"You're both lucky not to have any siblings, my sister can be so annoying," Harley griped as he sprawled across the couch, tossing his phone onto the floor to better ignore the incessant stream of text notifications coming from the aforementioned sister.

I grinned at him from where I was positioned next to the window, watching the distant lights of Times Square and imagining how it would look tomorrow for the New Year's Eve ball drop, "Yes, but at least you know you'll never be lonely."

Peter looked up from his laptop to give me a knowing glance, sighing quietly before turning back to the coding on his screen.

Harley scrunched his face at us, "You two are no help. What about you, Shuri? Surely you can recognize how much it can suck having a sibling?"

Shuri chuckled, putting down the piece of tech she'd been tinkering with, "T'Challa is my brother, of course I know how tiresome a sibling can be. But, I have found a simple solution when I find him hard to handle."

Harley perked up, looking at her with interest, "And what's that?"

She smirked, "I remind myself that without my brother, who would I have to annoy?"

Harley groaned and laid back down, his words muffled by the arm he threw over his face, "You're no better than Mandy."

She shrugged, "It's what little sisters are for."

I moved to sit on the couch next to Harley, shoving his legs off the cushion so there was space for me. He rolled his eyes and put his legs back into place, just now on top of my own legs. I made a face at him which he ignored, so I just leaned back and looked at my new friends.

"I can't believe you two have to leave tomorrow—who makes someone miss New Year's Eve in New York?"

Harley and Shuri looked at each other, then turned to me, saying in unison, "Stark."

I crossed my arms, "Sometimes my father is so—"

I quickly cut off what I was saying as the man in question entered the room, raising his eyebrow at me.

"I'm so what?"

I blushed, "So…fatherly."

He narrowed his eyes at me, "I can't tell if that's supposed to be good or not,"

His gaze shifted to Harley, eyes narrowing even more, "Harley, get your legs off of my daughter."

I laughed as Harley made a big show out of shifting, moving his feet to the floor so he sat upright next to me, then threw his arm over my shoulder and tugging me close.

Dad didn't look pleased, "Hands. Off."

I rolled my eyes, "Oh c'mon, dad, we're just playing around. It's no different than if Peter or Shuri did it."

Harley nodded, giving dad a pout-y face as he squeezed me tighter against him, "Besides, Mr. Mechanic, she's my emotional support Stark, and I'm gonna lose access when I leave, so I have to get in all the hugs now…" he paused just long enough for me to realize I was in danger, and I immediately tried to pull myself out of his grip, but was too slow as he finished his sentence, "… and of course, tickles!"

He shifted his hands down, tickling at my sides as I squealed and tried to get away. I gave dad a pleading look, "Dad, help meeeee."

Dad just chuckled and shook his head, "You said you're willing to play around, this is what you get."

"Daddddd."

"Have fun, kid."

He went to leave, then turned back around, "By the way, the reason I came in here—it's game night, so get your butts upstairs in half an hour or Natasha will be coming for you."

And with that he was gone, but thankfully Shuri and Peter came to my rescue, pulling Harley off me. He resisted but had little hope battling against the Wakandan princess and Spiderman, and eventually we ended up in a pile on the floor, a tangled mess of limbs and laughter.

After a few minutes, we sorted ourselves out, brushed off our clothes and headed upstairs to find the others.

Thor raised Mjolnir in greeting as we walked into the room, and Loki gave me a nod of the head. Pietro rushed over, picking me in a hug and twirling me before dropping me with a wink and zooming back over to Wanda who giggled and waved at us. Scott waved excitedly at me, and I grinned back before walking over to join Pepper and Natasha, Shuri went to her brother, Harley stood beside Tony, and Peter settled down beside Bruce.

I turned to Nat, "So what are we doing for game night?"

She smiled, "Tournament-style games. We'll divide up into teams and rotate through 9 rounds of a variety of games. At the end, whichever team has the most points, wins the night. There's Jenga, Twister, time-limited Scrabble, Checkers, Life, Snakes & Ladders, Battleship, Mario Kart, and as a finale, an all-in game of Monopoly, because apparently your father wants to see his tower burnt to the ground."

I laughed, "Sounds like an absolute disaster. I'm in. Where am I going first?"

"Check your phone, Tony had FRIDAY send us all the randomly generated round lists."

