This oneshot takes place after Age of Ultron and before Civil war. Bucky lives with them at the compound anyway. He just showed up one day, okay. Just roll with it.
Wanda knew she wasn't an actual witch that could cast spells and turn people into toads. She was one hundred percent sure because she tried. But she still loved everything about magic and read Harry Potter countless times and watched Charmed in her room at HQ. She wasn't a witch even though they named her Scarlet Witch.
She read a lot of books about magic and witchcraft which amused Steve and Sam who sometimes brought her magic books from their missions. Natasha on the other hand knew surprisingly a lot about magic and witchcraft and when ever she asked her how she knew so much she just shrugged her shoulders and said a spy had to be able to blend in anywhere. She really needed to ask Clint when he came to visit if Natasha ever had to infiltrate a witch coven.
Next week would be Valentine's day and it was the first one without Pietro. He always gave her a gift on Valentine's day and made her promise that she would always be his date no matter if she had a boyfriend or not. Pietro was a ladies man but Valentine's day was reserved for her. She smiled sadly at the photo of her and her twin when they were ten. He was gone for ten months now and it still hurt so much. She didn't think it would get any easier. But she didn't want to be sad on Valentine's day and decided to work on a little project. She may couldn't cast love spells but her powers still were able to spread a little love. She still didn't really understand how her powers worked but she knew that she could sense the feelings of others and even control them. She couldn't change feelings but she could give them a push.
For example she knew that Steve and Natasha were in love with each other but both didn't make a move.
It didn't matter how many not so subtle comments both Sam and Bucky made, Steve wouldn't ask her out.
It didn't matter that Hill teased Natasha endlessly about Steve, she didn't tell him how she felt.
Rhodey just told them both separately that they could be glad that Stark wasn't that much around to witness this longing gaze and pinning contest. Steve blushed while Natasha glared at Rhodey when he told her that. She really liked Rhodey. He was direct but also had a calming presence. Whenever she felt overwhelmed she joined him in his medition sessions and he helped her calm down.
So her plan for this Valentine's Day was to get Steve and Natasha together. She just needed to come up with a plan and use her powers at the right time. And she needed to exploit the fact that all the other Avengers had a sweet spot for her and couldn't say no to her.
Steve and Natasha practically chased them through the woods for hours and Bucky was the only one besides their leader and second in command that didn't almost die. She, Sam and Rhodey almost didn't make it back to the compound. They were sweating through their clothes and heavy breathing. Natasha didn't have one drop of sweat on her body and still looked like she just came off the run way. She was walking in front of Steve and Wanda caught him looking at Natasha's ass. He blushed when he saw that he got caught and she just grinned at him.
They all showered and then met in the common kitchen for breakfast. Steve was flipping pancakes while Bucky made coffee. Natasha was already sitting at the table and reading something on her tablet. She looked up and nodded at her when she walked into the kitchen.
Sam and Rhodey came in not much later and they ate Steve's pancakes and talked about the movie they watched last night.
Time to set her plan into motion. "So... What are we gonna do on Valentine's day? It's my first one in America."
Sam smiled at her. "Kid, those are for people who are dating. None of us are dating." She could see out of the corner of her eyes that Steve looked at Natasha during Sam's statement. She hid her smile behind her coffee mug.
"I know that, Sam. But wouldn't it be nice to celebrate it anyway? To show how much we appreciate each other? Dress up and have a nice dinner?"
Natasha looked at her like she knew what her actual plan was. She sometimes wondered if Natasha could read minds too.
Rhodey shrugged his shoulders. "Why not. As long as we don't invite Tony or we'll have to spend the evening listening to him telling us how great he is.""
Bucky shoved the rest of his pancake into his mouth. "I'm in. I look good in a suit."
Steve sighed. "If we don't get called in, we can have a little party. Nothing too fancy though, Wanda."
She nodded and grinned. The plan was set in motion.
Next, she needed Bucky's help. Steve gave them the afternoon off and she found Bucky in the library of the facility. She knew that he was trying to catch up on all the things he missed while he was the Winter Soldier. She liked Bucky. He reminded her of Pietro.
"Hey Bucky."
He looked up from his book and put a bookmarker in it before closing it. "What's up?"
She walked over to him and sat down on the other couch facing him. "Can I ask you something? It's about Steve."
He placed the book down. "You can ask but there's a chance I might not answer it." She knew how protective Bucky was of Steve even though Steve was the stronger one of them now.
She smiled briefly at him. "It's nothing bad. Why does Steve not ask Natasha out on a date?"
Bucky laughed and threw his head back. "That obvious, huh?"
"Well, I can read minds. But he's not that subtle with his feelings. Everytime Natasha walks into the room Steve's whole face lights up. It's really cute."
