Little Winged One

By Raveneyestar

Disclaimer: I own nothing! It all belongs to Marvel and Disney(when mentioned)

I only own Akilina (Lina) Barton

Chapter 1

A four year old Akilina Aleta Barton ran across the small large common area to where the overly large flat screen TV sat down, as Jane followed behind her before putting in Lina's favorite movie: Cinderella into the DVD player. Jane found it amusing that Tony now had so many Disney and kid movies but Lina would watch three things out of the hundreds. Wizard of Oz, Cinderella, and Scooby-Doo. However nine out of ten times they were watching Cinderella or Wizard of Oz.

Jane sat on the couch with Lina curled up against her as the movie started. The Avengers, including Natasha, were out on a mission. Pepper was at board meetings until around two, where she would then bring home loads of things for Tony to sign when he gets back. Darcy was probably taking Loki for Ice-Cream. Who knew the God that tried to rule the human race had a sweet tooth for Ice-Cream and a soft spot for Lina. In truth though, everyone had a soft spot for Lina. She was the little Princess of the Avengers.

Tony offered to send her to a Privet School. But Natasha went against it. She had told Tony that Lina needed socialization with all kinds of kids. So she wasn't just with the rich kids. So Natasha put Lina in a day care during the week, and everyone took turns to pick Lina up. The day care was aware of Lina's family being the whole of the Avengers, Pepper, Jane, Darcy, and Loki and would allow them to take her. Of course Natasha and Clint were put down as Lina's parents but as Emergency Contact numbers... it was Pepper and Jane. The two that were never far from the Tower, and if needed could get someone to go pick Lina up in a heartbeat.

Jane sang along with the movie and Lina, who was slowly falling asleep. Lina was asleep by the time Cinderella met the Fairy God-Mother. Jane slipped away from Lina and pulled a small blanket over Lina before moving away towards the kitchen to go find something for lunch. Jane made herself a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, and got a pop tart ready for Lina when she woke up. She sat down with her magazine at the table and ate her sandwich.

Darcy and Loki returned talking animatedly about something that happened at the Ice-Cream Shop. Darcy snagged the pop-tart before Jane could scold her. Loki was sneaking into the living room where a sleeping Lina was now mumbling in her sleep. Jane managed to stop him and point to the kitchen. He gave her mock glare before retreating back to the kitchen where Jane had pointed. No sooner did she follow Loki into the kitchen than the Avengers and Pepper showed up together, talking loud, and arguing over something about what to eat for dinner. Jane rolled her eyes and decided to let Loki and Darcy out of the kitchen, considering Lina was most likely now up. Her assumption was correct as Lina cried out, "DADDY!" And ran to Clint, who lifted her up smiling at her.

"Hey, Monkey-Butt." Clint chuckled, hugging Lina again and letting the squirming four year old down so she could go and hug her mother and the others. Clint may not have been there for the Pregnancy but he was here now. That was clearly all Natasha cared about. That Clint returned home safely and has since. But Clint was running out of time with his small daughter, she was going to grow up, and she was already acting older than she was. Clint sat down on the love seat and Lina climbed into his lap to finish watching her movie, that Jane had paused when she fell asleep.

"Daddy. We going to go fishing again soon?" Lina asked. Clint took her once a month away from everything in New York City to a quiet area in Virginia, down by one of the rivers and the two would go fishing. He felt she needed to see trees, grass, and animals. Last month Clint had witnessed Lina seeing a deer off in the woods near them as they had sat quietly fishing. He showed her so many different things. He showed her the safe plants she could eat, and taught her how to cook a fish and make it taste good during the week they were off the grid from even Natasha. But it had been cold these past few weeks, and it was getting closer to the end of the month and they still had yet to go fishing.

"Soon. We have to wait for a nice week, okay?" Clint looked down at the red haired girl. She looked so much like a smaller Natasha, only with chubby cheeks and stormy-blue eyes. Lina still had baby fat, so she wasn't the skinniest thing, which to Clint was good. Pepper and him were the designated Cookers, and Clint was thankful that Lina wasn't a child who didn't eat. But Clint honestly didn't feel comfortable taking Lina for their fishing trip. Not after the last mission almost went to hell because they were found out before they attacked. He was more careful now, and he could tell Natasha appreciated that. But He didn't want his daughter to lose him.

"Daddy..." She grinned. It was the ballroom scene of Cinderella. Clint watched as Lina climbed off his lap and waited for him to get up. He didn't get up right away. He thought Tony was still in the room. "Daddy dance with me... there's nobody here to see. Just hold my hands and got one, two, three... Daddy, dance with me." She held out her hand and Clint smiled at her, getting up and holding out his hands. Her small feet went onto his feet, as he held onto her and he danced slowly with her. Clint didn't see that Natasha was watching from the Kitchen doorway, with a camera. He didn't hear the picture being taken. He was busy talking and dancing with Lina. Natasha smiled and snapped another of Clint lifting Lina into his arms and dancing with her as she laughed at him. He didn't see that she took a picture when Lina kissed his cheek and gave him a big-bear hug.

