Before Phil, Clint never imaged that he could ever be this happy that he would get the chance to have a family. Now he stood with his hands clasped with the hands of the man he loved, exchanging their vows in front of the friends who loved them and the daughter they brought into this world together. "I do." Clint said softly.
"I do." Phil repeated, squeezing Clint's hands and when he was given the word he pulled his husband in for a kiss.
Clint was breathless when they finally pulled apart. "I love you."
"I love you too." Phil whispered back before they turned to face their friends.
"Congrats you two." Natasha kissed both of them on the cheek.
"Thanks Nat." Clint smiled.
"The power couple of SHEILD now official." Eric pulled Clint in for a hug and went to shake Phil's hand.
"Hey, you're not just a friend your family." Phil told Eric as he pulled the other man in for a hug.
"Thanks Phil." Eric stepped back to allow the others to come up and congratulate the couple.
Later when everyone was sitting down for dinner Fury stood up and lightly tapped his glass. "I'd like to purpose a toast. To Phil and Clint we all wish you all the happiness as you start this new journey together."
"Thanks Nick." Phil smiled at his oldest friend. "Now everyone eat up before the food gets cold."
"So when do you have to get back to Malibu?" Clint asked Nat as he feed Tasha her bottle.
"Well if I'm lucky and Stark manages to behave himself over the holidays I don't have to go back until January."
"Well then, here's to Stark behaving himself for a week." Eric smirked as he lifted his glass.
"I'll drink to that." Natasha replied as she tapped Eric's glass with hers.
"Here, here." Clint agreed. "Now hopefully Eric and Jasper won't be called away on a mission and the six of us can spend New Year's Eve together."
"That would be great. You know it's been so long since I've had people to spend the holidays with, I forgot how good it can feel to be a part of something." Eric glanced over to Jasper who was in a deep discussion with Phil and Maria. "To have people who love me."
"Speaking of people who love you, we want details." Nat said as she and Clint shared a smile.
"Yeah, and don't leave anything out." Clint added as he set the empty bottle down and patted Tasha on the back.
"Should I start the story before or after your obvious attempt to set the two of us up?" Eric asked.
"Wait, are you talking about that dinner we had at Phil and Clint's when Maria, Eric and I got back from the final challenge?" Natasha asked.
"Yes." Eric answered.
"I didn't think I was being the obvious that night." Clint spoke up as a light blush crossed his face.
"I thought you were acting a bit strange that night, I just wrote it off as some pregnancy thing. The way you shoved Jasper down into the chair next to Eric." Natasha laughed at the memory.
"I was surprised that you didn't include your both gay and single make nice when you were introducing us." Eric laughed.
"I did debate about saying something like that but didn't want to make it overly obvious." Clint muttered.
"Don't worry Clint, we both got the hint." Jasper told him as he leaned over and kissed Eric.
"My husband is not the most subtle of people." Phil added as he took Tasha so Clint could eat.
"Hey, I can be subtle if I want to be." Clint protested.
"Are they picking on you sweetie?" Helen asked as she placed her hands on Clint's shoulders.
"Yes." Clint pouted.
"Oh please." Natasha rolled her eyes.
"You shouldn't pick on him on the day of his wedding, you especially." Helen said as she turned and flicked Phil's ear. "I'm pretty sure you don't want to end up sleeping on the couch on your wedding night."
"Thanks Helen." Clint said as he got up. "Are you two heading out now?"
"I wish we could stay longer but we have a flight to catch." Dr. Michaels answered. "We're spending the next few weeks with our son and his family."
"Well thank you both for being with us today." Phil told them as he got up.
"Thank you for inviting us, it was wonderful to finally meet all of you." Helen plucked Tasha out of Phil's arms. "Especially you little one, I hope I get to see you again soon. You know, if you ever need anyone to watch her don't be afraid to call me."
"Thank you Helen and we will defiantly call you." Clint told her as he pulled Helen in for a hug. "Have a safe flight and a happy new year you two."
"Give us a call when you get back into town and we will have you both over for dinner." Phil added as Helen passed Tasha back to him.
"That would be lovely." Helen smiled before turning to say goodbye to everyone else.
"See you all in the New Year." Dr. Michaels waved.
"Agent Hill and I also have to take off I'm afraid." Fury announced as he got up. "I just received an urgent message from the council saying they need to discuss something with us."
"Don't these guys ever take a break?" Maria sighed as she got up.
"I so don't miss having to jump to attention for the council." Phil smiled. "But don't worry you two; we will save you some cake."
"Thanks Phil." Maria punched him in the arm before pulling Tasha in for a hug. "Bye baby girl, Aunty Maria will see you later."
"Agents Sitwell and Kovaks, you two take this week off and you can report back in on Monday."
"Thank you Director." Jasper nodded.
"You all enjoy the rest of your evening and we will see all of you in the new year." Fury said before following Maria out of the room.
"Now let's continue our earlier discussion, which one of you is going to tell the story?" Natasha asked as she bounced a delighted Tasha on her knees.
"There really isn't that much to tell." Eric replied. "Jasper came up to me the next day and asked me out for coffee and I said yes and here we are now."
"That's not much of a story." Clint frowned.
"How did you get around the no fraternization rule the agency has?" Phil asked as looked across to Jasper. "I know you and your not one to break any rule regardless and Nick didn't even blink when he saw the two of you together."
"Well, I might have stormed into the Director's office and may have said something along the lines of the no fraternization rule being one of the dumbest ones we have and that the agents of SHIELD who want to be together shouldn't have to hide it. I believe I might have said a few other things before informing him that I would be asking Eric if he would go out with me regardless of the stupid rule the agency has." Jasper shrugged. "Then I went and asked Eric out for coffee."
"You never told me that you spoke to the Director first."
"Well as it turns out when I stormed into the Directors office he was actually in the middle of instructing Hill to type up a memo in regards to the no fraternization rule being lifted. So I really didn't change anything."
"Still the fact that you said what you did to the Director is really sweet." Eric said before leaning over and kissing Jasper.
"What did I tell you?" Clint said smugly as he turned to his husband.
"Still not going to call you the world's greatest match maker, but I might considered it if you manage to find Natasha a match." Phil replied causing Clint to turn towards Natasha.
"Don't even think about it Barton." Natasha replied.
"Actually I hear that Agent Casey has the hots for our red head assassin." Eric added in.
"Isn't that the gorgeous agent who just got transfer from one of the SHIELD offices on the West Coast?" Clint asked as he took a sleepy Tasha from Nat's arms. "You two would make a cute couple Nat."
"If either one you try to set me up with someone I will hurt you." Natasha said as she glared at both of them before glancing at Phil. "And you stop putting crazy ideas in his head."
"Of course." Phil replied. "Now who want's some cake?"
A/N: So is it weird that I'm ecstatic over the fact that I have 100 reviews? Maybe but anyways at that note huge thanks to all of those who reviewed the last chapter you guys rock! Also I'm updating early as the next three days will be very crazy and I most likely won't have a chance to even touch my laptop again until Monday (the withdrawal will most likely hit me Friday night). Also I most likely won't update until next weekend (sorry) I do have the next chapter all typed out but I'm not sure how happy I am with it so I kind of want to go over it a million times before I post it. So thanks again everyone!