copy that" she nodded "Get back to the tower"

"Roger that. ETA 30 minutes"

Mia sighed, removing her headset piece and she rubbed her temple.

"JARVIS, prepare the medbay"

Mia shook her head and started typing an email to Fury telling him the basic rough details. The report, well she was going to make Steve do this one.

She had just sent the email when her phone chimed. Usually, she would not be receiving any messages at that current point of time, so that got her attention. And she opened the notification, her eyes widened.

It was Tony, posting an image on Insta just 1 minute ago!

the monster was down, of course, knocked out so SHIELD scientists to figure out a way to turn the poor lizard back, and everyone was in the frame one way or the other. Rose was leaning on some wall, in her armor, next to a calmed down Bruce who seemed tired, sitting on the ground. Clint was lying on the ground, Nat next to him. Steve was helping Thor from under some building rubble. And Tony, while supporting a few bruises on the face, had a selfie with the whole team with the caption

iamironman Just a regular Tuesday at work. Defeating monsters and keeping the civilians safe. #Avengersarethebest #savingtheday #heroforever (a)rosestark (a)brucebanner (a)blackwidow (a)hawkeye (a)thorodinson (a)captainamerica

And within those two minutes, there were about 230 comments and about a thousand likes. The hell was wrong with him?

Tony had never posted mission selfies before. What the hell had gotten in him?

Mia groaned when she realized that Fury was yet to be informed about the now social media active Avengers. Oh, he was going to have a field day. or her head. Or maybe both


"What's fanart?"

Seven pairs of eyes landed on Thor

"Uh..." Rose began, leaning little forward "Fanart is basically art created by fans about their favorite characters or people they idolize in the real or virtual world. Usually, It's just someone's imagination. Why?"

"Someone posted this photo and named Lady Natasha and Barton" Thor turned his phone to show others. It was definitely a fanart, yes. It had Clint, in his usual black spy costume, a quiver on his back and his bow across his torso with Natasha shoved over his shoulder, as he carried her away from someone who had made her mad. She was frowning and pointing finger at someone and Clint was just smiling fondly. There was definitely the artist's name but below that picture was a hashtag-#blackhawk

Rose broke out laughing, so did Tony and, Mia. Clint blinked at the fanart and Natasha scowled. Steve was still studying it and Bruce just snickered

"This is epic!" Rose grinned then faced Mia "You post this on the official account, can you?"

Nat's head snapped towards the girls and her scowl deepened

"If you want the Black Widow to off you while you were sleeping" Steve muttered, noticing the murderous glare Nat was shooting the two

"As if" Rose scoffed

"Are you challenging me?" Nat raised a brow

"May-be" Rose winked with a sly smile

Nat stared at the girl for a few seconds "It's on, Stark"

Rose shrugged then looked at Mia "Post this. Now!"

Mia chuckled and nodded before looking at everyone "You know, the other day I was just going through the internet and I found this wonderful place where people were creating their OTPs and vote for their favorites"

"From the team?" Tony asked

"Uh-huh" Mia nodded "And I've got to give the credit to whosoever made them, 'cause some of them are just too good"

"Like what?" Bruce asked

"Couldn't be worse than that fanart" Clint scoffed "Thor take that away!"

Mia pulled her phone and quickly opened the page she had bookmarked

"Right. So here're so many of them"

"What are the top 10?" Rose asked, trying to sneak in but Mia pushed her back with a glare

"Stay down. I'll tell you" Mia bit her lip "Okay. #1 spot is a tie between three, do guess who they are about" she added "Okay, there's Stony"

"Steve and Tony" Nat replied

"Blackhawk"

"Clint and Nat"

"And, oh, this is a cute one. Stose"

"Me and Steve" Rose chuckled and shot a wink at Steve

Steve's face grew warm when he realized that there were people out there who actually wanted him to get together with Rose. Going as far as to give a portmanteau to them. And Rose didn't seem to mind it, rather. She was grinning and she totally looked be-

"I'm not gay!"

"People know that Tony" Bruce replied "Your relation with Pepper is not really a secret"

Tony scoffed before looking at Steve "and no offense, Spangles, but seriously? If I was looking for a blonde with blue eyes, I'd have chosen...uh..."

"Chosen who?" Clint prodded

"anyone but not spangles! I mean I know he's hot and attractive and gives a whole new definition to tall, blonde and handsome, and I while completely support LGBTQ community, I'll reiterate, I. Am. Not. Gay! So you, Rogers! Don't even think of having a chance with me! I'm a one-woman man and I love my woman. The end!"

