Life Happens

Tony and Wanda

"But we aren't tired! We can't go to sleep yet!" Cooper said. Everyone laughed. "It's not funny!" He said scowling.

"Yes it is buddy." Clint laughed.

"I may have an idea?" Wanda said looking at Clint. "When me and Pietro were young we used to camp out in the living room. Perhaps we could do that?" She asked.

"That sounds like an amazing idea! Me and Buckey used to do that too." Steve said with a sad smile.

"Rhodey remember when did that in MIT?" Tony said laughing.

"Yes. Just don't get drunk with kids around. Rhodey rolled his eyes.

"So we having a camp out?" Lila asked.

"Indeed we are." Wanda said smiling. The team moved all the furniture to outside of the room before Steve, Sam, Rhodey and Clint moved mattresses into the living room. Natasha and Tony hung spare sheets across the room to turn the living room into a tent and Vision, Jane Wanda worked on snacks and Lila and Cooper put all the pillows and blankets on the mattresses.

"This is so awesome you're so cool Wanda." Cooper said yawning. Wanda and Cooper were the last ones awake.

"Thanks Cooper."

"Dad likes you."

"Does he?"

"Yeah you're like an older Lila but better. Wanda?"

"Yes?"

"What's Pietro like?" That question completely took her by surprise. She stayed silent for a couple of extra minutes.

"You remind me of him. He showed off  and was flashy and very cheeky but very protective of his family. I hope you meet him one day. He'd like you." She said as a single tear rolled from her eye. Pietro's life was in a constant state of "hope" and "if" and never certain.

"I hope I meet him too. I want to thank him for saving dad."

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Tony woke up slowly. As he opened his eyes he felt a weight on his chest. He looked down and saw Lila resting her head on Tony's chest where his arc reactor used to be. He rested his hand on her hair and stroked it.

"She likes you." Clint said making Tony jump. "She feels safe around you."

"How?" Tony asked baffled. He was the one who made Ultron who nearly killed Clint and Pietro. If anything he'd expect her to feel scared around him.

"I don't know. It could have been the time you spent on the farm. She saw the real you not the face you put on at parties or for the media. Hell you helped her with her homework. Kids... they usually see the good in people before an adult does." Clint stood and left leaving Tony to think.

He lay there looking at the hanging bedsheets. If someone had told him a year ago he'd be having a camp out in the living room with the Avengers and two kids he would have laughed in their face. He's changed though. He wasn't afraid of letting people know him. He'd gained so many friends and even considered them family. Family. Maybe one day he'd have his own family. Settle down with someone maybe have a kid or two... ok he needed to stop thinking. These kids were making him sappy.

He slowly moved Lila off of his chest trying not to wake her. He wiggled his way out of the "tent" and joined Clint in the kitchen.

"You know I think that's the most sleep I've had in ages." Tony said walking to the coffee pot.

"I said sleeping was nice." Clint laughed.

"How come you're awake so early?"

"Nathaniel needed feeding. I'm making pancakes do you want any?"

"Sure. Just make sure you Wanda are ready by ten." Tony yawned.

"Sure thing sleeping beauty."

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Something was up. She didn't need to look into anyone's head to know that. Steve and Tony kept looking at each other and fidgeting. She started to feel nervous. Wanda started to bounce her leg trying to calm her self. Clint walked into the quinjet and saw her nervousness.

"You ok?" He asked as he walked to the pilot seat stopping for a second in front of Wanda.

"Just looking foreword to seeing him again." She smiled.

"Same."

The four of them flew to the Avengers tower before getting a car to the hospital. Tony was driving the car at an alarming speed weaving in and out of traffic.

"Tony if you don't slow down we'll be emitted to the hospital as well." Steve said from the passenger seat.

"Don't get your panties in a twist I drive like this all the time." Tony said with a wave of his hand.

They arrived at the hospital and went their separate ways. Wanda and Clint went to Pietro's room while Steve and Tony went to their meeting.

They walked into his room and Wanda stopped abruptly. Pietro looked healthy and almost exactly the same way he did before the accident. Wanda moved to the chair and grabbed hold of his hand. Pietro's fate looked a lot better now.

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Clint and Wanda sat with Pietro for about an hour when there was a knock at the door. A nurse with darkish skin brown hair and brown eyes walked in. She extended her arm out and shook Clint and Wanda's hands.

"Hi I'm Claire Temple I'm one of Pietro's nurses. As you can probably tell he's made excellent progress in his recovery." She said holding a clip bored and looking at it. "Mr Stark and Captain Rogers have been hard at work creating a case file for moving Pietro out of the hospital and it's my job to inform you that the hospital thinks Pietro is healthy enough to be transferred to your facility." Claire said with a smile. Wanda and Clint were stunned.

"You mean he can come back with us?" Clint said breaking the silence.

"Indeed. Mr Stark and Captain Rogers have made a room at your facility that is capable and practical for Pietro to use. Miss Maximoff you need to sign this and the transfer should begin within the hour." Claire handed the clipboard to Wanda. "If you need anything else I'll be just outside." Claire left the room.

Wanda jumped up and hugged Clint. "He's coming home." Wanda whispered.

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"He's coming home!" Tony said excitedly. "It worked. It fucking worked!"

"I told you it would." Steve said smiling at Tony.

Tony pulled Steve into a hug. "Thank you for helping me."