Bucky crooked his head to the side and mustered her. "Wait, is that why you want us to have this Valentine's party?"
"Yeah." She nodded. "That's a reason but I also really want us to have a nice evening."
"Okay. Back to your question. I think that Steve still feels like that little shrimp he was before the serum when no woman looked twice at him. He doesn't think that a woman like Natasha who could have pretty much any man would go for him."
She lifted an eyebrow. "Could have any man?" Was Bucky interested in Nat? She watched enough CW to know that love triangles were a huge pain in the ass.
Bucky seemed amused. "I wouldn't say no if Natasha would make a move on me if Steve didn't have feelings for her. I'm just saying that girls as beautiful like her never saw how great Steve was and ignored him. I think he's scared that Nat's the same."
"She's not." She knew for a fact that Natasha was in love with Steve.
"I know. She isn't the only one that knows how to read people."
"So you're gonna help me?"
"You got a plan?"
She nodded and leaned forward to tell him about it.
Sam and Rhodey were the weekend over at some military convention and she was alone with Steve and Nat at the facility. Bucky liked to drive around to explore the area and left around noon. She liked it that he always got her something from his trips. Like candy or something. She lost her brother and he lost his sister and they both found something in each other to fill that gap.
She was about to walk around the corner to enter the long corridor when she saw that Natasha was standing on a ladder and fixing a light. Steve came from the other direction carrying files under his arm and Wanda did something she normally would never do but there was no doubt in her mind that Steve was fast enough to be there in time.
She gave the ladder a telekinetic push and Natasha lost her balance and fell. Steve threw the files away and ran towards her and just as Wanda knew he caught Natasha just in time.
"Um, thanks." Natasha sounded embarrassed and Wanda quickly took a few steps back so they wouldn't see her.
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I don't know how that happened though."
"Good thing I was there to the save the pretty lady from her certain death."
"You did not just say that." Natasha laughed.
Their voices got quieter and she saw them through the windows walking down the parallel corridor. Well, Steve was walking because he was still carrying Natasha in his arms.
She said something to him and his cheeks turned red and he put her down.
This could be easier than she orignally thought it would be.
"When do you know you're in love with someone?"
Natasha stopped eating her burger and looked at her with wide eyes. They were in the shopping mall that was close to HQ and after spending a lot of money in the stores, they decided to get something to eat.
"Where's that coming from,Wanda?" She looked at her wary.
"I was just wondering. I've never been in love before." That was true. Due to her powers she knew how romantic love felt and she had to realize she never felt that for someone before.
"And you come to me for that?" Natasha actually sounded really surprised.
"You're my only female friend." She shrugged. "Have you never been in love,Nat?"
Something flickerd over Natasha's face and she was tempted to use her powers to find out what it was but it felt like it would be an intrusion. She was about to cross enough boundaries in the next days.
"I don't know." Natasha finally said. Was she lying or was she really not aware that she was in love with Steve?
"You don't know?"
Natasha observed the people behind Wanda and then looked at her with a hint of sadness in her eyes. "It's not like a grew up in an environment that encourage those feelings. I was not made for this stuff. You should ask Sam or Rhodey. They've had healthy relationships. I'm sure they can answer your question."
She seemed uncomfortable and Wanda was quick to change the topic. Maybe it wouldn't be that easy after all. Natasha was a tough nut to crack.
Two nights before Valentine's day she waited until she could be sure that Steve and Natasha were both asleep in their apartements in the private wing of HQ. She stood in front of their doors and let her energy enter their sleeping minds and gave them romantic dreams about each other. She didn't know what they were dreaming about but she just made sure it showed them their deepest desire- each other. She was kinda glad that she didn't know what they were dreaming because she didn't want to stumble into a sex dream or something.
Bucky helped her by turning off the surveillance because she had no idea how to do that without frying the security system with her powers.
The next morning only Steve showed up to their daily morning run and when Steve asked FRIDAY where Natasha was the AI told them that she was still alseep. Steve seemed worried because she was a early riser but FRIDAY assured that her vitals were normal.
Bucky came over to her. "Must be one hell of a dream you gave her." Bucky whispered into her ear and grinned.
"What are you two talking about?" Sam wanted to know.
"Why? Feeling unsecure, Wilson?" Bucky smirked and joined Steve in their routine of running laps around them and yelling "on your left" and "on your right". Usually Natasha would eventually elbow them in the rips and bring them to fall but she wasn't here today and so she, Sam and Rhodey had to endure their game. She was tempted to hit them with something but despite Steve and Bucky having a soft spot for her only Natasha could get away with punching them for some reason.
Natasha joined them at the breakfast table and seemed absent.
"Nat, are you okay?" Steve sat down next to her and looked at her with worry on his face.
"Huh?" She looked up from her plate. "Yeah, yeah. Just slept longer today."
