Call me, your alibi — Marvel fanfic blurb
Pairing: Steve x Stella, Bucky x Sam, Liane x Ethan
Other characters mentioned: Thiago, Rick, Pepper, Dr. Cho, Scott etc
Earth - 199 🌎
Summary: one faithful night at Avengers Tower leads to a few friendly conversations 😉
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6pm on a Thursday night, that’s when it started.
Nothing bad.
Just a little chilly evening.
Stella sat in the medbay, correction, she was standing in the medbay alone with her belly out and an ultrasound machine wired upright as she swirled the wand around her round bump.
Almost 9 months.
It didn’t feel real.
Her and Steve agreed on two kids being enough.
Bradley and Kendall.
Perfect boys.
One in college and the other in elementary school.
Yes, they always imagine themselves with a big family, but with so many kids within Avengers Tower, along with their friends, two was enough.
They teased about having a daughter over the years, even joked or imagined the lovely idea, while snapping the other out of the idea.
Until, of course, a few romantic nights later, Stella found out they might be expecting and when Steve asked, if they should keep it or not…after a long couple of hours
Well.
We can already tell what the next step was.
Cut to almost 9 months later, Stella was in her 3rd trimester, doing a self sonogram of the baby when—
“There you are, honey.” Said Steve, as he stepped into the room. “I’ve been looking for you everywhere.”
“Well, here I am, goodbye now.” Stella replied blowing him a kiss as she swirl the wand against her belly some more.
“No, no, no, your not getting rid of me that easily. What are you doing?”
“Isn’t it obvious?”
He rolled his eyes, “I mean, why are you in here and not getting ready for dinner yet?”
Stella’s eyes were trained on the ultrasound machine’s screen as one hand was moving the mouse forward to get a better view of the world inside her womb.
“Double checking if everything is alright.” Stella remarked, briefly looking at his direction.
“Honey…” He began. “We’ve been over this, everything is fine. You’re okay and so is our growing family. Dr. Cho did a check up on you this week.”
“I know, I know..just, I feel like something is off..besides, Dr. Cho ain’t exactly skilled in OBGYN or General.” She recalled as she whined, “Maybe we should’ve gotten Bruce or somebody else to do it.”
“Again, we’ve been over this. Bruce is busy, and your father isn’t equipped for it. And well, uh, Thiago, is not comfortable being his sister’s doctor. So Dr. Helen Cho was the best choice.”
“I know…”
“Besides, I don’t think it’s right for you to be your primary care doctor for this matter either.”
Stella slumped knowing he had a point.
She hates when Steve has a good point and able to make sense of her situation, when she gets way too concerned or unsure about things.
And to think, he used to be the nervous one.
She remembers when he used to ask so many questions, read articles online, and even read those old school books on ‘What To Expect When You’re Expecting’.
Only for Steve to very quickly realize that every pregnancy is different and you can never be certain what you’re going into.
And he was right about that.
From their friends, like Rochelle’s twin pregnancy to Stella’s very own.
“Now, mind telling me what’s really going on. Cause I know you’re never this quiet.” Steve says putting the wand down and handing her a baby wipe to remove the gel off her belly. He continues, “Something is wrong when you’re too quiet.”
As Stella wiped off the gel, she hesitates to say it, as she knew it wasn’t something that she needed to say out loud exactly.
Since he obviously knew about their history together, and yet she wondered if he was thinking the same thing.
Stella shifted her gaze before slowly explaining her thoughts. She told Steve how worried she felt lately about the weeks leading up to birth of their 3rd child.
Because due to past events, something always happens.
With Bradley?
He was a few days overdue.
They had a birth plan, only for him to be born through a c-section, as he wasn’t in the correct position and his size was slightly on the larger side.
He also came on a hot summer morning.
With Kendall?
He was two weeks early.
Which is common, cause many babies don’t always reach 40 weeks and are born a tad earlier than that. But it was the way he was brought into this world.