I nodded and pulled out my phone, reading through the following information:

Round 1:

Jenga: T'Challa vs Wanda vs Okoye

Twister: Tony vs Sam vs Harley

Scrabble: Rhodey vs Vision vs Steve

Life: Bruce vs Shuri vs Loki

Snakes and Ladders: Peter vs Bucky vs Pietro

Battleship: Scott vs Clint vs Thor

Mario Kart: Nat vs Pepper vs Y/N

I looked at the women beside me, "Guess I'm with you two."

We all went over to our respective stations, and I settled down on the couch between Nat and Pepper, remotes in all our hands as we loaded the game. I was Princess Peach, Nat was Princess Daisy, naturally on her motorbike, and Pepper was Rosalina. While we played, I would occasionally overhear snippets from the other groups.

Okoye: "I don't care how useful your magic is on the battlefield, you can't use it here, Wanda. It's cheating." Wanda: "Show me where it says that in the rules."

Harley: "You're both going down, because we all know I'm the only one here who can get down AND back up, without assistance, old man."

Rhodey: "Oh c'mon, this is not fair, you're literally a computer! I don't even know how to pronounce that word!"

Uncle Bucky (banging his metal arm against the table): "This game is rigged!"

Thor: "I use Mjolnir to send lightning upon all vessels!" Scott and Clint: "NO!"

Round 2:

Jenga: Harley vs Thor vs Bruce

Twister: Shuri vs Rhodey vs Peter

Scrabble: Pietro vs T'Challa vs Wanda

Life: Vision vs Sam vs Tony

Snakes and Ladders: Okoye vs Scott vs Y/N

Battleship: Bucky vs Steve vs Pepper

Mario Kart : Loki vs T'Challa vs Clint

I sat down next to Scott, who grinned at me as he bounced in his seat, "Isn't this amazing!" Okoye turned to me, "Is he always like this?" I nodded, and she slowly nodded her head, an expression of disappointment on her face at his childish behaviour.

Bruce: "Oh, this is going to go well." Harley slapped him on the back, "You'll be fine—besides FRIDAY is prepped and loaded with hulk-strength sedatives."

Peter: "This is going to be easy." Shuri: "Don't be so sure."

Pietro: "Prepare for a crushing defeat, sis." T'Challa: "Dubious." Pietro: "…Well, I'll at least beat Wanda." Wanda: "Hey!"

Tony: "Why do I have to go into debt to get an education? This game is unrealistic." Sam: "I hate you."

Steve: "Hey, Buck, this seems familiar, right?" Uncle Bucky: "Steve, neither of us ever did naval in the military."

Clint: "Hehe, TIME TO SHINE."

Round 3:

Jenga : Bucky vs Clint vs Pepper

Twister: Scott vs Pietro vs Bruce

Scrabble: Shuri vs Loki vs Peter

Life: Thor vs Vision vs Y/N

Snakes and Ladders: Nat vs Sam vs Steve

Battleship: T'Challa vs Rhodey vs Wanda

Mario Kart: Harley vs Okoye vs Tony

"Hey, you two, ready to play Life?" I greeted Thor and Vision as we settled in around the board. Thor beamed at me, "I AM EXCITED TO EXPERIENCE THE MIDGUARDIAN LIFE." Vision turned to him, "Thor, I feel you must be made aware that there are several inaccuracies between this game and the reality of life for those on Earth, to begin—" I cut him off, "Let's just play." They both agreed and we began deciding whether we wanted to go to college or not (after I explained the concept both game-wise and reality-wise to Thor).

Shuri and Peter: giggling crazily. Loki: "How are you both so intelligent and so idiotic at the same time?"

Steve: "I remember playing this during that horrible tour!" Nat: "You mean while being in Germany?" Steve: "No when I was being paraded around. Worst part of the whole Captain America thing."

Tony, "We meet again, Harley. This time, you'll lose." Harley, "Nope, you're going down again." Okoye: "So immature. And both so wrong. Clearly, I will win at this."

Round 4:

Jenga: Sam vs Tony vs Harley

Twister : Pepper vs Y/N vs Vision

Scrabble: Clint vs Shuri vs Okoye

Life: Bruce vs Scott vs Thor

Snakes and Ladders: Nat vs T'Challa vs Loki

Battleship: Peter vs Wanda vs Pietro

Mario Kart: Bucky vs Rhodey vs Steve

Vision and I crossed the room together, joining Pepper at the Twister mat. FRIDAY piped up from a small tablet on the ground, "It is recommended you take a moment to stretch before I begin listing moves." I groaned, "I can already feel the ache in my joints—and I don't think any of us are particularly flexible, why don't we agree to call this a three-way tie?" Pepper grinned, "Not a chance, Y/N, I'm a lot more flexible than you'd think."

