Steve was half na hour listining to Sharon talk about her nephews, they were spanding some time with her. Steve try to mantaing focus and listining to what she says and Interact politely, but he rather be far way from there.
- So Steve? What make you change your mind?
- Change my mind? What do you mean? – He asks not understanding, they were in a ice cream shop near Steves apartment building.
- About us hanging out... I've ask you a feel times, but you're Always so busy that I have started to think you just didn't want to hurt my feelings by saying no for an answer.
- Natasha! – He says making her confused. – She doesn't stop buging me about geting out more anda having a little fun, so I thought that I already owed you, so... Why not start there?
- Seems like you care a loto f what she think huh?
- Natasha? Well… We became very close during the years and she is the one that I spend more time with so...
- Then something must have hapend betwen you two rith? – She says making him laugh.
- Nhaa! Nat and I are just friends.
- Just friends? – She says narrowing their eyes. – Come on? You can say, I'm not judging!
- Just Friends! - Steve says laughing. – At least from her side is only friendship. Sam tell me I'm in the friend zone even though I don't quite understand what that mens. - After a good laugh she says still trying to be serious.
- There's definitely some sexual tension between you two. If you don't mind me saying, you're not in the friend zone!
- Steve wasn't used to talk about Natasha with Sharon, so he was very embarrassed by the turn f the conversation.
- What are you sayng?
- That she definitely has some interest in you!
- Sure! – Says him not really believing it. – Let's go? I need to go to the tower before a dropped you off.
- Great! That way I get to talk to Sam, He my be there already!
At the tower Clint enter with a bag ready to go home after a week of missions, but when he went throug the living room notice Natasha stell with the reports on hand, she became obcessed to find out a alegedly foster care that actually was recruting kids to a criminal organization.
- We arrived twelve hours ago, tell me you at least taken a shower and eaten something? – He says letting the bag fall on the ground and starting to walk towards her hwo didn't move, just shake her head.
- Took a shower! - Clint roll his eyes.
- Where is everybody? – Asks Clint not wanting to continue the conversation about her not taking care of herself.
- Thor and Sam went to a bar with Maria and Jane, Tony is with Bruce in the lab, Steve is in a date with Sharon and Wanda is in the room with Vision.
- Vision is outside taking care of the Garden he and Wanda are building, I bet I hear Wanda and Sam in the gym, she is obcessed to showet to you she can handle herself withouth her powers and is training all her free time.
- What ever!
- So... Doen't bother that Steve is seeing Sharon?
- I encouraged him! - Clint smiles. – What is so funny?
- Lately you've been having trouble to not show you're jealous? - Says him joking and making her roll her eyes.
- I'm not jealous of anybody!
- Say that a with a little bit more off confidence and maybe you can fool Lila! - Clint says laughing.
- How many times do I need to say we are just friends and nothing more? – But Clint was her best friend and she doesn't have a reason to denied anything. – We don't work Clint, there is no way of anything working out and you knoe that!
- You two have never giving a chance to work, so don't tell me it can't! - He speaks and Natasha shrinks behind the papers in her hands.
By the end Natasha throws a pillow on him making both laugh.
- You know he has a huge crush on you and you also know every girl would be flattered with the idea? He is the first prize for the race of a perfect men!
She roll her eyes again.
- Remember the fire? –Says him making her confused. – Yes you do! You told me he confess to love you, can't forget that!
- He was high in pain meds and even though we are colleagues Clint, It's against every ethics. Any envolvimento between the two of us can be very complicated for the team, for the missions and for a lot of other things.
- You say that after the guy tells you he loves you? You're only trying to make excuses not to admit you love him too!
- There is no way he loves me! Don't be a jerk! He didn't even remember that day, I asked! The fact that he starts to snore right after he says he love me should have given me the answer anyway.
- Did you ask him? That means deep down you wish he reassure you he loves you! - Natasha flushes for being caught in her own words.
- Regardless of what you think or what I feel, doesn't matter now!
- Everybody knows he is in love with you!
- No they don't! – She says like a child.
- Yes they do! And you know that everybody knows you know! – We look at each other for a feel seconds and burst into laughter.
- Jerk! - Natasha days between laughters.
Steve and Sharon enter laughing. Steve stare at Natasha up and down like he was looking for something wrong.
