Summary. Alex meets more of her family and wonders what became of them in the Original Timeline, she also celebrates her 20th birthday and her first wedding anniversary. Thor likes Disney Movies. The Avengers are assembled for the first time since SHIELD fell, Steve Rogers comes clean and Thor is reassured by Tony that he's part of his family.
Alexandra's jet arrived near mid-morning to the Reagan airport, there she and Thor waited for Tony's jet, which arrived roughly twenty minutes after hers. There, a black SUV was waiting for them and drove them to the restaurant that the Carter-Souza cousins had chosen, Alexandra greeted Pepper warmly and spent most of the drive catching up with her and talking about the security division. Mike and Sharon were waiting for them outside of the restaurant along with who Alexandra supposed were Danielle and Harrison Souza.
"Tony Stark, I can't believe my eyes" said the man, Harrison as Tony walked up to the group, Tony rolled his eyes but didn't resist the hug, "You've been all over the news man!"
"I do try Hal, how about you?" he asked a little stiff, that didn't deter the Souza man.
"You know how the military is, Rhodes still giving you trouble?" he asked, Tony cracked a smile.
"Honeybear will never give me trouble" he said and Harrison laughed and hugged Tony again patting him on the back.
"Now where's your princess? Mike says that she's the reason behind all this, very family oriented unlike some Starks I know" he said, Alexandra, who until this point had remained between Pepper and Thor gave a little wave, Tony looked at her and smiled.
"Actually, it's Queen now" he said proudly, Harrison smiled at him.
"Come say hello to your uncle Hal, kid" he said opening his arms for a hug, Alexandra decided that she liked his bubbly personality, she went and hugged him.
"Hi" she said, he laughed.
"You look a lot like your father, all brown eyes and too much hair, you should have seen him when he tried to grow his hair once" Harrison said with a smile, then he looked at the woman next to him "This, Alex, is my sister Danielle, your aunt Dani, she makes the best Thanksgiving turkey ever"
"Hal, stop" said the woman glaring at her brother, Alexandra giggled, "Forgive the idiot, he forgot to grow up with the rest of us, Commander Souza-Gillies at your services" she said and Alexandra nodded, Hal huffed.
"None of that Dani, this girl and Tones are family" said Hal, Tony placed a hand on Hal's shoulder.
"You know that dear ol' Dani has always been a stickler for the rules" he said, Hal nodded.
"Okay, I think you're scaring Alex" said Sharon stepping forward, "And you are promptly ignoring Pepper and Alex's husband"
"Ah, yes the husband" said Hal suddenly eyes on Thor, Alexandra figured that he had been informed of the situation "You go'n treat our girl right?" he asked, Thor nodded and Tony snorted.
"You're late to the threats Hal, Rhodey and I already did our jobs"
"Well, I just met my niece Stark, allow me this moment" he argued.
Sharon and Dani sighed and ushered the group inside, it had been a really awkward lunch with Hal, Mike and Tony reminiscing about old times while Sharon complained about being the youngest and Dani talking to Pepper about the state of the world, she was impressed to know about Alexandra's job and she also gave Thor the evil eye. Alexandra took that lunch to announce that she had been accepted in a Doctorate program in Strategic Security, Tony had joked that he was not going to be the only Doctor in the family, Alexandra explained that she was to start her doctorate in February and would be working on it all year, most of the Doctorate was online with her having to visit the Henley-Putnam university just twice during the whole program.
After lunch the group moved to Peggy's retirement home, luckily for the group she was completely lucid during their visit, she had berated Tony for his absence, and had liked Alexandra well enough to threaten Thor over her wellbeing. They stayed with her until visiting hours were over and they left with the promise of visiting again soon, Hal even suggested that it was something they could try to so monthly with Alexandra quickly backing him up as she felt that Tony could benefit from having family close.
Alexandra and Thor returned to New York that same night while Pepper and Tony returned to Malibu. The next few months were more of the same; Alexandra had named Maria Hill her deputy director and the two of them worked closely with the new and old agents. The newly dubbed Stark-Carter-Souza clan had created a chat group and managed to get together bi-monthly to catch up. Alexandra liked her two new uncles and aunts as they seemed to want whatever was best for their family, she discovered that while Mike, Hal and Sharon were single, Dani was married and had a fourteen year old son named Timothy that was studying to become a marine biologist, who Alexandra had met on their second get together, Alexandra and Timothy had bonded over their love for animals, Alexandra telling him that her favorite sea animals were the Orcas as she found them beautiful, Tim, had launched himself in a detail explanation about all he knew about Orcas and that had been the start of a new friendship.