Rose blinked at her father's explosion. She really wanted to laugh. It was so funny. And she was pretty sure if her father had said the same things about 5 years ago, she would have laughed at his face and wouldn't have believed him, especially the 'one-woman man' part. But she had always supported Pepperony(she won't admit it, even on her deathbed, but she made that one up and got it viral) and would support it till death.

"Well, you are not my type either, Stark" Steve snorted "I like women"

"Am I the only one noticing the sexual tension here between the two?" Nat whispered to the rest. Rose raised a brow but didn't comment. Well, that was definitely an interesting 'what-if'. What if both her father and Steve were gay and fell for each other? She didn't really know what her feelings would be so she stayed shut.

Mia loudly cleared her throat "Moving on. We got...uh...CapWidow, IronWidow,-"

"Not with Nat too!" Tony cried

"I'm a woman, Stark!"

"I didn't mean th-"

Mia blinked "Actually, this is between Rose and Nat"

"what?" Tony asked, surprised, Nat forgotten

"Yeah. Wait...Oh"

"Oh?" Nat asked

"So finding that Rose doesn't hold any superhero codename, which I had planned on discussing with Rosie, there are polls out there. Suggestions for your superhero name"

"What all we got?" Rose leaned in

"We got Iron Maiden...Valkyrie...Iron Woman...Iron Lass...IronHeart. Yup, that's it"

"Iron Lass?" Bruce chuckled

"It's not a secret that I spend a lot of time in Scotland and UK" Rose shrugged before looking at Mia "What got the highest polls?"

"Almost a tie between Iron Maiden and Valkyrie"

"I like Valkyrie" Thor nodded "They were an elite force of warrior women on Asgard who defended the throne with everything"

"Were?" Steve asked

"Aye, were" Thor nodded "They got extinct a few centuries ago for causes I don't know. I grew up listening to their stories" And then he looked at Rose "And Rose here is a fine warrior who is master of combat as well as magic"

"Nuh-uh. Iron Maiden, it is" tony argued back "Her suit's a spin-off of my armor and I am Iron Man."

"Shouldn't Rose decide what she wants to be called?" Nat raised her head and suddenly 7 heads turned to the pink-haired girl

Rose shrugged "I found Morrigan a nice name"

"Morrigan?" Steve asked

"She's a Celtic/Irish goddess of war, fate, and victory. She used to be one of my patron gods"

Steve's memory jogged back to the mid-1920s. He barely remembered his mother telling him about a goddess of war and bloodshed in stories. Though he couldn't remember the name, he was pretty sure it was vaguely familiar to Morrigan. After all his parents were Irish immigrants. They'd know about Celtic/Irish gods

"Well, we'll work on that later." Rose muttered "I need some time to think"

"Is no one going to raise the point that people are hoping Rose and Nat to get together?" Clint raised a brow. The expressions changed so sudden as if they just remembered the ship-IronWidow

"So?" Nat raised a brow at Rose and gave her a saucy look

"Listen, love" Rose slightly leaned ahead in a very flirty way, towards Nat "If I swung towards that side even by very small odds, I wouldn't have hesitated from dragging you upstairs to my room the first time I saw you and...you get the picture, I hope. But unfortunately, I'm straight"

"Oh pity" Nat sighed, mock sadness "I was expecting so much. Why did you have to break my heart?"

The two women looked at each other before bursting out laughing

"Ladies" Bruce awkwardly cleared his throat "Please don't ever do that again."

"JollyGreen's right" Tony nodded "Not that I have any issue if Rose was into girls, but please don't ever flirt with each other. It looks creepy"

"It was kinda hot" Clint nodded receiving a smack from Bruce "But agreed, yes. creepy"

Thor laughed "I think Rose and Lady Natasha would have made an amazing pair. Pity, the Norns weren't in their favor"

"I think it was good that the Norns" Clint rolled his eyes "weren't in favor of IronWidow. Lord knows what will happen to the world should these two come together"

Rose and Nat shared a grin with each other

"speaking or relationships" Mia spoke up "Steve is not the only guy people pair you with, Tony"

"Who else?" Tony asked

Mia jabbed her fore-finger at Tony and then jabbed her thumb at Bruce

"It actually got two names. IronHulk and.." she chuckled

"Mia?" Clint poked Mia's knee

Mia barked a laugh "ScienceHusbands"

Tony and Bruce shared a look as others snickered while some openly laughed (Thor, Rose, and Clint)

"I hate internet" Tony muttered "No offense, Brucie"

"Yeah, none taken. I'm not really fond of these, either"

"Can't they pair me up with a woman? What's with making me gay?!"

