Anna woke up the next morning and rolled over to find she was in bed alone. Guess that's payback for yesterday. She sat up and scooted back up against the headboard, pulling the sheet over her chest. Pulling her knees up, she rested her hand on them and stared at her ring. It really was beautiful. Steve had found the perfect ring to match Tony's.
"Hey, you're up." Steve said as he walked into the room, followed by Tony. Anna looked over at them and smiled. Steve was carrying a tray of food and he set it down in front of her. "We made you breakfast in bed."
"You guys didn't have to do this really, but thank you." Anna told them as they sat down across from her. She took her coffee mug mixed with blood and held it in her hands, smiling at the heat radiating from it. Tony leaned in and gave her a soft kiss, and she turned to get the same from Steve.
"I can't believe last night happened." Anna told them. It was surreal. They had asked her to marry both of them, and she had said yes. Then there was sex. Lots and lots of sex. She was sure Tony was sore, and if she had been a human, she probably wouldn't be able to walk.
"You still want to, right?" Tony asked, a worried look on his face. "You don't regret saying yes?" Anna looked over at him and smiled. "Of course not, Tony. I love you both. I want to spend forever with you. That's always been the case." She told him, placing her hand on his.
"Look, I know that you can't have kids, but if that's something we decide we want; we can adopt." Steve told her. She could hear the disappointment in his voice. She looked over to Tony. "I guess now's a good time to tell him." He said.
"Tell me what?"
"When we went to New Orleans, I talked to a witch about the possibility of getting pregnant. If it was possible." Steve tilted his head to the side, listening carefully. "They told me it was, it uses very dark magic, and it won't work with a human." She told him. He looked confused, raising an eyebrow.
"So…" He started.
Anna sighed, looking from Tony back to Steve. "I can't have a baby with Tony, but I can with you. You're not entirely human, and they think with the super serum, it will work."
A small smile crept up Steve's face. "So, we can have a baby? We can have a family." He said. Anna smiled and nodded back at him, yelping when he attacked her, pushing her back onto Tony. He moved the tray out of the way and laid in her lap, and she laid up against Tony's chest.
After a minute or two, Steve raised up on his elbows and laced a hand with Tony's. "You know this will be your baby too Tony." Steve said softly. "You'll be the dad too, okay? We can have a family." Tony smiled, leaning down to kiss Steve. Anna ran her hand through Steve's hair, running her other hand up and down Tony's arm.
A month later found the three of them knocking on Elijah's door in New Orleans.
"Hello Elijah." Anna said, leaning in for a hug.
"Anna, it's so good to see you." He said, kissing her on the cheek. He shook hands with Tony and Steve and led the three of them into the house. Anna saw a small red headed toddler run towards them, with Hayley trailing behind her. "Hope! Come back here." She said.
Anna knelt. "This is Hope?" She asked. Hayley nodded. She had gotten so big. "Hi Hope, my name is Anna, I'm a friend of your mommy's." Hope smiled and flung her arms around Anna, giggling. "Hi." Was all the toddler managed to get out, and that was fine with Anna, she was adorable anyway.
"So, Vincent called me and I'm assuming that's why you're here?" Anna nodded, following Elijah into the kitchen, Tony and Steve behind her. "Are you sure you want to do this Anna? This is very powerful, very dark magic." Anna looked back to the men she loved, then back to Elijah. "Yes. I'm sure." Elijah nodded, and offered to make them dinner, saying he would take them to Vincent after they'd rested a bit.
They met Vincent in the cemetery, with about a dozen other witches There were candles everywhere and a giant altar in the middle. Vincent stepped toward her. "Are you sure you want to do this?" He asked. Anna looked over to Tony and Steve and smiled. "Yes, I'm sure."
Vincent put a dagger in your hand, drawing some blood into a cup that already had some kind of substance in it, of what she wasn't sure. Vincent ordered her to drink it, and when she finished, he took the cup back from her and held it in his hand. He closed his eyes and began to speak in Latin. The other witches began chanting with him, and the candles started to burn brighter, and the wind blew, swirling leaves around them.
The chanting intensified and Anna felt a pain in her stomach, she winced, placing a hand on it. The pain grew and she fell to her knees crying out. Steve tried running to her, but Elijah held him back. "This is too much for her! She can't handle this!" Tony yelled, the wind almost drowning him out. "Yes, she can." Elijah told them.
Anna screams were drowned out by the chanting and her eyes became black. She was in an enormous amount of pain and she wasn't sure she could take much more. No. She had to. This is what she wanted. This life. This future with Steve and Tony. She wanted a family more than anything. The chanting grew louder, and Vincent almost couldn't take it anymore, this much dark magic coursing through him might kill him. He was doing this as a favor to Elijah.
The chanting stopped and the candles blew out, Anna's eyes coming back into focus. The last thing she saw was Steve and Tony before she passed out.
