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Thanksgiving with Clint and Laura, right after they get married; there’s a store-bought turkey and the apartment is too small but Laura insists on putting little paper decorations out to make it feel more like home and Clint doesn’t care because it’s the first time he’s been truly thankful for anything in his life.

Thanksgiving with Clint and Laura, right after they move to the farm; at first everything seems lonely and empty and too big with just the two of them and a large table and too much food but then Laura turns around while basting the turkey and casually announces she’s pregnant and laughs when Clint drops the carton of eggs on the floor in shock before he gets emotional.

Thanksgiving with Clint and Laura and Cooper when Cooper is just old enough to sit at the table by himself; legs swinging from the chair because they don’t quite touch the floor while Clint makes sure the food actually stays on the plate and Laura teases him about how their son has picked up his eating habits.

(Thanksgiving with Clint and Natasha because Clint gets sent overseas at the absolute worst time, so he calls Laura and video chats with her, and then him and Natasha sit in a deserted restaurant when the mission is over, eating greasy food, and neither of them bother to say thanks for anything because they know they don’t need to.)

Thanksgiving with Clint and Laura and Cooper and Natasha; they sit around the table together and Cooper is fascinated by Natasha’s stories because they’re so much more interesting than what dad tells him, and Clint feigns a little bit of hurt but really, he’s secretly thankful that his kids are taking to Natasha so well.

Thanksgiving with Clint and Laura and Natasha except it’s not Thanksgiving, it’s the day after, and it’s just leftovers and wine and beer while Cooper is at a friend’s house, and they take the opportunity to have dinner by themselves, each of them casually talking about everything BUT the fact that they’re thankful to have found each other, and Clint plays with Natasha’s foot under the table and Laura reaches over and squeezes Natasha’s knee and smiles.

Thanksgiving with Clint and Laura and Natasha and Cooper and Lila right after Lila is born and there’s a lot of commotion and a lot of screaming but later, when dinner and dessert has been cleaned up, Laura walks out of the kitchen to find the television on and holiday cartoons playing quietly and Clint stretched out on the couch, basically asleep while holding Cooper, who’s curled up next to him under his arm also asleep, and Natasha is sitting in one of the big armchairs holding Lila against her chest and Laura realizes how thankful she is that she somehow managed to find this family for herself.

(Thanksgiving with Clint and Laura and Natasha, the first one after the Battle of New York, and the kids don’t know anything is wrong but there’s a little less craziness than usual and the adults sit around the table more somberly and all think the same thing, that they’re thankful they get to have Clint sitting around the table with them, making dumb turkey jokes, when he almost didn’t come home.)

Thanksgiving with Clint and Laura and Natasha and Cooper and Lila and Nathaniel; and Natasha stays at the farm for the week and helps Laura cook so that she can also take care of Nate, while Clint takes the kids to the park and takes them food shopping, and the Macy’s parade plays in the background in the morning while Laura and Natasha cook, and Clint holds Nate and points out the big floats on television while Cooper reads on the couch and Lila draws pictures for everyone’s place settings, and after dinner, when the kids are asleep, Clint and Natasha and Laura go upstairs and get into bed together, exhausted and thankful and falling into each other’s arms.

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