Author's POV

Steve was holding a sleeping Natasha in his hands and walking to her bed, he put her down and under covers while caressing her hair. Dr.Cho had told them the drug effects would ware off some time the next day afternoon and he didn't want to disturb her. He left her room and turned of the television, walking out of her apartment and went to the main kitchen.

"Hey grandpa, watcha doing?" Wanda said with a smile.

"Trying to get me a drink, why are you still here?" He looked at the clock that suggested it was almost midnight.

"Couldn't sleep, everyone else is either busy packing or they've gone sleep already."

"Who's coming?"

"Well, let me see. We'll all be there, I mean you and Nat and Sam and Vis and I. Stark is coming with Pepper, good thing they patched things up cause other wise I'd have killed him by now." She rolled her eyes and Steve chuckled. "Maria is coming and Sam is excited about that. The Bartons are coming, all four of them. And, um, yeah, I think that's it."

Steve nodded in understanding.

"Ooh, also, Barnes is coming!"

"Bucky??"

"Yeah, T'challa says his fine and Pepper has got Tony cooled down about the whole situation. Also, Nat has talked to him and told him about how KGB,Red Room and Hydra work, so he can see a bigger picture now."

"Wow, I had no idea. I've gotta thank them." He mumbled to himself. "Anyways, when is Bucky joining us?"

"Stark said we'll meat him there. And apparently an agent is companying him, and she'll join us as well."

"Thank you Wanda, I kinda feel relieved." He gave her a hug and she smiled at him.

"Your welcome, grandpa" she teased him.

Steve shook his head and pulled her in a hug. "Come on, I'll walk you to your room. Where's Vision?"

"Tony asked him to go visit them, said he needed help with something in his lab." Wanda answered. "I'll see him tomorrow morning." She pouted.

"Don't worry, I'm sure you two can survive the night." He said in a firm voice.

"You know, you'll make a hell of an annoying dad." She giggled.

"We'll just have to wait and see about that."

Wanda stood still, looking at Steve who was shocked by her reaction.

"What? What's up?"

"Steve... you-you do know that Nat-um, she..." she stuttered.

"There's always other ways, isn't there?" He gave her a reassuring smile. "I know Wanda, and I don't care." He shrugged. "We may need to have a serious discussion on the matter, to see where do we want this to go, but if we get serious, and if we decide to start a family, we'll think of something, you don't need to worry about that." He pulled her back in his embrace and walked her to her apartment in silent.

As they reached her door, Wanda turned around and looked him in the eyes, "you know, back then, with the whole Ultron fiasco, when I looked in to Banner's head, I saw doubt and uncertainty. But with you, I don't need to look into your mind and thoughts to know that your really in love with her." She smiled. "You won't hurt her, right?"

"I'd rather give my heart and soul to see her hurt, Wanda." He whispered.

"Captain, we have a trouble." Jarvis interrupted.

"What is it?"

"It's miss Romanoff, sir."

Without a further note given, both Steve and Wanda ran to Natasha's apartment and were by her side is a few seconds.

"Natasha, wake up." Steve whispered to her ears as he bent down to reach her.

"Steve, let me calm her mind." Wanda moved her hands and Steve watched the familiar red light move from her fingers to Nat's head, and she slowly began to calm down and her breathing became steady.

"Wanda?"

"Don't worry, it's a happy memory. Something that will calm her for the night." She explained as she walked to the door.

"Come, she'll be fine tonight."

Steve hesitated but knowing that they weren't alone in the compound, he agreed and walked out her apartment.

"See you in the morning." Wanda waved a hand and left him behind in the hallway. Steve walked to his apartment, wondering if Natasha would be fine.

Back in Natasha's room, she laid on her bed, deep in sleep, a memory playing in her mind. Wanda had told Steve that it was a happy memory, but she hadn't said who's memory it was.

"Heart and soul..." Natasha mumbled in her sleep as a smile appeared on her face.

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The day began with kids screaming in the hallways. Steve woke up to sound of banging on a door, but not his.

"Auntie Nat, WAKE UP. It's Seven already, WAKE UP!" He heard kids screaming. "Wake up Auntie "

Knowing Natasha had had trouble resting the previous day and that she was possibly still under drug effects, he walked to his door and opened it just in time to see the opposite door open and a very angry looking Natasha appear in the door frame.

