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 2011-10-13 11:39 pm UTC (link)
	"Hey, at least I didn't ask when Mom is supposed to have her baby, now did I?" he defended. "I'm catching up with things. It feels like the entire world went through a shakedown." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-10-14 12:04 am UTC (link)
	"Can you believe it's almost been a year? Time flies." Anya shrugged. "If it doesn't feel like total chaos all of the time, I get worried." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-10-14 12:12 am UTC (link)
	"He's gotten pretty big. Every girl at the mansion just loves him." "My life isn't as exciting as yours, Brat. I like the low-key life." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-10-14 12:21 am UTC (link)
	"Some of us are used to life at high speed. Right Little Monkey?" she asked as she looked down at Nick. He looked up at her and blinked. Anya handed him another fry. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-10-14 12:41 am UTC (link)
	"Well sure, if you feed him he'll agree with everything you say! Hey Monkey, say Misha!" Misha tousled the hair on the small head. "Meeeee-shaaaaa!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-10-14 12:42 am UTC (link)
	"Say Prince Dork," Anya said. Nick however was content to reach for another fry. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-10-14 01:08 am UTC (link)
	"I need to get him a TEAM MISHA shirt. Us guys have to stick together." He stole one of Nick's fries. "Who's minding the store while you're out playing with us? Did the dragon lady get herself cloned so you could have a Pepper?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-10-14 01:13 am UTC (link)
	"I have capable people on my team and in my company," she shot back. "I can take a day off here and there if I want to." She stuck her tongue out at him. "Though I do need a Pepper. Want to be my Pepper?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-10-14 01:32 am UTC (link)
	He stuck his tongue out right back. Nick watching them did the same thing, showing off his mouthful of smooshed potato. "I'd be a terrible Pepper. Can't even keep my own calendar straight. But tell you what - I'll let you have Darlene. Just get her a body and she can be your Pepper." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-10-14 10:16 pm UTC (link)
	"Shhh. Don't say that! She may hear you! I've been avoiding making her a body for the past year. She's persistent if anything." "I'm telling Mom you're teaching him bad habits." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

mishaloganovich
2011-10-16 01:13 pm UTC (link)

"It's your own fault. You spoiled her AND gave her access to the internet." Misha wasn't sympathetic on this issue. Darlene was the most difficult high maintenance female in his life, and he knew some really difficult ones. "I just wanted a car. You wanted me to have a life long practical joke."

"Why should you get to teach him all the bad habits? I have to take what I can find." He stuck his tongue out again and Nick did the same before giggling.

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	anyastark 2011-10-16 08:48 pm UTC (link)
	"You'd be lonely without Darlene," she said. "Now if you had a girlfriend...." Anya grinned. "Don't you start," she chided her little brother. "I wasn't saying that I need to teach him all the bad things. I'm just telling Mom where he learned them when he does them to her." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-10-16 09:25 pm UTC (link)
	"By which time I will hopefully be out of reach." He gave a firm nod and grabbed a fry. "Long enough for her to forget or for you to do something worse." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-10-16 09:41 pm UTC (link)
	"Please. I am walking the straight and narrow. Not a toe out of line in the past year." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-10-16 09:56 pm UTC (link)
	"So what I'm hearing is that you're about due for some tripping on that straight and narrow." He shook the fry at her. "And no talk about a girlfriend. Sylvie mentioned it in passing the other day and I had a shiver of fear pass over me." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-10-16 11:00 pm UTC (link)
	"No," she immediately responded. "I've been good and will continue to be on my best behavior." Anya snorted. "Surely one of your wives are single and can date you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-10-17 01:00 am UTC (link)
	"Uh huh. I think the definition of 'best behavior' should be examined." He shook the fry at her again before popping it into his mouth. "It's bad enough I get stalked by photographers. Not going to do that to my friends. Besides, dating one of the wives would be weird. They've all seen me running around the mansion in my underwear pretending to be Spider-man." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-10-17 01:02 am UTC (link)
	"If they've seen you wearing your Spidey underoos and still talk to you, then you should definitely date one of them." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

mishaloganovich
2011-10-17 02:20 am UTC (link)

"I'd be a pretty poor friend to put a friend, a /mutant/ friend under the camera." Teasing aside, he brushed Nick's hair back and offered him another fry. "Life's hard enough for us, Anya. I couldn't stand it if some reporter had the idea to dig in their life and ruin it for a headline. So I guess you can say I'm protecting the wives because they're family."

He smiled a little at his sister. "You know what we'll do for family."

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	anyastark 2011-10-17 02:25 am UTC (link)
	"I know," she said. "Just don't shut yourself off to the possibility of some happiness just because you /think/ something may happen. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-10-17 02:35 am UTC (link)
	"I won't." He nudged her knee. "I'm sure there's a redhead out there just waiting to melt me down. Just like there's trouble out there for you. Anybody I need to threaten in fine brotherly fashion that hasn't been reported in the papers?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-10-17 02:41 am UTC (link)
	"Nope. It's the one area of my life that's sadly lacking. Which I guess is good considering how busy my professional life is. If I were to have a boyfriend, they would be neglected." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-10-17 02:46 am UTC (link)
	"You're either totally serious, or you're trying to put me off so I don't discover some deep, dark secret. Hrm...no wonder you're eager to toss me at Mom for Monkey Boy's new habit." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2011-10-17 02:50 am UTC (link)
	"Serious as a heart attack," she said. "I've been so busy with work that I don't have time for anything else. I barely have time for sleep. So I'm not seeing anyone and I don't have any plans to." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mishaloganovich 2011-10-17 02:57 am UTC (link)
	"All right. Maybe I should be Pepper Jr. so I can keep an eye on you. Not sleeping? Not good, brat, not good. How can you hope to keep up with us guys if you don't take care of yourself? Right Monkey?" Misha looked around for the toddler. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)