Out in the Open
A/N: This chapter earns an M-Rating folks! If you don't want to read about Steve losing his V-Card then skip the last section which begins with Natasha drying off after taking a shower and skip to the next chapter. Otherwise… Enjoy and reviews are always welcome :)
Natasha and Steve arrived at Coney Island. Steve paid their way in and they looked around for a moment taking in the sight of kids running around fresh out of school for the summer break, parents trying desperately to keep those children of theirs in line, and there were other couples young and old out enjoying the sights and sounds as well. It reminded Steve of the old days… with Bucky.
"Me and… Bucky used to come here a lot when we were kids." Steve says with a wane smile as his excitement seems to fade. He then feels Natasha's hand upon his arm, squeezing him in reassurance.
"Really? I didn't do anything remotely like this as a kid." Natasha then says. Steve looks at her curiously. She's never talked about her past with him before.
"So what did you do… for fun?" Steve then asks.
"Well… me and the few other girls in the program would play a hop-scotch game, but we got into too much trouble for scribbling on the concrete floor, so we took up word games instead. Or choking each other to see how long it took until each of us would past out." Natasha says and Steve's eyebrows rise so high on his face that they might fly off at any second.
"Here I thought I had a rough childhood… and I lived through the Great Depression." Steve says and whistles as he looks away. Natasha tenses so Steve stops and draws her closer into a simple hug. "It's okay, Nat. I'm here for you if you ever just wanna talk it out sometime." Natasha sighs and relaxes against Steve. She actually feels safe and comforted right here, right now in the arms of Steve Rogers.
"I… I." She starts but can't finish. She sighs and tries again. "Steve, I haven't felt safe, truly safe… ever… but right now… I think-I feel I could come to know what it really does feel like… with you." Natasha says and she looks up with wavering eyes at Steve. She hates feeling this vulnerable, this open… but this is what Steve brings out.
The Good Captain feels his heart beat race faster and he smiles down at the lovely redhead. He has seen her strong and capable throughout every mission they've gone on together… but right now she is vulnerable and open. It's a side Captain Rogers never thought existed in the beautiful and deadly Black Widow. He had gotten a hint of it barely a week ago with Fury's supposed death… and now this. He is pleasantly surprised to see she's human after all.
"Come on. Let's ride that wooden rollercoaster over there, scream our heads off, and forget the bad memories for awhile. What'd'ya say?" Steve then asks with a warm smile to the shorter woman. She nods her head.
"Sounds like fun." She then says and cracks her own smile. It's weak and shaky but there is a genuine quality to it. They ride the rollercoaster twice and they do scream, in good humor. Then they jump on a ride that looks like an Octopus and spins the seats around on individual arms as the whole ride turns. The momentum of that one pushes Natasha unceasingly into Steve's side. He just wraps his arm around her holding her close and they giggle at each other as they have fun. When the ride ends, they step off and start heading down the game alleyway.
"Step right up fellas and test your strength today! Three swings for five dollars! Ring the bell showing you have Herculean strength and win a prize!" The Carney barks over and over as people pass. Steve stops with Natasha on his arm and looks at the tall slide with the heavy dome bell at the top and the five pound weight at the bottom. This will be easy for him.
"You look like a strong fella, sir! Care to test your might?" The Carney says as he smiles at Steve who looks to Natasha and smiles. The Carney notices this and doesn't miss a beat. "You're sure to impress the lovely lady by winning her a prize."
"Sure… why not?" Steve says as he steps up onto the platform above the throng and pays five dollars. The Carney takes the money and points to the heavy looking sledge hammer. Steve picks it up and feels the weight of it in his hands. He knows any normal person wouldn't be able to lift this hammer without some difficulty, but he isn't a normal person. He holds the maul in both hands, flexing his arm muscles for show then looks to the Carney… then to Natasha. She is smiling at him knowingly as she leans against the platform keeping one eye on the slide the other on him. Steve smiles at her.
"Here we go." Steve says and puts just enough of his strength into it to swing the hammer down hard upon the lever. The weight rockets up and strikes the bell. The Carney is perplexed. "I've got two more swings, right?" Steve asks sounding like he has never done this before.
"Yeah." The Carney says still stunned from the first bell ring. Steve swings again and the bell rings a second time. Now people are clapping and cheering as a small crowd gathers. Steve smiles at the crowd and swings the hammer once more and the bell rings for a third time. The Carney is shocked into speechlessness as Steve puts the maul down and helps Natasha up onto the platform to pick the prize. She gets a plushy white unicorn with a pink mane and tail as everyone claps and cheers. They walk down and start moving through the crowd when…
"Way to go Captain America!" Someone shouts in the crowd. Soon the people closest to Steve and Natasha start looking at the tall blonde man closely.
"Hey, you are Captain America." Another person says and smiles. Soon others start to crowd them. Some taking photos or video with their phones.
"I love you!" Some teenaged girl says as Steve and Natasha push past. Steve looks at the girl confused while Natasha pulls him along. The buzz about Captain America starts spreading throughout the amusement park. Natasha quickly leads Steve to a secluded area next to the bathrooms so they can hide.
"Great, your little exhibition has drawn too much attention." Natasha says with a huff as she looks back the way they came to make sure they aren't being followed.
"What? I thought you'd like it if I won you a prize." Steve says with a smile. Natasha only gives him a half-hearted glare. He notices that her eyes are bluer when she's mad.
"Well, now we've gotta go, Steve. Our location has been compromised." Natasha says coldly… and like that, she has shut herself off once more. Steve sighs. Here he thought he was getting somewhere with her too.
"I'm sorry, Nat." Steve starts. "I ruined everything." He adds with a heavy sigh. Natasha just shakes her head and smiles at him.
"You didn't ruin anything… you're just too recognizable is all." She then says and moves in close to cup his face. "Wait here. I'll get you a hat." She then says and disappears for five minutes. She comes back with a blue and white ball cap which she places on Steve's head immediately and they leave. The two hurry out of the park and find Steve's bike. Thankfully, no one stopped them or talked to Steve… so they were in the clear.
"That was fun, but we may have to rethink just where we will go next time." Natasha says as she straddles the bike behind Steve.
"Next time? So you wanna go on another date then?" Steve then asks. He is glad that she has voiced wanting to go out again already.
"Of course… you won me a stuffed animal… now you owe me dinner." Natasha says into his ear as she wraps her arms around his waist, the plushy unicorn pressed between them.
"Do you like Chinese?" Steve then asks before he starts his bike.
"Yeah." Natasha answers and shrugs.
"Good… 'cause I know a place in Midtown I wanna take you to, so I hope you're hungry." Steve then says and starts his bike. He revs the engine and they are off. The ride is pleasant though a bit of a traffic snag eats away at their time before they get into Midtown. Steve parks his bike down a side street and they walk down to a Chinese buffet. They are greeted and seated then giving their drink orders before being left to peruse the buffet. Steve and Natasha sit across from each other as they dig in. The plushy unicorn Natasha has named Niko sits next to her.
"Should I be jealous?" Steve asks with a smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes as he looks between Natasha and Niko, the unicorn. Natasha gives the super soldier a look that makes him think his joke has fallen flat… then she cracks a smirk.
"Maybe… a little bit perhaps." She starts and tilts her head back. "Because he'll be sleeping next to me tonight." Natasha then adds and wraps her full lips around her straw to sip at her drink. Her eyes never leave Steve's and he notices they are more green now. Steve chuckles and feels his face flush with some heat as he looks down at his plate. He decides to take the bait.
"So you'd rather cuddle with a stuffed animal than me?" Steve then asks as he looks up at her giving her an innocent face… and now it is her turn to blush.
