Avenger's Dinner as Always
A/N: So the Next chapter already, I like to think I am doing okay for someone that is busy a lot. So all of my stories are being added to both Wattpad and Archive of Our Own my name is the same on all of them. The only difference is that some might of some slight changes and I am considering making some chapters a bit more mature on one of the sites.
Avenger's Dinner as Always
Steve's POV:
Natasha is excited when we get back to our apartment and it is great to see for once. Natasha runs straight to her bedroom once we get inside and comes back out carrying an old metal box.
"What is that Nat?"
"Это окно рецепт семья,"
"Nat, baby, wrong language."
She looks up confused, "Oh sorry uh this is a box filled with traditional recipes. It belonged to my family, they were famous. uh it actually took me a while to get ahold of it." Nat grabs a piece of paper from the box and walks to the kitchen.
"So what are you making dear?" I ask as i sit at the counter.
"It's called Pirozhki, it's a type of meat pie," Nat say as she gathers all of her materials. She puts on an apron and ties her hair up before washing her hands. I sit and watch her prepare the food for awhile.
Eventually I move into the kitchen alongside her and gather ingredients for my dish and grabs my apron. I carefully mix my ingredients as Nat hops up to sit on the counter near me. "What's cookin' good lookin'," I look up at her and she smirks.
"Well I grew up during the great depression, so I am making a cake that my mother and I used to make together." Nat dips her finger in the mix and tastes it, "Oh my that is delicious Steve."
I smile and she instantly pulls me to her kissing me deeply only stopping when her timer dings.
We both bustle about the kitchen and then both take turns getting cleaned up before we get ready to head upstairs. Natasha straightens her hair and wears a blue sundress with sandals while I wear khakis and my favorite shirt.
Natasha and I are the first ones up on the common room floor so we immediately start to set the table. Hank and Janet come up soon after us and smiles. "We did not expect anyone to be up here yet, let alone fixing the table," Janet remarks with a smile.
"Oh sorry," I respond a bit nervously. Hank and Janet both come over and help us finish setting the table before the others start to show up and set their dishes on the table.
Once the last person down, Tony, has a seat at the table I stand from my spot at the head of the table. "Well since we are all here, we can each uncover our dish and tell everyone what it is before we start passing it around." Everyone stands and presents their dish one by one. Bobbi made fried green tomatoes and Clint made fried zucchini and okra. Pepper made a salad with a nice homemade vinaigrette while Tony prepared a spinach dip in a bread bowl. Betty made a casserole that went perfectly with Bruce's asparagus. Thor and Sif made meals that are traditional to asgard and they taste different that's for sure. Thor made lapskaus which is like a stewed beef while Sif made a fruktsuppe or fruit soup.
We all sit and eat while we chat amongst ourselves. Before long I hear Janet laughing and telling jokes and I can see that she has officially settled into our small group.
Hank's POV:
I hold Janet's hand under the table as she laughs before I take a bite of Steve's cake. I still feel slightly on edge with this group because this is not the first group we have been with. Janet has a tendency to grow attached to soon, that's not always the best thing in this line of work. She is just getting out of a major depression from losing our first group of agents that we worked with. After that we started to pull away from SHIELD and even decided to try to start a family. Then whenever SHIELD needed us we went back and lost the child she was carrying. Since then she was able to bounce back quickly with the help of this group but I am scared for her sake that we might lose them too.
I look over to Janet as she drops my hand and stands up. "Well everyone that was absolutely wonderful! I had no idea that everyone could cook so well. Now I am full and I think that Hank and I will clean up while you all head to the theater and pick out a movie."
Bobbi goes to protest but Janet shushes her and sends them all off. Once they have all left we carry all the dishes to the kitchen. Janet puts the leftovers away as I load the dishwasher.
"Honey," I say breaking the silence. "I think we need to take it easy with this okay? because of what happened last time." I trail off as i complete my task.
When I turn around I see Janet on the floor crying and I kneel beside her. "Hank, I know but we can't go our entire life with no friends."
"I know, I just don't want you to get hurt again." I hold her close for a few minutes until she calms down. Eventually we both join our friends in the theater to watch the movie that was playing.