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Jackville…

"Hey, son..", Joseph greeted while he walked into the garage where his son was working on the Rodriguez's old truck (the truck was dripping a lot of oil, so Joseph asked him to check what was wrong with it)

"Hey, dad", Stephen replied as he glanced over his shoulder and seeing his dad walking towards him. Joseph smiles at the young man and crosses his arms while he stands next to him

"..Can we talk for a sec ?", the older man asked. Stephen stands straight and nodded

"Sure. What's up ?", the blondie grins as Joseph sighs deeply, and starts saying,

"Well, I wanted to apologize for my last night behavior towards you", Mr. Rodriguez truly told his son, who shook his head in disagreement

"Dad. There's no need to", Stephen said

But Joseph nods his head, "There is, Steph..", he said and his son chuckled in form of still disagreement. Joseph smiles sadly as a comfortable silence filled the air, so he starts, "Probably you already know Sarah and I had a son", Stephen sighs and leans himself on the front of the truck while cleaning his fingers from the oil and leaning into the front of the truck like his dad

"I uhh.. actually figured out since I woke up and you showed me around the house - I saw the photo of you guys with the young man that looks like you, so", the blonde handsome man told sheepishly. Joseph laughs softly

"Smartass", the older man teased while feeling proud of his son's intelligence and ability to figure out things so quickly

"Sorry..", Stephen averted his glance in a timid way, ".. About your son. Whatever happened to him. I'm sorry", the blonde told as he turns to see the older man.

"Thank you", Joseph nods at his son and then sighs, "I actually wanted to talk about you about my son -

"Dad, you don't have to. It's none of my business", Stephen cut his words as he waves his hand at him

Joseph shakes his head firmly, "Son, of course it's your business..", Mr. Rodriguez corrected while he puts a hand on the younger man shoulder, ".. You're part of my family now..", Joseph shakes Stephen's shoulder and then straighten himself, "..Come on, follow me", he said and gestures his son to follow with his head. Stephen smiles and nods his head, setting the dirty rag on the hood.

They were walking side-by-side while they walked back to the house, reaching the deceased Rodriguez's son's room. Joseph stopped at the door and sighs, looking at Stephen, who was next to him, "This was Stewart's room", the older man told as he opened the door and lead the blonde into the room. Stephen's eyes immediately scanned the whole room as he felt instantly sad for his parents. He noticed Stewart was definitely in the army (because all the military stuff decorating the whole room), he also noticed that Stewart liked playing the guitar, play golf, and also liked to read (again, because all this stuff were all over the room)

"H-how'd he died ?", Stephen blurted out but quickly regretting it, because he felt he had none right to ask, but his damn curiosity was much bigger right now

"War", luckily Joseph respond to his question. The handsome kid sighs and scratches the back of his neck, feeling uncomfortable with the conversation he started.

"War ? Of what ?", Stephen asked, feeling obliged to continue the talk. Joseph sighs deeply and walks over Stewart's desk

"He fought in Afghanistan, he was in the Army as you can see", the older man smiles and gestures with his hands all the room, but then his smile faded slowly, "We slightly moved some of the things. But not all of it, since we didn't had the heart", he lowered his head and his hands grips onto the chair that was in front of the desk

Stephen's heart winces at his dad's sadness and promises himself not to make his dad feel that sadness again, "It must've be hard for you guys losing him", the young Rodriguez said as he stood rooted in his spot, by the door. Joseph sighs and slowly turns to see his son

"It was. It's very hard to lose your only child", Joseph smiles sadly, "But Sarah and I - thank God - we managed to heal each other's broken heart", he said and walks to sit on the bed. Again Stephen's heart hurting seeing his dad like this

"Man, I can't imagine Sarah's reaction to it. Was she devastated ?", Stephen looked at his dad taking a deep breath as he waited for his dad's answer

"Of course, Steph..", Joseph told and he looks up at him, "..I mean, I was sure hurt. But she, she was broken..", the black haired man sighs and continued, "..You should've seen her the first days...grabbing Stewart's favorite light gray hoodie and burying her face on it while crying out loud as she sat on his mattress", Joseph lowered his eyes as his hand slowly resting on the mattress that he was sitting on

