"You're shaking," says the Captain, and he is, too, a ripple of red and white and blue, a tattered flag above a lonely fort. "I thought I heard bombs," says the Widow, curling her fingers into his chest, kissing her secrets into his mouth, "but it was your heartbeat." Or, recovery isn't easy when all you know is trauma. Natasha is broken; Natasha is strong.
Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,403 - Reviews: 8 - Favs: 51 - Follows: 15 - Published: 4/23/2015 - Black Widow/Natasha R., Captain America/Steve R., Hawkeye/Clint B. - Complete