"They actually pair you with a woman" Mia nodded

"Lemme guess. Pepperony" Rose smiled

"Pepperony?" Nat asked, then nodded "Not bad"

"That! is my OTP. The rest are trash. Pepperony is the best" Tony grinned

"There's another. It's quite known. Pinkhawk."

"Me and Rose?" Clint asked

"Actually, yeah" Mia nodded then frowned

"Gross" Clint looked at Rose "I love you, Rosie, but you are more of my little sister"

"Feeling's mutual, brother" Rose grimaced

"Mia?" Steve looked at Mia, who seemed a little surprised for some reason "You okay?"

"Wow" she breathed before looking at the other witch "How close were you and Johnny?"

"Why?" Rose frowned, neither noticing the tension in certain people at the mention of that man

"there's another ship. And It's quite popular. Actually, it's the second most popular. IronTorch"

"Really?" Tony scowled before looking at Rose

"I swear, I haven't seen him since Valentine's day, that's like three months." Rose paused, thinking "oh wait. I saw him once in the middle when you guys turned into children and Doom attacked. But that's it"

"Well, your escapades weren't really hidden" Nat added "Even SHIELD suspected that you two were together"

"Oh, we did date. Quite seriously, but that was years ago"

"and the Internet is still not over you two?" Bruce raised a brow

"Apparently not. If they are shipping me with Johnny" Rose rolled her eyes "Worst ship on that list. Move on"

"You know what?" Tony stood up "Close that. No more ship names for tonight. I had enough"

"But,-"

"No. Enough!"

"Whatever, Stark"


You might ask how it would look like when shit hit the fan within the Avengers Tower. Well, this is how it looked:-

It started when Clint accidentally discovered fanfictions. It started when someone posted something on Twitter and tagged Clint. It was a fanfiction, that the person was suggesting Hawkeye should read. So Clint did. And he nearly fell off his bed laughing. He didn't waste another moment in telling everyone else about the fanfiction which was about Steve and Thor, struggling in a world that was not theirs. The worst part, a lot of it was what had happened at least once with the two blonde men.

Unfortunately, Bruce discovered the darker side of the same-Smut fictions. He accidentally read one about Nat and Rose(turns out people supported IronWidow hella lot; something about two gorgeous, desirable, skilled and deadly women getting attracted to each other.) and cried he hadn't. He could never unsee that! or forget, for that matter! For God's sake, one of them was his friend and other his pseudo-niece!

Following that, Bruce threatened to Hulk out and beat the crap out of anyone who dare read another fanfiction. There wasn't a need to be told twice. Tony (not so) politely asked JARVIS, to block every single fanfiction and fanart website from all their phones and/or laptops.

JARVIS did that without a further nudge


Rose was going through her tab. Most of the work was done and all that was left was final paperwork that Pepper had to draw, so she'll leave her to it. Rose threw the tab on the couch next to her and stretched and looked around the communal.

Nat was on the beanbag, eyes glued on her phone. Other than the two women, only Steve was the one present, doing the dishes. The rest were either doing gym or lab. And Rose was bored.

shrugging, she got up, stretched again and then entered the kitchen. She pulled her long gradient hair in a messy top bun, and placed a kettle on the stove, making herself some tea. While it brewed, she pulled a dishcloth and started wiping the wet dishes dry. Steve spared her a glance but said nothing. It wasn't uncommon for them to help others if they had nothing to do.

By the time, the tea was done, so were the dishes. So Rose placed the last of dishes in the cupboards, and poured tea in two mugs, handing one to Steve. Steve took it without a word and settled against the counter as Rose jumped on top of it, one leg tucked under her butt.

