Those Ocean Eyes and That Charming Smile

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All of us carried in groceries with Bucky and Thor carrying the most obviously with Cass and Aj trying to match their strength to their new friend and their uncle but are no match however, they were satisfied with carrying more than me. We dropped everything in the kitchen when we got up to the living area and the boys sorted through the bags, grabbing what they got and separated the food from objects like toys and markers. Thor organized his Pop-Tarts and helped Bucky with stocking the pantry while he was in there and I stayed out to stock the fridge and freezer quickly so Cass' ice cream didn't melt nor did my fruit popsicles.

"Hey, Nat." I greet after shutting the door to the fridge when she walks in

"Hey, Y/n?" Aj asks, gaining my attention before Natasha can respond but she doesn't care when her parted red lips lift in a smile. "Where do the straws go?"

"We bought straws?" I grimace in confusion while walking over to him with Nat smiling behind me in silent excitement when she sees one of the two kids she's been dying to meet

"Cass." He says shorty and I nod when taking the paper straws painted with dinosaurs out of his hand

"I'm not sure." I shrug. "Go ask Buck." I say and hand the packet back

"I did." He deadpans. "He told me to come ask you."

"Of course, he did." I roll my eyes and take the straws, shoving them in a random drawer while grumbling about how he's been living here longer than me so he should've known. "Oh." I remind myself. "Aj, this is Nat." I introduce before she explodes from the anticipation

"Hello." Aj waves shyly with a smile

"Hi." Natasha smiles and copies the wave but with more excitement. "My name is Natasha, but you can call me whichever." She shrugs

"Cool." He nods. "You can just call me Aj." He laughs with Nat

"How old are you?" She asks and digs in the fridge for one of her yogurt cups

"Fourteen." He says and lifts a hand to push his glasses up higher on his nose bridge. "And my brother, Cass is twelve. He's in the pantry with Thor and Bucky." He jabs a thumb over his shoulder

"What about me?" Cass asks when exiting the pantry before his face falls and he stops in his tracks, almost dropping the box of cereal in his hands. "You're Black Widow!" He shouts in shock even though he knew she would be here. "Haha!" He rushes over towards Nat and catches her by surprise when he trows his arms around her waist, hugging her

"Hi, Cass." Nat laughs and hugs him back before explaining that he can call her either Nat or Natasha

"You wanna go see the coloring book Y/n got?" Aj asks Nat and she looks down at him with a wide smile. "It's full of cuss words."

"Like bitch and asshole!" Cass adds happily and catches her attention with her eyebrows raising

"Cass." Bucky scolds from the pantry

"Sorry, Uncle Buck!" He responds and runs over to the table where all of their stuff is including mine and Bucky's things for my room. "Come on, slow pokes!"

"He has a swearing problem." Aj shrugs at Nat's raised eyebrows and passes her to join his brother

"Wow." Nat sighs and shakes her head when she looks at me. "I like them already. Polar opposites though." She laughs and I join in

"Fair warning, Cass is very energetic and swears a lot and Aj is very laid back and quiet." I explain and she nods. "Don't let Cass swear and Aj probably won't talk much because he is shy."

"Got it." She smiles. "Thanks, Y/n."

"Anytime." I nod

Nat goes and sits at the table with the boys to get to know each other better with the three of them connecting instantly and I smile, cutting off my vision of them when I open the fridge and grab a yogurt along with a spoon for myself to enjoy. I eat my snack when I take a break from stocking the cupboards and waiting on Peter to get home so he can hopefully save me time and hook up the gaming systems for the boys because I have no idea where to even begin when I looked at the boxes. I found out that Sarah has been with Steve and Sam all day, walking around the tower and meeting everyone as well as learning the most she can so she isn't clueless while navigating through our very expensive and confusing home as she put it.