Chapter 26-Kids
By: MysticFantasy
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promt provided by TwinkSnixx. For this chapter, Steve and Natasha are together. They will return to being just friends in the next chapter unless another request of them being together pops up.
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"Well, at least not all of us are so hard to get back into society." Tony said. "Really it's just you two old blondies that need the help."
"You consider me old?" Thor asked. "You must not realize that, even though I am passed my youth in my world, my age is actually younger than yours in your Midgardian measurements."
"That would explain a few things." Tony said. "So what do you call kids?"
"Speaking of kids, everyone remember when Thor told us he saw the motherly side of Natasha?" Clint asked and recieved a small glare from his friend.
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"The park is a great place for you to get re-acquainted with society." Natasha said as she and Steve walked arm in arm down the sidewalk. "Did you come here often in your day?"
"Somewhat." the soldier answered. "Bucky somehow got me into a few of his crazy blind date set ups and some of them ended up being here in the park."
"Let me guess, none of those girls even knew your name?"
"You guessed right. When they left they always said 'bye Buck and Bucky's friend'."
"Wow. It sounds like women were just as shallow then as they are now." Natasha said.
"I think it was just me." Steve said. "I really wasn't much to look at before becoming Captain America."
"But you were still the sweet person you are now. That's what they should have been focusing on. Not what you looked like."
"Still, they wanted Army strong men and Bucky fit it better than I did at the time."
Natasha was about to argue his statement when she suddenly heard the sound of quiet whimpering.
Getting Steve to stop and listen, they both made their way toward a small cluster of trees and bushes. They quietly made their way toward the center of the plants and spotted a small girl huddled in the safety of the seclusion.
She had light brown hair in braided pigtails and pink flipflops sandles that matched her pink sundress.
"Hey, sweetheart." Steve greeted softly as he knelt down to be eye level with her. "What's wrong? Are you lost?"
Although timid by their sudden appearance, the little girl nodded slowly.
"Do you know where your mom and dad might be?" Natasha asked in a kind voice that honestly surprised Steve a little.
"N-no." the little girl answered as she wiped away her tears. Then she looked straight at Natasha and asked, "Are you the Black Widow? With the Avengers?"
Natasha wasn't totally sure if she should answer the girl's question but figured it might be the only way for the girl to trust her and Steve. She was sure to trust Steve if she learned that he is Captain America.
"Yes, I am. This is Captain America."
The girl's sadness and fear seemed to just vanish as she looked at the two Avengers.
"Want us to help you find your mom?" Steve asked with his award winning Captain America smile.
The little girl nodded and jumped to her feet. She accepted the hand Steve offered her and they walked back into the open together.
"Now, where was the last place that you were with your mother?" Natasha asked.
"By the swings." she answered.
"Let's head that way." Steve said. "What's your name sweetheart?"
"Sarah." she answered.
Natasha saw the spark of remembrance in Steve's eyes and recalled that this little girl has the same name as his mother.
"That's a pretty name." Natasha said in hopes of getting Steve's mind back to reality. "Do you have any brother's or sister's?"
"No but my mommy said that I'm gonna have a little brother in a little while." Sarah answered.
"That must be exciting." Steve said as they came into view of the small playground. "Do you see your mom anywhere?"
Sarah's brown eyes looked over the playground and she eventually shook her heading, indicating that she didn't see her mother. She looked upset once more but Natasha was quick to think of a solution.
"Why don't we go on the swings for a while and see if she comes back?"
Sarah nodded quickly and the three made their way to the swings.
The little girl climbed onto one and Steve began to gently push her from behind. Natasha watched as a smile grew on her young face as she continued to swing in the air.
While Steve kept the young girl occupied, Natasha looked around to see if she could spot the possible mother of the child. She was sure that the mother would be running around with a look of panic and fear on her face.
So far, she didn't see any woman that fit the description.
After swinging for a while, Steve told Sarah that it was time for them to look elsewhere for her mother.
The young girl agreed and this time she held onto Natasha's hand. The spy was right way surprised that the little girl wanted to hold her hand while they walked. Her past was not open to the public but surely there would be mother's who didn't want their daughters to be anything like Natasha.
Yet this little girl was completely comfortable being around her. Natasha refused to believe that this child might look up to her in any way.
The three soon came to a small bridge over a pond. They stood on the middle of the bridge and looked at the water for a moment. Sarah really seemed to enjoy seeing the different kinds of fish swimming just under them.
Steve stood straight when he heard a faint shout. His stance let Natash know that he heard something and made sure to be alert without worrying Sarah.
"Sarah!"
All three of them heard the clear shout.
"That way." Steve said as he scooped Sarah into his arms. They walked down the path and around a small wall of trees.
They quickly spotted a heavily pregnant woman and man looking around frantically with two officers at their sides.
"Mommy!" Sarah shouted happily.
The woman and man looked over to where they heard the shout and smiled happily as they broke into a mad dash toward the three.
Steve placed Sarah on the ground and watched as she ran to meet her parent's who embraced her heavily. The mother and father shed happy tears that their daughter was returned to them.
The two Avengers were about to silently take their leave when Sarah called to them.
"Thank you Black Widow. Thank you Captain America."
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"Thor, you should have come to get us. We wanted to see that side of Natasha too!" Clint declared.
"I still don't know how you managed to not be seen the whole time you were following us." Natasha said to the thunder god who couldn't really be any quieter than Tony was pigheaded.
Thor merely smirked at his accomplishment of having followed two of his friends around a park without being noticed. It was rare that anything got by either one of them but he supposed that they had been too concerned with the little girl to worry about anything else.