Basically, this is my explanation of the Safe House in Age of Ultron.
I opened the door to the farmhouse and Laura's smile greeted me. I hugged her and kissed her cheek hello. Her grin was wider when she saw the redhead that came in behind me. Their arms enveloped each other and they embraced for a long time.
"I missed you a lot." Laura whispered to her.
Nat kissed her cheek too and smiled. "I'm here now."
The best friends broke apart and she was able to greet everyone else. It didn't really occur to me how weird our situation was until Lila came running down the stairs, excited to see her mother, throwing her arms around her legs. While I tried to come out here often, Natasha didn't get that luxury- her skill set needed at SHIELD more frequently than mine. Nat leaned down to pick the small girl up and kissed her cheek.
"Hi Mama." I smiled at the adorable voice. She looked over at me. "Hi Daddy." My grin widened as I leaned in to kiss her head. When we turned to look at the other Avenger's, their quizzical expressions would've been comical if we hadn't had explaining to do.
Cooper wrapped himself around my legs. Tony was the first to speak. "You guys have kids?"
Me and Nat exchanged glances before both turning to Laura. A chuckle escaped all of our lips.
"It's kind of a long story." Laura said humorlessly. They waited expectantly.
With a dry laugh I spoke. "Laura is my sister. When our mom died, when we were young, our dad became an alcoholic and lost custody of us because of the abuse. We got put in foster care and couldn't keep in contact after she got adopted. Once I listed in the army, they asked if I had relatives and I put her name down." I said, placing a hand on my son's head. "When I got injured and sent home, they found and contacted her. She was called to take care of me and we started living together. After all this happened, I got pulled aside to train for the CIA, because of my marksmanship in the army. They experimented on me and made me what I am- handing me over to SHIELD. About a year later, I met Nat on a mission. I got her pregnant with Cooper on a mission before she even signed on with Shield. I asked Laura to stay with him while Nat and I trained."
They turned to look at Laura as she piped in.
"They were apart for a while before we realized she was pregnant. Half the time she was over seas, and they argued when they could communicate. She came back for a short while and went into labor. After Cooper was born, they lived here for a little bit. She came in as a full time agent and Clint's new partner. For several months, he tried not to fall in love with her, considering they were coworkers and she disappeared all the time, but I could see he was going to fail despite all the effort he was putting in. He started to be mentally exhausted and I could see that he would never love anyone else as much as he loves her." She paused, and took a second to smile at Natasha. "So I told him to go for her. And he did."
"And he swept me off my feet." Natasha grinned. "Meanwhile, Laura was still living here with Cooper and I came over often to hang out. I found myself loving not only my son, but Laura became my best friend."
"A couple of months into me and Nat's relationship, she just kind of started to move in and Laura just never moved out."
"We found out a couple of months after that, that Nat was pregnant with Lila." Laura smiled.
Nat finished. "By the time I had the baby, which we dubbed off as a mission, we were all just used to living like this."
Tony looked at them quizzically. "So you have two kids with Nat?"
Clint nodded his head. "Yes-Tasha is not only my partner, but the love of my life. Laura is here because it's safe for her. Tasha and her are bestest friends. Plus, while me and Nat are gone, Laura is able to watch the kids."
Tony pursed his lips. "So Laura is basically your live in Nanny that happens to be your sister." We all nodded.
We laughed. "We all have our own bedrooms, so its not like we are always in each others space. Though when we are all here there is plenty of love to go around. There's some platonic cuddling and hugging, an occasional kiss on the cheek that happens around here, between me and Tasha, but that's about it." Laura laughed.
Tony turned to Clint. "Why didn't you tell us you and Romanoff were a thing?"
"It's safer for our kids if people don't know we are together, let alone have children. If a stranger asks-we say that they are Laura's." Nat frowned a little, obviously not wanting to disown our children, but wanting to keep them safe.
Everyone nodded as if finally comprehending our chaos.
"Everyone's rooms are set up." Laura said, leading the tired Avengers to their rooms. Nat put Lila down and the kids ran off behind the superheroes.
When everyone cleared the rooms,I finally wrapped my arms around Tasha, touching our foreheads together. I kissed her nose and she smiled.
"That was a lot easier then I imagined it would be." She chuckled. I laughed with her.
"I'm just glad we don't have to hide it anymore." I leaned down to press my mouth to hers for the first time since too long ago. She smiled against the kiss and pushed off my chest to stop me before it escalated to anything more.
