A/N: This gets really fluffy...Actually this whole story is fluff and sass from the peanut gallery (Tony and Melody)

Chapter Three: In which Natasha is pleasantly surprised

Summary: Natasha gets the surprise of her life before dinner the next day and Melody asks Tony for a favor.

Relationship(s): Steve/OC (established), Pepperony (established) and serious Clintasha

I woke up the next morning in Steve's arms. He kissed my forehead, looked into my eyes, sighed and said "Good morning my love. You're looking gorgeous as always."

I giggled. My hair probably looked like a ridiculous mess but Steve looked amazing even after sleeping.

"Thanks darling." I kissed him. He looked like he was the luckiest person in the world. Like the mere thought of being my husband in a few days was enough to make him faint in pure happiness. "I'm kinda hungry. Do you know what's for-"

"EGGS AND BACON IS FOR BREAKFAST!" Tony yelled. As if on cue, he walked in with a platter of scrambled eggs, bacon, two glasses of orange juice and a beautiful rose in a small vase.

I yelped in surprise. Tony laughed. "Don't worry. Contrary to popular belief, I'm not that scary."

I couldn't help but chuckle just a little bit. I reached out my hand "Alright, hand over the tray."

Tony gave us the tray of delicious food. "I thought I might surprise you lovers with a romantic breakfast, for just the two of you."

Now that was a surprise. Tony cooking? The last time that happened, the kitchen almost disappeared. Because he actually burned it. Pepper told me about that one time he made an omelet and it took him three hours and he burned it. That was a funny story. But inquisitively I asked "You made this?!"

"Very funny, Melody. It was actually Pepper who made it. What a gal, right? But it was my idea."

I chuckled "Yeah, Pepper is pretty cool. Anyway, thanks Tony. It was a really sweet idea."

Steve smiled "Yeah Tony. That was really thoughtful." And he winked at Tony. I knew that face that Tony made. He and Steve were up to something. But I knew Steve would crack if I asked him after Tony left. It didn't take me very long to figure it out. He wanted a huge romantic breakfast after he proposed. That was just the sweetest gesture ever. Tony walked out of the room and I looked at Steve who was blushing all over.

He muttered "Gee…you figured out my plan didn't you?" I don't even think he was trying to be irresistible there. But his face was so innocent and endearing.

I kissed him on the cheek and said "That was positively adorable."

"How'd you find out?"

I laughed "Tony's a bad liar isn't he?"

We kissed and then started eating the romantic breakfast in bed. But that wasn't the most exciting thing that happened that day.

Later, Clint was looking for Tasha. A big surprise, I know. "Hey Melody, have you seen Nat?"

"Not since our latest round of paintball, and that was at noon. Why?"

Clint's face turned a deep red. "I think you know why…"

Clint was going to make a move! He and Tasha usually just sit around and flirt. "What are you going to say?"

Clint looked at the ground "Well, I don't know…I was sort of going to wing it I guess."

"Clint!" I yelled "I'm surprised at you! I'm taking you to Tony. It's finally time to execute our plan!"

"Well, okay. I just don't know how he could help me-wait…what plan? I'm really-"

I didn't even let him finish his sentence before I dragged him to the lab. I pushed the intercom before barging in again. I knew Tony was in there with Pepper, I just didn't want to know what they were doing. "Hey lovebirds, you want to put some clothes on before I burst in or what?"

I heard Tony whisper to Pepper "Damn, she figured us out…" But it was certainly loud enough for me to hear. "Yeah, we'll be out in a second." It took a couple of minutes and I made sure I looked impatient when Tony finally opened the door of the lab. He paused "Melody…it looks like you caught…a Clint Barton today. And you brought it to me?! What's the occasion?"

I sighed "Tony, this is serious. It looks like-" I looked around to make sure no one heard us. Mostly to make sure Tasha wasn't around "-Operation Black-eyed is under way." Tony knew exactly what I was talking about.

"Well, then I'll have to teach little Clint here about charm."

Clint looked utterly confused. Still in my grip sitting on the ground he asked "Operation Black-eyed? What does that even mean? Is that a combination of mine and Nat's-"

"Yeah…uh…Tony and I had this plan that well…if ever you were going to make a move towards Tasha, Tony would teach you how to do it right."

