Over the next few weeks Y/N and the twins seemed to be together every chance they got. If the twins weren't training or sleeping it could be assumed that they were in Y/N's Lab. They were in there so often in fact that Y/N asked her father if she could add 2 chairs to her corner set up and that is where they sat now, each of them in a vintage chair talking to each other.

"So he is showing off this very beautiful, and very cold looking, dress,that he stole mind you, to this girl that he had been flirting with for I do not know how long and I come walking past them..."

"And you embarrass me to the point where I must risk my life saving her brother to redeem myself. You know sister it is not so funny in retrospect."

"I don't know Piete I think it's funny but also very sweet that you felt the need to redeem yourself in such a noble way. Besides you didn't die so we can totally laugh at your sister embarrassing you like that."

"Doyou know what Y/N? I do not enjoy you laughing at my pain. It hurts me deeply."

"Well I am sorry for hurting you so deeply but do I need to remind you who brought you back from the brink of death?"

"Noyou do not. Wanda reminds me every day."

Wanda suddenly became very serious.

"Yes I do. I remind him that Stark is not a bad name. Even though one almost kill us another saved our lives."

The room was quiet for a moment none of them sure what to say each of them scared to break the silence that was surrounding them. Wanda was the first to speak.

"Why does your father call you 'Light'?"

This wasn't the first time Y/N had been asked that question, all the avengers had asked at one point or another and the story got easier to tell, quick and painless, almost an automatic and robotic response at this point.

"Well dad says that from the moment I was born there was a glowing light in his life that hadn't been there before. Even after my mother killed herself I continued to bring a light into his life even when everything seemed too dark to be real."

"We are so sorry about your mother." Pietro said after Y/N had finished her well rehearsed lines.

"Yeah me too. I'm sorry about your parents I mean I got to keep one of mine and you guys lost both because of something my dad made. I'm sorry about that."

"It is not your fault I assure you." Wanda spoke softly as the room got quiet again.

Y/N slid out of her chair and onto the floor. "What was it like having both parents as a child? I know you only had them for 10 years but for that time, you have memories of them, of being with them, what was it like? What was it like having a mother?"

Wanda stood from her chair and sat down next to her friend. "It was wonderful and I miss it everyday. My mother was my best friend from the time I got home from school until I went to bed I would spend every moment with her. She used to braid my hair every night before bed. We did not have much growing up but I know that our parents loved us dearly and I am grateful to have the memories of them that I do because it could be much worse. I could have no memories at all or worse yet I could have all bad memories with them." Wanda looked up to Pietro. "Do you have anything to say brother? Anything you would like to add about two parents?" Pietro smiled slightly and stood and sat on Y/N's other side warping an arm around her shoulders.

"I do not have anything to add but if it makes you feel better having two parents wasn't all fun and games it also meant getting in trouble not once but twice. Once by Mamma and again by Papa. Though I was theonly one of us who got into trouble."

"That is true my brother was the troublemaker always getting into trouble and whenever I did get into trouble I always got to blame him. Perks of being 12 minutes younger."

"Yes our mother's most famous phrase was 'Esti protectorul ei , ține-o de necazuri 'which means 'You are her protector, keep her from trouble.' I resented that phrase until the night the bombs hit then I knew she was right. I had to protect Wanda at all cost but we ended up protecting each other in the end."

"Your mother sounds like an amazing person."

"I am sure your mother was just as amazing."

"Dad says that but I don't know, she threw herself off the balcony before I could find out. Anyway enough with this sad talk. The two of you have training and I have to get back to working on the prototype for Speedy's shoes so maybe he can stop running through them." Y/N chuckled as she looked over at Pietro who smiled at her.

"It is not my fault I run through the shoes they are not built for a man as fast as myself." The group stood up and began to walk toward to door.

"Yeah? Well then maybe you should slow down a little don't you think?" They were now standing by the door. Y/N hugged Wanda as she left the room.

"I do not slow down for anything Y/N. You should know that by now." Pietro leaned down to hug Y/N.

"Yeah I know but one can hope right?"

"Right. Oh and Y/N?"

"Yes Pietro?"

"If you need to talk you can always come find me."

"Thanks Piet."

"Anytime."

