Natasha Romanoff Oneshots

"Why You?"

Summary: When Pepper goes on vacation, leaving a four-year-old Morgan with Tony, he quickly realizes that he can't look after her on his own, and brings her to the Avengers Compound. However, no one expects the bond Morgan and Natasha immediately have, nor her skill with children. But when Tony confronts her about it, her answer is not what he'd expect.

Ships: Referenced Pepperony

Major Characters: Natasha, Tony, Morgan

Minor Characters: Clint, Steve

Let's just pretend for the sake of this chapter and my sanity that Tony's Endgame house was a lot closer to the Avengers compound.

So, Morgan in this chapter is actually sort of based off of my cousins, since she's only four in the movie and doesn't get much screen time.

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Tony used to hate kids. They were loud, sticky, and always needed attention—much like him, actually.

Honestly, with how many one-night stands he once had, it was truly a miracle that he'd never had any kids yet.

However, the first time he saw Morgan's cute, babyish little face, he knew he could never hate her. And the first few years of his daughters life he never once got mad at her—after all, she was sort of like his and Pepper's savior from all the loss and grief.

So Tony was positive that he could handle a week alone with Morgan while Pepper went on a trip with her friends.

Oh, how wrong he was.

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A day and a half. That's how long Tony lasted with his four-year-old daughter.

She had several crying fits in that time, wanting ice cream, and Mommy, and Tony to play with her. At first Tony tried to keep her calm by stuffing her full of ice cream and popsicles, but that only made her more energetic. And they quickly ran out of desserts—even the Hershey Kisses Tony kept hidden from his family under a floorboard were used as an attempt to keep Morgan tranquil.

So, when Morgan woke him up at 4:00 AM two days after Pepper had left, Tony finally admitted that he needed help.

Tony threw whatever he could find—clothes, books, toys, toothbrushes, etc—into an empty trash bag, and told Morgan they were going on an adventure.

Morgan laughed and broke into a huge grin that definitely made Tony lest tired and frustrated. "Where are we going?" the mini Stark asked, grabbing onto her father's hand as he led her out to the car.

Tony fought a smile creeping onto his own face. "You'll have to wait and find out."

Once Morgan was secured into her carseat (which was an adventure in itself) and the bag was set on the passenger's seat, the two set off.

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Around a quarter of the way through the car ride, Morgan complained that she was hungry, so Tony pulled up at a Starbucks and got them both some breakfast. Then, maybe an hour later, Morgan had to use the bathroom. Half an hour passed and she wanted a snack. In the end, they stopped six times and had probably spent more time in various gas stations than actually driving the car.