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Chapter 68 -
The day after Natasha had been allowed out of hospital they had travelled to Avengers headquarters where all of the Avengers were present so they could meet Harry and Natasha's new baby.
"Oh, she's beautiful." Pepper cooed as everyone gathered around the baby that was currently resting in Harry's arms.
"Of course she is." Harry frowned, as if it was ridiculous to expect anything less.
"He won't let go of her." Sif told everyone with an amused smile. "He always rushes back to pick her up the second he can." She added.
"As if you don't do the same." Harry said under his breath as he rolled his eyes.
"Have you picked a name yet?" Wanda asked, smiling at the peacefully sleeping baby.
"Harry and I have discussed several options for names," Natasha admitted. "we eventually settled on one."
"Well?" Tony asked impatiently, rolling his eyes. "What's the little bundle of joy's name?"
"Rose Dora Potter." Harry answered, gazing fondly at the babe in his arms.
"That's beautiful," Gwen smiled brightly. "why did you go with that name?" She asked.
"When I was a kid I always imagined having a sister named Rose," Harry shrugged. "having my kid take the name instead isn't really bothersome." He added.
"Plus, it's a very pretty name." Natasha said as she gently stroked the top of Rose's head. "I like it, my little Rose."
"What about Dora?" Steve asked in a curious voice.
"Named after my best friend from my last world, we all called her by her last name, 'Tonks'." Harry answered. "She was actually the mother of my godson." Harry said with a sad smile, wondering what Teddy and Tonks would think about Rose, he made a mental note to see as soon as he could.
"Her name was Dora Tonks?" Pepper asked.
"No, Harry shook his head. "Dora is just short for what her actual name was, Tonks didn't like her first name so she went by her last name. Only a few people could get away with calling her by even shortened versions of her first name, I was one of those very few."
"What is her first name?" Pietro asked, raising an eyebrow.
"We don't speak it." Harry said in a firm voice while his face went blank, Padfoot nodded and barked in agreement, both looking incredibly serious.
"Can you write it?" Tony asked, sounding unsure if he should be amused or not. He looked at the over avengers and saw they were the same.
"We do not write it." Harry said in a firm voice, his face was still blank, Padfoot nodded again and barked once more in agreement.
"You can't say or even whisper it at all?" Sam asked, raising an eyebrow.
"We do not say or even whisper it at all." Harry said, his voice still firm and face still blank. Padfoot nodded and barked in agreement for a third time.
"Is there a reason why not?" Rhodey asked, not entirely sure if this was a joke or not.
"Tonks told us not to." Harry answered as if that was all the reason they needed.
"And you're still listening?" Gwen asked, raising both of her eyebrows. "No offence Harry, but...hasn't she been dead for years, right?"
"She is rather unfortunately dead." Harry confirmed in a sad voice.
"Yet you're still listening to her?" Pepper asked, repeating Gwen's question.
"Remembering advice that Tonks had once given me is what got me two very, very good looking women and the best child in the world," Harry told her. "we listen when Tonks speaks." He said, Padfoot firmly nodded his head at that statement.
"Hmm, baby." Natasha groaned as she woke up to the sound of crying, the crying - coming from none other than Rose - echoed across the apartment. Natasha, who had a leg draped over Harry's leg and was resting her head on his chest, looked up to see him slowly blink his eyes as he exited the land of sleep to return to the land of the living.
"Hmm, baby?" Harry asked with a yawn, his eyes barely open.
"Baby." Sif confirmed in a soft voice as she lifted her head up off the other side of Harry's chest. "Are either of you two going to deal with that?" She asked them in a voice that was part hopeful, part pleading and mostly just tired.
"I'll get her." Harry said with another yawn, this one much deeper.
"Are you sure?" Natasha asked sleepily.
"No." Harry said in a sleepy voice before he slowly got up and walked out of the bed, he walked to the crib that they had set up in the bedroom and gently picked up the crying baby. "Hmm, someone pissed herself." Harry frowned after sniffing her.
"Are you a wizard or not?" Sif groaned before doing her best to go back to sleep.
