Becca couldn't contain her emotions when she stepped into her mother's room. She was barely conscious as Steve was beside her holding his newborn nephew in his arms. The teenager giggled at the sight of her uncle holding her new baby brother. His bicep was bigger than Jamie's small body. So for the giant man to be holding such a small and fragile baby in his arms was a sight to behold. She quietly took out her phone and snapped a picture to show her boyfriend and friends later.

"звездная пыль." Stardust. Her father said, gaining her attention away from her uncle and brother. She walked over to where her father sat beside his wife and Mary finally saw her daughter for the first time in seven months.

"Baby." Mary said raspily, her voice was hoarse from the pain of childbirth and her energy was depleted exponentially. She barely had the strength to stay awake for much longer. But Becca knew she wanted to see her before she finally gave in to her tiredness and slept.

"I'm here, Mama." Becca said as she sat in the chair her father was previously sitting in. His hand resting on his daughter's shoulder as he stood behind her. "You can sleep, we'll all still be here when you wake up. I promise." She says quietly.

Bucky nods in agreement with his daughter, "Jamie's sleeping now anyways, Doll. You should sleep too."

Mary smiles weakly, her three immediate family members could tell she was fighting it so she could see her family together in one room, in a peaceful setting. Something that hadn't been seen before, ever. Because every other time all four of them were in a room together, it was under stress, the chaos and the looming threat of the governments pushing for their arrests. Here they were safe. Here they were free.

"I love you." Mary says softly to her family before her hazel eyes closing and her breathing soon evens out, indicating she was finally resting and asleep.

Becca stands, hugging her father before making her way around her mother's bed to where her uncle sat with her brother in his giant arms. His blue eyes meet hers as he chuckles softly, making sure not to wake his sleeping nephew, "I saw you take a picture." He teasingly scolds.

"I had to." She teases back quietly. Her eyes looking down at her brother's sleeping form, "Can i hold him?" She asks as she pulls a chair quietly beside her uncle.

Steve reluctantly nods, causing his brother in law to chuckle as he watches his daughter carefully take her brother into her arms. Jamie squirms in the new and much skinnier arms but eventually lulls back to sleep. "Your Ma's going to be pissed if i don't get a picture of this, B." Steve teases softly as he stands from his chair. He eyes his phone, he knew how to use them now for the most part, but he still preferred the older phones. When he finally manages to get the camera working on his phone, Becca smiles wide, holding her brother up slightly for the camera to see his sleeping form wrapped in a Wakandan style blanket that had an embroidered name on the hem, T'Challa.

"Got it?" Becca asks quietly and her uncle nods, she smiles but her eyes won't look away from the embroidered name on her brother's blanket, "This is Mr King's blanket.." She mumbled.

Bucky nods as he sits across from his daughter and son. "His mother, Ramonda, insisted your mother and I use it for Jamie." He explains as his pointer finger caresses his son's tiny cheek, they all watch Jamie yawn, stretching his arms, his hands closing into fists as he continues on sleeping.

"What's his wolf, Papa?" Becca asks, smiling at her father. She was Wakanda's Red Wolf, the princess and spitfire. Her father was the White Wolf, the alpha and protector. Her mother was the Gray Wolf, the Luna and healer. Jamie wasn't yet assigned a wolf title. That was T'Challa's job.

Bucky shakes his head, "T'Challa said when he holds him he'll know." He says, "Just like when he met you." He adds with a small smile.

"Have you held him yet, Papa?" Becca asks and her father tenses in his seat. Both super soldiers in the room notice the change in Bucky's actions. "You won't hurt him." She reassures her father. He was the same way with her, never hugging her tightly or holding her close. The same was said for how he acted with Mary.

He was scared of hurting them. It was his reason for not having his left arm. He continued to refuse Shuri every time she offered to replace his arm. Because he couldn't trust himself around those he loved.

But when Becca was walking towards where she is now when she had first arrived, she saw a vibranium arm in the princess's lab. She knew Mary must've talked to the princess about it so just in case her father needed both his arms, he would have it.

"I-"

"Buck, you should've been the second to hold him, not me." Steve cuts his brother off, not wanting to hear the excuses he and Becca both knew Bucky had. "Hold Jamie."

"He'll fit perfectly in your arm, Papa." Becca assured her father once more before standing slowly and walking over to where her father sat. "Don't be afraid." She whispers as he gently places Jamie into their father's arm.

