Hi there! This is inspired from brokenmordsith's headcanon on Tumblr. Please, forgive me that I changed it up a bit. Just got a little writers block from the idea and I came up with this.
The idea is still from you and thank you for giving me the permission to use it :D
If you haven't heard the song Scarlett singing The Moon song yet. Search it on Youtube. :P
Romanogers is my current OTP and I'm going bonkers with this ship hahaha! this is my first Fic of them so please, be nice. :)
This is also placed after the CATWS. Enjoy.
I DO NOT OWN THE AVENGERS, COVER IMAGE OF THIS STORY AND THE SONGS USED!
It was a cold breezy night in New York. The 2 members of the Avengers were sitting on the couch of the tower's top floor which also serves as the common area. They were watching a film the soldier has never seen before, Dirty Dancing.
The spy kept on insisting the captain to watch the film to get in touch to the modern world. The captain finally agreed when he learned that it was one of the movies that amuses her.
Natasha has been keeping Steve on track of the world's innovations and new stuffs. It was one of the things she promised him when they used to do missions together. From what happened at S.H.I.E.L.D and the Winter Soldier incident, the two thought they won't see each other again for a long time. Until, Tony Stark invited all the Avengers to live with him in his tower, including Sam Wilson. They all accepted. The soldier and the spy were reunited once again.
The two were silent during the film. The volume coming from the huge television and the noise of chips Natasha's devouring are the only sound in the room.
The captain became uncomfortable when the intimate scene came on. Natasha saw this and just chuckled which caused Steve to slightly blush. After few more scenes she already found herself observing the captain.
"What, Natasha?" Steve said, not taking his eyes off the screen
"Do you still want to dance, Rogers?" after all this time. She still calls him by his last name. He turned his head at the spy who was looking straightly at his baby blue eyes.
Steve still has recurring nightmares from the incidents that has happened to him. On one mission together with Natasha, she found him in cold sweats and turning around in his sleeping bag. She had no choice but to wake him up and for him to explain to her what was happening. On that night they ended up talking about Steve's past. The thing with Bucky, the wars he went through and his lost love, Peggy, and of course, the dance.
"Well...yeah, I kinda do." he replied while scratching the back of his head.
"Will you give me the honors to teach you?" the spy said at the soldier, carefully. Steve blush and his eyes back to the screen. The two characters were dancing with obscene movements which made Steve to flinch a little. Natasha let out a laugh. "Nothing like that, I swear." Steve laughed as well.
"I'm worried. I might step on your feet."
"I'll take my chances." she said with confidence. Steve smiled at her and she replied with a soft smile. He really can't believe he was going to have dance lessons with The Natasha Romanoff. For the first time in Natasha's life she had never felt this nervous to a guy, usually she's the one who intimidates them, but with Steve, it was different. Everything was not like her with Steve.
"This Saturday?" Steve said trying his best to hide his blush.
"No, silly. Right here, right now." She got up from the couch, paused the movie and stood in the middle of the room that is going to give them enough space to dance around. Thanks to Tony's way of designing his place, Natasha thought.
She held her arm out for Steve to take. He stood up taking her hand. Natasha swore she felt her body tingled when their hands touched, but she chose to ignore and face the fact that Steve is letting her to teach him how to dance.
"Put your hand here." She carefully placed his hand on her waist and put her arm on his shoulder.
She slowly tried to teach him the basic of the feet, at first he was nervous that he might step on her, but later on he was getting it. Natasha was impressed. The captain was a fast learner.
"See? Not so bad, right?" Steve just let out a nervous laugh and kept his eyes on his feet, which let Natasha to stare at the perfection in front of her, with their hands together.
"Let's try with music. JARVIS, find anything, slow and soft. " she ordered the AI
"Gladly to, Miss Romanoff." The AI happily replied
I've been wishing on a star but I never could have imagined
I would land just where you are after all this lonesome travelling
Took one look in your eye, reached out to hold your hand
This is when I realized what I could never understand
The two danced slowly and carefully as the music filled the room.
Later on, Steve felt a little comfortable and started not stare at his feet anymore, his eyes were now on the set of green eyes. "You haven't stepped on me, even once. Are you sure this is your first time?" Natasha teased at him. Steve just let out a chuckle and twirled her around.
Do you want to be my one and only love?
Do you want to be my one and only love?
Ever since, the first time they have been assigned on missions, Natasha kept telling herself the she felt nothing for the captain, except for a friend and teammate, but saving her life and trusting her with his past. With their hands now intertwined, smiling goofily and staring at each other, she was starting to feel more than that.
The song finally ended and JARVIS played a new one. This time it was softer and calmer. Something that was new for the soldier and the spy.
I'm lying on the moon
My dear, I'll be there soon
It's a quiet starry place
Time's we're swallowed up
In space we're here a million miles away
Slowly he was dancing with ease. They kept the dance as slow as the song. Natasha was comfortable enough to rest her head on his chest, Steve just let it and slightly put his chin on her head.
"JARVIS, just let this song on repeat, please?" Natasha muttered with her eyes close feeling Steve's heartbeat.
"No problem, Miss Romanoff"
There's things I wish I knew
There's nothing I keep from you
It's a dark and shiny place
"Nat, if…you want. The Saturday night offer still stands…" Steve carefully said, nervous that that Nat might take it in a different way and stop this magical moment they were having.
"Okay."
"Really?"
"I've been waiting long enough, Rogers." Nat replied, she didn't manage to look at him to see his expression. She just kept her eyes close. Steve was still trying to process what she just said. "Did she just say that she has been waiting for me to ask her out?" Steve thought.
But with you my dear
I'm safe and we're a million miles away
Millions of things went through Steve's head. Is he ready for this? Is this a game Nat was playing? Because, if it is, he won't mind backing out, but as they swayed more to the music and the space between them was slowly disappearing more and more as the dance continued the through his head; maybe she was the reason he didn't bother to call all those girls she tried to set him up with.
We're lying on the moon
It's a perfect afternoon
Your shadow follows me all day
"Nat…I…" but before he could say anything Natasha shushed him and put her fingers on his lips to stop talking further. They starred at each other for a while, Steve thought nothing, but to kiss those lips one more time. Their faces were just a few inches away, one more move forward, they'll feel each other's lips again.
Making sure that I'm okay and
We're a million miles away
Natasha put her arms around Steve's neck and rested her head on his chest once again. Steve wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her closer closing the gap between them. Natasha let her guard down and felt every red in her ledger slowly being wept.
The cold, breezy night in New York went on with the soldier and spy slowly dancing in the middle of the living room of the Stark Tower, enjoying each other's presence.
Steve was thankful that not only he received his first dance lesson tonight, he also felt that he was back in the world again. It was Natasha all along, it was her. He pulled her closer to him for an embrace and to give a message that he'll never let go of her tonight. Without hesitation she hugged him back. The music repeated as Natasha ordered as they swayed slowly with the music.
In case you wondering the first song was "One and only" by Teitur.
Hope you like it! Kindly leave a review, please? :)
-bunny~