"That's for sure!" Tony chimed in from across the room, and I grimaced. "Ew, Dad. Just…ew." I turned back to Pepper and Vision, "Let's just play…and afterwards someone can beat that memory out of my head." They both chuckled and we turned to FRIDAY, telling her to begin.

Tony: "Why do I keep getting you!?" Harley: "Hey, it's your AI that made the randomly generated lists." Sam: "I'm going to beat both of you into the ground." Tony: "Okay, calm down there, this isn't a contact game." Sam: "I meant…figuratively, of course…yeah."

Clint: "I'm just going to give up now." Shuri: "Probably a good choice." Okoye: "That may be the smartest thing I've ever heard you say."

Scott: "This is so cool! I'm gonna rule at Life!" Bruce: "Calm down." Thor: "WE SHALL RULE TOGETHER." Bruce: "That's not how he meant it and that's now how this works."

Loki: "I approve of the snakes. Look at their mischievous little faces, they shall bow to my will." Nat: "It's a boardgame, they aren't real—PUT THEM BACK OR I WILL END YOU PERMANENTLY."

Peter: "I will web you into that chair if you try coming over again to look at my board." "What are you talking about? I never left my chair." Peter: "You're not so fast that my senses don't notice you. Now stay put—THAT'S IT, WEB TIME!"

Steve: "It's not doing anything. How does this work again?" Bucky: "You really need to get with the times, you're giving us a bad rap." Rhodey: "In his defense, I think it needs new batteries." Steve: "What are batteries again?" Rhodey: "I retract my defense.'

Round 5:

Jenga: Y/N vs Scott vs Loki

Twister: Steve vs Nat vs Thor

Scrabble: Tony vs Bucky vs Sam

Life: Clint vs Harley vs Rhodey

Snakes and Ladders: Bruce vs Wanda vs Pepper

Battleship: Peter vs Vision vs Okoye

Mario Kart: T'Challa vs Shuri vs Pietro

Scott, Loki, and I sat at the Jenga table. Scott was sitting there in awed silence as he gazed at Loki, who snapped at him, "Can I help you, mortal?" Scott blinked, "Sorry, it's just…you're Loki…you're so awesome. You do magic!" He gasped excitedly, "CAN YOU SHOW ME MAGIC!?" Loki looked at him taken aback, seemingly unsure how to respond, so I interjected, "Maybe at another time—how about we focus on the game right now?" Scott nodded, "Yep. Sure. That's good too. Smart, even." I good-naturedly rolled my eyes and started setting up the block tower. Loki raised his eyebrow and waved his hand, the blocks immediately settling into place. A quiet 'So cool" exited Scott's mouth, and we began to take our turns.

Steve: "This isn't fair at all, Romanoff." Nat: "Too bad, now hand to red, Rogers."

Tony: "Not to make this personal, Barnes, but when I win, it'll be proven that I'm better than you. Also, on an unrelated note, Y/N loves me more." Uncle Bucky: "If you need the validation of a boardgame, I think you've already lost, Stark. And it doesn't matter who she loves more. You're the parent. I get to be the fun uncle." Tony: "I don't think you know what fun is, you spend so much time alone." Uncle Bucky: "Touché." Tony: "Aha! You concede my point!" Uncle Bucky: "No, that's the word I'm putting down." Tony: "Where'd you find an accent letter!?"

Rhodey: "Neither of you are going to take this seriously, are you?" Clint and Harley, "Nope."

Bruce: "The big guy is starting to get really annoyed at these snakes." Pepper: "Well, tell him if he breaks my table, he's going to have to deal with me." Bruce: "And now he's in hiding. That's new—oh good, a ladder."

Shuri: "Oh, it's so over for you, brother." T'Challa: "In your dreams."

Round 6:

Jenga: Steve vs Vision vs Rhodey

Twister: Clint vs Bucky vs Loki

Scrabble: Y/N vs Nat vs Thor

Life: Peter vs Scott vs Pepper

Snakes and Ladders: Tony vs Harley vs Okoye

Battleship: Bruce vs Shuri vs Pietro

Mario Kart: T'Challa vs Wanda vs Sam

I nodded at Thor and Nat as I sat down, Thor eagerly grabbing handfuls of Scrabble tiles. Nat gave him a Look. "Thor, you can only have seven." "Oh, my apologies," and he dumped them back into the bag, slowly counting out his seven.

