"Dada!" Rose clapped her tiny little hands excitedly upon seeing Harry arrive at their home, she had noticed him the second he had walked through the door and her eyes had widened dramatically before she began wiggling excitedly in an attempt to escape Sif's lap to reach him.
"She missed you," Sif needlessly informed him as she stood up from the sofa and walked towards him, little Rose's smile got wider the closer she got to him.
"Is that true?" Harry asked as he happily took Rose from Sif, Rose smiled at him before letting out a small laugh as she slapped her hands repeatedly against his chest.
"Dada!" She emphasized her actions with her happy proclamation.
"Forgive my poor heart, it falls under your words," Harry spoke in a dramatic voice before laying a small kiss on her head. "Where's Mama?" Harry asked Sif.
"Well, yours is unfortunately dead," Sif spoke in an innocent voice. "I'm not sure about Natasha's, mine is…"
"Sif, I meant where is Rose's mother." Harry rolled his eyes as he gently pried Rose's hands away from his hair, which she was pulling at, with the sort of causality that came with a ton of practice. "You know, Nat?"
"She's upstairs in your room," Sif informed him just a second before Rose decided to use her non-existent teeth to bite at his shoulder. "on the 'fyone' with Director Fury." She frowned, for some reason, she couldn't help but feel like she had butchered that last sentence.
"It's called a 'phone', dear," Harry gently corrected her. "great, I'll go and see her now." He gave Sif a quick kiss on the cheek before he started carrying Rose to the bedroom.
"Harry, do you want to leave Rose with me when you talk to Natasha?" Sif called.
"Nah, if I have Rose with me then there's less chance of her trying to shoot at me," Harry called back before getting up the stairs. Rose giggled and let out a myriad of rather adorable baby noises on the way to the bedroom and decided to grab at Harry's nose just as he had entered. "hey Nat." He closed the door just as Natasha finished a call and gently placed her phone down.
"So… Goddess of Death, huh?" She asked in a casual voice.
"Pretty much." Harry shrugged as he sat down on the bed, next to her.
"Odin's dead."
"Yeah." Harry shrugged again.
"And now she's here," Natasha replied. "on Earth."
"Midgard as far as she's concerned, but yeah," Harry confirmed with a small nod of his head, a motion that Rose quickly copied with a giggle.
"Fury's not happy," Her voice was still casual.
"Fury's never happy," Harry said, resisting the urge to roll his eyes. "if I gave Fury the cure to cancer, world peace, and a burger then he would probably find something else to complain about."
"True," Natasha agreed just before her eyes narrowed until they were almost like slits. "do you trust her not to do anything to us?" She asked, she didn't feel the need to explain which 'she' she was talking about.
"I honestly don't believe that she will be a threat to us," Harry told her in an honest voice. "and I think that even if she does stupidly decide to do so then she won't succeed, she's weaker and…"
"She could be faking." Natasha pointed out.
"True," Harry agreed. "except that I can feel the noticeable power difference between how she formerly was and how she is now. Plus, even if she is not as smart as I gave her credit for, I could at least hold my own with her when she was at full strength. Not to mention the tons of wards I've set up around this property, any person with bad intentions will not be allowed in, and even if they do, the wards would slow them down and alert me to them. I've even managed to stop Dr. Strange's seriously strange sling rings from being able to pierce through. Not to mention I had the good doctor put up some wards as well. Trust me, I wouldn't risk, Sif or you and Rose by bringing someone to this world if I thought they were a threat." Natasha stared at him for several long seconds before letting out a deep sigh.
"Fine," She allowed her voice to drop the casual tone. "but if she tries something then I'm shooting you," Natasha warned.
"I have no doubt that you'll try."