5 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days post Victory

The incessant beeping was the first thing Steve noticed as he slowly regained consciousness. The music was the second. Someone was playing an old jazz song by Duke Ellington. "At least it isn't a baseball game I've already seen," Steve thought as he tried to assess his current situation.

He remembered waking up before in New York after his seventy year nap first then memories of Natasha started flowing into his subconscious. Finally, the two battles with Thanos came into his mind. He was supposed to be blind. He remembered that much then he had the seizure, and Natasha had made him a promise that she'd be with him no matter how long he slept. They were having a baby. Why had it taken so long for him to remember the baby?

Steve knew he needed to open his eyes, but he was afraid. What if the world had moved on without him again? What if something had gone wrong and Natasha couldn't keep her promise? What if he was still blind? He wasn't sure he was ready to know the answers to any of those questions.

"Shouldn't he be awake by now?" a familiar voice said.

"By all accounts, he should have opened his eyes," Shuri replied.

Steve heard Shuri, but he was still puzzled by the other voice. Phil Coulson couldn't possibly be in the room with him. He was stuck in the soul stone.

"I'll run a few tests," Shuri sighed.

"No need," Steve replied without opening his eyes, "I'm here." He paused just a moment before asking the question he most needed answered, "Where's Natasha?"

"I'm here, Steve," Natasha answered quickly. "I'm right here." She reached out and took his hand.

Steve opened his eyes and smiled. He could see her. She was still young and beautiful. Shuri and Coulson hadn't aged either. "You kept your promise."

"To you? Always," she replied. "How do you feel?"

"Like I've had too long of a nap, but I can see. I think, no, I know, I'm healed."

"Good," she replied. "Glad you're rested, you won't be sleeping much for awhile." Steve gave her a puzzled look. "Are you ready to see your daughter? She's beautiful. She has a great set of lungs and likes to use them to scream every few hours. She doesn't sleep much, because her serum makes her require very little rest. And, she eats constantly thanks to your incredible metabolism," Natasha paused, "but I think she's the most perfect baby I've ever laid eyes on."

Steve smiled. "We have a daughter."

"We do. She's almost a week old. It took a little time to get you back to us."

"Where is she?"

Natasha nodded to Phil and he left the room to get the baby. "I've been calling her Sarah after your mom. I hope that's okay."

"It's perfect. Thank you, Nat."

"Coulson has been here since she was born. He's ready for you to help him run Shield. I think he wants more time with May. Tony has a place ready for our little family. We can go home. We aren't fugitives anymore."

"I have some questions about that. Didn't expect to hear Phil Coulson when I woke up."

"Strange found a way. It turns out there was a loophole. We didn't use the soul stone. We returned it. Coulson is back and he's completely fine. We didn't have to trade anyone's life for this victory."

Phil returned with Wanda who was holding his daughter. Natasha immediately took the baby into her arms and brought her close to him. "She's beautiful, Nat. She has your hair."

"And your eyes and super soldier serum. Do you want to hold her?"

"More than anything."

"We should probably give these two a little privacy," Phil whispered as he motioned the others out of the room.

Natasha scooted Steve over and joined him on the bed before placing the very alert infant into his arms. "Sarah, this is your daddy. He's a hero and he'll always protect you, and so will I."

1 Year Anniversary of Victory

"You look beautiful, Aunt Nat," Cassie giggled as she touched Natasha's veil. "Uncle Steve will love your dress."

"Thank you, Cassie, and thanks for being one of my flower girls. You and Lila have a very important job."

The little girl grinned widely. "Is it true what my daddy said about you?"

Natasha laughed. "Depends on what he said."

"He said you took care of me when he and mommy couldn't-the first time."

Natasha nodded. "I did."

Cassie gave Natasha a big hug. "Thank you. I'm sorry I don't remember."

"Oh, Cassie, taking care of you made that really hard time better for all of us. We wouldn't have made it without you and Morgan to remind us why we needed to fight for a better future. Right now, I'll remember for both of us, and, someday when you are older and if you want to, I'll share those memories with you."

"And train me like Daddy said you did?"

"Sure, if I can't talk you into becoming an accountant," Natasha laughed. Cassie just gave her a confused look.

Clint and Laura entered the room with Wanda and Lila tagging along behind them. Wanda was carrying a wiggly Sarah. Natasha smiled at her bridal party.

"I think it's time for me to give away the bride," Clint grinned. "About time you two got hitched."

Natasha smiled and kissed her cooing daughter. "I couldn't agree more. Let's not keep my groom waiting."

10 Years, 6 Months, and 2 Days post Victory

"Cassie, look alive. You've got incoming," Natasha called over the comms. "Cooper, I need you on the east side of the building. Get us an exit."

"On it," Cooper replied. "You'd think she was in a hurry or something," he added.

"Pretty sure Uncle Steve won't let them start without you," Cassie replied after taking out two of the terrorists.

"Have some respect for our leader," Wanda said. "Comms for mission only. Neither of you are Tony Stark."

Natasha smiled. Wanda was a great second in command. As much as Natasha hated being in the field without any of the original Avengers, she loved her new team and she trusted them completely. She'd thought Steve was crazy when he handed the team over to her, but it hadn't taken much convincing. It had been her who had persuaded him to take his current gig after all, a gig she desperately wanted to see him officially start. "Speed it up, Avengers. We've got somewhere to be."

4 Hours Later

Natasha stood beside Sarah, Steve's mother's well-worn bible in her hand, as Steve stepped up to the podium. Tony and Pepper were right behind her. The other Avengers, past and present, were looking on from the crowd, and everyone was smiling as Steve took his oath.

"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of presidency of the United States of America, and will, to the best of my ability preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States."

There was only one word that came to mind as Natasha looked from her husband to the others on the stage and out into the large crowd of people who had gather to watch, and that word was hope. They'd lost hope many times but never had it seemed so distant as it had been when the titan had snapped his fingers. Today, it was renewed completely as America celebrated it's election of Captain America to the office of presidency in a historic landslide victory. Natasha shook her head a bit in disbelief at the way her own path had changed. She'd gone from an assassin to the leader of the Avengers, from Aunty Nat to Mommy, and from Russian spy to First Lady. Her hope was restored and her heart was full.

And, that's the end, folks. Thanks for reading.