Thanksgiving with the Avengers

You were new on team, you hadn't even been there for six months yet, but you already felt like you were part of the Avengers family. This upcoming Thursday was Thanksgiving, and at first you didn't know if they celebrated. If they didn't, you'd just go out to a restaurant that serves turkey and stuff. You'd go to your parents and sibling's for Thanksgiving, but they sorta disowned you when they found out about your powers. So, they weren't an option.

It was currently Monday, and you were just chilling on the couch in the living room, watching Friends on Netflix. Little by little, the other Avengers joined you in watching the comedy. The last person was Clint, and he looked miserable. Well, more than usual.

"Dang Clint. Have you had coffee yet?" you playfully asked. He nodded and plopped himself on the couch next to you and Nat. "Then what's wrong?" you asked him.

"Laura just called and said all the kids are really sick, and doesn't want me to get sick either. She said she doesn't want me to get sick and then get called on a mission. This all leads to the fact that our Thanksgiving plans are canceled," Clint summarized. You patted his shoulder comfortingly and Nat grabbed his hand and squeezed it. Poor Clint barely got to see his family anyways, but now he can't for the holidays.

"I'm really sorry Clint," you said, giving him a little side hug. Tony suddenly perked up and looked at everyone with wide eyes. He was about to say something when Thor interrupted.

"What is this, Thanksgiving?" he asked. Tony took liberty in explaining.

"It's this holiday Americans celebrate on the second to last Thursday of every November. It marks the day that the pilgrims who first came to this place made peace with the natives here, and they all had this huge meal together. That brings me to my next point," Tony said. We were all listening to the man.

"Why don't we have a group Thanksgiving here? It's this Thursday and I'm pretty sure none of you really have any other plans so..." he trailed off and looked at everyone, his arms spread out like he had just presented a new invention.

"Sounds better than my original plans of going somewhere random and eating food, so I'm in. I'll even help cook," you offered. Bruce looked at you.

"Wait," he started. "Don't you have a family who is still alive though?" he asked you.

You shrugged. "They disowned me when they figured out I could burn them all alive, especially when I was newer to my powers. Got kicked out and everything. But, I don't really care anymore. Their loss, not mine," you explained simply. Everyone nodded.

Wanda stood up. "I'll also help cook. And I'm sure FRIDAY will be able to help as well. And Vis," Wanda suggested. You nodded at her and also stood up, waking a dozing Peter next to you.

"We just need to go out today and get groceries. If not, it's likely all the stuff will be gone by Wednesday. What do you guys want?" you asked the group. Instantly, food requests were thrown out at you.

"Turkey, duh!"

"Mashed potatoes!"

"Stuffing pleeeeease!"

"Uh, I'll be with Aunt May, but pumpkin pie is an essential for Thanksgiving."

"What about gravy?"

"Can we have something healthy?"

"Really Steve?"

After a couple minutes of you and Wanda getting a list together of the foods, you went online to find recipes for said foods, then created another list for the ingredients to said foods. By the end of it, you had spent an hour on all of it, and had a paper (front and back) full of different ingredients. The two of you checked around to see if y'all had any of the things already, and managed to strike off two things.

"Alright, Wanda and I are going shopping! Please don't kill each other while we're gone!" you yelled back at the group. A couple people gave some sarcastic replies, other just laughed. You and Wanda made it out of the building and drove down to the nearest grocery store.

(Time Skip after the trip)

You and Wanda had gotten everything you needed in approximately 30 bags. "FRIDAY?" Wanda asked the AI.

"Yes Ms. Maximoff?"

"Can you get the other down here to help with the bags?"

"Of course," she responded, and it was silent. Suddenly you heard people coming down and the team came and grabbed two to four bags each, helping carry them upstairs. Steve and Bucky managed to grab six (how you'll never really know) and Peter managed to get five. He could've tried to take more, but he could grab them with the hands that were busy holding the other bags.

"Make sure this all goes to the kitchen on the counter!" you yelled after them. You and Wanda grabbed the few remaining bags and headed up after the team. Once you got up there, they had all nicely placed the bags on the center island counter in the kitchen, and then they all disappeared.

"I hope they know that whoever helps cook doesn't have to help clean," Wanda said. You smiled and laughed, before the two of you started putting at the things away. You went ahead and put the turkey in the bottom of the fridge so it could thaw out and be ready on Thursday morning to be cooked.

"Alright. Who do we want to help us cook?" you asked Wanda.

