The Captain And The Black Widow(Next Avengers/MCU)

Family Asylum

After dinner, Nikki insisted on helping Melina with the dishes. It was a big chore, but she was glad to have more time with her new "grandmother" and thankfully, she felt the same. Jamie offered to help as well, but Melina insisted he rest and told him to go sit on the couch. Alexei agreed and ushered him into the living room, pulling Shaun along too. 

He sat them down before grabbing the TV remote and turning it on as he sat next to Jamie. They flipped through channels, seeing a variation of things; a cartoon, a sports story, a news report of a warehouse that exploded. That last one was a surprise to see, especially for Jamie as something a out it didn't feel right with him.

But he let it go as Alexei kept on flipping through the channels. Eventually, they came to the old a channel where a movie was playing. Having spent a lot of movie night with Peter, Jamie recognized it almost immediately.

"Whoa, hey! Three Men and A Baby!" He pointed.

That seemed to resonate with Alexei who set the remote down and leaned back on the couch, stretching his arms out either way. "How do you know this movie?" Alexei asked with curiosity, "You weren't even thought of when it came out."

"Oh, we have a lot of old movies in our repertoire," Nikki said as she joined them in the living room, setting herself on the arm of the couch, "Our friend, Peter, he's like an older brother, he watches classic films almost religiously! And this is one of the ones we saw during our time together after the Snap."

Alexei and Shaun listened to Nikki, as did Melina and Yelena who had joined them all as well with Melina next to Alexei and Yelena on a separate sofa chair.

The shared memory of hers and Jamie hit them in their hearts, each in a different way. The thought of them without their parents for so long, it really was a miracle that they were still here.

"Well, now it's something we can do together," Melina said, pulling Nikki down towards her and smothering her in a hug. The gesture surprised the blonde teen, but she welcomed it with laughter.

All others in the room smiled at them before their attention soon went back to the TV, just as Jamie's "favorite part" came up. That being the scene where Robert and Michael changed Baby Mary's diaper.

After the movie ended, everyone had slowly winded down for the night. Yelena had gone to bed first, and Alexei and Melina soon followed. As did the twins and Shaun.

However, as they did, Jamie felt the need to do something before the night was over. Something important.

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***Alexei and Melina's Room***

As the two had headed up to their room, Alexei began to make a few moves on his wife. And though she was tired, Melina couldn't resist teasing the big man back.

This resulted with them ravenously kissing each other once behind the closed door of their room.

Knock, knock, knock.

The intruding sound broke the two apart, causing them to gasp for air.

"Who is it?" Melina called out.

"It's Jamie," the reply came  back, "Can I come in?"

Alexei answered immediately, somewhat frustrated from being interrupted, "Actually, we're a little busy right- ahh!!"

"Of course! One second." He was cut off by Melina swatting his arm rather hardly.  Quickly, she then rolled out of bed and grabbed her robe.

"Come on in, sweetheart." She said, tying the band around her waist. Meanwhile, Alexei grabbed his discarded sleeveless t-shirt and slipped it back on with a grumble.