𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐘 𝐁𝐔𝐁𝐁𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐔𝐌━𝐏. 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐊𝐄𝐑

𝐀𝐋𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄

"...You don't need a man to live, dove!..."

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   ━━"YOU DON'T seriously expect me to let you go on that trip after your fainting spell yesterday, right?" Tony Stark crossed his arms as he leaned against the doorframe of his daughter's room. 

   "Of course I'm going, Dad." Aurora Stark blew a piece of her hair out of her face as she struggled to zip her bag up. "I can't just not go, Peter already pulled out and that leaves so much strain on us. If I don't go, that's more pressure on them." She let out a frustrated huff when the zipper remained stubborn and refused to move further up. 

   Her dad furrowed his eyebrows and asked, almost sounding scared, "Pulled out of what?" Rory stopped in her tracks as she digested the question and realized where her dad's brain had been. "Decathlon, dad! He pulled out of Decathlon." She grimaced, "I don't even want to know what you thought he'd pulled out of." 

   "I━wasn't thinking anything of it! What were you thinking?" 

   "Please, what are you, five?" Aurora deadpanned as she sat atop the suitcase and tugged on the zipper.

   Her dad, seemingly only now noticed her struggle as he asked; "Do you really need that much clothes for one weekend?" 

   "Can you help me? Please?" She glowered when her struggle continued and all her father did was laugh at her. "I'm sure you'll get it eventually."

   "Dad!" Aurora whined as she gave up and instead opted to wait until Tony decided to help her. "But I don't wanna!" Tony whined back at her, teasing her with a smirk on his face. Pepper had taken that as an opportunity to walk into the room, with a glass of chocolate milk in one hand and a bag of chips in the other. 

   Luna and Blizzard ran between her legs as she tried to navigate her way towards Rory. "Yes, yes, hello babies. I missed you too. Can I go give these to Rory before I end up spilling?" When the two fluffy creatures backed off, Pepper handed Rory the two items. "Drink up before we have to go, okay? You can eat the crisp here or you can take it on the bus." 

   Her mother ran a hand through Rory's hair as she glanced at the suitcase on the bed with a raised brow. "You're not done, yet?" 

   Tony snorted from the side of the room.

   Aurora shot him a glare, with no real heat behind it. "I am," She promised, "━The zip is stuck, I was trying to close it but gave up." Her sentence ended with a pout as she drank from the glass of milk. Her mum bent down to rub against Luna and Blizzard's bodies. 

   "And your dad isn't helping?" Aurora gave him a smug look as Tony started to whine about how he was tired from searching the world for the missing Avengers.