"When are you guys heading to bed?" Nat asked

Rose finished her tea sooner and washed her mug, placing it back

"Let's go"

Nat nodded, pocketing her phone as Rose approached her

"Are you sure you can't sleep in my room tonight?" Rose asked, a bit flirtily

"Are you sure only sleep's going to be there?" Nat raised a brow, a mischievous smirk on her lips

"That, I cannot guarantee. But we should, you know, get together once" Rose winked and linked her arm with Nat

Nat rolled her eyes "You know if we kept this up, Golden Boy over there is gonna have a heart attack. Right, Cap?" she looked at Steve

Steve rolled his eyes "Just for your knowledge, Widow, I'm not that back-minded. And neither am I homophobic. Just because I'm from a time where same-sex relationships weren't openly practiced, doesn't mean I object them"

"So you are okay with us?" Nat raised a brow mischievously and smirked

Steve narrowed his eyes. Internally he hoped Nat wouldn't notice him fidgeting. Nope, he wasn't okay with his crush sleeping or doing anything more with his friend. But for the sake of his own composure, he shrugged

"What's wrong with you both getting together?"

Nat was actually taken aback before she grinned and looked at Rose, who was grinning back

"We just got the seal of approval from Captain America." Rose nodded "We should totally get together. Would save me from a lot of one-nighter and ex-boyfriends tailing me"

"What do you say? tomorrow night, seven? I'll reserve a seat at our favorite pizza joint"

"It's a date, darling" Rose reached and placed a small kiss on the edge of Nat's lips "Don't be late"

And she skipped rest of her way to her floor

Nat turned to look at Steve who was looking at the two gobsmacked before she broke out laughing

"this is what you get when you give Rose some incentive" she chuckled "and I should thank you, actually. For hooking me up with Rose" she winked and then headed for the stairs

For once, Steve couldn't tell if Nat was joking or was she really serious


Everyone knew Tony was a hypocrite, at times. Saying something and then doing the opposite just a few minutes later.

In this case, despite his initial outburst of being shipped with Steve and Bruce, he really grew fond of them. So he started taking pictures of himself, sometimes in his lab or in the kitchen with stupid captions and tagging either or both the men. Sometimes it had Steve while he worked in the gym with his muscles and abs peeking or Bruce being a total and adorable dork.

It only made others question his sanity while having a good laugh since it usually made the other two men flush and embarrassed them to no end

"Hey Spangles, wanna join me for the grocery run?" Tony asked, looking through his lashes at the captain while he worked in his lab. Steve had come there to collect him for lunch so, he wasn't going to say no to the opportunity. He slightly twisted in his rotating chair, while looking at Steve

Steve just crossed his arms and frowned "No"

"Oh come on, Capsicle. It'll be fun. Besides, I know you have nothing to do this evening." Tony rested his elbow on the tabletop and kept his cheek on his fist, looking at Steve mock-fondly "Unless you have something to do this evening and I don't know"

Steve sighed and rolled his eyes "I have nothing to d-"

"then give me company!"

"-o. But you have to do your work on your own, Tony. Now if you are done, Clint is done with lunch. Come on"

"Only if you promise to come with me"

Steve sighed

Before he could say anything, the lab doors opened and Rose entered. She made her way to Tony and wrapped her arms around her father's neck from behind and rested her chin on top of his head

"Wondered what took you two to get upstairs for lunch," she said and looked at Steve "What's wrong?"

"He won't come with me for the grocery run" Tony complained

Rose raised a brow at Tony and then looked at Steve then back at Tony

"I'll come"

Tony turned around a little and looked at Rose "Got nothing to do?"

"Not for a while. The office is getting a little boring, actually" Rose admitted "So I'm free today. I'll come with you"

Tony reached and kissed the side of her temple, which made her smile

"Lunch, now, dad"

She unwrapped her arms and Tony got up, pointing an accusatory finger at Steve

"I hate you. We are so breaking up" then looked at Rose "I love you"

"Yeah yeah. Me too" Rose chuckled, pushing him towards the door "We'll be right there"

Once Tony left Rose sighed and looked at Steve, amused

"What's your excuse?"

Steve shrugged "Nothing"

Rose chuckled and shook her head fondly "Lunch first. Let's go"

The two made their way upstairs and joined others

Rose felt her phone vibrate repeatedly after lunch when she was about to head to her lab. She checked it to find a photo from Tony in which she was tagged. it was a picture of the three in the lab before the lunch when they were talking about the 'grocery trip' which had to be taken by JARVIS

iamironman when you get shut down by (a)captainamerica but (a)rosestark comes to rescue. 😔 *sigh* #stony #rejectedlove💔 #daughterlove #daughtertofather

Rose chuckled before looking at Steve, whto looked heavily blushing and a mix between dying of embarrassment and killing Tony out of sheer frustration. Finally, he kept his phone down on the table and left, probably to vent up in the gym before he could accidentally hurt Tony


Clint didn't think of it when he created the poll on Facebook.

