"Bruce, that isnt funny."

"Its not a joke Natasha, youre pregnant."

"run the test again."

"but…"

"Run it!"

Bruce ran it over 6 times but no one said anything. Steve stood by her ready to grab a hold of her.

"But this isn't possible. I can't do this. Not again."

"does this mean youre going to…terminate the pregnancy?"

"no…I…I don't know. Can I just talk to Steve?"

Bruce nodded as he ushered the other men out of the room.

"what are we gonna do Steve?"

"I don't know Nat, Its up to you."

"no it isn't, youre my husband. You have to help me make this decision."

"You know what my stance on abortion is Tash, but I know what you had to go through the last time. I never want to have you go through that again."

Natasha was silent for some time.

"can we go to bed please?"

Steve nodded and wrapped an arm around her as they headed to their bedroom. She didn't even bother grabbing pajamas, she simply got undressed and laid in bed, allowing Steve to curl up around her.

"I don't think I can do this."

Steve's breath hitched.

"but I know I have to try. This could be it. Maybe if we're extra careful this time around…maybe."

"so…"

"I want us to try."

Steve finally relaxed into her and draped his arm over her, casually dropping a hand on her stomach. Natasha snuggled into Steve and promptly fell asleep, not even realizing that her hand moved to rest on his.

The next morning Steve was up at sunrise, Natasha would usually join him but she refused to get out of bed.

"I'm going for a run."

"alright, can you get me a burger on your way back?"

"Nat, its 6 am."

"I know, but by the time you come back it'll be like 11, and a burger sounds really good."

Steve snickered and nodded as he kissed Natashas forehead and left, before he made it out of the room Natasha sprang out of bed and ran to the bathroom.

"you alright baby?"

"I have to pee!"

He laughed and walked out. Only Bruce was awake in the kitchen making tea. He took in the smile and Steves face and instantly understood the decision that they had come to.

"Good morning Steve."

"Morning Bruce. I'm going for a run, I'll be back later. Actually I'm stopping somewhere for a burger later, do you want anything."

"sure, get me whatever your having. You should probably get some for the rest of the guys too."

"I was planning on it. I'll see you in a bit."

Before 11 the avengers started trickling in one by one until Natasha was the only one missing.

"So Brucie, have you heard anything from Steve and Natasha?"

Bruce tried to stay neutral faced but he smirked slightly making everyone cheer. Natasha walked into the kitchen at that moment taking in the sight of 4 fully grown men squealing. She shook her head and continued to walk towards them, taking a seat between Clint and Tony and leaning into her old partner. She was about to take a sip of his coffee but stopped herself and took the tea that Bruce had prepare for her.

"so I know its probably still a sensitive subject but can we name him Tony jr."

Natasha put her face in her hand and started to giggle.

"We'll talk about it."

Tony smiled and kissed the top of her head before getting up to serve himself some more coffee.

"Why isn't Steve back yet, its 11:02."

"when he say he would be back Lady Natasha?"

"11."

Clint laughed right in Natashas face but he stopped very quickly when she glared at him, the look in her eyes was deadly. The elevator rang.

"sorry I'm late, the food took a little long getting ready."

He gave everyone their meals and kissed Natasha before going to take a shower. It didn't take him long to come back and take a seat with the rest of the group.

"Alright guys, we need to talk seriously."

"Alrighty, proceed Brucie."

Bruce glared at Tony before continuing.

"Now that I'm guessing you two are going through with the pregnancy-"

He looked at Steve and Natasha as they nodded.

"-we need to be very careful. Natasha, you are not to strain yourself at all in anyway. You take care of yourself and relax. Anything you feel you get one of us, I don't care if its something as small as a slight headache, you tell someone. You will be eating healthy, no caffeine of any form. We're going to do this as perfectly as possible. It's a family effort."

Natasha smiled when he used the word family and nodded. The rest of the guy in the room were nodding as well.

"That means Tony will have to try to stop annoying me."

"I am not annoying peaches, youre just always cranky!"

All it took is a glare from Bruce for Tony to be silenced.

"Well now that that's settled why don't we all go to the pool to enjoy the last few days of summer. I'm gonna miss this heat. Then after that I'll run some more tests on Nat and we can have a nice night in to welcome you two back from your honeymoon. How was that by the way?"

The smirk on Natasha and Steve's faces gave them away, Tony and Clint spoke at the same time.

"You spent a lot of time on your back didn't you Nat."

Steve punched them both as he helped Natasha out of her seat and towards their bedroom.

"Hey Bruce, you never told me how far along I am."

"almost 3 months, I'm surprised it took this long for us to be able to tell."

"well, we've been wanting to get you checked out for a while, you've just been reluctant."

She gave a smile before walking inside to grab her bathing suit. Natasha grabbed bathing suit that she knew to be a little big on her and slipped it on, it fit perfectly. Her ruby red bikini looked beautiful against her tan skin. There wasn't a prominent curve to her stomach yet but she could almost feel herself changing.

"You coming Tash? I have the towels and sunscreen."

She nodded and followed Steve out to the pool, dipping in the water nearly right away. They stayed outside for some time, laughter was the only thing that was actually heard.

That night Natasha lay her head on Steve's chest, his chest was slowly rising and falling.

"We'll make it through this. Everything is gonna be fine, I'll make sure of it."

Steve saw the fire in her eyes and he knew that Natasha was gonna fight for her child, and Natasha never loses.