001. meet the fantastic five!

CHAPTER ONE, meet the fantastic five!

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"𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 fourth anniversary, we celebrate. They are the very best of us. They are the Fantastic Five."

"We are proud to welcome our guides, our protectors and our friends. Let's hear it for Reed, Sue, Johnny, Lacie and Ben!"

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"𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐎𝐍𝐄, 𝐉𝐎𝐇𝐍𝐍𝐘!"

"What? I didn't do anything!" Johnny exclaimed as he trailed behind Lacie and Ben as they entered the kitchen where  H.E.R.B.I.E. was working away for dinner. Lacie snapped her head towards the blonde with an exasperated facial expression, "Are you kidding me?"

Ben shook his head, walking around the counter to separate himself from the bickering pair who hadn't rested their fight from the minute the live show went off air, "Johnny, it's one thing to do that on stage and it's another to lie about it."

Lacie nodded and gestured towards Ben, thanking his defence, "Exactly!"

Johnny leaned against the kitchen counter before lifting himself to sit on top of it, crossing his arms against his broad chest, "Again, I didn't actually do anything." He shrugged.

Lacie gawked and turned to face him, cheeks flushed. "You stuck your leg out and tripped me when we were on stage! In front of a live audience!"

"On the four year anniversary which everyone was watching." Ben joined in, "Not to mention, it was broadcast in Times Square!" Lacie finished, voice raised from embarrassment.

Johnny suppressed a grin and took a deep breath, "I prefer to think of it as my foot was there by convenience."

Lacie groaned loudly and moved away from Johnny who was laughing on the counter, muttering curse words as she felt his eyes follow her movements. "Oh, come on!" He chuckled.

"Don't you think it was a little bit funny?" Johnny turned to Ben who looked between the pair. He reluctantly shrugged, "It was a little bit funny." He admitted sheepishly.

Lacie's mouth dropped open in offence as the two men laughed together, "Lace, loosen up a bit!" Lacie squirmed as Johnny referred to her as the nickname she had sworn was off limits to him, "Shut up, Flame Boy!" She spat back, using the nickname he hated too for a little bit of karma.

Johnny rolled his eyes and ran a hand through his blonde hair, "The audience probably liked a bit of comedy. You know? Put a bit of life into Frostbite, give her a little character."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Lacie shot back, eyes squinted at the Human Torch perched on the counter.

As Johnny opened his mouth to reply with a snarky remark, Ben turned his attention to the robot working hard in the kitchen, "H.E.R.B.I.E! H.E.R.B.I.E with the herbs! How's that sauce looking?"

Johnny hopped off the counter and stood behind Lacie, taking off his gloves and putting his hands on her waist to manoeuvre around her and reach for the food. "Get off." Lacie scrunched her brows and flicked Johnny's hand with ice from her fingers, causing him to yelp and let go of her.

The Human Torch tore a piece of the beard that Lacie was cutting and put it in his mouth, "Don't do that. Wash your hands first." Ben scolded him as he watched Lacie roll her eyes next to him.

Johnny walked to the fridge, not before Lacie stuck her leg out and kicked him lightly on the shin, "That's gross." Her eyes followed his movements. "Just wash your hands." Ben shook his head and looked at Lacie who just shrugged at Johnny being Johnny.

"Let me try this." Ben dipped a finger into the sauce H.E.R.B.I.E was whipping up, Lacie pausing her work to see Ben's reaction and if she needed to reach for more ingredients.

He paused for a moment, "Okay!" He started clapping his hands and reached for the garlic, "Okay! Is this guy good?"

Lacie smiled and rubbed the top of H.E.R.B.I.E's head, "That's fantastic!" Ben cheered and Lacie scooped up a bit of sauce to taste for herself.

"Oh, let me try." Johnny appeared behind Lacie again and grabbed her wrist, pulling his hand close to her mouth to taste the sauce she had got for herself. "Ew! No!" She gasped and yanked her hand out of his grip, "What?" Johnny blinked.

"You can't do that! It's... gross." Lacie retracted her hand but didn't move away from him, feeling his chest against her back. "You complained before and said I should wash my hands, but this time I used clean hands like you said!" Johnny shrugged, a smile creeping up on his face.

Lacie's eyes twitched at his reasoning and threw a tea towel at his chest, "Use your own hands." Johnny tried not to grin like a madman as he watched Lacie chuckle at him before she shook her head and wiped that pretty smile off her face; almost like she was annoyed at herself for finding Johnny's actions amusing.

"Stop, don't do that." Ben groaned as Johnny shoved two fingers in the sauce and licked the substance clean, "It's not quite done."

Johnny shook his head, "No, it's not quite done." He walked away and his hand brushed the small of Lacie's back on his way, the woman not noticing as it wasn't anything out of the ordinary, Johnny was just generally a touchy person.

"Don't listen to him, Herb." Lacie smiled as he whirred, "It's great! It just needs a little more garlic." Ben nodded, "Not because it's not delicious, I just wanna add a little bit of zip."

After making the food, Lacie and Ben laid out the table and placed their work in the center. Ben sprinkled salt on top of it as Johnny sat down in his seat, a box of Lucky Charms tight in his grip.

"What are you doing?" Ben sighed. Johnny looked up at him, eyes flickering over to Lacie who was filling up the glasses across the room, "What do you mean 'what am I doing'?"

