"Being together is more important than how we're together."
"You really mean that?" she whispered and reached up to push a strand of hair out of his face, letting her fingertips linger on his cheek.
He leaned down to place a gentle kiss against he...
One week later: Tony's Villa in the Cayman Islands
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"Stark, you can't be serious?!"
"I am one hundred percent serious!" Tony declared, his voice echoing off beige stuccoed walls and falling back down harshly on the ears of those present. "It's obvious you boys can't be trusted to take care of her, so she-" He wrapped one arm tightly around Kyla's shoulders and pulled her against his side, taking several steps backward. "-is coming with me, and you two-" Tony waved his index finger between Lucas and Bucky. "-are staying FAR away from her!"
Shaking with silent laughter, Steve watched the whole dramatic scene play out. The newly arrived trio from Wakanda hadn't got their suitcases past the doorway or even kicked their sandals off before Tony descended on them like a vulture.
"She's perfectly fine!" Lucas exclaimed, both hands raking through his hair and letting his arms flop down to his sides.
Bucky remained silent, but his facial expressions ranged from murder to amusement.
"Fine?! Her eyes are SILVER!!" Tony practically screeched, unintentionally squeezing Kyla tighter in his enthusiasm. "Barnes is part of the royal family with diplomatic immunity. Lucas snapped and told off the entire United Nations because someone thought it was a good idea to bring a hotshot superhuman to an international peacekeeping meeting," he continued, glaring at the irresponsible men before him. "And you all helped dismantle a military coup led by King T'Challa's degenerate cousin. Whatever happened to that guy anyway?"
"I killed him..." Kyla peeped up sheepishly, not proud of that little fact.
"You WHAT!! No, no, no." Tony shook his head and spun Kyla around, gripping her shoulder while he stared at her with the intensity of a thousand burning suns. "You, Miss Rogers, are now officially my wedding planning assistant, and we are staying AWAY from them!"
Pouting her bottom lip out slightly, Kyla glanced over her shoulder with slight longing. "Do we have to?" she wined in a tiny voice.
Cradling a small bundle in her arms, Pepper laughed as she breezed over to them, her pin-straight red hair fluttering softly. "Tony, I know it's been over a year since you've spoken to the girl, but you're being clingy," she gently scolded.
"I am not being clingy, Pep!" Tony claimed stubbornly, but his eyes softened considerably when he spoke to her.
Kyla was pretty sure her brain lagged when she saw what the fluffy pink blanket was cradling. She looked over at Steve, then Lucas, then Bucky in total disbelief, finding all of them grinning at her reaction to discovering Tony's biggest secret. "Anthony Edward Stark, explanation NOW!" she demanded, gesturing to the sweetest baby girl snuggled in Pepper's arms.
Sliding his hands into his front pockets, Tony smirked naughtily. "Well, when a man and woman love each other veeeery much-"
Kyla promptly shut him up with a solid smack against the side of his head. "I know where babies come from, you Iron-Idiot," she scoffed. "What I meant was- I was really gone long enough for you to get married and have a BABY!"
