Ties (sequel to The Stark Family)

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The familiar clicking sound made Clint relax.

Someone had just cocked a shotgun. Mmm yes. Murica.

He opened his eyes and saw Carol standing over him with a shotgun.

"G'morning," Clint said. 

"I wanna shoot a few Coke cans. Meet me in the yard in 5 minutes,"

Clint hopped out of bed, dancing his way down the hallway and down the stairs to the yard. He and Carol were closer than ever. They were very understanding of each other. Clint met Carol in the yard. She already had the rifle in position and was shooting a board in the yard.

"The Coke's in the shed," Clint said.

"Can you get it?" Carol asked.

"Yeah. Don't shoot me though," Clint ran over to the shed, flannel checked pants and a white t-shirt. He grabbed all the empty soda cans he could find from the box he kept them in. He left the shed and waved to Carol. The sun was rising in front of her and she was wearing a red tank top and gray shorts.

"Throw em!" Carol yelled. Clint chucked the cans into the air and she shot them out of the sky.

They continued shooting cans for half an hour. At 5:30, Tony came out to the yard.

"What are you doing?" Tony asked.

"Practice," Clint panted, running back in to join Tony. He turned his hearing aids back on, he had turned them off so he didn't have to the gunshots.

"Well, let's head inside. Get cleaned up. The Stranges will be here at 7 for breakfast," Tony said, shooing the kids inside. Clint and Carol skipped along. They loved mornings with the Stranges.

As they neared the door, they both sped up, racing to get there first. Carol slammed into it before Clint, and she smirked at him.

"I win," she said. Clint stuck his tongue out like a two year old and they went inside. Tony followed and sat on the couch. There was nothing like waking up,to,gunshots at 5 in the morning to find out it was your kids shooting Coke cans

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There was a knock at the door and Steve opened it.

"Uncle Stephen! Aunt Peggy!" He,said, hugging them "mom's making pancakes today!"

"Hey Stevie! How is everyone?" Peggy asked.

"All good, I think. Pietro, Wanda, and Bucky aren't up yet,"

"That's good," Stephen said as he and Peggy stepped in through the glass doors. They walked over from the cabins in the woods. They threw off their coats, revealing the twins cuddled to them.

"How are you?" Peggy inquired, emphasizing "you".

"I'm fine. I miss the Pyms. They moved to San Francisco. And thats annoying. I miss Shuri. I also miss Bucky. I don't really see him a lot. He's got things he's trying to work through,"

"That's too bad," Peggy said "could you hold Jade for me for a few minutes?" Steve nodded and Peggy put the kid in Steve's arms. Steve smiled down at Jade, she was finally to a more normal weight.

Peggy hugged Pepper and they went into the kitchen together and Steve held Jade close to him. Stephen followed Steve [lol it sounds like a Jekyll and Hyde situation] into the living room where a bunch of the kids were watching Jurassic World.

"Hi Uncle Stephen," Loki said. He turned and smiled at Stephen and Blue.

"Did you guys name Blue after the velociraptor in the movie?" Clint asked.