Hawkeye
Vote for your favorite Avenger!
-Amazing Hawkeye
-Black Widow
-Rose Stark(Codename yet to be decided)
-ShellHead
-Capsicle
-Jolly Green
-Thunderbird

He put the timer for 48 hours.

"Did you make a public poll on Facebook?" Mia asked when she found herself tagged in the post

"Yup" Clint grinned "Just want to prove everyone that I'm the best Avenger"

"Sure" Tony scoffed "Wait till you see the results"

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"See for yourself"

When Clint did (after 48 hours of creating the poll), his eye totally did not twitch on the results

-Rose Stark(Codename yet to be decided)
-1.8M
-ShellHead
-1.8M
-Thunderbird
-1.2M
-Capsicle
-99K
-Black Widow
-66K
-Jolly Green
-17K
-Amazing Hawkeye
-13K

If anyone found Clint lying on the couch, face pressed into it and heard his barely audible sobs, well no one commented. They just left him to drown in his sorrow. And if later, ever, Clint found a bottle of an $800 worth Laphroaig Scotch next to the couch with a stick-it note on it with a

We love you, birdbrain
-T&R

he certainly didn't cry harder


Rose stormed into the training room, looked around, head whipping wildly as a few strands of hair slipped from her tight-knit french braid. She finally spotted the person she was looking and headed there

Nat was the first person to notice her and she quickly swiped her legs under Clint's and then pinned him on the mat

"Everything okay, Rose?" she asked

Clint craned his neck and looked at her upside down "Oh hey, Rosie"

"Hey" she offhandedly remarked, eyes glaring holes into a particular person's head-

Who noticed it and gulped

"What's wrong?" Steve asked, slowly standing up from where he was seated on the floor

Rose took a few deep breaths

"Are you out of your mind?" she asked

"..." Steve looked at Nat and Clint, who was looking at him

"What did you do?" Nat asked, joining Rose

Suddenly the doors opened and Tony entered, Bruce and Thor hot on his heels, a look of panic and anger on his face as he too looked for someone, who turned out to be a Steve

"You, Capsicle!" he called "What the fuck did you do that has Jack Dorsey threatening to sue me?"

"Jack Dorsey?" Clint asked

"Founder and CEO of Twitter" Rose supplied "He called Brittany a while ago but couldn't connect with me. After which he called dad"

"Steve did something?" Bruce asked the two Starks "What did he do?"

"Ask him" Tony grunted

Steve gulped again "I..."

"He called the VP, I quote, 'an obnoxious little worm trying to sanitize Ellis' lies. He has no shame. Keep tap dancing, you fool. we all see you. I didn't crash a HYDRA ship and spend 70 years under the ice to wake up to this'. And he set the spark to a huge fire between Ellis-supporters and Ellis-haters"

"You did what?!" Bruce gaped at Steve. Clint's jaw was almost touching the floor while Nat didn't show it, she was very surprised. Thor, as usual, had no clue what was going on.

"And this fire went so wild that it overloaded Twitter's servers and the entire system shut down. And since Spangles here uses Stark servers, Dorsey is threatening to sue me if I didn't pay for the damages"

"...I just voiced my opinion" Steve finally answered a long pregnant pause

Clint scoffed "Who knew America's golden boy could pull such a stunt? Geez," Clint chuckled then looked at the billionaires "How bad is the damage?"

"Well, it's nothing I can't handle. Besides, our legal team had been on a vacation long enough and need some proper work." She sighed and pushed back all the strands that had gotten loose "And for future reference, could you please be a little more subtle while posting political statements? We are not telling you not to, just...think before you type"

"Duley noted" Steve quickly replied, nodding like a school-boy

"Rosie, wait, did he really call the vice-president 'an obnoxious little worm' ?" Nat asked

She either had to be really tensed to not notice Nat calling her by a name that was forbidden or didn't mind her using it because she just chuckled "If it hadn't had Dorsey trying to sue our arses, I would have actually supported the whole thing." she paused "You know what?" she pulled her phone and typed something furiously.

