46. Trophy

An-Fem Peter Parker meets the Avengers, she's Tony's biological kid, and he likes to spoil her.

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Pandora was running through the corridors of the common floor, carefully holding the small trophy she'd won in her hands. Tony immediately turned when he heard the distinct sound of his daughter's flats, and smiled when she slid into the room, her knee-length pleated skirt swaying slightly, she straightened her blouse. Her style was clearly influenced by Pepper, but it clearly had touches of Tony, the showy frills on the blouse, and the glittering necklace and matching earrings. She took in a deep breath, pushing her hair out of her face a little, her hair had always been extremely curly, so she decided she's keeping it on a bob, MJ and her cut her bang themselves. He adjusted her headband slightly, flattening the bow a little, banishing the trophy.

"Dad! I won first place! They made me get up in front of the whole school to receive it and," Pandora paused when she noticed other people in the room, specifically the avengers. She deflated, that's what FRIDAY was trying to tell her, "Sorry I didn't know you had guests." She said, attempting to shuffle out of the room and back into the elevator. "I'm just gonna go cause this is really awkward and I have homework, so, yeah," Pandora said, trying to slip out of the room with a lopsided smile.

"All good Pan, you can stay, I knew you wouldn't listen to FRIDAY anyway. Come sit, tell me about the award." Pandora hesitated before sitting in the seat next to Tony, handing him the award, which he turned in his hands.

"I'm proud of you Panda knew you'd win," Tony said, squinting to read the inscription. Pandora smiled brightly beside him, leaning on the counter. She was swaying in the seat, bursting to say something, but was getting increasingly flustered with everyone in the room, Tony raised an eyebrow.

"What are you thinking? Usually, you'd talk my ear off the second you get home." Pandora's eyes flickered to the team, Tony waved a hand lazily at them, "They're fine, I'll introduce you in a second. Come on you look like you're going to explode." Pandora grinned.

"I think MJ should have won, she got second place but her structure was much better then mine and her conclusion was really good, but my introduction was better than hers. She said my topic was more new so that meant it needed to be talked about more, but MJ spent ages writing her speech and I could tell she didn't mind but I still think she should have won. And she said we should go out as a celebration but I just wanted to invite her over for dinner cause I hate it when everyone looks at us funny cause we're both girls." Pandora rushed out, Tony seemed to follow along, nodding in all the right places. Pandora shrugged, suddenly feeling a little down.

"Kid, you should celebrate this, I'd be happy to invite your little girlfriend over for dinner if that's what you're comfortable with, but you shouldn't care what everyone else thinks. So what, you like to hold another girls hand, she's your girlfriend, and you love her. That's all the world needs to know." Tony said, petting her shoulder lightly. Pandora smiled at him and threw her arms around him, he chuckled, rubbing her back.

"I do agree with Michelle though, you should go out, do something nice, I put money in your account." When Pandora pulled back she pulled a face at Tony.

"You just like having an excuse to spoil me." she said, Tony grinned lopsidedly.

"Yeah, your mum says that too. Anyway, we'll put it on the mantel in the lounge room where everyone can see it, I want everyone to see how smart my little girl is!" Pandora swatted him lightly.

"Shut up, you know I hate it when you do that," Pandora said, crossing her arms.

"Do what?" Tony said innocently.

"Be all," Pandora made a face and made some gestures with her hands, "Creepy? You so shouldn't show me off this much." Tony raised an accusing eyebrow at her.

"Ok, well remind me what your GPA is?" Tony asked, pointing a finger at her.

"4.0," Pandora said quietly.

"Mhm, and remind me what you said when you got an early full-ride scholarship to MIT."

"I don't want to be the small fish in the big pond," Pandora said sheepishly.

"Oh, and to top it off, how many languages can you speak fluently?" Tony questioned.

"Six, three partially," Pandora said. Tony smirked, leaning back.

"That's what I thought, you're smart and humble, so I think I have the right to show off, cause I have the best daughter in the world." Tony's phone started to ring, he made a face an stood up to answer it, he briefly addressed the team before leaving the room.

"Natasha, don't let them kill her. Pandora, introduce yourself." Natasha and Panora nodded, just then Pandora realised Natasha was in the room with her, she sprung up and out of her seat, gliding into Natasha's waiting arms.

"Auntie Tasha! I didn't even see you!" Pandora exclaimed. Natasha grinned, swaying her slightly. He pulled back and held Pandora by her shoulders, narrowing her eyes.

"Since when did you have bangs?" Natasha said, reaching up to tug on them.

"Since a while, MJ and I cut them while I was at her place cause we knew dad wouldn't let me," Pandora said, a mischievous smile on her face.

"Hmm yes, he's a little too overprotective," Natasha said, grinning back at Pandora.

"So I want to know, what was this speech about?" Pandora smiled, sitting back down in her seat.

"We had to write about a pressing social issue that personally affects us. I wrote about the discrimination and oppression LGBT+ people face in the education system, and the lack of support and opportunities they have access to." Pandora recited, smiling lightly.

"That's one hell of a topic, what did MJ and Ned write about?" Pandora smiled at Natasha.

"MJ wrote about sexism in the school system, and why it's so hard for girls to thrive at school. Ned wrote about how if students choose not to do PE and Sport they should be presented with other opportunities." Pandora smiled again.

