The kid avengers

Relationships

"Pepper, do you have a boyfriend?" Natasha asked one morning at breakfast

Wow. This is awkward Pepper thought, glancing over to the nine year old Tony lay on the floor playing a game with Bruce

"I do. But he's gone away for a little while?"

"On a holiday?" Natasha asked, furrowing her forehead slightly in confusion.

"No not really..."

"Well why'd he go away?"

"For work"
Well, that was the nearest to the truth she could get without it getting weird...

"How long for?"

"I'm not sure yet sweetie"

"Do you miss him?"

"Very much. But sometimes it feels like he's still nearby" she said, smiling

"What's his name?"

"T- Anthony"

"Hey that's my name!" Tony called from the floor

"No! You names Tony!" Bruce corrected him

"Tony is short for Anthony, like Tasha is short for Natasha and Clint is short for... What is Clint short for?"

"I'm not telling you!" Clint said and Natasha laughed. He really hated his full name

"Why did you ask about my boyfriend Natasha?" Pepper wondered aloud where this conversation had come from

"Because Darcy doesn't have a boyfriend. She should though; everyone else does. Jane's boyfriend lives really really far away"

"What about Maria? She doesn't have a boyfriend"

"Yes she does"

"Who?" pepper asked puzzled

"Phil!" both Natasha and Clint answered in unison, with a tone of 'duh!' in their voices

Pepper almost choked on her coffee.

"Where did you get that idea from?" Pepper asked, trying not to laugh

"They're always together" Natasha told her

"And they have lots of jokes only them too understands" Clint added

"Yeah, plus they always agree on everything!" Tony chimed in
So apparently it was a universal thought among the kids...

"But what about you two, you do all of those things" Pepper asked Natasha and Clint, smiling knowlingly. Their adult selves were dating, everyone knew; even if they pretended not to. Clint and Natasha weren't nearly as subtle as they thought they were...

The two children looked at each for a second before exclaiming "Noooooo!" and laughing

But Tony picked up on it and instantly started teasing them

Clint and Natasha darted down from their chair and started chasing Tony round the lounge as Phil and Maria joined Pepper, both still in their pajamas. Pepper couldn't help but laugh when she caught the eye roll Natasha gave them while Clint was trying desperately to stop Tony talking by covering his mouth with his hand.