Sometimes Alexandra wondered if the Carters and the Souza's had existed as she knew them in the MCU or if they were 'new', although she decided that she wouldn't mind much. Come March, Alexandra and Thor had managed their visit to the Zoo; Thor had love the penguins and Alexandra remembered that she needed to get him to see Madagascar (the movie), when they got to see the movie Thor had tried to learn to move it, move it, thing that had Alexandra laughing on their couch with tears on her eyes. Thankfully for her FRIDAY had the entire thing on video.
In the months that followed Alexandra managed to deal with her job her doctorate and her family reunions along with Thor who she had discovered was surprisingly patient when it came to her stressed outbursts. She also kept in contact with Coulson sending him messages of the important things she knew about. With Maria Hill she had created The Avengers Handbook, which was going to be delivered to the Avengers once she had time to assemble them all for a meeting, for the time being Alexandra enjoyed her life as she could, often marathoning Disney with Thor who was always down to watch movies.
A particular good memory that Alexandra would probably treasure forever was Thor watching Hercules, as it was one of her favorite Disney movies, Alexandra had sung her heart out to all of the songs of the movie while Thor had declared Hercules to be a mighty warrior. Or when they watched Tarzan together and Thor had gotten emotional over the soundtrack, Alexandra had placed her small hand against his like Jane had done with Tarzan. Thor had declared that the midgardians understood far more of what he thought of the different worlds. Alexandra had joked that he was a stranger like her until he mentioned that in their case it was the other way around, he was Tarzan and she was Jane. Of course Alexandra had ignored how Thor had almost flinched at the name of the Disney heroine, but they had brushed it off, until late at night when Alexandra had tried to apologize to Thor about Jane, his Jane. He was quick to brush her off and assure her that everything was fine.
Her twentieth birthday came with much fanfare, and she enjoyed it even more than her nineteenth, Tony and Pepper had flown in from Malibu, Bruce too as had Jennifer. The Carter-Souza cousins (Dani's husband and son included) had also attended and Rhodey arrived at dinner with Mamma Rhodes, who had adopted the entire clan, Happy Hogan included. They had a very cozy family dinner and then they had sat on the Penthouse living room to enjoy the moment, no ill news or sudden revelations, just a girl and her family celebrating another year of her life.
Her first wedding anniversary was another affair, although a tad awkward. Apparently Pepper and Sharon had told Thor that it was customary on earth to celebrate each anniversary. Apparently first year was paper and Thor had gotten her a deluxe copy of her favorite book, The Little Prince, she had squealed and hugged him and then hugged the book close to her chest.
"How did you know?" she asked, Thor had smiled sheepishly.
"Lady FRIDAY is an excellent help" he had answered and Alexandra had barely remembered actually writing it down when Tony was programming FRIDAY for her, she had smiled at the Asgardian King.
"It's perfect, thank you Thor" she said before she handed him a parcel. Inside Thor found an old book written in Nordic runes depicting all the beliefs and prayers that Vikings used to send his way, it was a one of a kind book that she had purchased in the black market from a specialist.
"Thank you, my Queen, this book shall be placed in my personal library" he said, she had smiled at him before pulling him into another hug.
They spent the rest of the day watching movies and eating pizza from their favorite place. It had been a day to celebrate their friendship rather than the actual marriage as their friendship had survived a forced marriage and a really awkward wedding night. Alexandra could hardly believe that it had all gone down a year ago and could only smile as Thor handed her their popcorn bowl while they were watching The Princess and The Frog while a storm raged outside their apartment. Alexandra loved rain and thunderstorms and so Thor had 'blessed' their day with what probably was the biggest storm that New York had ever seen.
The year continued and so did Alexandra's job, she and Maria tweaked the Avengers Handbook, with input from Thor and Jen as the latter had been roped as the Avengers Legal Representative, between her and Alexandra they had assembled a small team of lawyers to deal with the Avengers legal issues, such as permits to go cross foreign borders and there was also a clause about destruction of property.
