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

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

Penny threw her head back, groaning in annoyance. "I don't get why it's such a big deal, we had barely even started kissing when you came in."

"You shouldn't be kissing anyone, you're a little girl!"

"I'm fourteen, and again, this was far from my first kiss,"

"It's really in your best interest to stop reminding me of that, Penny. Now c'mon," He said, grabbing her forearm and guiding her to the door.

Penny's eyes widened, "Cap, please please please don't make me go out there! He's gonna overreact so much, nothing even happened!"

He looked at her sternly, but she could see a little bit of remorse in his eyes. "Penny, you know you have to go out there sometime. It's not a big deal, just go talk to him."

She rolled her eyes, "This is so dumb! Why are you acting like you walked in on us fuc-"

"Penelope." He said sharply, "Watch it."

"Sorry." She mumbled.

"Now, if nothing happened, tell Tony that. He'll believe you, kid, I promise."

"...Fine."

Following Steve out of the room, Penny walked as slow as she possibly could. Reaching the room, she saw Harley sitting on the couch, Tony standing in front of him, and Pepper whispering to him, obviously trying to calm him down. Without saying anything, Penny sat down next to Harley, giving him a smile and a quiet, "Sorry."

He just shook his head with a smile as if to say, "Don't worry about it."

Noticing her, Tony turned to face the teenagers. "Well?"

"Well, what? Both of you are flipping your shit-"

"Language."

"Flipping your shit over this, for no reason! We were kissing, no, scratch that, we had barely even started to kiss when Cap barged into my room without even knocking! And now you're acting like I'm some whore and Harley's some...some hooligan!"

Harley stifled a laugh at her repetition of his word choice from earlier.

Tony started to say something but Pepper interrupted. "You know what, I've heard enough. Penny, you need to be more respectful, okay? I know you're mad, but you can't swear and yell because of it. Harley, sweetie, you're our guest, and I'm very sorry for their," She gestured to Tony and Steve, who looked shocked at the betrayal, "behavior. Penny, Harley, why don't you go hang out in Penny's room for a little while, okay?" 

The teenagers happily agreed, and as they walked away Pepper called, "Keep the door open!"

Tony turned to Pepper, sputtering. "Pep, you totally threw us under the bus! And what are you doing, sending them to her room, God knows what they're doing in there!?"

Pepper rolled her eyes at her fiance. "Tony, do you not trust either of them at all? Because that's what it seems like. You care about both of these kids so much, how can you not be happy that they're happy? Penny's a teenager, she obviously needs rules and guidelines, but you-" She pointed to Steve, "-and you, too, can't freak out and treat her like she's five."

Tony took a deep breath. "Why do you have to be so right all the time?"

"It's my specialty," Pepper said with a smile. "Now I think both of you need to talk to Penny."

They nodded, walking to the girl's room. Looking in the doorway, they could see both teenagers looking at pictures hanging on Penny's wall, with Penny probably explaining every one. 

"Hey, Pen?" Tony said, and both teens turned around. 

Harley awkwardly scratched the back of his neck, "Uh, I'm just gonna go to my room..."

Tony suppressed a laugh and squeezed the boys shoulder as he walked passed.

Glaring at both men, Penny sat down on her bed. 

Steve spoke first, "Listen, Penny, I'm sorry for overreacting. Believe it or not, I'm still pretty old fashioned,"

Penny snorted a laugh, and Steve gave her a look.

"and I probably won't be used to you dating any time soon, but I'm sorry for yelling at you, and coming into your room without knocking."

Penny smiled and stood up, "Thanks, Cap, it means a lot." 

He embraced Penny in a big bear hug, lifting her off the ground, which made her giggle. 

He put her down, smiling. "Okay, I'll be in the kitchen, probably getting lectured by Pepper." He said, walking out. 

Now that it was just Penny and Tony, she looked down at the ground.

He sighed, "Listen, kid, I've never done this before. The last thing I want to do is act like my dad, trust me. I want you to be better than me when I was your age, but how I dealt with today wasn't...the best."

Penny smirked, "To be fair, what I'm doing versus what teenage you did are very different."

