It had been a couples days since that happened, but Steve and Natasha hadn't talked about it. The situation was really uncomfortable, not just for them but for Wanda and Sam as well. They could tell there was something odd between their partners but none of them felt it was their place to bring it up.
After a week, one morning they just woke up and Wanda was gone. She had only left a note telling them not to worry about her, and that she would be back in a couple weeks. It was hard not to worry though, but they all understood why she would want to take a break. After all, being on the run was a hard way to live, even more for someone so young.
They had managed to get a small computer. It was really useful to be updated about what was going on in the world. Natasha was using it to see if she could discover where Wanda was, or just to check she hadn't been captured. It had been several hours and even with all her hacker skills she couldn't find anything.
"We are running out of food again" Sam said, "I'll go out and bring something for dinner."
"Don't you think about anything other than food?" Natasha smiled a little.
"What can I say, eating is my passion." Sam said raising his hands. " Who knows, maybe this time I can get us something that doesn't taste like socks", and with that he left. There was only Steve and Natasha now.
Natasha was getting really frustrated, she didn't like to feel that she was kept in the dark. "Damn it kid" She said closing the computer and putting it aside. Steve who was sitting on the couch reading a book raised his head to look at her.
"Nat don't worry. Wanda is capable of taking care of herself, we just have to trust she knows what she's doing."
"I know she is, I've taught her everything she needs to know to survive. It's just that..." She stayed silent.
"You know where she is, don't you?"
That was true, Natasha had a pretty good idea where she went, but she had hoped she was wrong. All those hours of searching her with the computer had just confirmed her theory. But she couldn't tell Steve, that was something she was going to discuss with Wanda once she came back.
"I can't help but worrying, that's all" She said, "But I'm going to kill her anyway when she comes back."
"Your motherly side is showing" Steve was the one to smile this time. "Who would've thought you'd be the overprotective mom." He lowered his head back to his book.
Her face dropped. He didn't know. She never told him. It wasn't something she had really told anyone, other than Bruce and Clint. But this was Steve. He had become the most important person in her life, even if she didn't admit it out loud. He had earned her trust and respect for years, she had taken the time to get to know him. Maybe it was time for her to let him get to know her as well.
"I can't have children."
He looked at her for a couple seconds in silence, then put his book down and gestured for her to come sit next to him. She sat facing him, her legs on his lap.
Steve continued. '"If it's because of our lifestyle.."
"No, Steve." She interrupted him. "I mean I CAN'T have children." He remained silent now, just looking at her a little surprised. "It was the graduation ceremony" she explained "the final step to become the Black Widow."
He softened his gaze. "Is that why you told Dr. Banner you were a monster?" She didn't know how he knew that, but it didn't matter anymore. She nodded.
"To be honest I've come to terms with it. We've been parenting the Avengers for years anyways." She smiled, "I know It's not the same, but is still family."
"They would call us mom and dad" They both laughed. It was always easy for them to share their thoughts with the other, and at the end they would always end up smiling.
They stared at each other for several seconds in silence. Baby blue eyes meeting emerald green ones, just loosing themselves into the other.
"For the record, I think you would be an amazing mother." She smiled. Steve would never tell but he loved it when she did.
Natasha could feel how those words went right to her heart.
It was amazing how different things were from the time they met, how much they have been through. Loki, the Chitauri, Hydra, Ultron, the Accords, and the list went on. What do all those problems have in common? That they faced them together. Always side by side. Who could have known then how important they would become to each other?
"I never said thank you, did I?" She asked.
"For what?"
"For everything" Steve smiled at her
It was hard to single out the moment when things had changed between them. But somewhere along the way they had become something more. They both knew it.
She reached out and put her hand on his cheek, making circles with her thumb.
"The beard suits you."
"So does your blonde hair."
They had spent a year moving from a crappy hotel to another, they didn't have anything decent to eat, sometimes they couldn't bath for a week, their life was a mess. And even then, when they were around each other, they would smile.
Slowly she leaned in, uncertain. He did too.
And they kissed.
But this time it was different, it wasn't rushed and unexpected, or simply a cover up... this time they meant it. This time they were both giving up to their feelings, to the inevitable.
After all, Love is the battlefield they were never trained for.
Well that was all for the second chapter. Please leave your comments or suggestions if you would like me to continue because I still have a few ideas left for this story. Hope you liked it!! ;)
