Own Nothing

Darcy honestly wondered how many times she could make her Dad wish that he didn't invite her home for Christmas.

"Aunt Darcy!" Her nephew, Mathew, from her Stepbrother Eric, came running up to her. "Dad says that you work with Dinosaurs."

"Damn it." She heard her Dad muttered from across the room. "Eric." Darcy watched with amusement as her Dad glared at her Brother who smiled wickedly at them. Oh this is a game now, isn't it?

"Why yes." She bent down to look the nine year old in the eyes. She smiled at him and watched as his eyes widened with excitement. "I run Jurassic World."

"The same one Grandpa went too!" He sounded amazed.

"Darcy." Her Dad raised his voice at her.

"Yup."

"Can I come visit you for Spring break?" He asked her.

"No you cannot!" Ian shouted as Darcy smirked at her Dad.

One.

Kelly saddled up to her sister with her growing belly, her husband has been overseas for a while now but was expected back in time for the baby's birth. But it was sad that he wasn't there for Christmas. "So when are you going to give me Nieces and Nephews Darcy?"

Darcy sighed and looked at her and she could swear she hear a bottle drop from the dining room, shattering. She looking around the room to see what happened confused to see her Dad looking back at her and Kelly with a stern look, a broken bottle at his feet. She raised an eyebrow at him and then looked back at Kelly who looked even more confused. "My children are more of the scale and claw variety." She stated as she took a sip of her drink.

"Ian do you want to clean up your mess or are you planning on leaving it there until the New Year?" Sarah asked him amused, she handed him the broom and dust pan. "Stop listening in."

"So you don't plan on actual children?" Kelly asked her as she drank her juice.

"No, I have plenty to look after."

"Darcy." Her Dad coughed. "Can you help me with this?"

Darcy looked up confused and sighed. "Sure Dad." She set her drink down and stood up to help her Dad with the broom to gather the broken glass so the kids wouldn't step on it. "So what's up with the bee in your bonnet?"

"Don't you dare tell Kelly about the Raptors." He warned her. "It took her years to get over the nightmares. I don't want her to worry about you with everything that's going on in her life."

Darcy sighed and nodded. "You know that I'm going to get asked that question though, with me being engaged." She whispered to him as she wiggled her ring finger at him. "Or did you forget that part."

He glared at her. "No but I forgot how truly stubborn you get when you have something in your teeth."

She snorted as she finished cleaning up the mess and took the dustpan to the kitchen to dump it out. She looked back at her Dad and smiled as He grabbed the mop to the mop up the rest of the spill.

Two.

It was Christmas Eve morning and they were out at the park, and it was warm as ever and if you ever been to Texas. That was typically normal weather for December, 70 degrees during winter, sure. Go ahead, we'll have winter after Christmas. Darcy was in the three legged race with Cousin Jessica, racing to get to the finish line, only to lose to a couple of nine year olds. "Come on!" Darcy laughed as they fell to the ground.

"How did you get so fast?" Jessica asked her. "I thought you hated running." She untied them and stood up, careful of Darcy's cast.

"Oh, I usually run with the Raptors every morning." Darcy shrugged, not knowing she was in her Dad's ear range.

"What?" Jessica looked at her in shock.

"Darcy." Ian turned to look at her. "We're getting ready for the next event." He grabbed her by the arm and dragged her away. "I know the Island life is normal for you Darce." He sighed as he stopped and looked at her. "But Raptor children and running with them is not normal anywhere else."

"Dad." Darcy raised her voice and everyone stopped and stared. "When is my life ever been normal?" She laughed. "My Dad survived Jurassic Park, Kelly, outsmarted Raptors. Mom's a bitch. I work with Avengers, I fought Aliens, been almost kidnapped and attacked by HYDRA. I run Jurassic World." She shrugged. "I no longer have normal. My life revolves around Raptors, and other dinosaurs, and the ER Island and maintaining both Islands, while dealing with spies. Now while being engaged. Dealing with Internationally with Governments. I'm sorry that I can't be this." She gestured to her family. "I can't be normal anymore, that I can't have a conversation that doesn't revolve around my Dinos or wanting to ask Sarah to do the Calendar for Jurassic World 2016."

"Really?" Sarah spoke up excited.

