Surprises and Revelations
Surprises and revelations
Steve's POV:
It has been a month and a half since we rescued my team from Russia.
Natasha has recovered well physically with only a few scars to show from her recent experience. Now she is in therapy twice a week with a SHIELD issued doctor.
Tony and Clint have healed well once they received a few blood transfusions. Tony had bonded well with Hank during recovery and offered them both an apartment in his tower. Their apartment just happens to be Natasha's old one and she moved into my apartment, but in the spare room of course.
Clint finally got the guts to ask Bobbi to move in with him, so she is now part of the family. Sif and Loki ended up moving in with Thor, though Loki's stay is only temporary because signa is expecting their second child together.
The twins that Janet and Sif found are now training with SHIELD a bit but Tony offered them a place to crash as soon as they are cleared. Bruce has been working constantly lately and is not around much but he is considering asking Betty to move in with him. Tony refused to offer a space to Deadpool and his companion, Ms. Marvel, but we all still see them occasionally on the helicarrier.
Tonight we gathered for pizza and a movie in Tony's home theater. Natasha, Janet, Bobbi, Pepper, Betty and Sif got to chose the movie which ended up being Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Luckily all the girls bonded well together, and evidently they have the same taste in movies.
Thor laughs loudly, "Steve! The monkey shares your name!"
"Well it shares Sif's favorite food, gummy bears," loki remarks and Sif smacks his arm.
We all laugh quite a bit at this movie and surprisingly Tony wasn't kissing Pepper throughout the entire movie. Natasha and I have grown a lot closer, we have been out on quite a few dates and i can't be happier.
We all sit chatting a bit as Loki gets ready to leave. Thor has convinced Loki to take a camera back with him to take pictures of the child. Thor wants to see the child everyday but he can't. We all stand up and head up to the roof where Tony has allowed the asgardians to leave their mark so they can keep in touch.
"Brother, give lady Signa our best wishes with the childbearing."
"I shall, and brother do keep me updated as well. I do hope to get news that Sif will become my sister soon." Of course this makes Thor and Sif blush while Loki smirks.
We all then wave goodbye and shake Loki's hand before he leaves. Once Loki left we all headed back down to the common room just to hang out.
"So when are we going to be able to start planning weddings? Hank and I dont want to be the only married couple," janet says with a teasing voice.
"Dont look at Steve and I we have only been together 3 months," Natasha speaks up as I hold her hand.
"Well Janet we could all ask when we can expect a baby Avenger from you and Hank then," Tony says as he gets offensive.
"Janet," Hank says as I notice Janet starts to cry and Natasha and Sif rush to her side to comfort her.
"What did I do?" Tony asks with a very concerned voiced.
Natasha and Sif rub her back as Hank kneels in front of her talking to her in a whisper.
"Well Janet and I have been trying for a baby for months with little luck, until the morning SHIELD called us in for the rescue mission," Hank explains as he rubs her leg.
"The morning of our rescue mission I took a test and it came out positive. We told Nick but he wouldn't let me back out of it. The trauma that I sustained caused my body to abort the baby," Janet explains in a low voice and we are all shocked except for Natasha and Sif who probably already knew.
Tony jumps up angrily and heads for the elevator, "I will handle Fury."
Pepper's POV:
I rushed out behind Tony and slipped into the elevator behind him right as the doors were closing.
"He is going to pay," Tony mutters angrily under his breath and i start to rub his shoulder.
"Why are you so angry about this Tony? You are never this mad," and he pushes my hand away.
"He has no right! Most of SHIELD knew those two wanted a baby so damn bad but he still forces her out into the field. I might not know her that well but Hank is my friend, and if we let Fury keep doing this than who is next? Natasha? Sif? Bobbi? You?!"
"I don't work for them baby, i work for you," I try to reason.
"What if it was you? If you worked there? That could be our baby someday. It's only a matter of time before they find out what Killian did to you and they will try to recruit you. Then that could be our child." Tony falls to his knees crying and i lean down to comfort him.
"It will be okay, I learned to control it. Its like I dont even have it. Also I never realized you even wanted children." Tony wraps his arms around me as he sets me on his lap.
"I want everything with you baby, a life with you. That cell, I was dying and that scared me so much worse than the desert cave was. It made me realize how much I love you and I never want to lose you." Tony wipes his eyes and stands up before setting me back on my feet and i am shocked by his words.
"I was going to wait and make this really fancy and unforgetable," he chuckles and i stand there confused. "But what is more unforgetable than the night i broke down to you amd cried in an elevator.
He smiles more and he pulls out a box and gets down on one knee before opening the box to reveal a beautiful diamond ring. "Virginia Pepper Potts, will you marry me?"
I gasp out and hug him tight pushing him into the wall behind him. The only word my brain can get my mouth to say is yes over and over. Tony kisses me hard before smiling and we both laugh when Jarvis plays an AC DC love song as we lay on the elevator floor.
"Tony?"
"Yeah Pep?" He replies as he pulls me in closer.
"Can we wait to confront Fury as a team and just go upstairs to be with our friends tonight?"
"Of course baby anything for you." He slides my forgotten ring on my finger before we both stand up and press the button for the top floor.
After stopping at the bathroom to make sure we don't look suspicious we walk hand in hand to where our friends are. Janet is beating Steve, Thor and Clint at Mario karts so Tony and I sit down in the arm chair cuddling.
Natasha is the first to notice and she gasps loudly before coming over to us and grabbing my hand inspecting my ring. "No way." This attracts everyone's attention and Tony tells them that we are getting married.
"Dang it," Clint says as he passes Thor some money.
"Congratulations Tony, and Pepper," Steve says with a smile.
Soon everyone has congratulated us and they all returned back to their game.
"We should start a bet on which couple will have a baby first, " Clint says clearly a bit upset he lost the last one.
"I vote Natasha," Tony says as Natasha shrugs while racing against Janet.
"You will lose."
"Oh? Because of captain purity right? Dont worry Nat it will happen eventually."
"No that's not it," I look over to see Steve's face after Natasha's comment and i can tell he doesn't know. I elbow Tony in his side and he shuts up quickly.
"Then what is it?" Thor asks.
"I am infertile, no child can be conceived or carried by my body. Red room made all their women infertile when they decided to start us in the widow program. My first husband and I tried before world war 2 where he became the worst man i ever knew before he was killed by German soldiers."
Nat beat Janet's fastest time before tossing down the controller and walking out. Steve sits in place shocked before Clint goes over and shakes his arm. Steve excuses himself and soon so does everyone else since it is already past midnight.
Tony and I sit up a while just talking.
"We should do something fun tomorrow," i say and i see Tonys mind starts making plans.
"We should do couple verses couple paintball at the huge arena in the country, bring your own weapons."
"Will everyone have paintball weapons?" I ask him.
"I have been designing weapons with hank that is strictly paintball weapons," Tony smiles and he looks so proud of himself.
"Good," I smile as he starts to go on and on about tomorrow.
"Tony, I think its time you take your fiance to bed."
"Yes, of course Pepper."
Tony carries me to bed and I fall asleep easily.