"Asgardians," Harry scoffed. "you lot can handle nearly anything...except missing a good night sleep." Harry said with a roll of his eyes before he took Rose out of the room and closed the door behind him. "Okay cry baby, let's fix you up." Harry said before his wand came into his hand, with a few quick waves of his wand he had her clean and in a new nappy after having gotten rid of the dirty one. Harry lazily cast a silencing charm to block noise from entering the bedroom. "Mummy's tired enough as it is without you waking her up." Harry told Rose before he walked over to his sofa and sat down.
"Woof?" Harry turned to see Padfoot in his dog basket, the black furred dog raised his head and looked noticeably tired. "Woof? Woof."
"Yeah? Well...when you push an entire puppy out of yourself then you can get the same consideration as Natasha." Harry responded before casting another silencing spell, this one designed to prevent any noise from disturbing Padfoot. Padfoot gave Harry a small glare before he laid his head back down and went back to sleep. Harry snorted before turning his attention back to Rose who was still crying. "You are not going to willingly stop anytime soon, are you?" Harry asked her in a knowing voice. A moment later, as if she actually could understand him, Rose began crying louder. "Of course." Harry said to himself, his thoughts were currently divided three ways.
One of the main things he was thinking about was how much his life had changed in the last few years, it seemed like only a few days ago he was on his own with just Padfoot and the several voices in his head, now he was here with two beautiful women and a baby as well. The second thing he was thinking about was rather common for new parents, he was wondering if he would be a good parent. In Harry's previous experiences with children he did quite well, or at least he liked to think he had, though the only children he had interacted with were all but family in blood so he supposed that might have been a factor in how well they got along. But Rose...Rose was undoubtedly his family, he didn't feel like he was borrowing or trying to steal someone else's, she was his...his life...his world. If he had tried hard before then he would try doubly hard now.
The last thought to occupy Harry's mind was an important one, a very important one: he was wondering if putting a silencing charm on his daughter would make him a bad parent.
The next day Sif lightly yawned as she exited the bedroom, it was nearly always a coin flip between who would get up first between herself and Natasha. On the one hand Natasha was a world class spy who was always ready to respond to a summoning for a mission and liked to wake up early, or at least that's how she normally would be. Sif on the other hand was an Asgardian warrior who was nearly always ready for training, a fight and even training before a fight . But ever since Natasha had gotten pregnant it had nearly always been Sif who had woken up first, though she had no doubt that after some time to recover Natasha would do her best to get back to trying to beat her in their unofficial little competition.
Sif blinked the last few remains of sleep out of her eyes before she spotted Harry and Rose, the sight before her quickly brought a smile to her face.
"Hi Sif." Harry said with a small smile as he held Rose in his arms, gently rocking her back and forth while he was sat on the sofa, Padfoot was lying down in front of them, using his body to keep Harry's feet warm.
"Good morning," Sif said, returning his smile. "after you left the room did you get any sleep at all" She asked, half serious.
"Oh yeah," Harry nodded. "I got like a full three hours...though it might have actually been two. My mind's a bit fuzzy at the moment." He added with a brief frown.
"Aw, you poor baby." Sif said as she walked forwards and planted a kiss on Harry's forehead. "You keep being a father, I'll go and make breakfast for you both." Sif added, only to pause when Padfoot gave her a sleepy bark. "I will go and make breakfast for the three of you." She amended before walking over to the kitchen bar.
"Sif, do you think you and Natasha would like to move?" Harry asked suddenly.
"Move?" Sif stopped and turned to him with a questioning look on her face.
"Yeah, 'move' as in go and live somewhere else?" Harry asked. "I was hoping that maybe you, me and Natasha could take the little bundle of joy here and get a new home."
"Woof?" Padfoot barked questioningly.
"No." Harry shook his head, rolling his eyes as he did so.
"Woof!"
"Yeah, well from now on when I say that, I'm referring to Rose." Harry told him before turning back to Sif. "So...what do you think? I'm thinking maybe a quiet home, surrounded by trees and wildlife."
"Hmm," Sif hummed. "that does sound nice." She said in a voice that bordered on dreamy.
"Best part would be no annoying neighbours." Harry said, half-joking.
"I like the idea of it," Sif replied. "Midgard is a brilliant world, so full of human inventions and various different ways to entertain oneself, but sometimes it feels like the people of this world have forgotten the beauty that mother nature possesses."
"Hmm, most of us have." A third voice spoke as Natasha exited the bedroom, rubbing at her eyes. She let out a small yawn before she walked over and gave Harry and Rose a kiss on the forehead before joining Sif in the kitchen.
