AN: This one I got out a lot faster. Hopefully it's still just as good. Enjoy!


The training session that day was put off and Pietro couldn't help but be a little angry. A bit jealous. Which was completely stupid because they were divorced but suddenly Clint was being all family man. It wasn't like they were ignoring him. In fact, both Clint and Laura were even more welcoming and inviting but simply the way everyone fit together, it made Pietro feel out of place.

And then there was the irrational jealousy that simply kept growing the more and more he talked to Laura. She was nice, sweet, polite, and it was all genuine. She was simply a completely honest and open woman.

Though Pietro could understand why they hadn't worked well, she seemed to domestic for what Clint needed, but that didn't make the jealousy any less.

The one thing that he didn't get jealous over was just how wonderful she was with her kids and how happy they were to see her. Some might of thought, due to his lost childhood, he would feel resentment. However, Pietro honestly didn't wish any hard feelings onto anyone when it came to close family ties. There was even no jealousy, only thankfulness that these people had what he lost so horribly.

The entire family ended up having breakfast and lunch together while in between chatter was exchanged and games were played. Silvia mostly complained about Clint and kept claiming that Laura should just kick him out, though it was all in good natured fun, while the kids seemed to back up anyone except Clint, relishing in the eye rolls and faux exasperated sighs that he gave them in turn.

It was only after lunch that Pietro finally got a chance of one on one with Laura though. Clint had given her a brief overview of why Pietro was there; part of the team, got injured, thought this would be the safest place for the time being. Basically that and thankfully the kids didn't say anything else as they blabbered on and on about the twins and how much they liked them and what they had done.

Now that Pietro had the one on one, he honestly wanted to run away. Not because he was a coward or anything of course, but because he was unsure if his irrational feelings would get the better of him. He wouldn't be surprised if he said something incredibly rude or hurtful but he also knew that later on he would horribly regret it.

Nevertheless, he didn't want to give her reason to be concerned or the urge to find him and get him alone again. Then there was the idea that she might question Clint what was wrong and then he'd want to know too so, with head held high, Pietro remained where he was and waited for whatever would come from her lips.

The kids, Silvia, and Clint were all on the front porch playing Sorry. Pietro had meant to come inside alone to refill the pitcher of water but upon turning around after filling it, he'd seen that Laura had followed him.

"I hope I didn't startle you," Laura quickly said before Pietro could even think up an excuse to leave. "If it's alright with you, I would like to talk."

"We don't want to keep them waiting long."

"No, but it's Clint's turn and he just drew a Sorry card which means there's going to be a lot of bargaining and pleading. It should buy us some time but you really don't have to stay."

"It's fine," replied Pietro, even though it really wasn't. He tried to go through the list of reasons why Laura would want to talk to him but he couldn't even come up with one. "Is something the matter?"

"Not at all. Unless of course you're counting my husband's cluelessness which, I swear if you can put up with that you'll be fine," Laura responded. She let out a snort, her smile warm and opening. It made Pietro almost like her yet he concentrated more on her words, utterly confused.

"I do not follow."

"Well, perhaps I'm being to presumptuous, or maybe you're playing dumb because you really don't want to talk about this which in that case you can leave right now, it's fine, but I'm talking about the crush you've developed on my ex-husband."

Pietro resisted the urge to gawk and was rather thankful he wasn't holding the pitcher at the moment. He thought about immediately refuting her but there had been no anger in her voice, she clearly wasn't accusing him of anything, so he finally gave a small nod of his head, curious what she'd have to say.

"How did you know?" asked Pietro, completely on guard.

"To be perfectly honest, I think Cooper and Lila can tell. You're trying to get his attention but he's completely clueless of every move you've made and everything you've said, correct?" Laura questioned.

After some consideration, Pietro gave his hesitant answer. "Yes…"

"Don't look so shocked," Laura replied, her smile still there and easy going. "I went through a lot of what you're going through only I didn't have anyone to tell me what to do next."

"Do next?"

"Yes. You see, you could probably tell him you were in love with him, liked him, whatever, and he still wouldn't get it. I mean, he might but it's better to just go straight for a kiss," Laura responded.

"Are you being serious right now?"

"Completely."

"Then explain to me why because I find it hard that you would like me to get with your ex husband without an ulterior motive," replied Pietro as he crossed his arms and gave a pointed look.

Nodding in understanding, Laura said, "I understand. And I do have an ulterior motive if you must know. I want Clint to be happy and despite the fact that it hasn't even been a day, I can tell from the way he looks at you he likes you too."

Now that was shocking. "You are pulling my leg. And I would have to say that is rather rude."

"I assure you, I'm not. Clint truly likes you but has, for whatever reason, chosen not to act on it. I believe it has something to do with your twin."

"Wanda?" asked Pietro, even more confused now. "Why? That doesn't make any sense."

"Maybe not to you but to Clint he would probably feel like he was betraying her trust. And from what I understand, you both don't trust people very easily," replied Laura

"Well you wouldn't be wrong. But I still don't get why you are approaching me about this."

"Because, like I said, I want Clint to be happy and the few times we've talked these past months, it's mostly been about the silver haired little shit. His words not mine."

Perking up at that, Pietro asked, "Really?"

"Yes, and from the get go he thought you were attractive. That part was fairly obvious even if he didn't state it directly but from the time you've both spent together here, I think he's really fallen for you."

"It hasn't been that long."

"Over a month, right? And you've known each other longer than that what with all the things the Avengers get up to. Sometimes the realization of love is slow, takes forever, and other times it is quicker. Just depends on the people and the situations."

"Well what if it's the situation then? The only reason I've been here for so long is because I'm healing. What if we get into a different situation and realize that we don't work together?"

