'How long do you think you'll be?' Steve asked as he passed Natasha a spare t-shirt for her to pack.

'It's only two days, so if it goes smoothly,' she calculated, 'about a 36 hours.'

'I love how only you could get through a mission in under the allotted time.' He smiled lovingly.

'I know right, I'm such a catch.' Natasha winked at her boyfriend.

'Stay safe, Nat.'

'I will Steve, don't worry.' She leaned up to press her lips to his before heading to the door, 'I love you, soldier.'

'I love you too 'Tasha.'

'Okay, Cap, everything's set up upstairs.'

'Thanks Clint.'

Steve and the boys were setting up pretty much the entire tower for when Natasha got back. Steve was going to propose and Tony had insisted that they celebrate when she said yes. Suddenly Steve's phone rang: it was Bucky calling from his room.

'Hey, Buck, everything okay with James?'

'Yeah absolutely. He's fast asleep and will be for a long time, Wanda's got him in some sort of soundproof bubble. Pietro's just gone to get the pizza.'

'Awesome. Come upstairs when you're ready.' He hung up.

'What time will she return?' Thor asked. He was toasting a mountain of pop tarts to offer at the celebrations, 'I do not want these to get cold.'

'Any minute now.' Steve said, looking at his watch.

'JARVIS, notify us when Natasha enters the building.' Tony asked.

'Certainly, sir.'

The team waited for about another ten minutes, constantly reassuring Steve that everything was going to go perfectly.

'Agent Romanoff has entered the building.' The tension in the room increased by about 100 as they waited for Natasha, but the elevator never arrived on Steve's floor.

'J, where's Natasha?' Tony asked.

'Miss Romanoff is currently on her floor.' Steve left for the stairs leading down to Natasha's room in a panic. She always went to his floor; something had to be wrong.

When he got there, her door was slightly ajar so he pushed it open gently. That's when he heard the shower through the open bathroom door. Amidst the running water Steve heard a small sob. He walked towards the bathroom, shedding his clothing in the process.

Natasha jumped when heard Steve come in.

'Steve, what are you doing here?' she said in a small voice, not turning to look at him.

'I was worried about you. You didn't come to my floor.'

'Sorry, it's just here was closer.' Her voice quivered as she spoke.

'Nat, what's wrong?' he tugged on her shoulder gently to coax her into facing him. When she did her eyes and nose were red, her lip shaking as fresh tears threatened to fall. Steve took her hands and pulled her softly towards him into an embrace.

'It was an old Red Room base.' Was all she could say before she began to sob freely into his chest. He hushed her, resting his chin on her red locks.

'It's all right, Natasha, you're safe. You're all right,' He murmured, 'I'm never going to let them hurt you again. You're safe.'

Once the spy calmed down a little Steve helped her out of the shower and into some comfortable clothes. Then he picked her up and tucked her up in bed. He got up to leave and call the party off upstairs when Natasha grabbed his arm.

'Please stay.' She murmured.

'Of course, love, I just need to get my things.' Steve replied before taking the elevator to his floor to grab his things and pass a message to the group upstairs via JARVIS. When he came back, Natasha was fast asleep. The soldier tucked himself behind her and soon began dreaming.

I promise he'll propose soon! Tell me what you guys are thinking! :) x