"You're gonna ruin your appetite." Ben put the salt down as Johnny scoffed a handful of Lucky Charms in his mouth, "I'm hungry." Johnny argued.

Lacie approached and placed the cups on the table, smiling as the pair already sat down. She looked over at Johnny for a second longer and her shoulders dropped, "Flame Boy, those are mine." She pointed at the box in his hands.

Johnny looked at the box and back to Lacie, "I don't see your name on it." He said through a mouthful of Lacie's food, her legs taking her to stand beside his chair.

She plucked the box out of his hands and twisted it around so the front was facing him, "My name is literally there on a post-it note."

Johnny craned his neck and tilted his head to read the note that said, 'Lacie's (NOT FLAME BOY'S!) ' in big bold writing.

Johnny hummed and gently peeled the note off the box, "Well..." He scrunched the note in his hand and tossed it at Lacie who caught it with a gasp, "I didn't see it, so..." He winked and stuck his hand back into the box to grab another handful.

Lacie snatched the box from him and used her ice powers to freeze the box, making Johnny's hand retract from it quickly, not wanting to get stuck to it. "Stop doing that!" He shouted to her as she walked away with the Lucky Charms.

"Stop stealing my food!" She shouted back and didn't turn to face him, just shoving the box back into the cupboard and writing out another note to place back onto it.

Johnny and Ben sat at the table and looked at the empty seats, "They're never late for Sunday Dinner. Should we wait?"

"Yeah, I suppose." Johnny grunted and readjusted himself in his chair. "You better wait. You've already eaten half my food, it's the least you could do." Lacie raised her voice and sat down in her seat next to Johnny.

On cue, Reed and Sue walked into the room looking guilty. Lacie smiled at Sue and she grinned back, however it didn't meet her eyes and it seemed like she was hiding something.

"You're late." Johnny said bluntly, shuffling his chair forwards to tuck into his food.

Sue froze and stumbled over her words, "What do you mean?" Lacie tilted her head at the pair, everyone's eyes on them as their demeanour seemed out of the ordinary.

"What do you mean 'what do you mean'? You're late for dinner." Johnny gestured to the table full of food. "Oh! Yes, we are." Sue looked at her husband, "We're late for dinner. Yes, we were just..."

"I had to put some iodine on my shoulder." Reed lied poorly, awkwardly settling in his seat opposite Lacie who narrowed her eyes at them. "Why is there breakfast cereal poking out the cupboard?" Reed tried to deflect.

Lacie opened her mouth to scold Johnny for earlier but Ben raised a hand and interrupted them, "Don't get them started on that. I can't hear it all over again."

Johnny raised the glass of water to his mouth, "Why are you being weird?" He asked on behalf of Lacie and Ben who thought the same thing.

Sue flinched and mocked the offense, looking at Reed then Lacie, "We're not being weird." She tried to state, but it sounded more like a question. "Well, you're doing that weird thing with your face." Johnny squinted his eyes at them across the table.

"I don't know what you're talking about?" Sue shook her head and Lacie homed in on her body language; how her hand rested around her stomach almost naturally, and how she leaned closer to Reed unconsciously.

Lacie smiled and placed her hand on Johnny's thigh to make him stop his persistent questions, not noticing his head snap towards hers with his cheeks slightly pinker than usual. "Are you pregnant?" She asked, eyes trained on Sue.

The Invisible Woman sighed and a smile slowly crept onto her face, "Yes, I'm pregnant."

Lacie's mouth dropped open and a broad smile etched onto her face, hopping up immediately and rounding the table to engulf Sue in a tight hug. "How did you know that?" She laughed and pulled back from the hug.

"The way you freaked out when Johnny said you were late." Lacie smiled and rubbed her hands up and down Sue's shoulders. "And have you seen your husband's face?" Ben said from behind the pair, allowing Lacie to break apart from Sue and let Ben congratulate her.

"Really?" Johnny said from his spot at the table still. "Yeah." Sue put her hands on her hips and smiled next to Reed.

Johnny sported an open mouth smile and smacked his hands on the table before standing, "What!" He shouted and jogged up to his sister, pulling her into a tight hug and spinning her around, "You are gonna be the best mom! Oh, my God!"

He placed her back on the ground gently before turning to Reed and placing his hands on his chest, "And you are gonna be the best dad. Just kidding, you are out of your depth."

Johnny took a step back and Lacie smacked him on the back of his head for his last comment, but Johnny was so overwhelmed with joy for his sister that he didn't notice nor care at the moment.

Instead, he turned to Lacie and engulfed her into a hug, his hand against the back of her head and tangled in her head, laughing loudly at the prospect of being an uncle.

Sue raised her brows at Johnny's action before he retracted, eyes lingering on Lacie for a second before standing shoulder to shoulder with Ben, "But we are gonna be the best uncles ever!"

Lacie smiled at his excitement and Johnny slung an arm over her shoulder, "And they're gonna be treated to the best auntie ever too." He grinned as Lacie's cheeks blushed a little, bowing her head as he leaned down to try and catch her smile.

Lacie shook her head and reluctantly pulled herself out of Johnny's touch, "Okay, we should eat." Johnny concluded, his appetite growing once again.

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authors note!

hey guys!

hope u liked this first chap i have so many ideas for this fic and love johnny (if u couldn't tell lol)

lemme know what u think!

see you soon, loves :)))))