"Had a nice dream?" Bucky asked and Wanda really wanted to kick his shin under the table but he was too far away. They were trying to be subtle here!
Natasha looked like someone slapped her. "It was one of those dreams that are really great and but you know they will never come true." She said with sadness in her voice.
"I know what you mean." Steve mumbled under his breath.
Crap that was so not how she had pictured it.
Today was Valentine's day and Steve and Natasha were in a meeting with General Talbot and the Secretary of Defense. Wanda used the time to prepare the final phase of her plan.
Thankfully the meeting took longer than scheduled and she and the rest of the Avengers left before Steve and Natasha to get to the restaurant where they were supposed to have dinner. In truth they didn't really left and she was glad that Sam and Rhodey weren't too disappointed that they wouldn't go to a fancy restaurant. And FRIDAY turned out to be a great partner in crime.
They hid in the bushes and watched Talbot and the Secretary leave. FRIDAY informed them that Steve and Natasha went to get changed for dinner. They had prepared a candle light dinner for them and FRIDAY promised to not let them leave the building.
They left their hiding spot in the bushes and sneaked back to the building. Wanda closed her eyes and searched with her powers for Steve and Natasha and when she found them she did something she would normally never do. She opened the door to their bottled up feelings making it impossible for them to ignore them any longer. It was like she opened a flood gate. Their feelings were now so strong that she could sense them without concentrating.
"Okay, I'm done." She said to the guys.
"Let's hope it works!" Sam pulled the collar of his coat up. "What now?"
"How does steak and horror movies sound?" Bucky asked. They did plan something to do while Steve and Nat hopefully would get together.
"Sounds great." Rhodey answered and offered Wanda his arm.
And that's how Wanda spent her first Valentine's Day in America with three handsome dates.
Steve just got out of the shower when something felt different. Maybe it was because it was Valentine's Day but all his feelings for Nat were just bursting out of him. He was glad that he wouldn't spend the evening alone with her but that the others would be there as well. Otherwise he would probably confess is love for her.
He chose to wear a suit without tie because Wanda said that she chose a fancy restaurant that had a dresscode. This was actually his first real Valentine's Day. Okay there were four other people but he still got to celebrate the day with the woman he loved.
There was suddenly a knock on the door. "Steve!" Natasha sounded agitated.
He opened the door and his breath got caught. She looked so beautiful in her black dress. "Wow, you look amazing." His heart was pounding so hard that he wa afraid she could hear it.
"We're locked in." She said with anger in her voice.
"What?"
"We can't get out. FRIDAY won't let us."
"What?"
Was that the only word he knew? "FRIDAY, what's going on?"
"Something is trying to get into my framework and I shut down everyhting to fight it off. I'm sorry Captain Rogers but until I manage to handle this, the place is on lockdown."
"And now?" Oh god, he couldn't be alone with her! He would do something stupid like kiss her or tell her he loved her and she would laugh in his face. Because a woman like her would never go for a guy like him.
It somehow looked like Natasha was figthing a battle inside her. "I'm starving."
He nodded. "Me too. Let's see if we can find something in the kitchen. I can't believe the others get to enjoy a fancy meal while we're stuck here."
They got to the kitchen and the table was covered with a white cloth and candles. Huh?
"Un-fucking-believable!" Natasha exclaimed when she saw the table. "They set us up!"
"What?"
"There is no attack on FRIDAY! They told her to lock us in!" Natasha crossed her arms and was practically fuming.
He touched her shoulder to calm her and felt a spark going through his body. Natasha's reaction told him she felt the same. Their was this energy between them now.
"Nat?"
"Please don't." She whispered.
"Don't what?"
"Just go to your room and forget everything." She looked at the ground.
He couldn't and he started to believe that maybe he was wrong and Nat did fesl the same. Every fiber of his body was concentrated on her. He was dizzy on the love he felt for her. He remembered being drunk and it almost felt like that. Only so much better.
"Natasha." He felt brave and cupped her cheek with his hand. His whole body was on fire. He was always able to bottle up his feelings for her but he couldn't fight it any longer. Something in him opened the flood gate.
She looked up to him and then grabbed his collar and crashed their lips together. He was startled at first but then kissed her back with everything he got. He always thought their first real kiss would be soft and gentle but this kiss was desperate, passionate and hungry. And he realized that he wasn't the only who had hidden his true feelings.
They pulled apart when they were both out of breath. Natasha's lipstick was all over her chin and her lips were swollen.
"This is a bad idea. This isn't gonna end well." She took a step back.
He followed her. "Who says it's gonna end?" Her eyes widened and he kissed her again before she could say anything.
They skipped dinner and went straight to her bedroom. It was the best Valentine's Day of his life.
He let Natasha train the others the next day and even Bucky was out of breath and sweating and cursing.
