Nick Fury appraised his agents with a neutral face. "And there weren't any complications? None at all?"

Natasha shook her head. "Besides Barton breaking his ankle, the mission went as planned. We gathered intelligence, and neutralized the threat in Britain."

Clint looked at Fury indignantly. "Why were you expecting complications? When have we ever let you down?" He was smiling, joking.

"Ever since I introduced you to Stark," Fury said. "I have no doubts about the Avengers Initiative, but I also don't have any doubt that Stark's been a bad influence on you." Clint was grinning, and even Fury cracked a small smile. Natasha observed the situation- Clint was acting normal, though she felt he shouldn't joke so much. If he joked anymore Fury may notice Clint's anxiety.

"If we're done," she said, "Clint needs to relax to let his ankle heal, and I need some time to rest myself."

Director Fury nodded. "You've both been working hard. Go ahead, I'll try not to send you on anything unless it's absolutely necessary for a week." Clint and Natasha left him, making sure they didn't seem like they were in a hurry. This was slightly helped by Clint being on crutches- he couldn't go fast if he tried. They reached the quinjet, and once they did, they checked on Harry, who was still sound asleep.

"Do all babies sleep this much?" Clint inquired. Natasha glanced at him as she flew the quinjet. She raised an eyebrow pointedly. "Okay, you don't know. Was it really necessary to lie to director Fury? I mean, we're not buddies, but I don't usually lie to higher ranking officials, especially not Nick Fury."

Natasha nodded. "I don't like it either, Clint. But it's as I said before: Nick Fury is reasonably trustworthy. He wouldn't hurt Harry. But once he knows, the World Security Council will, and I don't trust them." Clint accepted that- frankly, how could anyone trust them after they tried to nuke Manhattan?

Soon enough they were at the Avengers Tower, formerly Stark Tower. Natasha and Clint exited the quinjet, and made their way to the (topmost) kitchen.

"They are expecting Harry, aren't they?" Natasha asked Clint. On their way back Natasha had been preoccupied with preparing to lie to Nick Fury with Clint, hiding a baby, and taking care of the baby, she'd never contacted Bruce, Steve and Thor to make sure they knew about the newest resident of Avengers Tower.

Clint nodded. "Of course, I told Tony to tell them. They all know." They entered the kitchen. Bruce was making his own breakfast, Steve was sitting and reading the newspaper, and Thor was sitting beside him eating poptarts. Steve looked up, ready to say hello, until he saw what- who- Natasha was carrying. He nudged Thor, pointing out the baby to him. Thor sprang from his seat.

"Congratulation, friends! I know not how you've come by this child, but it is a most wonderful creature!" He bounded to where Clint, Natasha, and Harry were, a huge grin on his face. Bruce, however, had forgotten about his breakfast, looking horrified.

"What- no, no, no! I-you can't, no!" Bruce put out. He took a deep breath. "What were you thinking- why have you brought a baby here?"

"Stark didn't tell you?" Natasha said in a neutral voice. And one shouldn't be fooled- he neutral voice was scarier than any angry voice.

"Tell us?" Steve said. He groaned. "Tony!" Tony immediately entered, grinning, despite the angry expressions around him.

"Hey, nice to see you two made it back vomit-free! And here's little Harry, finally in the flesh!" Tony looked at the baby. He came towards him, and smiled at him. "Hey there, little guy."

"Tony," Steve interrupted. "You knew Natasha and Clint were bringing a baby back?"

"Of course," Tony said.

"You were supposed to warn them," Clint told him.

"Decided it'd make a better surprise, y' know? Besides, I've been too busy looking for furniture to put in his nursery."

"Nursery?" Steve said, sounding only half-surprised. "So…you're actually adopting a baby? You two?"

"No!" Bruce exclaimed. "No babies! Have you all forgotten about the Other Guy? We've been lucky so far, but do you really want to risk a baby? What if the Other Guy comes, I don't see a baby having much of a chance."

Everyone was quiet for a moment. Then Steve spoke, "Would you two like to explain how this baby…"

"Harry," Natasha provided.

"How Harry came to be in your possession, and why you've decided to take him in permanently?"

Natasha explained how she found Harry on a doorstep, and how his relatives were so unpleasant, she couldn't leave him with them. She explained the letter, how Harry was apparently a wizard. There were a few questions throughout her explanation, and they understood why she had brought Harry to be raised at the tower.

Bruce moved nervously. "Okay, I understand why he's being raised here, but…"

"It'll be fine," Clint assured him. "You have the Other Guy under control. And if anything does happen, we'll make sure Harry's safe."

Bruce still looked apprehensive. He shook his head. He turned, going towards the elevator.

"Where are you going?" Steve asked, concerned.

"To my room," Bruce answered. "I'll be back." He left the others.

Thor was still grinning. "May I hold him?" Natasha handed Harry to Thor, who was surprisingly gentle when he held him. "He's so small," Thor said.

"Yeah, that applies to all babies, Thor," Tony said. "I don't even need to have experience with them to know that."

"Of course," Thor said. "But I rarely have the chance to be so close to such young creatures." Thor smiled when Harry woke up. Harry looked at Thor for a few moments and smiled back. Thor looked at Steve. "Would you like to hold him?"

"Sure," Steve said. He took Harry. "Hello, Harry." Steve held him for a few moments, and looked over to Natasha. "I'm open to raising Harry here. I know that few, if any of us, have experience with parenting, but most parents aren't experts either."

Tony nodded enthusiastically. "And there's six of us. Seriously, with six of us here, we can't mess up too badly." He was smiling.

Clint was smiling. "Exactly! If we can save the world, certainly we can raise Mr. Wizard Baby. Can't be too hard."

Sorry this has taken awhile! Especially sorry if this chapter sucks! Please tell me if this chapter sucked, and I'll go back and fix it if it did. What did you think of the Avengers being introduced to Harry?