Easier [on hiatus]

sleepless in the airport

(Y/N) didn't sleep for the next 48 hours. First and foremost, because building the partner device that would allow her to search universes for a Tony copy was taking her way longer than she thought it would. For a project she'd spent weeks designing, it had a lot of hidden flaws that did not show up in the simulations. It seemed that every time she was close to finishing it the entire thing blew up, or started a small fire that caused her to have to stomp it out, breaking the machine. That and the small fires and explosion noises peaked her sister's attention every single time that the younger Stark went outside to play, which lead to Morgan telling her way into the garage to see what was going on.

Lucky (Y/N) knew how to hide whatever it was she was working on very well. It had started way back when she was old enough to work in the lab unattended. She never wanted her dad to see what she was working on, because she was so embarrassed that whatever it was she made wasn't good enough, and would never actually work. Funny enough, she was feeling the same way with every prototype that she broke in the silent garage.

"(Y/N) come play with me." Morgan said from the doorway, just as (Y/N) turned off the work table and kicked her device into the shadows nonchalantly.

"I can't right now bug." She said, scooping her sister up and carrying her back outside. "I really have to prep for my trip, okay?"

"How are you doing that in the garage?" Morgan asked, giving (Y/N) the patented 'I don't believe you' look. "I thought momma said that you had to pack your clothes."

"Uh-" (Y/N) winced, why did her sister have to be so smart? "I put all my clothes in the garage so that I could see them better, I mean there's much better lightning in there."

"Oh, okay!" Morgan smiled and (Y/N) let out a breath, momentary crisis averted.

"If I have time, I'll come out and play with you okay? Maybe we can get in the water later."

Packing was her next problem. She was nowhere near done, with it. Ever since the day before when Pepper had taken all the clothes out, (Y/N) had been two busy to put all the outfits back together again and then stuff them into the bag again. With a whopping four hours to go before she had to leave the house to get the airport she decided that would be the perfect time to do everything that she needed to get done. It was really the only time she had considering it had taken her so long to make a device that didn't spontaneously combust.

She thought that everyone in the house was asleep. So when someone pushed open the door to her room, she was surprised to say the least. Pepper walked in and (Y/N) jumped up on her bed in surprise and ripped a hole in her step moms dress while doing so. "Oh, hi." (Y/N) said, upon realizing that no one was trying to break into her room.

"Good morning to you too." Pepper replied.

"And here are your car keys." (Y/N) said, laughing a little as she pried the keys from her hand, it took her a second but she handed them back to Pepper.

"Sorry for scaring you, I thought you would be asleep." Pepper's eyes fell to the pile of clothes falling off of Alexas bed. "But I see that you haven't packed yet and we have to leave in two hours."

"Two hours? Wait it's 4am I don't have to leave until-"

"It's 6am."

"When did it become 6am?"

"Well I'm guessing right after 5:59 am."

"Crap. And I literally haven't slept."

"What were you up all night doing?"

"Um-" (Y/N) stammered, trying to come up with something that wouldn't sound suspicious. "Reading, you know once you get hooked on the right book it'll feel like time isn't passing at all, and that's what happened. I read the whole book in one night it was amazing."