"Well of course us two, Vision might be helpful, I think Nat knows how to cook, and Scott can help as well. I think Oh! And I'm pretty sure Bucky is a good cook. Everyone else can clean up all the dishes we are going to make. Except Thor. I'm scared he'll break things rather than clean them."

"Good point."

(Another time skip because this is a short)

Now it was Thursday, and you and Wanda had assembled you cooking team in the kitchen at around 5 am to get ready for al the cooking. You had A LOT of people to feed, so it was going to take a lot of food, which would take a lot of hands to make. Scott gladly said he'd help, since Cassie would be with her mom and he really wanted to help anyways.

"Alright, who knows how the hell to make a turkey, cause I sure don't?" you asked the group before you. Bucky raised his hand.

"I had to do it a couple times back in the 30s. Plus, with all the technology, I can figure it out," Bucky offered. You nodded and wrote it down on your handy-dandy list you had there.

"Alright, but be careful," you warned. "It's a 23 pound turkey. We got the heaviest we could find because you all eat like animals." Bucky nodded and got an apron on, then went ahead and started to wash his hands.

"Okay!" Wanda yelled, getting everyone's attention again. "Who wants to help with the turkey?" Vision said he would, so he also went ahead and got sanitized and ready to cook.

"What about the stuffing and potatoes?" you asked next. Nat and Scott raised their hands.

"The brussel sprouts and the rolls?" you asked. Wanda said she'd take care of it.

"That leaves desserts to me! About 5 pies and a pumpkin roll recipe I found. Alright guys, get to work!" you yelled, and everyone went off and did their own thing.

It was going smoothly. Everyone worked well in the field and kitchen. There was only one or two mixups when someone needed a bowl that someone else was using. Over all, it was still great. When you were done, you had a huge ass turkey, two pans of stuffing; two bowls of mashed potatoes, one with cheese; a bowl of brussel sprouts just for Steve; and a couple baskets of rolls that Wanda made from scratch. She was good. You had made three pumpkin pies and two pecan pies, as well as the pumpkin roll recipe you had found. It all looked and smelled amazing, and it was currently 4 in the afternoon.

"Are we ready to get the table set up and everything?" you asked. Everyone looked at each other and nodded their heads. When the table was done, you had a red and gold table cloth that had outlines of leaves in the gold, the nice white plates (big for main courses and small for rolls and suck for each person), wine glasses, and nice silverware. You had put all the food on the table in the middle as well, then asked FRIDAY to have her put on mood lighting.

"Alright FRIDAY, tell everyone that dinner is served, and to get down here," you asked her.

"Of course Miss. (Y/N)." Soon everyone was down stairs and sitting down, with Steve and Tony fighting over head of the table. After they figured out there were two heads, everyone was settled in.

You got everyone's attention. "Okay guys! Everyone grab something, take some, and then pass it to your left. Let's do this!" All the food was taken from the center and passed around, except the turkey. Buck grabbed a huge carving knife and carved some turkey up for everyone. He ended up also giving you one of the turkey legs.

It felt like a true family. By the time all the food was passed out and put back in the center, everyone was eating, talking, sharing stories, and laughing with each other. It was so much fun and you loved every minute of it. You learned a lot about the team through embarrassing stories, and you even learned some sadder things like Wanda's twin Pietro. It was still a great bonding experience and you felt that it brought the team closer together. It was three hours later when everyone was done with the food. All the food was gone. Even the brussel sprouts were gone, and not just by Steve.

"Okay, everyone who helped cook gets to rest for the evening, everyone else has to clean up the kitchen! Dishes, counters, everything needs to look like it's worth a million dollars!" Wanda told the group, earning many complaints from the people who had to clean. After and extra five minutes of arguing, Wanda convinced the others to clean up. Thor said he'd help as well, though he had no clue what he'd be doing.

You, Wanda, Scott, Nat, Bucky, and Vision all went out to the living room and laid around. You landed on the couch, and Bucky was next to you, playing with you hair. You head had landed on his shoulder, so he thought he earned the right to play with your hair. Before the rest of. The group even came out, you were asleep.

~Fin~

A/N: Yay! Happy thanksgiving 🍽🦃🍁 to everyone! I had fun yesterday and today as I wrote this, and I hope all of you enjoy it as well. Please, feel free to suggest something that I can write and I will try to make it match your dreams! I hope all of you (who celebrate it) had a happy turkey day, and are now getting ready for........CHRISTMAS!!! And of course Hanukkah, Ramadan, Kwanza, and all the other holidays I missed from around this time.

Hope you enjoyed, and Bye Lovelies!!