"Why did he died ?", Stephen asked

Joseph eyes look up at the blue eyed man, "An explosion..", Joseph said, "..He was clearing a building and unfortunately stepped on a mine, killing him instantly - his crew told us they felt like they were only there to watch. They felt useless in that moment", Joseph told what Stewart's partners told the Rodriguez's in their son's funeral

"I bet he was a good man, did he ?", the blonde smiled a little, trying to picture their son. Joseph puffs and chuckles, he nods at him

"A little stubborn, but yes..", Joseph said as he stares at Stephen, "..You remind me of him..", he told his son, who knitted his brows and shifted in his feet, "..He was brave, strong - not with the enormous strength as you but..", Joseph paused to chuckle a little bit, "..He was so kind, happy, he just simply loved life", the older Rodriguez finished with a shrug

"God has his reasons, dad", Stephen said, knowing that God did had his reasons to do whatever He does. Like on making him to have an accident and Joseph finding (saving) him and ending up here with them.

Stephen heard Joseph's breath hitch as he widen his eyes, "Those are the exact same words Stewart always said to me..", Joseph said while a slow growing smile was on his lips, "..I've always wanted to know the meaning of that, and now I know why", the older man let out a breathy laugh. Stephen frowns and narrows his eyes at his dad

"What do you mean ?", he asked. Joseph nods firmly and says,

"He gave us our son back. God gave us a son to never let go like we did with Stewart", Joseph thought he might sounded like a crazy, but maybe God did returned their son back

Stephen instantly felt his heart warmed at him and nods, smiling and walking at his dad, "I'm not going anywhere, dad. I promise", the blondie said as he stood in front of the man and kneeling. Joseph sighs contentedly and nods his head

"And I promise you, Stephen. You'll be protected, cared, and most of all... loved by us", he put his hands on his son's shoulders as he stares at Stephen's eyes, "I didn't had the chance to protect my other son, but be damn sure I will protect you from anything", Joseph told and smiles down at him, and then hugs his son tightly while Stephen hugs his father with the same love.


Month six…

New York City….

All the Avengers were in Thor's floor as they enjoyed their day off, playing Wii, PS4, and Xbox games, and a little of seeing new released movies. Natasha sitting on the dark brown chair next to the long couch, that was holding Tony, Bruce, and Clint, while the blonde long haired god was standing in the middle of the room, remote control in hand as he excitedly browses through Netflix.

"Damn it !", Clint yelled as he set his Stark-Phone down. Something that he saw on his phone caused his angrily yell. Everyone turned to see him with weird looks

"What ?", Thor asked

"A mission ?" "Need to poo ?" "No more lives on Candy Crush ?", Bruce, Natasha, and Tony asked also. Clint rolled his eyes and shakes his head

"No..", the Archer sighs and says, "..Bobbi just texted me she wanted to 'take a break' from us", he rolls his eyes and leans his head to the couch, eyes set on the ceiling

The rest shared glances and remain silent until Stark say,

"Isn't the third time you guys have a break this month ?", the billionaire rise a brow at his marksman friend next to him, who nodded and threw his hands, eyes still seeing up

"Yes ! And that's what frustrates me !", Clint hissed

"Calm down, Clint..", Bruce trying to calm his friend's nerves, "..I'm sure Bobbi will see the great man you are", the Doctor cheers his mate as the others watched the Archer

Barton sighs deeply and closes his eyes, "What I fucking hate the most..", he said as a angrily spits out, "..That this motherfucker asshole son of bitch dickhead flirts all the time with her", Clint opens his eyes and resume seeing the ceiling. The rest of the Avengers saw each other and frowned at his friend

"Who ?", Natasha asked clueless

"Agent Swansea", Clint said with hate as Bruce rolled his eyes and corrects him

"Agent Swanson..", Banner said to the rest, "..He's from shooting range. He's a level 4", the scientist smiled at his jealous friend

"That son of a bitch", Stark said as his other friends (except Clint) threw him a stare

"And how do you know he flirts with Bobbi ? Do you stalk him or what ?", the pregnant redhead questions as she lift an eyebrow

Clint rolls his eyes while growling loudly and sitting up straight to see the woman, "Natasha, a man can see into another man's eyes when he wants to eat out his girl", the Archer told as the boys tilted their heads, the Archer telling some truth there. Romanoff rolled her eyes and shook her head

