Week 6, Day 2
"So what do you think?" Steve asked, a hopeful shine gleaming in his eyes.
He was sitting in the Barton's living room, a place that had become a relatively normal hangout for the avengers.
"I think you're crazy for taking Barton's advice" Sam commented with a grin as Laura said, "you're insane for actually listening to my husband."
"Are you two really ready for kids?" Natasha asked. She raised an eyebrow at Steve, keeping her legs delicately folded under her torso.
"They're not always fun and games" Laura pointed out; gesturing at the blur that hurtled past her, "Pietro, no running in the house!" she called after him. There was only a cackle of laughter
"Well we were only thinking of adopting one or two…" Steve said, "as opposed to four."
"Why don't you and Bucky borrow Pietro and Natasha for a night?" Nat suggested, a twinkle in her eyes. She glanced at Laura and the other woman mouthed 'they won't last a night'. Natasha smirked and nodded in agreement, there was absolutely no way Steve and Bucky could handle the twins. She didn't even know how Clint and Laura dealt with them.
"Yeah, if you can handle the twin terrors, you can handle anyone" Clint remarked.
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"Ready to go?" Steve asked as he swung Pietro on to his shoulders. The toddler giggled and ran tiny fingers through Steve's hair, making it stick up in spikes. Wanda nodded as she took Bucky's hand and followed Steve out to the car as Clint and Laura waved from the porch.
"They don't even look back" Clint commented. Laura laughed and wrapped an arm around the archer's waist as they walked inside for a potentially undisturbed evening. Lila and Cooper were at friends' houses, so the Barton's had a kid-free, relaxing evening.
"Do they ever sleep?" Bucky asked, sounding slightly desperate.
Steve just shook his head as he watched Pietro bounce on the bed and Wanda manipulating the flowers from a vase into an enormous bouquet. Steve took a closer look at the bouquet. It was beautiful, red tendrils winding everything together, but there were other odd things floating as well. Steve could see a wooden spoon, Bucky's cap, and what looked like a Taser floating as well. He quickly pulled the Taser out, shaking his head, knowing very well that this was Natasha's doing. Wanda pouted, quickly mollified by Bucky holding out Steve's shield with a wink.
Steve shot a rather despairing look at Bucky as he tried to keep Pietro from bouncing off the bed. Pietro only giggled and bounced even higher. Apparently Pietro's quick superpowers allowed him to bounce faster. Those also made him bounce higher and therefore, even harder for Steve to catch.
"Bucky, a little help might be nice" Steve said. Bucky took one last look at Wanda who was currently winding flowers around Steve's shield and strode to Steve's side.
He reached forward and started to tickle Pietro's sides. The speedster started laughing and finally stopped bouncing. Steve laughed and joined in the tickling, until he turned around and saw Wanda's beautiful creation. The shield was floating, held up by red and encircled by a garland of flowers that seemed to have multiplied from what was originally in the vase.
"Do they ever sleep?" Steve asked as he grabbed his shield only to have a flower crown plop down on his head. He huffed a sigh as the flowers settled even further over his face.
When he lifted the crown over his eyebrows, he saw Wanda with both her hands clapped to her mouth.
"Oops?"
"Come back here" Steve grinned and started chasing her through the kitchen. Wanda's shrieks were actually louder than Pietro's shrill giggles.
There was a sharp knocking on the door and the apartment went abruptly silent. A shadow immediately appeared over Bucky's face and he drew back, pulling Pietro with him.
"Natasha?"
"Just wanted to see how you boys were doing" the redheaded assassin grinned.
"We're doing fine" Steve said as Pietro and Wanda leapt into Natasha's arms.
"Hey guys, wanna see what I bought?" Natasha hugged each twin.
"Ooooh" Pietro was already sticking his fingers into the bags surrounding Nat's legs. Natasha smiled and handed Wanda dark brown teddy bear with a red ribbon while swatting Pietro away. Wanda's eyes grew large as she hugged the bear to her chest. Natasha smiled and held a white teddy bear with a blue ribbon out to Pietro. Pietro pecked her on the cheek, which had Steve rolling his eyes.
"Always the charmer" he muttered. Pietro smirked at Steve, while hugging the bear and Natasha simultaneously. The red haired assassin grinned at Steve over Pietro's shoulder.
"Hey guys, you should see the bear that Bucky has" Steve said, flashing a small smile at his partner.
"Nooo" Bucky started backing away, but Steve snagged his sleeve.
"C'mon Bucky" Steve cajoled.
Natasha stood up as Bucky left, brushing off her pants.
"I'd better get going" she said, "tell Bucky I said goodbye."
"Alright" Steve said as Wanda and Pietro chorused "bye Aunt Tasha."
Bucky came back, holding a bear dressed like the winter soldier.
"It's Bucky Bear" Steve said, grinning.
-tbc-
A/N: Sorry, it's short and I haven't updated for awhile. Hope you liked and please review if you feel like doing so. If anybody has any prompts or ideas for the next few chapters, please let me know!