A/N: Okay, I'm try to get myself together after watching the trailer for countless time. But I have to say, I don't know about Budapest but I do know about Washington and Cleveland. And it's gonna be awesooooomeeeeeee! (Sorry for my outburst!)
And Marvel should stop tease us with every new promo. I'm going to die! The new exclusive behind the scene video! I cannot take it, Nat ran into Steve's arms!
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2 : THE ONLY EXCEPTION
Natasha was laying in bed, asleep. The sun rose and its light shined through the window of their apartment.
The spy began to stir due to the light, but it was a particular smell that made her sit up awake.
She noticed her super solider wasn't there, and that mildly upset her. The sounds from the shower concluded he was in there.
The smell got a lot stronger as she approached the bathroom
"What is that smell?" she asked him.
Steve turned the shower off and ran out of the bathroom with only a towel wrapped around his waist.
"Are they burning?" He asked.
"No, it just smells really nice. What are you making anyway?"
"Chocolate muffins, for you" He answered.
She mocked groaned. "Aww, you're gonna make me fat, you know that right?"
He chuckled and gave her a kiss on the lips. "You'll never be fat to me"
She smiled.
"I got to finish my shower, angel" He murmured against her lips. "Help yourself to a muffin"
He kissed her again before walked back into the bathroom. Time to get ready, she thought. She wore a white shirt that was oversize, definitely belong to Steve. He loved it when she walked around with something belonging to him.
And she had to admit, his shirts was very comfortable on her.
Five minutes later, Steve, fully dressed, walked into the kitchen and pulled the muffins out of the oven. They did smell really good. He must used those rare chocolate she likes, from some country in South America.
He handed a small box to her.
"For your day at SHIELD" he said and kissed her forehead.
"Thank you, Steve" She replied but when she saw the look in his eyes, she had to ask. "What?"
He gently stroked her cheek and said, "There's something about you, Natasha Romanoff. Every moment I'm with you, I catch my breath."
This time, the deadliest assassin blushed and didn't made eye contact with her boyfriend.
"I will be back soon" She said and smiled shyly, starting to walk away.
But Steve pulled her into his embrace and kissed her passionately.
"Hey! Tasha" Clint called loudly when he saw his partner.
"What's up, Clint?"
The spy slowed down her pace as the archer caught up with her.
"Didn't see you at the tower for a week now. Staying at your apartment?"
"Yeah" She replied "I'm bored of Stark snooping around my private life"
Clint nodded in acknowledgement before changing the subject "What's in the box? It smells really nice"
As the archer reached his hand to open it, Natasha snapped his hand away.
"All mine" She hissed. "My muffin is all mine"
"That's not fair!" He exclaimed "I always share with you, Nat"
The spy stuck her tongue out and quickly walked to her office but Hills stopped her before she can reach her office.
"Agent Romanoff! Victoria Hand and Agent Sitwell are waiting for you in the conference room"
Natasha had to leave the muffin box in her room before she attended the meeting with the two agents.
"Agent Romanoff" Victoria Hand greeted "We have a mission for you"
Natasha came home to find that Steve was sleeping on the couch. She tried to keep the noise down as much as possible, so she didn't wake him up. She put her things away and prepare some dinner.
Once she finished cooking, Natasha walked over to her boyfriend.
"Hey, baby" She softly woke the man sleeping on the couch. "Dinner's ready"
"Hey" He greeted back and sat up.
"Fury needs me on a mission tomorrow. I'll be gone three days" She told him.
"Mission to where?"
"Zaragoza, Spain"
"Is Clint going with you?"
"No, solo mission"
She could see worry fill his eyes but he didn't say anything because he knew she could fend for herself and Natasha knew that Steve, being Steve, was always worried about her.
"When do you leave tomorrow?"
"10 am"
He didn't say anything but pulled her into his embrace and kissed her temple. He didn't have to say anything. She knew he will be here for her when she came back.
"Just call me when you get there, okay?"
"I will" She promised.
From the information she received, the mission was very easy and she should be back home sooner than she thought. Zaragoza was a very beautiful city. She wished Steve could be here with her right now.
She couldn't wait to go back to him.
Damn it Natasha! Stop thinking about your boyfriend right now!
She was now on the roof across the target building. There was no sign of any hostile in there. From the information she got from the local bar, nobody was occupying this building for a decade now.
She snuck in through the backdoor as a precaution even though was no one around.
Natasha found nothing suspicious to be concerned by SHIELD as she was about to get out of this building. A group of mercenaries appeared before her.
"Hmm, boy! Look like we catch a spider here" one of them said.
Natasha felt something hit her in the neck. She pulled it out, feeling dizzy. Her vision started to blur when she saw a tranquilizer dart in her hand
And then everything went wrong.
The Black Widow had been dragged down to the basement. A few hour later, Natasha started to regain her conscious. Her eyes went wide when she saw the man standing in front of her. Someone she knew, someone who once betrayed her and Steve and then betrayed SHIELD.
"Agent Romanoff, nice to meet you again"
Brock Rumlow or the villain goes by the name of 'Crossbones'
Steve got an assembling call from SHIELD. He arrived at the Triskellion and found that all of his teammates was there except Natasha who was on a mission.
Fury and Hill walked in, seriousness displayed on their face.
"Avengers, we lost contact with Natasha Romanoff for nearly four hours. We believed that she was captured. The rescue team was on the way and your quinjet is ready to take off when you are ready"
The Captain's face faltered when he heard the news. He shouldn't have let Natasha go on the mission alone. Nobody could notice Steve's reaction except Bruce who knew about his secret relationship with Natasha.