In the middle of a civil war between their friends and family.
Of course, Stella felt a tad guilty and nervous about how this one would go.
Steve listened as he sighed and took his wife’s hands within his hands.
He understood where she was coming from.
He had those feelings too, he just didn’t always vocalize it as often as he should.
However, it was why he was a tad more protective and cautious of his wife this time around. Not because he was scared that she’ll break or get sick but just worried that she’ll hide behind a smile all day.
Every time she said she felt sick, insecure and or upset, he tried to make time to help her feel better.
“Sweetheart, I won’t lie, you do have a good point.” He said softly giving her hands a little squeeze, “Our kids tend to enter this world in their own interesting ways. But Dr. Cho does her monthly check ups every time she’s here and she says that we’re doing everything right.”
“But what if something happens…” She began, a slight pout on her lips.
“Like what?”
“I don’t know…another civil war, Tony and the boyd makes another murder bot..aliens have their yearly attack..or we have to attend a special event..and then boom! I’m in labor!”
He cracked a soft smile, “First off, Tony learned his lesson, I don’t know about his and Bruce’s sons, they end up making something one of these days.” He hummed, “And secondly, every time you were in labor, you weren’t alone.”
It was true.
For Bradley, she had Steve physically and Thiago in spirit.
For Kendall, she had Thiago, Rochelle, Bruce, Natasha, Rick, Tony, Pepper and even Thor showed up with gifts for the young one days later.
The whole gang showed up for that one.
Once Steve saw her chuckle, and crack a soft smile, he relaxed a bit.
“You see? We got a whole bunch of people here. If anything, we should be worried, if we didn’t have any.” Steve said leaning forward to press a soft awaited kiss onto her cheek. “Come on, they’re waiting for us.”
She turned off the ultrasound machine as she inhaled sharply, breathing deeply as she closed her eyes.
Steve stopped in his tracks seeing the discomfort displayed on her face and rubbed her shoulder, wrapping an arm around her.
“You alright?” He asked in a soft tone.
She sighed as her shoulders rolled down a bit and nodded, “Yeah, Braxton Hicks..I had one this morning while at a meeting..”
“Why didn’t you say anything?”
“You were working out with Natasha and Rochelle..”
“Right, right.”
He waited for it to pass before leading her out the door gently.
Once they arrived in the dinning room, that was basically connected to the kitchen, Liane, Scott, Thiago, Bucky, Ethan and Cassie were there already starting to eat.
Bucky claimed that Sam was out with Tony and Bruce working on some new wings in the lab, while they tinkered on new equipment.
Some of their friends and relatives were out tonight, meanwhile others were somewhere within The Tower enjoying themselves.
They greeted the pair as everyone dug in.
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As the evening progressed, some friends joined the table then returned back to their respective floors within The Tower, while others left to tuck themselves in for the night.
Thiago had a long reading session with Scott, before heading to The X-Manison together.
Ethan went to get some rest after helping his and Liane’s daughter, Bella, with homework.
Liane and Bucky remained with Steve and Stella to help tidy up while they chatted.
On the midst of a long evening, on the far along side of the building, stood a sniper watching The Avengers Tower, waiting for the next steps to call it in.
Stella was drying dishes mid laugh, “Okay, that’s not how it happened!”
“Really? So you did overuse the self tanner where you came out toasted instead of sun kissed?” Liane teased chuckling.
“Say the girl who uses self tanning cream at the beginning of every spring.”
“What? I have to make sure that I look perfect by June.”
“Pff, Steve can’t tan right, he looked like a carrot if he does.” Bucky joked snickering, as his friend send him a glare.
“The name is Captain America, not Captain Puerto Rico, Buck.” Steve remarked smiling.
“Still. Even if I can get a decent tan better than all of you guys combine.”
“We’ll see how that goes this year.”
“Don’t sweat it, Steve, Stella married you for your face, not your color.” Liane added chuckling.
“And his ass.” Stella whispered laughing.
