I. zvezdochka

                                    

                                          
2015

"So, run and hide?"
	"Until we find Ultron I don't have a lot else to offer."
"Neither do we." Tony sighed and ended the call with Maria Hill. 
He got up and came closer to Clint who was piloting the jet. He was at it for a few hours already so Stark figured he might have been tired a bit.
"Hey, wanna switch out?" he offered.
"No, I'm good" Barton assured. "If you wanna get some kip, now's a good time because we're still a few hours out."
"Few hours from where?"
"A possible safe house," Clint said "Could you tell Nat to come here for a second?" 
"Sure." Tony nodded and turned back after clapping on the back of the pilot's seat a few times. He wondered what Barton was planning. 
 "What is it?" Natasha asked, stopping behind Clint, and leaning on the back of the seat. She was still shaken up and seriously rattled to the point it affected her physically. Normally he would let her rest, not bothering with any questions but he knew she deserved to have a say in this decision. 
"I want to take us to Iowa," he said, taking his eyes off the control panels for a while. "You know where."
"And? It's your place, your call," she replied. 
"You know it's not only my place, Nat. It hasn't been for the last six years." 
She took a step to stand next to him instead of behind him.
"Are you asking me for permission?" she asked, her brows furrowing. 
"Yes, I am. So what do you say?" 
Natasha shrugged and look at the rest of the team. It seemed like Tony took Clint's advice and was trying to take a nap. Bruce was still curled up on the floor, she wasn't sure if he was awake. Steve was hunched over on the opposite side of the jest and it looked like he hasn't moved much since they took off. Thor kept pacing back and forth across the jest, with arms crossed and lost in his thoughts. 
"I trust everyone here." she said "And it's not like we have many other choices."
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"What is this place?" asked Thor with a confused look on his face when their group started walking an empty dirt road leading to a farm.
"A safe house," Tony said but he wasn't so sure of it anymore.
A white, two-story ranch house with a big porch and green shutters was probably one of the last places everyone besides Clint and Natasha had expected when they imagined a safe house. But it was clear to them that Barton knew the place as he lead them straight to the front door and then walked in without needing to unlock it. A few seconds later, the Avengers were welcomed by Laura Barton, to everyone but Romanoff's surprise.
"Ooh, incoming" Clint said with a smile when footsteps started echoing through the house. 
 Soon after that, Lila and Cooper run out from around the corner, first welcoming their dad, and then the younger one asked about Auntie Nat which only deepened Tony's, Steve's, Thor's, and Bruce's confusion. 
Natasha let go of Lila and looked at Laura with a silent question in her eyes.
"She's in the back, she might have not heard-"