Short Author's note: I'm so, so, so, so grateful to everyone reading this and everyone who read Starkling. I never imagined such a wonderful response. Now here is the second fic. You'll get an update every day for the next 16 days as the fic is completed. Thank you so much, and review so I can thank you personally.

Chapter 1

October 2012

Daisy gritted her teeth as she twisted the woman's hair into a painful knot. A sharp cry of pain echoed through the room as Daisy finished her work, putting the last pin in place. Smiling brightly, the S.H.I.E.L.D agent stepped away and admired her effort.

"You look beautiful," Daisy finally concluded, stepping forward to hug her mother. Pepper's dress was simple, but the price tag was high as one would expect for a Stark wedding. Off-white lace looped in intricate patterns down her arms, and the sides. A modest train hung off the back, pleated as to look like the crashing waves of the ocean. Tony had, of course, suggested something ridiculous- "red, or at least made of crystals" but since he'd let the girls plan everything, everything appeared modest. (Tony had, however, set a minimum they could spend, so some things cost far more than they appeared to, but Pepper didn't mind that.)

"Oh Daisy, you look wonderful as well," Pepper answered, pulling the young woman in for another hug. Daisy was the only bridesmaid, and, as such, had gotten to pick out the color of her dress. It was a deep red, a bit too short and a bit too tight, but it was the soft, deep neckline that would probably send her father to his grave. "You look like a real woman, and you are! When did you grow up?"

Daisy wasn't quite sure, but suspected it might have been when aliens invaded New York. Everything had been so different since that day, and whatever innocence Daisy had left disappeared into a wormhole with her father. Iron Man had returned, but not Daisy's childhood. Some things just didn't come back.

But some things did, and for that Daisy and Pepper were eternally grateful. Tony had come back out of that wormhole. Tony had returned from the brink of death, and now he was getting married. Finally he was accepting that the man who partied all night was gone, and that the new man, the husband and father, was far better.

"I don't think this would ever have happened if it wasn't for you," Pepper admitted, wrapping her arms around Daisy again. "You've made him so much better. I've never seen him so happy before."

Daisy smiled to herself, recalling that Pepper had promised the first time they met that Daisy would be good for Tony. No one expected the then-assistant to be so right, but she certainly had been. "I think a lot of that happiness is your fault. I don't even live at home anymore."

"Don't sell yourself short. You don't see the way his lips turn up whenever you call, or how he'll start talking to you and then cut short, forgetting you haven't been sitting on the couch doing homework for years. There will always be one person Tony loves more than me."

Daisy was torn between hugging Pepper and gently slapping the woman, but ended up just smiling. "He does really love you though. I mean, Tony Stark getting married. Who would have thought?"

"Not me," Pepper laughed, thinking back to the pig of a man she'd worked for in the beginning. Over time she'd come to see the goodness in Tony, and for that she'd stayed, but the real goodness needed a daughter and some terrorists to appear. Only then could he truly love. "Not me."

An alarm blared out on Daisy's phone, and Pepper bit her lip in an attempt to keep from laughing. "Is that "Star Spangled Man" from the old Captain America records?"

"Oh shut up," Daisy replied, cheeks red as Steve's shield. "I just thought it was funny. Steve just texted me that dad is in place and waiting for us."

Pepper's eyes grew wide, and she couldn't hold back the fits of laughter. Once she finally gained back control over her body, she continued to tease her daughter, "You've taught Captain America how to text?"

"For your information, Nat taught him to text, and he only has my number because you gave it to him," Daisy countered, smiling herself. The two locked eyes for a second, before both bursting out laughing at the image of a former Russian assassin teaching Captain America how to use text talk.

"Come on," Pepper urged, scooping up her bouquet and grabbing Daisy's arm. "Before I'm late to my own wedding."

They'd kept the event as small as possible, so there were only a few dozen chairs set up on the beach. Between then was an aisle, outlined by red sand and red daisies. (Daisy had objected to that, but her father insisted that since he didn't get to pick her name he could at least take advantage of it.)

As Daisy led the way down the aisle, she locked eyes with her father. It lasted only a second though, because his eyes moved towards Pepper and felt the need to wander no more. He stared at Pepper as if she was greater than everything he'd ever seen, as if she was more awe-inspiring than the universe itself. Daisy saw love, regret, forgiveness, and hope in his eyes as the procession made their way to the front, and the ceremony began.

Tony's fellow Avengers (the ones on Earth at least) had made a bet on whether or not Tony would be able to resist asking for the ceremony to be sped up. Much to the surprise of everyone but Bruce, Tony actually waited patiently through the proceedings, relishing in the joy of getting married as much as he'd relish in the joy of being married. Finally, however, it came time for them to recite the vows they'd written.

"Pepper," Tony whispered her name, forgetting everyone in attendance as he spoke only to her. "I don't deserve you. For years I have been doing stupid, reckless, thoughtless things, and through it all you haven't left my side. You became a mother to my daughter while I was just paying you to be my assistant. I don't deserve you, or the happiness you bring to me. But I want you. I want to be with you every day. I want for you to be my wife when you clean up my messes, because I love you, and I don't want you to ever forget that."

The bride had opted for water-proof makeup, and good thing too as tears bubbled over when she replied, "Tony for years I thought you were an ass." The gathered crowd let out a laugh, Daisy and Rhodey louder than anyone, but Pepper just continued. "But sometimes I would see you do something because it was the right thing to do. You attempted every day to save the world, long before you became Iron Man. You are and always have been a hero, and I love that. And I also love when you are an ass, because I love you, every part of you, and I will for the rest of my days."

Tony, never one to care much about rules, leaned forward to kiss Pepper that very moment. They broke off to finish the ceremony, and Tony for the first time looked towards his daughter and shrugged, causing her to laugh hysterically. By the time the ceremony finished and they kissed again everyone was laughing, and very much in the mood to move on to the party.

Long Author's Note you don't have to read but I need to say:

Okay, so there was originally going to be a very different sequel, but then grossly-sweet said something that made no sense and my brain started doing things and we ended up with this story. Or well, stories. See I was going to post it as one longer story, but then today I was trying to write a plot summary and couldn't come up with something that was both accurate but didn't have spoilers. Then I realized the problem was that I was trying to summarize two very different stories. So I decided to separate them, which I hope you don't mind all that much. It just makes more sense in my head I guess, or maybe I'm just making excuses again. Who knows.

Also, I need to say again how incredibly flabbergasted I am with the response Starkling got. It's within the top it's the fourth most reviewed Avengers/ AOS crossover, and that doesn't even count the 186 comments on Archive of Our Own where the story is also posted. (We'd be the second most reviewed then). Plus, some 1400 people read the last chapter, which leads me to believe that some 1400 people read the whole first fic. If even a fraction of that reads these sequels I am a very lucky girl. I'm a very lucky girl no matter what really. Thank you. Enjoy