When October approached Alexandra knew that she needed to assemble the team so she could hand the Handbook to each of them. She got all the phone numbers from JARVIS and FRIDAY set a date for the meeting in the brand new Avengers Compound, where her New York bound agents occasionally trained as the SI-SD New York Facility was under construction. FRIDAY ended up setting the meeting for October 19th, having cleared Alexandra's schedule for the rest of the day, she decided that she wouldn't antagonize any of them for actions that hopefully wouldn't come to pass.
Steve Rogers was the first to arrive, Sam Wilson in tow as Alexandra had included him in the invite. Natasha and Clint as expected arrived together in a black corvette. Bruce arrived with Tony who had a permanent smirk on his face. Thor was the last Avenger to join the group as he had arrived with Alexandra, she smiled politely at the heroes and led them around the compound to the conference room, they each took their seats at the table, Tony kept smiling at Alexandra who nodded at him before starting.
"Good morning Avengers, for those who don't know me my name is Alexandra Stark, since SHIELD's fall we at Stark Industries have been working tirelessly to keep a modicum of order in the world as many lives were at stake when Miss Romanov decided to dump all of SHIELD's files on the web" she said looking at Natasha who raised a perfect red eyebrow at her, "Now the Stark Industries Security Division managed to save the lives of all the agents who were undercover and on the field, also we managed to save the SHIELD academy and we secured the Freezer and the Playground, both SHIELD bases that were under HYDRA's attack, yes Captain Rogers?" she asked as Steve looked anxious.
"What happened to SHIELD then?" he asked, Alexandra smiled at him.
"I'm afraid I don't know of the current status of the organization as it is at the moment, I do know that they are staying afloat, but that doesn't concern us at the moment, I was just letting you know of the organization that you work for at the moment, the Avengers Initiative was a project orchestrated by SHIELD to protect our world from catastrophes, like what happened in New York two years ago, thing is that since SHIELD fell the Avengers, as a sub-organization of SHIELD was a loose cannon and so Stark Industries intervened before it could be snatched by third parties with less than honorable intentions, like the government" she explained, Steve nodded at her "So since the fall the Avengers have been 'property' of Stark Industries so to speak, but since we had many other concerns at the moment and the Avengers as a whole were not needed we decided to let it be until now"
"Why now?" asked Natasha, Alexandra shrugged.
"Because, even though I have a deputy director, the Avengers are a protocol that I needed to be hands on, you were all fine, you had your personal business to sort out, I had mine too, legal actions needed to be taken and really a lot of paperwork, as an agent I'm sure you're not stranger to paperwork Miss Romanov, besides the Avengers Legal Team was working out your permits and other regulation, can't have our team storming into foreign lands without their permission, also we were crafting our very own Avengers Handbook, since you'll now be a sub-organization of the SI-SD, our team was sure that probably the government or maybe even international organizations will take interest in the Avengers, the Handbook explains how the law works and other useful information that you might need"
"So like rules to be an Avenger?" asked Clint, Alexandra tilted her head to the side and Clint frowned "Besides how old are you kid?"
"Not rules Mr. Barton, guidelines and suggestions; and I'm old enough to have a bachelor's degree two masteries and a doctorate in the way, any other question?" she said snappishly, Clint grinned ignoring how Tony was glaring at him, "As I was saying it is only a matter of time for International Organizations to take notice of you and I like to be prepared for eventualities, your legal team would like to start working in what would be called the Avengers Accords and those would be rules, Mr. Barton, but not for you Avengers but for unsavory third parties who would like to use you" she said.
"Like who?" asked Steve, Alexandra raised an eyebrow at him.
"Thunderbolt Ross is always a good answer" said Tony, the other avengers looked at him "What? Alex and I have discussed it before today"
"So you have spoken to her before us?" asked Steve, Alexandra rolled her eyes.
"I would expect my father to speak to me occasionally Mr. Rogers" she said getting the Avengers attention to her again.
"You're Tony's?" asked Steve, she nodded.
"I mean I did say that my name was Alexandra Stark, have you been listening?" she asked, Steve blushed and she rolled her eyes.
"I didn't know Stark had reproduced" said Clint, Alexandra sighed.
"I do like my privacy Mr. Barton" she said, then winked at Tony "Besides my father reproducing saved countless of lives, I'd count it as a win"
"So another genius then, you're barely out of puberty" he said, Alexandra glared at him and ran a hand through her hair.
