I've been holding this one for a bit! Luckily I just started the next bit so I'm ready the share this!
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"Everyone's presence is being requested in the living room." Friday spoke as she turned on all of the bedroom lights at around one in the morning. "Now."
"What's going on Friday?"Steve rolled out of bed and ran his hand across his face. He tugged on his pants and blinked quickly. "What's the emergency?"
"There is so real emergency sir, no one is hurt or in any danger." Friday said in what could only be described as a hushed tone. "Mr. Stark has just had an... unfortunate accident."
Steve grunted and joined his exhausted children in the living room.
"Tony? What's going on?"
Tony stood covered in soot in front of the kitchen sink, he had washed off his face and hands but his entire body was still slightly singed.
"Sit." The charred man's voice was like ice.
The children sat on the couch and Steve found himself soon following suit.
"Who has been using my lab?" Tony held up his hand to stop any interruptions. "My fire extinguishers were empty."
"Well we all know it wasn't me." Evie said with a pointed look to her younger siblings. "Can I go back to bed now?"
"Shh." Steve placed his hand on her shoulder, he looked towards his younger children, Peter looked both exhausted and confused, while Morgan was avoiding all eye contact. This was a pretty cut and dry case.
"Hm?" Tony growled low in his throat. "Well you three will have fun cleaning up what's left of my lab, until one of you fesses up."
"Dad!" Evie squeaked. "Thats not fair. Why would I go in your lab! Besides, can't you just ask FRIDAY?"
"Apparently she is unable to say who was conducting experiments due some bullshit confidentiality agreement she made with one of you, that I disagree with." He turned to look towards the ceiling. "Which will be edited out of your programming! Evie, in your case I'd hope the offender owns up."
Evie sucked in a sharp breath and sent a glare towards her younger siblings, Peter shrugged as Morgan played with the hem of her t shirt.
Steve watched as Morgan picked at the worn fabric and shot his husband a knowing glance.
"I did find some evidence with Dum- e if anyone cares to make an admission before the three of you get to work." Tony said catching Steve's glance.
"Tony." Steve sighed.
"What!" Tony snapped, inching towards Morgan. "They have never been allowed in the lab without permission."
"It was me!" Morgan said quiety, dropping her head.
"Morgan. What were you doing in my lab?" Tony squatted down to catch her eyes.
"You two. Go back to bed." Steve said softly. He stood up and quietly urged his older children out of the room.
Morgan mumbled incoherently as she continued to pick apart the edge of her shirt.
"Stop that." Steve took the fabric from her hand. "Now, look at your father and me."
Morgan slowly lifted her eyes to meet her parents'.
"Morgan. What were you thinking going into my lab without me even knowing?" Tony's tone was sharp. The rule had stood from day one. The lab was far to dangerous for the children to be allowed to use without either supervision of permission.
"I was making a robot. Like you do."
"Morgan, you're not allowed into that lab to find a rubber band by yourself, let alone, make robots without your Dad." Steve's voice was firm. "He could have been killed tonight by not having those fire extinguishers."
"Daddy! I didn't mean it!" Morgan's eyes welled with tears, she flung herself into Tony's arms."Don't die Daddy! I'm sorry!"
"I'm right here peanut." Tony sighed. "But you still can't be in my lab without me there. You know that."
"I just wanted to surprise you."
"How about if you want to build something to surprise Dad you ask Uncle Bruce, or Peter for help?" Steve suggested.
"When were you even able to be down there without me knowing?" Tony asked, shifting Morgan back onto the couch and sitting beside her.
"Oh. Um." Morgan looked towards her toes. "When I overheard you guys leave on that mission I woke up early to go down and work."
"What were you doing up that late?"
"You mean you knew we had left and then deliberitly planned to do something you knew was not only forbidden but dangerous?"
"I didn't use the welder!" Morgan said, leaping to her own feeble defense.
"I damn well would hope not Morgan Margaret!" Tony said sharply.
"So you snuck down that morning." Steve urged.
"I wanted to run an experiment with my bot, I had made a new drive. FRIDAY wouldn't let me weld it in so I used electrical tape. Then I put it in the test chamber, see, super safe Dad."
"Mhm." Tony nodded blowing a sharp breath through his nose.
"Then she did really good at first but then there was a little bit of overheating and the tape started melting, and its possible my glitter stickers are flammable, anyway FRIDAY put the fire out. But when I was looking at her to see what went wrong Evie was waking up so I left and went back to bed."
"And you didn't think that you needed to tell me?"
"Well I knew that you'd be cranky."
Steve snorted.
"Well little miss, now, I'm more cranky that you lied to me on top of all this."
"I never lied." Morgan crossed her arms and glared up at Tony.
"Oh? What do you call sneaking around and purposefully not telling us things?" Tony asked, Morgan bit her lip as Tony patted his lap. "Exactly. Let's get this over with then, hm?
Steve kissed Morgan's head softly, then murmuring into Tony's ear exited the room.
"Daddy I'm sleepy." Morgan said giving a large dramatic yawn.
"Oh? I am too, being set on fire does that to a man. Come on now." He scooped the child up and placed her unceremoniously over his lap.
"I said I was sorry though!"
"And yet, you plotted to do a thing you knew you shouldn't have." Tony tugged down dotted pajama bottoms and twisting his watch to reinforce his hand began to spank his daughter.
"Daddy!" Morgan yelped as Tony used his legs to cease her wiggling and to volley of swats continued to rain down.
"Come on Morgan. Its late, let's just be done with this." He sighed after pinning her hands back a third time. He issued a firmer few swats as the girl fell limp and began to cry. A few moments later he tugged her pants up and hoisted the brunette into his lap.
"That hurt." Morgan mumbled snuggling her head into her father's chest.
"Oh? I must have done a good job then." Tony said giving her ponytail a soft tug. He pulled her closer into his chest and rubbed her back."Come here baby girl."
"I'm sorry I-"
"Shh. Its all forgiven Morgs. But no more playing in my lab."
"I wont."
"Attagirl." He paused. "Morgs. I looked at your bot. Some pretty impressive work there."
"Really? Can you help me fix her?"
"Mhm. We can do some repairs another time ok? Especially because you're grounded. Let's say a week?"
"Poop."
"You'll live." Tony chuckled. "Now let's get you to bed before your pops comes in here and we're both in trouble."
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I needed that Morgan sweetness/ sass idk about you? Hope everyone is staying safe and healthy!
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