A/N: I mean people who know me already and read NFFH knows I don't know how the heck kids work just so you know.
I know I had something else to say in this note, but I don't remember anymore so yeah. Thank you for all the love as always. Make it a great week and hopefully, I won't be so slow for the next chapter.
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Laura woke by a high scream. Her body shoots up from the bed before her head had had the time to process what was going on. She could feel herself fumbling around to get the nightlight on, before turning around to the other side of the bed.
Natasha's eyes were filled with panic looking around in the room in terror. Her hands were shaking uncontrollably, and it looked like she was ready to fight anyone that dared touch her.
"Nat." Laura tried trying to get her to look at her. She didn't want to touch her, scared to hurt her or to trigger anything else. Instead, she let the woman slowly make her way back to the present alone. Only watching her in silence as Natasha slowly closed her eyes before shaking her head carefully.
"You with me?" Laura tried again slowly jumping closer to her in the bed, still careful not to get too close until Natasha gave her the green light.
Natasha opened her eyes again, looking at her with a pair of scared eyes before nodding slowly. "Yeah." She whispered. Her voice was small and weak, and Laura could feel her own heart sink in her chest.
Laura looked at her carefully before reaching after her, slowly letting her be the one making the moves. Immediately Natasha fell into her arms curling up letting out a small sob. Laura could feel her body freeze as Natasha continued to cry low. Natasha didn't cry. She never cried.
It broke her heart. She had no idea what had happened in those two months they were apart, but clearly, something had happened. Something bad. She was so shaken, and while just her battle-scarred body alone was a scary sight. It was something about seeing one of the most respected and feared women in the world cry in her bedroom like this.
The next time Laura woke up she was wrapped around Natasha carefully. This time the woman was sleeping peacefully in her arms. Her face was white from crying but other than she looked way better now than last night. Breathing steadily in her arms.
The soft morning light was peeking through the curtains. It looked like it was going to be a nice day. She really hoped that was the case.
Laura lied still for a minute debating if she should move. If she did Natasha would probably wake up, but she wanted the woman to sleep. She needed to sleep. But sooner or later she did need to move. Clint hadn't walked into her the whole night. Meaning he had had to deal with Nate and the kids on his own for the night. Now it was early morning, and the kids were probably already downstairs. She needed to pump and check up on Nate and the other two. And Clint probably needed a break.
While she waited to see if Natasha was waking up anytime soon, she spent the time trying to get a better look at the woman in her arms. Laura had dropped trying to get Natasha to change last night and she was still only in her bra and pants. It wasn't ideal, but at least she didn't have fabric rubbing against her bare skin, irritating the skin even more.
Laura couldn't really see the front side of the redhead's body, but she now had a clear view of the back and her left side. You could clearly see the marks from the nails digging into the skin. It was an angry red. In some places, you could even see it had drawn blood. Leaving old bloodstains all around her body. It didn't seem like Natasha had spent the time cleaning it herself at any point. Some of the cuts even seemed to be infected.
Laura looked at her again and this time she noticed her left hand holding around her right wrist. She hadn't noticed it before but both her wrists, especially the right one, had bruises along with them. Had she been tied up? Was this why her right arm had been struggling when she tried to support herself?
She was starting to wonder if the woman was going to wake up soon. She kinda needed the toilet, plus she wanted to go over the redhead again now that she had some daylight. Thankfully she didn't need to wait too much because as she just finished her thought train Natasha moved in her arms.
"Nat?" She tried carefully. She looked down at Natasha who let out a small groan as she turned on her back.
"You okay?" Laura whispered as Natasha continued to turn around and ended up looking straight at her. Her eyes were weak, and she was very clearly still hurting.
She shook her head no, before leaning on her again. Laura could tell she was seriously struggling, and she felt bad that's she had to leave her so soon.
