Meeting the 'Other' Kid

"Are you sure it's okay for me to be here?" Skye asked for the millionth time.

"Skye, relax, it's fine," Coulson assured her.

"But what if they didn't realize you were bringing me?" Skye asked, "What if they thought it was just gonna be you? What if they wanted to talk about mission stuff and are angry because they can't now?"

"Skye, Skye, breathe," Coulson laughed, "They know you're here and they're fine with it. The only one they're mad at right now is me. As far as it just being the three of us and talking about case stuff, that was never the plan because they have their kids with them."

"Hawkeye and Black Widow have kids?" Skye said in surprise.

"No," Coulson shook his head, "Clint and Natasha have kids."

"Aren't they the same people?" Skye asked slowly, but Coulson shook his head again.

"Hawkeye and Black Widow are master assassins," he explained, "Clint and Natasha are parents. They've tried to keep their kids as far away from SHIELD business as possible."

"Bet that's hard when everyone you know works for SHIELD and you live with the Avengers," Skye said.

"They manage surprisingly well," Coulson told her, "And that's why they come out here. They've both been away on a mission for a few days and the boys were left at Avengers Tower. So when they got back they brought the boys out here for a a bit of a break."

"And where is here exactly?" Skye asked and Coulson laughed, pointing ahead. Skye sat up and looking out the windshield as a small cottage came into view.

"Huh," Skye said.

"Not what you were expecting?" Coulson guessed.

"I dunno," she said, "I guess I thought it would be harder to get to? More guns? Traps? Something to show that two people spend half their time as master assassins stay here." Coulson laughed as he parked the car and opened his door.

"Trust me, you may not see anything, but this place is better armed than Fort Knox," she got out of the car and looked around."

"It's quiet here," she noted.

"Clint likes the quiet," Coulson told her and then smiled over her shoulder, "Not that they get much of it these days." Skye turned and saw who she knew must be Natasha standing in the doorway with a toddler on her hip. Coulson put his hand on Skye's shoulder and led her over to them. Natasha walked forward and wrapped her one arm around Coulson.

"God, I can't believe it's you," she breathed, "I can't believe you're actually here."

"I'm fine," he said, "Really." They stayed like that for a couple more seconds before a disgruntled noise caused them to break apart. Natasha laughed and looked down at the toddler.

"Who's this, huh?" she asked gently, "Do you remember Uncle Phil?"

"Hey buddy," Coulson said gently, "You've gotten so big! You were only a few months old last time I saw you." The toddler turned and buried his face in Natasha's shoulder.

"Playing shy, huh?" she said, "That'll change in about ten minutes and you'll be his new best friends." Skye laughed quietly and they turned to her.

"Sorry," she said, blushing and looking down at her feet.

"Natasha, this is Skye," Coulson said, "Skye, Natasha Romanoff."

"Was wondering how long it would take you to introduce her," Natasha smirked at him, shaking Skye's hand, "Nice to meet you Skye, this little guy here is Henry." The boy peeked his head out when he heard his name and Skye waved slightly at him. He slowly lifted his hand and waved back. Natasha smiled down at him before looking back up at the other two.

"Come on, Clint's out back with the other little monster," she said and led them inside. Coulson followed her and they began talking as Skye followed slowly behind. Natasha led them out the backdoor where Clint was running around with a little boy chasing him.

"Jamie!" Natasha called and the boy stopped. He turned to see why his mom had called him and his face broke out in a grin when he saw Coulson.

"Uncle Phil!" he ran forward and Coulson bent down just in time for Jamie to fly into his arms.

"Hey buddy," Coulson said, standing with the five year old in his arms, "How are you bud? You've grown so much too!"

"Daddy says I haven't gotten bigger at all in two years," Jamie said seriously and Coulson laughed.

"I can safely tell you buddy that you have gotten much bigger in two years," Coulson laughed and Jamie smiled widely at him. Coulson looked over at where Clint was slowly walking forward. He put Jamie back on his feet and faced the archer.

"Good to see you sir," Clint said and Coulson chuckled, pulling Clint against him.

"Good to see you too bud," Coulson said as Clint wrapped his own arms around him.

"Why is daddy crying?" Coulson heard Jamie ask and tightened his arms around Clint.

"Daddy's fine bud, let's go inside and you can help me get lunch ready," Natasha said and led him inside. Skye hesitated for a moment before she followed Natasha, leaving Clint and Coulson alone.

"Is he okay?" she asked hesitantly.

"He's fine," Natasha nodded, "Coulson's like family to him and he hasn't seen him for almost a year."

"Not seeing your family can be hard," Skye said and Natasha stopped what she was doing to look at her.

"I don't remember my real parents," she told Skye, "And what Clint remembers of his, well, let's just say he wishes he didn't. Coulson's been the only family both of us have had for years. I know this isn't easy for you, but as far as dads go, Coulson's not the worst you could've gotten."

"Before I knew he was actually my dad, that's always how I saw him, you know? He's always acted like to dad to all of us, except May," Skye said.

"His team is his family," Natasha nodded, "He'd do whatever he could to protect them."

"Oh yeah, he's way protective of FitzSimmons," Skye laughed.

"I remember this one time, about a year after I joined SHIELD..." Natasha started, leaning forward.

Meanwhile, outside, Cline and Coulson had seated themselves in chairs by the grass.

"So, you don't actually know what happened?" Clint asked.

"No, just that it's not what I've been thinking," Coulson said, "That's why I was hesitant to tell Skye anything. I don't know what happened to me so I didn't want to put Skye at risk of anything."

"So she's definitely your kid?" Clint asked and Coulson nodded, "That must've been a shock to both of you when you found out." Coulson nodded again, but didn't say anything.

"You're a good dad," Clint finally mumbled and Coulson looked at him, "I just mean, you've helped me and Tasha for years and looked out for us. The boys love you... Skye's lucky." Coulson clapped his hand on Clint's shoulder and pulled him closer. They stayed like that for a minute, just sitting in silence. But they were practiced at communicating without words and Clint knew exactly what his pseudo-father figure was saying.

"Come on," Coulson finally said, "Let's go inside. I have a lot of catching up to do and you need to officially meet my other kid."

Alright, so this chapter kind of had a mind of its own and this isn't actually what I had planned on happening, but I actually kinda like it.

So, this is now going to be a three shot and hopefully will have the next chapter up in a couple days. Not totally sure when because in the next three days I have a test, two midterms, and an assignment to do, but then I'm off on break so it'll definitely be up this week!

Thanks to everyone who has read! Let me know what you think!