Christmas. How to describe Christmas in the avengers family. It was unlike any other holiday. Everyone would come home to the tower and for a week they would feast talk and most importantly open presents. The atmosphere was light and bubbly. Talks of bad guys, spies and fighting were gone and instead replaced by the retelling of events long long ago.

Here are some hi lights from one of the years.

It was Christmas Eve. The anticipation and excitement was at a all time high. Luckily for the gang this year Stark had decided not to host a party and instead it was the entire family Avengers sleepover.All the family was here and I mean everyone. Nat, Steve, Clint, Laura, Lila, Cooper, Nathaniel, Peggy, Peter, Bucky, Tony, Pepper, Morgan, Bruce, Betty, Darcy, Thor, Jane, Wanda, Vision, Pietro, Sam and Rhodey.

They were all gathere

It was getting close to midnight when the kids were finally settled for bed and as the adults had a long day tomorrow they decided to settle down too.

'Night everyone. See you in the morning . Be ready for the best Christmas you have ever The couches were given to the kids. One the main massive circular is was claimed by Nat. Lila and Nathaniel curled up beside her. Clint came over threw a blanket over them and then lay down next to Lila. Laura walked over and went next to Clint. Her head resting on his shoulder. Cooper was curled up next to his mom

Following suit the others got settled. Tony and Pepper pulled out a mattress and Morgan lay in between them. Wanda and Vision were sleeping on a thin blue sofa. Wanda's head resting on Vision. Rhodey and Sam decided to make military lines of sleeping bags and were dozing off at first chance. Thor decided to sleep on the coffee table and Jane decided to just lay beside it. Darcy and Betty decided to doze by the fire as it was the warmest place.

Peggy walked off out of the room towards her room as she still wasnt used to this dynamic.

Soon it was only Steve, Bucky, Peter and Pietro left. They stood around not sure of where they should sleep.

Then a voice mumbled out in the darkness. 'Come on boys. There is always room for three more.'It was recognised as Nat's and so they laid down on the couch. Steve curled up beside Nat. Pietro slept on the floor next to the couch with Nat stroking his hair. Peter slept by Nats head. Bucky came and lied down by Nat's feet. She really was a mother hen to her boys. And so slowly they all managed to snooze off.

It was Christmas morning and Peggy walked downstairs. Looking around she spotted the group on the circular couch. Noticing that Laura and Nat were sleeping surrounded by men unnerved her as it wasn't something you saw a lot. Looking back at the group she noticed that Steve's arm was around Romanoff's waist. And she was cuddling with him.

It took some self control for Carter to regain her composure. She then vanished back upstairs not wanting to be seen.

Slowly the group woke up. The kids and younger Avengers were up first. Then everyone else woke up as the kids couldn't contain their excitement. Peggy made her way back downstairs and received warm smiles from everyone.

Once everyone had gotten either coffee or hot chocolate they settled back down into the couches for presents.

'Ok. Morgan, Lila, Cooper, Little Traitor. You guys are are up first for gifts. Then the next group is Wanda, Peter and Pietro. After that we will have Jane, Betty, Darcy, Thor and Bruce. Rhodes and Sam you guys are next. Clint, Laura, Tony and Pepper are after. And then finally the over a hundreds plus Vision will be last.' Natasha explained.

Slowly but surely everyone moved around so that the groups were in a clockwise position. These events were very military like as there was a lot of people to get through.

The kids all opened their presents and were met with shrieks of delight.

Wanda and Pietro were handed identical boxes from Natasha.

'Go on open them. It may not be what you want but I took a guess.'

Wanda opened her box and a beautiful red leather jacket was presented to her. It was almost identical to the one her original mother had worn when they were younger.

'Mum it's brilliant. Thank you so much how did you know.'

'Well I did a little digging around and found a photo or two' the redhead supplied. Wanda races over and gives her a hug.

'Now Pietro. I am not sure if you will like this gift as much as Wanda likes hers but I found the gift that tour parents would have given you.' With these words Pietro rips off the wrapping paper and finds a pair of running shoes.

'Mum. How did you know about this.'

'I may have logged into their account after the apartment collapse as I was investigating for SHIELD. It was one of the residents that set up the bomb. I'm sorry. All the likely clues point to Mr Bennett on the end two floors down.' Natasha looks down sadly. Pietro goes and curls up beside her along with Wanda at this news.

'On a more pleasant note why don't you open your gift baby spider.' Peter makes his way over to the tree and grabs a present. He tears it open snd finds inside a little spider replica.

'What is it?' Peter asks.

'Ok. This is a bit complicated but it's a Communication device. If there is an emergency at any time that you need help with then you tap twice. Even if Im radio silent it will go through to me. If you tap three times it will bring you through to Aunt May. And if you tap it four times it sends out an avengers assemble call.' Nat finishes with a smirk.

The others exchanged presents between themselves until it was time for Clint and Nat to give each other gifts.

'Ok Tasha. Here you go.' Clint said excitingly as he passed her a small box.

'This better not be another walking stick like last year.' She joked as she opened the cover. Then she gasped. Inside was a simple picture depicting three figures.

'Barton you didn't. Are you actually fucking kidding me' she managed to gasp out.

'Language' a couple voices chimed in.

'Shut up not the time for it' clint replied.

'What is it little red?' Stark queried.

'It's a picture of my family. Not you guys my parents. Its the only family photo in existence. I thought it was lost in the fire. Who did you decapitate to get it birdbrain.'

'No one surprisingly. It was in the town records. I dont know why.'

Natasha started to cry and choked out a thanks. Tears were dripping down her face as she handed Barton an envelope.

'Mine is going to seem insignificant compared to that then.' she mumbled.

Clint opened the envelope and when he read it it was time for his set of tears. Slowly he made his way over to Natasha and plopped down beside her. They just hung on to each other bawling.

Laura intrigued as to what was going on picked up the envelope and read out a name.

'Barney Barton. Who is that. Oh wait. Oh my god you didnt Nat.' Laura gasped.

'Christmas is supposed to be about family so I tried to connect everyone to theirs. Sorry Tony I couldnt find anything from your dad but I did find something from your mum'

Tony gawked at her and followed her gaze to a small box by the stand of the tree. He picked it up and slowly carefully opened the lid. Inside was a diary. Written in by his mum while he was growing up.

'Ok ok. I'm nearly done with the tearjerking presents. I have one more though. Cap, James and Peggy you need to follow me.'

The groups stood up and Natasha led them all down to one of the floors in the basement. When the doors opened the trio gasped. Inside was a perfectly replicated 40's bar. And on the main wall there was a picture.

'No it can't be can it.'

The picture was of the Howling Commandoes blown up to be around A1 size.

'Talia, you really did outdo yourself this year.'

'Nat. Like seriously this is out of this world. How did you manage this.'

'It took a bit of detective work and the. Just to relapse on the good times in the bar dancing.'