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Fluffy chapter as promise. Your face can hurt from smiling non stop!
4 : LITTLE THINGS
Natasha spent her time with Steve as she promise. He also loved every minute with her. It was simple, easy, nothing too complicated. They enjoyed this peaceful moment the life has offered to them.
It was the rarest gift they ever had, considering that they have an extremely dangerous profession.
There only two week and a half left before this peaceful dream ended and they have to wake up to the reality.
They started with something simple like enjoyed quite afternoon in the tower library, reading book.
Steve read many books in order to help him keeping up with this new era. For Natasha, reading was a mean to shift her focus from the mission.
Other team members can always find them here but never interrupted when they saw how relax the duo was. They started with reading book before one of them fall asleep and use another's laps as a pillow.
Mostly is Natasha.
Next things that came up on their list is to spend a day in Central Park.
"What shall we do today?" Natasha asked.
"Just spend a relaxing time in the park" He suggested. "Carousel, Summerstage, boating, carriage horses, Shakespeare in the park? Or anything else you want to do"
"Are we a tourist or something?" She teased.
"I don't.…"
"I'm kidding, Steve. I sound like fun. I never spend a day in Central Park doing those things before."
And they did everything that Steve suggested. They enjoyed nice summer weather just sitting in the green lawn soaking up the sun. Steve loved to sketch while Natasha was asleep using his laps as a pillow or absentmindedly ran her hand through that short red locks and smiled shyly to the compliment he gave her.
They walked arm in arm around the park. Don't even mind holding each other hands.
For Natasha, it is lovely that a guy willing to do this girly things with a girl. It's not cliché at all. With Steve, these cliché things are fun and charming.
Oh! She was mistaken. The charming part belongs to Steve.
Before they even noticed, farmers market was the thing that Steve and Natasha really enjoyed.
Steve loved buying homemade products and he promised that he will cook for her. He was an expert in grocery shopping and it surprised Natasha a lot.
"My mother taught me how," He said proudly. "I will cook for you sometime later"
How on earth that it is possible for a guy like Stark getting married before a guy like Steve Rogers?
She can't help but noticed that Steve is a real husband material when compare to Tony Stark. Steve can cook; can do laundry and ironing his clothes. He is tidy and neat.
That question still has no proper answer but as her captain would say, he is waiting for the right partner.
Then the first Sunday brunch came around, even Tony had to say something about this 'friendly outing' of them
Sunday brunch was her favorite thing to do with Steve anyway. It became their normal ritual since then.
"Little red and capsicle, what are you kids planning for today? Broadway musical? Stroll in the park? What else a clingy couple would do?"
"You're lucky that you have Pepper, Stark" Natasha said. "Otherwise, you will make the worst boyfriend in the face of the earth"
"Lady love it when man shower them with expensive gift" the billionaire answered with a smirked and shrugged his shoulders.
"Not for me"
"Stop ignoring my question, Natalie" Tony brought the topic back. "Seriously, answer me"
"Just a normal Sunday brunch" Steve replied to end the morning verbal spar between the spy and the billionaire.
"Sunday brunch is a thing that you do when you are in a couple" Tony clarified. "So I assume you guys are a couple and I will go collect my bet with Brucie"
"We are not a couple!" Natasha growled in frustration.
"Whatever you say, guys. The cute little things you do is what other 'couple' do, not what two 'single' people would do together"
"Can we just go, Steve?"
"Yes"
"Have fun kids! And don't be late for dinner" Tony shouted and thought to himself happily.
'These two gonna hook up soooooon!"
They walked arm in arm to the cafe located near Bryant Park.
"I have enough of Stark saying that we are a couple" Natasha muttered.
"Then you should ignore it, Nat. You shouldn't bother respond to everything he say" Steve carefully suggested. "We both know that it's not gonna happen, right?"
"Yeah. You're my best friend"
"And now stop thinking about what Tony said and enjoy this beautiful Sunday together"
Steve just has his way to make her smiled at what he do or what he say. Let's just say that he is the only one that she allow to make her smile this much and being girly near him.
It's…just hard to resist. Her curiosity is too much and she want to know how charming her partner can be.
They sat at the table at patio outside. Natasha knew that she can try as many different places she want because her partner has super metabolism rate that allow him to eat at triple amount of normal human.
