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One Morning: "Steve?" after no answer she opened her eyes to find an empty bed. Steve always woke up with her. She was always safe in his arms, and it was comforting. Today after a week of hard work and training she was finally happy to be back with Steve. She looked around for him, and then she realized the bed was cold. After a night like last night she was surprised to find him already gone at nine in the morning. She fell back into the pristine sheets pulling them up to her shoulders. She loved the feeling of being in his arms, and in his bed. She ran a hand over her face and through her hair again before she heard the door creek slightly. She pulled her gun and turned around.

"Jesus Steve! Don't scare me like that."

"I knew you had a quick trigger finger, but come on I'm your boyfriend Romanoff." He moved his hand down and went to grab her hands. He took the gun and put it on the nightstand table. "Mmh, I think you are losing your touch Romanoff, you didn't hear me pull up or come up stairs, only when I opened the door." He leaned down and kissed her softly. "When you pulled your gun you revealed the greatest treasure in this place." He let his lips travel to her pulse point kissing her softly.

"Steeeve." Natasha gasped. "Stop torturing me. Stop teasing."

"You know I love the fact that I can make you this way, make you beg like this." She playfully slapped his shoulder before running her hand through his hair slightly tugging on it, as he continued to kiss her softly.

"Your hair."

"What?"

"Your hair it's shorter."

"Yeah, so?"

"I like it."

"Good, and I like you in my arms." Their kisses turned heated.

"Why?"

"Why what?"

"Why cut your hair?" He pushed off of her and then she took him in. His face was clean, beard gone, his hair was short and blonde, typical military cut. This was her Steven Grant Rogers in the flesh. It was the first time since he left 18 months ago that she had seen this Steve. She had grown accustomed to his new look, it was charming but her Steve, he looked even more handsome.

"I want to go home Nat. That's why." They were laying down again, facing each other on the pillows.

"We are home Steve."

"No I want to come home."

"Steve?"

"It's time I come home."

"Are you saying what I think you are saying Steve?"

"I am tired of waiting all week for you to come home, I hate seeing you come here all battered up, when I know that it wouldn't be as bad, if I were there with the team. I want to have you every night Nat. This, what we have is more than just a weekly visit to me."

"Steve, what we have is more than that to me as well, but are you sure? I don't want you to give up what you have for me."

"And I wouldn't ask you to leave the Avengers for me, but something's got to give, if we want this to work. And I want this to work more than anything in the world."

"I want this to work too Steve."

"Plus I miss having daily hard work like that."

"So what are you going to do with this place?"

"Well I still own the place, so maybe it will be our retreat?"

"Yeah that sounds nice."

"Yeah?"

"Yeah." She leaned over and kissed him slowly.

"Great. Well its settled then, we are going home." They stayed like that for a while in each other's arms. Then they finally got up and went around the house settling things, cleaning last minute things. They went around the farm harvesting what was left and then closing the barn and machines. Then they went inside and packed a little stuff up for Steve, including his shield and most recent uniform.

They took his truck and her bike back home at eight so that it would be dark by the time they arrived at the facility. She drove the last twenty minutes so that no one would see Steve back here until tomorrow. As they pulled into the garage they turned off the car and Steve could feel all the memories washing over him. He pulled up his hoodie and came out of the truck. He grabbed his bags and Nat's one bag. They left a lot at his house but he still needed to bring something back.

"Come lets go to bed Steve."

"Yeah, and how could I deny a dame as beautiful as you, what she wants?"

"That's the point. You can't, now come on." She lead the way to her rooms, even though Steve knew the way, this was apart of the magic of the moment. When they entered her room, he dropped their bags and they went straight to her bedroom and fell into bed together. As the night passed Nat was reminded of why she loves Steve. When they woke up at six in each other's arms Nat and Steve sighed. He was running his hand along her back and she was drawing circles on his chest.

"How is this going to work?"

"What do you mean Nat?"

"This? Us?"

"Are we going to tell people? I mean when you left people made it very clear that it was because of me and what you just show up and now your all grabby and lovey dovey over me?"

"I guess you are right Nat. But let set the record straight, I'm not mad at you; I haven't been for a very long time. I love you and you are all that I have ever wanted."

"I know. So what am I going to pretend to be cold to you for a while, pinning for our lost relationship?"

"Well I know that I will still be my gentlemen self and be nice, then what I'll slowly start letting you back into my life, before we are all squared away and start to act on our feelings."

"I guess this is how it has to be until at night when we can be like this, enjoy each others company?"

"Yeah. I guess." They both sighed. "I should get going so that people don't see us, and that way I can get ready for the day."

"Okay. See you at breakfast. Bye sweetie." They kissed again, knowing that this was going to be one of a few. As Steve grabbed his shirt before heading out, he looked back at what was his girlfriend, and now as he stepped out, his enemy. Steve walked back into his room and put it back into order and started to unpack when he heard soft footsteps by his door. He heard the safety click when the person saw him.

"Steve you're back."

"Yeah I got in just a little while ago."

"How have you been Steve?"

"Good, I'm ready to get back into the field. Sam I'm sorry that I left like that, I hope you know that I didn't mean you any harm."

"I know man. Lets get you back down stairs to breakfast. Let me catch you up on a few things also."

"Yeah like what?"

"Well for starters after you left Natasha, well she kind of became a shell of herself, she didn't take it well Steve. Bruce and her, they broke up, and he left again, her doing. She was pretty lost for a while. We went on missions and everything was fine but she wasn't herself and our team was okay but not the same. About six months ago though things changed, Natasha she started to liven up again. After a mission she disappeared for the week, we were all off so it didn't really matter though. She came back and she was almost like her old self. She was happy again and vibrant. Tony did some digging; locals say she meets from time to time with an ex-military officer Grant, and that he takes her home from time to time." Steve could tell Sam was treading carefully.

"Sam its okay, I'm healed its alright if she found someone else." He was laughing so hard inside because he was that person and Nat was his girlfriend.

"Anyway, she's been in a good mood and the team has been alright. Now that you are back well I am really happy man."

"Thanks Sam, and I'm happy to be back." They walked to the dinning hall for breakfast and so many people came to him to give him a handshake or a hug and welcomed him back to the team and facility. Then he saw Nat and it felt like everyone just stopped talking and stared at the two of them, watching, waiting to see what the two agents would do. Steve was polite and said hi, shook her hand and she appeared cracked to the rest of the team. They left the dinning hall and began to train. Things seemed normal and right for the first time in a long time. Things fell back into the comfortable pattern that the team was used to.

Steve and Nat were both dying to just kiss each other and hold each other. But they had restraint. Steve spent nights in her room and she spent nights in his room. They went back and forth like this for a while. Then they slowly warmed up to each other in the eyes of their co-workers. They went on missions with the team and everyone was happy Steve was back to help fight the enemies, lessen the load for the others. Their banter slowly started to return and the team was happy that everything seemed right with the world.

"Hey solider, you going to leave alone tonight, or are you going to close that case file and join me in bed?"

"Naaaat. Stop teasing me." He walked over to her and then flowered her in kisses. He kissed her pulse point several times.

"Steeeve. Now you are being the tease." They played each other all night long and then she left in the early hours of the morning, before anyone would notice.