Widow's Shield

Beginning of the End

Tony was tucking his daughter in one night when he heard a knock at the front door and his wife, Pepper calling him.

As Tony closed the door of his daughter's room, he is met with Natasha Romanoff sitting on the living room chair with something, a bundle in her arms. She seemed to be crying, then looks up at Tony.

Tony looks at the woman. They just stayed staring at each other for awhile, but then Tony realizes the bundle in the woman's arms was a baby.

Natasha held the baby closer to her and began to bounce the infant, "Shh…"

Tony dumbly asked, "What do you have there?"

Natasha glared at Tony, "You need to take her, Tony, please. She needs a stable home. Something I can never give her."

Tony turns to his wife who was in the kitchen. Pepper smiles, "Of course, Nat, but are you sure?"

"I know how complicated my life is and unlike you, Tony, Steve and I can't just quit…"

"Wait. Steve is the father?" Tony asked.

"Yes, he's Anastasia's father." Natasha nodded. "But that's beside the point, I want my daughter to grow up in a normal household with a mother," Natasha looks at Pepper then at Tony, "and a father. She deserves the happy life."

"I agree but don't you think you should tell Steve first?" Pepper asked.

"No, telling him would just confuse him and hurt Anastasia."

In the end, Tony and Pepper agreed to take Anastasia in.