Chapter 33-First night home
By: MysticFantasy
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Steve switched on the baby monitor and looked at his wife who was still rocking their newborn son in her arms.
James was sound asleep, bundled in his baby blanket and ready for his first night home.
"Natasha." he said softly.
"I don't want to let him go yet." she replied. "It's our first night with him home."
"I know." Steve agreed as he stood next to his wife and looked at his sleeping son. "I don't want to leave him either."
The two new parent's continued to look at their sleeping son. Born not even two day ago. His first night had been in the hospital and he was released to go home with his parent's in the morning.
Now it was time for bed but the soldier and spy didn't want to leave their baby boy.
"Tell you what." Steve offered. "He's sure to wake up some time tonight, probably by the time we need to feed him. Let's let him sleep here for now and we can bring him with us later."
Natasha nodded. She rocked her son a few seconds longer before placing a kiss on his forehead. Steve also kissed his son before he was laid down in his crib.
The two made their way to the door of the nursery and lingered for a while. Their eyes focused on their precious child.
Finally, they made their way to their room and got ready for bed.
Steve placed the baby monitor on the nightstand by the bed and crawled under the comforter. Natasha joining him a minute later.
"I'm not going to be able to sleep tonight." she said as she snuggled next to her husband.
"Me either." Steve said. "We should try to sleep but I just know that I won't be able to."
"Now I know why parent's never sleep when they bring their babies home." Natasha said with a small smile.
Steve smiled and kissed her forehead.
They both attempted to sleep but their minds were on full alert. Listening for any sounds over the monitor.
The two were awake for the better part of two hours when a small alarm alerted them that it was time for James' midnight feeding.
Natasha quickly fixed a bottle while Steve woke their son.
"He's a good boy." Steve said taking the bottle of warm formula. "He didn't wake up once."
"I think you may have jynxed it." Natasha said.
Steve lightly chuckled and watched James drink his formula. The newborn quietly drank until his bottle was empty. He was gently burped and afterwards he began to fuss a little.
"It's ok." Steve soothed as he rocked the little boy. "It's ok. Mommy and daddy are here."
As if understanding those words, James slowly became quiet again. His eyes were still wide open.
"Let's take him with us." Natasha said.
Steve nodded and began to head back to the master bedroom while Natasha grabbed James's baby blanket.
Once in the bedroom, Natasha quickly remade the bed and made a spot in the middle for their son.
Once the bed was ready, she turned her attention to her husband and son. She walked over and stood close to her family.
They both watched as sleep began to reclaim their baby. His beautiful blue eyes began to slowly droop and finally close.
When they were sure James was asleep, the two moved over to the bed and carefully laid him down and covered him with his baby blanket. Then they carefully laid down on either side of him with enough space so that they were close but not too close.
For what seemed like hours, the two just stared at their baby. There were still times when they couldn't believe that he was really there.
Because of what the Red Room had done to Natasha, they had believed that she would never be able to have a child. But the day that Bruce confirmed that she was pregnant, the six Avengers had celebrated like no tomorrow.
The rest of the night after the celebration, Steve and Natasha had been talking about what they would put in the nursery that would be built in their suite, the colors the walls would be, deciding on names for a boy or girl, naming godparents...
The following months had been both wonderful and chaotic.
Natasha had so many mood swings that most of the time only Steve and Thor could stand to be around her and not be threatened within an inch of their lives.
The days leading up to the birth had everyone on pins and needles. They had gone over several practice runs for when Natasha felt it was time to go to the hospital.
The practices had gone perfectly but when the actual moment came when Natasha's water broke everyone had forgotten their designated task and had basically crawled up the walls trying to just get their heads straight to move to the door.
At the hospital, Tony had convinced the doctor's to place Natasha in a private hospital suite to have her child. Everyone had stayed with her as she went through fourteen hours of labor.
Tony had nearly passed out seeing the birth happen right in front of him but had managed to stay conscious throughout the whole thing.
In the later hours when James was given back to his parent's, the crazy family basked in the glow of having a new member in their family.
Now, the two parent's loved every moment they had with their son.
Everyone already knew that Natasha was going to be a protective but nurturing mother and Steve was going to be a very overy protective father but also a great figure for James to look up to.
It was very safe to say that James has the ideal parent's.
Parent's that now watched their sweet child sleep with them on his first night home.