Grant Ward unlocked the key and opened the door. He walked into the house and threw down his bag on the ground with a sigh of relief.
"You look like a hobo..." A voice came from the doorway. Grant looked up to see his 8 year old daughter, Alison, standing in the door way.
"I would expect nothing less from you..." He said with a small smile and waited for her to jump into his arms.
"I missed you daddy." Alison said holding onto her dad tightly. She hadn't seen him in over a year and she missed him.
"I missed you too baby girl..." He said and kissed her head holding her close.
The two stayed together until Alison dragged Grant into his room and was trying to pull off his shirt.
"What are you doing?" Grant asked a bit confused.
"I'm trying to get you into the bath. You smell and need to get rid of the puppy on your face..." She said looking up at her father.
Grant couldn't help but to laugh. "How about I'll shower and you go wake up your Uncle Steve..." Grant said smiling as Alison looked at Grant.
"Deal. Just promise you won't shave your head..." Alison said as grant leaned in and kissed her head.
"That's a deal..." Grant said softly as Alison ran off to go wake up her uncle.
Grant went into his bathroom and took a shower.
After 45 minutes Grant was sound asleep on the bed. That was disrupted when he felt little hands poking his eyes.
Grant groaned and woke up to see 2 Hannah on top of him. "Hey baby girl.." He said smiling softly at his youngest.
"Daddy!" Hannah said happily and kissed her daddy's cheek. She was a total daddy's girl even though she loved her mommy.
"I missed you.." Grant said smiling and sat up with his littlest girl staying on his chest.
"I miss you too!" Hannah said and smiled over at Grant.
Grant got up and picked her up with him walking out to the kitchen to make food. He had learned how to cook once he got married and he just got better from there. He started hating it after his wife died.
He walked into the kitchen to see his oldest son Jake with Alison and kitchen was a mess and they were all covered in flour. He never would have thought he would have seen Captain America covered in flour. Grant couldn't help but to be concerned. "What happened?" He asked looking at the three.
"We tried to make pancakes." Jake said but his voice kept changing because of puberty. The poor 13 year old couldn't speak because of the voice changes.
"Go shower and I'll clean up..." Grant said softly as the three went to clean up. Grant cleaned up the kitchen and started making pancakes for them.
Jake came in and wrapped his arms around his dad. "I missed you..." He said as Grant smiled and kissed his sons head.
"I missed you too.." Grant said holding his son close to his chest. People would make fun of Grant and Jake for not being your stereotypical father and son but like Grant always said "Fuck off stereotypes."
"Just not as much as I miss mom..." Jake said and started taking some pancakes.
"Ditto..." Grant said and got the two girls pancakes. Hannah was holding onto Grants leg and since he wasn't paying attention to her, she kicked his shin hard.
"Ow Jesus fu-" he started and held his leg.
"Daddy isn't allowed to curse!" Hannah yelled at Grant.
Each of the kids had a talent. Jake was in karate since he was 3, Alison was in gymnastics full time, and Grant was guessing Hannah would be a soccer player. All of the kids were highly intelligent. Jake was in all honors, Alison did school from home since she was always in gymnastics, and Hannah wasn't in school yet but she was already very smart.
Grant picked up Hannah and sat her down in her high chair so she could eat. He got Alison her food and sat down with the kids.
"How was shield?" Jake asked as Grant shrugged a bit looking at him.
"They threw me in a cell..." Grant said as Alison spit out her drink.
"They did what!" Alison asked looking at her dad.
Grant groaned and had to explain it to them in story format. He was really a spy for Nick Fury and working under him but he was guessing Coulson didn't know yet.
"That Coulson guy sounds like a real.." Jake started and just nodded.
"Asshole!" Hannah yelled as Grant spit out his drink.
"Excuse me, Miss Hannah..." Grant said to his daughter who was beaming.
"Yes dada..." Hannah said as Grant looked at her.
"You're right just don't repeat that word..." Grant said kissing her head gently.
"Okay daddy..." Hannah said and went back to eating.
"What about that really cute brunette that you made out with..." Jake said as Alison looked at Grant.
"You kissed a girl and didn't tell me! Jerk!" Alison said and crossed her arms.
"Nice one, Jake.." Grant mumbled and looked at Alison.
"Was she a good kisser at least?" Alison asked as Grant nodded looking at her.
"I mean her lips tasted-" Grant started as the three kids and Steve who was walking in the room all groaned.
"Okay no details then..." Grant said smiling softly at them.
They all talked at ate.
Grant turned to Jake. "You should start to head to bed. You have school tomorrow..." He said softly as Jake went up and went to take a shower. He turned to Alison "And you need to sleep because you have gymnastics.." He said softly as Alison smiled and went upstairs to shower.
Grant picked up Hannah and gave her a bath before getting her to sleep. That's when Grant cleaned the house and did some light working out.
He eventually went to sleep and made breakfast for the kids. He got Jake to school and he got Alison to gymnastics. He took Hannah to one of her play classes and when he went back home with her they played.
This is how life was for a few weeks until it was Christmas Vacation. They were decorating cookies until there was a knock on the door.
Grant got up and let the kids play with some extra dough. He saw a brunette at the door.
It was Skye.
He thought he was dreaming for a good minute and Skye looked up at him a bit scared.
"I need your help... Can I come in..." Skye said softly as Grant stepped to the side and let Skye come in.
"But I just need to give you a small warning..." Grant said softly as Alison stuck her head in the room. "Is that the pretty brunette that you told us about?" Alison asked as Grant hesitantly nodded.
"Now go play with your siblings..." Grant said to her as she ran off to tell Jake and Hannah.
"Kids?" Skye asked looking over at Grant. "And I thought you couldn't lie to me about anything else..." Skye said to Grant.
After introducing Skye to the kids he took her into his room. "Now what's going on?" Grant asked her.
Skye looked at Grant and told him what happened and San Juan. Then she told him shield found out about her so she ran away.
"So you needed to hide and you came to me. What makes you think I would kick you out?" Grant said crossing his arms across his chest.
Skye looked at him "because..." She said to him and stood up. She grabbed him by his shirt and pulled him down into a kiss which he returned. They kept kissing until they fell on the bed. Skye climbed on top of Grant as they kissed and slipped a hand under his shirt.
Grant pulled away and looked at her. "We can't..." He said to her and Skye looked at him a bit puzzled.
He opened the bedroom door and the kids fell all over the floor. "See..." Grant said softly to Skye.
Skye nodded and stayed on Grants bed comfortably.
"Can she stay for Christmas?" Alison asked looking at Grant.
"Yeah can she?" Jake asked.
"PLEEEEEEAAAAAASSSSEEEEE!" Hannah said looking at Grant.
"It's her choice not mine.." Grant said looking over at the kids who were all giving Skye the puppy face.
"Yes I'll stay..." Skye said softly as all the kids started smiling.
"We'll leave you two alone.." Jake said and closed the door.
Grant laid back on the bed with a groan looking at Skye. "Why would you stay yes.." Grant said to Skye.
"Because I thought it would be nice..." Skye said looking over at him.
"They're not going to leave us alone..." Grant said looking at her with a glare.
"Oh well..." Skye said to Grant and sat down next to him. "Maybe you'll learn to live a little..." She said as he sat up.
The oven beeped "My cookies are ready!" He said and ran to take them out before they burned. Skye just smiled and followed him out.