"I need to go downstairs. You can keep sleeping if you want. I'm just going to go over your back fast and then I'll need to and talk to the kids." Laura said softly carefully, trying to move as little as possible not to hurt her. She could feel Natasha nod in her arms. Laura pulled back and looked at the woman carefully. Her eyes were closed and already Laura could tell she was trying to go back to sleep.
After a small mission of trying to unwrap herself from Natasha in the best and most careful way before she hurried out of the bed before jogging into the bathroom to find the first aid kit, Natasha had in her room. She had no idea why she didn't do this yesterday, but better late than never.
She took her time clearing Natasha's back, making it all was well rinsed. Like she had suspected some of it was infected, irritating her back even more. Thankfully none of the scrapes was too deep so that was something at least. Natasha continued to just lay still, and Laura could feel her back rise and fall under her fingers as she worked carefully on her back.
Laura let out a sight when she finished. She felt like she should be doing more, but it wasn't much more to do really. She wanted to look at the redhead's collarbone too, but Natasha was still curled up on her right side, and the last thing she wanted was to move her.
She looked at her one last time before saying.
"Call me if it gets worse okay?" Laura whispered. Natasha only looked at her for a second before nodding. Laura turned around making sure her phone was on full volume before she slipped out of the room.
She had fallen asleep in Natasha's room yesterday, which had not been the plan at all. She hadn't even changed, and she was still clothed in what she had worn yesterday.
She could very clearly hear the kids up and awake downstairs. Would make sense considering it already was quite late in the morning.
Deciding just to put on some random clothes and brush her hair she moved over to her room. Before she did anything, she when to the bathroom to pee. After that Laura slipped out of her old clothes and into some new ones. She didn't need to look good for anything today. She had no plans on leaving the house anyway. And it was only the family that would see her today.
Downstairs she found all three kids by the kitchen table. Clint was standing in the kitchen making some sandwiches and Wanda was sitting in one of the chairs in the living room with a cup of tea in her hands.
A tea person, well that was for sure a difference from Natasha, who lived off coffee.
"Mommy!" Lila jumped off her chair and ran off to her. Laura opened her arms and hugged her softly as she ran into her arms. Lila was smiling happily.
"Hello Lil," Laura said with a small laugh, pushing her back towards the kitchen table again, following after her.
"Want coffee?" Clint said as she entered the kitchen area. He was turned towards her now. He was looking at her and she could tell he was trying to read her.
"What I want is to pump," Laura said with a small laugh giving Clint a grimace. Clint laughed back but ended up handing her a cup regardless. He was still studying her carefully, but he didn't say anything just looking at her.
"Dad said you were sleeping in. Was it a nice sleep?" Cooper said with a small smile. Laura looked at him with a smile before nodding. She could feel Clint's eyes burn in the back of her head.
"Yeah super nice. Thanks for letting me do that." Laura answered calmly back. Nice thinking from Clint's side. Maybe now she didn't need to worry about having the kids in her neck the whole day.
Clint nodded back at her conformingly. He knew very well where Laura had been tonight. She usually did end up at Natasha's room when she was injured. While she didn't like how she had just disappeared for 12 hours she knew Natasha had needed her more than the kids had. She was just happy Clint had kept it away from the kids. They didn't need to know their injured aunt was in the house.
"Are you guys ready to pick you a tree?" Laura continued as she sipped on her coffee trying to keep the conversation as normal as possible.
"Yeah, daddy said he knows about a Christmas tree farm." Laura stopped looking surprised at Lila. She thought they were only going into town. She didn't know about any Christmas tree farms close by. How Clint knew about any and not told her she was clueless about. Not that she really cared. If he wanted to take them to a farm, she was not going to stop him.
"Oh really, Clint." She turned to her husband lifting an eyebrow at him who was smiled at her happily.
"Yeah, it's an hour away, Kent told me about it. I know it will be a bit longer of a drive, but I thought maybe we could go regardless. I know you don't have any need to go, but don't you think it would be fun for the kids." Clint looked at her excited making her giggle softly. He clearly wanted to do this. It was cute.