"What The Hell Is Going On?" She nagged. "I was fucking sleeping."

Steve and the kids watched her with wide eyes and her own jaw dropped as she saw the kids. All of them went silent but then, a sound got their attention and they all looked down the hallway to see Clint walking to them.

"Morning you two," he said waving a hand to them.

Natasha got over her shock and bent on her knees to hug the kids. Cooper hugged her first and then let go, he turned to look at Steve.

"Hi captain."

"Hey champ," Steve replied and bent down to pick him up as Natasha did the same with Lila.

"Ok, so, you two get those two and I get my wife, everyone on board?" Clint blurted and turned to walk away.

"Barton, you get your ass back here" Natasha shouted in her raspy morning voice that caused Steve and the two kids to laugh.

"Language, Romanoff." Steve said and got himself a death glare that made him chuckle but also back off.

Natasha darted her death glare from Steve to Clint , "Listen to me carefully, I'm still sleepy and I don't have enough energy to torture someone right now, so you better tell me what the hell you doing here instead of meeting us in the airport."

Clint swallowed hard, "well, you see, we're all going on a vacation, and I thought you may wanna enjoy some quality time with your nephews."

"Clint" Natasha groaned through gritted teeth.

"Ok, ok. Ugh, can you two help babysit during the trip? So Laura can get some rest? I swear if she gets just a few more hours of us nagging or doing stupid stuff, she's gonna make all three of us sleep on a couch for a whole month." He pleaded and Steve laughed while Natasha rolled her eyes. She shook her head and turned to her apartment.

"Have Cooper at the front door in half an hour, Rogers."

"Yes Ma'am ." He blurted not wanting to be shouted at like Clint. Clint waved his hand and walked down the hall as Steve walked in his apartment with Cooper.

Steve got each of them a glass of orange juice and toast.

"Cap?"

"Yeah?"

"Are you dating auntie Nat?"

Steve almost spit out the sip of juice he'd drank, "why do you say that?" He asked in a shocked voice.

"I don't know, mommy says you look cute with each other. " he shrugged as he started walking around Steve's living room. "I think auntie is cute anyway."

"Well, you are not wrong" he smiled softly at him, while standing up to get his duffle bag. "Come on Cooper, let's head out before your cute auntie gets down or she'll kick me out the van." He chuckled and held the door open for the little boy, not caring to look at the hallway.

"So I'm his cute auntie now? Interesting."

Steve's head snapped to find Natasha standing at her door with her carry on and Lila running past her to the elevator, followed by Cooper.. "Um, no, that's not what I meant" he stuttered making her raise an eyebrow.

"Oh, so you don't think I'm cute?"

"Um, no-I mean, of course I do, that's not what I meant when I said that's not what I meant..." he desperately shook his head and inhaled deeply "I mean, Cooper said Laura says she thin-" he was cut of by Natasha pulling him down for a light kiss, looking at her when she ended the kiss only to rest her lips on his and smile against them.

"You know, it's kind of fun to see a super soldier freak out." She smirked and walked away. "Although, you'll have to carry my luggage to make it up to me."

Steve immediately picked his duffel bag and her carry on and followed her to the elevator as she held Cooper and Lila's hands in hers and they told her about their flight in the quintet. He laid back, admiring her, all of her. Her smiles, her laughter, the way she looked at the kids and talked to them with her baby voice. The a thought occurred to him, Natasha can't have kids! It was the first time that the realization really hit him. Natasha could never have a family of her own.

"Hey, you ok?" A hand was shaking his shoulder, ever so lightly that he could barely feel it. He snapped out of his thoughts and looked down, seeing Natasha standing in front of him.

"Huh? Sorry , did you say something?"

Natasha tilted her head and nodded toward the door, "we're here" she looked back at him, her eyes studying his face "you sure you're ok?"

"Yeah, let's go." He placed his hand on her back, gesturing her to walk out the elevator. As they walked out the building, they saw a buss waiting for them and Pepper standing right down it's stairs.

"Hey, we were waiting for you." She smiled as she waved hello to them.

"We're the last ones?" Natasha asked.