"I can make breakfast if you want to rest." Harry offered.
"No, it's alright." Natasha replied, waving him off before she and Sif began making breakfast together. "You stayed up and looked after sleeping beauty, I can endure making breakfast with assisted help."
"You spent a great many months literally carrying a child in you, I think I'm still far behind in the 'who has contributed the most' competition." Harry replied.
"It's not a competition," Natasha said, shaking her head slightly. "though I would clearly win if it was." She added with a small smile. "Harry, I wouldn't have even been able to give birth to Rose if not for you."
"I don't think there are any women capable of giving birth to a child without a man." Sif said with a thoughtful frown.
"Well, technically there is 'in vitro fertilization'," Harry replied. "that is basically a medical procedure where a female's egg is fertilized by sperm in a test tube or somewhere outside of the body." Harry added when Sif looked like she hadn't understood what he saying.
"Really?" Sif asked in a suprised voice.
"I was actually referring to the fact that I was incapable of giving birth before Harry gave me that potion." Natasha said, very heavily resisting the urge to roll her eyes at the two of them.
"Oh." Sif and Harry said at the same time, sounding as if they had both actually forgotten all about that.
"Children," Natasha sighed. "I am surrounded by adult sized children...and a dog." She added after glancing at Padfoot. "Adult sized children and a dog, that is my life now."
"You do realize that you are in fact the second youngest person in this whole apartment?" Harry asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Not mentally." Natasha replied. "Anyway, we were talking about getting a new house." She said, bringing them back on track.
"I would quite like to move," Sif spoke up. "that's not to say I don't like it here, because I do, but...a new house just sounds...well...nice." Sif finished, not entirely sure how else to describe it.
"We could get Tony to set us up with free internet, TV, laptops and all the other electrical stuff we need." Harry pointed out.
"You're going to use Tony to get free stuff?" Natasha asked, sounding somewhat disappointed, to Harry and Sif it sounded more like she was trying to make herself sound disappointed.
"Yep." Harry nodded easily. "Dude's a walking, talking bank account. He won't mind."
"Well, he did once tell me that he was 'as rich as the heavens'." Sif commented.
"Just don't go overboard." Natasha responded.
"So...no Jacuzzi?" Harry asked.
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"Maybe a little overboard." Natasha replied.
Omakes 1:
"Oh, did Rose stop crying?" Natasha asked as she entered the room, only to see that Rose was still crying but no sound was coming out of her mouth. "Did...did you just..."
"I've been a bad parent." Harry admitted, rubbing his neck.
Omake 2:
"ROAAAARRRRR!" The Punisher yelled as he fired a ton of bullets at a lot of bad guys.
"Oh...I like that guy, can we keep him?" Harry asked the others.
Omake 3:
"If he gets the infinity stones he can wipe out all life with a snap of his fingers." Gamora said.
Half an hour later Harry comes back.
"I've solved the problem," He said before dropping a pile of fingertips on the floor. "can't snap without fingers." He grinned.
Omake 4 (A very long one from a review by RenaTamer):
An Avengers rewrite from, General Meeting by Red Witch
"All right Gentle men... and ladies, Listen up!" Steve called out as he scanned the meeting hall of the Avenger Complex. Currently it was filled to capacity with the entire crew. "It's time for our monthly meeting! First up, a word about today's target practice. It's been canceled until further notice due to a shortage of targets."
"AWWWWW!"
"Thanks a lot Barton," Gwen shouted.
"Y'know you guys aren't the only ones who like to blow shit up!" Rhodey added. "Leave some for the rest of us huh?"
"Ookay… Moving on," Steve pressed on.
"Uh I'll handle this one Cap," Fury stood and stepped forward. "All right you motherfuckers! Listen up! Last night someone broke into my motherfucking quarters stole something of personal value. Now I will give the motherfucker who did it 24 hours to return it before I take matters into my own hands. If the item is returned before then, fine... no repercussions. That is all."
"Yes so whoever took Fury's teddy bear, please return it." Hill announced.
Nick spun on Hill and glared at her as laughter fill the room. "The identity of said object was top-secret," he snarled. "You promised you wouldn't tell!"
"I lied."
"Awww! Does poor little Fury miss his Teddy Weddy?" Tony guffawed.