"Yeah, I am sure you will have a great time. I will happily stay and keep the house alive when you are gone." Laura said still trying to kill her laughter. Clint really was a kid by heart.
"Is it okay if Wanda could borrow some clothes? I don't think the one jacked would be enough for the whole day." Clint said smiling, nodding at Wanda who was still just sitting in the living room, studying the family. She hadn't said anything through the whole thing and Laura had kinda forgotten she was there.
"Yeah, of course, I'll find something after I finish the cup," Laura said turning to the girl before smiling softly at Wanda. Laura finished her cup swiftly before putting away her pump. She was more than happy to find some clothes for Wanda.
She smiled at Clint before nodding at Wanda. Wanda stood up and started trailing after her as Laura lead her upstairs. She could feel the girl walk behind her, but the girl continued to stay quiet as they walked.
"You guys didn't bring anything right? No clothes or anything?" Laura said softly turning to Wanda as they got into the bedroom. Wanda looked at her before shaking her head no.
"No nothing. It was very spontaneous." Wanda said carefully. Her voice was low, and Laura almost missed it. She nodded at the girl in confirmation before signalizing her to sit on her bed before walking into her closet.
"How did you guys end up here anyway? Did Nat say something?" Laura tried. She wasn't sure if Wanda actually knew anything, but she could always try.
"Not really. She came home from a mission and said she needed my help. She seemed to be in bad shape. Like you clearly saw when we got her." Laura nodded slowly listening to the woman as she moved around in her closet trying to locate one of the sweaters Natasha had given her a few years ago. She knew it was warm and comfortable, but she didn't really know where it was. She hadn't even put away her summer clothes.
As she worked, she tried to think about what Wanda had said. She said Natasha had been on a mission before this. She was surprised Maria had let her go. Yes, it had been a while since the cardiac event, but still, it seemed very early to be out on missions already. Especially considering how hard it had been on her. This was obviously not any mission. But maybe Maria wasn't aware of how hard it was. Obviously, she would never have let Natasha go if she knew it would end like this. She wouldn't have let her go if she knew Natasha would have ended up getting….
No. Don't think about it, Laura. Don't think about it.
Laura shook her head trying to push the thought away. She felt sick just letting the thought resurface. She didn't have time for this now.
"She just told me she needed to see you guys and needed help to get here." Wanda finished. Laura stopped and looked around the corner to look at the woman. Wanda looked at her with big eyes before saying slowly.
She didn't realize she was staring before Wanda opened her mouth.
"Why? Do you know anything?" Wanda said slowly looking at her suspiciously.
Laura was well aware Wanda could probably read her mind if she needed to, but really, she didn't know anything about the mission, so it was nothing to hide.
"No, no I don't know anything about the mission, no" She answered truthfully. She knew nothing about this situation other than what she had seen yesterday. "I just asked because I was a bit surprised seeing the two of you at my door with Natasha in such a bad shape that's all." Laura continued smiling at her.
Wanda nodded back. She seemed to a least believe her so that was something.
"Here, here is a sweater and a more wintery jacket," Laura said handing her the clothes with a smile. Wanda looked at the clothes for a second before saying.
"You sure you want to lend me these?" looked at her carefully. Laura looked at her surprised. That was not what she expected.
"Yeah, of course, you have nothing else to wear anyway. I don't want you to be cold." Laura said still a little bit shocked.
"Okay," Wanda said carefully holding tightly around the sweater. It reminded her a lot of Natasha's first visit. She too had been very low the first days. Thinking back gave Laura a small idea. She smiled at the girl and Laura watched as Wanda looked back at her surprised.
"Do you want to go shopping tomorrow?" Laura laughed as Wanda's eyes widened. Laura smiled softly before continuing not letting her protest. "I did it with Natasha when we met years back too." She said reassuring. Wanda nodded slowly still looking at her with wide eyes.