"We'll just have to see how things play out." Natasha then says with a coy smile. Several minutes later the two leave and Niko, the unicorn is wedged between Steve and Natasha as they ride back to Stark Tower. Upon their return, they discover that Tony and Pepper had went to pick Clint up at the airport… Well, more like Pepper wanted to go and insisted Tony tag along. Now they are back and Clint is just starting to tell a story about how him, Thor, and some purple-haired special agent chick named Psylocke worked together to bring down some huge beast called a Jarlsnipe from Jotunheim.
Both of Jane Foster's interns had declared seeing the monster during the Convergence as soon as Psylocke showed the entire team a photo of what was being labeled the 'Greenwich Monster'. Thor had been over enthusiastic about the hunt and was eager to let Clint get first blood. Clint had taken this hunt as a challenge and so was bound and determined to out do Thor. Natasha finds this behavior odd of Clint, but says nothing allowing him to continue his tale. He talks about how he wound up capturing the beast with his quick wit and skill at trick shots and Psylocke turned out to be the bigger surprise as she knocked the creature out with one punch!
"Maybe we should extend an invite for this Agent Psylocke to come join us in the Avengers on this side of the pond." Tony says with a grin as soon as Clint finishes his story. Clint shrugs.
"She gave me her number. I can give her a call and see what's up." Clint then says and Tony urges the archer to. Tony then turns to Steve and leads him off to the side.
"So you took down some extraterrestrial beast, huh?" Natasha asks with a cool smirk as Clint turns towards her while Tony and Steve walk off talking about something Nat can't hear. Pepper walks with them.
"Sure did." Clint says and smiles, acting surprisingly cocky for once. Also odd.
"And you managed to get the girl's number too… impressive, Hawk." Natasha then says and smiles as a glint flashes in her blue-green eyes.
"Yep." Clint says with a wide smile. "You should've been there, Nat! It came out at us in the streets of London and we had to push it back to the Tines." Clint rambled on. "I managed to trick it into a cargo container and lock it in… but it busted out and Psylocke did this 'psychic-mojo fist' thingy and in one hit… it was out." That's when Clint looks down and notices the plushy unicorn in Natasha's arms. He gives a puzzled look to the redhead.
"Went to Coney Island. Steve won it for me." Natasha says matter-of-factly.
"Cute." Clint says then looks Natasha in the eyes. "So… you and Cap?"
"Me and Cap." Natasha answers with a curt nod. Clint sighs.
"I hope you aren't playing him, Nat. Steve is actually a good guy." Clint then says.
"I'm not playing him." Natasha says with a shake of her head at Clint's words.
"You've changed. So what exactly happened in D.C.?" Clint then asks.
"Too much… me and Steve got closer for one." Natasha replies.
"Close enough to go out to Coney Island with him." Clint then says as he gives her a pointed look. "You never went out on a date with me."
"We went out plenty of times." Natasha admonishes.
"On missions… but now you're no longer a part of S.H.I.E.L.D… hell, there is no more S.H.I.E.L.D. and Captain America is winning you prizes at the fair." Clint then says with a huff before he turns and walks away. If Natasha didn't know any better, she'd say he was jealous… Now that is really odd behavior of Clint. He used to push for more intimacy between them early on after she joined S.H.I.E.L.D. and she'd made it clear that she wasn't the 'fall-in-love' type… so Clint accepted it and they settled into a friendship of sorts where he had her back and she had his. Close but not too close.
"Clint." Natasha says to his back as he moves away. She feels herself worry about her former partner, about her friend… but Clint just shakes his head and ignores her as he leaves. A part of her wishes she had never slept with him… but she doesn't know how else to handle men than to trick them or comfort them with her body. So she lets him go. Natasha sighs silently then decides to make her way down to her room and take a hot shower.