"You're married," said Natasha noticing Alexandra's ring, Alexandra nodded slowly.
"For a year now, is that a problem Miss Romanov?" she asked, Natasha raised an eyebrow.
"Natashalie," warned Tony, Alexandra looked at him and glanced at Thor.
"But I don't remember my private life being the matter of this conversation" Alexandra said a little bit too harshly, "So back to the matter at hand, our legal team wants to set up dates to reunite with you and talk about your suggestions for the accords, also the compound is able to house you all, should you decided to need a more permanent house base now that SHIELD fell and so did your previous homes"
"So housing and a job?" asked Clint, Alexandra nodded.
"It's not SHIELD but Stark Industries do have the means to support you, a legal team to back your missions and a base of operations of course it also adds a family healthcare plan and other benefits that are signaled in your contracts" Alexandra said and she suddenly handed slim back folders to Steve, Clint and Natasha, "Dr. Banner is employed under Stark Medical and thus will not be receiving another contract but rather his status will be slightly altered, Dad obviously doesn't need the contract, and Thor's status as my husband entitles him another kind of contract that has already been signed and approved by the SI board" Alexandra said and leveled a glare to the group.
"You married Thor?" asked Clint surprised, Natasha pinched him discretely, he shot her a glare.
"Yes Mr. Barton, although I believe that it will cause the team no problems, now do please read your contracts and be sure to ask if any question arises" she said, then looked at Sam "Mr. Wilson if you could follow me please" she said, he stood and she handed him a file.
They walked out of the conference room to the hallway and then to an office that was behind silvery sliding doors, her office at the compound was stylish yet simple, she motioned for Sam to sit in one of the chairs in front of her desk while she took her place on her chair opening a copy of Sam's file in front of her.
"Good morning Mr. Wilson" she said, a polite smile on her face, he smiled at her "I guess you're wondering why you're here"
"Yes miss," he said, she nodded and started turning pages on the file on her desk.
"You were involved in the Washington debacle, using a high-tech flying suit that was manufactured by Stark Industries, which you and Captain Rogers stole from a highly secured military base" she said looking at him, he had the decency to look somewhat ashamed "Of course that little skirmish of yours was hashed out by our legal team before you could be called to be prosecuted, which leaves us here"
"I don't really" he started, Alexandra raised a finger, stopping him.
"It's nothing bad Mr. Wilson, I know you're retired, or were retired before you met Captain Rogers, I also know that you are a veteran counselor and trust me that's good, the work you do with our veterans is remarkable, but you are also skilled and we could use that in the team, not just fighting but counseling, my team did a background check on you as soon as you popped up in our radar, Captain Rogers and Miss Romanov seem to trust you and I'd like to extend that trust, I'm offering you a job Mr. Wilson" she said, the man seemed speechless and Alexandra had to smirk.
"Thank you Miss Stark, but I'm not sure I'd like to be a full time Avenger" he said, Alexandra nodded at him.
"I know Mr. Wilson, which is why I am offering a part time job within our ranks, you can keep living in Washington if you'd like and you'll also have a place here at the compound, you would only be called when it's strictly necessary and you can keep handling your private business aside, think about Mr. Wilson, sleep on it if you'd like, like I told the other Avengers, the job comes with certain perks, including retirement options and a family healthcare plan," she said handing Sam a manila folder, Sam took it and nodded.
"Thank you Miss Stark, I'll think about it," he said, she smiled at him.
"Good, please do send Mr. Barton in after you, and do tell Captain Rogers and Miss Romanov that I will be too, having words with them" she said, Sam nodded and left the office, doors sliding shut after him.
Alexandra sighed and pulled another file from her desk, Clinton Barton, this was a necessary evil, she needed to tie in the Avengers before the group could break down or a Civil War could happen, she couldn't let her father be hurt or betrayed by the people he considered his friends, and if bureaucracy was the way to go then she would endure it. Another part of her, the part of her that was younger than her mind sometimes, felt by bored by it all, she wanted to be outside at the beach or visiting foreign countries, not being stuck working, but Alexandra was quick to squash down those thoughts, if anything went right with the Avengers she would have time to be a reckless twenty-year-old soon enough.
Clint walked into her office with his folder in hand; she motioned for him to sit down and waited until he seemed comfortable enough to speak.
"I know you think I'm unqualified for this job" she said; Clint frowned.
