After Wanda has removed the last of trigger words, both Steve and Wanda meet in Bucky's cryo room and bring him out of Cryostasis. They have also contacted Pietro and the Barton's who are already on there way, they basically left straight away but they've taken the long way visiting lots of places along the way and taking the kids everywhere. It's basically been one long holiday for the kids. They don't completely understand what is going on.
That was once of things Wanda didn't expect on her return, that her brother was alive and Steve had saved him.
Once Bucky is out Wanda goes up to him steadying as he comes out.
"James" there is so much emotion in her voice, while she has been able to talk to him in his mind while removing the trigger words it isn't the same.
"Wanda" with just as much emotion. To have her here and have her remember him. To be able to touch her and hold her after so long.
He pulls away just far enough so he can pull her into a kiss which slowly becomes more passionate and neither of them want to stop.
But then Steve is still there and he notices that neither of them is gonna pull away anytime soon.
"Ah hum" Steve clears his throat at them
James and Wanda reluctantly pull apart with sheepish looks on their faces but neither apologise. This was a common occurrence in the past and Steve is used it. Even if it's been awhile.
"If you two are finished" Steve says laughing
"Never!" Bucky tells him
Steve laughs. Glad to see him like this again. He's missed this.
"It's good to see you again Steve" Bucky tells him as he pulls him into a brotherly hug.
"You too Bucky" Steve tells him.
"Now why don't you go back to your room and get some rest, tomorrow Pietro and the Barton's are meant to arrive. So we can explain everything then and with their arrival we won't be the only ones revealing secrets as I am to believe so some pressure off both secrets" Steve tells him
"Alright" Bucky answers Steve before turning to Wanda "Care to show me the way Wanda"
"Of course, James" Wanda tells him as she drags him out of the room and towards her bedroom.
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The next morning Steve knocks on Wanda's door.
Wanda and Bucky both come out ready for the long day ahead of them.
The three of them walk out together Wanda under Bucky's arm. They sit down together on one of the couches in the living area they've been provided to use. Steve and Bucky on either side of Wanda. Wanda still tucked under Bucky's arm now they are on the couch.
The others just stare. Before anyone can say anything Pietro and the Barton's arrive.
Wanda gets up, gives Bucky a quick peck on the lips before running and throwing her arms around her brother Pietro. While she's slowly remembering the new timeline, she still remembers her original timeline where her brother Pietro died.
"I've missed you Pietro, you're never allowed to die again" Wanda tells him into his shoulder as she continues to hold him tight.
"Technically I never did" Pietro tells her
"I still remember it!" Wanda complains at him
"Hey, I'm not going anywhere" Pietro tells her before he lets her go.
Wanda turns to the Barton's. "Thank you for looking after my brother"
"Hey, he's family, you both are" Clint tells her
"Still trying to get used to the two sets of memories of the last year" Wanda tells him.
"Come one, time to tell everyone our secrets" Pietro tells them.
"Not like you have any, you just know them" Wanda laughs at him before returning to her spot next to Bucky.
Bucky turns to her "you ok" he whispers
"Yeh, I am now" Wanda whispers back to him
Pietro takes Nate from Laura's arms and the three of them move to a couch next Wanda and the boys.
Clint and Natasha horde their kids into the room and sit on a couch on the other side of Wanda and the boys. With the kids on the floor in front of them with something to keep them occupied.
With everyone else arriving Steve speaks up. "I know some of you have questions but please leave, we will explain everything just please just be patient and don't interrupt us"
Before anyone can speak up Lila turns to her mother Natasha "Mum, I need to go to the toilet"
Natasha turns to her daughter "ok sweetie, let's ask Auntie Wanda where they are"
Before Wanda can move Steve gets up "I will show you where they are"
"What is it with you Avengers and your secret families" Scott blurts out
"What did I just say Scott!" Steve yells at him. It's not his place to reveal those secrets especially not Tony's.
Hope who had come with Scott when he returned hits him.
"Sorry" Scott calls out to him
Steve ignores him and continues to lead Natasha and Lila to the toilets.
While they wait outside the toilet door Natasha turns to Steve "you don't seem surprised"
"I already knew, Wanda told me a long time ago at first I didn't realise she had been talking about but it did click eventually, there's too many secrets on our team" Steve tells her
"I'm guessing you also know Tony's, he told me when he told me to go home to my family after we Rhodey to medical help" Natasha tells him
"Yeah I've known for awhile, I was friends with his parents so he thought I deserved to know" Steve informs her
The toilet door opens and Lila comes out "I'm finished"
Steve then directs them to the sink where Natasha helps Lila wash her hands as it's a bit high.
Then the three of them return to the Living area.
They notice the awkward silence when they arrive. Steve takes back his place.
While Natasha and Lila return to their places.
"Mum, can Nate play with us?" Lila asks her mother
Natasha looks over at looks over at Laura and notices Nate asleep in Pietro's arms.
She turns back to her daughter "your cousins currently sleeping, he can't"
Lila looks sad but goes back to playing with her brother.
Natasha turns to Wanda and asks her "do you want to us to start or do you want to start"
"I think you should start. I think everyone's more curious about you guys" Wanda tells her
"Ok" Natasha replies to her. Natasha then turns to Clint after a moment of silent communication it's actually Clint who starts talking first.