"But you're a playboy…" Clint said

"Yes I am." Tony replied, not ashamed of his awesomeness "Is there a problem?"

Clint paused "Well I guess not…better to learn from you than from someone who's inexperienced."

Tony laughed heartily "That's the spirit, sport!" Tony turned toward Pepper "Pepper darling, I'm sorry but I have to take care of this. How about we pick up where left off, tonight?"

"Of course my dear." Pepper replied "That would be great as always. I think I'm going to start to prepare dinner now, anyway." They smiled for a couple seconds and started to kiss. That's when Clint (who was now standing up) and I turned to look in the other direction. Clint changed the subject and said humorously "Wow, would you just look at that tasteful wall? The nice shade of gray is very fancy."

I smiled and responded "I couldn't agree more Clint."

"Okay, okay! I'm sorry that I'm hopelessly in love." Pepper apologized to Clint and I with a sarcastic tone, sighed lovingly while batting her eyelashes in Tony's direction and turned to us again "You two should both know the feeling of amour, non?" She gave a wave to Tony, who waved back and gave a small whimper of joy. Pepper walked away and Tony's face was about as red as a ripe tomato. I couldn't really understand exactly what Tony said after that but I think it was along the lines of "…French…she…spoke…French." This was included with multiple girly sighs, of course. The only thing I could think is: Wow, Pepper is such a flirt…

I smiled at Clint and said "Aw! Our little Tony is in love!"

"He is quite the sucker for amour, non?" Clint said, imitating Pepper's flirtatious voice.

I couldn't stop myself from laughing. Apparently neither could Clint because after a few seconds we were both laughing so hard our sides felt like they were splitting. Tony looked utterly displeased.

"Sorry Tony…" I said through laughter; wiping the tears from my face "That was just too priceless and adorable to ignore!"

Clint butted in "Yeah I mean, come on, even you have to admit that was hilarious. Your face is still red!"

Tony huffed "Okay, okay. Now that we're done laughing at my expense, I'm going to teach Clint how to be suave and charming…"

I saluted "Sounds like a plan! I'll watch you two and keep a lookout for Tasha."

Tony tried to teach Clint how to use body language and flirt like Tony usually does. But for some reason, Clint was having the hardest time trying to do these things; like it wasn't in his nature or something. Clint just stopped trying after a while and said "Look, Tony, I really appreciate everything you're trying to do for me. But I just can't do it. The charming playboy personality is just not my thing. I'm seriously considering giving up. I'll just admire Natasha from afar."

Tony had no response to that. But I did "Wait, Clint, why don't you be yourself?"

Clint looked at the ground in doubt "How could she-"

"Now stop right there. You're fine just the way you are. There's a perfectly good reason Tasha's not completely smitten by the sight of Tony. Maybe the sarcastic, charming playboy personality isn't her type." I walked over, sat next to Clint and put my hand on his shoulder "Maybe the reserved, kind-hearted, awesome archer is."

Clint looked up at me "Do you really think so?"

"Nope, all of that was sarcasm. Obviously…" I saw he didn't get it "No, I was being serious. She likes you for who you are. You shouldn't have to change yourself to try to impress her, you know."

Clint got up "You know what? I'm going to tell Natasha how I feel about her, no matter what. Because she likes me for who I am. And I'm going to-." He paused and looked at me. During his speech I began to hum the National Anthem but when he finished short I just blurted out,

"O'ER THE LAND OF THE FREE, AND THE HOME OF THE BRAAAAAAAAVE!"

Tony died laughing "Wow, good one Melody! You successfully ruined the moment."

"It's what I do best." I replied.

It would be a downright lie to say Tony and I didn't follow Clint when he went to find Tasha. We tiptoed behind him and considering his skills in stealth, I'm surprised he didn't find us. Natasha was in the shooting range, practicing. Clint took a deep breath and grabbed a headset, his favorite bow and walked up to a target and began shooting. Tasha started the conversation.

"Wanted to get some practice in, I see?" She fired her gun and hit the bulls eye "Reminds me of someone I know."

Clint froze up "Y-yeah. Uh…Nat? Can I talk to you for a second?"