"Unqualified no, you're Stark's kid, you're probably the most qualified person for it, young yes, I don't know how Stark allows you to manage this, or to be married" he said, Alexandra raised an eyebrow, until she remembered that the aloof Avenger was a father himself and smiled at him.
"My best guess is that Dad realized that either he helped me or I would get in danger by doing it myself and of my marriage to Thor, is not a topic that's up for discussion" she said, Clint nodded at her, "Now Mr. Barton, I would like to let you know some things that only I know at this moment," she said before blacking out JARVIS and FRIDAY from her office, Clint saw what she was doing and tensed.
"What is going on?" he asked, Alexandra raised her hands in a peaceful way.
"Just disabling communications and the AI's, I figured you would appreciate it for our conversation, as I will appreciate that you keep this silent," she said, he nodded but didn't relax his posture "As an Avenger and if you're going to be employed by SI to continue to be I need to be able assure you the best for you and your family" she said slowly.
"I don't..." he started, she raised an eyebrow, "How do you know about them?" he asked.
"I know things Mr. Barton, is a curse, I think because it has gotten me in trouble but it has also saved countless lives so I cannot be completely opposed to the idea" she explained, Clint suck in a breath.
"You have abilities, powers" he said, she shook her head.
"My dreams are not a 'power' or an ability I can use in battle, I know what I know and try my best to prevent stuff from happening, which is what I am doing, I get many other things, details that could endanger some, benefit others, which is how I know about your wife and your kids, they are safe, completely safe from HYDRA, from others, just you, Fury, Miss Romanov and I know about them"
"Then why tell me about them?" Clint asked; she shrugged.
"You cannot hope to keep them secluded all the time, they are children, they will want to do their own stuff one day, maybe the SHIELD academy would have been a good idea for them but you know what happened, so I am just making an offer Mr. Barton, should you accept to work as an Avenger for SI, your kids and wife get a secret set up, they get scholarships to schools of their choosing and if they show aptitude for one of the branches that SI have, they would have immediate work offers" she explained, Clint seemed speechless.
"And you're only offering me this, or will you tell the others?" he asked, she smiled at him.
"You're the only Avenger, apart from Dad, who has offspring, should the others decide to procreate someday or adopt the offer will be made, it's all in the work perks that I mentioned, reason why I called you apart is because your family is a secret, I thought you'd appreciate it, now Mr. Barton, consider the offer, I promise a flexible rooster so you can also spend time with your family while maintaining your Avenger status" she said, Clint took a deep breath and nodded at her.
"I'll let you know" he said standing; she clapped her hands and smiled.
"I will be waiting, please send in Miss Romanov"
While she waited for Natasha, Alexandra enabled FRIDAY and JARVIS in her office again, she didn't have much to tell the Russian, but wanted to meet with her, she admired the woman, although she knew to be wary, for she knew that Natasha could easily shift sides. When Natasha walked in, Alexandra grinned at the redhead.
"Please take a seat Miss Romanov," she said, Natasha sat in one of the chairs and raised an eyebrow.
"Your life has been silently treated, even your marriage, no one would know to look for you unless actively looking, not Stark's usual MO" Natasha said, Alexandra smiled, amused.
"Well Miss Romanov, did it ever occur to you that there was more to my dad than the report you filed for SHIELD, I mean, I've read it and found it to be complete bullshit, yes, Dad has his moments, but he's more than that, you'll find out that he's extremely caring and overprotective of his only child, you'll also find that he's doing his best to keep me sheltered from this life, but he also listen to me and allows me to help" Alexandra explained with a shrug, Natasha seemed interested enough.
"And Thor?" she asked, Alexandra shrugged again.
"Thor's not a bad guy, and our marriage is none of your concern"
"Fair enough" Natasha mumbled quietly, Alexandra nodded.
"Do you have any questions about the job?" she asked, Natasha shook her head.
"The contract is very precise" Natasha said and handed the folder to Alexandra, Alexandra opened it and saw Natasha's signature, a smile fluttered across her face.
"Then I hope Miss Romanov that you enjoy working with us, may we keep the word safe, welcome to Stark Industries" she told the redhead, a small smile graced Natasha's features.
