Tony groaned as he woke up. He's not really a morning person, unlike Steve, and he really didn't want to get up. He moved closer to Steve, and rubbed his hands into his shoulders. Steve opened his eyes, and smiled as he rolled over to face Tony. "Good morning," Tony said softly. "Morning," said Steve, stretching.
"You know Steve, I've been thinking… I'd really like for all of us to take a family vacation."
Steve put his arms behind his head thoughtfully. "Do we have the right budget for it?" Tony raised his eyebrow, and looked at Steve. "Are you seriously asking me that?" Steve gave a low chuckle. "I guess I know the answer to that. But we'd have to okay it with Fury first." Tony scoffed. "Whatever, sure." Steve smiled. "Where would we go do you think?" "Well, why don't we get the opinions of the others?"
Clint, Natasha and Thor were already up, Thor making breakfast and all of them chatting. Clint and Nat were used to waking up at 5 every morning for missions, and they kind of carried on the habit at home. Thor just loved to wake up and get an early start to the day.
"Good morning, Tony and Steve!" boomed Thor. "Morning, Point Break…" said Tony, yawning as he sat down. Peter was sitting in Steve's lap.
Bruce came out of the elevator with a towel, just out of the shower. "Hey guys! What's up?" "We have an idea," said Steve, "but let's wait until Loki wakes up. We want all of your opinions." Bruce nodded as he rubbed his wet hair with the towel and went over to the coffee machine.
Loki came upstairs in the elevator from his room on the floor below, and entered the room with a huff, his usual morning style.
"Okay. Now that everyone's here," began Steve, "Tony and I were thinking-" "Where is my mug?!" shouted Loki in interruption as the cupboard door swung open. Thor laughed. "I believe young Peter has it, brother." Loki whipped around to face the 4 year old. "You," he growled.
He grabbed the mug out of Peter's feeling hands, and turned up his nose as he walked back over to the coffee machine. "I do hope it is back to regular coffee this time, Barton," he said, pouring his drink.
"Like we were saying…" Steve continued, "Tony and I thought it would be a good idea to plan for a family trip."
Clint's eyes lit up. "Ooh Ooh, like a vacation?" "A vacation and a trip is the same thing Clint," reminded Natasha from atop the counter. Clint did a happy dance as Natasha regarded him like he was nuts.
"And we wanted to ask your opinions on where we should go," finished Tony.
Thor beamed. "To Asgard of course!" Tony looked at him exasperatedly, and Clint groaned. "No!" Steve shook his head. "Thor, remember what I said about Asgard and Peter. And plus, Loki can't go back to Asgard yet." Clint looked back and forth between Loki and Thor. "On second thought, I think Asgard is a marvellous idea." Loki glared at him.
"We could go to Disneyworld…" suggested Tony. Bruce shrugged half-heartedly. "That place is a little too stressful… sorry…" Steve waved his hand. "It's fine Bruce, we want to go somewhere where everyone can enjoy themselves. And besides, I think Peter's a little young for a place like that."
"What about somewhere tropical?" suggested Natasha. "Yeah!" added Clint, "Where we can go swimming, and ride the jet skis, lounge under the palm trees," he turned to Natasha. "So this is the plan, give me your hand, take a walk on the beach, we'll draw a heart in the sand-" Natasha rolled her eyes. "Have you been listening to Will Smith again, Clint?"
Bruce smiled to the side, and nodded. "Yeah, I think going somewhere like that would be fun. And, relaxing." Loki grumbled. "Will there be lots of… sun?" Tony laughed. "Yup! But you can always stay in the hotel." Loki nodded, satisfied, but they all knew Thor wouldn't let Loki stay by himself in the hotel.
"A splendid idea!" said Thor happily as he served some scrambled eggs to everyone. "Great!" said Tony. "Leave tomorrow?" he asked Steve. Steve nodded. "We'll leave tomorrow, and spend today packing." Tony got up, grabbing his phone. "I'll call Nick, give him heads we're leaving."
