Family, and here comes the Hawk!
Natasha's Pov:
Natasha Romanoff was surprised. It wasn't often this happened, mind you, but it was true. Ever since the red room, and being saved by Clint Barton, she had not been surprised by much of anything she had to do since. But this… This was surprising.
Natasha was tasked by Nick Fury, the director of S.H.I.E.L.D, to spy on one Anthony 'Tony' Edvard Stark, the multi-billionaire genius who was… not supposed to be a father of a small nine-year-old boy with messy jet black hair and wide emerald (no, Killing curse green) eyes who's first reaction to seeing her was:
"Mama?"
What?
It took Tony less than 5 seconds to give a loud exclamation of "A-ha", and run off to the main living room of all the while shouting orders to his AI system. It took even less time for Natasha to run off after the hyperactive adult with the nine-year-old, to see - the… father? - talking to his AI with different pictures of red-heads when I saw her. A female with fiery red hair, sitting next to a black-haired lanky 7-year-old, the two smiling like nothing is wrong in the world. It was my cousin, Lilly Evans, and her… Childhood friend, if I remember correctly. What was his name again?
I notice a small garden snake in the picture as well, when something hit me. Snake? Snave? Snape? The boy's last name was Snape! And those green eyes… Exactly like the boy!
"Is this her, little one?" The male asked the boy, snapping me out of my shock. Looking over, I see the boy nod his head. It was official.
Harry's Pov:
Freak, now named Hadrian, was surprised when he noticed the red head for the first time. She reminded him of something strange. A scream, red hair, the smell of lilies and warmth, and something strange. A sparkly green aura of sort…
"Mama?"
After Tony ran off, Hadrian ran off after his new uncle, Tony, with the red head stranger that came after us. When Tony found her – my mama's – picture, I gave a small, shy nod, when a loud thump startled me into automatically jumping over the sofa to hide behind it.
3d person pov:
The two dark-haired males looked at the sole redheaded female, that now lied passed out on the ground. The blank look transferred over to each other, and the older male's amusement lit up his brown eyes while the younger male's eyes stayed furrowed in confusion.
What had just happened?
Elsewhere:
The first time Clint Barton heard about the kid Tony Stark had adopted, he had dismissed the rumor. The first time he saw Natasha after the assignment, he was alarmed. Because that boy made the Black Widow remember something the experts said was lost to time long ago. He gave her back her past identity and the knowledge that the boy is her nephew. Natasha Romanoff, birth name Alyssa Evans, was now showing more emotions than before, and more than determined to be family to her re-found – or is it newfound? – nephew. Clint is unsure whether he should be helping out too, or running as far away from the kid. But hey, he's a father too, and if this means he gets to prevent the genius from accidentally break the fragile bond between father and son, then someone has to step in and fix it. Because believe it or not, and Clint can't believe he's agreeing with James Rodhey about this, but Stark's smile seems to be worth it.
And later, long after the debacle in New York, and after moving in to live with Tony and the child, and the prisoner being locked up for good at long last, Clint is glad. He is glad he gave the billionaire a chance because now he is truly free. All thanks to the kid having learned under Anthony, and saving Clint from the feeling of being a bystander in his own body. Now that he is safe at long last, he can also meet Alyssa's nephew at long last, and the squirt? It appears that he is truly worth the trouble. Both father and son.
And maybe… Maybe, even the trickster demigod that is, underneath all the anger, pain, depression, and heartbreak, also an innocent that is also worth it.