"I think you guys are just worried of nothing. Bobbi would scare away that guy if she wants to", the Spy smiled to herself, Barton shaking his head

"That's what worries me, Tasha..", Clint helplessly told his old friend, "..She's recently breaking up with me. What if she's with that fucking asshole right now ? - I'm going to call her", Clint quickly lifts his phone from his lap and unlocks his screen

"Wow..", Natasha casually said while pretending to clean her nails, she earning the attention of the guys, even of Barton's - that was about to press Bobbi's contact, "..I never thought the day that the great Clint Francis Barton aka 'the Hawkeye' - the marksman of the Avengers, one of the top SHIELD's agents with excellent scores, who defeated the chitauri army…would be jealous of a puny level 4 agent that works for range", she finished and turned to see the Archer, who had his eyes on her all the time, not glancing away. She gave him a mischievous smile as she arches a brow at him

He narrows his eyes at her and lift his index finger at her as he warns, "Watch your words, Natalia", Clint fisted his free hand (the other one was warning her)

"Or what ?..", Natasha challenged and lifts her chin at him, eyes still not glancing away. The tension was pretty damn heavy and the others noticed, so Bruce warns them

"Guys -

"..You're gonna punch me ?", the redhead still challenging the Archer. Testing his limits. Actually, curious on where his jealousy for Bobbi will lead him.

Barton growled dangerously low as he sat rooted on the couch. Thor knitted his brows at the Archer as he slowly walks towards where he was currently sitting

"Friend Clinton..", Odinson starts, "..Stay the down..", he warned and stares at Clint, who finally broke Natasha's glance to look up at the long haired man, "..Don't you dare to touch her", Thor, again, warning the Archer

Barton looked at the semi-god and then looks at the redhead. He and Natasha looked for a moment, to then slowly smile to each other and began to crack up, "Fuck me..", Clint curses himself as he throws himself to the couch while he and Romanoff kept laughing loudly, the rest seeing them totally confused, "..I am damn jealous of that motherfucker", Barton admitted as he shakes his head.

Bruce sighs relieved while Thor and Tony looked kinda mad at the Archer

"Damn it, Clint ! We've thought you were gonna hit her or something ! - you scared us !", Stark slapped him on the arm, Thor still having no idea what's going on

"Come on, guys. Do you really thought that ?...I wouldn't touched any single of her hair", Clint defend himself and slowly stopped laughing alongside with Natasha, who nods at the billionaire

"And I wouldn't let him either. I would've kick his sorry ass for hitting me while I'm pregnant with my baby", she said with smile. And they all smiled back at her

Moments later…

"Hey hey hey hey hey !..", Natasha cried as she straighten herself from her chair. The boys quickly got their attention to her as they were seeing a movie, Natasha was smiling down at her swollen belly while she was rubbing it, "..The baby is moving. Come here you guys, feel it", she told and the boys stand from their seats and go to the Spy. Natasha leans back to the chair to give the guys a full view of her growing baby bump. The first one to caressing it, was Tony, who kneeled on the right side of her chair and put his left hand on her stomach, instantly smiled brightly when he felt the kick

"Wow..it feels funny", Stark said while the rest smiled too. A few moments later, Tony stopped caress Natasha's belly because the Archer told him it was their turn

"Woah..", Bruce's eyes widened as it was his turn to feel the baby's tiny little kick, "..I've never felt one before", the Doctor admitted

"Really ?", Natasha asked for the rest, who also were surprised that he hadn't caress a pregnant woman's stomach

"Yeah, I don't caress every woman I see pregnant", Banner sarcastically replied at them and earning a roll of eyes from his friends. Once he was done, he stepped back to let the anxiously waiting Archer to caress his little sister's baby bump. He kneels in front of the redhead and feeling immediately the baby's kicks on his right palm

"God, he's a small hyperactive little fella", Barton smiles ear-to-ear while he kept feeling the kicks

The rest smiled (except for the billionaire), "Excuse me, mister Francis ?..", Tony cleared his throat and steps forward to the Archer's kneeled from, "..This baby, right there..", he said as he pointed at the Spy's belly, "..Is a she", Stark emphasized and earned a growl from Clint.