"First of all I am not married to Laura as some of you might have heard, I never have been that was a cover to protect my family, Natasha is my wife and Cooper and Lila are our children, Laura is like a sister to me and Nate is her son"
"We will explain in more detail later after the kids are not around" Natasha speaks up
Now it is Wanda's turn with everyone's curiosity currently satisfied on Clint and Natasha's story. Some parts of their story aren't appropriate for young ears.
"I know most of you have been confused about me for the last few weeks and have lots of questions but please as Steve said just listen if you want to ask me any questions wait I will tell when you can" Wanda stops for a moment before starting again
"I know for you guys its only been a few weeks since we fought our team mates but for me it's been lot longer. Just after we arrived here I was afraid of my powers after Tony captured us, my powers tried to help me and I accidentally transported myself to the past, early 1944 to be exact. While in the past I met Peggy Carter who took me under her wing and taught me everything she knew. I also befriended Howard Stark, Tony's father but most importantly I befriended these two" Wanda pointed to both Steve and Bucky "While Steve became like a big brother to me, James here became something more as might have noticed. I spent close to a year in the past with them before James's disappearance and my powers pulled me back here once I arrived here I went straight to Steve and he brought me before James where I was able to slowly remove all the trigger words Hydra placed inside his head, just finishing yesterday" Wanda stops and takes a breath before adding
"When I arrived back I noticed the timeline had changed just slightly, in my timeline my brother Pietro died saving Clint and the kid from Ultron's attack in the quinjet. Steve wasn't there to protect them. When I told Steve about my brothers death in the past he remembered and was able to protect Clint and therefore my brother never died. This was one of the reasons Pietro wasn't able to take part in any major events since Ultron in case it changed anything and I didn't end up going to the past. He didn't want to mess with time anymore then he already had. So Pietro stayed with Barton's and just became extra protection if both Clint and Natasha weren't there"
Bucky pulls Wanda back into his arms and holds her tightly. Its good to have it all out there. He can feel Wanda start to relax in his arms. She had been so tense it had been for her to get it all out.
Pietro hands Nate back to Laura, who had been happily sleeping in his arms. He then comes over to her sister.
Bucky let's Wanda out of his arms and she sees Pietro in front of her. Wanda launches her arms around him.
This is when Steve speaks up. It's getting close to lunch time and some lunch would help everyone. Then they can take a break before hearing Clint and Natasha's story later after the kids are in bed.
"I think lunch would be a good idea now, then we can take a break and hear Clint and Natasha's story after dinner if that suits everyone"
"Sounds like a plan" says Clint
They go and get lunch ready leaving Wanda, Bucky and Pietro in the living area. Alone.
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Sam who had kept his mouth shut talks to Steve about it over lunch. Conversations are everywhere over lunch. Everyone just enjoying that they are all together for the time being.
Scott talks with Hope a lot and she stops him from saying anything too stupid.
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After lunch they all go there separate ways doing whatever they normally do.
Bucky, Wanda and Pietro join the Barton's back in the living area. Clint and Nat with Wanda's help set up a movie Lila and Cooper, while the adults talk and just relax.
Steve joins them after a couple of hours. Then same follows him within the hour. Scott and Hope join them just before dinner.
After dinner Clint and Nat put Cooper and Lila to bed while Pietro helps Laura put Nate to bed.
Once they all come back down they return to the living area Clint and Nat tell there story in more detail soon as promised.
Clint starts "As you know I recruited Nat to S.H.I.E.L.D. then the two of us worked together and became a well known team. With us working together so much we became even closer then most teams and as you can assume we started a relationship, we eventually also married. During one of our missions a young family was attacked and both parents were killed by there young son survived. We were there in time to save the parents but we did manage to save the young son. But the people who killed his parents were still after him so the two of us took him into our care for the duration of the mission. We be me attached to him and him to us, we had never talked about children because of the life we had and didn't want to endanger a child in our life but we had gotten attached to the boy and decided to adopt him that boy is Cooper our son. Fury helped us set it up and our home and keep it from S.H.I.E.L.D."
Clint looks over at Laura who nods giving permission for him to tell her story.
"Then during a later mission we came across Laura, when we met her she didn't know her last name. Only the Name her keepers had called her Laura. She was trained to be a weapon, to kill, but it was not a life she wanted. A few others in this room can understand this, we saved her and took her home with us. She became a part of our family. She finally got the life she wanted. We hid her from S.H.I.E.L.D. because she didn't want that life and we didn't want that life for her. Nat and I had both lived that and S.H.I.E.L.D. would do with her, what they did with us. She then became Coopers nanny and later Lila's when joined us. We trusted her with our family. Laura later took me last name as she didn't have one and she had become like a sister to me. But on such occasions such as when we visited after the Ultron Attack and The Hulk getting loose, Laura would pretend to be my wife to protect our family. Nate is her son and mine and Nat's nephew"
Nat speaks up "When Pietro joined us we told him the truth because he would be staying with us and whenever both Clint and I were gone it was an extra pair of hands especially with Nate being a newborn but also extra protection for our family. When Wanda visited we also told her because she would be visiting regularly and would prefer to act normal around her, we also didn't want Pietro to have to keep a secret from her. It also gave me another reason to visit my family after Clint's retirement"
After Clint and Natasha finish their story everyone realises how late it has gotten so they decided it's for bed for them as well.