Requested by stecvenat, James asks how Nat and Steve met.

"Momma?" James asked, making Natasha paused in the doorway after putting him to bed.

"Hmm?" She asked, turning around with a small smile, knowing that her son was undoubtedly about to stall his bedtime.

"Can you tell me a story?" He asked, looking up at Natasha with big eyes that looked so much like his father's.

Natasha sighed but decided to give into his pleas, "About what?"

James smiled, "How did you and daddy meet?"

Natasha chuckled a bit, "That's a long story. You sure you're not too tired?"

James nodded eagerly, jumping up and down on his knees.

"Alright, lay down," Natasha said, sitting besides James and gently combing through his hair with her fingers.

James did so and Natasha cleared her throat, "Well. A long time ago, before TV's and phones, your dad was trying to join the military. The only problem was that he was a scrawny little guy. He was always sick and could barely run a mile without passing out-"

"Daddy is strong though!" James inturrupted.

"He is now. But he wasn't at first. If you listen then I'll explain that," Natasha said in a teasing voice, tickling James' stomach.

James giggled and Natasha continued, "As I was saying, your dad was so weak that the military wouldn't let him be a soldier. But he kept trying. He went all over the country and applied to try and get in. One day, he met a man who caught him for this. He thought he was going to be sent to jail but instead, the man let your dad into the military. So he got to train to be a soldier even though he wasn't very good at it."

James frowned, "But mom, dad is Captain America."

Natasha gave James another playful glare, "I'm getting there...so after your dad trained with the soldiers, the man came back and said that they were going to do an experiment that would make him super strong and super fast."

James grinned, "The super serum!"

Natasha laughed and nodded, "Yes, the super serum. But it wasn't all super. Some people were upset because they didn't understand why your dad was getting the serum. The scientist said it was because the serum not only made his stronger and faster, but it also would make any good or evil inside a person bigger. And your dad was already such a good person that they choose him. So they did the experiment and it worked. That's when he became Captain America-"

"And when he beat the Nazi's!" James said.

Natasha laughed lightly but shook her head, "Not quite yet. First, they sent him all around the country in a show that was meant to encourage soldiers to fight. But when your uncle Bucky got kidnapped by the Nazi's, your dad left to go get him back. After that, he became a real soldier. Uncle Bucky and him fought together against the Nazi's."

"With the howling commandos?" James asked.

Natasha nodded, "Yup. They fought a really long time and beat the Nazi's but there was a plane with a ton of explosives that was heading for a bunch of innocents. So, your dad fought everyone in the plane and tried to land it without hurting anyone. It didn't work though, so he had to crash it into the middle of the ocean."

James frowned, "How did he survive?"

"He was frozen in ice for 66 years. During that time, I started working for Shield as a spy. I saw your dad a few times while he was frozen but didn't meet him until he woke up. We were making a team,"

"The Avengers!" James yelled, grinning.

Natasha nodded, "Yes. The Avengers. We had asked him to come be a part of the team and I was there when he arrived. We both fought in a huge battle against a bunch of aliens together."

"Is that when you fell in love?" James asked.

Natasha laughed a little, "No...that was a little bit later on."

James was about to say something else when there was a voice from the doorway, "Speak for yourself," Steve said with a smirk, leaning against the doorframe.

James jumped out of bed and ran into Steve's arms, "Daddy!"

Steve scooped James into his arms and ruffled James' hair, "Isn't it past your bedtime?"

Natasha nodded, "Yes, get back in bed unless you don't want to hear the rest of the story."

James jumped back to the ground and got under the covers again.

Now Steve joined the two, sitting besides Natasha with his arm around her waist as she continued telling the story.

"After the battle with aliens, we kept fighting together as the Avengers until  he started working with me. We fought bad guys together and ended up on the run from everyone because there was bad guys where we worked."

"Hydra?" James asked, making both his parents wonder how he knew so much about Steve's past.

"Yes. Hydra was trying to capture us and kill a lot of good people so your dad, Uncle Sam and I stopped them. That's when we had our very first kiss too." Natasha said with a smirk as her eight year old grimaced.

"Ew! Kissing is gross." He said, scrunching up his face.

Natasha laughed and shook her head, "Well if we didn't kiss then we would have never fallen in love. Then we wouldn't have you."

Steve smiled and kissed Natasha's cheek, "Is that when you fell in love with me?" He asked her.

"No. I fell in love with you after that. When we talked at Sam's house and you said you trusted me."

Steve smiled, forgetting for a moment that James was still listening.

"So Uncle Sam is the reason you fell in love?" James asked.

Natasha sighed, "Sort of. But don't tell him that. His ego will become way too big."

James yawned, "Okay."

Natasha smiled at Steve, "I think someone is tired."

James shook his head, "I'm not tired. Finish the story," he said with another yawn.

"That's it. We fell in love, got married, and had you," Natasha said, tucking James into the covers.

James smiled, "I like that story."

"Me too," Steve said, smiling at Natasha and James.

"Alright, go to sleep now. Otherwise there's not gonna be anymore bedtime stories." Natasha threatened lightly.

James closed his eyes, "Goodnight mama. Goodnight daddy."

Natasha kissed James' forehead, "Goodnight. Love you."

"Love you too." James said with another yawn.

Steve did the same and followed Natasha out of the room, turning out the lights as he did so.

Natasha turned around and looped her arms around Steve's neck, "How was your mission?"

"It was alright. No casualties and we got the info but it was much to long do my liking. I missed you two."

Natasha hummed in agreement, "We missed you too. I had to tell James a story every night to get him to sleep."

"All about us?"

Natasha shrugged, "For the most part. Some we're about the rest of the team but his favorite ones are the ones about our wedding and dates."

Steve smiled, "Those are definitely my favorite stories too. You should tell me a bedtime story," he teased.

Natasha smirked, "Don't worry, you'll get something better then a story," She said, pulling Steve into their bedroom and kissing him passionately.

Hey guys. This was a lot longer then I anticipated but I hope you enjoyed it!

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