Amberly Stark dragged her feet as she walked towards the penthouse elevator. The day's press conference, had her stomach tangled up in knots. This would be the first time all of her dad's kids were gathered together in front of cameras to make an official statement.
It's been one year since she had moved into the Avenger's Tower. Despite that, she felt like everything was moving too fast. She had thought about speaking with Tony and asking for more time, but she'd overheard him and Pepper talking about how time was of the essence. Any thoughts of approaching him had been squashed.
"Eighteenth floor please Friday," she spoke into the void of the elevator.
Amberly fixed the blazer Pepper had laid out for her that morning, and adjusted the gold rimmed glasses on her face.
"I feel like I'm playing dress up," she muttered.
The metal doors opened, and Amberly stood up straight.
Natasha Romanoff stood in the hall fixing the tie on Bruce Banner's neck. "There you are. Everyone's waiting." She jerked a finger down the hall. "Better get going before Stark pops a blood vessel."
"Are you talking about the purple one that bulges above his left eye when he's stressed?" Bruce asked, coughing when Natasha pulled his tie too tight.
"Obviously."
Amberly would argue that's a side effect of having so many kids and being one of Earth's mightiest heroes.
"I'm going to join them," she said awkwardly, still having trouble knowing what to say around the Avengers.
"We'll be watching!" Bruce called out as she walked away.
Amberly didn't think any of the other Avengers would be attending the day's press conference. She hadn't seen Steve or Bucky in awhile and Wanda had gone on vacation with Vision. No today would just be the Stark family and a few friends.
Pepper sat bouncing a fussy Morgan on her leg when Amberly entered the small green room. "If you're happy and you know it clap your hands," she sang to try and cheer up the toddler.
In the corner was Tony hovering over a laptop with Peter. He looked stressed like Natasha had predicted, but Amberly didn't think it was due to them heading on stage in a few minutes.
"This is measuring up to be a great success." Harley came up and said over Amberly's shoulder. "Tony still doesn't know he's missing his speech cards."
"How do you?" she whispered back.
Harley pulled out a set of white flash cards with wrinkled edges from his pocket. "I found them on his desk like an hour ago. Him and Peter have been so occupied with some new villain of the week that everything else became nonexistent."
Like herself, Amberly thought.
In a world of superheroes and CEOs, Amberly felt herself fading into the background. It was something that had brought her and Harley so close together, bonding over their normal human status.
Harley Kenner, a pseudo son to Tony Stark, spent the summers with the billionaire and his family since a chance meeting years before.
Amberly was sad that as the summer was coming to a close Harley would be traveling home until presumably winter break. She enjoyed their antics and having someone to hang out with while the rest of her new family was otherwise occupied.
Harley's looming departure was also part of the reason Tony wanted to have a press conference sooner than later.
"I want the whole family together for the announcement." Tony had said to Pepper while Amberly stood listening on the other side of the door.
YOU ARE READING
If Souls Return (Then Tell Them I Say Hi) - Tony Stark's Daughter in Gotham
ActionTony Stark's daughter is lost in Gotham with no way of getting home and a certain Batfamily trying to adopt her. This was bad. Her thoughts were hard to make out with the pain in her head. The last thing she remembered clearly was the stage and then...
