A Few Months Later…
A handful of older teens hung around the training room. A couple of them were playfully wrestling with each other. One girl was very shy and stood away from the others with her arms wrapped around herself. One teen in particular just stood at attention, waiting for training to start. A moment later, Steve, Natasha, Heidi, and Bucky approached the teens. "Alright recruits, we're going to change things up a bit," Steve starts. He gestures to Heidi and says, "From now on, you'll be trained directly under our retired agent, Heidi. She'll be assisted by Agent Romanoff, you all remember her. You'll be under their wing from here on out."
"Is that a baby?" one teen points out.
Alexander is strapped to Heidi's front and surprisingly quiet. Heidi arches a brow at the kid. "You've got a problem with that?" Her scary look made the boy shiver. "No…No ma'am!" Despite the baby, some of the other boys were eyeing Heidi like she was candy; she couldn't help but smirk and took pity on them. She didn't have to look at her husband to know that he's noticed too. "Wait, you're Tamer aren't you?" One boy asks. Heidi smiles. "Yes, that is what they called me." "How come you aren't training us Mr. Rogers?" the shy girl asks and blushes. Heidi could tell the girl has a big crush on Cap.
"Unfortunately, I don't have enough resources or the time to be training you guys as well as actively participating in missions. I'm confident in Heidi that she'll prepare you when you become active members." Natasha hands Heidi a file of the names of the recruits and their strengths and weaknesses. "I expect everyone to comply under her authority. If not…trust me when I say you don't want me to come back," Steve remarks and points at his best friend. "Because he'll be joining us." Bucky just smirks at the terrified kids.
One time Steve invited Bucky to help train the recruits, Bucky made them do twenty laps…just to warm up. "Ladies, we expect you to whip them into shape," Steve remarks to the women. Bucky and Heidi share a kiss before the men leave the room. "Okay, let's get started with a roll call," Heidi begins. She looks through the list and starts to name everyone off. She smiles and looks up at the boy who had been standing still and ready. "Good to see you Queens." "Glad you're back, Mrs. Barnes," Peter responds with a grin. "Don't think because you helped me last time that I'm going to go easy on you," she adds. "I wouldn't dream of it." Some of the other boys were shocked that the dorky, skinny kid was in familiar terms with the hot trainer. "Okay, let's start with five laps and we'll do hand-to-hand," Heidi orders. Everyone groans. "Let's make it 10 for the negativity. Move it!" she yells. Great…she's just like her husband. The two women share amused smiles.
Heidi became the official recruiting trainer for the Avengers. She and Nat worked together most of the time and almost every morning sessions, Alexander was strapped to her. She would run laps with him and perform exercises with ease despite the baby attached to her. After she felt the recruits were ready to become active she would get with Steve and Bucky to create tests and mock missions. If they passed, the recruits became Avengers, if they failed they had to go through training all over again. For many years Heidi became known to be an incredible trainer. She certainly lived up to the name 'Tamer'. When their son was old enough, Heidi and Bucky agreed that, if he wanted to, Xander, as they nicknamed him, could start his training as well. It was difficult for her, at first, to be hard on him but she wanted him to be a good example. She had never forgotten what Ruth said to her. And she hopes that he will be prepared for what the future will bring and that he will choose the right path.