Steve's phone buzzed. he carefully picked it from the floor and checked it. Rose had not only liked his tweet.. but had also retweeted it with a statement

Rose Stark | (a)rosestark
Couldn't have said better myself (a)steverogers

"Why did you had to add fuel to fire, Rosie?" Tony whined "I really don't want to deal with Dorsey"

"One, it's fun." Rose counted on her fingers "Two, Steve's right. And, as one of my close friends, I'm gonna support him. Three, I'll sic our legal team on Dorsey. It's not our fault that Twitter wasn't ready for The Avengers. We told the world we'd be entering the virtual world. If anything, it's on them" she shrugged "4 and last, It was badass" she shot a grin at Steve followed by a wink.

Tony sighed, Clint and Nat laughed and Bruce rubbed Tony's shoulder in comfort while cracking a small smile. Steve on the other hand just shook his head a little fondly while smiling

"I swear to god, Rosie, you'll be the reason if I start sprouting out grey hairs" Tony complained

"Sorry to break it to you, but they are already there, daddy" Rose grinned, reached and plucked a greying hair from Tony's head, which made him wince

"And they are because of you" Tony mock-frowned

Rose smiled and hugged him "But you still love me!"

Tony chuckled, hugging her back

"Group Hug!" Clint shouting, hugging both the Starks together. Soon other Avengers followed as well, all wearing stupid grins. Thor and Steve-being the biggest, were the outermost ones. Bruce, Nat, and Clint made the middle layer and the Starks in the middle

A snap of camera made them pause and pull out of their embrace and look at the source- where Pepper and Mia stood, Pepper with her phone

"This is so going on the official page" Pepper grinned

"Yup, agreed" Mia nodded as she took her phone to check if she received the photo Pepper just sent "Oh and Steve, you are grounded from social media until further notice"

"Oh, come on, Mia!"


"Don't you think you are overdoing it?" Bruce asked, looking at Nat and Clint, the two of them having a push-up competition

"Nope" Nat grunted

"Uh-huh" Clint slightly shook his head

Bruce rolled his eyes before looking at the phone in his hand where he was filming it. The current score was Nat-87 and Clint-82. They had about 50 seconds more before the timer would ring at its 5-minute mark.

50 seconds later,

the timer beeped and Clint collapsed on the floor while Nat tiredly sat up. The final score was Nat-100 and Clint-96

"4?! Just 4?! Fuck my life!" Clint punched the mat-floor as he scowled at his long-time partner.

"Everyone knows I'm better" Nat grinned and stood up

Bruce stopped the video and then started a new one as Thor and Steve entered the frame, facing off each other

"You ready for this, Thor?" Steve asked, in his complete Captain-voice

"Better than thou, Captain"

Steve narrowed his eyes. The two took their positions and Nat reset the counters

"Alright, boys. start with 3...2...1 go!"

And they did. The trio expected this but they were still amazed by the stamina that both the blonde men were showing. And the speed they were doing it at, was just wow.

Within the next five minutes, the counters stopped and both the men stood up, just panting, as they faced each other

"Wow," Bruce muttered, pausing the video. Steve-152 Thor-153

And it appeared that Steve was not happy

"It was a good trial, Captain" Thor chuckled

"Yeah" Seve absentmindedly replied

Let's just say that the two videos shot off like anything. Within the first 5 minutes of posting, the photos had more than 10K likes and hundreds of comments. Mostly were of the fans choosing sides. Who knew each Avengers had their own group of fans?

the four were really keen on the feedback they were getting, so no one, except Bruce, noticed Mia enter, looking very crossed

"Mia?" Bruce softly asked

But her glare was solely focused on the four Avengers and their phones

"If I see any of you holding your phone anytime for the next 2 hours, I'm gonna fucking break it and not even compensate"

The four were startled by the witch's sudden remark, but seeing the expression she was supporting, they kindly hid/pocketed their phones and appeared as innocent as they could

"Weather's nice, isn't it?" Thor chuckled, nervously, but got nothing from Mia

"Ill timing?"

"Don't try, Thor" Clint patted his knee

Mia took two long breaths, eyes closed before she looked back at them

"Whose idea was it to post a sparring session video?" she asked pretty calmly

1...2...3...

three fingers pointed towards Clint, who gulped.

"You do realize, that your enemies out there could use that to their advantage, right?" Mia asked

"uh..." Clint gulped "yes?"

Mia took another deep breath and pinched the bridge of her nose

"Do I really have to sensor all your social media accounts on top of your lives now?!" Mia's eyes narrowed dangerously "First Steve tweets a major political statement. Then Rose worsens the damage. And now, you, Clint Barton, are giving an insight into your life? In case you forgot, you are a spy! Spy means anonymity!"