Vision: "I could just phase through the surrounding blocks to better move this, but that wouldn't really be in the spirit of the game, so I suppose I shan't do that."

Scott: "Cool, I got a baby girl!" Peter: "What will you name her?" Scott: "Cassie, obviously." Peter: "Oh look, Pepper, you got a boy! What's his name?" Pepper: "Hmm… I think I'll name him Peter." …. Pepper: "Wait, no, don't cry!" Scott: "Here Pete, hold fake Cassie, she'll cheer you up!"

Tony: "YOU AGAIN." Harley: "Wow, feeling the love."

Shuri: "Ugh, this technology is so primitive." Bruce: "It's not real, Shuri." Shuri: "Even worse, whoever invented this game couldn't even imagine something more advanced."

T'Challa: "I'm starting to really like this game." Sam: Well, be prepared for that to change, cat man." T'Challa: "It's panther." Sam: "Oh, I know."

Round 7:

Jenga: Peter vs Nat vs Pietro

Twister: T'Challa vs Wanda vs Rhodey

Scrabble: Bruce vs Scott vs Pepper

Life: Steve vs Bucky vs Okoye

Snakes and Ladders: Clint vs Vision vs Thor

Battleship: Tony vs Harley vs Sam

Mario Kart: Y/n vs Shuri vs Loki

I grinned at Shuri as I sat down, "Oh, you are so toast." Shuri stuck her tongue out at me, "What, you think you are even a challenge for me?" Loki smirked, "Tsk, tsk. Neither of you mortals will come close to me."

Nat: "Hmm, the two Peters." Pietro: "It's Pietro." Nat: "I'm Russian, Pietro. I know that. I also know the American version is Peter." Peter: "Ooo, can we be the two Pietros instead?!" Pietro: "Now I see why they call you smart." Nat: "Whatever, boys, let's just play."

Pepper: "You two ready to lose?" Scott: "Yes, ma'am!" Bruce: "Don't sound so happy about it."

Thor: "Ooo, snakes! I love snakes! You know, this one time, Loki—" Clint: "Yes, we know the story." Thor: "Oh, have I told this tale before?" Vision: "Yes. Thirty times and 3/8." Clint: "3/8?" Vision: "That's from the situations where he was unable to complete the full story."

Round 8:

Jenga: Tony vs Bucky vs Sam

Twister: Peter vs Vision vs Okoye

Scrabble: Clint vs Harley vs Pepper

Life: Bruce vs Wanda vs Pietro

Snakes and Ladders: T'Challa vs Shuri vs Rhodey

Battleship: Y/N vs Nat vs Loki

Mario Kart: Peter vs Scott vs Thor

I began placing my Battleship pieces, looking over at Loki, "So, ready to get your ass handed to you by this mortal again?" Nat gave me a wry smile, "Careful, Steve doesn't like that kind of language." Loki: "You are both of you beneath me. I shall redeem myself in this battle." Nat: "You know we don't actually physically fight, right?" Loki sheathed his knifes, "Oh. Then how does this one work?"

Tony: "Will you stop staring and just make your move?" Sam: "You get used to it."

Clint: "Hey, kid. You're about to lose." Harley: "I'm not a kid. And never." Pepper: "Wrong on both counts, Harley."

Wanda: "Hey Pietro, you're an uncle!" Pietro: "And I'm going to be the best uncle ever! I'll even let them win in a race." Bruce: "Just take your turn."

Shuri: "Take that, brother!" T'Challa: "HA, look at the bottom of the square—down you go!" Rhodey: "Royalty, smoylty, neither of you know how to win this game!"

Scott: "HEY, THAT WAS MY POWER UP!" Thor: "WHY ARE THERE SO MANY BANANAS!" Peter: "HAHA EAT MY DUST—crap."

Round 9:

Jenga: Y/N vs Shuri vs Thor

Twister: Tony vs Scott vs Rhodey

Scrabble: Steve vs Wanda vs Sam

Life: T'Challa vs Nat vs Pepper

Snakes and Ladders: Peter vs Bucky vs Loki

Battleship: Clint vs Harley vs Pietro

Mario Kart: Bruce vs Vision vs Okoye

I sat down, giving Thor a cautionary glance, "Now, remember, the goal here is to be as gentle and careful as possible." Thor looked at me with a suspicious expression, "Why do you say that like you don't believe I can do it?" I paused, "…no reason." Shuri laughed, "She lies. It is because you are an uncoordinated oaf." Thor's eyes narrowed. "No matter. I will still win." He reached for his cup, accidentally knocking over the tower I was still building. I raised an eyebrow, and he pointed his finger at me, "Not. A. Word."

