"Thank you so much for having me!" Lori smiled as she gathered her bag, preparing to leave.
"Of course Lori, it was lovely to meet you. Are you sure you don't want to stay for dinner?" Steve asked.
"No thank you Mr. Steve, my mom will be home in a bit."
"Is someone picking you up?" Tony walked over to the window and looked down onto the very dark city below.
"No sir, my mom's still at work. The train station is just a few blocks though!" Lori slung her bag over her shoulder.
"I'll have someone drive you home." Tony said.
"Its really not necessarily Mr. Tony."
"I insist."
"Oh ok." Lori shrugged.
"Are you two are prepared for your test?" Steve smiled.
"Yep!"
"Good.We'll have to have you stay for dinner another night."
"Thank you, I'd appreciate it."
"You're gushing Pops." Evie laughed.
"Well we're just happy you're bringing friends home again Evie, it's been a year since Vanessa moved." Steve ruffled Evie's hair.
"Lori here is the first friend you've had over in over a year- proof that we're not that lame." Tony grinned.
"You are." Evie stuck out her tongue.
"I'm the only friend you've had over in like a year?"
Evie shrugged in response as Tony's phone rang alerting him of the ready car.
"Not even Leo?" Lori asked.
Evie quickly shook her head as Peter quickly stood up from his seat in the kitchen where he had been playing a board game with Morgan.
"Leo?"
"Who's Leo?"
"Evie's boyfriend..." Lori shrugged.
Peter lept across the table as Evie slapped her hand across Lori's mouth.
"Her what?" Tony snapped.
"Peter why don't you and Morgan take Lori downstairs so she can head home. We don't want her to be late." Steve said.
"I'm sorry." Lori murmured as she and the younger Rogers- Stark children stepped onto the elevator.
As the home cleared of company Steve beckoned Evie to sit down with a sigh.
"How long have you had a boyfriend?"
"Who said you could have a boyfriend!" Tony snapped.
"Hey Dad?" Evie rolled her eyes. "21st century called. They wanted to remind you to leave your archaic male chauvinist mindset in the past."
"Can the attitude missy." Tony said.
"Evie it's not that we aren't happy that you're spending time with new people." Steve spoke calmly. "We just would like if you let us be privy to these details."
"So you can overreact?"
"Who gave you permission to date!" Tony started pacing. "You're only sixteen!"
"I'm sorry, we should have been letting you hitch up the horse and buggy so we can go to the moving picture house for some romantic handholding. My bad. Shame I forgot my hoop skirts." Evie snarked. "Seriously this isnt Pops' childhood I don't need your permission to spend time with people. Besides- back then I'd be married and popping out babies already."
"When do you think I was born?" Steve asked slowly.
"I dunno? Wild west?"
"That's not even a year."
"I know. I'm not dumb. I know you grew up during the depression. We just studied it with you."
"Regardless." Tony broke the banter. "You can't date someone we haven't met."
"Dad."
"He's right Evie. The boy can come over for dinner." Steve smiled. "How long have you been dating this Leo?"
"Its not serious. Just a few months."
"At sixteen? A few months is very serious." Tony laughed.
"Ugh. Fine." Evie sighed. "You encourage Peter to ask out MJ almost daily. Hell of a double standard there."
"Evie..." Steve started.
"Well Peter has had the talk. And we have met MJ." Tony explained.
"I've had a dozen "the talks" a horrible one with you guys, sex ed at school, one with Aunt Pepper because she thinks you're dumb, one with Aunt Laura when they were in town and we had to buy tampons for Lila." Evie ticked off the experiences.
"Please." Steve shuddered at the discussion of feminine hygiene supplies.
"Tampon." Evie shrugged. "You have a two girls who either menstruate or will soon. Either way I'm more than prepared and we aren't doing anything."
"Evie."
"Have you been sneaking around to see this boy?" Tony asked.
"Only the average amount?"
"Well that's going to stop." Steve said sternly.
"Mhm. If you're going out with this kid you need to let us know."
"Go invite him over for dinner. We want to meet him." Steve shooed her out of the room.
"Tonight?"
"No." Steve laughed and kissed her forehead. "How about this weekend."
"Alright." Evie grabbed her phone and started typing as she headed to her room.
"Dinner in 20." Steve called after her.
"What are we doing?" Tony turned to his husband.
"As a very wise man once told me, winging it." Steve smiled.
"Since when do they keep secrets?"
"Now I suppose. I'm more worried about Morgan-"
"She has been flying under the radar lately hasn't she." Tony sighed.
"Mhm."
"Just what we need, chaos a la Morgan."
