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Family Dinner

Summary:

Natasha’s families finally collide, whether she wants them to or not

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First time posting on ao3, but I'm transferring all my work from Tumblr to here, so if you want to check it out there my username is imagine-knowing-a-name. But yeah, enjoy :)

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A year on the run, and it was finally over.

After breaching the Sokovia Accords, Natasha, Steve, Wanda, and Sam had been fugitives from the law, never staying in one place long. Throughout the year the group had been covertly stopping threats, while the remaining Avengers; Tony, Rhodey, and Vision, worked to get them pardoned.

And at long last it had happened. The fugitive group had taken a risk, a large but necessary one, and blown their cover. Their hand had been forced, of course, by a rebellious group attempting to blow up the Pentagon, they’d almost succeeded, not even alerting the guards. However, the secret Avengers had been in the area to put a stop to it, even ensuring there were no casualties, and barely even injuries.

That was just the final point the former Team Iron Man needed to petition to the President and get him to overrule Ross’s manhunt. The Sokovia Accords were adjusted, and the whole team was given a pardon, Scott and Clint included.

Reunions were had, parties were thrown (of course), but eventually the compound settled back into its old routine. The only major change was Peter Parker, the teenager hanging out with the group whenever he wasn’t studying, dating, or swinging around New York. He was still around surprisingly often, and he quickly struck up a friendship with Wanda, the other youngest Avenger; although there wasn’t a member on the team that wasn’t fond of him.

A month after the pardon they were called out on a mission, and the whole team assembled once again.

“Nice to see you all again” Fury greeted, giving the mission briefing on the jet. One of the clauses of the pardon was putting the team back under Fury’s charge. It was a decision welcomed by everyone, except maybe Ross.

Natasha smiled, “you too boss”

Tony coughed quickly, “suck up”, he grinned at Natasha’s eye roll, glad the dynamic hadn’t changed at all.

“Where are we even going?”

“I was getting to that Parker”

“Oh, right, sorry… go on”

With a sigh, Fury turned back to the whole group, “we’ve had reports of a portal opening in Russia, where it leads to? we don’t know. But there’s soldiers coming out and they aren’t human.”

Peter gasped and Wanda giggled next to him, knowing the excitement that was coming, “Aliens!? That’s so cool. What kind?”

His words went mostly ignored by the adults, Tony Stark deciding to give the more sensible response with a sigh. Having Parker around made him feel old. “So it’s New York all over again. Shouldn’t we have heard about it?”

“If it’s an invasion then these aliens have no damn sense of direction. It’s a tiny town in the middle of nowhere. If it can avoid getting out of there, then great. It doesn’t need to make the news.”

Natasha hummed, “so you want us to fight them and then close the portal, do we know how?”

“We’ve got people working on closing it, your job is just to keep the aliens contained until we work it out.” Fury instructed, glancing briefly at the window to see the destination approaching, “Cap, I’ll let you give the orders now”, he dismissed himself and headed off back to the cockpit, closing the divider to block the team out.

“Well” Steve began, “I don’t know what it’ll be like when we get there, so the plan might change, but for now, Sam, Tony, Rhodey, and Vision go on round up duty, make sure they’re not getting too far from the main fight.”

Sam chuckled, glancing at his designated teammates, “Thank god I’m not the only flyer anymore, he used to make me do that all on my own.”

“Hey, I helped” Wanda frowned, earning a dismissive wave from the Falcon.

Steve ignored the duo, “Wanda, Peter, Nat; we’ll be fighting on the ground”

“We don’t have to kill them, right?” Peter asked meekly, drawing a confused look from the Captain

“What?”

“I don’t want to kill anyone”. Steve sighed, it sure made things harder, but then again, he didn’t want to force Peter to lose that innocence. He’d seen what the War had done to people, especially the ones Peter’s age.

“You can web them up, right? Stop them moving, maybe throw them back in the portal.”

Peter nodded, grinning at the team leader, “I can do that”

As the plane moved into descent, Fury called back “we’re here”.

The town was visible through the window, and when Fury said small, he meant it. There were a few shops and houses, but only one road through, the surrounding area completely bare and snow covered. The aliens were visible on the other side, they weren’t the typical alien stereotype, but still humanoid shaped; greyish skin and the majority around 7 foot tall. All of them carried the same type of weapon, some high tech gun which seemed to fire similarly to Iron Man’s repulsors.

