Chapter 5
By: MysticFantasy
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The door opened and Natasha felt her breath still inside of her as she was now face to face with the father of her child.
"Natasha?" Steve questioned. "Is something wrong?"
"No." she answered. "I just...Can I talk to you?"
"Of course." Steve answered and stepped to the side to allow her in. When she was in, he closed the door and showed her to the couch in the living area of the suite.
"Steve, first I'd to say how grateful I am for all of the help that you've been giving me since I told you that I'm pregnant."
"It's no trouble." Steve insisted. "I'm glad I could help."
"Thanks though." Natasha said. "But...I have to tell you something really important."
"What is it?" Steve asked curiously. "Is...is it about the baby?"
"Yes."
"Is it about the father? Did you tell him and he doesn't want to be around?"
"I don't know about that part yet."
"If he doesn't, just tell me who he is and I'll talk with him myself." Steve insisted.
"Steve! It's you!" Natasha suddenly blurted and dared to look up at the soldier.
Steve's eyes were wide and his face was filled with surprise. He looked like he had stopped breathing and was as still as a statue.
"I'm sorry to just blurt it out like that but...it's you." Natasha continued as she cast her eyes down. "The man who did this to me somehow got ahold of your genetics, probably your blood, and made it so that it's your baby I'm carrying."
Steve remained silent and it was making Natasha nervous. She was silent until he finally managed to speak.
"I-I...you...my..."
"I'm pregnant with your baby." Natasha said in hopes of calming him a little to be able to speak properly.
"My baby?" Steve whispered.
"Yours." she confirmed. "I know that none of this was planned for either of us and I understand if you don't want to take the responsibility of being a fath..."
Natasha was silenced when Steve suddenly pulled her into a hug. She stayed quiet, wondering what this meant.
They stayed this way for a few moments before Steve pulled back and looked at Natasha straight on.
"Wait here." he said before getting up and vanishing into his bedroom.
The spy heard him rummaging around a bit before he showed up again with something small in his hands. When he sat next to her again, Natasha was able to see it was a small ring box.
"These belonged to my parent's." Steve said. "They're the only things I have left of them."
He opened the small box to reveal two gold bands, one had a small diamond in it.
Natasha felt a weight lift inside her when she realized what this meant.
"Like you said, this wasn't planned for either of us but I know that I want to be a father. I believe you when you say that the baby is mine and I want to take responsibility. I want to be there when the baby is born, while he or she is growing up...I know that we don't love each other but I want to do what's right."
Natasha lightly smiled when Steve positioned himself to be kneeling in front of her and took her hand.
"Natasha Romanoff, will you marry me?"
"Yes. I will." she answered.
Steve smiled. He took the ring with the diamond and slipped it onto her ring finger. It fit perfectly.
"Maybe one day you could like someone as shy and awkward as me." he said.
"I just hope that you'll be able to like someone like me." Natasha said. "I know that we're getting married for the sake of the baby but maybe one day we could be a real family."
"I'll pray every day and night for that day to come." Steve said. "Do you want to get married as soon as possible?"
"I would like to before I start showing any more." Natasha answered as Steve sat next to her again. "Think you'd be ready to tie the knot in two weeks?"
"Absolutely." Steve answered. "Should we go ahead and tell the others?"
"I think so." Natasha answered. "I know they'll all be upset if we get hitched and not tell them about it. I'm just curious as to how Tony will have a hand in it."
"No doubt that he's going to want to plan out the whole thing." Steve said as they stood and began to leave the room.
"I can foresee that." Natasha agreed.