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A/N I've been obsessed with Brutal by Olivia Rodrigo and I feel like it would be Tessa's anthem and that Favorite Crime is also so fitting to her feelings towards Pietro right now.

The days after my fight with Pietro were tense, to say the least. I could only spend so much time with Wanda, since Pietro barely left her side.

But my family had just arrived home, so we would now have more of a buffer. I had never been more relieved to see them.

I had gotten up early to make Peter waffles for breakfast, but instead of finding an empty kitchen as I expected, I found my family. Dad and Natasha were drinking coffee as Poppa chided them, telling them that they needed to sleep. Bruce and Clint both looked half asleep, Clint's head resting on the countertop.

Thor was the first one to see me. He smiled broadly and handed me an extra cup of coffee that was sitting on the island. I smiled and thanked him, greeting everyone else as they noticed me.

"Waffles?" I asked as I started gathering ingredients.

"Please," Nat said with a smile and everyone else nodded.

"How did the mission go?" I asked cautiously.

"Good. It was good. We should be done with missions for a little bit," Dad told me.

I smiled slightly for a moment. And then, my face fell and I turned to Thor.

"You have to go, don't you?"

"I'm sorry, little one. But I do. I'll be around for three days, and your dad is planning a farewell party," Thor replied.

"Sam is coming," Poppa said, and I smiled again.

"Who is Sam?" Pietro asked, entering the kitchen. His brow was creased slightly and his voice was sharp.

I turned my head quickly, frowning slightly at him.

"No one," I replied.

Nat looked at the twins and smiled.

"You two will want to go shopping. We've been meaning to send you for awhile," she said, before turning to me. "You'll take them, Tess?"

I sighed and pursed my lips, but nodded.

"Just let me finish making breakfast. Do you guys like waffles?" I asked the twins. My eyes met Pietro's and I smiled slightly. It was the closest thing to an olive branch I would be extending. I reached my hand out to Dad. "Keys."

He dropped them into my hand and I put them in my pocket.

"Yes please," Wanda replied, and Pietro nodded.

"Are you going to take Peter with you?" Dad asked.

I crinkled my nose before laughing. "No thanks. I'm sure today is not gonna be fun, we don't need to add Peter to the mix."

"You love Peter," Wanda reminded me.

"I do. But I do not love shopping with Peter. And I'm imagining shopping with Pietro is a nightmare. So we don't need two annoying boys with us," I told her. Wanda laughed as I spoke.