Russian military was already fighting against them, their guns still managing to do some damage to the creatures. Plus some units had gone for a full on charge, attempting to take on the aliens hand to hand, which had caused confusion; the aliens risked friendly fire if they tried to shoot them.

“Let’s get to work” Steve ordered, beginning the charge. He held his shield up to protect him and Natasha from any targeted hits, while Wanda also formed a shield to protect her and Peter. Meanwhile the others were able to fly out of the way of the blasts and pick off any stragglers.

“I hate this battlefield” Peter grumbled, “where am I supposed to swing?”, as he spoke he webbed up an alien, using it as a hammer to swing around and throw, knocking out even more enemies and allowing the teen to web them up.

Wanda chuckled, “well you got a strike at least”

“Hey, we should play some Wii Bowling when we get back” Peter added, his mood instantly lifted at the thought

“Sure thing kid, but maybe focus?” Tony advised through the comms

It drew a whine from Peter, “I am focused” although with extraordinarily poor timing, as he was smacked in the back of the head by an alien blaster the moment after.

Natasha jumped up and knocked the creature out, knowing not to kill it in front of the boy, “sure you were” she teased, subtly checking he was okay as she helped him up.

“Thank you Ms. Spider”. Natasha only smirked, shaking her head lightly at the nickname as she went back to shooting and punching her way through the mob.

“I miss Hawkeye man, I want my name buddy back too” Sam added, getting a laugh from the team.

“At least you have one, I don’t even have a codename” Wanda huffed, remembering too late what would come next,

“Little Witch”

“Little Red”

“Mrs Vision”

“The Scary One”

All came at once, but Wanda frowned at the last comment, “I’m not the scary one, Nat is”

“Watch out Sam” Steve warned, giving the Falcon time to dive out of the way of a blast,

“Thanks Steve”

“It’s true, spider mom is really scary”

“I thought I scared you?” Tony said in a fake sad tone, “was I not enough?”

“Well sure Mr Stark, when you took my suit, but you’re like my dad, so you’re not always scary”

Natasha huffed at the conversation, “This is an undeserved title” she complained, “I’m always nice to you all”

“You point with a knife” Steve reminded

“You threaten me on a daily basis” Tony added

“When I started dating Wanda you cornered me and threatened to make new weapons to kill me if I ever hurt her” Vision spoke

“Wait… what?” the aforementioned woman shot Natasha a glance, and got a shrug from the assassin on the shoulders of an alien.

“That threat still stands”

At that point Fury joined the conversation, “none of you hold a candle to Nat when it comes to striking fear. And I’d have it no other way. But we know how to close the portal so can we please wrap it up?”

“OK” Wanda spoke, “goodbye”, and with a grimace and push of her hands, three quarters of the horde were sent tumbling back through the portal. Peter swung most of the rest through and the portal was shut, the flying Avengers taking care of any who were left over.

“You two couldn’t have done that earlier?” Nat asked as she sat in the snow, green alien blood on her suit, face, and hair.

“Well they’d have just walked back out, and it’s tiring” Wanda retaliated, a nod of affirmation following from Peter.

“Natasha?” The call of the assassin’s name pulled the group’s attention up, looking among the soldiers for the source of the Russian voice. But it was the former red-head (though her hair was still a short blonde bob) who perked up the most, as if she recognised the voice.

Soon a blonde-haired woman broke through the ranks of the soldiers, covered in alien goo and wearing a tactical suit similar to Natasha’s, only white.

“Natasha!” she grinned, and ran over. After a brief flash of confusion, Natasha mimicked the smile and stood up, ignoring the confused faces of her teammates.

“What are you doing here Yelena?”

“Helping out”

The rest of the Avengers exchanged even more perplexed looks when their teammate pulled the other woman into a hug. Quickly it turned into shock when the Black Widow kicked the stranger’s legs out from under her and pinned her down, grinning the whole time.

“Oh my-” Wanda gasped

“You can’t win”

“I bet I can” the newcomer rolled, leaving Nat on the floor and the two women began to spar on the ground until Steve stepped in to break them up.

“Enough. Nat, do you want to explain who this is?”

“Oh. This is my sister, Yelena”

A lot of eyebrows raised at that, including Steve’s, although he tried to keep his shock under control, Nat had never mentioned a sister.

“You don’t talk about me?” Yelena frowned with a huff, glaring at Natasha

“I don’t talk about them with you!”

“Yes you did. Many times”

“Only because you prompted me to many times. They never did!”

Yelena finally shifted to survey her sister’s teammates, making them all shift uncomfortably under her gaze. “You never prompted her?”

“You shouldn’t have to prompt to find out about family” Steve started, “for example…” he looked around, eyes settling on Peter for a second longer, “ok well none of us really have a family, but Sam has a sister” he covered. Peter relaxed, glad his identity wasn’t given away. “And Clint…” he continued

“Clint didn’t tell you about his family either” Natasha interrupted, “until he had to”

“Does he know about your sister?”

“Yes. He asked”

At that point, Fury approached, his work on closing the portal done, “Yelena” he greeted, “nice to see you again”

“Fury knows?!” Tony butted in, while Yelena greeted Fury back

“Of course I know Stark” Fury turned on him, his eyebrows raised, “when have I ever not known something”

“I tried to kill him once” Yelena nodded, perfectly serious

“Wait, really, why?” Natasha asked, no surprise in her voice. Yelena shrugged,

“I was bored”

Natasha shook her head, “Yelena” she scolded, as if she had just confessed to sneaking out, rather than attempted murder of the head of S.H.I.E.L.D.

“Good thing your heart wasn’t in it because you came damn close too. My offer of recruitment still stands”

“I work better alone”

“Exactly what your sister said and look at her now”

Yelena didn’t comment, so Natasha filled the silence, “Do you need a ride?”

“I have nowhere to be”

“Come back with us then” Natasha offered, prompting Tony to add on,

“Yeah, we want to meet this mysterious sister”

There was silence as Yelena thought, shifting her head from side to side, “mum and dad get back tomorrow. So only one day.” She conceded.

“Mom and dad as well?” Sam asked

“Didn’t you say your parents were dead?” Steve frowned, “I definitely asked about that”

“Circumstances change” Natasha deadpanned, rolling her eyes and letting everyone trail her onto the jet before explaining in greater detail. “They’re not biological. They just raised me and Yelena for a few years when we were kids. It was undercover work for a mission.” She glanced quickly at Yelena before adding, “I still feel Yelena is a real sister to me though”

The younger widow smiled at the comment, before looking around, eyebrows raised, “You didn’t think we were biological sisters, did you?”

“I mean… you could be” Rhodey stammered. Natasha stood up next to Yelena to allow comparison, the duo sporting matching raised eyebrows.

“We look nothing alike”

“Well…” Sam began, brave enough to argue with two widows, “you’re both… Russian”

“Blonde” Steve added, more courageous now that Sam hadn’t been killed.

“You’re wearing the same outfit”

“Biologically speaking, the two of you do have many similarities” Vision calculated, ending just in time for Tony’s ‘short’ to be heard.

“What?” the two turned on him,

“uh oh” Peter muttered, him, Sam, and Wanda retreating backwards.

Yelena pulled a knife out to point at Tony, before Natasha gently pushed the arm down, “Yelena no”. The action then had to be repeated when Yelena’s other arm came up, also wielding a knife.

“Well, you’re both very scary when I call you short” Tony whimpered

“You deserve the scaring from time to time”

“So, tell us about your parents” Steve diverted before they could actually murder Stark, “are they spies too?”

The duo turned round in sync, releasing Tony from the corner they had trapped him in.

“Melina was the spy more than Alexei, he was a soldier. But they were both trained enough to go undercover for three years”

“How old were you?”

“I was 8 when it started, 11 by the end. I’d already been through the Red Room and afterwards I went through again. It was the only few years in my life when I felt free” Natasha said sadly, and Yelena frowned next to her.

“I was 3. They picked me specifically for it. And no-one ever told me it wasn’t real”

“Sorry again” Natasha muttered, pulling Yelena into a hug. No further questions were asked until they returned to the compound.

Peter and Fury had to leave once they returned to the compound. The former to keep May company, the other for unspecified reasons.

“I’m going to make dinner tonight” Wanda decided, pulling Vision into the kitchen with her.

“I think we all know what they’re doing” Tony joked, imitating kissing at Yelena’s confused face.

She scowled, “gross”

Natasha laughed, “you haven’t changed”

“It is gross” Yelena pouted

“What? You never had a boyfriend little Widow?” Tony teased, “or a girlfriend?”

“No. I’m aroace”, at Steve’s confused face she explained, “It means I don’t like anyone like that. Romantically or sexually. I’m just not attracted.”

“Oh ok”

“Not like your sister then, she flirts with any and every possible person. She even flirts on Steve’s behalf occasionally” Natasha grinned at Tony’s comment

“No, I’m aroace too. I just find it funny to flirt. People get all flustered”

“A shocking day of revelations all round for you today, huh Nat?”

“Yelena seems to bring it out. You should have visited sooner” Rhodey grinned

“God it would all come out if our parents were here” Yelena replied, before muttering, “Alexei never shuts up”

“Aww I want to meet them. Can we invite them?” Tony goaded

“Absolutely not” snapped Natasha, amusing Yelena

“Is a little sister embarrassing enough?” she mocked, a fake pout on her face, she then turned to the others in the room, leaning back into a relaxed pose. “Natasha used to have blue hair”

“Lena I swear to god” Natasha started, aiming to hit Yelena in the stomach, but it was caught by the younger woman, who was giggling.

“We need you to stick around” Tony wheezes, “what else do you know?”

“Nope. That’s enough” Natasha shut down. At the same time, an alert sounded in the room.

“That’s a breach in the perimeter” Tony furrowed his brows. “FRIDAY, can you show cameras?”

“Of course Mr Stark” the voice answered, projecting an image on the screen of an older brunette woman helping a bearded man in red uniform over the fence.

“You have got to be kidding me” Natasha groaned as her sister stifled a laugh.

“Are they threats? That isn’t everyday wear” Steve spoke seriously

“If they wanted to break in, they wouldn’t have been seen” Yelena advised,

“You know them?”

Yelena moved closer to the screen and pointed. “Melina”. “Alexei”.

“Oh”

They watched as Alexei took a step back before leaping the height of the fence. “That doesn’t seem normal. Can you two do that and you didn’t tell us?”

“No.” Natasha and Yelena confirmed. The former continued, “it’s long story with him”

Melina looked directly up at the camera and smiled, before leading the way towards the gate on the next fence. This one was taller, with barbed wire on top to prevent it being climbed, or jumped over by super soldiers.

“Yelena. Natasha” Alexei grinned into the camera.

“Yelena you didn’t invite them did you?” Natasha accused

“No.” Yelena scoffed, affronted, “why would I do that. I was having a nice week without them constantly flirting in front of me”

“Well then why are they here?”

“I don’t know! They were meant to be in France until tomorrow, rescuing widows, maybe they finished early?”

“Girls. I know you’re listening, let me and your mother in” Alexei continued

“Do we let them in?” Tony asked

“No.

"You have vodka, right?” Yelena muttered to her sister

“Bottom left cabinet in the kitchen”

“I could jump this fence if I wanted, you know I could, but I’m trying to be polite. Just let me and Melina in.” The Red Guardian looked around, only then realising Melina wasn’t with him

“Can he jump it?”

“No, he’s just boasting” Natasha sighed.

“OK, just let me in at least. I don’t know where your mother is”, he took a step back from the camera, “Melina? Melina? Come back Melina”

“Will he just go away eventually?” Sam asked, when there was no response he looked around, and the four men realised that Natasha and Yelena had both left.

“Uhh, did anyone notice them leave?” A mumble of 'no’s and shaken heads answered, followed by a scream in the kitchen.

“What happened?” Steve asked upon running in.

“I went to grab vodka. Those two were making out. Then all of a sudden she screams” Yelena explained, “I almost dropped my vodka” she added with a grumble, indicating the three large bottles in her hands.

“I didn’t even hear you come in” Wanda retaliated, still looking shocked.

“I am quiet. But you were occupied mashing faces. Mash potatoes next time.” Yelena advised with a nod and walked out, leaving six stunned Avengers.

“Caught smooching, huh?” Sam teased eventually, smirk on his face.

“Get out, dinner’s almost done”

Sam and Tony shared a look and giggled as they followed Steve and Rhodey out.

“You’ve been caught doing far worse Stark, don’t laugh”

“Oh I have of course, but I always let Rhodey laugh at me then, it’s funny”

“It’s true, he does” Rhodey confirmed. He looked up and stopped dead in his tracks. Tony, however, wasn’t looking and bumped right into him.

“Oh. They’re multiplying” he said when he finally looked up to see Melina, Nat, and Yelena gathered in the common room. Alexei now slumped next to the gate on the monitor.

“We are not letting him in” Natasha gritted out,

“He’s your father, look at him” Melina said softly, pointing at the screen. “Hello Avengers” she greeted, waving as they came in

“Hi Nat’s mom who I didn’t know about until about an hour ago”

Melina simply nodded, not offended at all that she had never been mentioned. “I know he’s a handful, but hell only get into trouble if we leave him out there”

“Steve is here. You really want him to meet Steve?” Nat said.

“Hmmm. You do make a good point”

“What’s so wrong with him meeting Steve?” Rhodes asked. Three pairs of eyes measured him up, then resumed their conversation without acknowledging the interruption.

“What was that?” he whispered

“I don’t know” Tony whispered back, not taking his eyes off of the women, “but the only thing scarier than Nat is her with her family”

“You’ve got that right” Sam added.

“Yelena, back me up here” Natasha pleaded at her sister,

“Family dinner isn’t fun. And I often want to punch him. But I also want to see him embarrass you in front of your Avenger friends” Yelena reasoned with a grin, proving Nat would have no support.

“Fine. But you aren’t staying, and someone please brief Steve” Nat relented, stalking off to open the gate and guide Alexei into the compound.

“Brief me on… what?”

“Alexei is Red Guardian. Russian Captain America. Only successful use of super soldier serum in Russia”

“What about the Winter Soldier?”

“He’s not Russian. Born in America, made in Germany, kept in Siberia”. Steve flinched at the description of his best friend, completely devoid of the personality.

“Alexei sees you as his nemesis and equal” Melina continued, tactfully changing the subject away, “just pretend you have heard of him. It will hurt his feelings otherwise”

“Uh… hi?” Wanda came out, carrying the bowl of Chili con carne, but paused at the sight of the newest Widow. Everyone in the room realised simultaneously that Wanda and Vision hadn’t been made aware of the situation regarding Natasha’s parents.

“This is Melina. Natasha’s mother” Tony pointed, earning a nod from the red-head, who continued to set the table for dinner.

“You are Wanda?” Melina asked hesitantly. Wanda gulped, nodding again, but Melina just grinned. “Natasha has told us about you, you are her favourite.

Wanda beamed, giggling at the hurt faces of her teammates, “it’s nice to meet you”

“You too”

After the interaction, Natasha walked in, tailed by her father, who seemed to be pestering her about the Avengers team.

“Captain America” he growled, narrowing his eyes when he first caught sight of Steve.

“The… Red Guardian”

“I told you he knows me Natasha” Alexei boasted, “we meet at last my old foe”

“I thought you already met him. Or was that made up?” Yelena said drily, standing next to Natasha. She handed her sister one of the vodka bottles and took a swig of her own.

“I think we should sit” Melina interrupted

“Good idea” Rhodey chimed in, stepping between Alexei and a confused Steve. The two super soldiers sat on opposing heads of the table. Sam sat on Steve’s right, with Vision, Wanda, and Nat. Tony was on the left. Rhodey sat between the billionaire and Yelena, in the hopes of avoiding a fight. Then Melina sat next to Yelena and Alexei

“Um, everyone can eat chili right?” Wanda asked hesitantly, “I didn’t really expect guests but there’s enough for everyone though”

“We all eat it” Melina answered maternally, tasting it, “it’s very good as well”

Wanda beamed at the praise, “Thank you”

Tony coughed, “so Nat, which Avenger here would you say is your favourite?”

Natasha turned her head slowly from Tony to Yelena, “what did you say?”

“I didn’t say anything. Ask her.” She pointed her thumb at Melina, and the table turned to the woman.

“I merely told her the same thing you told me” she defended, holding her hands up, “there is no need to be angry. It was the truth, wasn’t it?”

Natasha dropped her head into her hands, while Wanda scratched the top of her head, feeling she had been put in a slightly awkward position.

“You know you were Yelena’s favourite as well” Melina continued, unaware of the effect her words were having on her daughters.

“Were. Past tense” Yelena clarified.

Melina lowered her voice to a whisper, though still loud enough for everyone to hear, “she is currently a bit jealous… doesn’t like how Natasha sees you as a younger sister.”

“Oh my god” Yelena groaned.

Natasha leaned over to her, “you brought this on yourself”. The youngest widow pursed her lips, pouring herself another vodka shot and clinked it against Nat’s own, before they downed it together.

“So who is it now?” Sam asked, getting a kick from Steve under the table. “Ow. It’s just that they’re all sharing and I’m curious.”

Yelena’s eyes flicked through everyone on the table before locking on Alexei’s, “don’t you dare-” he began

“Steve is very good”

“Yelena! No! Out of everyone? Who here looked after you the most?”

“Natasha”

He groaned and the sisters had another shot. “You know that’s not the answer I want. I raised you. But fine. It’s better than him at least.” Alexei glared.

“Now can we all calm down and enjoy Wanda’s cooking?” Melina interrupted

“Why are you dishing so much praise for Wanda?” Yelena asked with narrowed eyes, “are you trying to adopt her too or something?”

Natasha finished, “she’s already an adult, you can’t do that”

“Legally I never adopted you two either, only forged birth certificates. But I’m still your mother”. Natasha rolled her eyes at the comment, sinking down in her seat. “Natasha. Stop slouching.”

“Anyone else very concerned?” Sam leant in to whisper to Tony, Rhodey, Vision and Steve. The last man unable to take his eyes off of Alexei, who was continuing to stare him down. Wanda was too engrossed in the spy family discussion to be listening.

“Very much so” Tony agreed. Rhodey just nodded, his proximity to Yelena preventing him from saying anything.

“I’m worried the second I lower my gaze, he’s going to jump me” Steve voiced under his breath.

Vision took his turn to speak, at a regular volume, “you know, I don’t actually have to eat and I actually… uh, have other work that needs doing.”

“Vision don’t you dare” Sam whispered through gritted teeth, “don’t leave me exposed man, please”

“It was nice meeting you all” the synthezoid finished courteously, then phased through his chair and hurriedly left the room.

“Aaand he did it”

“Wow, we’ve scared the robot” Yelena murmured

“He’s a synthezoid” Wanda correced

“Same thing”

“No. It’s-”

“Yelena, don’t be mean” Natasha scolded. “I swear, every dinner.” She spoke mainly to her teammates, though her positioning stopped her from saying anything out of earshot of her family.

“We’re meant to be making a good impression for Natasha’s friends” Melina spoke, snapping her fingers at Yelena and Alexei. “Yelena. Natasha. Sit up, eat, pour us all some drink please.” The two girls did as asked, much to the team’s surprise. And Natasha poured shots of vodka for her family.

“Not the drink I was expecting” Steve sighed,

“you can’t argue they’re not Russian” Tony added with a laugh, grabbing a shot for himself.

“Alexei, stop staring. The Cold War is over and you two never even fought. That’s why you haven’t been the Red Guardian since 1992″ Melina continued

“That doesn’t make me any more sympathetic to America” he growled, “though of course that’s when I met you, and our girls”

Melina smirked at him, “and he is our girl’s friend. We raised her well enough to trust her friends”

“That we did, we raised them so well it’s almost a pity that we didn’t have our own”

“Are they flirting again? Is that flirting?” Yelena asked, “we’re all sterilised! How many times? You couldn’t have babies of your own anyway!”

“Not to mention you only raised us for three years. The Red Room did most of it.” Natasha added

“All I hear is perfect birth control” Alexei murmured to Melina, and Yelena retched,

“Oh my god, I can’t take it”

“Please not at the dinner table” Yelena and Natasha complained.

Steve flushed and averted his eyes. Tony just wolf whistled, “maybe this would have been Wanda and Vision if you hadn’t interrupted” he teased, smirking at Yelena. The comment made Wanda blush and slam her head into the table.

“Wait what?” Natasha perked up, “did I miss this?”

“I walked in on your mentee sucking the face off of her metal boyfriend”

“Oh. Good for you Wanda. Sorry Yelena walked in.”

“Why are you apologising for me?”

“Because I know you wouldn’t”

“Because it’s gross!”

Natasha shrugged, “still rude to interrupt”

“I know you were born aroace. You knew even in Ohio” Yelena sighed, “but I think mine is a direct result of living with that” she pointed to where Melina and Alexei were smiling at each other, faces only a few centimetres apart.

“That’s-” Natasha called out as Yelena stormed off,

“I know that’s not how it works” Yelena shouted back.

“Where are you going?”

“Your room”

“I don’t want you there” Natasha yelled, jumping up to follow her sister. Steve, Tony, Rhodey, Wanda, and Sam were left in stunned silence.

“This was fun. I think it should be a weekly thing” Tony grinned at last.

In the distance, Natasha’s voice echoed, “Yelena, I’ll kill you!”

Steve glanced at the billionaire, “maybe rain check that”