little Tones

Rest

3:15am

"I know, I'm -" Nat and Clint walk into the living room to find Steve and Tony's sleeping soundly on the couch.

Nat stops talking to Clint, not wanting to wake the two up. Clint and Nat walk further into the room with small grins on their faces. "That's sweet." Nat whispers and makes her way over to them.

"She kneels beside them and gently lays a hand on little tinys back. "Tony." Nat whispers, trying to rouse tony awake. "Mmmmm." Tony responds and nuzzles deeper into the crook of Steves neck. Nat smiles and begins to gently lift tony up from Steves torso.

She gingerly cradles Tony's head and is extra careful not to injure his wound. Tony is mostly limp in her arms but manages to wrap his weak limbs around Nats waist and neck.

She rubs her hand, soothingly up and down his back. "Lets get you to bed, huh?" She says to tony not expecting a response. She looks down to Steve. He's still deep asleep. They're both very exhausted, understandably.

"I'll be back, Clint. Im gonna put tony to bed." She informs clint and heads to Tony's room.

Steve stirs awake, his hands and arms grasping the air above him. When he doesnt feel tony, his eyes snap open.

"Hey, Cap." Clint smiles when he sees steve bolt up and looks around. "Where's Tony?" He looks to Clint with concern. Clint pits up a hand in a calming gesture. "Don't worry Nat's taking him to bed. He's fine." Clint assures him. Steve lets out a breath of air and relaxes.

She carefully and gently takes off tony's jacket, shoes and socks before laying him in his bed and tucking him in. Tony doesnt wake a bit, just snuggles more into his teddy and pillows. Nat smiles and leans down, kissing tony on the forehead. "Sleep well 👦"

Nat, then, quietly exits the room.

"Hey, steve. I put Tony to bed, I hope you don't mind." Nat enters the room and greets steve. Steve shakes his head. "No, that's fine. Thank you." He yawns. Nat nods her head and takes a seat beside steve.

Before any of them can speak, Fury enters the room, a small packet of papers grasped in his hands. "Hello agents." Fury greets Nat and Clint before taking a seat in one of the arm chairs across from Steve.

"Alright. Steve?" Steve straightens up and looks to his superior. "These are for you. You sign those and Tony will officially and legally be your child." Fury hands the papers to Steve. Steve takes them and stares at them, knowing this'll change everything. He will be his friend's legal guardian. Steve will be a father.

Steve nods his head and looks up at Fury with eyes full of emotion. Steve clears his throat and looks back down at the paper then back up at Fury. "Thank you, sir." Fury nods his head. "You're welcome." "I umm . . . I'll be back." Fury nods his head as Steve gets up and leaves the room.