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Chapter 3: The Widow's Bite
Pepper + Natasha = Black pepper
When Bruce stepped into the main(?) living-room of Stark Tower three startling things happened, 1) Tony, taking a leap of faith, lunged to kiss Steve on his cheek 2) Steve turned to see who had arrived and Tony wound up kissing him full on the mouth 3) Steve stumbled backwards on the couch and Tony fell on top of him still kissing. So, in the end, the scene was the following: Tony basically straddling Steve on the couch while kissing him passionately.
"Umm, we'll just re-enter and, uh, you know, pretend this never happened." Bruce stammered as Tony crawled off of Steve, face the ultimate shade of red. "Huh, right." With that Bruce left the room hurriedly.
Tony now faced Steve, preparing his heart to be broken. "Look Steve, let's just pretend that never happened and just forget this whole thing okay? I mean, it's not like you're gay or anything and even if you were it isn't as if you'd be interested in someone like me so I guess we just wipe this from our-hrn!" He was silenced by soft pink lips pressed up against his. When he didn't kiss back he saw Steve's heart break in those blue eyes and he decided right then that he'd give anything to never see that face again and kissed back as hard as he could. He felt those pink lips smile against his and smiled right along back.
There little session continued until there was a soft knock on the door. "Hey, guys, can we come in now?" Bruce spoke softly from the other side of the door. "Uhhh," Tony broke away from Steve and Steve made this desperate sort of sound that made Tony's eye's darken a bit. "Can you give us a minute?" "Definitely." Bruce said, hoping that Steve felt the same way about Tony. He couldn't hear very well and knew Tony had to yell to get his voice heard over the sound-proofed doors.
Clint looked at Bruce, "You knew didn't you?" "I knew Tony had feelings for him, I didn't know he was going to act on them, though." Clint nodded in understanding. "Gotcha." Bruce smiled. "Knew you would."
Pepper + Natasha = Black pepper
Pepper Potts was in her office simply doing paperwork when Natalie- Natasha walked in. "Hello, Ms. Romanoff. May I ask what brings you here?" 'After breaking my heart' is what she thought but didn't say for it was unprofessional. Natasha looked at her, worry etched on her face. "Ms. Potts, you've been called into S.H.I.E.L.D. for protection." Pepper's eyes turned wide, "What happened?" Natasha continued as if she hadn't spoken. "Actually, we need all of the Avengers to come in. There's been a recent disturbance in France that Agent Hill wants us to check out." Pepper frowned. "What happened to Fury?"
Natasha quirked an eyebrow. "Agent Hill said that this a private mission that Fury himself doesn't know about. So, like I said, please come with me. And where can I find the rest of the Avengers?" Pepper looked at her. Then, finally she said, "Main living room." Natasha nodded at then muttered "And that would be where?" In all her time working in the building, she still hadn't gotten the main and secondary living rooms straight. Which she would admit to no one. 'So why am I admitting it to Pepper?' She shook the question off as Pepper stood up and said "Follow me."
In the middle of the walk to the living room Pepper stopped abruptly. "Ms. Potts?" Natasha put her hands on Pepper's waist 'Just in case she faints- or something.' Pepper turned around and the look on her face startled Natasha She looked heartbroken and pissed off at the same time. "Why?" Pepper choked out. "Why what?" "Why did you just leave me like that? No warning or anything, I just woke up and you were gone."
Natasha then did something rare. She gave Pepper a tender hug. "I'm sorry, but I couldn't. I didn't want to just leave you like that! But, I had another mission-" "And that always comes first." Pepper said with a snarl, then turned around and started walking again. Natasha knew Pepper well enough to know that she didn't want to be messed with at a time like this so she decided to leave well enough alone.
Pepper + Natasha = Black pepper
Tony looked at the blond. "So does this mean-?"Steve closed his eyes. "How long?" "Since I was 16. My dad never stopped talking about you so I guess I kind of fell in love then, you?" "I'm not sure when it started, but I realized it when you fell during the Chitauri battle. It kind of came to me then." His inner-self scoffed 'Or more liked slapped you in the face' and he recalled the memory.
His heart pounded as he watched in horror as the darkness of space seemed to swallow Tony. Then the brightness of the explosion swallowed him even further. He doesn't know what force took him to say 'Close it', but he almost killed himself when he said it. But, when he saw Tony actually make it out of the black, almost sinister appearance of the remains of the Chitauri ship. As the aliens dropped dead around him his blood turned to the coldest ice there was as he realized that Tony was dead or unconscious in his suit as fell and Steve prayed as hard as he could that it was the latter. He hear Thor say something next to him but couldn't hear it over the pounding of his of his own heart. When the Hulk caught Tony in mid-air (still damaging some buildings in the process) Steve could've gotten on one knee and proposed. If he didn't love Tony alread-
"Steve?" Tony's voice jarred him back into the present. "Uhhh, yeah?" "You okay? You spaced out for a minute there." "Ahem, I'm fine. Do you want to let the others in and finish this conversation later?" Tony cocked his head to the side and kissed him again before walking to the door and doing a double take as he saw Pepper and Natasha talking to Bruce and Clint.
Pepper + Natasha = Black pepper
(However-long-that-took minutes ago)
Bruce and Clint had taken to occupying their time with... activities, actually, Clint's tongue stuck down Bruce's throat as Bruce made the most sinful noises and Clint eager to for him to make more. Clint pulled back suddenly and admired Bruce's ravished state but, as Bruce tried to pull him back for more, he put a hand on his chest. "Someone's coming." They both turned to see Pepper and the Black Widow walk towards them. Natasha's upper lip curled upwards as she realized their previous activities. Clint glared at her and gave her a 'Don't say anything' look which he knew Natasha would only obey if she wanted to. As the 4 people exchanged greetings the door opened and Tony Stark and Steve Rogers were reveled. "Great," Natasha announced. "All we need is Thor and I can explain everything to him later but for now let's just fill you guys in. We are being called in."
Okay that's the end of Chapter 3 only because my laptop's dying. But anyway, I'll see if I can possibly update tomorrow! And I'm just going to ignore the end of Iron Man 3 where Tony destroys all of his suits. Bye now!