"So this is what I've come up with." Tony says to Steve and Sam as they stand in his personal fabrication lab. The three men and Pepper are looking at a 3D model of an exo-suit with jetpack and wings. "I took the concept of the Falcon EXO-7 jetpack and wings and pushed it. This… gentlemen… is the new and improved Falcon EXO-8 suit. The jetpack and boots are now equipped with repulsor thrusters which makes it even faster. The wings will have honed edges to cut through the air more smoothly and reduce drag." Tony starts explaining the details.
"Or just cut through the bad guys." Sam then says as he nods approvingly at what he sees so far. Steve gives Sam a look. Sam knows how the Captain is about killing.
"That too… or through cables, guns, locks on doors, etc." Tony says and nods his head. "The wings are adamantium so they are less likely to break this time… and since the suit's metal plating is thinner, I used adamantium in it as well." Tony then highlights the gauntlets and the model expands to 'actual size'. Tony then puts his hand through the model and the gauntlet fits perfectly. "Your suit will be equipped with one of these bad boys on each arm. Mirco-gat guns… they're the same caliber as an Uzi. Reload clips are on the outer thighs. You get four per gun… two in, plus two double-clip reloads. So make your shots count.
"I've also set you up with a nifty added feature." Tony then swats the gauntlet away and brings up a wing. He grabs it and swings his arm forward in a hook punch and suddenly three feather shaped blades fly out of the first three primary feathers on the wing. "Feather blades. There's six in each feather… but once you run out… your flight capabilities will be affected."
"Sweet!" Sam says with an excited grin. Tony then brings up the helmet which looks sleek and has a 'cyclist' look to it though the visor is one piece of yellow-tinted glass and forms a point at the bottom at the chin.
"The helmet has a similar Heads Up Display as my Iron Man suits and will give you a full read out of altitude, speed, flight path, target locks, and various warnings. I also programmed you an A.I. unit." Tony then says and smiles at Sam.
"What up?" The calm, cool, collected street voice says.
"Oh snap!" Sam says and gets excitedly animated for a moment as he stands in place. "When can I fly this suit, Tony?" Sam then asks as he claps his hands together.
"Well as soon as you tell me the color scheme you want and it gets painted… after I manage to put it all together in a week's time… then you can take it out for a test flight." Tony says with a smirk.
"I want red accents. Oh, the wings should be red as well… and I want the basic color to be black." Sam says with a smile and an eager nod.
"How about this… in the daylight the basic color will be white and at night it will be black. Sound good?" Tony then asks… he so wants to put something new he has been developing on this Falcon suit.
"Sure… as long as the red accents stay." Sam replies.
"That won't be a problem." Tony answers.
"Oh and one more thing… name my A.I. Red Wing." Sam then says with a smirk as he nods his head.
"I like it." Red Wing says from overhead.
"Done." Tony says.
"Hey Tony…" Sam then says and Tony looks back at the dark skinned man. "Thanks for doin' this." Sam says sincerely.
"Just doing what I can to help out a fellow Avenger." Tony responds and the two men shake hands.
"I really do feel like part of the team now, thanks again… for everything." Sam then says and he gets a bit teary eyed. Tony smiles warmly at his new teammate.
"Welcome to the team. Tomorrow you, Steve, and Natasha are going through the Gauntlet." Tony then says as he pats Sam on the back and they walk out together continuing to chat. Steve looks at the 3D model of the overall suit and nods his head.
"Tony out does himself every time." Steve then says with a small smile.
"He may not look it… but he has a big heart." Pepper says as she closes the file and they walk out together.
"There was a moment when I first meet Tony that I thought he was just a spoiled brat masquerading as a man." Steve then says and Pepper laughs at that.
"He used to be like that… felt very entitled… sometimes he still acts like that… okay, most of the time… but ever since his kidnapping in Afghanistan… he's been different. More driven." Pepper then says sadly, yet with high respect. She then offers a small smile to the Captain before she excuses herself and walks off. Steve knows that Tony's ordeal has changed the spoiled boy into a better man and so the Captain nods and walks off to go find Natasha. He owes her a dance…
Natasha is drying her hair off with a second towel… the first is wrapped securely around her shapely figure. The shower had helped but she just can't get her mind off of Clint's odd disgruntled mood towards her at finding out that she and Steve are… well… closer. That's when she hears a knock at her door.
