Fic: Now I'm Ready to Start 2/2

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This is the prompt: So when Clint and Natasha come back from missions or being in the field, be it with the Avengers or SHIELD, they need to transition from the mindset of being out in the field to that of being safe/home/whatever. Generally this goes a lot more smoothely if there's someone they trust there to give them gentle orders/guidelines/

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They’d both awoken at the click of Pepper opening the door, rolling out of bed and arming themselves in fractionately less time than to assess her as not a threat and disarm.

Oh god, babies. D:

There had been a moment, when the two agents realized no one was patrolling that had seemed almost touch and go. Thor had calmed them, saying gently, “I just completed a sweep of this floor. Both Bruce and I need to eat and then take our rest, the next patrol will begin soon. Until then, JARVIS is scanning.” Simple, direct, and he’d smoothly delivered them into their seats at the same time. The god was full of surprises.

Aww, Thor! It's super refreshing to see a version of him that's more than capslock and poptarts.

They went down easily, Natasha refusing to let go of his hand and resting her head on the outside of his shoulder. Clint let go when Steve opened his hand, but after an infinitesimal pause picked it up again long enough to pull Steve’s arm over his shoulder, tucking in so his head rested on his other shoulder.Augh my heart

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Thank you bunches and bunches for letting me know what really worked for you. Poptart!Thor can have his moments, but he's got such determination to care for his people that I had to let that shine through.

You're totally right, Pepper has probably had to drop everything and deliver a dozen pizzas to some random guy who is going to give Tony a car full of *legal* copper tubing or something equally insane on a monthly basis.

I wrote the end before I was halfway through with the story, and had to use that as a marker for where I was going in the middle. So glad you liked!