Bucky is frozen in his movements, not wanting to move but with his daughter's help, his arm adjusts to fit Jamie's small form. As he watches his son yawn and adjust once more in the new arm, Bucky chuckles airily, tears forming in his blue eyes as he watches his son.

"Does Mama realize that Jamie was born on her birthday yet?" Becca asks her uncle and father who both chuckle, shaking their heads.

"No, she doesn't know." Steve replies with a smile as he looks over at his sister who sleeps soundly in her bed, "We never got a chance to tell her."

"You think our gifts will be good enough?" Bucky teases, a small smile on his face as he holds his son close to his chest.

"No." Becca quips, "Nothing beats Jamie." She teases and both men nod in agreement.

Miss America
I have a baby brother.

Ginger lives matter
He's the cutest thing!

Thing 1
I can already see that he looks a bit like you.

Richie Rich
Who knew his dad was an assassin?
Look at his face.

Thing 2
He's so..
Squishy looking.

Ginger lives matter
Ned!

Thing 2
In a cute way!

Miss America
He's Mama's birthday present.
But no one's told her yet.

Thing 1
I forgot your mom was born on
9/11 before it was
a day that we'd never forget.

Richie Rich
A lot of people were, Pete.
But i get what you meant.

Ginger lives matter
Your uncle is born on the Fourth of July.
Your mom and brother are born on 9/11.
You were born on Thanksgiving of 1945.
What day is your dad born on?

Thing 1
We studied this in history class, MJ.

Thing 2
That means nothing.

Miss America
Papa's born on March 10th.
His birthday seems to be the only one not
on a national day holiday of some kind for America.

Richie Rich
How's he handling it?
Your dad.

Miss America
He didn't want to hold Jamie for a long time
because he thought he'd hurt him.
Which Uncle Steve and I proved wasn't true.

Thing 1
Must be hard for him to go through all that
internal struggle when it's suppose to be a happy day

Ginger lives matter
No kidding.

Thing 2
And your mom?
She doing okay?

Miss America
Mama's sleeping, but yes.
She's okay.

Thing 1
That's good.

Miss America
I wanted you guys to see Jamie
before i'm needed to do other things.
A good portion of my extended
family is here for Jamie and Mama.

Richie Rich
Like who?
If you can tell us that is.

Miss America
The King, his fiancée,
Miss Okoye, the King's mother
and Princess Shuri are all i can say.
Oh, and Miss Evelyn.

Thing 2
So literally the royal family of Wakanda and
commanding general of their elite female death women.
Badass.

Ginger lives matter
Ned!

Thing 1
But he's not wrong..

Ginger lives matter
Pete, i swear.
This is why we labeled you two as Thing 1 and Thing 2.

Miss America
I need to tell someone else who's not here about Jamie,
so i'll send you guys more pictures later, okay?

Thing 1
Love you, Fia.

Becca looked up to see her aunt sitting beside her in the waiting room. The teenager wanted to talk to her Benji and friends and not accidentally wake up her mother or brother. "Is that your boyfriend telling you he loves you?" Natasha asks with a smirk.

"Yeah.. and our friends. I was telling them about Jamie." Becca says with a small smile, "They've all helped me get through school and the public eye hounding me."

Natasha smiles softly, "It's good you have them to lean on when times get hard, Маленький волк." Little wolf. She says quietly, the Maximoff twins were asleep a few chairs down in the waiting room. Sam was also alseep on the couch beside the two women.

Becca nods, "I'm thankful Jamie has all of us. He wont ever go through what i did." She mumbles, looking up at her aunt, "What we went through." She never spoke about the Red Room and her time there, she never liked dwelling on those decades she was in captivity.

Natasha sighed as she pulled Becca into her arms, kissing the top of her head, "He never will. I will garuntee that." She vows. "He has too many that love him and are capable of protecting him for that to happen." Becca nods against her aunt's chest, then pulls away slowly.

"I need to tell Buddy about Jamie." Becca says softly, "They're both my brothers, Auntie Nat."

Natasha nods slowly, "I know. And i didn't know Tony never knew about your mother." She says, "Despite our differences at the moment i would've told him."

Becca nods, smiling softly, "He knows now. That's good, isn't it?"

"It is, Маленький волк." Little wolf.

