I've had a lot of questions regarding this story, and this should clear up most of them.

The story is set like 25 years after the first Loki- Chitauri incident. The team was living with Tony and Pepper for 3 years in Stark Towers when she left. That's how everyone knows who Pepper is.

Sarah-22

Steve-39

Tony-42

Bruce-44

Natasha- 40

Clint-41

Thor- ? I'm not sure how old he TECHNICALLY is.

Ships: Steve/Sarah

Pepperony

Clintasha

Thor/Jane Foster (Who is currently not in town as she travels a lot for her job, but when she is in New York, lives in the tower with Thor.)

Bruce/OC yet to be introduced to the story. But will be.

I hope this clears up any confusion!

Chatper 18 :3 I think, I've lost count xD

Also, So So So SO SO Sorry on how long it took me to update, I couldn't seem to find the right words for this chappy. Meh. Anyways school starts tomorrow so, updates will slow down a bit. They will probably be more like today's update, take about 3-4 days.

Pepper had woken up just in time to turn on the tv to the press conference. She had just turned on the tv when Steve walked down the steps.

"Hey Pepper." he said, then realizing what he had said spun around shocked and looked at her "Wait a minute. Pepper?!"

She smiled and waved at him. "Yes it's really me. Sarah called me last night, and I got in around seven"

"I thought you and Sarah weren't allowed communication, orders of Nick Fury." he asked.

"Sarah can be very persuasive when she wants to be." Pepper said, remembering the innocent face she had used many times on her when she was young.

"The innocent face?" Steve asked, remembering the Thor incident.

"She's already pulled it here? I've told her time and time again that one day it won't work and she'll be in huge trouble."

"I hope that it never happens." Steve said seriously as he sat down to watch the press conference with Pepper.

They watched in silence and when Tony made the announcement at the end, both of their jaws dropped. They watched as Sarah stormed out of the room and Pepper groaned.

"What...?" Steve began and Pepper put her fingers to her lips in a "Shh" way.

"5..4..3..2..1.." Pepper counted down and then pointed at the door as Sarah burst through the door.

"Ughhhh!" she said slamming the door. "How dare he decide what my company does?" Pepper jumped up off the couch to console her daughter.

"You don't have to do it, you need to talk to your dad and let him know that you don't want to merge companies and you don't have to."

"It's not that. If he had come talk to me before, then I wouldn't care. It's the fact that he just announced it on national tv, without talking to me first that makes me mad. So it makes me look like the idiot." Just then, Sarah heard the elevator ding in the hall, signaling that Tony was on his way in.

"I'm not here." she said and ran into her room. She didn't want to see Tony right now. She would probably hit him if she did.

Pepper sighed and rubbed her temples. She had only been here for about four hours and she was already getting a head ache.

"Steve, can you go bring her down? They need to talk about this." Pepper asked him. He nodded and was halfway up when Pepper said "And use any means necessary to bring her down. Which means drag her if you have to." he nodded again and continued on to Sarah's room.

Tony came inside the door then. He sighed and slumped down against the wall.

"Tony?" Pepper asked as she walked into the hall where Tony was. He didn't respond and she said his name again. "Tony, answer me." He again ignored her and she was getting a little frustrated. "C'mon Tony."

He looked at her for a minute. Then opened his mouth to speak. "Am I a bad dad?" he asked.

"What? No, of course not."

"Well I feel like I'm a bad dad."

"Why would you ask that?" Pepper asked.

"Because me and her are always fighting. It can't be good. Maybe I'm doing something wrong."

"Your not." she said.

"How can you be so sure?" he asked quietly.

"Because Sarah and I used to be like this all the time and look at us now. She's like my best friend."

"You guys used to fight?"

"Of course! When she was teenager, she wanted nothing to do with me. We fought about everything from when her curfew was to if she was allowed to have coffee for dinner. She threatened to run away so many times, but obviously she never did."

"So I'm not doing a bad job?" he asked

"Of course not." she said as she helped him up. "Your doing great." and she smiled at him. He returned the smile.

"I'm glad your here, Pepper." he whispered.

"I'm glad I'm here too." she replied. He looked up and stared into her eyes and was filled with an overwhelming urge to kiss her. They stated at each other for a few seconds until Tony spoke.

"So Uhh, where is Sarah?" he asked, breaking his gaze. As much as he just wanted to enjoy Pepper's presence, He needed to talk to her about what had happened at the press conference. They needed to talk it out.

"Steve is supposed to be bringing her down." Pepper pointed to the stairs.

On the top of the stairs though, Steve still hadn't figured out how he was going to get Sarah out. He knew she would be stubborn. He decided that he would just start simple and try to knock and bring her out. He knocked on the door.

"Go away Tony." Sarah said

"It's Steve."

"Still go away."

"What? Why?"

"Because your going to take me downstairs. And I don't want to."

"Please."

"No."

"Your acting like a child."

"I don't care."

"At least open the door."

There was silence for a moment and then Sarah opened the door just enough that he could see one of her eyes.

"Password." she said.

"Open the door."

"Wrong."

"I wasn't guessing."

"Well I'm not going to open the door if you don't guess the password."

"Sarah.." he said, in a semi-threatening tone.

