stark, peter parker

i. that might be a problem

dakota stark, tony stark, and pepper pots were in the park, enjoying a calm stroll. "i'm totally not kidding." tony said to pepper, stopping by a tree.

"you're totally rambling." she replied.

"no. i'm not." he insisted. "look, you know how you're having a dream, and in the dream you gotta pee? and then you're like 'oh my god, there's no bathroom, what am i gonna do? oh, someone's watching, i'm gonna go in my pants.'"

pepper nodded. "right, and then you wake up, and in real life you actually have to pee."

"yeah, everybody has that." dakota said, folding her arms across her chest.

"right! that's the point i'm trying to make." tony said. "apropos of that, last night, i dreamt, we," he gestured to himself and pepper, "had a kid. so real. we named him after your eccentric uncle. uh, what was his name? morgan? morgan!"

pepper nodded. "so you woke up, and thought we were.. no."

"i had a dream about it, it was so real. don't you want a little brother?" tony asked dakota, who raised her brows in response.

pepper shook her head. "if you wanted to have another kid, you wouldn't have done that." she tapped tony's arc reactor.

"i'm glad you brought this up," he said, "'cause it's nothing. it's just a housing unit for nano particles."

"it's not helping your case." kodie said, patting his shoulder.

"no, no, it's an attachment, it's not a-"

"you don't need that." pepper said insistently.

tony shook his head. "i know. i had the surgery. i'm just trying to protect us. the future uses, and that's it. just in case there's a monster in the closet, instead of, you know.."

"shirts?" dakota asked, watching as he turned his head.

"she's right." pepper agreed. "you should have shirts in your closet."

"yeah. you know what there should be? no more surprises. let's have a nice dinner tonight, no more surprises. ever. i promise you." tony said, leaning in to kiss pepper.

just as he promised for no more surprises, a portal appeared infront of them. out stepped a man, clad in a large cape. "tony and dakota stark," the man said, looking at the both of them, "i'm doctor stephen strange. i need you to come with me. oh, uh, congratulations on the wedding, by the way." he said to tony and pepper.

"i'm sorry," dakota said, crossing her arms over her chest, "you giving out tickets or something?"

strange didn't appear amused. "we need your help. look, it's not overselling to say that the fate of the universe is at stake."

"and who's 'we'?" tony asked.

from behind dr. strange emerged none other than bruce banner, who the starks hadn't seen since the events in sokovia. he walked to tony and dakota, giving the both of them a desperate hug.

"you okay?" tony asked as bruce collapsed into his arms, getting no response. he looked over to dakota, then back to dr. strange.

"what's going on?" dakota asked the man.

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at strange's wizard place, wong used magic to outline the objective. "from the dawn of the universe," he said, "there was nothing. then, boom. the big bang sent six elemental crystals, hurtling across the virgin universe. these infinity stones each control an essential aspect of existence."