"You don't need to answer now. But the offer still stands okay." Laura said softly. She didn't want to push the girl, of course not, but she did think getting some clothes for the girl could be an idea. Natasha had no clothes at theirs and was mostly living off Laura's closet. Laura didn't really mind, but she had a feeling she would have nothing left if both Natasha and Wanda would do so. "Now get dressed and get ready to look at Christmas trees." Laura winked. She smiled one last time at the girl before turning around to leave. Before she could get out of the room Wanda spoke up.
"I don't like to read other people's minds. I don't do it anymore. Or not on purpose. But I could tell you were telling the truth. And you truly just want the best for Natasha. I saw nothing more. I promise." Her voice was low as she spoke. She looked up at Laura with big eyes.
Laura only looked at her back with a soft smile. She was so cute there she sat looking at her with those big eyes. She seemed so concerned, but Laura could tell she meant it.
"Don't worry about it, Wanda. I trust you." She gave her one more small smile before walking out of the room closing the door behind her. She liked Wanda. She really did.
They didn't get moving before 12pm, but at least they were finally getting somewhere now. Lila had been jumping around the whole day and Laura was not jealous of Clint having to deal with that amount of energy.
She knew they were going to have fun though. Before this year Clint had always gotten the Christmas trees alone. Of course, before the kids, Laura and Clint sometimes did go and get the tree together, but it's been a while since they got it from an actual farm. She knew Clint had been very excited just picking out the tree with the kids in town but finding an actual farm close by them had to be his dream.
"Okay, you guys behave now. And Clint one tree. Only ONE!" she looked at Clint with a firm look making him roll his eyes dramatically.
"Yes ma'am." He said as he pushed the kids out the door. She laughed softly as they ran over to the car. She smiled reassuringly to Wanda as the woman looked at her with some hesitation. The woman nodded back before turning following the rest to the truck.
Laura let out a small sigh as she closed the door behind them. Nate would wake up from his nap soon. If anything, she was surprised he hadn't woken up yet. Before he did, she was hoping she could get some cleaning done around the house. Or at least before they got back. And, of course, she needed to spend time with Nathaniel when he did wake up. Then she also needed to check up on Natasha.
Laura only got time to clean up from the kids' lunch before she heard some crying from upstairs. Nathaniel was wide awake as she entered his nursery. She smiled at the boy before picking him up.
Nathaniel was in a way very different from how the two others had been at that age. Copper had been very easy. She was very aware that Cooper was not a normal case. He had been a very easy baby and continued to be. Lila was the more hyper type but still very easy to deal with. Nathaniel was only 3 months old, but Laura felt he had a lot more personality already showing. Laura loved him, of course, but she was starting to get older now, and she was starting to get a bit more drained from energy every day.
Still, it was a joy to be with him. She spent the next two hours playing with the child. They were mostly on the floor, but it had been a lovely time before he was down for the third nap of the day. One thing that was nice with him was even though he was a light sleeper at least he was good and always slept in his crib.
Now that he was back in bed it was time to check up on Natasha again. Natasha had not called or texted her yet so that was something at least. She was kinda feeling like the day was just a blur at this point. Just going from different stations constantly. Never getting any time to just rest and take a break.
Laura found Natasha curled up on the bed. She had barely moved from where she had been when she left her hours ago. She was just a small ball laying in the big bed curled up on her pillow.
"Hey, Nat," Laura said softly walking over to the bed. Natasha looked up at her but continued to lay curled up not moving from her spot. Her eyes were following her as she moved and continued to do so until Laura was only a few inches away.
"How bad is it?" Laura asked crawling up in the bed letting Natasha curl up in her arms instead. Her breaths were short, and Laura didn't really need an answer to know it was still bad.
"Bad" Natasha only whispered back not even bothering to look at her. Laura only nodded before sliding down in the bed beside her. She could feel the girl shake in her arms. But she didn't say anything. And all they could do is being curled up together until they eventually fell asleep.
