Thomas, he's the cheeky one.

[heirtotheshield]

Who: Bb!James and You
Where: Everywhere
When: 14th-16th
Rating: PG
Summary: James ate the cookies. He's now really a bb!Cap.
The Story:

14th: James is dragging around the shield and looking for certain people: Natasha (Mommy), Steve (Daddy) or one of his uncles. The shield is actually really heavy for a three year old, so sometimes, he drops it some place to go explore about something, but he always goes back to it. He does end up using it as a sled down the stairs.

15th: James has slipped his minders! And he's all over the place. The kid's a monkey. He's climbing the shelves in the library, dragging a chair to climb on so he can get at the Christmas decorations. He especially loves the brightly colored ball decorations hanging from the greenery.

16th: SNOW! HE LOVES SNOW! Let's go play in the snow.

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Later on the 14th

[widows_kiss]

It's disorienting, going from age seven to an adult again, having to deal with the flood of returning memories she'd had blocked to add to the new ones she'd gained in the past few days. She was steering clear of the dining room for a while, just to be safe, but that didn't stop her from spotting the small form tugging a too-large shield down a hallway, causing her to stop short in surprise.

It wasn't that having a child around the hallways right now was strange - in fact, there seemed to be plenty but that shield was hard to miss, as was the telling shock of red hair instead of blond atop the child's head.

"James?" she hedges uncertainly as she alters her path to start towards the little boy instead.

[heirtotheshield]

The thingy is heavy, but he's got to get it back to Daddy. Because it's Daddy's thingy. He doesn't know why it was next to his bed. And it was a big bed! Too big for him.

The thingy scrapes along the floor until he hears his name. Then, he turns to look. With a crash, he drops the thingy and runs at the redheaded woman who called him.

"MOMMY!" He wraps his arms around her knees, cuddling her tightly. "Mommy, Daddy left his thingy in my room." He points at the shield. Daddy's not supposed to do that.

[widows_kiss]

Oh. This is... new.

For a moment, she just blinks down at the toddler wrapped around her leg before reaching down and scooping him up, settling him easily on one hip and trying to ignore the strangely surreal feeling of wondering how did this happen??

"Did he now?" she asks, shaking her head in mock dismay at the boy's daddy. "Maybe he wanted you to keep it safe for him?"

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James giggles, because he gets to be in Mommy's arms and where else is bestest? NOWHERE!

Except maybe Daddy's lap, but that's a secret.

"But Daddy's a hero." James points out seriously. "He keeps us safe." Not the other way around, silly Mommy.

He wraps his arms around her neck and is quite comfortable where he is.

[widows_kiss]

The answer has a smile tugging at the corner of her lips, because she's trying to meet his serious expression with a matching one. "That's true. He's very good at that. But that doesn't mean you can't help keep it safe too, right? I think you'd be pretty good at it."

She has no idea what she's doing right now, but he seems to be taking it alright, especially when he curls closer and wraps his arms around her neck. Her other hand comes to rub lightly against his back as she turns and bends to pick up the shield he'd dropped.

[heirtotheshield]

He grins, still clinging to his Mommy. He giggles when she bends over and runs his hand along the edge of the shield. He likes the way it sounds.

"Where's Daddy?" Because he hasn't seen his Daddy in a while. "Can we go see him?" Because he wants to see his Daddy and wants to go play. "Can we go play in the snow?" Because the snow is pretty, and he wants to go play in it.

[widows_kiss]

"Daddy is... working at the moment, I think." Although she was going to have to notify Steve about this the first chance she got. It looked like they had a toddler to keep an eye on for a few days. This would be... an experience.

Still, she smiles down, mostly unbothered by it. "Why don't we go play in the snow in the meantime and then we'll see if he can come join us when he's done?"

[heirtotheshield]

James as a toddler is a whirlwind of energy. He wants to do everything. Especially when he has his parents' undivided attention for a little while. Doing everything with them is the most fun, though he supposes it's not bad being with Azari sometimes.

"Yay!" He kisses her cheek, sloppily in the way only a toddler can. "Is my uncles gonna come?" Clint, T'Challah, and Tony of course.

[widows_kiss]

She has no idea who that involves but she just chuckles at the over enthusiastic kiss and carries him towards the stairs. "Maybe we can coerce some of them to come play, would you like that? Although we need to get you a coat, first. Snow is cold. We don't want you turning into a snowman, do we?"

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He laughs again. "C'n we make a snowman? With a carrot nose?" Because he remembers seeing that on television when Uncle Clint was watching him. "An'a tove-pip hat?" Stovepipe hat. He doesn't remember everything, except the snowman got up and danced around.

[widows_kiss]

"We can certainly make a snowman, little man," she agrees with an amused smile. "Although a stovepipe hat might be a little tricky. let's see what the magic closets will give us for a hat, how's that?"

[heirtotheshield]

"Magic closets?" What are magic closets. He's pretty sure most closets are magic anyway, because they hold monsters just as well as all his clothes and stuff.

"No ball cap. S'not for snowmen." He has serious thoughts about this.

[widows_kiss]

"No, I don't think a ball cap would be right either," she agrees as she carries him up the steps to her room where she can get them things from a closet. "Maybe we can find him a hat that matches one for you though. Do you want a snowman twin?"

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James laughs. Mommy's silly. He can't have a twin. That would be silly. But the idea does have appeal. "C'n we?" He asks, seriously. He's just happy to get to go out and play in the snow. There's not usually snow like this around the mansion.