"I hope so Miss Stark"
Both women shook hands and Natasha promised to send Steve in after her, Alexandra smiled at her once more before the spy left. Alexandra figured that as long as she knew how to manage the situation she could trust all the avengers, no bitterness or betrayals, just a team in the making, she typed down 'Bonding Activities' on her S-Pad, adding a red flag to it, maybe a picnic or two so the team could really learn how to be a family. While she typed her own ideas on her S-Pad she didn't notice that Steve was already in her office. Steve cleared his throat and she looked up a little bit startled and smiled when she saw him.
"Oh, sorry, Captain Rogers, I tend to get distracted easily, I've read that I will outgrow that little quirk in time, please do take a seat" she said, smile on her face, Steve smiled at her, she thought that Steve Rogers looked hella fine when he was not being actively obtuse, he actually looked cute to Thor's more rugged appearance.
"Thank you Miss" he said as he took a seat, he also handed her the folder she had given him, she opened and saw that it was signed, she grinned.
"Welcome to Stark Industries Captain Rogers, I guess you have a few questions about the company" she said; Steve nodded.
"Why did Tony decided to take the Avengers after SHIELD fell?" he asked, Alexandra frowned.
"My father didn't just decide to privatize the Avengers overnight, Captain Rogers, you of all people should know that after SHIELD, something needed to be done, or else you would have been labeled vigilantes and the public usually doesn't react well to those, furthermore the government could have appropriated the Avengers and turn you into a specialized American hit team, this move was mainly for your protection, our security division also gained a few employees after SHIELD fell, only thing is that instead of basing our work in secrecy we will actually focus in protecting the earth from outsiders with the Avengers as our main force while our agents will focus on civilians" she explained, Steve nodded after thinking about her words.
"Do you believe that we are under threat?" he asked; she nodded.
"I know so, the Chitauri army you battled in New York, that was just the beginning, what is coming is way worse, which is why we have Asgard preparing itself for war as we speak, if Asgard is not directly hit we can only guess that this will be the main focus for Thanos" she explained, Steve frowned.
"Thanos?" he asked, she nodded.
"Yes, Thanos or the Mad Titan, makes the Red Skull look like a kitten, the Chitauri were part of his army, he's a delusional, over-sized purple raisin that wants to be Dark Overlord of the Universe, of course he's never heard of the Geneva Convention or our declaration of independence, nor he cares about it, it's all in the welcome package that you'll receive, please do read it." She said, Steve looked mildly horrified at the thought.
"So you're the new boss" he said trying to shake the horror away, Alexandra smiled.
"Yeah, kind of, I'm learning and Dad trusts me so, I just want to do my best" she said, Steve smiled, "Also, there's something I'd like to ask of you Captain Rogers, a favor," she said, Steve nodded at her "Dad values you as a friend, I hope you know that and he's a not very trusting person, he's also reasonable, we know about your friend Sergeant Barnes, what he did to Dad's parents, now, what Dad doesn't know is that you know too, so I think that you should tell him"
"It was not Bucky" Steve said defensively, Alexandra's eyes narrowed.
"We know that Captain Rogers, it was HYDRA who brainwashed him, we know that and we won't hold it against him, but as my dad's friend, you should tell him that you know, I'm sure he would also offer to help Bucky, he may have the technology to do so, but you need to tell him, Captain" she said, Steve looked conflicted but nodded "Please, tell him" she pressed, Steve's mouth thinned into a fine line.
"I will" he promised before he left the office.
Alexandra sighed and buried her face in her hands, she hoped she hadn't ruined her chance to get Steve to see reason, she hoped she had saved the Avengers from destruction, she just wanted to keep everyone safe and happy, like she had done Asgard, mostly everyone was safe and happy in Asgard. She felt a hand on her head and looked up to find Thor a frown on his face.
"Is something wrong?" she asked, Thor shook his head and sat on the edge of the desk, "Are you sure?"
"I am sure, Alexandra, the Avengers are talking amongst themselves, Barton has signed the contract, as has Wilson, the Captain has left with Stark" Thor said and handed her the two folders, she put them on top of the other too in the drawer. Thor was still too silent for her liking.
"Did the avengers tell you anything about our marriage?" she asked softly, Thor gave her a look and sighed.
"Aye, Romanov has berated me for marrying such a young woman, the Hawk was very vocal with his displeasure, the Captain had this look on his face" Thor said, Alexandra's gaze softened, she placed one of her hands on Thor's.