He dialled, and set it to speakerphone. "Nick? Yeah, hi, we're taking a week off for a vacation." Nick's voice came through the phone, "Are you asking me or telling me, Stark?" Tony did his smug mouth twitch. "Telling, basically. And I don't suppose there's any objection?"
There was a pause. "No, but-" "Wonderful! Thanks, Nick." Fury sighed. "Enjoy yourselves." Tony smirked, and hung up. "Let's get packing!" he said, busting a move on the spot happily. Steve rolled his eyes, but couldn't help smiling at the way Tony shook his butt.
"Here, brother. You'll need these," Thor said, tossing Loki a pair of his swim shorts. "But Thor, I don't like to swim…" complained Loki, looking at the shorts disdainfully. They were dark green with little black horses on them. "It will be fun. Now stop moping about, and start packing!"
Loki grabbed some of his SPF 800, and packed a few bottles of that in his suitcase. He hated the sun, and was determined to keep his skin as pale as possible. Thor was busy packing shirts, his crimson swim shorts, and many boxes of Poptarts.
Clint packed his dark grey swim shorts, and Natasha packed her black string bikini. Clint knocked at her door, and she quickly hid the bikini under all her clothes. "Yes?" Clint walked in, and grinned. "Are you packing that bikini, Nat?" She sighed. "Maybe." "Please pack it. You look so good in it!" "Clint, get out of my room and I'll consider it!"
Bruce packed his royal purple swim trunks, and a pile of books to read on the beach. He sighed happily at the thought of a vacation. It was going to be so relaxing…
Over in Steve and Tony's room, they were helping each other pack. Steve looked over to Tony. "Don't forget to pack your-" "Fluid swabs. I know, I know!" Tony sauntered by him, and pinched his butt. Steve blushed. He folded his light blue swim trunks, and set them beside Tony's fire red trunks.
Steve packed Peter's toothbrush into the smaller bag, and put his stuffed animal in. It had been a gift from Thor. It looked like some kind of Asgardian animal. Anyway, Peter loved it, so it was coming. "Do you have Peter's-" "Sunhat? Yes. You know, Steve, I'm more organized than you give me credit for being," smirked Tony. Steve took the sunhat from him. "You're right. Sorry."
"Just think," said Tony dreamily, "Lying under the hot sun, Margaritas, Mojitos galore, every drink imaginable!" Steve laughed. "Go easy on the alcohol, Tony. We have a son now." Tony smiled, picking Peter up. "That's right. What kind of dad would I be if I didn't offer the little squirt some?" Steve raised his eyebrow at Tony, to which Tony shrugged. "Mocktail, of course."
When they were all done packing, Tony called everyone to the den. "Alright, let's put our suitcases by the door. JARVIS?" he said to the A.I. "Yes, sir?" "Assemble the luggage!" Thor laughed at the joke.
Clint was jumping around like a fangirl in the kitchen. "What is it, Clint, did you invent a new kind of sandwich or something?" called Tony. "No, I'm just really excited. I'm pre-making a bunch of sandwiches for the trip!" "Um, Barton, you know there'll be plenty of food when we get there!" "I know. This is just for the flight there!" he said, wrapping up the fourth one he made. They all laughed.
They spent the rest of the day getting ready and building up their excitement, and that evening in bed, Tony was flipping through his StarkPad with Steve, Peter sitting on the bed playing with his stuffy. "So, I found this deal to Maui, Hawaii, what about it?" Tony asked, turning the screen to Steve. "Looks nice!"
"Yeah, all inclusive resort, crystal white beaches, and warm weather all the way through!" "I say we take it!" Tony tapped the screen. "It's done. JARVIS? Print the tickets!" Steve smiled. "This is going to be great, Tony. The whole family, creating new memories with Peter. Thank you for the great idea," Steve said as he put his hand on Tony's arm. "It'll sure be fun. We should get some shut eye, so we won't be exhausted for tomorrow!"
They heard Clint giggling in the room next to theirs, and Tony sighed. "Barton, will you keep it down if you're going to stay up all night internet searching Maui? We're trying to sleep!" They heard rustling. "Sorry!" Clint mumbled excitedly. Steve laughed, and they turned out the light.