Meet the Parents- avengers fic
Title: Meet the Parents
Author: acquariusgb
Fandom: The Avengers
Characters: Tony Stark, Pepper Potts, other original characters.
Pairings:Tony/Pepper
Spoilers:The avengers (2012)
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1718
Summary :Tony Stark meets Pepper's parents when they go to their house for the 4th of July.
Notes: written for avengers_land challenge 03:Deep Cover
Meet the Parents
Chapter 1
Pepper Potts went inside Stark’s workshop with the phone still in her hand.
“You will never guess who I was talking on the phone with” she told him leaning against the doorframe.
Tony stark rolled out from under a car and lifted his welding mask from his face. His eyes soon feel on his girlfriend’s beautiful legs. “I don’t really care right now, I’ve got a nice view from down here!” he admired.
Pepper just rolled her eyes. She was used to his manners by now. “That was my mother on the phone”
“Ah, Mrs Potts senior. How is she?”
“She’s invited to stay for the long week-end” she smiled.
“Thank you but no” he put his mask down again and started working.
Pepper slowly made her way to him and kneeled down, her hands touching his knee to let him know she was closer.
With a sigh Tony stopped working. “You’re not going to manipulating me into going” he pointed at her.
“Don’t you think it’s about time you meet my family?”
“Family? Exactly how many people are there going to be this gathering?”
“It’s the annual 4th of July barbeque. There are going to be some of my relatives”
“How much do you care about this thing? And how long will you be punishing me if I say no?” he finally asked.
“It would mean a lot to me if you can do this small sacrifice” she ran her hand up his tight.
He sighed. “Okay… but I already know your father is not going to like me, so I just won’t bother trying”
“That’s ridiculous” she sighed frustrated getting up. “Of course he will…”
“JARVIS,” he interrupter. “Statistically how many fathers like the boy their daughters are dating?”
“In recent studies,” the computer system answered. “the 23 % of fathers approve of the men their daughters date. 11% after the first three years of marriage. 3%...”
“Thank you JARVIS” Pepper stopped him.
“See?” Tony grinned satisfied that he had proved his point.
She just smirked at him. “Will be leaving on Thursday afternoon so we can be there by early evening” and she went back to her office.
Tony knew he lost that argument and he was already dreading the weekend to come.
“JARVIS” he called out. “I want a full detailed report about Pep’s family. Names, like, dislikes… you know it. There is no way I’m going there unprepared.”
On Thursday evening they arrived in front of a big suburbs house. The voyage had been fast since they took Stark’s Maserati.
“I don’t know why we have to stay here and not in a hotel!” Tony complained getting out of the car.
“And I don’t know why you had to bring the mark 8 with you” Pepper replied back.
“You never know” he shrugged “I might need it”
“For what?” she stood in front of her parent’s front door.
“Against your father” he muttered hoping not to have been heard, but from the nasty look Potts just threw him, he hadn’t been so lucky.
She rang the doorbell and the door was soon opened by her mother.
“Oh, baby!” the woman threw her arms around her daughter.
“Hi, mum” Pepper closed her eyes glad to be in her mother’s arms again.
“It’s been so long.” She separate from her daughter and carefully looked at her. “You’re so thin. Have you been eating enough?”
Pepper rolled her eyes. “Yes mum, I have.”
Mrs Potts finally looked at the man standing next to her daughter, her former boss and now her partner in life.
“Mr. Stark” she shook his hand. They’ve never formally met in all those years Virginia has worked for him. But she heard enough complains from her daughter to know his character and also his reputation from all those articles in the newspapers. Her daughter had assured that he was a different man and from the adoration she had heard in her daughter’s voice every time she called, she knew that she was really in love with him.
“Nice to meet you, Mrs Potts” Tony gave her his best charming smile.
“Yes, well. I have heard a lot of things about you” she eyed him.
“Yeah and I imagine not all so good”
“You could say that”
“Mum” Pepper tried to take control of the situation.
“Why don’t we all go inside?” she led in the hall and closed the door behind them. “Your father is in your study waiting for you” Mrs. Helen Potts told her daughter.
“Okay” and Pepper left leaving poor Tony by himself. He uncomfortably looked around feeling the eyes of the older woman. He gave her a small smile. Then he remembered the small package in his jacket.
“Oh, “ he gave her the small package. “This is for you.”
“Thank you” she gave him a courtesy smile and opened it and then gasped at its contents.
“Pep told him how you like brooches” (completely lie. JARVIS told him that in his report) “And I’ve heard this is rare example. It belonged to a princess or something” he waved his hand.