"Yeah." Darcy smiled at her. "For real, apparently going to be a thing." She turned back to Dad. "You got me off the Island Dad, but all I want to do, is be back there. It's killing me."

"You really miss him that much don't you?" He asked her.

She beamed, blushing lightly. "I do. Like a lot. Actually. And it's only been three days."

He sighed and pulled her into a hug. "I guess I need to call Tony and tell him that I lost the bet."

"What?" She looked at him confused.

"I told him that you would at least feel guilty and try to make it until Christmas Day. He said that you would bail by midnight today." He grimaced. "You lost me a bottle of two hundred dollar whiskey. Damn it."

She snorted. "I should've known you two placed a bet on me. That's so like him." She hugged him. "So it's okay that I can go home?"

"Just call me for New Year's." He told her.

"Sure thing." She kissed his cheek. She pulled away and gave her family each a hug and kiss before going back to get her bag. She called Tony to get a ride back to the Island.

...

"This." Darcy nodded proudly as she got out of the Quinn Jet to see all six of her Raptors and Owen standing on the beach waiting for her. "This is how you greet someone." She laughed as she walked forward and looked up at Owen as the Raptors all chirped in greeting to their human Mom. "Merry Christmas."

"I knew there was no way that you would stay the whole time." He told her. "I didn't think that you had it in you."

"I just can't stay away from you." She stated as she wrapped her arms around his neck. "I don't think I will ever be able too."

"Them's fightin' words." He smirked as he leaned down and kissed her deeply, pulled her up to him, holding her closely to him. He pulled away as the Raptors closed in on them. "The girls missed you."

"I was going to say, they seem to be getting along." She smiled and turned to look at Blue, their Beta. She reach out and rubbed her muzzle. "Hey Blue. Missed you." Blue chirped back at her, making a purr like noise from the back of her throat. "Good girl Blue." She gave her a rub for a minute longer before she went down the line to the others until she ended with the two younger twins. "Harley, Ivy." She gave them each a small pet and scratched them underneath their chins.

When she was finished, she stood up and turned back to Owen who was watching her with admiration. "Let's go home." She told him. Her nodded and took her bag from her and they walked to jeep together, the pack following behind. She turned to see the two twins staying with the older girls. "What about Harley and Ivy?"

"Blue took them in. She's been showing them the ropes. When she saw them with me, she took a shining to them." He explained. "And the others just follow Blue's lead. I trust her that she won't hurt them. And they need to learn from their own kind than from us."

She nodded sadly as she watched the twins chirp happily at her as they ran around Blue's feet. She was still the Alpha, but she could trust that Blue would be a good big sister. Blue gave her a look and a small nod, like she knew what she was thinking. Blue let out a roar and took off running towards their fenced area and the pack took off running, slow enough that the twins could keep up. Darcy watched from Owen's side as the pack ran off into the forest. "They'll be okay?" She asked him.

He nodded as he hugged her around the shoulders. "Don't worry Mother of Raptors. Our girls are good girls and they can take care of themselves." He kissed the top of her head. "Come on, let's go home. We have Christmas presents to open up."

She gave him a weird look. "Presents?" She got in her side of the jeep as he tossed her bag in the back and got in the driver side.

"Yeah, they came in after you left." He explained as he started the jeep and drove home.

When they got inside, Darcy smelt something cooking and looked confused, where was the food? She walked into the kitchen to see something in the oven, a small turkey. "Owen? How did you?"

"Tony." He told her as he wrapped his arms her waist. "I think he thought Iron Man was Santa Claus or something. He brought a bag of presents the other day, said they were for us."

"Oh yeah?" She smiled up at him as she leaned her head back. "Did he happen to give us a tree or something?" She laughed.

"He did as a matter of fact." Owen pulled away and with her hand led her to the small living room to see a glowing hologram tree with red and gold ornaments. With a few Raptor ornaments scattered around it. It stood about eight feet tall, and it looked almost real as it lit up from the ground where the presents were scattered around it. "He seemed pretty proud of it."

"At least it would be easy to put away in the attic." She joked. She turned to look back up at him. "Hey, I love you."

"I love you too. But you still have to wait to open up your gifts." He kissed her lips.

She laughed lightly against his lips. "Darn, you know me so well." She bounced on the balls of her feet. "We could take a shower while we wait for the turkey though?" She asked with a one side shrug.