Laura woke up by a high child scream. She had been so deep in her sleep she didn't even realize it was still the day before she woke up with daylight still outside. She let out a small sigh. She had not planned on falling asleep like that. But guess that was what happened when she was running around most of the day.
They had only slept for a couple of hours, but her whole body felt heavy and unwilling to listen as she tried to move.
Laura stopped her movements when she felt Natasha shift. Was she shaking? She looked down as she watched Natasha flinch in her sleep.
Another loud scream shook her back to reality.
Right. Nate.
She hated this. She needed to get him, but she didn't want to leave Natasha.
Damnit.
This always happened, and it sucked every time. That was what they got when Laura was alone in the house with an infant. And this was of course not the first time they had this dilemma.
Laura tossed one final look back on Natasha. She flinched again, clearly having a bad dream, but before Laura had time to do anything Natasha's face melted into a relaxed neutral position again.
She needed to keep an eye on that. Her nightmares could easily get out of control and could sometimes be hard to get control over. Sometimes it even continued to affect her after she woke up. Laura had multiple times had to deal with Natasha's panic attacks and nightmares were definitely part of the reason it happened.
Laura jogged over to the nursery. The child was already in tears and was kicking around when she got there. Lovely. She didn't want to abandon any of them. And she hated how this continued to be a problem. But Natasha was sleeping still. If anything happened, she would hear it. So now she just needed to concentrate on Nathaniel.
The good thing about being with Nate was that he was easy to forgive. She loved being alone with Nathaniel and she couldn't be mad at a three-month-old for wanting some attention from his mother. And being around the kids, especially under four eyes, was just a blessing. It was just something about being with them alone that was just magical. They were all such good kids and Laura loved them more than anything.
She changed Nate's diaper as well as feeding him before playing around in the living room. Nathaniel was, of course, still very young, and being the three months he was, it wasn't really that much she could do yet. It was mostly the same things every day. Playing on the floor, eating, rolling around a bit, and such. But even when the activities weren't the most interesting things ever it was also a time Laura loved and treasured so much.
By the time he was down for his fourth and maybe last nap of the day Laura was smiling from ear to ear. He really did light up her world, and just for that one and a half hour she had forgotten everything bad in the world and could just focus on him.
But the second he was in bed Laura was reminded she had Natasha again.
She walked right into the room this time, not caring to knock. She was way past that point anyway. To her surprise, Natasha was now sitting in bed. She was leaning against the headboard with her eyes closed. She was definitely not sleeping, but she seemed surprisingly relaxed.
"Hi, Talia," Laura said softly moving over to the bed. Natasha opened her eyes slowly as she moved closer. She seemed better so that was a good sign.
"Hi," Natasha said back looking at her. At least she was talking now, something she hadn't really done much of earlier.
Laura took a moment to just look at her for a second before saying.
"Do you want anything?" Natasha was still pale. And Laura knew she hadn't eaten anything in the time she had been at the house. And knowing Natasha she probably hadn't eaten anything before it either.
"I'm not really hungry," Natasha replied tiredly. She didn't really like that answer. Laura looked at the pale face. She was not looking so well, better than before, but stile pale and tired like. She still gave her a small smile.
"I can make you something light. Like some soup or something?" Laura said, continuing to push. She watched as the redhead thought about it. She could tell she wanted to say no, but surely her body was going to start to fail her soon if she didn't get any food or water in her. She needed something inside her.
She knew the woman knew this too, but she also knew the woman wasn't feeling great while also being stubborn as hell. She was the worst patient you would probably have. And Laura hated her for it.
"Okay." Natasha finally said, looking at her before continuing. "But then I want to go downstairs too." Laura stopped in her tracks. Natasha downstair, now. That seemed like an awful idea. She could barely move yesterday. That would never work.