"JARVIS, who is it?" Natasha asks while she is still in her bathroom.
"It is Steve. He has come to speak with you, Miss." JARVIS replies coolly. The corners of her mouth quirk up into a smile at the thought of Steve coming to see her now. She wonders how bright red his face will turn at the sight of her in only a towel. She moves through her apartment space to open the door and allow Steve inside.
"Hey, Natasha… I've-" Steve starts as he scratches his head and glances around the apartment before looking at her, but his words stop as Natasha closes the door and kisses him. Steve is taken by surprise but quickly complies. His hands move to cup her face and he feels the dampness of her hair.
"Your hair is wet." He says as he pulls away and the euphoria of the kiss starts to wear off. He then looks down and notices she is wearing only a white fluffy towel. He makes a surprised 'o' face and turns bright red before he moves to look away.
"I'm sorry… I-I didn't mean to disturb you if you were in the bathroom." He then says with his back to her. Natasha resists a laugh at his bashfulness… any other man would be salivating and eager to pull that towel off of her, whether she'd want them to or not… but Steve is different. He's a true gentleman as he wishes to respect her in such a state.
"It's okay, Steve… you can look at me. I want you to look, remember?" Natasha then says as she gently pulls on his shoulder to budge him to turn back around to face her. He does so… slowly and his face is still flushed as he tries hard not to look down, but that is a losing battle since she is nearly a foot shorter than him.
"Natasha-" Steve starts but Natasha puts a finger to his lips as she 'shhs' him.
"I had fun today, Steve. Now let me show you something." She then says with a seductive smile as she pulls on his light blue dress shirt and draws him in for a kiss. Steve lets her pull him close and his eyes close as her lips meet his. She is slow and gentle as she kisses him. Her hands flow up to massage his neck and gently tug at his blonde hair.
Steve moans into her mouth and suddenly her tongue licks past his lips and teeth and coaxes his tongue into a swirling dance. Steve's hands move up to caress the towel and hold her hips. His thumbs rub at the fluffy material before he fists the fabric. When he relaxes his hold the towel falls from around her back and is only held against her between them. Steve breaks away from the kiss.
"Your towel." He says apologetically surprised and a bit out of breath. Natasha says nothing. She just yanks it from between them until she is completely bared to him. Steve's blue eyes widen considerably and he moves his face to look away.
"Eyes on me, Captain." Natasha says sultry in her husky tone and Steve finds himself obeying the command. She steps back about a foot and Steve's eyes drift down. He takes in her naked form with parted lips and a curious innocence mixed with a new found longing.
He feels his body starting to react. Natasha just smiles warmly at him and takes his hands to maneuver them on her body. She moves his left hand to her breast and his right to her round backside as she moves in close to him once more. Steve swallows hard.
She then kisses him as she urges his hand to squeeze her breast harder with her own on top. Steve finds himself resisting less and less as this goes on. Soon she pushes him back and he falls roughly down upon her couch. She straddles his lap and he watches in surprise as she quickly unbuttons his dress shirt then unbuckles his belt and opens his jeans. She tugs the dress shirt free and tosses it behind her. Steve then begins to aid her as he pulls his deep blue t-shirt off exposing his sculpted torso to her. Natasha's breath hitches and she licks her lips before she claims the Captain's mouth in a hard needy kiss. Her small hands flow down from his neck along the planes of such rippling muscle. She soon works at getting his jeans down but she is having difficulty doing so as she kisses him… so Steve does it for her. He watches her face as she looks down and raises an eyebrow and quirks a smirk.
