Natasha and Steve had been hiding the engagement for a little over two month now. Natasha's tummy was starting to grow. Steve and Clint left for a mission several days ago, they were set to arrive tomorrow I the afternoon. Thor had gone to visit Jane nearly a month ago. Natasha was currently laying on the couch in Bruce's lab completely asleep. She didn't like sleeping alone because she was afraid someone would catch her off guard. She felt better knowing there was someone she could trust around. And unlike Tony Bruce didn't make many explosions so it was calming to be in his lab. Tony burst into the room but as soon as he saw Natasha curled up on the couch he started tip toeing towards Bruce.
"I have a problem"
"what is it Tony?"
"I'm bored"
"what do you want me to do about that Tony?"
"entertain me, come on, lets go watch a movie. Lets go play in the snow. Lets take over the world, anything!"
Bruce rolled his eyes and walked over to Natasha gently shaking her.
"We're going upstairs to take over the world, you wanna come along?"
Natasha smiled and nodded stretching and following Tony upstairs into their living room where she curled up on the couch once again rested her head on Bruce's lap and falling back asleep. To be honest she was starting to worry the guys, she was sleeping practically all day which was off for Natasha and she seemed to be tired all the time. Tony directed Jarvis to start playing a movie and he soon fell asleep as well leaving Bruce alone. It was only 11 when they all decided to go to bed. When Natasha got off the couch she almost doubled over clutching her stomach, both Bruce and Tony were by her side in a heartbeat.
"relax guys, its all good. I just had a tab bit too much food today, its not sitting well."
Both of them looked weary but soon left her in her in Steve's room that had become Steve and Natasha's room, and left to their own bedrooms. For the next few hours Natasha laid in bed awake, her entire abdomen was cramping up. It was around 3 in the morning when Natasha got out of bed and raced to the bathroom. She knew something was wrong, she was only four months along. She looked down to the trail of blood she was leaving behind.
"BRUCE!"
Her voice cracked and wasn't strong at all, the pain was too much.
"Jarvis!"
"yes miss Romanoff."
"Call Bruce! Wake him up, tell him its an emergency!"
Moments later she could hear someone sprinting down the hallway. Tony would be awake as well. Bruce burst into her room and found her bed empty with spots of blood on it. The blood trailed into the bathroom.
"Natasha? Are you in there? Jarvis unlock the door please."
Tony burst into the room and saw the blood. The door into the bathroom opened to show Natasha in one of Steve's white t-shirt which was now soaked in blood. She was sitting on the floor in a puddle of her own blood crying and clutching her stomach.
"It hurts."
Bruce knew that Natasha was well aware of what was happening, he could also tell that she was in a lot more pain that she would admit to. He also knew she would not want to go to the hospital.
"Tony go bring some bleach, towels, water and pain killers. And warm water."
Tony didn't need to be told twice. He could hear Natasha screaming from the kitchen and it broke his heart. He brought Bruce what he asked for and sat outside the bathroom leaning against the door for several hours. Natasha's sobs and screams of pain rang clearly through the door. At about 10 in the morning he heard the shower come on and Bruce telling him to get Natasha a fresh shirt. Instead of walking over to the drawers he simply pulled the shirt he was wearing off his back and handed it to Bruce, it would at least be warm. Once the shower stopped Bruce walked out of the bathroom soaking wet, he was probably holding Natasha up in the shower.
"She needs to sleep, I gave her some heavy pain killers so she should be a little woozy. She sleeps better when tehres someone around, can you take her to your room?"
Tony nodded and picked Natasha up from her seat on the sink and carried her to his room, he didn't miss the plastic bag in the corner of the bathroom but he looked away as soon as possible. The smell of bleach soon filled the air and Tony called someone to clean up. It was not even three hours later when Clint and Steve arrived at the tower with smiles on their faces. The smell of bleach and the cleaning crew moving around in Steve's room instantly caught their attention. Bruce was sitting in the bar area with his head in his hands.
"Bruce? Whats going on, wheres Tasha?"
Bruce looked up to meet the eyes of two worries men.
"She's in bed with Stark"
Steve's eyes shifted from those of curiosity and worry to furious in mere seconds. Clint's jaw popped opene.
"Not like that Steve…something happened."
Steve and Clint walked over to Steve's room. The blood was the first thing they noticed before they were running towards Tony's room. Bruce blocked their way before they could enter.
"Don't go running in there yelling. Natasha needs to rest, I put her on heavy enough medication that she shouldn't wake up if you go in…silently."
"Bruce, will you please just tell me what's going on?"
"I'm so sorry Steve, im sorry for your loss."
His mind processed the blood and Bruce's words. It didn't take long to figure out what was going on. His face broke, Clint's eyes were dark. The three men entered Tony's room to see him with dark circles under his eyes laying awake stroking Natasha's hair as she slept with her face on his chest. Tony allowed Steve to take his place and silently the other three members of the avengers left the room. They all sat in silence at the kitchen table. When Natasha woke up she looked up to see Steve with tears streaks on his face looking down at her. Her voice was cracked and broken.
"Steve…im so, so sorry"
He didn't answer he just pulled her back into him and allowed her to cry. Her face was bright red and her eyes were swollen. Her hands instinctively flew down to her stomach which no longer held their baby.
"im sorry, im sorry, im so sorry'
She was hiccupping and sobbing. Steve was at a loss for words he could barely choke back his own sob.
"I was made to kill, not give life. This is all my fault. I'm sorry, I'm so so sorry."
Natasha continued to apologize and Steve continued to hold her tight, trying and failing to calm her down. From the living room the other avengers could hear Natasha's chocked sobs and her cracking voice apologizing. Each apology further solidified the pain in everyone around her.
after the feedback i got for the baby i genuinely felt bad knowing this was in the future, but a child is not something that would easily fit into the superhero lifestyle. Please review and send ideas my way.