Clint winced very visibly

"Sorry?"

"You better delete it, Clint" Bruce suggested

"Uh..." Clint nervously rubbed the back of his neck and chuckled as Mia rolled her eyes

"It was a live video and cannot be deleted?"

And then he was smacked by Nat "that's just fucking awesome, Clint"

Bruce worriedly eyed Mia, who walked into the kitchen and crouching, pulled a bottle of Jack Daniels from the liquor cabinet, poured herself a glass and drank it in one go

"And because of those whole set of hashtags you added, Fury knows now. His PA called me and asked me to see him ASAP. ASAP!"

"He can't fire you...right?" Steve asked

Mia rolled her eyes again "I wouldn't even care if he did. I only took this job because of Tony and Rose." she settled on a stool "I already had a job that paid me more or less the same in the Wizarding World. So even if Fury fires me, I can always go back to my last job."

"Let's just hope he doesn't." Nat deadpanned, leaning back "If he did fire you, let's say he'd be adding two very powerful witches and a super-genius billionaire to his list of enemies. And that won't end well for him"

"What won't end well for who?"

Everyone looked up to see Pepper stride in and enter the kitchen

"Hey Pepper" Bruce smiled

"Hi Bruce" she smiled "Hey guys, so? What are you talking about?"

"It won't end well for Fury if he fired Mia" Nat answered

Pepper looked at Mia and raised a brow. The witch returned her a tired sigh and downed another shot of JD

"If the way she's drinking is anything to go by, I don't even want to know" Pepper replied and grabbed a glass for herself and poured a drink

She brought the glass to her lips only to see five questioning glances at her

"What?" she asked, lowering the glass

"Why are you drinking?" Bruce asked

"Do I really need a reason?" Pepper asked, "Can't I have a drink just because I want to?"

"Pep" Mia spoke up "How did you manage Tony and Rose's social media?"

Pepper chuckled "Tony wrote me an algorithm to check Rose's social media updates. Rose modified it so I could check Tony's as well. It required my permission before they posted anything. I'm not sure if that old piece of programming would still be with JARVIS"

"I do still have the Social Media Monitoring program with me, Ms. Potts" JARVIS piped in

Pepper shrugged with a smile

A chill ran down Bruce's spine at the look of the smirk that Mia suddenly wore. And he was pretty sure he wasn't the only one.

"JARVIS" Mia softly began

"Yes, Ms. Granger"

"Restart that program on the accounts of all the Avengers except the Starks. No social media content to be posted without my approval"

"Understood, Ms. Granger. Social Media Monitoring program activated"

Mia downed rest of her drink and stood

"If Fury did fire me, I'll hex all your arses into the next month," Mia warned and strode off

Pepper chuckled and finished her own drink "Delightful, isn't she?" with that, she turned and headed upstairs

"I observe a very similar behavioral pattern in both Lady Mia and lady Pepper. Is this common?" Thor furrowed his brows

"Nope" Clint popped "Not at all"

"But then again, nothing's normal when it comes to us" Steve sighed and looked at the team

"Well, I don't know what's worse," Nat said, leaning back and resting her knuckles against her temple "Getting my social media privileges taken by my babysitter or the possibility of my boss firing my favorite babysitter"

"She's our only babysitter" Clint grumbled

"But she's amazing at her job" Bruce added "Either way, I wouldn't be surprised if Mia turned out to Pepper's secret love child or something from her teen years. They are eerily similar." he paused "Just don't tell either of them I said that"

"Secret's safe, Banner" Thor grinned "But, yes, I do agree"

"Me too" Steve nodded "No wonder Tony and Rose listen to both the women. They are pretty scary"

"Me three" Nat sighed

"Me four" Clint piped in then stopped and his head snapped up "I just found our team mom!"

Smack!

"shut up, Barton"


I'll be adding another chapter on the same pretty soon. These days I'm stuck organizing my college fest, so yeah super busy. Other than that, do comment/review pls.

And apparent 'at sign' isn't accepted in ffn because no matter how I use it, it just disappears once I save the content. So I used (a) instead.

Also, yes, I wanted to ask-what are your opinions on Rose's superhero codename? All the options are given in the chapter, above. My personal favorites are Morrigan and Iron Heart, but then again I want to know all your opinions

Also the Fb polls, I actually made one and these were the results I got:

IM-137 Thor-81 Capt-61 Widow-31 Hulk-24 Hawkeye-18

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