Home was not somewhere familiar to Hawks.

Sure, it was his apartment. He slept there, kept his belongings packed away and his hero supplies stacked. The trash bins were all filled with takeaway bags from late nights where he didn't bother cooking.

So yeah, he had a house. Just not a home.

Until he met them, that is.

At first Hawks thought it was nothing more than a playful encounter. Teases and flirtations being exchanged back and forth, and then he didn't expect to see them again. But he did. And again, and again.

Hawks didn't do dating. He was just far too busy, there was no part of his life that would allow him that kind of time and effort that he should be using for Hero work. That's what he thought at least.

But they wormed their way into his life, even moving in. They understood his schedule, didn't get upset when he was gone for days on end. They just...waited for him. With a home cooked meal and soft music filtering from the bedroom.

And suddenly his quiet, bare house became something he looked forward to returning to at the end of each day. Suddenly, he wasn't so lonely.