“This is …. This is one of Princess Sissi’s brooches. It must very expensive” she stammered. “I can’t accept this.”
“Nah, it’s nothing really. We’re all part of the same family”
In the study, Pepper softly knocked on the door.
“Dad?” she called gently.
“Hey sweetie.” Her father jumped from the couch where he was sitting reading a book and approached his daughter to give her a big hug. “Oh, I missed you baby girl”
“I missed you too, Daddy”
“How are you? How is working going? You’re not working too hard, are you?”
“I try not to, but there’s always too much to do.”
“You’re the boss! Can’t you delegate?”
“Oh, I wish!”
“So, where’s that lunatic boyfriend of yours? Did you leave him behind?”
“Dad, try to be good, for me.” She gave him her best puppies eyes look. “Please”
“Oh, you know I can’t say no to you when you give that look” he sighed. “Okay, I’ll try to be a least civil with him. But if he tried something…” he warned her.
“He’ll be good. I promise. I really love him, Dad, so I would love for you to get on with each other”
“Is he with your Mum?” they left the room.
“Oh Richard, honey. Looks what Tony just gave him” She showed him her present. “It’s a Princess Sissi’s brooch. It’s magnificent”
“Hmm… sure…” he didn’t really know what she was talking about, but he hoped that Mr. Tony Stark didn’t just buy his wife’s approval.
“Nice to meet you, Mr. Potts” Tony smiled at him putting his hand out for him to shook it.
Mr. Potts hold was firm, but not that much if you consider you’re Iron Man. “Yeah, nice to meet you too”
Pepper put a hand on Tony’s arm, telling him with that gesture that she approved of his gift to her mother.
“You two must be exhausted. Do you want something to eat before going to bed?”
“No, we’re fine Mum. We just need some sleep”
“Well, your room is ready for you upstairs”
Tony Stark picked their bags and was going to take the stairs, but Mr. Potts stopped him with a hand on his chest. “You, Mister, are going to sleep downstairs in the guest room”
“Richard?” His wife scolded him not knowing about these arrangements. “Your daughter and Tony are been dating for over six months now. They are planning on moving in together”
“My house, my rules” he repeated firmly.
“It’s okay Mrs. Potts. I’ll be fine in the guest room” he told her diplomatically while inside he was furious.
“Okay, I’ll go upstairs” Pepper smirked. She knew that Tony wasn’t that happy about it. She gave him a small peck on the lips before taking her bags.
“And no funny business” Richard Potts pointed a finger at him, before going upstairs too.
Mrs. Potts gave him a small comforting pat on his arm. “See you tomorrow, Tony. Sleep well”
“JARVIS” Tony whispered. “Find me a way to survive this week-end”
“I’m afraid I can’t comply, sir”
The following morning, Tony woke up with the sound of laughing coming from the kitchen. He slowly stirred form his sleep and got up from bed. Without getting change, he walked outside his room.
“Hey” his girlfriend greeted him. “Did you sleep well?”
Pepper was cutting some fresh fruit while her mother was making pancakes on the cooker.
“Missed you” he whispered before stealing a quick kiss and a piece of fruit.
Mrs. Potts turned around smiling, but she soon gasped in terror. “Ah!”
Tony looked down to see what the woman was staring. He could see his arc reactor from his t-shirt.
“Oh, sorry. Forgot about that” he was used to it by now and he didn’t think about the people’s reaction.
“No, No…” Mrs Potts stammered still looking at the bright blue light.
“Mum” Pepper tried to catch her attention.
“I didn’t think it was…”
“Real?” Tony suggested.
“Yeah, I mean. I read about it, but to see it” she slowly approached him. “ Can I… May I touch it?”
“Sure” he shrugged stealing another piece of fruit.
Gently, Helen touché the arc reactor. “Does it hurt?”
“Not really, it was hard to get used to it”
“Oh, poor boy. The things you had to go through. And to live like this.”
“I can’t complain. It keeps me alive, plus I have super powers” he smirked.
“Yes well, superman,” Pepper called him. “Could you set the table, please?”
Suddenly the front door slammed opened and two kids came running inside.
They stopped seeing Stark with the arc reactor.
“Cool!” one of the small little boy shouted. “I can’t believe it I’m spending the holiday with Iron Man!” his eyes grew bigger.
“Aunt Pepper is dating Iron Man!” the other one shouted.
Tony smirked. At least he had someone’s approval.
to be continued....