Time is the Only Constant

“Fury and I went to take a look at that classified power source,” she took a bite of the muffin, it was good for the mass-produced kind.Natasha hummed for her to continue, eyes still closed.“And there was this portal that opened up but it was dark and we couldn't see anything in it,” she took another bite and watched the redheads breathing slow, “but then there was like this office that we could see into.”She finished the muffin and threw the wrapper away in the trashcan by her door, “And in the background, there was this writing on a whiteboard but I think I wrote it down wrong because for the last five hours I have been coming up with nothing. Or maybe it was just office stuff. Oh and I think I might be going crazy because I saw a kid in front of it before it closed.” Or: What happened if before Loki emerged from the Tesseract portal, he sent a child through. Changing the course of Maria Hill's life.

This is something I have been thinking about for a long time. I wanted to explore Maria and Natasha over the course of the 11 years of the MCU, and what would happen if there was a child in the picture. I just want to make it clear here, that other than the addition of an original character (and some age changes), this work is going to follow the MCU through and through if you know what I mean. So if you’re not a fan of the ending Marvel wrote for some characters, this may not be the story for you, which is totally fine! If this is up your alley, please enjoy.