Authors Note: Hello all so this is that long promised and somehow really delayed chapter that I know you all have been waiting for. I hope you all find it enjoyable. I got an idea from a few other Fanfiction stories, so bear with me when I try the following…anything written in "…." this is something said in Russian. I think it makes thoughts clear and then I don't have to use Google translate only to translate exactly what I am saying to you the reader…so yeah let me know what you think about that…Please R&R. If you want background music when listening to this story you could listen to Never be alone by Shawn Mendes when they get to their night out.

"Steve would you just stop twiddling your thumbs and just ask her already." Sam asked. Steve's tapping and worried face unnerved him and he just wanted Steve to be semi-engaged in the conversation they were having.

"Huh?"

"Exactly Steve. I was trying to educate you on your entitled benefits as a member of the army that went missing and here you are just spacing out."

"I don't know what to do."

"Well you have been on edge all day since yesterday when you told me you wanted to ask her out in the first place."

"Sam I really am lost here, help me out I know what we said about the art thing but that doesn't seem like it would work and you cant rush art so I need a different idea."

"Okay like I said before she's private so do something small and intimate."

"Okay, ooh I got it."

"Care to enlighten me?"

"How about after we spar. You and the rest of the crew file out after our match anyway and then I ask her."

"Okay, that could work or better yet here she comes with Stark ask her now."

"What?" He looked behind him down the hall and Sam was right, Tony and Natasha were headed this way.

"Hey guys." Tony screamed from one hundred feet away.

"Hey Tony."

"Hey Tony." Steve said after Sam said hello.

"Hey Natasha, listen I think Steve has something to say ask you."

"Sam!" Natasha was looking at him and then Sam pulled Tony away so Steve could talk to Natasha.

"Rogers?" Steve pulled her towards the patio and started to get real nervous. Sure they were out of earshot, Steve started to talk to Natasha.

"Hey how are you?"

"Fine, honey why?"

"Nothing its just that Sam knows that I want to 'ask you out', you know so that we can finally be together according to everyone else."

"Oh okay."

"So how do we do that?"

"Why don't you just 'ask me now' in Russian that way its simple and you can solve the issue."

"Why in Russian?" Natasha stepped closer to Steve.

"Well I like the way Russian sounds on your lips." She whispered to Steve, huskily."

"If I had known that me speaking in Russian turned you on I would have spoke in Russian a lot more."

"Well I didn't know you spoke Russian until recently."

"I was going to surprise you but it slipped the other night after everything we did."

"And that's part of why I love you Steve Rogers. You can never hide anything from me and I have so much control over you."

"Well let's not forget about the control I have over you." She suddenly felt the heat rising and damned her body for reacting to him so quickly without her conscious approval.

"So…" he cleared his throat.

"Natasha, I wanted to know, if well, if you would go out with me tonight?"

"Steve Rogers, I thought you'd never ask." And with that they hugged and he said "Pick you up at eight dress nice." They parted ways and met up after training to shower together and share a few kisses. After the shower Steve was standing in a towel before looking at Natasha in her towel.

"Leave Rogers."

"What why?" he looked at her with those puppy dog eyes.

"Because I have a date to get ready for in an hour. And I need my time."

"Huh, you know we don't actually have to go out."

"Don't you even start? Now go." Steve grabbed a pair of sweat pants and a shirt from his stash of clothes in her closet and went to his room to get ready.

Even though Steve suggested that they stay in, he was really joking with her. He really wanted to make sure she was completely surprised. It was their one-year anniversary. Well they had slept together a little over a year ago, but they didn't start officially dating until a year ago. He had whole dinner and night out planned. He fixed his tux and then went to grab Natasha from her room.

"Natasha?" He said as he knocked. "Natasha?" finally the door opened. He was faced with Natasha Romanoff in a stunning read dress that hugged all the right places. Her green eyes were only further highlighted by the way her crimson red hair framed her face.

"Steve." Steve cleared his throat and looked her up and down again, before speaking.

"Natasha, you look, well amazing would be an understatement."

"Thank you Steve, you clean up nice."

"Natasha are you ready for our 'first date'?"

"Lead the way." Steve lead her to the garage and they took the town car with Happy, tony insisted, into the city. They went to a fancy restaurant, slow danced for a while ate and finally went to central park for a carriage ride. As they were pulled throughout the park they shared a tight embrace. Finally the carriage stopped and Steve helped her out. They walked towards the main road and Happy took them to another building, it looked like apartments from what Natasha could tell, she had never been there before. Steve took her upstairs to the roof and it was lit up with lights and there was a bucket with Champagne and two glasses.