- Hi guys! What is so funny? – Sharon asks smiling.
- Nothing! Just remembering the time Steve got in the fire to save Natasha and ended up with pretty ugly burns. Do you remember that day Steve? You were so high from the pain meds Cho give it to you.
- Can't remember much. – He answers scratching the back of his head.
- That sounds like a good history! – Says Sharon approaching to sit at the sofá in front of Natasha.
- Didn't you need to get home early? - Steve asks embarrassed, but Sharon just shrugs.
- No! I can stay for a feel minutes. – She says smiling, Steve sits next to her without staring at anyone.
- Well… Clint is the one talking about the history so I'll let him finish what he started. – Says Natasha not feeling in the mood to talk about it.
- With all the pleasure! - Clint smile wille Steve looks for something to stare to no look at anybody.
We were been arguing for a feel days about Steve was Always the cook, the cleaner and the everything in the mater of taking care of the house and how unfair it was, so Natasha came up with a solution, even thou Steve on taking care of the housework by himself.
- Here is the deal, from now on we will have a schedule! - She says pointing to a list hanging in the fridge dor by a magnet. - It doesn't matter if in the day before you have faced na alien or spend the day sleeping, everybody has to do something now that we live under the same roof and that incluedes the kichen.
We look at each other because from everybody there the only one capable of cooking was Steve, the rest of us wouldn't go hungry if was really necessary to cook, but wouldn't make anything more than a fried egg or something like it, but we are talking about black widow telling you to cook once a week, do you obeid right?
Things were getting terrible on the following days when it comes to cook, but Natasha was decides to not let Steve be the only one responsible for food, that make us call delivery basically the whole week after someone fails cooking. Sometimes the food burns, other it was too cooked or not cook enough...
- Ok, today I'm gonna make lunch and show you guys that it isn't that hard to follow a recipe. – She tell us when expelling us from the floor, one of the problems with the kitchen was the constant movement of people that make everything worst.
Steve try to convince her he doesn't mind to cook, but she was irreducible and make us promise not to walk in to the kitchen until she says so.
The morning was slow while our curiosity was big to know what she would do only grows, but we never could imagine what would happens next. It was one o'clock and Natasha has not giving any sign of the food been ready and we were all starving.
- That's it, I'm going there to see how this go, I'm hungry! – Says Thor impatient, but before he could move the fire alarm goes off.
- Fryday? What is going on?– Steve asks.
- As I can see, the kitchen has a little fire starting sir.
- Oh god! She set the place on fire! – I say and before anything Steve was already on the run to the floor below. At first we thought she had burn something and the smoke set the fire alarm, but when we get there it was in did on fire, the wooden furniture of the kitchen we're literally on fire and it was spreading fast, we were so frightened that didn't even realize Natasha desperate attempts to stop the fire with a extinguisher.
- Ok, Tony go get you armor and figure something top out this fire out, Clint figure out a way for the firefighters get here as fast as they can and Thor will get everybody in the building out side! - Steve starts to hand assignments, and than a piece of the ceiling fell making a big mess and blocking the view from where Natasha was. Everything he just plan was gone imidiatly.
- Natasha! - I yelled frightened, but didn't hear her response and before anyone could react Steve literally ran into the fire while we watch in pure desperation the kitchen become a huge oven.
- The fire department it's here ! - Says Tony little after and then we heard its distinguish siren, but Steve was not responding so we start to fear the worst. and then he finally throws himself out of the fire with Natasha in his arms, she was unconscious and covered with a blanket, that we used on the couch, soaking wet.
- Steve? You're on fire! - Says Thor and we start to tap his back to put out the fire with our bare hands. lucky the firefighters finally enter through the door and they put out the fire in the blink of an eye.
Long story short, the kitchen was built with furnitures cover in a layer of painting that has accelerant in it. Natasha was making a dish flamed and accidentally spills the mix on the counter and before she could do something the kitchen was on flames.
Steve had burns all over his body, they were not that serious but were everywhere, but his back was the worst and he was feeling very much pain but as usual the painkillers wouldn't work on his metabolism so Cho gave him a huge dose, he was really high.
Natasha woke up shortly after the firefighters arrived and stay by his said feeling guilty for his injuries, even though the real problem was the material from the kitchen and not the fact she spils anything.