"You should try this one" He suggest and put his Soft Scrambled Eggs with Fresh Ricotta in front of her.
She grabbed his hand and took a small bite. He was waiting for her respond.
"You're right. It's really good. Next time I will order that"
"No no. You have to order Mint Chocolate Chip Pancakes so I can have it too" He protested.
"Fine as long as I gotta pick the dessert."
"Deal" He said with a bright smile.
She noticed that Steve got more and more comfortable being around her and didn't mind their close proximity, touching and hugging anymore.
Natasha already had a plan for these evening even if they both decided to just stay inside the tower but anything could happen when it involved the most unpredictable women on Earth.
She found Steve hiding inside the tower library, reading LOTR: The Two Towers. She proposed her plan but the soldier simply said no.
"Come on! It's gonna be fun!"
"Every time you said that it always including extra dimensional aliens, mad god, gunfire, explosion and barely survive." He listed. "The first time you said that to me, I have to launch you off my shield"
"I still remember that" She smiled fondly when thinking about the day they fought together for the first time. "It was fun just like I said"
"Yeah I got hit by a high energy laser in the torso" He muttered. "Real fun indeed"
"Stop whining, Steve. We are going to the planetarium!"
She pushed Steve into his room to get change. The two walked down the stairs when Natasha spoke up.
"Don't wait up."
"Where are you guys going?" Clint asked.
"None of your business"
She grabbed Steve's hand and walked toward the elevator.
"We will take my bike" He said and handed her a helmet.
"I'm not gonna wear that" She shook her head.
"Nat, please"
With his puppy dog eyes and his genuine concern, she allowed Steve to place a helmet on her. He climbed up his bike and gave her a hand. She wrapped her arm around his waist and felt he stiffen up and relaxed a second later.
Natasha just knew that he was blushing, he always blushed when she did something like this.
The planetarium is the best idea she ever came up with. They got last show tickets of the evening. Steve looked too excited for a grown up man and walked around the exhibition dragging Natasha along with him.
"The technology is fascinating!" The captain exclaimed.
All Natasha can do is smiled fondly at his cuteness.
When the space show start, Steve even more excited than he already had. Natasha put her hand into his as they walk into the Star Theatre of Hayden Planetarium.
She still had his hand on her when they sitting down on their seats
They both catch everyone eyes when they walked together. Two inhumanly beautiful beings look so perfect together.
The show went on and Natasha snuggled closer to Steve and put her head on his shoulder.
Steve just smiled gently at the spy.
The last day of their day off, Steve promise he will took her somewhere but when she went down to the living area in that evening, she found no one. Other teammates are on their date night with their respective partners.
"Steve, where are you?" Natasha talked on the phone.
"I'm at the helipad. You need to come up here real quick" He said and hung up.
Did he just hung up on me? Natasha thought to herself but take the elevator up to the helipad.
"Surprise!"
In front of Natasha is Steve Rogers standing there with a basket and a picnic mat. The smile on his face made it so hard for Natasha to keep her Widow face.
"What is this, Steve?"
"Our little picnic dinner' He replied and started to set up everything.
She walked over to him and saw that he had prepare two spaghetti with meat ball, Herb Salad with Feta and Roasted Red Peppers. He even pick her favorite wine.
He is a damn good cook, she got to admit that.
After finish their dinner, they sat there and enjoyed the magnificent landscape of Manhattan painted with orange of sunset.
"This is really nice of you, Steve"
"It's nothing" He shyly said. "Beside I can't keep this beautiful view to myself"
Natasha curled her legs and lean against Steve's side which he immediately wrapped his arm around her.
How the hell in the world that a shy guy like Steve Rogers came up with an 'outing' this romantic?
Watching a sunset over Manhattan skyline on a helipad at the top of Stark Tower.
This is really nice and Steve body is so warm that she felt safe and secure just being near him.
If she can have this moment with her a little longer.
Steve walked her to her room and he kissed her forehead the way he never did before.
"Good night, Nat"
Even she had to wake up to cruel reality tomorrow, this is one of the best dreams she ever had.
A/N : Next chapter, Captain America and Black Widow back in action! I know this chapter is short but a lot more to come in next chapter.
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