***

Y/N was known for often working into the early hours of the morning,sometimes people would find her still awake when they woke up for breakfast. A few nights after Y/N's talk with the twins she was up late still working on the prototype for Pietro's shoes when she wandered out of her little lab and into the kitchen for a snack. She searched for something that caught her eye finally settling on a banana and some tea. She waited for it to boil when she heard slow footsteps coming towards her. She turned to see Pietro standing just across from her clearly shocked to see anyone awake at this hour.

"What are you doing awake at this time?" He asked her.

"I am working on the prototype for your shoes. I think the extra traction combined with the new material for the soles should not only help you run faster but it will also help with the whole running through your shoes dilemma; it won't stop it but you won't need to get a new pair after every mission. Now why are you awake at this hour? Just finish up with another lady friend?" She giggled at the end trying to sound nonchalant about the whole thing.

"First of all I have no 'lady friends' other than you, if I did you would know about it and second of all I had a nightmare" Pietro stated quietly looking down at his feet.

"Why didn't you tell anyone about the nightmares, Wanda could easily have helped and given you better dreams. You probably have some form of PTSD which isn't surprising most of the people in this tower have it or have had it."

"I don't want to worry my sister, she worries enough about me and I don't want to worry her anymore about something as trivial as a nightmare."

The kettle began to whistle and Y/N turned around to pour her tea.

"Well if that's the case then you are probably not going to sleep anytime soon and I am really not all that tired, do you want to watch a movie with me?" Pietro nodded and I grabbed my tea as we headed towards the lounge.

"What movie? I am leaning towards something like the titanic?"

"Is that the one about the boat?"

"Yes it is."

"That is fine by me."

They sat curled up on opposite ends of the couch watching the movie when Pietro turned to her.

"What was it like having Stark as a father? I always thought of him as a horrible man but you don't act as if he is."

"He is a great dad. He loved me and cared about me and he did everything in his power to make me happy whether I was something material he could get me or piano lessons or just sitting down and talking to me, he did whatever he could to make me happy. He was always trying to make up for my mom's death I know he blamed himself for a long time even though there was nothing he could do. He always encouraged me and he always listened to me like I was the most important person in the world giving the greatest speech mankind has ever heard.

"When I was like 4 he tried to send me to school but it didn't last long he missed me too much during the day so he hired teachers to teach me from home. I learned a lot, so much in fact that when I was 14 and he decided that I needed to go to high school and socialize with people my own age I tested out of the senior classes I even tested out of the few college level courses they had. I remember he was so proud of me that he offered to buy me anything under the sun but I told him all I wanted was to make dinner and have with him, though that didn't end well and we ended up ordering a pizza and watching movies until the early hours of the morning. My dad was always really loving and I had no idea he sold weapons until he became Iron Man because I thought a man as kind and loving as my father would never create something so destructive. But he did and it ended up destroying your life. I understand you thinking that my father is a horrible man but he isn't he is just a man who made mistakes and has spent the rest of his life trying to fix them. Sometimes he just doesn't get it right."

When she stopped talking Y/N noticed the tears rolling down her cheeks. She knew her father wasn't perfect she just hated thinking about all the mistakes that he made, they made her feel responsible as well even if she wasn't. Pietro pulled her over to him and she rested her head against his chest as he stroked her hair.

"I always thought of Stark as an angry, greedy man who didn't care who he hurt. That's who I always wanted him to be because it made hating him okay. I never thought he had a family because that would make him human, I absolutely never thought he would have a daughter as beautiful and as smart as you." Pietro kissed her head and hugged her closer to him.

"I wanted Tony to be pure evil so that I didn't feel bad about hating him. As a child there is only good and evil there is no middle ground and I managed to carry that idea with me into adulthood. That's what I thought until I met the Avengers, until I met your father. I learned that people can be both good and bad, there is this extensive middle ground that I never wanted to exist because if it existed that would mean that maybe I was wrong for hating the people I did. I didn't want to be wrong. But I will admit to you, as long as you promise not to tell anyone, I don't think Tony Stark is evil..." Pietro leaned in close to Y/N stroking her cheek with his thumb. "I mean how could someone evil take part in the creation of someone I am falling in love with." He leaned in further and placed a soft kiss on her lips before pulling away and standing up from the couch.

"I think it's time to go to bed we have things to do tomorrow I will see you at breakfast." He said before speeding away to his room asif nothing had happened. Y/N stood from the couch, lips still tingling, wondering if it had all been a dream as she slowly walked to her room to get a few hours of sleep before breakfast.