Fire Starter

Epilogue

It was July 31st, three months later, that's how long it had been since everything changed. Peter had convinced Aiden to stop calling everyone Miss or Mister and to start calling everyone aunt or uncle like he did. It was a nice change that took a while to get used to, but it was perfect, she enjoyed the new large family she had. She'd also started therapy for her past trauma and what Bruce described as self-destructive tendencies; actually her and Loki both started therapy. Bruce had formed some antidepressants that wouldn't be burned through by her metabolism and she was well on her way to getting to a better state of mind. She hadn't had one of her episodes in two and a half months and her sleep was better as well. Tony and Pepper had announced that they were pregnant and Peter was beyond thrilled to find out that he was getting as he said "another little sister". When she'd asked him who his other sister was, he said it was her because she was eight months younger than he was and that she was tiny. She'd pretended to be offended by this comment about her size but was thrilled to know that he thought of her as family,because she felt the same way. She'd grown close to Nat during her time at the compound, the redhead was like a mom to her in a way and whenever she needed a break from everything, the redhead was waiting for her. She still wasn't any good at talking through her emotions with the others, so when she felt particularly overwhelmed, she often used her shapeshifting abilities to transform herself into the small cat version of herself and she'd find Natasha; the redhead let her climb into her lap and fall asleep on multiple occasions. She'd started calling the redhead мама Нат; which had thrilled the redhead. They both knew that she could and would never be able to replace Roslyn, but they had a special bond between the two of them that was unspoken yet strong. Peter had also developed a crush on MJ and he was crushing on her hard, Aiden found it funny to see him get all flustered and giddy when she'd talk to him. Since her and MJ had become close, she knew that the curly haired girl liked Peter too and that's why she teased him so much, because it was entertaining for her; the curly-haired teenager would constantly do things to make the brunet turn into a blushing mess. Lastly, Natasha and Clint, even though the two weren't a couple had decided to adopt Pietro and Wanda, even though they were twenty-two years old, both of the spies felt it was a good fit and they both loved the young adults like they were their own.

Aiden adjusted the sparkling, long green dress she was wearing and pushed the curls she'd attempted to do over her shoulder as she got ready for the party that was being thrown to celebrate the twin's adoption. She opened her door to see Peter waiting for her, a habit they'd formed when she first started living at the tower. Every time they were both home, they'd wait outside each other's door for the other to finish getting ready. She smiled at him, his curly hair was gelled back, making it appear slick and not its usual fluffy mess as it usually.. He was wearing a black suit and a white dress shirt, with a sloppily tied red and blue striped tie.

"You look nice Petey," Aiden told him, she was now even with his nose in her heels. She reached forward and started to fix his tie.

"Thank you Cruella, you look really pretty. Green really suits you," he responded.

"Thanks," she said giving him a small smile, she stepped back looking at his neatly done tie, "There you go."

"Thanks for fixing it, I can't ever get it right."

"No problem Petey, now let's go see everyone else."

"Okie dokie," he responded, looping his arm around hers.

As they were walking, Aiden was staring at Peter.

"Whatcha staring at me for Cru?"

"You're hair..."

"What about it?"

"I've never seen it so...stiff...."

Peter huffed, "I wanted it to look nice with the suit so I had your dad help me with it. It feels weird."

Aiden chuckled at him, "At least it looks nice."

Peter sighed and nodded his head, "But it doesn't move," he groaned.

Aiden laughed at his annoyance with his hair.

The pair of them finally arrived downstairs where the different avengers were congregated. Clint was standing next to Pietro telling him he needed to behave during the party, he knew the silvery-blond young man would no doubt pull pranks on the guests and his sister if he wasn't instructed not to. Each one of the male avengers were wearing a black, dark gray or navy blue suit with a white tie and a colorful tie, other than Loki who was wearing a dark emerald green one with a black tie. Wanda was sporting a bright red off the shoulder flowy dress that fell at her knees, that made her reddish hair appear brighter. Natasha who was standing next to her, looking at her full of motherly love was wearing a simple knee length black dress. Her hair was neatly pinned up with a hair comb, it was easy to see the excitement in her eyes. Pepper was wearing a looser fitting purple dress, she was currently four and a half months pregnant. Tony was standing next to her with a large goofy smile plastered on his face. Aiden was looking at everyone taking in what she saw in front of her.

Loki came over to her and kissed her forehead, "You look absolutely stunning darling."

"Thank you dad. You look really nice as well."

Loki seemed to notice her watching everyone "Is everything alright?" he asked her.

She looked up at him and smiled largely, "Everything's perfect."

And it was. For the first time in her life, everything was perfect.

A/N:

мама Нат is Mama Nat in Russian

Fire Starter is officially finished! Thank you for all the votes and the great comments along with the views. I had a lot of fun writing this-even though this book was a little heavy on some topics- but it is still one of my favorite stories I've written. If you haven't already, please check out my other story The Avengers Weakness-this one will also be ending soon! I will continue to write, but my goal is to finish the other book befor I start publishing one of my other stories. Again, thanks for reading, hope you enjoy the book!