"No!" she said, slamming the door, giggling like a child. She was mad at Tony and didn't want to go downstairs, but she was having fun messing with Steve. Just then, she heard a knock on the door again. She opened it slightly.

"Why, hello Miss. May I please enter your humble abode?"

"Humble? Have you seen the size of this place? You need your eyes checked." her relaxation was all he needed. He opened the door the rest of the way and picked her up by the waist.

"Nooooo! Put me down!" she squealed and laughed. "Steve! I swear put me down!"

"Or what?" he asked.

"Or I'll do... Something! I don't know what yet. But you won't like it!"

"Oooh scary." Steve said, he put her down. She laughed and lay down on her bed.

"Do I really have to go downstairs?" she asked.

"I think you should." he lay down next to her, and he took her hand. She didn't answer. They just lay there like that for a while. Staring at the ceiling and holding hands

.

"Did I ever tell you what happened last night?" Sarah asked.

Steve looked at her, she was still staring at the ceiling, but he did notice a tear in her eye.

"No." he said.

"Do you want to know?" she asked.

He sat up and looked at her. "You don't have to tell me."

She sat up too. "No, I want to. But you have to want to know." she said.

"Then I want to know." he said. She nodded.

"You obviously remember James Sparkman right?"

"You mean your Ex? Yeah I'm not a fan. Anyways, what about him?"

"You have to promise me you won't freak out."

"I promise." he said.

"And no matter what I say, I'm okay, remember that."

"Alright, alright, what about James."

"Well.. When I went on my walk last night, he followed me out. And I guess he was angry at me because I wouldn't go back out with him, so I guess that's what made him do it. But anyways, he followed me out, and he cornered me, in central park. And he... He..." she couldn't finish her sentence.

"What did he do to you? I'll get him for it. The whole team will. I know they will, they all care about you. Some more then others," he said thinking of Natasha, "But they all do. You need to tell me what he did though."

She nodded, "He... He raped me." she whispered. "But you can't freak out!"

"How do you expect me not to freak out? This is serious!"

"I know! Obviously, I'm not exactly an idiot. Tony and I were going to go report it to the police later today. You can come too, though. But you have to be cool when we go downstairs. I haven't told my mom yet."

"What! Why not, you need to tell her."

"Well I didn't tell her yet because she'd go bat shit crazy on me! First she would check every inch of my body to make sure I'm fine. And then she wouldn't believe me when I say I am, so she would take me to the doctors. No thank you. And then after the doctor confirmed that I was fine, she would scold me." Sarah changed her voice to a higher pitched voice that was obviously supposed to be her mom "Why were you in central park at night? Why were you wearing such revealing clothes? I told you James was bad news! No thank you." she said, switching to her normal voice.

"I don't think she would do that Sarah." Steve said, "Something traumatic just happened to her only daughter, I think she would be worried, and supportive of you."

"I don't know... She's kind of strict. And uptight. Don't get me wrong, she's like my best friend, but sometimes she's a little too much. Like when I was 10 and broke my arm when I fell off a swing. She yelled at me for going too high, and then for not holding on tight enough on the way for the hospital."

"You should still tell her, she would be madder if she heard it from someone else."

"Yeah.." Sarah said. "Okay, I told you a secret, you have to tell me one now." she said.

"What? Why?"

"It's a game. I tell you a secret, you tell me one, then I'll tell you another and we go back and forth until we can't think of anymore secrets. So you have to tell me one. Now spill."

"Alright fine... I've never been in a real relationship with a girl."

"Really?"

"Yeah really." Steve said, blushing slightly.

"Don't be embarrassed, it's cute." Sarah said.

"Okay whatever." Steve said, blushing again. "Your turn again."

"Alright hmm... Oh I got one. Sarah isn't my real name."

"Really? What's your name then?"

"My real name is Antoinette Holly Marie Sarah Stark. Well Sttop I guess, but I think I'm going to take my dad's last name. And I hate the name Antoinette. Like really, who names their kid that? Someone who wants their kid to be beat up, thats who. So I've just always used the name Sarah. Mom only cared for like the first six years of my life. She loves the name Antoinette, and she hated the fact that I refused to be called Antoinette."

"I like the name Antoinette." Steve said, "It's old time-ish"

"Its also close to the girl version of 'Anthony." Sarah said. "Anyways, your turn."

"Ummm... I can't think of any more."

"No shush, you have to think of one." She said.

"No, I can't think of one."

"C'mon," she said, pouting slightly "It's your turn, I thought of one, you have to think of one."

"Alright, alright, My guilty pleasure is the show F.R.I.E.N.D.S."

Sarah laughed, "What! Really?"

"Yeah, I love it! I watch it like every night on nick Nite."

"Wow, I used to love that show. I haven't seen it in forever."

"Well you need to watch it again."

"Yeah maybe. I suppose we should go downstairs and put my dad out of his misery." Sarah said.

"Yeah, probably." Steve said. He kissed her forehead. "I'm glad your okay, Sarah."

"Me too," she said, "Me too."

OH THE FEELS :3

I was requested to write more moments between these two. So there ya go :3

Antoinette... What kind of a person names their kid that. My friend wants to name her kid that and I'm like, "She'll hate you forever. "

So thats where I got that idea from.

Review please :3 And you'll get a cookie :3