She has too much in common with Stitch, Natasha thinks, fingers stilled in the bucket of freshly popped kernels and salt. They are both of them monsters, designed and crafted for purposes beyond their understanding or assenting - but their families, though small and broken, are still good.

Yes, she thinks, watching Lila and Connor cheer through the credits, Clint's shoulder against hers and Laura's feet tucked up on the coffee table, still good.

I absolutely love this!

$5 says Natasha has perfected Stitch's evil laugh and broke it out on one particularly memorable mission.

Everyone who knew where it came from (looking at you, Clint) knew better than to ask about it.

SOLD!

Perfect. And I will need a fic to go with all the Disney movies ever please.

Incidentally I don't think I will ever be able to listen to "Love is an Open Door" from Frozen again without picturing Nat and Bruce singing it ;).

Wouldn't THAT be the marathon of a lifetime? Or Disney movies become a sporadic thing at the Barton household, occurring whenever both Clint and Nat are home, and the kids always refuse to watch one for the first time without Auntie Nat there (because she's never seen them either). And sometimes the other Avengers happen to be there, Bruce cradling a mug of chamomile tea Laura buys especially for him, Thor squished onto one end of the couch, Tony fiddling with the popcorn on the stove.

("It's a delicate process, Stark, careful you don't burn any of it-"
"Clint. I've been CEO of a Fortune Five company, I've made dozens of suits, I've spent years of my life perfecting processes more advanced than anything you've ever se- oh, shit!"
"Laura?"
"Another batch, coming up.")

...I like this headcanon. I think I'll keep it.

Love this. And this, Tony, is why you don't do the monologue thing.

Perfect. And may that photograph never rip...

Here, here! (Or is it hear, hear? I can never remember...) Thank you. :)

It's "hear, hear." This is an old parliamentary term for recording general approval of something in Hansard (record of parliamentary proceedings) without attribution: "Some Honourable Members: hear hear!". (The opposite, when they yell and throw things, is "Some Honourable Members: Oh, oh!")

That is very useful and pertinent information. Also, highly amusing! I applaud you for knowing it.

Trust you to write something that gives me feelings. :)

I try, I try. :D