"Wow, you have yourself some smart friends," Clint said, Pandora turned to look at him while nodding.

"Yeah, they're the best ever, I've known them both since I was a kid," Pandora said, smiling down at the trophy on the bench.

"I hate to interrupt, but how do you know Natasha?" Steve said.

"I can't not know her, I'm named after her," Pandora said, making Natasha smile beside her. They both smirked at the confused faces of the team, "Pandora Natalia Maria Stark at your service." She said, with a small curtsey.

"Wow, ok, I never thought I'd see the day where I was being told Tony has a kid," Sam said, Pandora shrugged, a message pinged from her phone, she looked down at it and smiled. Natasha noticed this and swiped the phone out of her hand.

"Hey give it back!" Pandora said, leaning over Natasha's shoulder to try and get her phone back, overpowering her for a split second, but giving up when Natasha kept her strong grip on the phone.

"Aw, Pandora's girlfriend says I love you, and I would love to come over for dinner, as long as you come to the park with me on Saturday and bring your camera." Natasha cooed. Pandora scowled and snatched her phone back.

"You didn't have to read it out loud you know?" Pandora said, keeping her phone tightly in her hand. Natasha nodded, enjoying the flustered and red-faced Pandora.

"How is MJ?" Natasha said seriously. MJ's parents had just divorced and there was a custody battle for her.

"She's staying with her mum in queens, she doesn't want to live with her dad. She comes over to the tower a lot though because her mums never home." Pandora shrugged, quickly replying to the message, "Oh and I'm taking her to the art exhibition for her birthday because she's been talking about it for ages." Natasha nodded happily.

"The one time having a rich daddy is goo,d let me guess, he spends most of his time drunk and having one night stands," Steve said. Pandora turned around slowly to look at him and walked slowly up to him, not at all intimidated by his height.

"Now you listen here Mister righteousness, and Mister freedom for America." She pressed a finger onto his chest, making him stumble back a little to the team's surprise, "Tony Stark is the best father in the world, he dropped everything for me when my birth mother died. He watched me grow up and taught me life lessons, morals and encouraged me to thrive. And let me tell you he was one of the only people in my life who accepted me when I came out as Lesbian." She pushed him back again with her finger.

"And Mister Star-spangled man with a plan, my dad hadn't touched liqueur since I was five years old. He protects, encourages, and loves me. And you being an ignorant fool will not change that." With another shove, Steve fell onto the counter. Pandora stepped back from him and sat back down in her seat, gripping the counter firmly. Tony started clapping from the corner, Pandora turned to him in a daze.

"Well Steve you heard the lady, trust me you guys don't want to make her angry, she rivals Pepper. Thank you Pandora I appreciate it." Tony said, placing a calming hand on her shoulder. Panora visibly calmed, now clutching her phone in her hand. "Oh and Pan? No patrol tonight, Pepper and I have already made reservations at your and MJ's favourite restaurant, I invited Ned too." Pandora's face lits up and she quickly hugged Tony around the middle, who let out a breathless laugh.

"Ok, calm down kid, don't let your super strength get the best of you." He said, Pandora pulled back with a sheepish smile on her face.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Pandora said, getting up from her seat.

"I need to go ask MJ what colour to wear, I'll be back!" Pandora said as she ran out of the room, a skip in her step. Tony picked up the trophy in his hands and smiled at it.

"Sorry to interrupt Tony, but what did you mean by super strength? Is that why she was able to knock Steve over?" Bucky asked, gesturing to an out of breathe Steve. Tony sighed, rubbing his face.

"Of course my kid was stupid enough to get powers. On a school field trip to Oscorp, she got bitten by a radioactive spider, she has freaky powers now. She's Spiderwoman."The team stood mouths agape.

"How old is she?" Scott said incredulously.

"She's seventeen. And don't worry, she has a curfew and I installed a protocol in her suit that notifies me when he puts it on, takes it off when the tracker is diactivated, and when she's injured." Tony looked at his watch, obviously waiting for something. On cue, the elevator opened and out stepped Pepper and a girl they couldn't recognise. Pepper was dressed in a simple formal dress, while the girl was in a similar dress, it was a deep blue.  Quite quickly Pandora came rushing back into the room, in a knee-length dress similar to Pepper's, she had managed to pin back her hair and she quickly leant on Tony's shoulder, attempting to put on a high heel.

"You couldn't lean on the counter?" Tony said, but letting her lean on him nonetheless.

"Nope, you're the perfect height for me to put shoes on, plus I get to make fun of you," Pandora said, putting her foot back down.

"Not my fault you got your mum's height," Tony grumbled.

"And yet, she is still shorter than me." The girl said, making Pandora turn around excitedly.

"MJ!" Pandora shouted, before running up to the girl and hugging her tightly.

"I still don't get how you can run in heels." The girl said, petting Pandora's back.

"Gotta run team, I have a fancy dinner with my lovely wife, beautiful daughter and her scary girlfriend," Tony said, waving to the team. With that, Tony turned and took Pepper's arm, following Pandora and MJ out of the kitchen and into the elevator.

"That kid keeps getting scarier and scarier."

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