"See I'm fine." Steve said grabbing her hand and lifting it up to his lips. Natashas heart fluttered. Steve pulled her close to him.
"You scared the shit out of me." Natasha said into his chest. The vibrations of her voice resonated throughout Steve's body. He felt his shirt dampen ever so slightly where Natasha's face was.
"I know." He whispered kissing the top of her head, "I know."
Steve opened his eyes and let out a hardy sign. He turned the shower off and reached for his towel crying out in pain when he moved. Stark really had pushed them to their limits today. There was not a muscle in Steve's body that was not sore or hurting. He was afraid to ask how the rest of the team was doing. Steve heard the locker room door open then slam shut.
"Rogers?" Natasha called out a hint of anger in her voice.
"Yeah?" Steve answered wrapping the towel around his waist and stepping out of the shower stall. He froze.
"Jesus Natasha you could have given me some warning" He stuttered gripping the towel a little tighter.
"Warning for what?"
"That you're here...and I'm not...and..." Steve stuttered out.
"I've seen you in less clothing than that." she said. Steve thought for a moment and looked at her with a blank expression.
"What do you want Agent Romanoff?" He asked sighing.
"Would you like me to accompany you to lunch?" She asked him.
"Oh, Yeah that would be lovely Miss Romanoff." Steve said with a smile.
"Get dressed and I will meet you in the hallway then." She said turning and leaving. Steve toweled off and threw some clothes on. Today was looking to be a good day.
"Are you ready to go?" Steve asked approaching Natasha who was leaning against the wall next to the door to the locker room.
"You wanna take your bike or my car?" Natasha asked pushing away from the wall.
"Up to you"
"Bike it is then" She said smiling. She then turned around and walked down the hall to the elevator letting her hips sway a bit.
"Well come on Rogers." She called out to him.
Steve loved the feeling of the wind in his hair as he rode down the street on his bike. The weather was beautiful. It was warm but not too hot. There was a slight breeze and not a single cloud in sky. He was almost reconsidering his plans wanting to instead get something to go and having a picnic in Central Park. He felt Natasha shift on the back of the bike.
"You doing okay back there?" He asked over his shoulder.
"Yeah I'm fine." She replied gripping him a little tighter.
"We are almost there. Another block or so."
They arrived at the diner. Lucky for them there was a parking space open right in front of the diner. Natasha hopped off the back of the bike and put her helmet into the saddle bag next to Steve's shield. Steve put some quarters in the parking meter and followed Natasha inside.
Natasha wandered the diner a bit before picking a booth in the back corner of the establishment. Steve plopped down across from her and waved over a waitress.
"Welcome to the L&L Automat what can I get you started off with?" The chipper waitress asked. Her nametag read Sue.
"I'll have a coffee for now" Natasha said looking through the menu.
"I'll have a coffee and a BLT please." Steve said handing his menu to the waitress.
"That'll be right out." Sue said writing it on her note pad while walking away.
"Man this place is pretty old fashion. You fit right in here." Natasha joked. Steve smiled at her.
"Peggy used to come here after..uh after she moved to New York after...I died. It was closed down for about 40 years and reopened under a different name and different management. They changed the name back about 5 years ago" Steve said with a somber tone. Steve got all sad and quiet whenever he talked about Peggy. He was losing her and pretty soon she wouldn't be around anymore.
"Here you go honey" Sue said putting two mugs down on the table. "Should I leave the pot?"
"Yes please. Thank you" Steve replied with a polite nod and smile.
"Your sandwich will be out in a second." Sue said walking away. Steve looked back at Natasha. She looked troubled.
"Are you okay?" He asked with a concerned look.
"No" She admitted taking a sip from her coffee. Natasha didn't usually open herself like that. To her it was a weakness. But she trusted Steve. She'd trust him with her life.
"Whats wrong?"
"Bruce turned me down" She said staring at her coffee.
"Aw Natasha. I'm sorry. Did he give any reason?"
"Yes. He said that we had no future together. That we could never have a future together because of the other guy."
"I'm sorry Natasha" Steve said putting his hand on one of her's
Both Steve and Natasha's phones rang at the same time. It was Stark.
"Run! Hydra has compromised Avengers tower and your apartments. Get out of the city. Go to a safehouse. I'll call you when it's safe to reconvene." Stark hung up.
"Shit!" Natasha exclaimed.
"Language!" Steve muttered as he threw down a $50 bill on the table and the pair high tailed it out of the diner.
"I have a safe house 3 hours from here" Natasha said. "We can lay low for a couple of days there." Steve nodded.
"You want to drive?" Steve asked. Natasha nodded and jumped onto the front seat of the bike.
"Keep watch for a tail" She said starting the bike. Steve climbed onto the second seat and wrapped his arms around Natasha. Natasha found it oddly comforting. She peeled out of the parking space as fast as she could.
It was late afternoon by the time they arrived at Natasha's safe house. Steve hopped off the bike and stretched.
"We should sweep the house before getting settled." Natasha said readying her gun.
"Sounds like a plan." Cap said grabbing his shield from the saddle bag. Natasha moved the bike into the garage motioning Steve to follow her. Once Steve was inside she shut the garage door and pulled out her gun. Quickly and quietly she opened the door to the house and went inside. Steve followed sweeping his immediate area for any danger. They checked the entire house top to bottom before relaxing.
"Okay Nat I think we are safe." Steve said leaning his shield against the kitchen cabinets. Natasha holstered her gun and sighed.
"Nice house you have here." Steve remarked.
"Thank you" Natasha replied rather grumpily.
"Natasha don't let the Banner thing get to you." She gave him a death stare. "There are plenty of men who would be tripping over each other just to ask you out." She snorted.
"Yeah sure. Who would want to date the Black Widow." She replied rather cold. "I need a drink" She rummaged around the kitchen for a bit eventually finding a bottle of Vodka. She broke the seal and gulped down a couple mouthfuls of it.
"Natasha slow down." Steve said taking the bottle from her. He took a swig despite it not having any effect on him. "Where is this hostility coming from?"
"Well if you haven't noticed we are in the middle of FUCKING nowhere, with Hydra after us." She replied rather loudly. Steve just looked at his shoes.
"Natasha, I'm sorry." Steve said to the ground. Natasha just sighed.
"Steve, do you love me?" Steve did a double take.
"I'm-m-m sorry?" He stuttered out.
"I asked do you love me?" She asked again a little more forceful this time.
"Natasha of course I love you."
AN: So dividers are now a thing between the breaks in story. Im going to post whenever I get a chapter 100% done. :) Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoy.