"Well, what do you guys think?" Harry asked as he gestured to the house in front of them. It was a lakeside cabin, surrounded by beautiful green grass and several large trees. It looked like something straight off of a postcard.
"It's amazing." Sif breathed, a bright smile on her face. Padfoot barked in agreement, looking quite happy.
"It's beautiful." Natasha said as she held a Rose in her arms. "I love it."
"I'm glad." Harry smiled as he looked between Sif, Padfoot and Natasha. "We can get Tony to set us up with all the tech we'll need or want, benefit of knowing a billionaire. What do you think, Rose?" Harry asked as he reached a hand over and tickled Rose's stomach. She let out a small laugh as she tried and failed to wrap her hands around his fingers.
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"Harry," Sif called, "can you come here, please?"
"Coming." Harry called before he walked downstairs and arrived in the kitchen where he paused and blinked several times upon seeing the sight before him. Everything in the room, with the exception of the four month old Rose, was now pink, including Padfoot, Sif and Natasha. "Oh."
"Yes…'oh'." Sif said.
"Rose did this." Natasha said, sounding somewhat proud.
"Accidental magic." Harry grinned before he took out his wand and waved it to fix the colours of everything in the room. "Neat."
"Maybe for you." Sif huffed before sending a mild glare at Rose. "I hate pink." She said to Rose who naturally chose that moment to let out a small laugh.
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"D..d… da-da!" Rose blurted out, shocking everyone in the room.
The last six months had been spent in their new home, and so far nobody has had any major complaints about living here. For one thing if they got too bored of staying inside then they would simply step outside into the beautiful outside. They had TV, internet and all the other things a modern family would want. The best part in Harry's opinion was that as Rose grew older she would have plenty of room to play, she would probably play with Padfoot who had happily taken to spending most of his time outside, enjoying nature.
All of the local wildlife had gotten used to the family as well, including Padfoot who had no real reason to hunt any of them given that he could get all the food he wanted from Harry and the others. Another benefit was that Harry was able to ward the property far easier than his last one thanks to it being closer to nature and less likely to bother neighbours. Harry had placed several ward stones around the property, the wards included an intent ward that would check the intentions of whoever was approaching and deny them access should their intentions be to seriously harm anyone in the property. One of the minor wards that Harry added was one that would keep specific animals out of the property, namely mice and rats and other such animals.
As of the moment Harry had been sitting on the sofa, looking after Rose, Padfoot was lying down on the floor next to him and watching TV while Natasha and Sif were sat on either side of him. Every eye in the room looked towards Harry and Rose. Harry was dumbly staring at Rose who had her tiny little fingers wrapped around one of his naturally larger ones.
"But… what?" Harry blinked, looking the picture perfect image of confused.
"D… da-da!" Rose cheered.
"Wow, that is impressive." Sif commented, staring at Rose like she was the most interesting thing she had ever seen. "According to a few articles I have read, the average age for babies to have their first word is between eleven to fourteen months old."
"Ha, our baby is special." Harry grinned to Natasha who was still staring with wide eyes at Rose. "Natasha, are you alright?" Harry asked in a concerned voice.
"Why are you our baby's first word?" Natasha suddenly demanded, glaring at Harry.
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"Are you sure you will be fine?" Natasha asked for what felt like the hundredth time. She and Sif were stood outside of the house along with Harry who was seeing the two women off.
It had started with a small joke from Natasha about getting some time away from the life of being a mother, which then somehow led to a conversation that ended with her agreeing to take a week away and spend it with Sif while Harry and Padfoot looked after the Rose who was now nearly a year old.
"It'll be fine." Harry told her, kissing her on the forehead as he gave her a small hug before he looked her in the eyes. "Rose is currently being looked after by Padfoot, once you two are gone I will go back and spend the rest of the week being a boring old dad. You and Sif go and have a nice ladies week." Harry said with a smile.
"Fine, just remember…"
"You've placed lists all around for me that tell me what to do, keep an eye on Rose, inform you immediately if I need help," Harry recited. "blah, blah. Now, are you going to enjoy your week off or not?" Harry asked in an amused voice.
"Careful, I might think you just want to get rid of me." Natasha said, her lips curling up slightly.
"Yes, I plan to invite at least twenty-eight hot women and have a week long orgy while you're both away." Harry said jokingly.
"Go right ahead, I'd still be better than all of these women of yours." Natasha smirked before kissing Harry once more.
"Okay, love birds, enough of the sweet romance." Sif said, rolling her eyes.
"So no kissy for you then?" Harry grinned.
"I did not say that." Sif said before quickly getting herself a kiss. "Now, we will be off." She said before she pulled Natasha with her as she walked off.
"Take care of Rose!" Natasha called before properly walking alongside Sif.
"Of course I will!" Harry shouted just as Sif and Natasha got into a car. The two women waved him goodbye before they drove off. Harry smiled before walking back into the house, only to stop when he found a purple coloured Padfoot hovering up into the air.
"Woof?" Padfoot barked questioningly, looking very confused. Rose, on the other hand, was smiling and clapping her little hands as Padfoot ended up moving closer to her until his head was in her lap. Rose let out a gurgling like noise before happily grabbing onto one of his ears.
"I'm not going to lie, I'm impressed." Harry grinned.
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