Scott: "Oh my god, I'm so close to you both right now!" Tony: "Don't make it weird." Scott: "I'm TOUCHING Iron Man and the Iron Patriot!" Rhodey: "Annd now it's weird."

Steve: "Back here again. You know this game brings back so many memories." Sam: "What, another thing you did during the war?" Steve: "You know, I did have a life before the war." Wanda: "I don't think playing scrabble counts as 'having a life'." Steve: "Oh, now it's personal."

Loki: "Hehe." Peter: "Omg real snakes, that's so cool!" Bucky: "PUTTHEMBACK, PUT THEM BAACK! NAAATTT!" Loki: "They're back! It's fine, you don't need to call her!" Peter: "Aw."

Clint: "How are you so good at this!?" Pietro: "You didn't see that coming?" Clint: "yOu DiDn'T SeE tHaT CoMiNg."

Finally, we all gathered around at the dining table where FRIDAY displayed a massive interactive hologram of an expanded version of the Monopoly game. Right now, somehow the totals had ended in a three-way tie for the teams, so whichever team won Monopoly would win the tournament.

This was going to go well.

It started off peaceably enough—while we found our seats. In an attempt to avoid fighting over play pieces, Tony had developed mini versions of ourselves to be our pieces. But even that didn't work with this group, their voices quickly overlapping each other.

"I want to be the Black Widow!" "No, you're Ant Man!" "Ooohhh, can I be Iron Man then!" "Why, Peter?" "Because Iron Man is the best?" "…. Acceptable. You be me; I'll be Spiderman." "But I wanted to be Iron Man—I knew you first!" "I WANT TO BE THE MUSTACHED MAN." "We're not playing with that character, brother." "DID I STUTTER, LOKI." "I would like to be Wanda." "Aw, sweetie. No." "Why does my piece not move faster than the others?! I demand AN UPGRADE." "Let me be the Black Panther, brother." "No, I don't trust you not to mess with it somehow." "Buzzkill." "Anyone else want to use the Hulk?" "FRIDAY, please replace the Hulk piece with a replica of Dr. Banner." "Thank you, Pepper."

Eventually, we settled into playing the actual game. The calm didn't last long. Fights broke out over properties, starting off as name-calling and then later yelling. It stayed mercifully non-physical despite a few knife-pullings by Nat and Loki, Wanda making her hands glow, Thor summoning Mjolnir, and Dad donning the repulsor gauntlet and later the full suit. We were playing a version of the game where once you went bankrupt, instead of being ejected from the game, you would simply be pushed further and further into debt. It didn't occur until several hours later that it made determining a winner much more complicated since it would usually be the last player standing. By that point, everyone had pretty much suited up.

Which made it all the worse when it got physical. Clint shot an arrow across the table to interrupt Pietro and Wanda's duel, his arrow narrowly escaped hitting me. I for one never felt in danger knowing his impeccable aim, however, Dad and Uncle Bucky didn't like it too much. I yelped and ran to take shelter in the corner as a full-on brawl broke out. While at first it was just random chaos, it eventually became the three teams fighting against each other.

As there was no safe pathway available to exit the room, I remained cowering in my corner, Pepper quickly joining me. The hologram had long since dissolved, the room instead lit up by repulsor blasts, red bolts of magic, and streaks of lightning. Avengers leaped around the room exchanging blows and dodging attacks. Harley's homemade nanotech armour (modelled off Tony's and which he'd used to title himself 'Iron Lad') was surprisingly holding up well as he ran through the fray yelling in excitement, throwing punches and kicks wherever he could.

Pepper and I both screamed as a Vibranium spear flew over our heads, impaling in the wall above us. Okoye muttered a quick 'Sorry' to us as she pulled it back out, before turning back and flipping over towards Shuri.

I noticed Bruce curled against the wall, head in his hands, just barely able to make out the words he was muttering to himself, "Don't hulk out, don't hulk ou—AARGH!"

The Hulk jumped up, smashing the heavy oak table into pieces. "HULK SMASH"

I turned to Pepper, "Does this happen a lot?"

She flinched as a chair flew across the room, shattering against the adjacent wall, "Every time we play Monopoly. I told Tony we should just ban it."

"That sounds like a good idea to me."

