*discontinued* we're family. [& no you're not alone] (penny parker)

Penny didn't sleep all night. She felt like she was suffocating, and her stupid inner monologue wouldn't stop berating her. She couldn't stop thinking about how badly she had messed everything up.

She decided that in the morning when everyone undoubtedly hated her, she would just give Mr. Stark the suit and go home. What was the point in keeping it when it's creator and her mentor didn't want her to be around?

At six am, Penny got up from where she had been sitting, slouched against her bed, and started to walk to the kitchen. She figured that she'd just grab something to eat and leave without a fuss. She could catch a cab or something. She just wanted to go before anybody was awake.

She walked into the kitchen but stopped when she saw Pepper sitting at the table, drinking tea.

Duh, she thought to herself, obviously, she's awake, she's the one productive adult here!

Before Penny could say anything, Pepper stood up and smiled.

"Good morning, Penny! Why are you up so early?" 

"I...uh...sorry I was just planning on getting something to eat and then go back home. It's fine though I should probably just go ahead and go now..." Penny said as she turned around to leave. Before she could, though, Pepper grabbed her hand.

"Sweetie, why do you want to leave?" She asked, tilting her head.

"Well, it's not that I want to, I just figured, ya know, since everybody's mad at me and stuff..."

Peppers face softened and she let go of the younger girl's hand. "Penny, nobody's mad at you, I promise. Tony and I were worried last night, yes, but he shouldn't have lost his temper like that without giving you a chance to explain first."

Penny smiled, "Thanks, Ms. Potts."

"Of course, Penny. Why don't you go back to bed, I have a feeling you didn't get much sleep last night."

Penny laughed at the accuracy, "Nope not really."

"I'll wake you up when everyone else is up, okay?"

Penny nodded and walked back to her room, flopping on her bed. With how stressed out she had been, she had forgotten just how tired she was. Closing her eyes, she easily drifted to sleep.

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F.R.I.D.A.Y woke Penny up a few hours later with the message, 

"Penny, your presence is requested in the kitchen. Everyone is currently eating breakfast."

Penny groaned and pulled herself out of bed, "Thanks Fri. Uh, do they seem mad?"

She could almost hear amusement in the A.I's voice as she answered, "Everyone seems to be in good spirits."

Penny fixed her hair and put on a big grey Yankees hoodie over her sports bra and Nike shorts. The sleeves were four inches too long and it came down to the middle of her thighs, but she loved it. It had belonged to her uncle, and it was the one thing of his that she really clung to after he died. 

She anxiously walked down to the kitchen, where, although her eyes were on the floor, she could feel everybody looking at her. After a moment of silence, Steve cleared his throat and awkwardly asked,

"You a big Yankees fan, or something?"

Penny looked up, confused, but then remembered what she was wearing. "Oh, uh, well sorta, I guess. It's not mine, it's my uncles." she said, gesturing to the sweatshirt before correcting herself,  "Was my uncles."

Steve nodded uncomfortably and turned back to the pancakes he was flipping, and Tony sighed. "Listen, kid, about last night, it's fine. F.R.I.D.A.Y and Karen- Jesus, that's such a dumb name for an A.I- explained everything. Nobody's mad or whatever, so just sit down and eat."

Penny took a breath of relief and sat down, accepting the plate of food that Pepper offered her. "Thanks, Ms. Potts." Turning back to Tony, she asked, "Can I just ask one thing, though? Why did Karen snitch on me?"

Tony rolled his eyes, "Apparently you passed out in the middle of stopping a mugging. Guy took one swing at you and you were out cold."

Penny winced.

"And it's not snitching, it's what she's programmed to do."

Penny shook her head in confusion, "That's so weird, I literally don't remember that at all."

A few of the Avengers snickered, and Clint spoke up sarcastically, "Yeah, passing out tends to do that to you."

The rest of breakfast was pretty typical, and soon enough Penny found herself working in the lab with Tony.

"Mr. Stark?"

The man looked up from his work, "Yeah?"

"What exactly did the A.I's tell you?"

He sighed and turned to face her, "That you were having a nightmare and woke up in a panic, so you went out as Spider-Girl to get some air. I get it, kid, trust me. Just give somebody a heads up before you go off in the middle of the night next time so Pep and I aren't woken up by F.R.I.D.A.Y telling us that you're passed out in an alley six miles away."

She looked down at her hands and mumbled an apology, which Tony brushed off.

"Really, kid, it's okay."

"So, I guess everybody knows who I am now."

He gave her a tight-lipped smile and nodded, "Yep. Boy, was that a fun conversation to have at three in the morning. Steve was losing his mind over the fact that he almost killed you, and pretty much everybody was on my ass about recruiting a fourteen-year-old, but after two hours of yelling I think they tired out and gave up."

Penny crossed her arms, "It's his fault, anyway, he shouldn't have been trying to kill you in the first place."

Tony sighed, "Penny, he and I are fine now, okay? You can't still hold that stuff against him."

"Fine. But if he ever messes with you again I'll yeet him and his dumb dinner plate into oblivion."

Tony blinked at her slowly, "You'll what?"

Penny laughed, "Yeet? You know, like the Vine?"

Tony shook his head at her, obviously confused.

"Oh my God, Mr. Stark, have you never seen Vines?"

He shook his head again,

A very shocked Penny picked up a screwdriver and said, "This bitch empty, YEET", throwing the tool to the other side of the lab.

"Okay, first of all, language, and second, what the fuck?"

"Language? Really? God, Mr. Stark, I thought you were the cool one."

He smiled, "I'm cool! My protege thinks I'm cool! Fri, save that to the 'Itsy Bitsy' file,"

"Got it, Boss." The A.I's voice rang out through the lab.

" The what file?" Penny asked, offended.

"Oh, just all the great potential blackmail moments I have of you, Spiderling."

Penny glared at him, "I will shatter you like glass." she deadpanned.

He laughed and looked down at the girl, "No you won't, I'm cool!"

Penny groaned and threw her hands up in frustration, "I'm literally never saying anything nice about you again!"