AN: Enjoy!

Teeth, Vision had decided, were a very impractical part of the human anatomy. Even if you did absolutely everything right, brushing and flossing after every meal, kept sugar to a minimum, there was a very significant chance that you would end up with a cavity, and need a tooth drilled or pulled. Wanda, he remembered, after years on the streets, had needed a bit of dental work done after moving into the Avengers Compound. She had wandered a round the place rather miserable for a few days afterwards.

At least she hadn't needed any taken out, and her beautiful smile had been unaffected. Smiles, Vision thought, were the best thing teeth contributed to.

The worst thing they contributed to was causing pain. Specifically, the pain they were currently causing his precious baby sons as they cut through their poor little gums.

Over the past week, Vision had sat up with Tommy and Billy at night to let Wanda sleep. Held them as they whimpered, chewing at teething rings to soothe them. Being up at night meant they were often grumpy and irritable during the day.

It was terrible.

"I do not like teeth" Vision declared one morning, holding Tommy over his shoulder and rubbing gentle circles into his back. "I do not like them at all."

Wanda chuckled as she changed Billy's diaper, making faces at him. He giggled and beamed up at her, showing off one tiny, perfect new tooth.

"Oh.. its not so bad. This first little tooth is quite cutenow it's done coming in."

"That is true.." Vision admitted. "But this is only the first one. They have so many more teeth to come.. They'll have to go through it all over again."

"Ei vor" Wanda nodded, scooping Billy up from the changing table. "It will be a little easier on them each time, though. They'll get used to it, and once it's done, its done.. until they lose them all and the adult ones come in, but it won't bother them so much by then."

"That seems like a very flawed system.." Vision frowned, still cuddling Tommy close. While Billy's first tooth had fully emerged, Tommy's wasn't quite there yet.

Wanda shook her head, gazing at him with a gentle expression, and kissed his cheek as she moved to sit beside him with Billy.

"I get it, Vizh. You hate anything that hurts them. So do I."

"I know.."

"But" Wanda continued, "If you have a crisis over every new tooth.. We're going to have a very long first year with them. It's.."

"Not practical" Vision sighed. "I know. I will try not to worry so much."

"You're allowed to worry. All parents do. Just don't worry so much about the little things that can't be changed."

"I understand."

"You're a great Dad, Vision" Wanda rested her head on his shoulder.

"I am?" He lit up at her words.

"Tu esti" Wanda confirmed. "Our boys are very lucky to have you."

"They are lucky to have you too, Wanda. You are a wonderful Mother."

Wanda blushed.

"I do my best. Learning as I go, just like you are.." She shifted even closer to Vision, smiling softly when Billy's hand grasped a tiny fistful of her shirt. "I'm a little nervous about moving out, actually." Their cottage would be ready in a few weeks. "Clint and Laura have been a great safety net for us."

"They have" Vision agreed, pressing a kiss to the top of her head. "But they will not be far away if we need them."

A few days before Wanda, Vision, and the twins were due to fully move in to the cottage, Billy woke sometime after midnight, fussing and whining. Vision got up to tend to him, careful not to wake the still sleeping Tommy.

Wanda had fed both twins not too long before, so Vision knew that he wasn't hungry. He changed his wet diaper, but that did not seem to be the problem either. Carrying him out of their room so his continued fussing did not wake his Mother or brother, Vision offered Billy his finger. Billy pulled his Father's finger to his mouth and gummed at it, whining. Vision could feel that his little boy's gums were slightly swollen, and sighed.

Just as he'd feared.. another tooth. Vision fetched a teething ring from the freezer. Billy jammed it into his mouth, a soft little sigh escaping him as the cold soothed his sore gums.

Vision held him close, glancing towards the window, half open because it was warm, soft moonlight filtering through, stars clearly visible in the sky. It was a night very much like the one on which the twins had been conceived.

"Would you like to come outside and look at the stars with Daddy for a little while?" Vision asked. Billy gazed up at him with innocent, adoring eyes, almost smiling around the teething ring. "Okay. Let's go see the stars."

It wasn't long before Tommy began to cry, rousing Wanda from her sleep. Moving on 'Sleepy Mama' autopilot, she had scooped Tommy up and had almost finished changing him before she saw that Billy was not in his cot.

This would have been much more distressing, except for the fact that Vision was also not in bed, and also that Wanda could sense them both nearby. She cast out a net with her mind, searching, then grinned and finished changing Tommy, sweeping him into her arms.

"Do you want to see the stars, om mic?" She asked, and Tommy giggled, kicking his little legs. "Okay. Let's go."

Wanda saw Vision, his golden cape fluttering in the soft breeze, hovering above the Barton farm, gently bouncing Billy in his arms. Their son seemed entranced with the sky. She watched them for a moment, then smiled, tightening her grip on Tommy and flying up to join them.

"Mama likes looking at the stars" Vision was telling Billy, flashing Wanda a bright smile when she appeared beside him. "Your Uncle Pietro used to take her."

"He did" Wanda nodded. "Uncle Pietro did lots of nice things for Mama before she met Daddy."

"Daddy has to take care of Mama for him, now. I promised."

"You did?"

"I did" Vision confirmed. "After you asked me to clean up Pietro's grave.. I think Billy likes it up here."

"So does Tommy" Wanda chuckled, as Tommy squirmed happily in her arms. "We should probably get them back to bed soon."

"We should.. But it is so nice up here."

"It is. A few more minutes won't hurt."

Vision leaned over to kiss Wanda's cheek.

"Thank you."

Translation:

Ei vor: They will

Tu esti: You are.

om mic: little man