Winter's solace

crash

Avengers Compound:

"Dad, this is overkill!" Alyssa complained as he walked her into her room...halfway across the compound,away from Peter AND MJ.

"Is not. You're lucky I'm not making you sleep in the office." He said

Alyssa rolled her eyes. He was being this way for a reason and she knew it. He wanted to protect her "innocence".

  "It's not like we haven't had sex already." She mumbled

"What?" Bucky asked, with a raised eyebrow.

"Nothing!" She said quickly "goodnight."

She shut the door and slid down it to the floor. She just wanted to be curled up in the bed with MJ. Her favorite cuddle buddy. She sighed, climbing into the soft bed. Sleep caught up to her quickly. Her eyes fluttered closed and her dreams filled her mind.

"Alyssa, sweetie, put the mask on." Said a woman with short blonde hair

"No mommy!" A little girl cried

"Alyssa please!" A man begged

  He forced the mask over the little girl's face as the plane went spinning to the earth.

Alyssa shot up out of her bed, shivering. She felt like she'd just been submerged in snow. She grabbed her robe and left her bedroom, wrapping it tightly around herself. She walked down the hall, following the winding path to Peter's room.

  "Peter?" She asked, knocking on the door.

    He hurriedly opened the door. MJ was curled up on his bed.

  "New space. Can't sleep." She explained.

  "Are you okay?" Peter asked

"Nightmare."

  "About?"

"Parents. My birth parents I mean."

Peter pulled her into the room and shut the door.

  "Talk about it or watch movies?" He asked

  "Watch movies."

Peter nodded and Alyssa climbed up in the bed and curled up with MJ, who kissed her softly and began to play with her hair.

  "How about...La Bamba?"

"My parents died in a plane crash."

"No La Bamba." He said "and same."

"Am I the only one with both living parents?"

"Yes." The two said together

"Shit."

Alyssa kissed her forehead.

"It's okay. At least I have my daddy." She said

"Awe." Peter cooed

He popped in a movie and climbed up next to the girls, pulling them both close.

  "What is this?" Alyssa asked

"Batman." He said

Alyssa shook her head and laid it on his chest.

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Peter's bedroom door creaked open.

  "Hey kid, you okay?" Bucky's voice asked before he could fully see the room.

Once he was all the way inside, he sighed and leaned against the door frame.

"Peter!" He said loudly

Alyssa and Mj jumped at the sound. Peter jerked awake.

  "Yeah." He said sleepily.

  "Why are the girls in your bed?"

  "Movie night." He said

"What?"

"I had a nightmare. So we watched movies all night."

"A night-plane crash."

Alyssa nodded. He sighed, giving her a soft look.

  "Time to train."

Alyssa sighed and got out of bed.

     "You heard him." She said to Peter before turning to MJ  "baby, come watch me get my ass kicked by my dad."