Anya Antonovna Romanova Stark (anyastark) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2011-10-12 13:48:00

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Adventures in Babysitting (Misha)
Anya finally had a long weekend where she didn't have to be traveling somewhere in the world for Renaissance Tech and the Boston area had been quiet and didn't need Thunderbolts intervention. It meant that she had some time to head to New York and spend some time with the family. It felt like forever since she had spent some time with her family.

After a few days it was quite clear that Mom and Dad had their hands full with Nick and needed a break. Anya volunteered to babysit. Though she wasn't going to do it alone. Even she knew she would need backup so she called His Highness Prince Dork. Not only would he have her back, but it would give the three of them some quality sibling bonding time.

A day at the Bronx Zoo would provide just that.

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mishaloganovich
2011-10-12 04:50 pm UTC (link)

His Highness, Prince Dork, had only one question when the summons came. Who would change the diapers? Because it wouldn't be him. That was not in his job description when Princess Brat was along.

Never mind that Mom was trusting the three of them out in public alone. Their minders were probably taking bets on how long it took for something crazy to happen. He wanted in on that action. After all, Starks were trouble magnets.

With Nick perched on his shoulders and little fingers yanking the heck out of his hair, they followed Princess Brat and looked at pretty girls when they passed.

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	anyastark 2011-10-12 05:29 pm UTC (link)
	"Do the two monkeys want to go to the primate house and see some relatives?" Anya smirked. She reached up and tickled behind Nick's knee. Giggles poured out of him. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-10-12 05:37 pm UTC (link)
	"Oooook?" Misha asked, grinning. Nick giggling and bouncing on his shoulders meant more hair was being pulled enthusiastically. When this was over he'd count the missing hairs and charge Anya for every one of them. Did a healing factor prevent baldness? "I think we're all dangling from the primate tree in this family." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-10-12 05:45 pm UTC (link)
	"Speak for yourself," she said. "Want to see the monkeys, Nick?" "'Key!" he repeated. "I'll take that as a yes. Let's go then." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-10-12 06:02 pm UTC (link)
	"Are you sure that's a yes? It kinda sounds like the 'follow the brunette!' to me." Misha obediently followed Anya. Nick continued babbling from his high seat. "I think the brunette had a bag of popcorn with her." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-10-12 06:46 pm UTC (link)
	Anya rolled her eyes. "Boys!" she said "Incorrigable!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-10-12 07:09 pm UTC (link)
	"Normal!" Misha countered. He bumped her shoulder with his and Nick reached out to grab at her hair. "I bet Nick could help me meet girls if you weren't so bratty. C'mon, kid, we'll see the monkey house." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-10-12 07:42 pm UTC (link)
	"Ow ow ow!" Anya said when Nick grabbed a handful of her hair and pulled. "Me? The brat is clearly the one riding on your shoulders." She carefully tried to pry her hair out of Nick's hand. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

mishaloganovich
2011-10-12 09:44 pm UTC (link)

"Don't blame the kid if he likes redheads." His teasing words aside, Misha stopped walking and stood close to Anya while she disentangled herself. There may have been flashes of light but he'd long since grown used to picture taking and didn't think about it.

"He's not a brat, but I'm sure we'll come up with a nickname for him soon enough. Did you have any thought where we're going to eat? Watching monkeys fling crap at the tourists always works up an appetite."

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	anyastark 2011-10-12 09:49 pm UTC (link)
	Anya lifted Nick off of Misha's shoulders and tickled him as she set him down on the ground. Fingers released red hair and Anya sighed with relief. "Should I be disturbed that you get hungry from watching monkeys throwing poo?" "Poo!" Nick echoed. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-10-12 10:04 pm UTC (link)
	Misha shouldered Nick's bag while Anya had him. Fair was fair when it came to hauling around baby and stuff. "I want to hear what Mom says when Nick says poo to her when she's trying to feed him." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-10-13 10:08 am UTC (link)
	"Poo!" Nick chirped. "You know, you keep saying it and he will do it when she's trying to feed him. Teaching him bad manners already. Tsk tsk." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-11-02 02:05 am UTC (link)
	The next morning there were pictures of Nick sitting with the chimps in their enclosure in a few tabloids. Anya had received the news via email and had gone online to check them out. She grabbed her phone and dialed her brother. "If we leave now we may make it out of the country." (Reply to this)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-11-02 02:11 am UTC (link)
	Misha was still in bed when his phone rang. It was hardly light out that he could see through the one eyelid he pried open. "What country?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-11-02 02:13 am UTC (link)
	"This country," she said. "There's pictures of Nick sitting with the chimps in a few tabloids this morning. If we leave now we may make it the airport before Mom sees them," she teased. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-11-02 02:21 am UTC (link)
	Misha rubbed both eyes. "Airport? Who are you and what did you do with Anya? Anya would say to grab the suit and crank it up to Mach 8." He paused. "Seriously, pictures in the paper? Did it say we lost him?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-11-02 02:22 am UTC (link)
	"The suits can be tracked," she said. "We would put them on autopilot and send them in the opposite direction. Of course it did. Though it was more along the lines that we were trying to ditch him." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-11-02 02:33 am UTC (link)
	"Let's blow up the tabloid offices before we leave the country," he groused. Sitting up, he started grabbing at the clothes shaped blobs on the floor. "Okay, you go West and I'll go East? North and South? Has Mom said anything about it yet? She's usually up for hours by now." A thought frightened him into moving faster. "She's not on her way out here, is she?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-11-02 03:13 am UTC (link)
	"There will be a lot of explaining to do, but I don't think she's going to be that mad. Not shooting mad anyways. It wouldn't hurt to have expensive chocolate on hand." "Please. We all know that even if we did throw you to the lions, you'd heal with that fancy healing factor." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-11-02 03:19 am UTC (link)
	"But it would hurt a lot while I healed," he protested. "I'll have chocolate delivered by noon. Then I'll think about making an appearance. Hopefully she'll have mellowed, but you know something? She can be shooting mad at me for longer because I'll heal." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-11-02 03:21 am UTC (link)
	"I'll suggest lunch at Big Nick's," Anya said. "She's less likely to shoot family members in public." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-11-02 03:51 am UTC (link)
	"You mean us and Mom? Think it's safe?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	redheadspy 2011-11-06 02:05 am UTC (link)
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