I know it's a short chapter... but I promise Monday's will be longer.
Chapter 18
Steve sat up straight in a cold sweat he heard Rose ask in a sleepy tone, "Okay?" He shook his head and just couldn't get the terrifying dream from his head. He would often find himself in a nightmare about the day that Tom was killed by Loki. He still remembered it vividly, and it haunted his dreams. However in his dreams it wasn't just Rose who was injured, Johnny was too. Sometimes, Rose would die upon impact, others she would die in his arms. He relaxed and laid back down and drifted back into sleep, their son wasn't crying from the next room and he knew they were safe. The next time he awoke it was around eight in the morning, Rose's eyes half opened as she snuggled up against him, "'Tasha has him."
He nodded and and relaxed. He had to admit that it was great having the Team with them as someone often took Johnny in the morning so he and Rose could sleep in. Most times it was Natasha or Clint who had their son, as the two would be up around six training anyway. He had told them that Johnny wasn't allowed to learn anything defensive until he was eight, just to be safe that the boy understood that he couldn't go around hitting everyone when he didn't get his way. The two after sometime just laying in silence got up and dressed for the day before heading up to the Penthouse.
"DADDY!" Johnny cried happily as he ran towards Steve, he scooped the boy up easily but before he could ask anything the three year old was already talking, "Gem hit me... Daddy... Right on my head, she did." He patted the top of his head and Steve didn't look that surprised. Thor and Jane had had a daughter about ten months after they had had Johnny, and the two had quickly become inseparable. Gemini Thordaughter, or Foster according to legal records, had a small frame and brown eyes like her mother with blonde hair and sheer strength like her father. The two children had quickly become best friends and often ended up wrestling, where one or the other would be hurt.
"Really?" Steve asked his son, who nodded quickly, "Did you try sharing a pancake with her to make a truce?" The boy's eyes lit up at that and Steve set him down and watched him run over to the pile of pancakes and pick one up to give to Gemini. Steve looked around the Penthouse and it was obvious that Tony and Pepper were nowhere to be found. "Where's Stark?" He asked as he sat down at the table.
"I think he is finally going to ask Pepper to marry him." Bruce replied from across the table. "He's been looking at rings and places to take her."
Rose sat beside Steve and Thor spoke in his booming voice, "Lady Potts will say yes as she loves Man of Iron." Steve nodded in agreement.
"Wonder where he is taking her." Rose spoke now, and Steve raised an eyebrow at her. "It would be interesting to know."
"I think he is taking her to Paris... or maybe to Miami." Clint said looking like he couldn't quite remember which it was.
They turned their attention to the two children who started laughing as Gemini knocked over the blocks and Johnny's stuffed animal came crashing to the floor. Thor and Steve grinned at each other as the two kids wrestled on the floor. Rose rolled her eyes and looked at Clint and Natasha, "So how's the married life for our two deadly Assassins?" They had gotten married about two months ago after Clint had finally talked Natasha into saying 'Yes' after years of asking her out.
Clint grinned, "So far so good. Thankfully we only have to worry about each other if one is on a mission." Rose nodded and Natasha gave a small sheepish smile. Clint added, "I think those two are going to grow up and get married."
Natasha, Rose, Jane, and Darcy all rolled their eyes at his comment but it was Rose who spoke, "I wouldn't go writing them off as together just yet. They have to get through their teenage years first."
"True... but I think they will." Steve said looking at Rose with a charming smile. "I mean they're practically inseparable now, why would that change?"
"Fights, girls, boys, hormones." Natasha rattled off before Rose could even answer. Steve rolled his eyes at the Black Widow.
"But it's still a possibility." Steve said.
"Where'd they go?" Jane asked and Steve looked around to find that the two were in deed gone. The room fell silent and it wasn't long until laughter was heard from the kitchen. Steve got up and heard Thor follow him as the two fathers entered the kitchen to find both kids on top of the fridge with the Death Star cookie jar seated between them and they both happily eating the cookie. Steve got hold of Johnny as Thor took hold of Gemini and they put the Jar this time on top of the cabinets, with the lid on it. "Where were they?" Jane asked as the two exited the kitchen carrying their respective trouble maker.
"On top of the Fridge." Steve replied.
"I still don't understand how they do that. Johnny hasn't shown any sign of Magic and shouldn't until he is about five and Gemini hasn't shown anything other than her strength." Rose spoke and Steve sat next to her, Johnny crawled into her lap and sat happily there for the time being. "Can Gemini fly?"
"Not that we have seen." Jane said shaking her head.
"Then how did they get on top of the fridge?" Clint asked.
"Loki?" Thor suggested.
"I was sitting here with the rest of you." Loki pointed out before adding, "Sirius and James left this morning to go to the store so it wasn't them either."
"It's odd how they can do that and leave no trace of how they got on top of the fridge." Natasha shook her head at them. "There has to be an explanation for it... we could always put a camera in the kitchen and see what happened."
"Yeah.. but I don't think Tony would like us just putting a camera in if it isn't hooked up to JARVIS." Bruce pointed out to the others who nodded in agreement.