"Shut up! All right! Which one of you motherfuckers did it? Who took him? Was it you Stark? Barns? Potter? Who? Who was it? Where is he? What did you motherfucking cunts do with Mace Windu? Answer me!" In a moment of hysteria, Nick grabbed Tony's shirt and started to shake him violently. It took everyone several minis to pull them apart.
"Knock it off Nick!" Agent Hill snapped.
"Take it easy!" Cap placed a hand on Fury's shoulder, mostly to keep him in one place.
"WHERE IS MACE WINDU?!" The spy roared.
"Nick! Back off!" Steve commanded.
"I WANT MACE WINDU BACK!"
"Are you talking about this?" Pepper held up a plush black bear wearing brown robes and holding a felt purple light-saber.
"You took my bear?!" Fury shouted as he stormed over.
"No I found him in the Laundry Room sitting in the dryer!" Pepper said matter of factly.
Nick sheepishly took the bear back. "Oh yeah right. Sorry," he apologized. Then he whispered to the bear, "Don't worry Windu! I'll never ever leave you behind again!"
"Okay," Steve rolled his eyes. "Now that that's over with! I'm turning the floor over to Tony, who has some announcements to make of own own. Tony?"
"Thanks Cap! Okay here are the results for this week's betting pools. In the pool for how many people get sick after Spidy's attempt at cooking this week, the number was a mere 8. Groot came the closest with 6. He wins the grand prize, a Pikachu plushy and a jar of antacids."
"I am Groot!" the tree teen smiled happily.
"In the video game division, the prize goes to Romanova for the second time in a row for shooting down the most bad-guys in an RvB Halo match. This week's prize: a copy of the movie Lord of the Rings. And in the Target Practice contest, Barton gets 200 bucks for a perfect score."
"Hey! I thought it was a 1000!" Hawkeye protested.
"It was but I had to deduct 800 to pay for that tire on the Quin-Jet you punctured yesterday during training!"
"Oops. Sorry. Got carried away there."
"Finally the poker tournament will be postponed until further notice! This is due to last Wednesday's incident!"
Everyone slowly turned their eyes toward Thor, Loki, Quill and Rocket. "What?" The blond asgardian demanded.
"Not my fault that Thor took it literally when I told him to cut the deck!" the space raccoon defended.
"Yes, Nice going lunkhead," Loki hissed at his brother.
"Me? You're the one who started it!"
"Did not."
"Did too!"
"Did Not!"
"Do I have to separate you two?" Hela snarled from behind the brothers.
"no..." both replied meekly.
"Alright..." Steve had to take a deep breath as he stepped back up. "Last item of importance is extremely… important. I can't emphasize this enough! I have heard too many complaints about sexual harassment!"
"It wasn't me I swear!" Pietro yelped from the back. "Whatever it was I didn't do it!"
"Not you Quicksilver!" Cap groaned. "For once at least. I am referring to last night's incident! I cannot believe what I saw! The pawing! The grabbing of…well…the unwanted advances! The jokes were bad enough, but the underwear incident was the most appalling display of vulgarity I ever saw! Not only are all the guilty parties going on report, you are all required to take a sensitivity class!"
Steve frowned at the groans coming from nearly every female in the group. "Now I want the guilty parties to apologize and return the stolen underwear! Now!"
"Oh all right," Hill sighed, pulling forth a pair of boxers from a pocket and held them out to Harry. "Sorry…"
"Yeah sorry," Sif held out a pair as well.
"Didn't mean anything by it," Pepper apologized.
"Wait, What!?" Tony blinked in surprise.
"We were just having some fun." Wanda blushed as she and most of the female avengers held out many of Harry's missing underpants, a chorus of acknowledgment ringing out.
"Umm… can I keep these, please." Gwen whispered, turning bright red as she held a pair aloft. "They've kinda become a goodluck charm..."
"It's ok ladies." Harry said with a sly smile. "You can all keep them, not like I can't magic up more when I run out."
"Harry, that's not the point..." Steve's right hand found his face with a loud slap as all the women in the room cheered.
"Hay! How come nobody stole my underwear?!" Drax demanded.
"You don't wear any!" Nebula shot back while spinning a pair of Union Jack printed boxers on one finger.
"Oh god… That concludes this meeting," Steve huffed, pinching the bridge of his nose in frustration.