"Yes, well, we both know he isn't a very good listener. And the rest of them just treat it like another training session."

"A training session with two trapped civilians."

She laughed, "Yes, well, usually I'm able to get out, but it dissolved into chaos too fast this time."

I nodded, ducking and covering my head as a stray energy bolt from somewhere exploded the shelf above, showering us in splinters.

I peeked out between my arms to continue watching what was happening. Steve was using a chair-back as a shield, while Uncle Bucky advanced on him. His metal arm reflected a green glow from where Loki traded blows with T'Challa. Peter sprung off walls and ceilings, stealing weapons, and Clint tried to shoot Pietro, who was running in superspeed circles around the room, with his tranquilizer arrows. Rhodey and Thor were facing off against Vision, while Harley and Scott went against Sam.

Slowly, fighters began falling, or tagging out. Harley got a hit to the head, staggering out of the room supported by an apologetic Sam. Shuri, Okoye, and Scott teamed up against T'Challa, somehow disabling his suit and immobilizing him. Thor send a bolt of lightning out, which Peter, Clint, and Steve dodged, Tony's suit absorbed and which the Hulk just ignored. But it did take out Nat, Bucky, Vision, and Shuri, who all collapsed down to the ground looking mildly dazed. Wanda screamed, sending out bolts of her red magic, sending Thor, Rhodey, Okoye, Clint and even the Hulk into daydreams, and they slumped onto the floor with the others. Loki laughed, his green magic glowing against hers, and she stared in horror as he turned her own magic against her, succumbing to a mental illusion. Pietro started chasing Peter around but got webbed to the wall. Peter paused for just a moment to cheer and got taken out by Loki.

Loki stood on one end of the room, hands glowing green as he stared down Dad and Steve. I gulped. The two of them charged, attacking Loki. I covered my ears, trying to protect them from the loud blasts and blows. Their fight raised a cloud of dust, the room shaking as someone was thrown into a wall. Several crashes and booms later, Loki went down, taking Steve with him, falling with a heavy thud into the already much-abused wall. The wall gave way, a beam falling out to hit Dad on the head and he toppled over onto the ground.

Pepper and I screamed, running over to kneel beside dad. Several others also made their way over, groaning as they moved their battered bodies, coming to stand next to where we knelt.

Pepper hit the shoulders of the Iron man suit, "Tony!? Tony, answer me!"

Staring intently at my dad's head, I heard my own panicked voice order FRIDAY to retract his helmet and check his vitals. His slack face came into view, a trickle of blood going down the side of his dust-covered face. FRIDAY's voice chimed into the room, "Vitals show evidence that he may have a mild concussion. Preliminary diagnostics indicate he should recover well. However, the longer he remains unconscious the worse the damage may get."

Pepper and I breathed small sighs of relief that he was mostly okay, before going back to trying to wake him up. We called his name and tried to shake him awake, but nothing was working. We sat back for a moment, and in the silence the Hulk joined us, roaring loudly into Dad's face.

His eyes opened with a startled look as he gasped.

"Oh, thank god." I murmured.

Dad looked around with a dazed and confused expression. "What just happened?" A look of concern crossed his face, "Please tell me nobody kissed me."

Steve gave him a relieved smile, "We won."

Dad nodded slowly, his voice strained, "Oh. Good job guys."

Pepper gave him a stern look, the relief clear in her eyes, "Medbay. Now."

Dad waved her off, "I'm fin—."

I cut him off, addressing FRIDAY, "Alert Medbay we're on our way with Dad, give them the diagnostics." I looked down at Dad, wiping at the tear tracks on my cheek, "You're listening to Pepper on this one, Dad. And I'm taking it one step further."

I looked up at the Hulk, "Carry him up to medbay for me will you?"

Dad's eyes widened, "No—that is not happening, Bruce don't you dar—"

"I AM HULK!" And he bent down, picking Dad up bridal style, ignoring his protests as he carried him off to the elevator.

I stood up, looking around at the group. "You're all idiots with zero impulse control. Everyone to Medbay to get checked up."

Steve raised his eyebrow, "With all respect, we've been through worse."

I glared at him, "WiTh AlL rEsPeCt, I don't care. Medbay. Go."

He exchanged shocked looks with Uncle Bucky and nodded, "Yes, Ma'am."

Peter gave me side-eye as he walked past, "You're starting to sound like Pepper."

I grinned, looking at the woman in question, "I can live with that."

She smiled back at me, slipping her arm around my shoulder as we herded the rest of the group up to Medbay.