A small boy was asleep in Clint's arms when Fury made it to the hospital to ask what the hell had happened to get one of his best agents in the hospital. Fury raised his eyebrow at the boy in Clint's arms, but said nothing. The man had a habit of bringing home strays.
Steve stood up at Fury's entrance. "Director."
"Captain Rodgers, would you do me the pleasure of telling me what the hell happened out there?"
"Well, sir, Agent Romanoff's son and Agent Hill were abducted by the boy's father. In order to get the two back, it was necessary to send Agent Romanoff in at the mercy of the man. His name was Ivan Petrovich. An hour later, my team and I went in to extract Agent Romanoff. She had eliminated Petrovich, but was badly beaten. She was brought here."
It looked like Fury's eye was going to bug out of his head. "Agent Romanoff has a son?! Why wasn't I aware of this?"
Clint was the one to answer. "Nat had just had Dmitri when she came to SHIELD. It was one of the reasons she wanted to defect. Maria and Phil hid her until Dmitri was old enough to be away from Tasha when she was in the field and could be safely taken care of by a sitter, but it was agreed that neither you nor the council should be informed. You would probably insist on his being removed from her care and sent to another family. Nat didn't want that to happen."
Fury scowled, but understood the reasoning. He would have ordered the boy to be placed with another family. "Fine, but who decided that sending in Romanoff would be a good idea? Petrovich has had it out for her for years."
Nobody had noticed that Dmitri was awake until he spoke. "My daddy is real mean and he said that me and Ms. Maria could only go home if Mommy stayed with Daddy. I hate my daddy. Uncle Clint is my real daddy."
Clint held the boy a little closer and Fury sighed. "What is Romanoff's condition?"
"We don't know yet. The doctor's are still working on her."
At that moment, a man in scrubs came out. "Is there a Clint Barton or Dmitri Romanoff here?"
Clint passed Dmitri to Pepper. "I'm Clint."
He stood a few feet away with the doctor. After a few minutes, he relayed the information to the rest of the group. "He said that Nat was beat up pretty badly, but she'll be fine."
Dmitri clapped his small hands and the tension in the air faded. Fury sighed and left after agreeing not to tell the council about Romanoff's son and not to take the boy away from his mother.
A/N: So, I was thinking about doing a bonus chapter about Dmitri meeting Hulk. What do you guys think? Let me know.