It's adorable how he calls her Nat. Only Clint is allowed to call her that. If anyone else does, she goes insane. Tasha stopped, took her headset off and responded "Yeah, what's going on Clint?"

Clint started to blush and said "Well…I-I really th-think…w-we should…d-do you want to go…um…" He froze up and Tasha looked really confused. Clint saw us and I mouthed "Just be you!" Tony gave him thumbs up and we knew he was going to be okay. He calmed down and asked "Do you want to have dinner with me tonight?"

Tasha paused for what seemed like hours. "Did you just ask me on a date?"

Clint stuttered and moved a little closer to Tasha "Y-yeah…if th-that's okay w-with you…"

Tasha smiled "Of course I will. Let's go somewhere exciting."

Clint gave a sigh of relief. They were closer to each other now. "Gosh…for a second there I thought you were going to say no… I got really-"

Tasha closed the gap between them and kissed him softly. Clint blushed and looked so surprised then he started to kiss back. Tasha pulled away far enough to talk.

"Wait, I don't want you to get the virus that I-"

"I don't care." Clint replied and he went back to kissing Tasha. I never expected Clint to do something like that.

I looked at Tony and smiled. "We did it!" I whispered "We got them together!"

"Finally!" Tony yelled. I covered his mouth but it was too late. Tasha and Clint broke their kiss and looked our way. Now it was our turn to blush.

"Hi Clint…uh…Tasha…" Tony said "I know how this looks…I wanted to get some practice in, and I saw you two were…uh…having a moment…"

I sighed and whispered "Just tell her the truth…" Tony shook his head. "You wimp…I'll do it…"

"Bad idea, Melody." Tony whispered "Bad idea!"

"Look, Tasha…Clint…we've been trying to get you two crazy kids together for a really long time now." Tasha's face was unreadable. I couldn't decipher what she was trying to say. "I guess you could say we were playing matchmaker."

Tony got up and said "We should have just left you guys alone. Honestly, Clint was going to make a move anyway. He just didn't know what to do."

Tasha looked strangely at Clint. "You were going to…what?"

Clint looked extremely embarrassed. "I…uh…was going to ask you to dinner…and I did."

Tasha turned toward us. "Yeah it's no problem. I should be sorry-" She looked at Clint "-For not getting with him sooner." She then did something that I never expected.

She giggled. It was too girly. Even for her being in love. I had to figure out what was going on so I asked "Who are you and what have you done with Natasha Romanov?"

Tony walked up to Clint, put his hand on his shoulder and said "We'll just leave you two lovebirds alone. Okay? Okay. Let's go."

And with that, Tony put his arm around my shoulder and we walked out of the shooting range. As soon as we got out of the room, we hi-fived. Our work there was done.

"I'm glad that worked out the way it did." Tony said; his arm still around my shoulder.

Sarcastically I replied "Yes, Legolas and the master assassin. True love if I've ever seen it."

Tony laughed "Not better than the genius, sarcastic, nerdy girl with a bionic arm and the 90-year-old super soldier!"

I guess it should be mentioned at some time. I do have a bionic arm. It was during a battle against Loki and he cast some spell on me and it hit my arm first. Before my very eyes, I started to turn into a robot. If Steve hadn't come in, crashing into Loki with his shield, my whole body would be robotic. It was after this when I fell for him. But, I had Tony scan the thing to see if I could go back to my original state. Many tests were performed and it still was a metal appendage. I decided to make the most of my situation by making some plans to weaponize my arm. If I was going to be part robot, at least I could use my arm to help other people.

"Yeah, we're adorable. Don't lie to yourself, Tony." I thought about what Steve and I talked about this morning and asked Tony "Hey, could you do me a favor?"

Tony sighed "I guess so…well, it depends on what it is…"

"Could you be the best man for my wedding? It would really mean a lot to-"

He hugged me and said "Of course I will. How could I say no to my best friend?"

I smiled hugged back and then said "Thanks Tony. You're really cool, you know that?"

Tony smiled "Of course I know. I'm Tony Stark!"

I rolled my eyes and smiled "Yes, yes you are…"

Well that was fluffy enough, yeah? AND LEGOLAS. I just really like Melody's sass is this chapter. And sort of a backstory? And Pepper? What a tease.