"We could." He agreed. "It could be a while." He led her to the bathroom.

"Owen…." Darcy shook him away the next day. "Owen." She shook again.

"Hmmm." He mumbled as he brought him arm around and grabbed her by the waist and swung her around to the other side of bed and pulled her to him. "It's sleep time."

"Owen." She grumbled. "It's Christmas Day." She blew a strand of hair from her face as he squeezed her to his chest. She inhaled deeply and blew a raspberry on his neck.

"That's hot." He smirked into the top of her head.

"No, it's literally not." She told him. "Like at all. It's gross." She pulled at some of his chest hair with her fingers to annoy him.

"Woman." He opened one eyelid to glare down at her. "That hurts."

"Good. Get up."

"Something's up." He smirked.

"Owen." She glared up at him. "I want to open presents and it's already noon."

"You could've started without me." He told her.

"That's a dick move." She explained as she looked up at him and smiled. She pulled herself up to kissed him. "Come on, some of that cool stuff could be from Tony, or even better. It's from Pepper. So you know it's good."

He looked up at her for a moment and smiled. "You really like Christmas don't you?"

"It was one of the only holidays that I got to spend with Dad." She whispered with a one shoulder shrug. "So yeah. And now it's us. It's yours and mine. Just us and the girls. All us." She smiled as she stared at him. "It's brand new tradition and I want every second to be spent." She stopped like she's trying to think of the word. "Together."

He blinked as he stared up at her. "This is more than just presents to you. This is about starting a family."

She nodded slowly. "We're not really traditional Owen. Our girls are Raptors. But I still want us to cherish the human aspects of our lives."

"Do you want human children?" He asked her. "With me?"

She laughed. "Owen." She shook her head and stared at him. "At this point in my life. I am not planning kids." She lowered her head so their noses touched, her eyes staring into his. "But kids with you, how could I say no?" she kissed him lightly before bouncing off the bed. "Come on, let's open presents!" She raced into the living room.

He laid there on the bed for a minute longer, hand over his heart, feeling it race. Maybe one day then. "Coming." He called out. He took a deep breath and after another minute pulled the covers off and grabbed a pair of sweats and pulled them. He walked into the living room to see Darcy sitting there with two cups of hot chocolate and a plate of cookies on the coffee table.

She looked up at him, smiling as she handed him a present. "It's from my Dad. He sent our stuff here, I mean I know he told me that he and Tony had a bet going but geeze Dad. Have some faith." She rolled her eyes as Owen took the present from her as he sat down. She waited as he opened it, sipping her hot chocolate with excitement.

He tore away the paper to reveal a clothing box, he popped open the box to see a light blue shirt inside with a big dinosaur face on it. He snorted as he stared down at it. "Your Dad." He held up the shirt as he let the box drop to show her. 'Professional Dinosaur Wrangler' was wrapped around the picture of the Dinosaur. Darcy busted out laughing.

"Well, he isn't wrong." She covered her mouth as she placed her cup back on the table so she wouldn't spill it. "Let me open one of mine." She grabbed one. "This is from Dad too." She wiggled her eyebrows as she tore open the present to reveal a similar shirt but a long sleeve light tee that said 'Jurassic Park Running Team'. "Oh gee, we're matching." She showed him to have him break out laughing. She quickly pulled off her night shirt to reveal her tank top to put on her new shirt. "Put yours' on." She told him. "I want a picture." He smiled and obliged her, slipping his new shirt on, the fabric soft on his skin. She grabbed her phone from their room and ran back to sit on his lap. "Smile." She angled to camera to show them in their new shirts, her arm around the back of his neck, leaning back against him, his arms around her waist. She took a few pictures and decided on the best one to send to her Dad to show that they got them and another one to Pepper and Tony with the capture of Merry Christmas from the 'Rap Pack' before she tried to slide off his lap.

"I like you where you are." He told her, as he held onto her tight.

"We have more presents to unwrap." She whispered back to him, her head on his shoulder.

"We have all day. Christmas doesn't have to go by so fast." He told her. "New tradition. We take our time. We spend it together. Make it ours." He kissed her.

She looked at him, her heart pounding. "Okay. Let's go back to bed." She pulled away from him and stood up. "We can open more presents later." She grabbed his hand and led him back to bed. "Let's see these professional skills that you have."