"Huh."
"Er, could you please pass the salt, _____?" Steve broke the awkward moment.
"Sure, Steve," you beamed, sliding the salt toward him on the table.
"_____, you can tell me anything, you know that is everything alrig-," Bucky started saying.
"Excuse me, ______! Sorry, could I steal your girl, Mr Barnes? I need an extra hand in the clean up," Dr Helen Cho beamed, taking Bucky's and your empty plates in the direction of the kitchen. Once in the kitchen with the water running to hand wash the dishes, the kind doctor who had helped make Vision turned to you. "Pepper told me about your predicament."
"Word sure travels fast around here, huh?" You laid a hand on your stomach and hung your head, almost in shame.
Dr Cho shook her head, and taking two pairs of rubber gloves, put hers on. "She told me you seemed to have a problem with telling your super soldier boyfriend about it, and I have a solution. If you want to hear it, of course."
You nodded, snapping on your gloves. "I'm all ears, honestly, I've got to tell him. I'm just afraid."
"My roommate when I was doing my PhD was constantly breaking up with a different boyfriend every week, and something I picked up from him was the sticky notes." Dousing the water with detergent, she held out her hand for you to give her plates to wash, "He always would put a Post-it note on the door to break up with the guys he was with rather than do it face-to-face."
"Sounds like a heartless guy," you numbed.
Dr Cho shrugged. "It avoided fights and I needed quiet for my thesis's. Anyways, that's beside the point. The Post-it note idea is yours to use if you want."
Taking a dish towel to dry off the plates and cutlery, you nodded mutely. Another roar of laughter from the conversation at the table followed by a thump and "I paid a lot of money for this mahogany! Respect the table!" from Tony.
Deep breath in. And out.
"I never thought I'd get pregnant," you whispered. "We were careful."
Dr Cho nodded thoughtfully. "I know, most are. You don't have to take my advice, you know."
You smiled wryly. "It's the best idea I've heard all day, Dr Cho. I'm going to give it a shot."
She rolled her eyes, and splashed you lightly with the dishwater. "Please, call me Helen. We're all girls looking out for girls here."
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Having snuck down to Dr Banner's and Mr Stark's lab and 'borrowed' a stack of Post-it notes and a Sharpie, you retreated to the floor you and Bucky shared to spread hints for him to guess the existence of the little surprise in your womb. He and Steve must have gone to his apartment for down time after dinner, because you hadn't seen either of them since that awkward moment at dinner. You spread the notes all around:
On the door: I
On the wall: HAVE
On the TV screen: TO
On the toilet lid: TELL
On the mirror above the basin: YOU,
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