"Who's the rescue team?" Tony asked "I thought we are the rescue team"
"The Bus team was nearby so they can get there faster than all of us"
"Tony, let's go" Steve quickly said.
The five Avengers arrived at the location where SHIELD believed Natasha was being held hostage. Tony scanned the entire building for Natasha's location and amount of their hostile.
"Well, not too much of a hostile but they can be superpower villain" Tony told the team.
"Thor and Tony strike from the top. Hawkeye be on that roof and watch our back. Hulk and I will distract them from the front door." Steve gave the order before his team went to their position.
Hulk burst the front door open and it did attract enemy's attention. Bullets flew across the hall but Hulk and Captain America can easily handle them.
"Cap, four people were coming your way" Tony warned.
"Copy that"
As Steve turned to punch the approaching enemy, his fist stopped one inch before it landed on the target. He was froze in the spot, thought he had seen a ghost. Ghost of someone he knew, someone who died almost three years ago.
"Captain Rogers, it's me" The man in front of Steve spoke up.
"Coulson?" Steve called the man's name, still processing what's going on "You're alive"
Even Hulk turned to look at the agent. Tony said something over the comm but Steve didn't replied. He still working on believing that his dead comrade was still alive.
"How—"
"I will explain later but now we need to rescue Romanoff"
Steve took his focus back and led everyone down to the basement. They found Natasha was unconscious and tied down to a chair. Steve ran to his girlfriend and untied the rope. Those bastards must have subdued her.
"May! Inject her with the antidote" Coulson told.
Melinda May did as Coulson told her. They all watched as the antidote did it work. Natasha slowly opened her eyes.
"Nat, we are here now. You're safe" Steve gently whispered and took her into his arms.
Natasha wrapped her arms around Steve's shoulder as he carried her upstairs to meet with the rest of the team.
"Crossbones was nowhere to be found, like he knew we would come" Clint said as Steve approached him but the archer eyes went wide when he saw who was behind Steve "Did I just see a ghost of Coulson?"
"It's me, Barton. I'm pretty much alive and we better get out of here."
"Glad to have you back, son of Coul" Thor said joyfully.
Coulson led them to the airplane as he will take them all back to New York. The Avengers still working on believing that Coulson was alive.
Coulson introduced his new team to the Avengers. Skye almost fainted when she saw the entire team. Fitz and Simmons eagerly shook hand with Tony and Bruce. Skye and May stared at Thor and blushed when the god pulled them into a bear hug. Clint and Ward talked to one another.
Steve didn't join them as he held his girlfriend tight in his arms. Natasha slowly regained her conscious. Coulson walked over to the couple and they broke away from each other immediately.
"I cannot thank you enough for saving my life, Coulson" Natasha gratefully said and hugged the agent. "I'm in your debt again"
"It's not a big deal, Tasha"
"Thank you again, Agent Coulson" Steve said
Coulson could notice the interaction between the two heroes and nothing can escape his keen observing eyes. The way his Captain held Natasha and how he worried about her was the best clues.
"Are you guys dating or something?"
The two were stunned by the question. They looked at one another before looked at Coulson and they knew they cannot lie.
"Yes, we are but don't tell anyone" Natasha admitted "No one knows about this"
"We are not ready to tell anyone just yet"
"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone"
Coulson left them alone but as he walked away, he turned back to look at them again and saw Steve kissing Natasha on her forehead before she rested her head on his chest. The agent found himself smiling.
They did make a really adorable couple.
The way back to the Triskellion was quite. The Bus team brought them back to New York. Natasha sat quietly next to her boyfriend. She didn't talk about what happened and Steve didn't ask.
Bruce patched all the wound for her and told Natasha that he will do another check-up when they arrived at the tower.
Thor, Clint and Tony were trying to cheer Natasha up but the spy didn't react to them. She slept all the way back to New York.
Once they arrived at the Triskellion, Hills sent Natasha to Fury's office immediately and Steve was quickly followed his girlfriend.
"Not only you blew this mission, Crossbones was nowhere to be found! You are the Black Widow. How could you possibly let this shit happen?!"
Everyone in the teams could hear Fury yelled at Natasha. They were sitting in front of the Director's office, waiting for Natasha.
Fury wasn't pleased with the mission's result. Even though it wasn't entirely Natasha's fault, the intel from SHIELD wasn't clear and accurate but Fury, being Fury, expected more from his number one agent.
Finally Natasha walked out the door, her face wasn't displayed any emotion.
Her Widow's face was intact. Nobody could read anything from her except Steve who saw right through every mask she put on.
But knowing her too well, she wouldn't talk until they were alone.
They went back to the tower. Bruce did another checkup. Natasha was clear from all substance and technological devices that might implant in her body. They have a dinner before both of them went back to their apartment. When they were inside, Natasha hugged Steve tightly and began to cry.
He knew it's been a tough week for Natasha and it didn't go according to her plan. Being the best at what she did, Natasha always being hard to herself.
"It's okay, Nat. Everyone can makes mistake."
"Not me, not the great Black Widow"
"We are only human, Natasha. We all entitled to make mistake even they were Captain America or the Black Widow. But we also learn from our mistake so we will never do it again" He rubbed her back soothingly and kissed the top of her head "Fury missed the fact that even god can make mistake"
"I know but it's just—"
"It's okay, Nat"
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone gives you courage.
Steve gave her strength to believe in herself and to love him made her brave enough to show him every weakness of her.
Including cried her heart out in front of him, only he could see her being vulnerable like this.
He was her only exception after all
A/N : Who's gonna be the next to find out about their relationship?
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