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

"Penny, breakfast!" Pepper called from down the hallway, waking the girl from her sleep.

Instantly, her head ached. One thing she really hadn't thought through about drinking so much was the after effects. On top of that, she could feel something inside her yelling for its morning dose of painkillers and anti-depressants. She groaned, pulling the blanket back over her head.

Just one pill would make her feel so much better. Why did dumb Natasha have to catch me?  She thought. She considered asking to visit the apartment again and trying to find more, but she knew how badly that would end. Shuddering, she thought of how scary the woman was last night. She pushed the thoughts to the back of her mind and walked to the kitchen. She started to greet everyone but stopped when she realized that there was a new face standing at the counter. The face of a very cute, very tall, teenage boy, to be exact.

"Oh morning Penny, that's Harley. Harley, Penny." Tony said,

She smiled up at the boy and walked over to him, holding out her hand. "Penny Parker."

"Harley Keener." He said, shaking her hand. 

Penny thought she was going to melt.

Right into the wood floors, she was going to become a puddle.

He had a southern accent.

She felt herself blush as she let go of his hand.

"Harley's visiting for a couple of days, Penny." Pepper explained, handing the flustered girl a glass of orange juice.

Penny looked at him, confused. "How do you know Mr. Stark?"

"He broke into my garage," Harley explained as if that was a totally normal way to meet someone.

Penny nodded, "That's...cool?"

Tony spoke up from the living room, "And kid, I already told him your whole deal, so you don't have to go with the intern schtick."

Penny rolled her eyes, "I wasn't gonna 'go with the intern schtick', Mr. Stark."

Harley laughed, and the two looked at each other, Harley leaning against the counter, Penny playing with the hem of her shirt before he said,

"I should probably go unpack the rest of my stuff. Thanks for breakfast Pepper," Harley said, walking off.

"See, kid, he calls us Pepper and Tony, why do you still refuse to?" Tony asked, walking into the kitchen.

"I don't refuse to! I just don't. It's too weird." Penny said, scrunching up her face.

"You call me Natasha," the redhead spoke up from the table, which earned her a glare from Penny.

"Thanks a lot! And I only call you Natasha because you told me to and you're scary."

Tony looked at her with mock indignation. "I'm scary too!"

Penny laughed, "Yeah, okay, Mr. Stark. Did you really break into Harley's garage?"

Rolling his eyes, he nodded. "Technically, yes."

I'd let Harley break into my garage any day, Penny thought. I'd probably give him the key.

Tony's jaw dropped as he looked at her, and Pepper and Natasha's heads turned over. Poor Steve started choking on his water.

"What did you just say?" Tony asked, and Penny's breath hitched.

"Huh? Oh shit, did I say that out loud?" Her voice getting high at the end.

"Language, and yep," Steve choked out, "you definitely said it out loud."

Penny froze. "Well, I'm gonna go annihilate myself off the face of the Earth, I'll be in my room." 

Before anyone else could say anything, she was power walking to her room, a blush creeping up her cheeks.

"Damn, Tony, did you really think this wouldn't happen?" Natasha asked, clearly amused.

Tony sputtered, "I- I don't, I mean why would she...she's fourteen! He's sixteen!"

"I'm two years younger than you." Pepper pointed out.

"That's different! She's my kid, she's not supposed to like boys yet! Oh my god, they're gonna kiss! They're gonna have sex! Jesus fucking Christ she's gonna get pregnant! Pep I can't do this, this whole mentor-dad whatever it is, I can't do it!"

Pepper took Tony's hand in her own, "Tony, hey, stop spiraling, it's okay. They're both great kids, they aren't gonna do anything stupid. 

Steve leaned over to Natasha and whispered, "See, I told you she was his kid."

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Ten minutes later, Penny heard a knock on her door.

"Come in!"

To her surprise, in walked Harley.

"Oh, uh, hey," she said,

"Hey," he said with a smirk. God, it's like he knew she was flustered and embarrassed and he enjoyed it.

"What'd you say to Tony? He's freaking out, out there."

"What? Uh, I don't know, I didn't say anything." 

He leaned against her doorframe, "Really? Then why is he talking about 'his kid' getting pregnant and running off with 'some sixteen-year-old hooligan'"?

Penny made a face, "He said hooligan?"

He shrugged, "I was paraphrasing."

"Good word choice. And I have no idea why he thinks that. I'm not even friends with any sixteen-year-olds."

"I'm sixteen."

"You're also not my friend," Penny said, raising an eyebrow.

"My heart has been shattered, Penny Parker! Here I thought we were soulmates after two conversations, silly me."

She giggled, "You're dumb."

"You like me."

"No, I don't!" She stammered,

"You totally do, you know how I know?"

She shrugged and shook her head, and he closed the distance between them and sat down on her bed across from her. He looked her up and down and said,

"You're really pretty."

Penny scoffed, but she could feel herself blushing.

"See! I made you blush," He said in a singsong voice, and Penny smacked his shoulder, knocking him backward. 

"Oh right, I forgot you were Spider-Girl. Super strength, right?"

She nodded, "Yep."

"Cool." He looked down at his hands for a minute, "Penny, I wasn't lying."

"About what?"

"You being really pretty."

She let out a small laugh, "T-thanks. You are too. Really pretty, I mean. Well, not pretty because you're a guy, but whatever the equivalent is. You are."

He smiled, "You're cute."

"I thought I was pretty?"

"You can be both. Plus, I meant that your personality is cute."

"You're cute too."

Smiling, she scooted herself closer to him. There was a moment of silence before he slowly leaned in. She leaned in too, her heart racing. Their lips had barely brushed when her door opened,

"Penny, Tony wanted me to come get you, something about new webshoo-OH NO NO NO ABSOLUTELY NOT!" 

Penny and Harley both jumped back, but Steve had seen them clear as day. 

"No, nope, no, no, no," he repeated, grabbing Harley by the arm and dragging him out to the hallway, before closing the door and turning to face Penny in her room."

"Captain, please, it-" 

"Nope, not a word, young lady,"

"You're not my dad," Penny mumbled under her breath.

"What was that?

"Nothing, just clearing my throat."

"Mhmm. So, care to explain what was going on here?"

She sighed, "It was nothing, we had barely even started to kiss when you came in. By the way, what's with the lack of knocking?"

"You shouldn't be doing anything in here that requires knocking before someone comes in."

"Uh, changing?"

"Touchè. So, I'll knock from now on, but you definitely won't be doing any of that in here."

Penny rolled her eyes, "Sir, I'm fourteen, and I've had a boyfriend before. This wasn’t exactly my first rodeo."

"Eh eh eh, I don't want to hear about it, take it up with Tony."

"What? No, Captain please, you can't tell him!"

Steve opened his mouth to say something but stopped when a loud, "You were doing what?!?", from Tony came from the kitchen. 

"Well, it sounds like he just found out."