Purple Hope

Family Dinner

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"Fury?" Maria said, walking into his office. "What's going on? You said it was urgent."

He looked up from his desk, his usually cold eye looking exhausted.

"How bad is it?" she asked.

"On a scale of threat to the world, or on a scale of how humane?" he asked.

Maria walked the rest of the way across the room, sitting down in front of his desk.

Fury sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose. "There are things you just don't do," he said, "no matter what, even in war."

"Are you saying we're at war?" Maria asked.

"No. I'm saying that Hydra has just made it to a new level of sadistic."

"They've already done countless human experiments. Brainwashing and mind-controlling included."

He silently handed her a file, waiting for her to read through it.

"Never on babies," he said once she looked up.
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Everyone was sitting at the table, waiting on Natasha and Bucky. Peter had insisted that everyone be present for his announcement.

"Why won't you just tell me?" Tony asked.

"Because I want Nat and Mr. Bucky to hear too," Peter told him.

"Has anyone seen Bucky?" Steve asked, "The last time I saw him was our run this morning."

"He came to ask me where Nat was," Peter said offhandedly.

Clint and Wanda's heads whipped around, looking at Peter. "What?" they both asked.

"Yeah. He went to find her."

"Alone?" Clint asked.

"What's the big deal?" Steve asked.

Wanda started laughing nervously and Clint gave her a questioning look.

"Obviously Mr. Bucky likes Auntie Nat. She's beautiful," Morgan said making the two even more nervous.

"We're here," Nat said, giving Morgan a look and sliding into a seat with Bucky next to her.

Clint and Wanda were staring at them and Steve gave Bucky a smile.

"Great!" Tony said, not really caring, "Pete, what's the family dinner for?"

"Right," Peter said, all excited, "Well first, Thor's leaving for a while cause something with Loki so I thought it would be nice. And I wanted to let everyone know I passed all my midterms, including history, thank you Mr. Steve. And um, iaskedMJoutandshesaidyes. Okay, time to eat!"

Bruce, Thor, Pietro, Sam, Steve and Bucky started eating. Clint and Wanda were still staring at Nat and Bucky.

"Wait, kid, what did you say?" Tony asked.

"Congratulations маленький паук," Nat said, "When are you going out?"

"Tomorrow."

"You got a date?" Pepper asked.

Peter nodded, shoving potatoes into his mouth to avoid any further questions.

Thor reached for a roll and Pietro quickly took the one he wanted, causing Thor to throw one at him. Pietro caught it effortlessly, taking a bite while staring smugly at Thor. Steve told them not to throw food unless they wanted to do dishes (it wasn't their turn).

Peter eventually gave in, telling Tony and Pepper all about the day he had planned for tomorrow. He was really excited.

All throughout dinner, Clint and Wanda watched silently as Natasha and Bucky sat a little too closely to each other, whispering things and laughing. No one else noticed, but they most definitely did.