Chapter 2
As the soul mate to six superheros, you learnt to be spontaneous and to change plans as quickly as you made them. It was a rare time for all of your soul mates to be in the tower, or even the country, at the same time.
When you’d moved in, you’d been given your own floor. Each of you had your own floor so you could all have your own space and place to retreat to when you weren’t feeling the best. Though the individual rooms were rarely used because there was a floor solely dedicated for the seven of you to share.
There was closet space for each of you, a bathroom the size of your previous apartment and bed that could easily fit ten people with room for you all to stretch out.
There were probably two times a month when all your soul mates and you were able to spend a night together. But usually, there was at least a small grouping of you all home.
“I thought I’d find you two here.” You smirked, leaning on the door frame. “Is it safe for me to enter the danger zone or will I get blown up?”
“You won’t blow up.” Tony said, gesturing you to come in.
“At least not right now. I’ve put all the explosive things away.” Bruce smirked. “What brings you to our neck of the woods, darling?”
“Well it’s three a.m., everybody else expect Thor, who went home, is on a mission and F.R.I.D.A.Y. told me the two of you haven’t been taking care of yourselves. She says you’re both about to drop.” You said as Tony wrapped his arms around your waist.
“F.R.I.D.A.Y. you snitch.” Tony grumbled. “I’m going to re program you.”
“Don’t get mad at her. F.R.I.D.A.Y. is ensuring the two of you don’t kill yourselves.” You said, leaning back to look up at him.
“Besides you programmed her, Tony. Only person you can blame is yourself.” Bruce snickered. “Is it really three already?”
“Uh huh. Sun went down hours ago.” You told him. “And now, I’m here to make you both eat and sleep on F.R.I.D.A.Y and Steve’s orders.”
“F.R.I.D.A.Y did you seriously snitch to Steve too?” Tony asked the A.I.
“Captain Rogers has asked me to inform him whenever you refuse to take care of yourself.” F.R.I.D.A.Y. responded.
“I am so reprogramming you.” Tony grumbled.
“You are not reprogramming her. You are going to eat something and then you’re going to sleep.” You said, moving out of his grasp and taking his hand. “You too doctor.”
“Yes, dear.” Bruce teased, taking your other hand.
“Sit your butts down.” You said, pushing the boys to the chairs as you moved into the kitchen.
“You love our butts.” Tony said, taking a seat.
“What did you get up to today, honey?” Bruce asked you, watching you bustle around the kitchen.
“Wanda and I went out for lunch, did some shopping, I got Steve’s birthday present, went to therapy and not much else.” You shrugged, putting a plate of pizza in the microwave. “That reminds me, Tony, your appointment is going to be pushed back an hour on Friday.”
“That’s okay, that means we can go out for lunch.” He shrugged with a small smile.
“I think everyone’s supposed to be back by then. It’s been a while since we all went out.” Bruce commented. “Thank you, hon.” He said as you passed him a plate.
It was nearing four a.m. by the time the boys were finished. The longer they sat there the more sluggish their actions became and the longer you had to wait for either of them to respond to anything.
“Alright, come on. Bed time.” You said, standing up and taking their empty plates from in front of them.
“We’re not children.” Tony grumbled, stretching his arms above his head as he stood.
“Not all the time at least.” You smiled, grabbing their hands and leading them towards the elevator. Once inside, Bruce pressed the button for your shared floor.
“I’m about to pass out.” Bruce sighed, resting his head on your shoulder.
“That’s what happens when you listen to Tony and think time is an illusion.” You cooed, running your fingers through his hair.
“Time is an illusion.” Tony said as the doors opened. “This is a sight for sore eyes.” He groaned, walking towards the bed and collapsing face first onto it.
“Are neither of you going to get changed?” You asked as Bruce joined Tony fully dressed in the bed.
“Nope.” Tony answered. “Now get your cute little ass in bed.”
“Yes sir.” You smirked, climbing in on his other side.
“We’ll get back to that in the morning.” Tony mumbled into your neck. “Love you sugar lips.”
“Love you too, Tone.” You whispered back. “Love you, Bruce.” You whispered for the sleeping man before you too fell sleep.
“Thanks F.R.I.D.A.Y.” You mumbled as the elevator doors opened. Work that day had been a nightmare, you’d never wanted to strangle someone more than you had that day. Since you believed all your soul mates were away you had planned to take a long hot bath and get some sleep, those plans would be quickly changed when you saw;
“Thor?” You asked aloud at the sight of your godly boyfriend. The large blonde man turned and gave you a large smile.
“Hello Y/N.” He said, moving towards you in three strides and pulling you into his chest. “It is good to see you.”
“I thought you were on Asgard?” You quizzed him, wrapping your arms around him and pressing your face into his broad chest.
“I arrived home a couple hours ago. I finished my business early to join you all.” He said, pressing a kiss to your head.
“Well I doubt you’ll have much luck with that plan. Everyone else is out.” You told him, leaning up to properly kiss the God. “You hungry, I can find us some dinner? Make some coffee, if you want.”
“I could eat.” He nodded, making you giggle. “So where is everyone else?” Thor asked as you both entered the shared kitchen.
“Tony and Bruce went to a science convention, Clint and Tash were sent out together and Steve was sent away last night.” You said, turning on the kettle. “So, you’re stuck with just me for a little.”
“I am not ‘stuck’ with you. I am quite content to stay with you.” Thor said, grabbing your waist and pulling you into his chest.
“Thanks darling.” You said, intertwining your fingers. “Now what are you in the mood for? Because apart from making coffee I’m not in the mood the cook.” You told him, looking up with a smile.