"Steve how did you get this together?"

"I had a little help from some friends. They figured that if I was going to take out the Black Widow I had to do something big and they thought that this was perfect, if only they knew." Steve led her to the bucket and blanket and he popped open the bottle pouring the champagne.

"To one year of us."

"To many more years to come." The glasses clinked and they sipped their drinks. Steve pulled her into a hug and they started swaying to an imaginary beat. A little whiles later.

"I love you Steve Grant Rogers."

"I love you Natalia Alianovna Romanova." Steve pulled away and got down on one knee.

"Natasha Romanoff. We have been through so much together, and that is understating it. When we first meet on the Shield Helicarrier all those years ago I was immediately attracted to you and I thought about how screwed I was, for liking the most deadly and smartest woman on the earth. With everything to do with Bucky I felt like I finally had a partner in life, even if we were just friends. Then with Ultron and all of that pain and suffering I realized that I was in love with you and I wanted you, only you. After all the pain we have caused each other, we finally came together. One year ago you agreed to be my girlfriend, to love me, and now I have one more question for you, one more favor to ask. Natalia Alianovna Romanova will you marry me, even with all of my faults?" He produced a ring from his jacket pocket. It was older but elegant all the same. He looked up at her and she had tears streaming down her face. Steve sat there on one knee waiting expectantly.

"Yes. Yes I'll marry you Steve." He slipped the ring on her finger and rose to his feet. He kissed her softly and she smiled against the kiss. "You jerk you ruined my makeup."

"I think it was worth it."

"Yes it was." He kissed her again and led her down the stairs to a door; he opened the door and took her inside. He took her towards the bedroom.

When Natasha woke up that morning she felt an overwhelming sense of normalness. She was living in a bubble in a way. She loved him and somehow being in his arms this morning made her feel like she like every other young woman on the earth. She wasn't an Avenger, or an Agent of Shield, or the Black Widow that morning, she was just a girl engaged to her boyfriend. She shifted her head from her spot on Steve's head to look up at him. She met his baby blue eyes; they leaned in and shared a soft kiss.

"Good morning."

"Morning." She snuggled further into his grasp, soaking up his warmth. Her eyes drifted to the ring on her finger. It drew her back to the events of last night.

"Its beautiful Steve. Where'd you get it?"

"It was my grandmother's, gave it to my dad when he married my mom. She gave it to me before she passed. She made me promise that I would give to a special girl one day."

"I love it Steve. Thank you."

"Its you I have to thank Natasha, for letting me in, for letting me help you, and for you helping me, and dealing with all of my faults." She began to cry again looking at Steve in admiration. "Natasha? What's wrong honey?"

"Nothing."

"Nothing?" Steve asked lost.

"That's just it, you are so perfect and you mean everything to me and this moment couldn't be more perfect. So thank you."

"I love you." He kissed the top of her head and then reality sunk in for both of them.

"We have to get back soon don't we?" She asked, still half dazed.

"Yeah we do unfortunately."

"Steve?"

"Mmh."

"Whose apartment is this anyway?"

"Ours why?"

"Nothing I've just never been here before and last night it was all mysterious."

"So future Mrs. Rogers, do you want to shower while I make breakfast?"

"Sure." With that Steve got out of bed pulling on his tux pants and shirt from last night leaving the room for a few minutes only to return with a small duffle bag.

"I packed this hoping you'd say yes."

"Well you hoped right." She grabbed her clothes and left for the bathroom attached to the bedroom. He walked out and started to prepare food. After they ate, he showered quickly and returned to the living room. He handed Natasha a small metal necklace chain.

"For your ring, since we aren't going public just quite yet."

"Thank you." She took her ring off and put it on the chain and handed it to Steve so he could clip it around her neck. She tucked it into her shirt and they walked down stairs bag in tow to meet Happy. They were driven back upstate to the facility. When they arrived in the garage they parted ways to get ready for the day's training.

Authors note: For now I intend to put this story on hiatus. No it is not up for adoption right now, and no I do not intend to abandon this story, but I feel like I have brought the story to a good moment and I have not yet decided what I want to do with the characters. If you have suggestions or ideas for future chapters, I will try to incorporate them in an update. (PM me if you are a user or outline it in a comment if you are guest.) I am not opposed too much, and I am open to a sequel.