Nic
Pete can you come over?

Peter
Sure. What's wrong?

Nic
Dad and Nat are in the hospital. I just
don't really want to be in the house alone.

Peter
I'm on my way

At the sound of the knock, Nicola ran to the door barely letting him into the apartment. She hugged him at first sight, shoving her head into his shoulder. "How bad is it?" She looks up at him. Face is all red and she sucks on her lip trying to withhold more tears. "Uncle Steve won't tell me. Says Nat is unconscious and dad has a broken leg. He says they are alright but it doesn't feel right. Why won't he tell me."

"Maybe its not as bad as it seems. Lets go sit down." He leads her to her room and to her bed. She doesn't lay down but leans against him when he sits down beside her. "Natasha is a pretty strong lady she never lets anyone get in her way. Do you want food? Something to drink?"

"I just want you to stay here."

"Okay"

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After an hour the door bell rings. Nicola who is zoned out in the movie looks up out of confusion. "I ordered a pizza before I left. I'm really hungry." He stands up and grabs his wallet off the desk and comes back with two pizzas. "Now as badly as I would eat both of these all by my self I will share." Half way through the first pizza Peter gets the sauce all down his shirt. "This is brand new. May is going to kill me!" Nicola, who is sitting across from him sitting crisscross  nonchalantly says, "Take off your shirt and I'll go get the stain out."
"Um uh well couldn't we just-"
"It's fine Peter it's just a shirt."
"Fine."  He takes it off and throws it at her and just for a second her eyes linger for a little bit longer than they should. She takes it to the sink and goes to grab the stain spray as he watches. "If someone walks into the house with me like this its going to look very wrong!" She laughs and says, "And you won't get it back until its dry." Peters phone buzzes and he looks down to a tet from Ned

NED
Want to hang?

Peter
At Nics right now. Currently shirtless
and afraid.Got my t-shirt stained 
and she is getting the stain out.

NED
Just remember 3 in 10 teenagers become
parents every year

Peter
Shut up Ned.

She walks out of the bathroom as he leans against the door way awkwardly. "I feel like one of those Abercrombie and Fitch models that hang around in the stores."

"Well you definitely could be one right now." She laughs.

"Where is a blanket I'm freezing."

"Somewhere."

"C'mon Nic."

"I don't know where they would be."

"So what I'm hearing is you are my blanket."

"What, no!"

"So I hear a yes." She starts to protest and he picks her up effortlessly as she tries to get out of his hold. He sits them both  back on the bed and continues to hold her with the lack of struggle. The phone rings and the silence engulfs the room and he lets her go so she can answer. Relief is shown in her face when Bucky starts talking on the phone.

"We're okay. Natasha is awake just a little bruised up. Is Wanda with you?"

"I don't know where Wanda is. Peter is here though. Are you okay dad?"

"I'm fine flora mea mica. Just get some sleep its late. We should hopefully be home in the morning."

"Okay, see you tomorrow."

"Te iubesc."

"Love you too."

She hangs up and looks over at Peter, "They're okay."

"That's good. I should probably get going and all. Its really late and all."

"No, stay. " She tells him a little bit more quickly than she should have.

"Give me a pillow and a blanket." He sits on the floor and she goes to her closet to throw him a blanket out of her stash and a extra pillow off her bed. "Goodnight, see you in the morning." Nicola flops on the bed with a laugh and responds with, "Good night."

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At a whopping 3am is when Mr. and Mrs. Barnes entered the homestead. Natasha with a pounding headache and Bucky with a boot on this leg all they wanted was to go to sleep. Bucky could hear the TV playing from Nicolas room and went to see if she was still awake to find Her wrapped in her blanket dead asleep and Peter on the floor very shirtless but asleep. He then went to the bathroom to find a wet t shirt hanging over the shower rod and stain remover, explaining the lack of clothes on the teenage boy on the floor. He then went to Wanda's room who was reading a glowing book in her bean bag chair. "Can't sleep?" He asks. "You could say that. Reading on how to make the voices stop."
"Do we need to take you back to Dr. Banner? Or Dr. Strange? They can help."

"I'll be fine. I should be going to bed anyways. Looks like you could too."

The two eventually made it to bed. One trying to get comfy and the other taking Tylenol. "That was too close. You think we should stay in Tony's tower until this is all figured out?" Natasha rolls over and Bucky says, "I can't let her know. It has to be bottom line for us to get like that. So much is going on right now. My little girl is growing up and that is causing her to have a teenage boy sleep on her floor shirtless and that same teenage boy is her protection at school. Make that make sense." Natasha places her hand on his cheek and smiles, "Hon sometimes we find love and growth at weird points in our lives. She may be your little girl but to her she's a grown woman preparing for a future. Peter may be her future. He also just happens to be her protection detail. They are 15 let them live their lives in some normalcy while they can." He sets his hand on tops of hers and smiles. "I'm glad I meet you. You keep me sane I don't know what I'd do with out you."