The Archer rolled his eyes and lifts himself from the floor

"What ?! Are you outta your damn mind ?! - oh wait a minute, you are", Barton smirks as he faces Ironman, who rolls his eyes and crossing his eyes. Clint and the others smiled at the arrogance of the billionaire, "It's clearly a boy ! Look at Natasha's stomach ! It's a boy !", Barton told. Bruce and Natasha chuckled

"What the hell ?!..", Tony cried and looked incredulously at his prankster partner, "..How can you tell by her stomach ?! That's just theories !", Stark pointed again at Natasha's belly.

Oh boy, this was funny. Seeing them yelling and arguing with each other, Natasha would get some popcorn and enjoy the argument, or maybe a fight. So she chuckled, but then, on the corner of her eye, she saw Thor lowered his head a sadly turning away from the scene…. Was he sad because his two friends were arguing about the baby's gender ? Nah. He had seen argument between them and never reacted sad. And, now that she's thinking about it, he didn't caressed her belly to feel his nephew or niece's kicks. So she frowns and quickly sits down straight, and she stops him by calling him out,

"Thor ?", she felt like she sounded worried

Odinson quickly stops his tracks and turns to see her, "Yes, my friend ?..", he said and walks towards him as the rest of the boys looked at them, "..Do you need something ? You feeling unwell ?", Thor crouched down in front of her and lifts his brows, waiting for her answer. Natasha smiles softly and shakes her head

"I'm fine. But, do you wanna feel the baby kicking ?", she asked, Thor sighs and shakes his head

"No, thank you", he politely said

"Oh..", Natasha felt slightly offended by her friend's rejection, the others frowning, "..Why not ?", the redhead asked again. Thor takes a deep breath and lowers her head

"This was supposed to be friend Steven caressing your belly", he told and the rest now knew the cause of his sadness, "He was the one to feel his baby, not me. I don't deserve it", Thor shook his head

Romanoff slowly smiles fondly at the god of thunder (called it her motherly instincts) "You were like his brother, Thor..", she said and grabbed Thor's shoulders on her hands, "..He knew you guys would've take care of his kid and love him like he would've", she told and shook his tensed shoulders while the blonde head sighs and looks at her, nodding his head at her

"I will protect and love my nephew. I promise", Thor smiled widely as he puts a hand on her stomach, starting to caressing it and feel the baby's kicks

"You too ?!", Tony yelled at the god. Now Thor was teaming up with the Archer on betting the baby's gender. So the billionaire looks helplessly at his science bro and says, "Brucie ! A little help here ?!", Banner lifts his hands in defense and backs up

"I don't care if the baby is a boy or girl. The only thing I care if that the baby's fine", he said as a matter of fact while the rest were smiling and chuckling at Tony's reaction.


Jackville…

"Stephen ! Dinner is ready !", Sarah shouted from the kitchen

"Coming, mom !", Stephen said as he lifts himself from his bed. He was reading a book while eating candies. So he set his book down and put on his shoes to go and have dinner, and as soon he opened his door, a delicious smell filled his nose, "Ahh !..", he sighs and smiles while going downstairs, "..What is that delicious smell ?!", he asked and walks to the kitchen. Seeing his mother already walking to the dining room with a glass bowl in hands

"Lasagna", she replied and smiled at her son

"What ? Really ?", Stephen said excited. Sarah nods and shrugs her shoulders as she sets down the bowl on the already set table

"Your dad said he has good news, so that's why I decided to make something good", she said

Stephen rolls his eyes, "Oh come on, mom. All your food is good", he complement her while taking seat on a chair

"Thank you, son. You're just being kind", Sarah told, and the blonde man shakes his head

"I'm serious, mom !", the young Rodriguez laughed as he grabs her wrist and gave her grin and his adorable puppy eyes. Sarah smiled fondly at him while feeling her heart melt seeing her son's adorable and handsome face, so she slowly cups his face and runs her thumbs on his cheeks, Stephen leans on her touch, still smiling at her

"Please..", Sarah said as she feels her bottom lip trembled, "..Don't never leave me. Don't", the blonde woman stares at her son as she begged him. Stephen sighs and smiles wider

"I'm not", he said from his seat, his mom trying to contain the tears

"I can't deal watching another son walking away from me", Sarah shook her head and began to cry softly

Stephen's heart broke to see his mom crying, so he sighs and stands up, "Come here", he said and hugs his mother. Sarah quietly sobs in his chest while he caress her blonde locks, "You're not gonna lose me, I promise - I don't have the heart to see you broken", he told and kisses her head.