"And what did Dad have to say?" she asked, Thor's lip quirked up.
"Stark was quick to defend my actions, I shall admit that I do not understand him, he's made it very clear that he doesn't like our union yet he defends me" Thor said, sounding amused, Alexandra smiled at him.
"You are family, Dad won't throw you to the wolves, no matter how much he dislikes our current situation" she explained gently, Thor smiled at her and ran a hand through his hair; she smiled back at him, "You're my best friend Thor, dad knows it, he knows you wouldn't hurt me and you're not half bad looking" she said with a grin, he laughed and ruffled her hair, she laughed as she slapped his hand away.
"Thank you, Alexandra" he said, she stood from her chair standing in front of him and placed her hands on his shoulder.
"People will talk, people won't like it and they will keep talking, I don't really care about them, dad doesn't care about them and you should not care about them, you're the King of Asgard, God of Thunder and of course you married a Stark, you're pretty much set" she said looking at him straight in the eye, he smiled at her and nodded, grabbing her right hand and pressing a kiss to her knuckles.
"My wise Queen" he said and she blushed, in that moment Tony walked into the office followed by Steve who looked like a deer in headlights at the sight of Alexandra and Thor standing so close together.
"Am I interrupting something?" Tony asked, Alexandra took a step away from Thor and the thunderer let go of her hand.
"No dad, you are not," she said as she ran a hand through her hair, Tony raised an eyebrow and eyed Thor skeptically before nodding.
"Right, well, kid, Steve here tells me the craziest things regarding his ol' pal Bucky, of course he wants us to help him get his friend back, what do you say?" he asked, Alexandra looked between Steve and Tony and sighed.
"We know were Bucky is at the moment, he's secured for the moment and trying to learn who he is by himself" she said, Steve's jaw did the thing.
"You said no more secrets" Steve said harshly walking up to her, Alexandra rolled her eyes at him and crossed her arms.
"It is not a secret, I'm telling you now, am I not? Besides I wanted you to come clean with my dad before telling you what we know of the Winter Soldier, at the moment he's fine and we are keeping him under surveillance, he won't be hurt nor will he hurt anyone, he's just looking for information and I figured that it would do him good to do some things by himself before bringing him here, that gives our legal team time to prepare a case for him and for us to try and figure out a way to help him" she said exasperated, Steve backed down immediately and almost looked ashamed of his outburst, Thor had stood behind Alexandra menacingly and Steve took a step back.
"I'm sorry," he said meekly, Alexandra sighed.
"Just stop snapping at people without having the full truth, you need to trust us" she said, Steve nodded, "Look Bucky needs to do a few things on his own, it will do him good to rediscover the world without you breathing down his neck all the time, I know you won't do it on purpose but you will, he's your best friend, I get you but you need to remember what he went through, if you want I can set FRIDAY to text you updates on Bucky, until we have a solid case for him I think it's better to just leave him be" she explained.
"Okay" said Steve, she offered him a smile.
"Although if you truly want to help Bucky, there's a little something you can get, think of it as your first SI-DV mission" Alexandra said carefully, Tony raised an eyebrow "There's this guy, Vasily Karpov, former soviet soldier he lives in rural Cleveland, Ohio, and he owns the Winter Soldier Handbook, that book contains the words that explain the Winter Soldier and the brainwashing and how to render the Soldier compliant, I'm sure that if dad could get that book he could reverse engineer the brainwashing, you could go solo or take someone with you, Karpov is retired but help is always welcome, Natasha would be the obvious choice 'cause she speaks Russian"
"I need an exact location" said Steve, Alexandra shrugged.
"Your welcome package is in your room, there you'll find an SI phone and a Stark-Pad, FRIDAY will forward you the information, I will remind you that this needs to be a stealth mission for if HYDRA finds out what we are looking for they will find a way to retaliate" she warned, Steve nodded and walked out of the office.
"You handed that well" said Tony, Alexandra sighed.
"He's hot-blooded, even more so than you, the word Bucky gets mentioned and he loses all composure" she said, Tony nodded.
"And you, Point Break, I have to give it to you, keep protecting my girl like that and I'll have to make you a shrine" Tony said with a smirk, Thor smiled.
"No shrines in the compound" Alexandra warned, Tony laughed.
This was a long one! Over 6k, I'm glad I was finally done with it and I quite like how it came out.
Alex.
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