She was on the run. Again. She can't go back to the states. Not after what she did at the airport in Germany letting Rogers and Banes go. This was her only option. It was this or be on the run again. No home, no friends, no place to go. She thought that she was past this when she joined the Avengers. The fake names, stolen IDs, burner phones, constantly looking over her shoulder, all of it.

"Flight 4218 to Wakanda is now boarding rows 23-31 at gate 4C."

Natasha got up from her seat, threw her bag over her shoulder, and headed towards the gate.

"Enjoy your flight!" Said the peppy woman scanning the tickets.

"Unlikely." Natasha replied brushing past her. She hates flying. Being trapped in an airplane with no ability to exit if she were to be made is not ideal. She pushes her sunglasses up the bridge of her nose and walked down the jetway. She brushed past the captain and flight attendants, walking quickly to the back of the plane where her seat was. 31A, back corner of the plane. She threw her bag into the overhead and sat down pulling her hood over her head, resting it on the wall. This is going to be a long flight.

The plane touched down many hours later in Wakanda. Natasha spent the entire flight pretending to be asleep. She had called Steve before she got onto the airplane to tell him she was coming. She thought that maybe he could talk to T'Challa, maybe protect her from the powers that be. Last she heard it was looking good. She got through customs no problem and took her time walking through the baggage claim scanning her surroundings making sure she was not being followed. She passed through the doors separating the baggage claim area from the outside area. Her cell phone rang. It was Steve.

"Hey Nat, Its Steve."

"Hey."

"T'Challa said you are good to stay here at his palace if you'd like."

"That's great."

"Are you already in Wakanda?"

"Yup." Natasha locked eyes with someone sitting on a bench across from where she was standing. The man stood up folded the newspaper neatly and set it down on his seat.

"Good I'm almost at the airport." The man started quickly approaching her. "Natasha?"

"Hold on!" She yelled into her phone dropping it and her bag on the ground. The man came at her and swung his fist. She caught it effortlessly and flipped him over her shoulder. She pressed her knee to his throat.

"Who the hell are you?" Natasha yelled his in face. The man laughed unsheathing his knife trying to stab Natasha with it. She quickly disarmed him as airport police were arriving at the scene. They detained the man and questioned Natasha.

"What the hell happened here?" Asked a familiar voice. Natasha turned around and saw Steve standing not 10 yards from her. She smiled.

"Language Captain." She teased picking up her bag. Steve chuckled.

"So how have you been? I'll be honest I was kinda surprised when you reached out to out of the blue."

"Fine. I'm tired. I didn't sleep on the plane." Natasha responded.

"Well you sleep on the car ride to T'Challa's base. It's about 2 hours drive and then you can sleep in my room. We're kind of out of space." Natasha just nodded. "Okay come on." Steve said turning around. Natasha followed him.

She had fallen asleep with her head on his shoulder. Steve brushed the back of his hand against her cheek. She stirred at his touch.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to wake you" Steve said softly. Natasha rubbed her head against his shoulder.

"It's okay." She mumbled shifting her position. "I missed you Steve. I missed you a lot."

"I missed you too Nat." Steve said planting a kiss on the crown of her head.

Once they arrived at the base everyone was excited to see Natasha.

"Okay everyone she's had a long day let her sleep." Steve said shooing everyone away. "Down the hall 2nd door on the right" Steve answering her unasked question.

"You going to follow?" She said with a wink.

"Yeah sure why not it'll be good to turn in early."

"Early? I thought 8 was your normal bedtime? Considering your age I'm surprised it's not 7"

"Ha ha ha you're very funny Romanoff."

"I know baby. I know."

AN yeah I took a break from writing for a bit because of finals and then me being lethargic for a few weeks but I am back.