Solaris ⋯ Steve Rogers|Marvel Cinematic Universe

[chapter 70]

"The news is loving you guys. Nobody else is." Maria spoke as Evelyn sat on the floor, resting her chin on her knees. "There's been no official call for Banner's arrest, but it's in the air."

"Stark Relief Foundation?" Tony asked, him and Clint being the only okay members at the point.

"Already on the scene." Maria replied. "How's the team?"

"Everyone's...we took a hit." Tony looked around; Thor was pacing as Steve and Natasha quietly sat on the seats with Bruce leaning against the desk. "We'll shake it off."

"Well, for now I'd stay in stealth mode, and stay away from here."

"So, run and hide?" Tony asked and Evelyn heard Maria sigh on the other end.

"Until we can find Ultron, I don't have a lot else to offer.

"Neither do we." Tony ended the call and walked up to Clint who was piloting the jet. "Hey, you wanna switch out?"

"No, I'm good." Clint replied. "If you wanna get some kip, now's a good time, cause we're still a few hours out."

"A few hours from where?" Tony asked as Evelyn finally looked up to see if Clint was being serious. She wanted to ask him if he was okay with them going there but she couldn't find her voice.

"A safe house."

The Quinjet landed and Clint got up to check on Evelyn first as she was closer to him. Evelyn gave him a slight nod and motioned at Natasha. Getting the message, Clint wrapped an arm around Natasha, helping her off the jet. Evelyn took a deep breath and got on her feet, leaning on the side of the jet as Tony, Thor and Bruce followed Clint out.

"Hey..." Steve held out his hand to Evelyn who finally looked him in the eyes.

Evelyn gave him a pained smile and wrapped her hand around his, letting him pull her out of the jet to follow rest of the team. Steve curiously looked at the large farmhouse and then back at Evelyn to see if she knew anything but she just shrugged.

"What is this place?" Thor asked, voicing almost everyone's thoughts.

"A safe house?" Tony looked at Clint, the man nodding.

"Let's hope." Clint mumbled and pushed the door open. "Honey, I'm home." He called out to Laura. "Hi. Company." He shyly smiled when a heavily pregnant Laura walked in from the kitchen. "Sorry I didn't call ahead."

"Hey." Laura looked at them with wide eyes and gently kissed Clint.

"This is an agent of some kind." Tony told Thor not believing what he was seeing.

"Gentlemen, this is Laura." Clint introduced his wife with a smile.

"I know all your names." Laura looked at the rest of the team with a smile as the men sent her an awkward look.

"Ooh, incoming." Clint left Laura's side when he heard hurried footsteps.

"Dad!" Lila ran in first, followed by Cooper.

"Hey, buddy!" Clint exclaimed, lifting Lila up as he kissed Cooper's head. "How you guys doing? Ooh..."

"These are...smaller agents." Tony spoke as they all looked at the kids with surprises, Steve realizing Evelyn didn't looked surprised at all.

"Look at your face!" Clint put Lila down. "Oh, my goodness!"

"Did you bring Auntie Nat?" Lila asked with a small voice, not seeing the two agents yet.

"Why don't you hug her and find out?" Natasha spoke up, Lila rushing to her to jump in her arms.

"Hey, I'm here too!" Evelyn exclaimed making the kids squeal as she didn't come often.

"Auntie Evie!" Cooper exclaimed running to her side and wrapped his arms around her waist, Steve and Tony looking at her with wide eyes.

"Sorry for barging in on you." Steve apologized, looking at the family.

"Yeah, we would have called ahead..." Tony added, eyeing Evelyn. "But we were busy having no idea that you existed."

"Yeah, well Fury helped me set this up when I joined." Clint replied, one arm around his son. "He kept it off SHIELD's files, I'd like to keep it that way. I figure it's a good place to lay low."

"Honey." Laura wrapped an arm around Evelyn. "Hi."

"Look at you." Evelyn smiled at her, looking at her belly.

"Ah, I missed you two." Laura gave a small hug to Natasha as well.

"How's little Natasha, huh?" Natasha asked gently touching Laura's belly.

"She's...Nathaniel." Laura winced making Evelyn chuckle at Natasha's taken aback look.

"Traitor." Natasha whispered to Laura's belly making the woman laugh.

"Auntie Evie?" Evelyn looked around and saw Lila standing there with her hands held out.

Understanding the message, Evelyn picked the girl up, resting her on her hip just as Thor marched out of the house, followed by Steve. Holding Lila up, Evelyn got lost in her thoughts as Laura and Natasha spoke next to her. She felt something on her shoulder and realized Laura was looking at her. The woman took Lila from her arms and put her down.

"Sweetie..." Laura gave her a small smile. "Want to take a shower?"

"That would be amazing." Evelyn sighed, running a hand through her hair, glad Laura didn't ask what was on her mind. "The guestroom?"

"Yeah." Laura nodded. "I'll sort these guys out and bring towels."