A few minutes later Becca is texting the picture she took of Jamie to her older brother. She knew he wanted to know everything.

Reba
He already stole my heart, Buddy.

Buddy
He's stolen mine too.
He looks just like Mom.

Reba
He does, but i can see bits of Papa.
He wants Jamie to have Mama's eyes since I have his.

Buddy
You think Mom wants it like that?

Reba
I think she would be happy either way.
Jamie's alive and healthy. That's all that matters to her.

Buddy
I agree.
Have you talked with Mom at all?

Reba
No, not yet.
She's been asleep since i walked into her room.
I'll tell Mom to call you, Buddy,
when she's awake and has energy.

Buddy
You don't have to.

Reba
I want to.
It's Mama's birthday, and Jamie's.
I know Mama would be happier if she talked to you.
Our family's not complete without you here.

Buddy
Thank you, Reba.

Reba
Always, Buddy.

It made Becca smile and rest a bit easier knowing her older brother wouldn't be left out, not if she could help it. When she looked over at her aunt, she knew she had done the right thing despite the tension between them and Tony. Natasha was smiling at her niece proudly. "Come, Маленький волк, let's get food for everyone." Little wolf. Nat says as she stands up. The niece nods as she stands, her phone sliding into her back pocket.

"Mama dyed her hair, why haven't you died yours, Auntie Nat?" Becca asks curiously. The russian spy still adorned her red hair and it was slightly longer than Becca remembered seeing her aunt last.

"I haven't needed to change it yet, i have wigs." Natasha responds, "Your mother felt it was a nesccary change for her." The spy explains with a small smile as they walk out of the labs and make their way down to the street market to get food for everyone who was asleep or still awake in the waiting room.

"I like Mama's hair right now, it's pretty." Becca says as Natasha speaks with the vendor.

Natasha smiles, "It is. If i do dye my hair, i want your help, missy." She teases her niece, causing Becca to laugh.

"I've never done anything like that, but i'll try." Becca says with a smile as they take the four bags of food back to the palace.

Natasha chuckles, "Now lets get these back before your father wonders where we ran off to." She teases and Becca nods.

When they reach the waiting room most of the group had woken up, Wanda and Pietro were walking with Steve, the female twin was gushing over the pictures Steve had gotten of little Jamie, Pietro had a big smile on his face as well but only said words here and there. Sam was in the room with Becca's parents meeting his little nephew for the first time. T'Challa and his sister had come back from where they had gone to and were eager to meet the newest Wolf of Wakanda.

The two women set the bags of food down on the coffee table in front of everyone, "We didn't know what everyone liked so we got two of everything." Natasha teased, then looked at the two super soliders standing in the room with her, "And you two plus the other super solider can put it away." She teases more. Steve and Becca both blush at Natsaha's comment but laugh as they begin to pick through the food.

Sam steps out of the bedroom about a half hour later and sees all the food on the tables being eaten by the group, "Did you save me any?" He questions.

Becca giggles, nodding as she pointed to a few unopened containers, "How's Mama?" She asks her uncle. The others around her nod in agreement, wanting to know the same answer.

Sam smiles as he sits down beside his niece, grabbing one of the containers, "She's awake. Evelyn's been in and out with tests to make sure everything with her and Jamie are good." He says as he begins to eat, "Bucky's protective, but we all saw that coming." He quips with a chuckle, the room nodding with laughs of their own. "He almost wouldn't let me hold the little man, but Mary scolded him and he let up instantly."

Becca laughs, "That sounds like Papa." She says with a smile, then looks at T'Challa, "Did you see him yet?"

T'Challa nods, smiling softly at the teenager, "I did. He's strong, like his family." He says, "But i see a joy in his eyes that'll only grow as he ages. A hope." He adds, looking at his sister before looking back at the group, "He's the ingcuka yegolide, the Golden Wolf."

Shuri smiles, "The joy of many and the heir." She says and her brother nods. "You and your brother are your family's pride and joy, ingcuka ebomvu." Red Wolf. The princess adds, the people around the teenager nod in agreement but Steve is the one who speaks for the group.

"There's nothing we wouldn't do for you, B. We'll protect you and Jamie til we can't." Steve says, wrapping his arm around his niece, holding her tightly.

"Until our dying breath." Natasha says.