"Nat, I don't know. You are not well. I think maybe you should just stay here." Laura tried knowing already she probably would listen to her. Natasha only shook her head.
"Please"
Laura let out a small sigh before nodding.
"Okay" She only whispered.
Getting her downstairs went surprisingly well. She let Natasha take the lead and they got down faster than expected. What Laura really wanted was Natasha to lay down on the couch or something. But instead, she insisted on being close to Laura and ended up sitting down on one of the chairs by the kitchen tables with her head pointed towards the living room. Laura knew it was her favorite spot, giving her the best overview of the room.
As Laura cooked, she kept a close eye on Natasha. The woman was currently sitting staring into nothing. But she seemed calm and was clearly relaxed. A big contrast to the on-edge looks she had yesterday. She didn't know why she was so much more relaxed now. Maybe it was because it was only them in the room? She did not know. But it was a good thing.
Laura ended up making a very simple vegetable soup which was mostly just broth and water with some greens in it. It was at least easy to eat and not hard on the stomach. And it tasted nice too, so that was something.
She gave Natasha a small potion before starting to move around in the kitchen to clean.
The amount of food in front of Natasha was pathetic and you could barely call it a meal. Still, Laura could tell the woman was struggling to get anything into her. She was starting to wonder when the last time Natasha had had a real meal, because this was weak, even for somebody who was sick.
Still, Laura didn't push her to do anything. She continued to move around in the kitchen and living room area to clean trying to so seem to worry about the whole situation. Probably failing horrendously in the process. She could feel Natasha watch her as she moved.
Natasha spent a whole hour finishing the small bowl of soup. And when she was done Laura could tell the woman was completely drained.
"Do you want to stay downstairs some more or?" Laura said softly as she watched Natasha push the bowl away from her letting out a small sigh.
"No. The kids are at home." Laura wanted to open her mouth to protest, but to her surprise, she too actually heard the car driving towards the hours. Clint and Natasha never stopped amazing her over their crazy ability to pick up things like that even when they weren't actively listening for it.
Knowing very well Natasha didn't want to deal with the kids and wanted to get back to her room they slowly started to make their way up again. Unlike their trip downstairs, this was now getting drastically harder. Natasha was clearly starting to get worse again, and Laura could feel the weight getting heavier on her shoulders. Still, they made it up and into the room.
While she let Natasha get into the bed, she went to find something Natasha could sleep in considering she had been in the same clothes for two days. She grabbed one of her pajamas sets before heading back into the room.
Natasha was already sitting on the bed and Laura could see her eyes had locked on the clothes in her hands. Laura slowly handed her them, and she accepted them looking at her with distant eyes. Instead of changing right away, she looked down at them with big eyes. Laura looked at her confused. And it was only then Laura noticed she had tears in her eyes.
The redhead closed her eyes before dropping the clothes on the bed. She turned around before curling up on the bed and it was the Laura felt the guilt started building up.
Before she had time to say anything, she heard the front door open. Immediately she could hear laughter downstairs and she knew if she didn't get Nate by the next 30 seconds he would start screaming too.
She tossed Natasha one last look, who didn't look at her back, before running out of the room.
By the time she walked down the stairs the whole family was in the living room. Everyone had a big smile on their face. And you didn't need to be a detective to see that they had had a great time. Between them was a small tree. It was smaller than she thought it would be. But very fluffy looking. Which made sense because Lila was one of them that was picking it out.
"Well, I see you got the tree at least," Laura said with a small smile, trying to hide the worry she had inside.
"We got three!" Lila yelled jumping up and down.
Laura looked at Clint confused before saying. "Three. You got three?" Her voice was slow as she spoke. Still trying to process the fact that Lila had said three.
"Well yes. But the two others are going outside." Clint said smiling at her.
"Clint, I said one" She scolded, not really being angry. The kids were still laughing and of course, she couldn't be mad at them. But she could at least try to put on the show just to humor them.
