Separate Universe (HP/MCU)

Chapter Ninety Three

The time had come for James to meet Henry. The moment the door opened and James heard the little boy laughing, his heart began to beat fast and his palms began to sweat. Honestly, he hadn't even felt this nervous when he had wanted Nanala to be his real girlfriend, after dating for fake for so long. Meeting his oldest son for the first time was the most nerve-wracking thing he ever had to face.

"Henry, do you remember the story I told you about your father? The one you never got to meet?" Nanala asked, and Henry nodded.

"Yes, and you said he wouldn't be mad that I have a second Daddy." Henry replied, causing Nanala to smile.

"I'm not mad," James said, crouching down to Henry's size,"Hi, Henry, I'm your dad. I'm sorry I couldn't be around before, but if you'll let me, I'd like to be around now. I'm not trying to replace your daddy though, so if you just want to call me James or something, that's fine." James rambled, and Henry smiled.

"I'll call you Papa." The little boy answered, causing James to grin.

"Henry, those two over there are your uncles, Sirius and Remus, but you can call Sirius Padfoot and you can call Remus Moony." Nanala said, making the little boy nod.

"And this is your little brother, Harry." James commented, bringing Harry over to Henry.

"Mummy had baby?" Henry asked, but James shook his head.

"No, Harry has a different Mum. You both have me though, so that makes you brothers." James replied, and Henry simply shrugged, not completely understanding James's words.

"Uh, would you guys like to come out with Bucky, Tony, and I to get shawarma?" Nanala asked, causing the boys to nod.

"Yeah, sure," Sirius answered,"though I'm not sure what shawarma is." He commented, and Tony chuckled.

"You'll love it, I know it." Tony replied, making Bucky and Nanala chuckled.

Nanala, Bucky, and Henry took Tony's car with Harry, since Tony's car had two carseats, whilst Tony bought another car to bring James, Sirius, and Remus. Tony planned to let them keep the car afterward, since he knew they'd need to get around some places, and the car wasn't that expensive, so it wasn't going to make much of a difference if he brought it home or not.

After eating shawarma, the group headed back to the Potter place.

"I think we should set up something for everyone to get together." Nanala commented quietly to Tony, and the man sighed.

"We'll have to see, you know we don't all get along very well, even after Thanos, and some of us just want to settle down and not be reminded of our old lives." Tony replied, making the girl sigh.

"I know, and I agreed with most of it, but I think one last get together would be nice." Nanala said, and the man smiled.

"I'll see what I can do." He answered, making her smile as well.

Nanala, Bucky, Tony, and Henry left when it began to get dark outside. They promised to visit often, especially since James wanted Harry to get use to them as much as possible. Harry was Henry's older brother, and he wanted them to be as thick as theives, not at each other's throats like Nanala had been with her brother, Lucius.

James, Remus, and Sirius didn't know about Clint and his family, nor did they know about how close Nanala was to them. They didn't know that Clint and Laura practically adopted Nanala as their own, or that they consider Henry to be their grandson. They didn't know that Tony seen Nanala as a little sister, and he was way overprotective like a big brother would be over his little sister.

Nanala planned to tell them everything, but it was going to take time. She wasn't going to tell them everything at once. She knew it would all be too much at once, and even though she had known them for years—after everything that happened to her, she wasn't sure if she could trust them completely with her secrets.

Well, she wouldn't exactly call them secrets, but most of the world didn't know any of it, so it was kind of like a secret. Some people could see that she was close with Clint and Tony, but nobody knew just how close to them she really was. Most of the world didn't know about Clint's children, the only ones who did were part of the Avengers, or their extended family that happened to meet Clint's family.

"They seem like their settling in well," Tony commented,"Maybe more than you were the first week." He added, causing Nanala to scowl.

"How would you know?" She questioned,"You weren't around me when I first came here." She retorted, making him roll his eyes.

"I'm just saying, your first week—from what I heard from you—was hectic and rather depressing." Tony said, making the girl roll her eyes as well.

"Tony, you and I both know I handled this better than you would've if you were in my place and was thrown into a whole new time and universe." Nanala joked sneeringly, and Tony chuckled.

"I was on a destroyed planet, then stuck in a ship dying for weeks. I bet you couldn't do that." He retorted, making her laugh.

"You two are so weird; comparing traumas." Bucky commented, causing the two to laugh again.

"That's how we became so close." Nanala replied, and Tony nodded.

"Yep, and I bet that's what made you fall in love with her, too." Tony added, making Bucky roll his eyes with a chuckle.

They were happy, and the world wasn't falling apart. Yes, something came up that threw them for a loop, but at least it wasn't another war. They were never going to be able to trust there'd never be another war, but they believed that the world would soon get a group of younger heroes that could fight for them and save them like the Avengers had so many times before...