Becca smiles weakly, "And i'll never stop fighting for my family." She swears to her family. Her foundation and rock. Without the people around her, she wouldn't be who she is. Her uncles and aunt especially. And now the Wakandan royal family have pledged to protect the Barnes family with everything they have. Wanda and Pietro Maximoff also. Becca knew those twins were powerful even if they didn't know it yet.

"звездная пыль." Stardust. Bucky says from the entry way of Mary's bedroom, "Your mother wants to see you." He says with a small smile.

Becca looks over, nodding as she kisses her Uncle Steve's cheek before pulling away from his, "You're too fuzzy." She mumbles but giggles as she walks over to her father and sees her mother sitting up in her bed feeding Jamie.

"Baby." Mary says with a smile, "I'm sorry i wasn't awake earlier to see you." She apologizes and Becca shake sher head isntantly.

"Don't apologize, Mama. I understnad." The daughter says as she sits in the chair beside her mother. "You were exhausted."

Mary nods, smiling slightly in agreement, "I was. But i need to apologize to your brother."

"To Buddy?"

"Yes, it was wrong of me to keep Jamie from him. Sam told me everything that happened when you all were waiting." Mary explains herself.

"Why did you not tell him?" Becca asks nervously, she wanted to understand her mother as to why she never told Tony she was pregnant. She wanted to see her mother's side of the story.

"I want to say it was because i was busy, but that's a half truth which is still a lie." Mary mumbles as Jamie shifts in her arms indicating he was done feeding. The mother shifts her newborn son onto her chest, his head on her shoulder as she begins to burp him as Becca helps her mother fix her shirt. "I was mad at him still. I don't normally hold grudges, but i was mad. And it was wrong of my to keep my pregnancy from him."

Becca nods slowly, she could understand her mother's anger, but it didn't excuse her from keeping Jamie a secret from Tony. "I understand, Mama." She says, "You should talk to him."

Mary nods slowly, smiling softly when Jamie burps, "I will. I promise."

Bucky steps around the bed his wife is laying in as he sits on the chair on the opposite side of his wife and daughter. "We still need to celebrate your birthday, моя любовь." My love. He says to his wife softly.

Mary chuckles, "I think that'll have to wait until later if not tomorrow." She says and both daughter and husband nod. They didn't want to push Mary if she didn't feel up to it, she had done a lot the day prior and still was recovering from that. "But don't stop on my account. If you and the others had things planned.. i don't want that to go to waste."

Bucky chukles softly, kissing Mary's bare shoulder as he shakes his head, "Steve and Sam had some things planned but they can wait until you can celebrate properly." He says, "We have time."

Becca smiles at her parents, but then hesitates as the reality of it all hits her. She couldn't stay. Soon she would have to return to Queens and resume her life with her friends and Peter.

Peter.

She wrapped her arms around herself as she hugged Peter's sweater which was on her body. It made it seem as if he was with her. Which she wanted him so desperately to be.

"And Becca needs to go home." Mary says softly, knowing the look her daughter has on her face. "She'll stay today but then she'll have to go home tomorrow." Bucky nods, looking over at his daughter. He wanted her to stay with them, all of them did. But she couldn't, she belonged in Queens.

"Then let's make today special." Bucky says with a smile.

It was the middle of the night of the next when Becca returned back home in Queens. Happy was driving her back to the apartment just like Tony said he would. She already missed her family, but she knew that she'd see them again.

When Happy pulled up to the apartment complex the Parker's lived in, Becca smiled when she saw her beloved webslinger standing in front of the entrance door. His hands in his pockets as he beamed as she exited the car.

"I'll see you around, Miss B." Happy calls to the teenager as she turns around to look a the driver through the window.

"Tell Buddy that i'll call him soon, okay?" Becca says with a small smile and Happy grins softly, nodding as he drives away. She then turns around to see Peter, she races to him and holds onto his tightly as he lifts her into the air with his arms around her tightly. They spin briefly as Peter looks at his love.

"How was it?" Peter asked quietly as they entered the apartment building.

"It was good." Becca replies as she pushes loose strands of hair away from her face, "Jamie's so precious. I love him so much already."

Peter chuckles, smiling at his girlfriend, "I'm glad. I missed you, Fia." He says as they enter the elevator. He tolds tightly onto his girlfriend with his arms around her waist as she leans into him.

"I missed you more, Benji." She resonds quietly. Her fingers finding their way into his hair as she rests her head on his chest, back where she belonged.