Beautiful Chaos

{part two | chapter seven}

"What is this place?" Lilith turned to Thor as the seven of them walked towards a charming farmhouse.

"Safe house," she smiled.

"Let's hope," said Clint as he opened the door, still supporting a dazed-looking Natasha with one arm, "Honey? I'm home." A woman with long brown hair and kind eyes walked into the room with a grin on her face.

"Hi," Clint continued, his own smile appearing on his features, "Company. Sorry, didn't call ahead." The woman's smile widened and she kissed Clint quickly before pulling him into a hug.

"This is an agent of some kind," Tony tried to convince himself.

"Gentlemen, this is Laura," Clint introduced his wife to the confused men. 

"I know all your names," Laura said awkwardly. 

"Ooh, incoming," Clint mumbled as the sound of footsteps pounding down the stairs rang through the room.

"Dad!" A little girl with braids jumped into Clint's arms and a young boy followed her into the room. Bruce noticeably flinched. He was still ashamed of what had happened in Sokovia after Wanda had messed with his head. Lilith placed a gently hand on his shoulder and squeezed.

"These are... smaller agents."

"Did you bring Aunty Nat and Lilith?" Tony shot Lilith a confused look and she just shrugged. She had been to the farm four or five times with Nat. 

"Why don't you hug us and find out!" Nat said, picking the little girl up.

"Hi, Lila," Lilith said, pinching the girl's nose slightly, making her giggle. She walked over to the boy, Cooper, and ruffled his hair, "Dork," she teased.

"Loser," He smiled.

"Sorry for barging in on you," Steve said.

"Yeah we would've called ahead, but we were too busy not knowing you existed," Tony remarked.

"Fury set it up for me when I joined. Kept it out of SHIELD's files, I'd like to keep it that way."

"How's little Natasha?"

"She's... Nathaniel," Laura answered sheepishly. Lilith giggled when she heard Nat whisper 'traitor' to the baby bump. Everyone eventually split up to rest or to shower, Nat and Lilith would be bunking together in Lila's room, and the four men would have to share Cooper's room and the guest room while the two kids bunked with their parents. Lilith took a quick, ice-cold shower and fell onto Lila's twin-sized mattress.

She felt relaxed and at-home on the farm, a place she had visited with Nat many times when they were supposedly 'out shopping.' She closed her eyes, finally able to relax.

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"I will never understand how you look so beautiful in the mornings, darling."  

"Ughhhh..." Lilith groaned and rolled over into her pillows, "This is getting ridiculous."

"What's the matter, angel?" Lilith tore the pillow out from under her head and smacked Loki in the face with it. She pulled herself from the cloud-like comfort of the bed and pulled on a long, silky, green robe, tying it shut around the embarrassingly revealing slip she was wearing. She started to walk away towards the terrace and away from the dark-haired god for some fresh air. These dreams were becoming more frequent and less tolerable. His voice stopped her in her tracks.

"Lilith," he called. She stopped but didn't turn back to face him as he spoke. She heard footsteps coming towards her but held her ground. Her eyes widened slightly as she felt Loki wrap his arms around her waist and pull her back to his chest, resting his chin on her shoulder, "Lilith..."  he whispered, his breath tickling her skin.