Avengers/MCU Oneshots

The Best Gift (Natasha Romanoff)

This one's for Fletcher-B34 and LovesickHeroReader. This one's a lot happier than the previous one.

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Natasha walked through an utterly destroyed area of Sokovia. She had come here to see if she could find something. She came upon a building, which was mostly rubble, with a few bits of wall and floor here and there. It was the one she had been looking for. It had been Clint's idea to come here, but he was busy, so he hadn't been able to.

She walked through the door. There was a huge pile of rubble in the corner, and she felt drawn to it. She knelt down and brushed aside some of the rumble, finding a dirty wooden box. She opened it, which was very difficult, and found a photo album, and some trinkets. She opened the photo album, and was immediately taken aback by the second picture. No way she had found something that matched what she was looking for so quickly.

It was a picture of a couple, but not just any couple. No, the faces of this couple were very familiar to her. It was a woman with long black hair and pretty green eyes and a man with wild brown hair and gray eyes. Each was holding a bundle in their arms. A baby wrapped in a blue blanket, another in a pink blanket. Twins. A boy and a girl.

As Natasha flipped through the pages, the identity of the family quickly was quickly confirmed. "This really is the Maximoff family photo album," She said quietly, disbelievingly. She had come looking to see if she could possibly find something for Wanda's 20th birthday, but hadn't expected to actually be successful!

She went to put the album in the box before noticing the two birth certificates. Pietro's and Wanda's. 'Oh, Wanda, you're going to love this,' She thought, thinking of the single, small picture Wanda had of her family.

When Wanda's birthday rolled around two weeks later, the box and it's contents had been cleaned up, and were ready. Natasha finished wrapping it and carried it to the living room.

After cake and ice cream had been served and eaten, it was time for presents, which Wanda looked more than surprised at the number of. Tony had given her the latest phone, a new dress, a credit card linked to his bank account, and a diamond necklace. Steve had gotten her several old movies that he thought that she would like, and gift cards to Macy's and the Cheesecake Factory, and like three other places. Natasha knew she and Clint had the best present though, despite only having the one.

"This one is from Clint and me."

Wanda took the present unwrapping it. She froze upon seeing the box. "No way," She whispered. She quickly opened the box, and screamed when she opened it. "OHMYGODHOWDIDYOUFINDTHIS?!"

Natasha and Clint laughed. "I went and looked for something I could give you, and hit the jackpot. It was Clint's idea to go there."

"Go where? And what's the box?" Tony asked.

"Wanda's old apartment building. That box is full of things from when Wanda was little."

"I still can't believe you found this," Wanda whispered.

"Us either, actually. Happy birthday, kiddo," Clint said.

Wanda flopped through the pictures, and looked at the birth certificates, and the small toys. She couldn't stop smiling. She pulled out a blue teddy bear and a green teddy bear that looked worse for wear. "That's where you went! Mama and Papa said that you got lost! I can't believe they just lied like that!" She hugged the bears, not caring how immature she probably looked doing so.

She jumped up and threw her arms around Natasha and Clint. "Oh thank you, thank you, thank you! This is the best birthday present ever!"

"We were worried it would upset you, actually," Natasha said. "But I can see it certainly didn't.

"No, not at all! I love it! I can't believe you did this! You went totally out of your way! This is awesome! You don't mind if I go through it in my room, do you?"

"Of course not," Natasha said, smiling.

After she left, Tony turned to them. "How were we supposed to top that?!"

Clint smirked. "You weren't."

"You did make her really happy though. I swear, I've never seen the kid that happy. You did good," Steve said.

"Thanks," Natasha said, climbing to her feet. She and Clint left the room, heading towards the gym. "That really was a brilliant idea, Clint."

"I know."

She shoved him. He shoved her back. The continued this for about a minute before they got tired of it. "You should probably head home," Nat said. "It's getting late."

"Yeah. Do you think Wanda would want to spend the night at my place? That way she could actually meet her brother's namesake."

"I think she would like that, Clint. She really likes kids."

"Good to know that I'll have a babysitter at the ready when I need one."

Nat cracked a smile. "You might wanna ask her first before you start planning anything."

"I guess. I think that Laura would like to actually meet her. She likes Wanda from what I've said, you know, aside from the whole she-tried-to-kill-us thing."

"You and I both know that Wanda is a responsible girl. But with those powers that she can't fully control, especially when she's angry, I'm surprised Laura is willing to let her anywhere near the kids."

"You know as well as I do that she's a believer in second chances."

"And thank god for that, right?"

"Wanna spar got old time's sake?"

"Yeah."

After a few minutes, Clint looked at his watch. "I'm going to get Wanda. You wanna come pick her up if she decides to come?"

"You know it. Bye, Clint."

"Bye, Nat."