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Chapter 54

Steve was still sleeping when Natasha woke up the next morning. Her back was pressed against his chest and he breathed into her neck. She was now an engaged woman! She was going to get married one day. She couldn't believe her luck that a man as good and wonderful as Steve wanted to marry her.

She had to smile, she was going to be Steve's wife. And she loved the irony of how the Red Room had wanted her to be the wife of the Red Guardian and instead she would be the wife of Captain America in the near future. Madam B was probably rolling in her grave right now. Too bad the old hag was already dead (okay that was her fault, Natasha killed her after she joined SHIELD) but she would have loved to see the look on Madame B's face when she got the news that one of her girls would marry Captain America. She couldn't think of a bigger fuck you to Mother Russia.

She snuggled closer to her financé, holy shit Steve was her fiancé!, and felt his morning wood pressing against her. She was tempted to rub herself against him but he deserved a bit more sleep after last night. He didn't want her to lay naked on the forest floor or hurt her knees on the ground while riding him so he held her up standing without pushing her against anything and made love to her. She knew how strong he was but she was still impressed that he managed to hold her up and fucked her at the same time. She guessed that the fireflies got to see quite some show yesterday. They put their clothes back on and snucked into the barn of the Barton farm for more fun. She felt like she had been in a romance novel when Steve lowered her on a blanket on a hay bale and worshipped her body while whispering into her ear how he couldn't wait to be her husband. Captain America was going to be her husband! She almost giggled at that thought.

The memories of the last night aroused her and she began to rub herself unconsciously against Steve's growing erection. He moaned in his sleep and she moved her leg so that his cock brushed between her wet folds. She knew he was awake when his arms tightened around her and he blew air into her neck.

"Morning, sweatheart." He mumbled against her neck and then sucked on her pulse point.

She moaned and pushed harder against him to give him a hint where she wanted him. "Morning, Steve."

He soflty laughed at her attempts to get him into her. "Greedy little thing." He chided her but she knew that he wanted it as badly as she did. She wanted to come up with a good comeback but she could only moan when he finally pushed into her. They couldn't move much with them both being on their sides but Steve slowly rocking into her was perfect. She craned her neck to kiss him. There was no need to reach any climaxes, they both just enjoyed being connected in the most intimate way.

"You're gonna wake me up like that everyday when you're my wife?" He chuckled into her mouth and brushed his finger over her clit.

She kissed him and raked her nails soflty over his thigh which made him moan into their kiss. "You say like it's a onesided thing." She breathed out when he hit a sweet spot inside of her. "I'm enjoying this too."

He laughed and fondled her breast and thrusted gently into her until they both reached their orgasms almost at the same time. He kissed her neck and stayed inside her until he was soft and slipped out. She knew that it wouldn't take much to get him going again but she was too exhausted for another round after last night and she didn't know if maybe Lila or Cooper would storm into the room after they woke up and she didn't want them to see their aunt in a compromising postiton with Captain America.

She rolled onto her other side to face Steve and he smiled his dopey grin that she loved so much. She smiled back and had probably a similiar expression on her face. She never thought her heart would be capable of so much love but it practically burst with the love she had for him.

Steve cupped her cheek and they traded lazily kisses. She hoped their marriage would be like this, waking up together, making love, kissing each other until they were out of breath and then they would go out to save the world.

She couldn't wait to be his wife. But they had to have a wedding first. Steve was Catholic, did he want to get married in a church? Did she want that? And he was Captain America, America's beloved son, did they have to announce their engagement? Did the wedding had to be streamed on tv like the European royal ones? America loved Steve but would they except her as his wife? Wouldn't they want an American girl for him? She did have the American citizienship but most probably saw her still as Russian. Did Steve want a big wedding? God, who did they have to invite? Probably a lot of important people wanted to attend Captain America's wedding. Was she supposed to wear a puffy wedding dress that made her look like a marshmallow? She loved fashion and gowns but she had never seen a wedding dress before she had liked. God, she couldn't marry the love of her life in some common wedding dress. She saved Karl Lagerfeld's ass once, maybe Chanel could make her a dress.

"Natasha?" Steve stopped kissing her when he noticed that she wasn't really into it. "Are you okay?" His eyes flickerd over her face. "Do you have doubts about us getting married?"

"What? No!" She shook her head and stroked Steve's cheek with her thumb and he relaxed. "No, not about that. I want this! I want to be married to you!"

Steve smiled and moved his head to kiss the palm of her hand. "Good! I want this too. I don't think I ever wanted anything more than you becoming my wife."

"Do you want a church wedding?" She blurted out. She had to know that because she realized that she didn't want to get married in a church. She wasn't religious and it felt wrong to get married in a church when she didn't really believe in God. And she didn't want a big wedding either. But what if Steve did? Maybe he wanted a big church wedding?

He shook his head. "No, I don't. I don't really care where we get married as long as we get married. If you wanna elope to Vegas that's fine by me."

She wrinkled her nose and he laughed. No, she didn't want to get married by Elvis. She wanted a small, intimate ceremony with their friends to witness it. "I want our friends there when we get married." She was sure that Steve wanted Bucky to be his best man and she wanted the Bartons to be there. Lila could be a flower girl.