Clint put Lina down and she crawled back into the love seat, him sitting down beside her and she climbed into his lap, putting her head on his chest as his arms wrapped protectively around his daughter. He watched as the others came out of the Kitchen with food. They put in Tangled and all watched it. But Clint felt Lina's heavy breathing as she drifted into sleep. It wasn't long after that before he also fell asleep, his chin touching his chest and his arms wrapped around the small four year old.

"He's her world." Jane smiled at Natasha, who looked at her confused. Jane grinned, "There's something like a line of gold thread running through a man's words when he talks to his daughter, and gradually over the years it gets to be long enough for you to pick up in your hands and weave into a cloth that feels like love itself. You can't always see the love he gives her, Tasha, but she can. She loves it too, and everyone can see that."

"I never had that." Natasha said looking at Clint and Akilina and smiled. She could tell Clint loved Lina, even if he didn't have to say it. She was reminded of her painful past, where the Red Room was her parent. A vicious parent that found no satisfaction with anything she did. She didn't remember her parents. But the closest parent-figure she had was Coulson. It killed her when she found out that Coulson was dead. It killed the whole team, if she was honest with herself.

But this was her family. Her small but caring family. Pepper was the loving parent. Jane and Thor were the troublesome dating teens, Clint and herself the troublesome duo, Tony an immature teenager, Bruce the genius with anger issues, Steve the practical one, Darcy the day-dreamer, and Lina as the over protected baby of the family. She loved it that they gave her and Clint space to learn how to be parents, but were there when they needed people to catch them when they fell.

Clint smiled and stopped in the doorway to his and Natasha's kitchen on their floor of the Tower. The radio was on and Natasha was teaching Lina to dance, the two were singing along to the song. But when Lina saw Clint she ran over to him throwing herself at him. He caught her and lifted her up, he saw Natasha's slightly hurt face but also saw her smile so he knew she was happy that Lina loved him. But he couldn't help but think that Natasha wanted some one. The three headed up to the common area. Clint set Lina down so she could go run into the kitchen for the chocolate chip pancakes.

"PAPPPY!" Clint heard Lina cry out happily and he knew Fury had stopped by. Lina was convinced that Fury was her grandfather... well if he thought about it, Fury was like the Grandfather-Figure. Because he certainly was the Father-Figure to the Avengers, because someone had to be responsible. He walked into the kitchen and saw Lina sitting on Fury's lap.

"Beast." Fury teased Lina. Fury called Lina 'Beast' simply because when she was two she had carried around The Beast from Beauty and The Beast. Of course, Fury didn't think Lina was an actual beast, but he had found it funny that Lina had liked the Beast in Beauty and the Beast. So he nicknamed her Beast.

"What are you doing, Pappy?" Lina asked him trying to reach the folder on the table.

"Giving your father a mission." Fury responded.

"Daddy's gonna return right?" Lina asked looking up at Fury from where she sat on his lap.

"Always." Clint responded sitting down at the table and taking the folder from Fury. "When do I leave?"

"Two hours." Fury responded.

"Pappy, when will Daddy be back?" Lina asked.

"Two weeks, he should be back." Fury watched the small girl in his lap.

"But that means we miss Fishing, Pappy." Lina pouted.

"You have next month to do that." Fury replied. Lina looked over at Clint who nodded and she was lifted so that Fury could get up and she was set down on the chair again. Fury was walking out when he handed Natasha a folder as well before leaving. Natasha quickly looked through the folder and then ran after Fury. Clint suddenly looked through his folder and ran after Natasha and Fury, both master assassins had taken their folders with them.

"Daddy and Mom okay?" Lina asked after watching both her parents run out.

"I'm sure Pappy just gave them the wrong missions." Pepper soothed, but from the looks she was getting from the Avengers and Loki it told her that it was something that probably wasn't good.

Clint and Natasha came back an hour later. Clint knelt down in front of Lina and hugged her, she hugged him tightly whispering, "Come back."

"Always." Clint whispered back before letting her go and walking up to Steve and whispering, "In case we don't return, Tasha and I have written letters. They are in the top cabinet above the fridge. Mine are in red envelopes and Tasha's are in green. They all have been adressed to someone. Make sure they get them."

Steve looked at Clint and nodded. Clint held out his hand to Natasha, but she was still hugging and kissing Lina, and Lina was laughing as Natasha tickled her before getting up and taking Clint hand and letting him lead her out of the Common Area to go suit up.

A/N: Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoyed this chapter! The quote in italics is:

There's something like a line of gold thread running through a man's words when he talks to his daughter, and gradually over the years it gets to be long enough for you to pick up in your hands and weave into a cloth that feels like love itself. - John Gregory