high hopes [baby avengers and reader]

chapter seven

Natasha and Clint were already awake and bugging Tony. 

"Whatcha doin'?" Natasha asked.

Tony sighed. "None of your concern." He said and hid his little project.

"I wanna see! I wanna see!" Clint yipped and Natasha helped him up onto the top of the fridge. "Ooooh!" He said, now understanding. 

"What is it?!" Natasha squeaked from down below.

Clint whispered what it was to Natasha from up above and she smiled. "He's gonna be sooo happy!"

Their little squeals woke you up and you saw little Loki curled up in a little ball snuggled next to you, sucking his thumb. Thor was sprawled out on the other side of you with his red cape in one of his fists and drool dripping from his mouth. Steve was lying on the end of the bed, half on half off, mumbling his child version of the consititution in his sleep.

You giggled to yourself and suddenly saw Steve about to fall off the bed. "Life, liberty and the-" You grabbed him just before he fell and he jolted awake. "What?!" He gasped looking shocked.

"You almost fell off sweetie."

"Oh." He said and crawled over to you and kissed your forehead. "I'm gonna go see what Clint's doing." He said and you smiled as he climbed off the bed and cutely ran out the door.

You gently woke up Thor and he smiled with sleepy eyes and messy blonde hair. You used his blanket-cape to clean up the drool and when you were done, he peered over at his brother and chuckled.

"Don't tell anyone he sucks his thumb." You whispered.

Thor chuckled. "I've always known he's done that, I won't tell anyone." He smiled.

You put your fingers through Loki's hair and gently woke him up as Thor ran over to get a poptart for breakfast.

Loki made a cute little yawn and smiled at you. And the first words that he spoke to you were, "I love you so much."

You felt tears in your eyes and hugged him tightly. "You're going to be a good boy from now on right?"

"I'll try my best." He assured.

You pulled away gently and felt sad at the thought that one day he would be his adult self and you wouldn't be able to protect him or hug him or tell him how much you love him. At least with the others they would be off saving the world. But what would become of your little Loki?

You didn't want to concern him too much and gently set him down on the floor.

"Clint?! What are you doing up there?!" Steve yelled.

"We better go out there." Loki said and held your hand as you two walked into the living room.

You gasped at the sight of Clint so high up and insisted he get down. "Alright..." Clint grumbled and climbed down.

"Hey, Lokimon, come here I wanna show ya something." Tony said and Loki glared slightly and walked over to Tony's makeshift workshop that was actually a long counter near the kitchen with barstools for people to sit on.

Loki looked at the black sheet that covered something and when Tony unveiled the item Loki grinned. "My... My helmet." He said in awe as Tony handed Loki his fixed and polished golden helmet. "Thank you Tony." He said and hugged his helmet close to his chest then pulled it away slightly to look at himself through the shiny reflection.

"Thank you man of iron!!!" Yelled Thor as he stormed over to Tony with poptart crumbs on his face. 

"Man of iron?" Tony said, confused.

You came out of Bruce's room and put him in his high chair while you prepared his mush to eat. You looked down at the small figure that tugged at your sleeve, Loki showed you his helmet and you smiled while Thor climbed up the barstool to see what else Tony was up to.

"Hey Steve!" Loki called.

"Yeah?" Said Steve.

"You me and Thor should go on a quest in our proper attire!"

"A quest? Where?"

"To the park!" Loki said triumphantly. 

"The park?! I wanna go to the park!" Natasha squealed. 

"Me too!" Clint chimed in.

Bruce laughed happily.

"And I as well!" Thor concurred. 

"Well... umm...." You looked a little nervous.

"I'll come and help if you want." Tony offered.

"That's sweet of you Tony but umm.... I'll call Agent Coulson and see if he thinks it will be alright." You said and fed Bruce his mush while Loki, Steve, and Thor scrambled to get their outfits on.

"Aren't you gonna wear your costume Clint?" Natasha asked.

Clint leaned against the wall trying it to be cool. "Nah, that's kid stuff." 

Natasha gave a dreamy sigh.

Bruce was in a happy, playful mood today and squirmed in his high chair making happy little giggles. You noticed that he too looked at least a month older. You looked worried and fed him a bit more, cleaning his face afterward. "I love you." You cooed. Bruce made a happy noise and smiled. "I love you little Brucie."

"I lu. I lu." He tried and you looked surprised. "I lu. I luv oo. ... I lu-uh-ve you!" He squealed and you smiled and kissed his noise. "I love you! I love you." He repeated, clearly very happy with his achievement. You looked very proud of your Bruce and picked him up. He wrapped his cute little arms around your neck and hugged you.

Suddenly the door to the huge bedroom flew open and out came Steve, Thor and Loki.

Loki wore a smaller version of his Asgardian armor with his helmet hanging loosely on his head as was Thor, while Steve wore his red white and blue suit with his mask on. 

"I am Loki and I am burdened with glorious purpose!"

"I am Thor and I will strike my enemies down with my mighty hammer!"

"And I am Captain America! I defend life, liberty and the American way!"

You giggled at your cute little tikes. "You all look so fearsome. I'm just glad you're on my side." You said, and as they talked amongst eachother, you called Coulson. 

"__. It's good to hear from you again."

"And you as well Phil. The kids want to go to the park, and I want to take them, but I'm a little worried that-"

"I'll have the place surrounded with agents by the time you get there. They'll be hiding so they don't frighten the kids."

"Good. ..."

There was silence for a while in the other end until Phil spoke up.

"Look... I think we need to talk. I'll be waiting for you at the park ok?"

"...Alright." You said, a little unsure. 

You told him what park you wanted to go to and when you hung up you wondered what Phil wanted to talk about. Hopefully he just wanted a proper update instead of the occasional phone call.

You only hoped that was the only reason he wanted to see you in person...