"Yeah, Tony kinda screamed at everyone else around five thirty to wake them up and made them get in the bus about half an hour ago." Pepper told them as Steve was placing their luggage in the compartment and Natasha was standing next to her, waiting for him as he had waved her off when she tried to help him.

"Why didn't he wake us up?" He asked as he closed the door.

"Well, he said and I quote, 'I don't wanna get a widow bite from Red' " Pepper rolled her eyes and Natasha grinned. "Well, apparently being the black widow comes with its benefits" she joked and Pepper chuckled while Steve just forced a smile that Natasha didn't miss and confused her. They walked in the bus to find almost everyone already sleep in their VIP seats. Everyone but Lila, Cooper and Vision. There were eight pair of seats on the bus, two rows of four, Six of them already occupied.

Tony was siting up front, an empty seat next to him which was obviously Pepper's. She took the seat and pulled up the handle between the seats and gently placed her head on his shoulder. He stirred a little, lazily wrapping his hand around her torso and pulling her close to himself. On the other row next to them, was Sam. Laura and Clint were seated behind them. Next to them on the other row, behind Tony and Pepper were Lila and Cooper who seemed to be watching Cartoons. Behind them, to both Natasha and Steve's surprise were Wanda and Maria, next to Vision who was reading a book, seated on the other row.

Steve and Natasha walked to the end of the bus, two unoccupied pairs next to each other. Natasha bit her lip before she turned to face Steve who was a few steps behind, looking at Wanda. Then he turned to look at Natasha.

"Low profile " she mumbled, earning a chuckle from Steve. He took the next few steps and gently held her hand, moving her to the seat next to window and walking to the seat next to her.

"Their all sleep now, I doubt any of them would get up for at least another hour, so we can enjoy each other's company for a while." He smiled at her and pulled her in a hug, placing gentle kisses on her hair as she relaxed in his embrace.

The driver started driving, they were all trying to get away from the world, trying their best to have a normal vacation. So, they had decided to take a normal flight, from a public airport. The drive to the airport was about to be around three hours, but considering the early hours, no one really cared. They could continue their sleep.

Ten minutes through the drive, Vision got up his seat and turned to the empty pair next to Wanda and Maria .

"Would you mind if I put Wanda on those two? She wouldn't be comfortable, sleeping like this"

Steve stood up as Natasha gave him a sincere smile and nodded her head. Vision scooped Wanda up and Steve pulled up the handle to let Vision lay her on both seats and grabbed her blanket and pulled it over her. He was about to tuck her in when Natasha reached his hand and pulled him to his own seat. He gave her a confused look but she moved her gaze to Vision and back at him, telling him to give him the opportunity. He sat down with a grumpy expression, making Natasha laugh and pull him in a kiss. Her hands found their way to the back of his neck and slowly danced to his hair as she planted kisses on his lips. Steve was shocked but as Natasha pushed her upper lip in between his lips, parting them and gently sucking on his lower lip, he overcame his state and wrapped one hand around her waist and placed on behind her neck for support. He pushed his tongue through her lips, tangling with hers and pulling her closer to himself.

"Ahem Ahem" a soft cough interrupted them.

Natasha's eyes widened as she pulled back, jerking Steve's hand of her waist, turning to see the source. They turned to see Wanda smirking at them, a devilish smirk plastered on her face. "And the movie just got r-rated" she murmured before bursting in to a laugh.

"Oh shut up!" Natasha picked her pillow ant threw at Wanda, hitting her on the face.

"Wanda, go back to sleep." Steve sighed and laid back on the seat, placing his pillow behind Natasha. "You need to rest too. Cho said you had 24 hours left before the effects ware off, you've still got a couple of hours." He kissed her hair.

"You're not gonna let me rest on your shoulder?" Natasha pouted at the sudden distance.

"Having Wanda on the other seats gives us a reason to sit with each other, but they'll get suspicious if they find us cuddling." He smiled and kissed her once more before turning to take Natasha's pillow from Wanda who was now trying to go back to sleep with an innocent smile. Natasha rested her head on the pillow and closed her eyes, feeling a blanket cover her and her hair being pushed out of her face. A gentle hand cupped her cheek and she leaned in to the warmth, letting sleep take over her as a masculine voice whispered to her ear...

"I'll never let you go... I'll be your family"