AN: Y'all asked for more and hopefully this delivers ^u^

Clint stares down at the child who is absorbed in the blocks before him. It's hard to believe the little squirt who is delicately stacking block after block into a tower is the monster who raped his mind, who took control of it, violated his free will and murdered Coulson. Sitting there he can almost believe that the kid isn't the monster in his nightmares. The kid looks his way, a flash of fear making it's way over green eyes before his face smoothes over.

It doesn't escape Clint's notice that Loki's hands are shaking. He wonders if the kid remembers who he is. If he knows why he should be afraid of the archer, though Clint knows he won't actually hurt the kid. He isn't that kind of monster. Tony offered to take the kids to the mansion so that Clint didn't have to deal with them. But he had thought he could handle it. Now, he isn't so sure.

"Are you alright Master Loki?" the voice of Jarvis echoes around the room. Loki nods his head vigorously.

"Master Thor is on his way to you. Would you like me to stay with you?"

It's strange to hear Jarvis talk so softly. Kindly almost. Loki shakes his head. Brave of the kid.

"Master Barton, it is good to see you home and safe."

It's a tacked on item of concern/greeting but Clint can forgive it. Because as Jarvis said this is home, Loki is the intruder. The miniature Thor thunders into the room, even tiny he takes over every room he is in.

"Brother!"

The two embrace and it reminds the archer of his early life. Of him and Barney. Thor turns to him, a suspicion that Clint knows all too well in his blue eyes. All was not good in Asgard. It wasn't him that made Loki scared but being alone with a strange adult. That thought forms a pit in his stomach and he makes himself look smaller, gets on their level as Thor demands to know who he is.

"I'm Clint."

Loki whispers in Thor's ear and he watches the blond godling smile.

"The archer!"

"That's me."

"Mister Bruce has spoken highly of you!"

Well, doesn't that just tickle him pink. It doesn't take much prodding to get the two playing as kids should do. He notices that Thor takes over their games. The tower Loki was building becomes the monster's cave and subsequently knocked down. Loki is made into the Princess in need of saving. The trickster god speaks but not with the same mastery of language his older form has. Clint almost dismisses it but his own dealings with children make his earlier suspicion gain footing. Loki isn't speaking as a three to four-year-old should be. Though speech delay isn't a neon sign of abuse it makes Clint worry.

"Hey there Katniss," Tony speaks from behind him. The man sounds tired. A glance behind reveals an engineer with dark bags under his eyes and messy hair. Probably caused by children not wanting to sleep and waking up early. He nods his head in greeting.

"Are you sure this isn't a problem?"

"Yeah. May take some getting used to but I can handle it. The tower is your home too."

"I've got many homes, Merida, so a change of scenery doesn't bother me."

Clint doesn't bother arguing with Tony. He's learned that it's like talking to a brick wall.

"Don't think it'll reach you if you're actually on your floor but we both know that you like the air ducts more, Loki has nightmares. Wakes up screaming."

Clint cringes at that, he can imagine how much that scared Tony and Bruce the first time that happened.

"Bruce says that it could be things that happened in his childhood... or he could be subconsciously remembering things his adult self did. Either way, the squirts have met Big Green, who adores children by the way, and will keep you awake if you're in the right sector of ducts."

"Thanks for the heads up... Does he talk about them?"

Tony shakes his head.

"Not to us at least. He may to Point Break but..."

Tony trails off. Bruce enters the room from the other side, rumpled and sleepy looking the scientist joins the two playing around. This probably won't end well when Sigyn decides it time for them to grow up again. It's clear as day that Bruce is already attached and Tony is likely following close behind.

"Do the others know?"

Not that there are many others for them to inform. Just Steve and Natasha. Tony lets out a strained sound.

"I've sent out a message but Steve is wanting to try normal hood in DC, I personally don't see how working with SHEILD counts as normal. And Natasha is sticking close to keep an eye on him. Apparently, he has a hot neighbor."

Clint turns a smile forming on his face. Until he sees Tony's face.

"The last I heard they had a mission, where I don't know. Classified, SHIELD only type mission."

Well, shit. He hasn't heard from SHIELD since his extraction and even that barely counts. Even two years later and they don't trust him.

"So it's just us three then?"

"Happy and Pepper know too. Pepper so that the tabloids don't go crazy over me suddenly acquiring two kids and Happy so he can make sure the cars are properly equipped."

"Well that's better than just us, right?"

"Hell yeah, Happy has a vast knowledge of kids that surprised me. He's the one who got them most of their toys. Right now he's trying to convince me to get them pets."

The fact that the tower isn't overrun by animals is a shock to Clint. Tony isn't someone that has the best impulse control, maybe Bruce has stopped the explosion of pets? Something must show on his face because Tony smiles thinly.

"We're trying to decide if we want to get them a pet each or if they should share a pet. Then we'll need to see what pets are good for their age," he explains, "Loki and Thor are rather 'enmeshed' right now."

The way Tony says enmeshed tells Clint that it was told to the engineer in a long spiel that likely bored the man to death.

"We've also discovered that Loki has bursts of magic a la Potter but no control so this is likely before whoever taught him ushered him into class, so we have to consider that with pets too."

Clint whistles lowly. Tony nods.

"Karma. You and Brucie are caught in the middle of a karma bomb courtesy of me, I just know it."