A few minutes later…

Joseph walked into the dining room and sat down in the chair as he heard Sarah and Stephen laughing. They were waiting for him, sitting in the table already

"Oh hey, dad ! You arrived just in time", Stephen said as he gestures his father to sit down

"What is that smell !", Joseph smiles at his family and walks towards his seat

Sarah chuckles, "Your favorite. Lasagna", she said and started to serve her boys the food

"Hmm..delicious", Joseph said as he sat on his chair

"How was work, dad ?", Stephen asked

"Pretty good, kid..", Joseph smiles at his son, "..No deaths to be sorry today", he said and grabbed the plate his wife was giving him

"That's good", the blonde man nods his head

"And yours ?", his dad asked and starts digging on his food

Stephen sighs and shakes his head, "Terence", he told his dad

"Oohhh", Joseph rolls his eyes while Sarah handles her son his plate full of food (since they all discovered a while ago that Stephen has a big appetite)

"Does he still saying things to you, Steph ?", his mother asked him as he took his plate from her hands

"Yeah, but I don't listen to him. I know they aren't true though", the kid told his parents

"You do well, son..", Joseph nods at him as he munches his food, "..All the shit he says -

"Joseph ?", Sarah sees her husband, raising a brow, not liking bad words said on the table

Stephen chuckles while Joseph rolls his eyes and says, "I mean, the words he says, they are not true, Stephen", Mr. Rodriguez said. Stephen chuckled at his parents as he says,

"I know, but he gets on my nerves", the young one munches his food and then tells his dad, "So..", Stephen leans back to his chair, "..What's the good news mom said you had ?", he curiously asked and Joseph widen his eyes and nods

"Oh ! I accepted the job from Brooklyn !", the older man excited told

"Really ?", Stephen smiles brightly as he almost choked on his food

"Yeah ! In less than a month we're moving", Joseph smiles at his son while Sarah cleared loudly her throat to get her boys attention

"But there's something else, Stephy", she said in soft voice

The blonde man frowns as his smile faded slowly, seeing his mother's worried face, "What is it ?", he asked. Sarah sighs and then tells the kid,

"If you don't wanna come -

"What ?!..", Stephen yelled as his parents looked shocked, "..Are you guys crazy ?! - of course I'll go with you !", he said and smiles wider than ever. Joseph lets his tensed shoulders fall while Sarah sighs in relief

"Are you sure ?", his mother asked

"Yes ! Absolutely, mom !", he nodded firmly, then to get his mom's hand across the table and squeeze it lightly, "I made you a promise that I'll never leave you, remember ?", he told and gave her his boyish grin

"I know..", Sarah sighed and smiles sadly at him, "..But I've thought you'd like being here and -

"Mom, stop..", Stephen sighs while he closes his eyes and then quickly opens them to see his mother's eyes already getting watery, "..Don't cry, please", the young Rodriguez chuckled softly and stands up to hug the blonde woman, who stood up too and hugs tightly him back.


Days later…

Brooklyn, New York….

"...Bobbi, I know he pisses you the hell out, but be patient with him", Natasha chuckled as she's talking with her friend through the phone

"I can't ! I can't deal with his fucking jealousy, Nat !", Bobbi yelled as the redhead smiles

"He's just scared to lose you, Bob. That's all", the Spy defending the Archer's behavior

"Scared ?! Of fucking what ?!", Morse hissed loudly

Natasha smiles and rolls her eyes, "Of a certain level 4 agent that works on range and apparently - in Clint's mind - he wants to eat you with his eyes", she said while caressing her belly

"Of Agent Swanson ?! He is gay !", Mockingbird shouted. Natasha widen her eyes as she stopped caress her stomach, and began to laugh out loud uncontrollably, "What are you laughing about ?", Bobbi asked through the other line while Natasha was still laughing, "What ?", Morse now said with a little giggle, getting contagious with the pregnant woman's laugh

