A/N: Here's the next chapter! Enjoy!
A little over a week later, Maria and Steve slept soundly in their room, having heard nothing from Thor, who decided to spend more time in Asgard. Maria was abruptly woken up when her phone vibrated on her bedside table.
"Hello?" She asked tiredly, rubbing her eyes.
"Hey sis, did I wake you?" Danny asked.
"Oh no, I was just conveniently awake at two in the morning." She said sarcastically, reaching over and shaking Steve's shoulder in an effort to wake him up.
"Oh good, I thought I was interrupting something important...it's Anna, she's in labor, the doctors say the baby could be here in the next hour at the rate things are going."
"We'll be right there, give us twenty minutes." She said, hanging up without even waiting for a reply, she got up putting her jean jacket on over her pajamas and her black flip flops.
"Steve, wake up!" She ordered, picking up one of the throw pillows off the ground and throwing it at him, almost instantaneously waking him up.
"Huh? What?" He asked groggily, looking at Maria, who smirked at his confused expression as he picked up the pillow.
"Where's the fire?"
"No fire, it's Anna, my sister-in-law, she's in labor." She said, making Steve groan and pick up the comforter to put over his head.
"Should we wake up the others?" He asked, his voice muffled by the comforter.
"No, we'll just have JARVIS tell them when they all wake up, i'll even leave a note up in the lounge." She said as they left, not bothering to get changed, making sure to be quiet seeing as Natasha and Clint's floor was directly below them, and they woke up at any small noises.
True to Maria's words, they arrived within half an hour, seeing John sitting in the waiting room, holding a tray with two cups of coffee on it.
"Hey Dad, where's Danny?" She asked, sitting down beside her father.
"Anna had to be rushed into an emergency c-section, the baby started to go into distress." John said, handing each of them a cup of coffee.
"Shouldn't you be resting?"
"Dad, I had the surgery ten days ago. I haven't been in any pain since Day Five, I can assure you that if I was in any pain, I wouldn't have rushed over here." She explained, pulling Steve down to sit in the chair next to her.
"Is there a reason you're wearing a see-through night shirt and yoga pants?" John asked, gesturing to her pajamas.
Maria sighed, she was just thankful she was wearing her black night shirt and black bra, and the yoga pants as added cover up.
"I was in a rush, and I had to nearly drag him out of bed." She said, nodding her head at Steve.
"Hey...although, you do look really sexy in that..." Steve said, pulling her into his lap, kissing her down her neck.
"Steve, not in front of my father!" She scolded, slapping him playfully on the arm as a nurse cleared her throat.
"You're here for Anna Hill?" The nurse asked, she was about Maria's age with long brown hair and a pale complexion that almost looked white against her blue scrubs.
Maria pulled her jacket tighter around her.
"Yes, is she alright?" John asked, standing up as Maria and Steve followed suit.
The nurse smiled, a warm, genuine smile.
"Mother and baby are just fine, the baby didn't want to breathe at first, but that was easily fixed." She explained, leading them to the room where Anna sat in the bed, holding a small blue bundle while Danny sat next to her, bags under his eyes.
"Hey guys...Maria...nice outfit?" He said.
Maria scowled at him, finally taking her jacket off and throwing it on the chair, not caring how exposed she was.
"What's his name?" Steve asked, changing the subject for his girlfriends benefit.
"We named him, Ryder Daniel Hill...would you like to hold him, Maria?" Anna asked.
Reluctantly, Maria nodded, allowing for the older woman to pass the bundle gently over to her, taking the newborn into her arms.
"He's cute...sure he's yours Danny?" She asked, looking into the infants blue eyes, little fringes of black hair peaking out from the little blue hat he wore. Maria looked up at her brother as the infant grabbed her index finger in his tiny hand.
"Haha very funny, better watch out Rogers, she's going to get ideas being around kids all the time."
Maria ignored his comment, she was already concerned for the baby, especially seeing as John was going to be around him 24/7 she didn't want her nephew growing up the way she did, and she would make sure he was safe if anything happened to his parents.
"Would you like to hold him, Steve?" She asked, giving him a small smile.
"I really shouldn't_" He started, only to be cut off by an all too familiar voice.
"Oh come on Capsicle! Just hold him, it may as well be you two in the near future."
They turned to the door to see Tony and Pepper standing off to the side.
"Stark? What are you and Pepper doing here?" He asked, taking the small infant from Maria.
"I got up to get a drink of water and saw the note Maria left on the fridge, so, naturally, I woke Tony up and we came here." Pepper explained.
"Hey, will you look at that? The kid likes Spangles!" Tony said, watching in amusement as Ryder grabbed Steve's t-shirt in his small hands, eventually reaching up to grab his nose.
"Yeah, well this is going to be you and Pepper in a few months!" Steve said, gently taking the baby's hands off his face, giving the baby to John.
"Yeah, and since you two are here, you will be the first to know, that Tony and I found out the sex of the baby yesterday."
"Really? What are you having?" Anna asked as the nurse came in to check her vitals and the scar from the c-section.
"Tony and I are also having a baby boy." Pepper said, giving everyone a small smile as she cooed at little Ryder who was passed over to her.
"Congratulations." Maria said, sighing, "well, Steve and I better be getting back, it's getting late." She said, getting up from her spot, bidding a goodbye to everyone.
Later that morning, the group, excluding Steve and Maria, sat at the kitchen table.
"Where are Lady Maria and friend Steve?" Thor asked, having gotten back from Asgard earlier that morning.
"Agent Hill and Mr. Rogers did not arrive home until six this morning, Mr. Odinson." JARVIS cut in.
"Yeah, and they were really loud too." Clint muttered, grunting as Natasha kicked him under the table as he took a bite of his french toast.
"Why is this, friend Barton? We're they having a quarrel?" Thor asked.
"No...not even close..." Natasha said, trailing off as the couple in question walked into the room, everyone, excluding Thor, seemed to know exactly what they did last night.
Tony smirked at them, about to open his mouth when Pepper gave him the, 'say anything and you're sleeping on the couch for the next week.' look.
Maria was limping and cringed as she sat down at the table.
"Why are you sitting like that, Auntie Maria?" Lili asked, causing Maria and Steve to blush violently.
"Uh...I fell and got hurt really bad." She lied, hesitating, happy that Lili seemed to buy it and went back to eating her breakfast.
Natasha sighed and got up, walking to where the two sat, bending down so only she and Maria could hear what was said.
"Don't worry, the first time's always the worst...it gets better." She whispered, making Maria blush a brighter red, and on top of that, Pepper slipped her a tampon under the table with a note that obviously read, 'for the bleeding'
Maria and Steve face palmed before they got up, having had enough of the awkward silence, taking some food for themselves and heading back down to their floor.
Tony coughed, scratching the back of his head.
"Awkward"
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