Thor had chosen what he wanted for dinner while you made the two of you some coffee. The two of you took your coffee up to your floor and you waited for your food to arrive.
“I forgot how warm you are.” You murmured, leaning into his side. “I missed it.”
“Then allow me to warm you up.” Thor smiled, throwing his arm around your shoulders and pulling you even closer. The two of you sat together, quietly murmuring events of your days to each other until you heard the doors open.
“What a vision to come home to.” Steve smiled tiredly. “You’re a sight for sore eyes.”
“Are you sure your eyes are the only thing sore? Did you even go to medical?” You asked as you and Thor sat up.
“The serum will take care of it.” Steve waved you off as he moved towards the two of you and kissed you both in greeting.
“Are you sure you do not require medical attention, lover? Your uniform has quite a bit of blood on it.” Thor said, eyeing the super solider wearily.
“Most of it’s not mine.” Steve shrugged. “I’m gonna go for a shower. Love you.” He said before dragging himself into the bathroom.
“He’s not okay.” You said once you heard the shower start.
“Not in the slightest.” Thor agreed. “How should we help him?”
“Do you want to call back the take away place and add Steve’s order to ours? I’ll make him some coffee and get the medical kit ready, just in case.” You said, getting up and out of the bed.
Thor quickly made the call, making it just in time to add food for Steve, and you made Steve a large cup of coffee and grabbed the large, fully stocked, medical kit.
Thor had just collected the food when Steve exited the shower. With only a towel around his waist you and Thor could easily identify all the bruises on his chest as well as his bleeding shoulder.
“Not your blood my ass.” You grumbled, standing and pushing him to sit on the edge of the bed. Steve did not protest as you forced him to sit.
“I believe I said it’s mostly not mine.” Steve mumbled as you began to dress his shoulder.
“Not as funny as you wished that to be, Steven.” Thor said, beginning to divide the food. You’d quickly dressed Steve’s shoulder and pressed a kiss to it before moving Steve so he sitting in the middle of the bed with his back to the headboard.
You and Thor sat on either side of the quiet man. Steve didn’t say much during the meal. He only said a few words during, but he did have a small smile on his face as he listened to you and Thor.
Steve only lasted an hour after he finished his meal before he ended up falling asleep. You and Thor placed all the cutlery, cups and plates on the bedsides before curling up into Steve’s sides.
“Love you, Thor.” You murmured as you began to fall asleep.
“Love you too, darling.” He responded, throwing an arm over you and Steve.
“Jesus, you’re lucky I don’t have issues with small spaces.” You grunted as you crawled behind Clint. Everyone was currently out, the only people who were currently staying at the tower were you, Natasha and Clint. Natasha had gone out to deal with some business so you and Clint were crawling through the tower’s vents.
“If you had issues with small spaces, I wouldn’t even ask you to do this.” He assured you. “We’re almost there, come on.”
“Which nest are we going to today?” You asked him as he turned to the left.
“The one above the common room.” He said. “I refurbished all the blankets and pillows and who better to enjoy the new and improved nest, than you?”
“Aw that’s sweet.” You smiled. The two of you crawled for nearly ten more minutes before you both came to a stop. With a grace that one only gained after years of routine, Clint popped open the grate and easily jumped out.
“Okay jump.” He said, standing in the nest with his arms out. You didn’t need anything else before you jumped into his waiting arms.
“Good catch.” You smiled, jumping out of his grip.
“I never miss.” He smirked. “What do you think, sweetheart?” Clint asked, arms gesturing to the nest around you.
“Much cosier than the last time I was here.” You said already laying down in the masses of blankets and pillows. “Much comfier too.”
“I’m telling you I should have decorated our room.” Clint told you, laying in front of you.
“Literally none of these match each other, if you decorated our room you’d trigger Steve’s OCD.” You sniggered.
“Steve would deal with it because he loves me.” Clint shrugged, playing with your fingers.
“And because I love him, I’d change it to all to matching items.” Natasha said, suddenly appearing above you in the open vent. “I’m coming in.” She smirked before jumping down and landing at your feet.
“Welcome home.” Clint smiled at her as she curled up behind you.
“Definitely not where I though I’d find you two, that’s for sure.” She said, wrapping her arms around her middle.
“Gotta keep the surprise in our relationship.” You said voice laden with sleep. The three of you stayed awake for nearly half an hour before the comfort of the nest and the warmth of being surrounded by your soul mates lured you into sleep.
“Okay, you gotta her, cap?” Was the first thing you heard as you drifted awake. The first thing you actually registered was the brief sensation of cold on your back before being transferred into a pair of warm arms.
“I got her.” You heard Steve say as he pulled you into his chest.
“And I got Nat.” Tony said. “Let’s get these three to bed.” He said before Steve began moving.
“What’s going on?” You slurred as you pried your eyes open.
“Nothing, doll. Go back to sleep, honey.” Steve said, carefully rearranging you so your ear was pressed against his heart.
“Alright, love you Stevie.” You mumbled before falling back asleep. The next time you awoke, the sun was just beginning to rise. This time you were in bed, surrounded by six other bodies.
You yourself were laying in between Natasha and Clint once more, with two of your boys on either side of them. It was in this moment, with all your soul mates surrounding you and the light illuminating them all, you had never been more grateful for Natasha and Clint stopping your suicide attempt all those years ago.
Their love did not fix you, but it held you together at the seams. Okay was an uphill battle that you fought every day, but with their support, okay was no longer a dream but a possible reality.
“Thank you.” You whispered aloud to your slumbering soul mates. “Thank you.” You whispered again, this time not to your soul mates but to the universe itself.