"Clint is madly jealous of a homosexueal !", Natasha laughed

Bobbi chuckles and jokes, "Maybe Swanson was eating Clint with his eyes - not me", the Agent smiles

"Ah ! This is hilarious", Natasha keep laughing, "I can't wait to see his face when he finds out", the Spy and the Agent slowly stopped laughing as a knock on the door interrupted, so Natasha sats straight, "Bob, I gotta go. Someone is knocking the door", the redhead told while standing up

"Alright bye. Take care", Bobbi said

"You too. Bye", Natasha hang the call and walks to see who's knocking her door. When she reached the door, she stands on her toes to peek into peephole and sees the Falcon standing in front of the door with a small pink gift bag in hand, so she smiles and opens the door, "Hey, Sam. What's up ?", she greeted while she put one hand on her lower back while the other one was caressing her stomach. Sam smiled as soon as he saw her, giving her a quick hug and kiss on the cheek

"How's my little niece doing !?", Sam said when he backed up to lean down and grab Natasha's belly on his hands. The Spy rolled her eyes and smirks

"The baby is doing well", she told her friend as she gestures him to come inside. Wilson groaned while stepping inside the apartment and going to the living room, the redhead following him after closing the door

"Come on, Natasha ! You know it's going to be a little girl !", he argued and sits down on the comfy couch and then brings up the pink bag, "That's why..I bought her this cute little outfit", Sam stretch out his arm to give her the gift. Natasha smiles as she sits down next to him, saying thank you and opening the gift, taking out a cute light pink long sleeve bodysuit along with a headband decorated with gray flowers, and also the outfit had pants with a pretty pattern

Natasha's heart warned at the baby clothing as she felt her throat tighten, "Aww, it's so cute. Thanks, Sam", she held the outfit to her chest while seeing gratefully to the Falcon

"You're welcome", Wilson nodded and smiled at her. But then sighs deeply as he remembered why he came to see her, so he nervously scratched the back of his neck (Natasha quickly noticed her friend's hesitation). Sam sighs again and says, "I wanted to talk about you something else - the guys wanted me to tell you -

"What is it ?", Natasha kind of impatient. Sam nods and takes a deep breath, to say the following,

"About separating from SHIELD", Wilson dropped and making the Spy widened her eyes, totally not expecting that

"What the fuck are you talking about, Wilson", Natasha knitted her brows

Wilson sighs, "You know..", he said while tilting his head to a side to another, "..Create our own headquarters, own rules, own -

"Woah woah, stop right there", Romanoff lift a hand at him, Sam stopped instantly and Natasha frowns her head back in confusion, "Why you wanna do this ? What's wrong ?", she asked clueless. The Falcon sighs again and hesitate a little, and says,

"Remember Steve always had this feeling of SHIELD being corrupted ?", he lifts his eyebrows at her

Natasha nodded but quickly shakes her head, "We know that's impossible, Sam", she let out a small incredulous chuckle

"Yeah, like we thought that Cap was overreacting because he felt someone planning something against us - and look what happened, he was right. Every damn single word", Sam as a matter of fact said to his friend, who tensed. Wilson nods and continues, "And because we were so damn blind in our fucking egos of 'we're the fucking Avengers, no one can threaten us' it cost his life", Sam watch Natasha lowered her head as she stared down at the baby outfit. He sighs and says, "Today, I was testing Red Wing and I accidentally sent him towards the hallway where Pierce's office is, and I heard Rumlow and Pierce say to each other: hail HYDRA", Wilson told and made Natasha to look at him

"Sam, this is a big accusation", she warned, but Sam shakes his head

"Believe me, I even have the recording - look", he took out his phone from his pocket and browsed through his phone until he found the recording, Romanoff patiently waiting next to him. Once Sam found the recording, he pressed it and the voices of Pierce and Rumlow were heard

"...Send the STRIKE team to Africa", the Secretary of defense ordered

"Yes, Sir", Brock replied. Then, a small silence was between, Natasha and Sam listen carefully when they heard Pierce and Rumlow say,

"Hail HYDRA…"


A/N: many of you had PM me asking me if 'Jackville' is a real town near Boston, but NO. It's not a real town, I just made it up and named it like that because Captain America's creator name is Jack Kirby (I decided to name the town after him)

Love, Captasha :)

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