“I married Ethan for all his ass-sets too, girl.”
“Nah, you married him more than that.”
“Touché.”
The blonde girl, Liane, winked, as Stella giggled.
“Are we just meat to you guys?” Bucky asked in mock offensive tone.
“No, clearly Sam finds every part of you attractive.” Liane sass him as she grinned. “Honestly, I don’t quite see it.”
“Your lucky your pretty and got fire powers, you know that?”
Steve shook his head and smirked, “Alright, alright, no more playground taunting for the night. If anything, Sam and Ethan finds you both irresistible.”
“You’re just jealous you’re not the only cure blonde here.” Liane says smiling as she wiped off another plate.
Stella chuckled as she rubbed her belly feeling a few kicks and along with another Braxton hick. She inhaled sofly as she pushed back it, as it passed shortly after.
“You alright, Stella Bella?” Liane asked softly.
“Yeah, just getting Braxton Hicks..this is the 3rd one this week.” Stella explained casually.
“Are those like small period cramps?”
“Sorta..some people say it’s like passing a kidney stone, similar to period cramps.”
Liane held back a smirk as she joked, “So that means Ethan has gotten to experience period cramps?”
Bucky covered his face and rolled his eyes, “Remind me how we managed to let her be friends with everyone again?”
Steve patted his back chuckling, “Let it go, Buck. According to you, Tony is worse.”
“Tony annoying, Liane is considered charming.”
Suddenly, the sound of popping hit a few ears.
Pop, pop, pop!
Along with heavy footsteps from a distance.
“Jarvis?” Steve asked looking up at the ceiling in hopes the AI answered him.
“Please tell me it’s just Magneto coming over to visit his grandchildren…” Stella murmured steadily.
Liane shook her head, “Nope..he would’ve called me or Ethan. Actually no, Charles calls, Erik just shows up tells us he’s coming and appears unannounced …”
“Ladies…” Bucky scolded them.
The doors to the elevator slid open as in walked Rumlow and a two goons.
Zola’s men.
5 people in general.
Brock Rumlow smiled seeing the picture in front of him, as his eyes turned to Bucky and Steve.
Steve stood in front of his wife, as Bucky stood between Stella and Liane.
“What happened, Cap? Not happy to see me? I thought we were pals.” Rumlow spoke looking at him and then the others.
“I thought exposure to the booming took you out.” Steve questioned.
“Wasn’t it Wanda who threw him up into the air…?” Liane recalled.
“Funny how you people forget the fact that remains of Hydra. Cut off one head, and two more grows back.” Rumlow says smiling. “Congratulations, by the way.”
“What do you want?” Bucky asked him.
“Harsh, Bucky. We go way back, I assume you’ll be nicer after teaming up with the heroes.”
“Define your definition of nice.”
“Look. I’ll cut straight to the chase, as to why we’re here. The kids.”
Stella wrap an arm around her bump as she stepped back pressing the button underneath the kitchen counter to silent alert the others in the tower they got unwanted company.
“Over my dead body.” Bucky snarled.
“Buck.” Steve began turning his attention to Rumlow. “It’s not gonna happen. You’re not taking any of my children away again.”
“3rd time’s a charm, Cap. We had Bradley hostage but The Winter Soldier rescued him and Kendall got lucky. But for your unborn baby, now that could be good use for Hydra. Especially if we get back our old friends.” Rumlow explained pointing his hands towards Liane. “Like Fire Girl over here.”
“I’m never gonna go back there.” Liane stated as her eyes turned a blazing flash of purple. “Besides, Stella got magic, she is protected.”
Stella gave a brief look to her husband.
Yes, she has magic, a sorceress, as she casted a spell over my jewelry to keep her safe. However, pregnancy tends to dampen her powers and keep her more vulnerable than ever.
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Ahh hi! 👋🏼 it’s been a hot minute since I wrote something on here! Idk if I will continue writing this but I wanted to share it with everyone 😌
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