"You've seen Clint at his domestic level. You've seen him when he's an Avenger. And, from what I've heard, you've seen him when he's a little shit, a joker, and a lazy bastard. If you can deal with all of those forms of Clint, I don't think you need to worry about the situation changing."

"So what do I do from here."

"Preferably a kiss. Like I said, he's a bit thick skulled and that's probably the only thing that will actually get through to him. Now, the bargaining is probably close to ending if it hasn't already. We should head back," Laura replied. She turned and left first but made sure to say one last thing over her shoulder. "Good luck."


Thor had just come back from Asgard and once again, the Avengers were gathered together.

"So, what did the all-seeing Heimdell have to say?" asked Tony. "Do we all need to go into our apocalyptic bunkers or is this leave the planet worthy?"

"It has nothing to do with the state of the planet," Thor replied with a roll of his eyes. "Heimdell says that he is able to see a crack that has formed over the Earth, its starting point being the end of the battle with Ultron."

"Uh, that sounds prettily leave the planet worthy to me. Anyone else ready to move to the moon yet?"

"Shut up Tony," Nat responded, focusing on Thor. "So, what exactly does that mean?"

"The crack is that of space and time. Reality was changed for an ultimate purpose, one which Heimdell believes was completed. The change in reality has splintered across parts of the world but they are healing themselves."

"So what you're saying is that we shouldn't prepare for the end of the world," Steve replied as he gave a pointed look at Tony. "That's great that it's over but we still don't know who did this or why. Could Heimdell see any of that?"

"I'm afraid not. Powerful magic has kept him from looking deeper at the eye of this storm." As Thor watched the way the faces of his teammates changed, he quickly added, "And I assure you it is not Loki! He will not be harming the Avengers anymore."

"Alright Thor but if we don't have any idea of who it is, we really need to be asking what they changed," Bruce said. "I mean, we've already proved that our memories are faulty. What if we al remember Ultron going down but somebody actually brought him back?"

"That's certainly a possible threat but I highly doubt it," Maria replied. "Ultron, though he was smart enough to keep all plans from us and to develop them under our noses rather well, he's not one to hide that he's back. He would get to much joy out of that, even if it was only an email or something just as ridiculous."

"Well we also haven't considered that this could be somebody without the focus of wanting to hurt the Avengers," Tony added. When Fury gave him that one-eyed glare, he quickly said, "Hey! I know it's a long shot but not everything is centered around us. Whoever did this may not have meant it to affect us at all. I mean, what if they changed reality so that a loved one didn't die in the battle or something? I'm sure that would change a few things, intentional or not."

Shivers went up Wanda's spine.

"We can certainly look into it," replied Steve. "And it's a good idea Tony, but to use this much power not against…someone is surprising. Tony, Bruce, any luck on tracking that energy source?"

"We've identified it but it's nearly impossible to follow a trace. It's so weak and almost everywhere over this region of the world. So I mean, at least we can tell where it generally originated but it will take a while before we find a definite source."

"What's a while?" asked Natasha.

"A few more days, but not much longer," Bruce replied.

"Well, then I guess that concludes the meeting," added Maria. "We're almost done finishing up here so try to finish tracking this energy source before the end of the week."

"We're leaving this soon?" asked Wanda.

"We've helped the people of Sokovia greatly and we won't just leave in one night," Fury responded, "but we can't support them for the rest of their lives. A country needs to learn to support itself. So yes, we're leaving, but we will have more than one failsafe in place to support the country until they can on their own."

"If I may, could I be informed of all decisions with my country?"

"You make it sound like you want to stay with the Avengers," Fury said.

"Yes, I mean, I would like to stay with the Avengers," responded Wanda, uncertain what Fury's tone of voice meant.

However, she was quickly looking over to Steve as he said, "Good, because we were going to make you head of the redevelopment program for Sokovia."

"You just made that up," accused Tony.

"Maybe so but now it's a real think," countered Cap. "And it allows somebody who has lived in Sokovia, who is a Sokovian, and who understands her country and people to do what she thinks is best for them."

"Well fine but now we have to have an official Avengers initiation party," Tony replied with a grin.

"Has everyone forgotten about the crack in reality?" asked Maria.

Tony nodded at that and bumped shoulders with Wanda. "Fine! We'll do your initiation party after this week but that just allows me more time to make it even better than before."

"Well, with that last note, this meeting is adjourned," Natasha said.

A few more last minutes comments were made as people dwindled out and once again, Vision and Wanda were alone.

It didn't take long before the Vision could understand what the look on Wanda's face was. However, when he did, he voiced his concerns.

"You wish to tell them."

Wanda nodded, sniffing a bit but keeping any tears from forming. "They're starting to let me in. Not as readily as Clint, though then again I did go to his house uninvited with a revived brother, but…it's nice. And they're going to hate me so much when I do tell them but I feel that I have to."

Though he hesitated, Vision recalled the move that many people did to each other in times of joy, sadness, when hope was needed. He carefully moved his arm around her shoulders. When she didn't say or do anything, Vision added two pats just to make sure.

It made Wanda laugh which was unexpected but caused the Vision to give a small smile.

"What do you think I should do?" asked Wanda.

"I think you should tell them, before they find out for themselves which now seems inevitable. But if it comes from you, and if you tell them the full truth, they will forgive you."

"All of them?"

"Yes. You have not harmed any of them, you never wanted to, and if you show them that the whole reason was that you brought your brother back, then they could not possibly hate you."

"But what if they do?" asked Wanda hesitantly.

"Then they never deserved your companionship."

"Thank you," Wanda said. "I think…just thank you."

Vision wondered what she would have said but did not press. Instead, he felt pleased that Wanda allowed his arm to remain wrapped around her shoulders and drew comfort from her arm which quickly wrapped around his waist.