A/N: Hey guys! Here's the next chapter! From now on, I will try to update at least once a week, every Wednesday or Thursday, depending on how busy I am! Enjoy!
"What an ass! He seriously had to bug my phone!?" Skye exclaimed, sitting down on the couch, frustrated.
"Don't worry, Skye. Just be thankful that Lilith knew what was going on," Grant said, sitting down beside his girlfriend, sighing before continuing, "what I want to know is how she can speak fluent Russian even though she's adopted?"
"Mama and Papa speak in Russian sometimes. After awhile, I caught on and my Uncle Tony bought me a Russian translator thingy. So, I had to learn from that and my Mama. I'm a fast learner." The girl piped up, sitting next to Skye, wearing a white t-shirt and camouflage cargo pants, happy she was spared from wearing the dress for another day.
"Have you guys started thinking of names?" Coulson asked, changing the subject setting down a cup of hot chocolate on the coffee table for Lili, who took it in her small hands eagerly.
"Coulson, she's only three months pregnant." Grant said, gesturing to Skye with a nod of his head.
Coulson approached them, putting a hand on each of their shoulders.
"Never too early to start thinking. Although, can I suggest that if it's a girl, that she's named Portia? Or maybe even Lola or something?"
The two of them sighed, Skye pinching the bridge of her nose in annoyance.
"We are not naming the baby after a car." She said, getting up and starting to head in the direction of the lab; promptly turning around when Leo called up the stairs,
"Name it Leo!"
Skye rolled her eyes and turned in the opposite direction, straight to her bunk and falling into a deep sleep.
The twenty-one-year-old awoke alone in the early morning hours, surprised that Grant had never even been in bed like he usually was when she woke up.
Groaning, she forced herself out of bed and walked silently into the main lounge, where she saw Grant and Lilith passed out on the couch, Lilith's SpongeBob blanket wrapped around them, Mulan played on the TV.
That's cute…I am so putting this on Facebook and Instagram. She thought, taking out her phone and snapping a quick picture.
Unfortunately, the flash woke Grant up.
"Seriously, Skye?" He asked groggily, glaring at her as he picked up the remote to turn the TV off.
"Yes, seriously. How do you explain this?" She asked, motioning to Lili asleep on his lap.
"She couldn't sleep. She woke up alone and I guess Coulson wasn't there. I was over in the kitchen and well…"
Flashback
Grant sat at the kitchen island on his lap top, trying to finish his email to Agent Hill on the recent mission to HYDRA, seeing as she was on the espionage mission with Natasha and Clint, he was careful to leave out the part about Lili playing 'bait' so to speak, and she wanted to be kept up to date with details.
Grant stopped typing when he heard footsteps coming from the steps.
"Uncle Phil? Where are you?" The small voice called, loud enough for Grant to hear, but soft enough not to wake the others.
"Uncle Phil?" She called again, her voice cracking, a clear indicator she was starting to cry as she came into the kitchen. Her blonde hair tussled, dark rings under her bright blue eyes.
Grant got up, feeling sympathetic to the child and approached her, kneeling down to her height.
"Hey, Lilith, what's wrong?" He asked gently, looking at her SpongeBob blanket wrapped around her head and shoulders, making her look like a scared bunny rabbit.
"I had a nightmare and I-I couldn't f-find Uncle Phil."
"Was he not there when you woke up?" He asked, wiping the tears from her cheeks.
Lilith nodded.
"Well, he's in his office. He's very busy right now, but how about I keep you company?"
Lili perked up, the sadness and distress almost immediately gone when he said that.
Grant gave a soft smile and picked her up, bringing her to the main lounge and sitting on the couch, putting Mulan on the TV until they both eventually dozed off.
End Flashback
Grant carefully moved Lili off of his lap and onto the leather couch.
"So, you've been down here…watching Disney movies?"
Grant nodded.
"Yep. Figured I could use the practice since we're going to have a baby of our own in about six months. We'll need all the practice and help we can get." He explained, turning around and picking up the five-year-old, whose arms instinctively wrapped around his neck while Skye got her blanket as they brought her up to Coulson's room.
Is Coulson seriously still in his office? Grant thought as he and Skye tucked Lili into the bed, making sure she was comfortable before turning to exchange a look with each other.
"Should we stay with her until Coulson comes up?" Skye whispered.
Grant shrugged before nodding a few minutes later. After witnessing the child have an anxiety attack at waking up alone after a nightmare, his paternal instinct told him it wouldn't be right to leave her all by herself.
The bed was big enough for the two of them to sit next to the girl and each put an arm around her comfortably.
The two adults sat with Lilith for the remainder of the night, drifting off to sleep a few times before finally succumbing to unconsciousness.
Coulson came back up to his room at nearly four o' clock in the morning, intent on finally getting some sleep after being on the phone with Agent Hill, and then getting a call from Director Fury a short time later, and found Grant, Skye, and Lilith curled up together, snoring softly.
So, this is what happens when I leave my bedroom…He thought, sighing as he quietly made his way over to the closet and grabbed some blankets and a couple of pillows off the top rack, making his own little make shift bed on the ground, giving enough space so that he wouldn't be stepped on if they woke up before him.
Had this been any other day and not four in the morning, he'd have woken Skye and Grant up, and kicked them out as nicely as possible for being in his private room, but he let it slide just this once. The older Agent saw the team as his family, and his only one…besides the Avengers, that he had.
Quietly, he put the white comforter over the two adults, who showed no sign of waking up as he did so, making sure they were comfortable.
Coulson smiled softly to himself.
So, this is what family is like…why have kids when I've got my team and the Avengers? They're more than a handful. He thought to himself, before he too drifted in a peaceful sleep..
A/N: Sorry if it wasn't any good you guys! Please review :) I'd love to hear what y'all think of this kinda fluffy, idk if that's the word, chapter lol