Chapter 11
By: MysticFantasy
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"Have you had any signs of morning sickness yet?" Steve asked curiously as he tossed a blanket and pillow onto the reclining armchair in the room.
"Not yet and hopefully I won't at all." Natasha answered as she watched her new husband settle himself in the recliner despite her offers that they could share the bed. "You can still move over here with me if you want."
Steve lightly blushed.
"Thanks but, despite the fact that we're married, I still can't bring myself to do it without the right feelings."
"I understand. But if you get sick of sleeping like that, my offer still stands." Natasha said as she reached over and turned off the lamp. "Good night, Steve."
"Good night, Natasha."
The soldier relaxed a bit in the comfy chair as he listened to the sound of Natasha breathing. He could hear her breathing slow to a relaxed pace that told him she must have fallen asleep.
But he knew that, as a spy, she had training to make people think otherwise when she wanted.
Right now, he wanted nothing more than to have her in his arms but he still had no idea how she felt about him.
He realized he had fallen in love with her the moment he first saw her in that wedding dress and was standing with him at the altar.
He knew what his feelings for his new wife are. He just wished that he knew hers.
Until then, he woud sleep in the armchair since he was still old fashioned enough to not share a bed with a woman when there wasn't love involved. Being married was the reason that he was in the room with her right now.
Steve's prayed that soon Natasha would have the same feelings for him that he does her.
Then their child would be able to grow up without anything to worry about.
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Morning came sooner than any of them realized.
Natasha felt entirely rested which she found herself grateful for. After taking a minute to wake up she looked over to Steve and saw that he was still asleep.
His head was leaning back and to the side.
The spy was sure that this was very comfortable. She got up, put on her cotton robe and walked over to his side.
"Steve." she said softly as she gently shook his shoulder. "Wake up."
Steve almost woke with a start. He was fully awake almost instantly and looked up to see Natasha standing next to him.
"What's wrong? Are you alright?" he asked as he stood.
"I'm fine." she answered. "Very rested actually. I want to wake you up because you look like your neck might be stiff for the whole day."
"Well, now that you mention it..." Steve said as he rubbed the side of his neck. "Nothing that a little time in the gym won't cure."
"Let me go with you." Natasha said.
"And do what exactly?" Steve asked with a look of concern on his face.
"Just a few stretches. Maybe some yoga." Natasha answered. "I know that I can't do the things I did before but I'd like to be able to at least keep my flexibility."
"Alright. I can live with that." Steve said. "What about gun practice? I know that you're not going to want to fall out of practice with that."
"I'll keep up with it but nothing else. As much as it pains me to say it, I know that I'm in a delicate state right now."
Steve lightly chuckled at the pained expression she held while admitting she knew she was not in a condition to keep being the extra athletic spy she is. He grave her a comforting hug before they parted to freshen up.
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"Ugh! Cramp!" Tony cried as he flopped to the side and clutched his leg.
"I told you not to over do it." Clint laughed as he maintained his eagle pose.
"Tony, you sure you want to keep trying this with us?" Steve asked as he slowly came out of the same pose as Clint, Natasha and Pepper.
"If you guys can do it, so can I." Tony declared as he rolled from side to side on the mat.
"Not if your cramping like that." Pepper said as she walked over to her boyfriend.
"Maybe he needs to workout more." Natasha suggested with a smirk as she stood straight and relaxed. "And cut out the scotch."
"That better be hormones talking!" Tony declared.
"I don't think so." Clint said with his smirk still present.
"Tony, you can't exactly do this kind of exercise and keep drinking the way you do." Pepper said while Tony slowly stretched his leg as the cramp faded.
"Can we comprimise on that?" the inventor asked.
"Give up the drinks and we'll help you get in shape." Pepper replied.
"No wonder the company is so successful." Tony said sitting up. "You only give them one option. Deal or no deal."
"I'd do it, Stark." Natasha said.
"Can I at least still tinker with my suits as much as I want?" Tony asked.
"For the sake of the team, yes." Pepper answered.
"I'll think about it." Tony replied as he laid back on the mat.
"Lazy a**." Clint said as they moved into the half moon pose.
"Come on, Tony. Keep trying." Pepper said before she moved back to her mat and copied the pose the others were in.
"Keep trying. I'm not a super soldier or master spy or circus boy." Tony said teasingly.
"Hey! Watch it." Clint warned before they moved into the downward facing dog position and slowly moving to stand up.
"I think we should call it a day." Pepper said. "Tony and I have to go over a few things for our next business meeting that he promised he would attend."
"That doesn't sound like me." Tony said following Pepper out of the gym.
"It doesn't." Clint agreed grabbing his towel and heading to the men's locker room.
"I think we can all agree on that about Stark." Natasha said sitting on a near by bench and lightly rubbed her ankle.
Steve right away noticed this, moved over to her side and began to rub her ankle.
"Steve, you don't have to do that." Natasha insisted even though she couldn't help but like how relaxed she suddenly felt.
"I just want to make sure that you're as relaxed and stress free as possible." He said. "I can imagine that it's not easy for a lady to be pregnant."
"Although I've never been pregnant before, I'd have to agree with you." Natasha said. "I feel like I've eaten my weight in Russian delicacies."
"You still look amazing." Steve said with a faint blush that Natasha didn't fail to miss.
"As long as it comes from you, I'll believe it." she said. "I'll just claim the others are lying and blame it on the hormones."
Steve chuckled and began to rub her other ankle and foot.
"Think you'll be ready for when the strange food cravings start to kick in?" the spy asked.
"I think so." Steve answered. "I can go about four days without sleep so if you want something during the night I can get it for you no problem."
"I'm about another month away from making you keep that promise." Natasha said with a smirk.
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A/N: Thanks for all of the reviews everyone. Only two more chapters until the baby gender is decided so keep voting. I'll post how many votes there are for the gender in the next few chapters. So far, no same name has popped up for a girl but there have been several votes for the same name for a boy.
Boy: 13 votes
Girl: 12 votes
Twins: 0 votes