"What about Steve?" "He has a date with Sharon." "Wanda?" "Having a horror movie marathon with Strange." Pepper paused. "Wait, really?" "Wanda got some of his bargaining skills," Tony answered. "Huh. Well, what about Pietro?" "He's with his new best buddy Wong." "Scott?" "Cassie has a playdate with Nathaniel." "Sam?" "Spying on Steve with Bucky." "Rhodey?" "He's visiting his cousin." "Vision?" He's showing Nebula around." "Just Nebula?" Pepper asked. "She said she needed a break from her sister's idiot friends." "Mhmm," she hummed with a smirk." "Well what about Natasha?" "She's on a mission." "Bruce?" "Working on something for S.H.I.E.L.D." "Harley?" "Him and Shuri are staying at Peter's over the weekend." Pepper thought for a moment. "What about Lo-" Tony cut her off. "There is no way I'm letting him take care of Morgan." He sighed, "I guess we're just gonna have to cancel date night." "...Do you think Val would babysit?" Pepper asked. "Maybe."

       "Yeah, of course. It's the least I can do." "Least you can do?" "For you guys letting me stay here." Tony chose this momment to come running in. "Thank god she said yes, we have a reservation for 8:30." "That's in 20 minutes!" He checked his watch. "Oh, yeah, it is." "We gotta go get ready, thank you again Val." "No problem."

       Loki walked around the tower, enjoying the peace and quiet, which he can never get. He was holding a book in his hand, reading while walking, which was a mistake. He walked into Val, who was holding Morgan. "Can you get your head out of your book and watch where you're going?" "My apologies, but why do you have Morgan with you, if I may ask?" "You can stop being polite Lackey, but if you must know, I'm babysitting." "You, babysitting? Never thought I'd get to see such a sight, but yet here I am." Valkyrie ignored his statement and pushed past him. "By the way, it's Loki!"

       Later that evening, Loki walked in on Val playing with Morgan. He leaned against the wall, arms crossed, and watched her for a few minutes; there was a small smile on his face. "Are you going to sit there staring there the whole night, or are you going to say something?" Val eventually asked, looking up towards him. Loki sauntered over to the fridge to take out a water. "You don't seem like someone who'd like children," he stated, no malice in his voice like usual. He continued to stare, taking in her appearance. 'This is out of instinct. That's it,' He thought. "There's a lot of stuff you don't know about me Lackey." "Can you stop calling me that?" "No."

       They didn't see each other for the rest of the evening. But then night came. It was about 10:30 p.m., and Loki was going to get some more water. While he was walking down the hall, he heard crying. He followed the sound, and opened the door it was coming from. Inside was Morgan in her crib. She was holding her favorite blanket and was wearing pajamas with an iron and pepper shaker pattern. Just leave Loki, it's not your responsibility, let Valkyrie handle it, Stark doesn't want you anywhere near Morgan, just leave, he thought. But he decided to do something anyway. He shape shifted into a bird and sat on the ledge the of her crib. He started chirping to a melody that he made up as he went. Once she stopped crying, he stopped and changed back into Loki again.

      "You're great with kids." He jumped and turned around to find Valkyrie standing in the doorway. "Thanks." "I didn't know you could shape shift." "Well, you learn something new everyday." "You also have a great voice." "I was a bird." "I'm not an idiot Loki, you have to have a good voice as an Asguardian to have a good voice in any other form." "Music." They stopped talking. "Who said that?" "Music." They turned around and the only person there was Morgan. "Music." This time, they saw Morgan's mouth move. "Did she just speak?" Val asked. "Yeah, I think she did." "We have to call Tony and Pepper!" They pulled out their phones (which, unlike Thor, actually know how to use) and dialed Tony's number.

       Rrring! Tony pulled out his phone and saw Loki's face. "Why in the world would he be calling me?" "Who?" Pepper asked. "Loki." "That's odd." "Yeah." Boop. "Okay, so where were we?" Rrring! "What does he want!?" Tony pulled out his phone and didn't see Loki's contact. Instead, Valkyrie's was there. "Ummm.....it's Val." "Well then pick it up! What if something's wrong with Morgan?!" Tony tapped the "pick up" button and saw two familiar faces. He held out the phone so both he and Pepper could see. "Why is Loki there?" Tony asked. "It's a long story," Val answered. "Yeah, and a story I better hear." "She was crying, and I shape shifted into a bird to sing her to sleep." "Of course you did." "What happened? Why are you guys calling?" Pepper interrupted. "She said her first word!" they exclaimed at the same time. "What?!" was the response. "What was it?" Val turned the phone to face Morgan, who was laying down watching the exchange between the adults.

       Loki transformed into a bird again and started singing. Once he started, Morgan sat up and started clapping. "Music!" Tony and Pepper's jaws dropped to the floor. "Well, I guess Steve and Rhodey both lost their bet." Loki shape shifted back into his regular form, and when he did, Morgan layed back down and closed her eyes. Val hung up the phone, and they left Morgan to fall back asleep.

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This is a really long one, but I thought of Valkyrie walking in on Loki doing something like that, so I had to put it in. Just letting you know, I don't know anything about parenting, so if I say anything that isn't true, please just let it slide or let me know. Morgan probably hears the word "music" a lot, saying Tony dances a lot in his lab, Steve listens to music from his time, Peter, Shuri, and Harley with their pop and rap, Pepper picking out music for parties and what-not, so that's her first word. Also, here's what her pajamas look like:

Until I have another idea, bye guys!

(Future Me Here: I changed this a little, so if it's a little different than what you remembered [if you're reading this again], that's why.)