Summary: Peter and Shuri decide the Avengers need to celebrate Valentine's Day. They also decide they should be the ones that choose who each person spends it with.

Shuri was the one that came up with the idea, but Peter didn't think it was that great at first. Fortunately for Shuri, it didn't take more than two days to convince him otherwise. With a little pleading and a lot of "what ifs", she successfully got him on board with her plan, which is how they found themselves locked inside Peter's bedroom with so much pink, red, and white candy, Peter was beginning to fear those were the only colours he'd ever see. They'd spent exactly than $341.74 on Valentine's Day candy and intended to use it all for Shuri's glorious idea of a prank.

"Okay, so here are the cards for Miss Potts and Mr. Stark," Peter said, handing Shuri two envelopes one holding just a card and the other stuffed with pink, red, and silver glitter as well as a card.

After Peter's attempt at making a glitter bomb, they were still struggling to clean the floor, his face, and the rest of the surrounding area. Apparently, glitter bombs for fairly easy to make which was great news for Shuri and Peter, but unfortunate news for Mr. Stark and King T'Challa.

"And I have the one for T'Challa and Nakia," Shuri said, setting both envelopes aside. "The easy part's done."

"Now it's the fun part!" Peter exclaimed.

Shuri grinned and nodded, pulling out a list with every single Avenger's name on it.

"Alright, let's start with Rogers."

* * * * *

Steve was extremely confused by the presence of a small, pink envelope on his bed. He could have sworn his room had remained locked and he hadn't seen anyone coming in or out of the residential hall since he moved into the living room. The delivery couldn't have been done by someone FRIDAY didn't know or he would have been notified immediately. However, as far as he knew, he was the only one on the residential hall of the Compound that morning.

"FRIDAY, who dropped this off?" Steve asked, carefully picking up the envelope and smelling it. He coughed as an overwhelming scent of roses and candy assaulted his nose.

"I do not have any recollection of anyone entering the room except for Rogers, Steven Grant."

That made Steve even warier. "What's inside?"

"My scan shows the envelope contains paper and candy."

Growing more confused by the second, Steve carefully opened the envelope and peered inside. When nothing tried to cut off his head and spray him with acid, he pulled out the card and opened it up.

A Hallmark card with a small puppy holding a bunch of red heart balloons stared up at him. In big, glittery letters 'Happy Valentine's Day!' sat above the dog. Steve chuckled and opened the card.

A handful of candy fell onto his bed, but he read through the card before picking it up. Apparently, someone was throwing a Valentine's Day party at the Compound and he was supposed to arrive in the training room at precisely 19:30, February 14, 2019, for his Valentine's Day assignment. No matter how suspicious the letter's appearance had been, he marked the date on his calendar before inspecting the candy that had come with the card.

* * * * *

"Shh," Shuri hissed at Peter, struggling to contain her own giggles.

Safely tucked away in Peter's room, they were watching from a hologram as Natasha opened her own card. They had chosen a card with no picture. On the outside, in black letters, the card read 'You're the best* thing in my life'. Near the bottom of the card, it said '*besides vodka'. Peter was pretty proud he'd been able to find such a card and was having a hard time not taking credit for it.

"She can't hear us," Peter replied through his laughter.

"You never know who else could be listening," Shuri reminded him.

Peter rolled his eyes but quieted down as they watched Natasha read the card. She was a lot less suspicious of the envelope's appearance than Steve had been, but they'd put it in her locker in the training room. Nearly everyone had access to that. In all honesty, they'd be more surprised if she didn't know who had done it.

After reading the card, Natasha shrugged and stuffed it back in her locker.

Shuri frowned. "She's not gonna do it?"

"Yeah, she just doesn't need to make a reminder," Peter told her confidently, "Trust me. She'll go. I promised there'd be vodka if she showed up."

* * * * *

Tony was not amused. Pepper couldn't stop laughing, but he didn't know what was so funny. After opening the letter he'd received from one of the Stark Industries employees, he'd received a mouth full of flying glitter. No, he was not amused, but Pepper was nearly on the floor.

"Where did this come from?" Tony demanded, shaking the card and watching more glitter fell to the floor.

"The postman dropped it off," Pepper repeated through her laughter. She'd watched the footage from FRIDAY's security feed to know the employee who had brought up their mail wasn't lying. However, she also noticed the postman looked an awful lot like Peter.

"Clearly someone has it out for me," Tony told her, throwing his card in the trash can and shaking his head ferociously.

Pepper covered her mouth to stifle a laugh as more glitter fell from his hair.

"We can't go," Tony announced decidedly, "We're locking down the Tower, keeping Peter nearby, and investigating this threat."

"Tony, I don't think someone's going to kill you at a Valentine's Day party," Pepper said calmly.

Tony narrowed his eyes at her, not sure if he could believe her or not.

"If it makes you happy, you can bring the suit for protection."

"Deal," Tony agreed, still sceptical about the party, but more concerned with getting the glitter off his face and out of his hair at the moment.

* * * * *

Sam could have cared less about the letter in his mailbox that didn't have a return address, but the excessively stylish handwriting and small pink hearts caught his attention immediately. Ignoring the bills and a paycheck, he opened the letter and frowned when more candy than should have possibly fit in the card fell onto his counter. He skimmed over the card, shrugging at the mention of a Valentine's Day party held by the Avengers. Sounded cool enough.

He made note of the date and location (why it wasn't at the Tower, he wasn't sure). He also made a reminder on his phone so he would leave the house exactly 17 minutes before the party was due to begin. No need to show up early and look desperate or be late and miss out on the fun.

* * * * *

"Please, Okoye!" Shuri begged, trying to convince the Dora to give her brother the soft pink envelope she had.

Okoye looked at the letter sceptically. "What is it?"

Shuri huffed, trying to figure out how to avoid explaining her and Peter's plan to her. However, she knew Okoye would figure it out when she accompanied T'Challa to the meeting, so she might as well tell her ahead of time.

"It's an invitation to a Valentine's Day party," Shuri grumbled. Okoye raised an eyebrow at her. "Can you please just give it to him for me?"

"Why don't you give it to him yourself?" Okoye asked. Shuri groaned and dropped her arm from holding the outstretched card.

"Because it's supposed to be a secret," she told her.

Okoye stared blankly at her and Shuri stared back until Okoye cracked. She gave the princess a small smile and took the envelope from her.

"I'll tell him it was sent by priority mail to the Tower," Okoye promised. Shuri grinned and hugged Okoye tightly. "Do I want to ask what the secret entails?"

"Nope!" Shuri replied. She turned to leave then stopped and glanced back at Okoye. "Oh, and you might want to stand back when he opens the card."

Before Okoye could ask what that meant, Shuri was gone.