starks daughter | avengers au fanfic

19 | family dinner (gone slightly less wrong)

Madeline decided to change out of her whole outfit altogether, instead of just the skirt.

She put on a floor-length, fitted but flared, black skirt and a pair of red bottom stiletto boots that she'd bought with her father's card the other night whilst shopping with Happy.

That, along with her brown sheer button up shirt that was boarder-lining on being far too small, was only half buttoned up, but she decided to cover that up with a black trench coat for now.

Maybe the shock of seeing her outfit will finally give Tony the heart attack Madeline had been praying for since the day she returned to New York.

They had decided to take separate cars to the restaurant. Morgan and Pepper were already there, and by the time Tony had finished up in his lab, Madeline had already left.

Maddy met her stepmother and sister at the table, and to her surprise Pepper actually complimented her outfit.

"Cute shirt. It's very flattering."

"I want one."

"Morgan, you can't have one, you're not old enough." Maddy said as she sat down next to Morgan and across from Pepper.

"Your father didn't come with you?"

"No, I figured if I need to make a quick exit, it's best to have my own car." She laughed, as if it were a joke, even though it was in fact a very real possibility.

"Well better get your coat ready, your fathers here." Pepper said as she got up to greet him.

"Hi hun, hi girls." He said, sitting down. "Okay, first things first, Maddy," he started, and Madeline let out a dramatic sigh as she leaned back in her chair. "You need to apologise To Bruce, for how you spoke to him the other day. You may not like him but he's a nice guy, and he just wanted to see if you were okay."

"Fine, I'll apologise to Banner." She groaned, and mumbled under her breath "Wouldn't want him going all hulk-y on me anyway."

"Maddy." Tony got ready to argue with her, but after a look from Pepper, he just sighed and said "At least you got the skirt part right."