"Good, as they should be. Listen, you can date whoever you want, it's not my place to choose. Just...be smart, okay?"

She nodded and leaned into his chest, the top of her head barely passing the middle of his ribcage. "Thanks, Tony."

He smiled and ran a hand through her light brown hair, "You're welcome, kid."

He pulled away, holding his hands on her shoulders. "Listen to me, though, this isn't a free pass for you to do whatever you want with Harley, especially not under my roof."

Unable to resist the sarcasm, she said, "So you'd be okay if we hooked up outside?"

His voice tightened, "Not funny, Penny." 

"Sorry."

He continued with his speech, "And listen, if any guy-or girl, I don't really care-hurts you, they'll have Earth's mightiest heroes to answer to, and a big fat lawsuit from me just because I can. Alright?"

She laughed, "Alright."

"Now, you should really go thank Pepper, because she's the one who knocked some sense into me and Steve."

Skipping down the hallway, Penny gave Pepper a big hug and a "thank you", before making her way straight to Harley's room and knocking on the door.

When he opened it, she jumped up onto him, wrapping her legs around his waist.

"Hey," he said, clearly confused. She just smiled, "Hi,"

Then she leaned in and kissed him, her hands in his hair and his on her back. It only lasted a few seconds before he pulled away,

"What was that for?" He asked,

"We never got to finish our kiss earlier, duh!" She said childishly, pulling him back in. He gently squeezed his arms around her as he walked them over to his bed, plopping her down but not breaking the kiss. 

After a moment he pulled back, breathlessly laughing. "Pen, I don't think this behavior would be Captain America approved," he said in a mock-serious voice. 

She laughed, "Boo-hoo for him."

Using her enhanced strength, Penny found it easy to push Harley flat back on the bed. Climbing on top of him, she kept her arms straight to support her body but leaned into yet another kiss. 

Mischief in her eyes, Penny lowered her head to his neck, sucking until a small purple bruise appeared.

"Penny! If anybody sees this, you know they'll murder us both, right?"

She smirked, pointing to her neck,

"Make us even, then."

He let out a breathy laugh and flipped the two over before gently sucking and kissing all down her neck and collarbones. Before either of them knew it, the entire area was covered with several hickies.

When he looked down at her, his eyes widened at the dark purple marks.

"Oh shit, sorry I didn't realize-"

She cut him off, "It's okay, Harles, I'll just put makeup on them."

He nodded and they continued to kiss for a few more minutes before she hesitantly pulled away.

"Dinner's soon, I need time to cover these without seeming suspicious."

He nodded, grabbing her hand and kissing it as she stood up. Walking out of his room, realisation dawned on Penny.

How the hell am I supposed to get from his room to my room without anyone seeing?

Pulling her hoodie over her head and looking down, Penny started to walk to her room, but just as quickly as she started she found herself bumping into someone.

Shit.

Slowly looking up, she was relieved to see Natasha standing in front of her.

"What the hell?"

"Nat, please, do you have any concealer?"

The woman nodded, "Down on our floor, c'mon." She said, leading Penny to the elevator. Once the doors closed, she turned to face the girl.

"Explain." She demanded.

"Harley. I would ask Pepper to help me, but she just convinced Cap and Tony that the two of us could be trusted alone together. Please?"

"Of course, Penny. But you have to be smarter about this in the future."

Penny tilted her head in confusion.

"Hickies in places that your clothes do cover,"

Penny's jaw dropped, "You aren't supposed to be encouraging that!"

Natasha shrugged, "I just did."

The elevator dinged, and Natasha quickly brought Penny into her room, closing the door. Expertly blending concealer onto the girl's décolletage until the hickies were virtually invisible. 

Looking in the mirror, Penny sighed with relief. "Thank you so much, Natasha, I really couldn't deal with two 'Penny is a whore' speeches in a day."

Natasha laughed and gave the girl a side hug, "Of course, возлюбленная (sweetheart)."

After a while, F.R.I.D.A.Y called everyone down to dinner, where Penny and Harley sat next to each other, everyone laughed and talked, and for the first time, Penny truly felt like this was home.