Steve kissed her forehead softly. "That sounds great. I'm sure Tony has a mansion somewhere that we can use for the wedding." He took her left hand and kissed her ring finger. "Let's talk about your engagement ring. Anything I have to remember when I buy you one?"

"You don't have to get me one."

He kissed the place on her ring finger again where an engagement ring would be. "I want you to have one. You are a bride to be and you should have a ring. You deserve a pretty diamond ring."

She had to admit that she liked the idea of having something on her finger that showed she was engaged to him. "Nothing too flashy or too big. Something simple."

"Something elegant." He continued. "Like you. I will get you the perfect one, I promise."

She had no doubt that he would find the one that she would love. Wow, she would wear that ring for the rest of her life. But there was something else on her mind. "Steve? Would you mind if we kept our engagement to ourselves until the thing with Malick is dealt with?"

"I've been actually thinking the same thing. Can we tell Bucky though?" He smiled sheepishly. "I want him to know about us and he can keep a secret."

"Of course you can tell him." She thought about telling Clint but decided against it for now. They had a baby on their way that was already exciting enough and she didn't want to take away their thunder.

She and Steve spent the rest of the day at the farm and looked after Cooper and Lila while Clint and Laura went to the doctor for a check up and came back with an ultrasound picture of the baby. It would still take weeks until they could tell the gender of the baby. She really hoped it was a girl, she liked the idea that there would be another Natasha. She was so honoured that they wanted to name the child after her. It was almost as great as being engaged to Steve. So much had happened in the last 24 hours. She was going to be an aunt again, the baby would be named after her and she got engaged.

They took the quinjet back in the evening and she felt a bit guilty that she hadn't told the Bartons about their engagment but this trip was all about the baby. They could come another time to celebrate her and Steve.

Bucky was the only one at the Tower when they came back. Sam and Rhodey went to a concert, Tony had his thing at MIT and Sharon left to spend the weekend in DC with her family.

Bucky was on the couch reading a book when she and Steve walked into the living room. She was surprised that Ross let Sharon just take the weekend off from her Bucky watch but then he moved his leg and she saw the ankle monitor peaking through. Of course Ross ordered Sharon to give Bucky one. She could understand the precaution but seriously where would Bucky go?

"Hey guys!" He looked up from his book and put it on the coffee table. He lifted his leg up to show them his ankle monitor.

Steve grimaced at the sight. "Was it really necessary to give you one?"

Bucky shrugged. "According to Ross, yes. But the Attorney General wants to come by next week to talk about my case, so I do whatever they want me to. How was your trip?"

She wanted to answer him but Steve beat her to it. "I asked Nat to marry me and she said yes!" He yelled out. Okay, that was one way to announce it.

Bucky stared at them with wide eyes. "What?" His gaze went to her left hand. "No ring?"

Steve blushed. "I didn't plan to propose but it was the right moment. I'll get her one, don't worry Buck!"

"You better! Your future wife deserves a diamond!" Bucky got up and hugged Steve. Then he moved to her and lifted her off the ground with his hug. She was a bit surprised at his reaction but patted his back. He let her down again and smiled. " I guess that means you're gonna be my sister in law."

She knew that Steve and Bucky considered each other brothers so she guessed he was right. "Looks like it."

He left to go to the kitchen and she looked at Steve who looked pretty happy with what just happened. "I guess he's okay with me becoming your wife."

"Did you have doubts about that?" Steve seemed puzzled. "You know that Bucky loves you, right? I sometimes think he likes you better than me" He laughed out.

Well, she did fear that Bucky maybe thought she wasn't good enough for Steve. She knew how protective Bucky was of Steve. Bucky came back with a bottle of vodka and three shot glasses.

"We didn't have any champagne." He explained, filled the glasses and handed her and Steve one. Bucky raised his glass. "I am so happy for the two of you. I wish you a life full of love and happiness. To the happy couple."

They dranked the vodka and thanked Bucky for his toast. He suddenly placed his hand on her shoulder. "I made Steve a promise over eighty years ago because he's my family. And now you're my family too and I'm making you the same promise. I'm with you 'til the end of the line, Natasha!"

Steve had told her about the promise they made each other during one of their phone calls when he left after DC to look for Bucky. She knew how sacred this promise was to both of them and she was so touched that Bucky thought that it should now include her.

"Thank you, Bucky." She whispered. "I'm with you til the end of the line too." And she meant it, Bucky was her family now and she would never let anything happen to him.

They smiled at each other and then looked at Steve who had tears in his eyes.

"Serioulsy?" Bucky asked amused.

Steve made a face. "Excuse me for being touched by this beautiful moment!" And Natasha snorted. "I'm with you both til the end the of the line, too by the way. Even though you make fun of me!"

"Owww, poor baby." She teased and kissed his cheek. She turned to Bucky. "We're keeping this low until the whole HYDRA is sorted out, okay?"

Bucky nodded and then his face lit up. "Does that mean that Sam doesn't know about your engagement?"

She and Steve jerked their heads in a nod.

"Hahahah!" Bucky looked really pleased with that. She almost felt sorry for Sam but she was too busy being giggy about her engagement.