"I've seen your old photos… I was expecting… well… I figured you wouldn't be so… impressive." Natasha says then looks Steve in the eyes again and kisses him. He smiles as their lips meet. He's glad he can impress a lady all on his own at last.
"I don't want this to be a one time thing, Nat." Steve then says as their lips part.
"Who says it's going to be a 'one time' thing?" She responds then captures his lips once more. He then moans into her mouth as her hand encircles his length and squeezes before sliding down then up slowly. He gasps at the sensation as he breaks the deep kiss.
"Condom." Steve then says as she moves back in for another kiss.
"There's nothing to worry about… I'm fixed. The Red Room Program saw to that." Natasha says in a sultry whisper. Steve is curious about that… but that is a topic for another time. Right now, his concentration is solely where her hand is.
"Please." Steve then says insisting. Natasha doesn't protest. She just smirks then gets up and saunters off. Steve watches her go with anticipation. She quickly returns and bites the wrapping open then takes the condom into her mouth like she is sucking on a pacifier. Steve looks at her confused and is about to ask why she is doing that… when she goes to her knees and takes the head of his cock into her mouth. She uses her lips to push the condom down an inch or two then sucks on the tip as her hand works it down the rest of the way. Steve gasps. He's never had this done to him before and her tongue is doing things he never thought possible!
"Holy Smokes!" Steve blurts out and he moans as Natasha's mouth vibrates around his shaft. She stops with a pop and straddles him once more. He is staring up at the ceiling as she slips him inside of her. He looks her in the eyes as she sinks down slowly upon his length until he is fully within her. They both moan from the sensation… her from his size and he from the new experience.
"You feel… so tight… and very, very warm." Steve says before she starts to move on top of him. She sets her hands upon his broad shoulders before she starts to undulate her body in concert with swiveling her hips back and forth then side ways and in circles. Steve is at a loss for words so he just moans as he holds on to her thighs. She then stops and repositions… turning on his lap and resettling upon his cock. Her back is flush against his chest and she begins to move her body once more in that rippling wave that causes him to vocalize his pleasure.
This time she takes his hands and moves them to her chest. Steve moans and kisses her neck as his hands grab her ample breasts firmly, even rolling her perky nipples around between his thumbs and forefingers which elicit sharp moans from Natasha. He starts to instinctively buck his hips up in time to meet her downward thrusts. Her core gets even tighter as she bounds up and down on his shaft harder, faster. Steve doesn't know how much more he can take. He tries to hold on but all thoughts fly away and there is just the here and now. Him inside of her and how wonderful it feels. It's just so… so right.
"Natasha." He whispers lovingly against her neck.
"Natalia. My real name… is… Natalia." Natasha says through her panting and clenches her core upon his length causing them both to moan loudly.
"Natalia." Steve says letting her real name fall off his lips so carefully and with such care that she coos as her head rolls back against his shoulder. Steve repeats her true name over and over again like a prayer as he grabs her hips and guides her into a quicker pace. He then feels his body tighten and he moans hard as he cums into the condom. "Natalia." Steve breathes as he nips her at the juncture where her neck meets her shoulder.
Natalia moans loud and ragged at the sound of her name coming from Steve… It sounds safe and protected and so perfect it makes her heart ache in a way she has never known before. She feels him orgasm under her and then her own release hits her hard as her core tightens down upon him and she coats his thighs as well as hers. She then goes limp upon him and Steve just holds her close and nuzzles her neck. She smiles softly as they sit there and speak no words… Steve just caresses her and feathers her neck with soft kisses. She enjoys his hands moving languidly over her body as he nuzzles her neck. She could get used to this.
A/N: Steve finally cashed in his V-Card! Yay! lol I had to say that :P
Also on a side note… the voice of Red Wing I imagine as being the voice of RZA. Originally, I thought Little Jon would be a good fit… but then I thought 'Tony would make an A.I. for Rhodey's War Machine suit too… so Little Jon seemed the better fit there.