"Well at long as I don't have to deal with them." She said still trying to sound mad even though she knew she had a big smile on her face.
"What is on the stove?" Laura got snapped out of her thoughts when she heard Copper speak up. The boy was standing in the kitchen looking at her with a small confused look. She hadn't even realized the soup was still on the counter. She had kinda forgotten about when she waited for it to cool so she could store it
"Just made some simple soup in case you guys wanted something warm in you when you got home." She tired, looking at Clint who was obviously not believing her at this point.
"But it's already a dirty plate here." Cooper countered pointing at the bowl Natasha had used.
"Well, I got hungry too. It's not only for the chiasmas tree goblins you know." Laura said laughing, trying to not seem too suspicious.
"If you want any you can always set the table" She continued looking at her oldest. Of course, he had noticed that. Why was she not surprised?
Clint gave her a look like the kids starting to move around in the kitchen. Laura could only look at him back. They could not have this conversation right now.
Thankfully the rest of the evening went more smoothly. The kids helped their dad put up the trees. Both the one inside and the two outsides. After that, they insisted on decorating it. Laura of course didn't stop them.
She wasn't too big of a Christmas person. She liked Christmas and being with her family, but after the one Christmas with Natasha years ago she had started to get some bad feelings around the holiday too.
Still, it was very nice to just be with the family. Pluss letting Wanda learn about Christmas was delightful too. When the kids had asked her if she wanted to help with the tree the woman had looked so shocked and surprised. She had of course accepted but it didn't seem like a thing she was used to.
Laura didn't even know if she was Christian and celebrated Christmas. But she seemed thankful for being involved, and Laura had no problem letting her be an honorable family member. The kids obviously loved her, and Clint was so close with her so she couldn't really complain.
After the tree was decorated, the kids were off to bed. They had way too much energy that night, and Laura spent a good hour just trying to get Lila down to sleep. Tomorrow was school so she knew if she didn't get to sleep soon it would be hell tomorrow.
When all three finally were in bed a nice silent atmosphere landed on the house. Laura was in the living room with Clint and Wanda. And to her surprise, the talk continued to go even long after the kids were sleeping.
The tree shopping had clearly been good for Wanda, and she had already started to open up.
Laura couldn't wait for their shopping trip tomorrow.
Wanda was such a nice, pure human, and she couldn't help herself as she felt her heart starting to care for this woman. She knew close to zero about her, but it was something about her. The kindness but also the drive-in her eyes that made Laura love her.
She adored this woman and it made her so happy. She had been scared that maybe she wouldn't like Wanda. What if she hadn't liked her, but Clint had? What if she didn't like the kids? Or what if the kids didn't like her?
Thankfully that wasn't a problem at all, and they all seemed to love her.
Wanda didn't announce going to bed before it was closer to midnight. When she did it was only Clint and her left.
Laura didn't feel like she had had time just alone with Clint in ages. Immediately she jumped closer to him and let him close his arms around her.
"How are you" he whispered into her hair hugging her tightly.
"Better with her home" Laura only answered looking up and into his eyes.
"How is she?" Clint asked looking down at her with big eyes.
She was not sure what to reply. She couldn't tell the truth. She didn't think Clint would harm Natasha, but she couldn't be sure he wouldn't tell anyone at the facility. Maybe Maria, maybe Steve. No, she needed to keep her promise.
"Not great. But could be worse. She needs rest." Laura only replied smiling before reaching up to kiss him softly. "I am taking Wanda with me to shop tomorrow. So, it will only be you and Nate." Laura said softly.
"And Natasha" Cint said with a low voice. He seemed nervous.
"Will probably just sleep" Laura replied. She was going to check up on the woman tomorrow morning. She was not expecting Natasha to do anything other than sleep. And she wouldn't be gone too long tomorrow hoping nothing would happen while she was gone.
"Okay," Clint said with a small smile, kissing her softly.
"Thank you for taking care of her."