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15 : ABANDONING
It's all start when Fury introducing the young and beautiful agent, Sharon Carter, to Steve. Fury thought it was the best for the captain to have a chance to talk to Peggy's niece and clarify everything that he doubt.
Steve and Natasha were sitting in the meeting room at the Triskellion. Fury summoned only two Avengers.
"Do you know what this is about?" Natasha whispered.
"I don't know. Maybe another mission"
The Black Widow was about to reply but Fury entered the room with someone behind him.
"Captain Rogers, I would like you to meet someone." The director told and revealed the woman behind him. "This is Sharon Carter or Agent 13"
Steve stood up and shook hands with Sharon. Steve was in shock. This was one of the most beautiful woman he ever seen indeed. His eyes sparkled like he never did before. Sharon Carter had something that capture his attention since she made an entrance.
His immediate reaction caused Natasha to fold her arms unconsciously and looked at the woman with a murderous glare.
"Nice to meet you, ma'am" He said and gave her his charming smile.
"Me too, Captain Rogers" Sharon replied.
"Well, I will leave you two to get acquaintance" Fury said and turned to his number one spy "Romanoff with me. We have a mission to discuss"
Steve looked at his partner and she looked at him too. He could tell that she doesn't want to leave him alone with a woman he just met. His blue eyes followed Natasha until she disappeared from his sight.
"You and Agent Romanoff were very close, I assume"
"You can say that. She is the only female friend I have in the Avengers Tower and well, we are partner for two years."
"Fury told me that you knew my aunt back in the 40's" Sharon tried to get to the point.
She had been told not to engage in casual small talk with the captain unless she want to fall madly in love with him. Hills told her. Her female coworkers at SHIELD also told her the same thing.
Captain America was just charming and no girl could resist him. To the point that, from the rumor, even the fearsome Black Widow became more girly if the good captain was around.
"Is this why Fury want me to meet you?"
"He say you are looking for some answer too." Sharon replied. "And I'm your only connection to your past"
"Well, if you don't mind, I would like to get to know you better before we discuss a very personal issue."
"Why is that?"
"I'm not the one who… you know…just talk and talk to someone whom I just met ten minutes ago" Steve explained, tried very hard not to make a fool of himself in front of her. "And it would be more comfortable for us to— get acquaintance"
"Couldn't agree more"
"Agent Carter-"
"Just call me Sharon, please" She interrupted. "And do you mind if I call you Steve"
"Not at all" He said. "What I'm about to say is that I have a lot question to ask you"
"Me too, Steve How about we have a lunch together?"
"Sound great"
And that was the beginning of all this madness.
They did have a wonderful lunch that day and it left Natasha with all the strange feeling she never experienced before.
She watched as they getting acquaintance. Sharon even managed to get Steve to laugh and give her a gently smile. No female in this entire world can do this within one day.
Well, except for her, Natasha Romanoff, who earned all of that within the moment they met.
She wasn't personally knew Sharon Carter but heard a lot about this young agent. Natasha was a spy after all, she must know everything. Sharon was on her way to become one of the top agent and received a lot of praises from Director Fury. She had a very impressive skill set but yet lack of field experience when compare to the Black Widow.
Steve then continued to spend his time with Sharon on and off working hours. He even asked her to have a friendly outing with him.
They were getting closer and closer, too close that certain spy didn't like it at all. Steve spent less time with Natasha. Steve took Sharon out to a quiet place just to take about Peggy. He just wanted to make sure that she had a good life after he was clash into the ice.
At first, Peggy grieved over his death. She took some time to move on, finding new love but one thing she never stop was her love for Steve Rogers. He smiled sadly after hearing about this from Sharon.
She held his hand, hoped it will help console him somehow.
"I glad to hear that. She was my first love and first love tend to stick that way"
"If she still here, she would want you to move on and find someone you love and let go of Auntie"
"Easier to say than do, ma'am"
"I have something for you" She mentioned and reach into her bag before pulled a box out "Auntie would want you to have it"
Steve opened the box and found his photo from the 40's. The photo of him and the Commandos, Him and Dr. Abraham Erskine, Howard Stark, Peggy and him, and most important of all his picture in the training camp before the serum.
"She put this picture on her end tables. I saw her looking at it every time she was alone in her bed room." Sharon told. "She kept it close to her when she was sad"
Steve smiled fondly at young woman. "Thank you, Sharon. It means a lot to me"
"No problem, Steve" She squeezed his hand and looked into his deep blue eyes. "And one more thing Auntie want you to keep it"
She pulled out a set of dog tags. Steve's eyes went wide as he saw his original dog tags.
"It was her most prized procession."
Steve pulled Sharon into a hug which she returned it shyly and rubbed his back.
After his outing with Peggy's niece, Steve went back to the tower and found his friends standing in the living room, waiting for him with a mischievous grin on their faces.
"Well well well Rogers seem like you have a pretty good evening" Tony started.
"What are you implying, Stark?"
"You are dating Sharon Carter!" The billionaire said loudly.
Thor gave Steve a biggest hug. The god always overly joyed upon hearing good news.
"Lord Steven, we must celebrate! Lady Carter is indeed one of the fairest maiden in Midgard"
"Umm Thor…my back"
"Sorry, friend" The god put Steve down.
"How did you guys know…?"
"It's all over the news!" Clint replied, didn't even try to hide his excitement.
The archer turned on the television and they all saw the news and picture of Captain America and a mysterious girl holding hand and hugging.
And then the rumor spread like a fire burn down the forest.
At SHIELD, everyone knew that Captain Rogers was off limit even he was still single. He was off limit because Natasha Romanoff didn't like it when people try to touch her stuff especially her partner. They all feared the wrath of the Black Widow and tried their best to stay away from the good captain.
But then Sharon Carter came around and befriended with the Captain. She was the first woman in SHIELD that successfully get close to Steve Rogers, not to mention that she even make the front page with him.
The rumor was soon spread, everyone was talking and gossiping about this, the love triangle between Captain America, Agent 13 and the Black Widow.
Everyone saw the furious Black Widow, seriously, she had been in a very bad mood everyday since Captain Rogers was introducing to Sharon Carter. Everyone tried to dodge the wrath of the Black Widow by stay in a five meters radius away from Natasha.
The bet soon became popular among SHIELD agents, every level of clearance. Iron man and Hawkeye were accepting the bet from everyone but kept it low profile. They both knew if Natasha or Steve found out, they will be a dead man.
Everyone started to compare the Black Widow with Agent 13. Most of them all said that Sharon is way better than Natasha. Natasha Romanoff was dark and mysterious while Sharon Carter was the opposite. Agent 13 had the look and style that more likely to be the kind of girl for the good captain more than Natasha.
Yeah, Sharon Carter was a type of girl that every man would fall for. She was tall, had perfect figure, blonde hair, striking blue eyes and a very long pair of legs.
This was the first time Natasha Romanoff feeling bad about herself. Her confident dropped to zero, the more she heard the rumor, the more she saw Steve walking around with Sharon next to him.
This was bad, very bad.
Her teammates were not helping her either. The boys started to notice Steve constantly disappeared and returned to the tower after the sunset. The way he kept mentioning about Sharon Carter and the things they did together.
Tony constantly asked Steve about his date with Sharon, and Clint, that traitor, was there to help Stark finished the sentence.
Clint and Tony just wanted to witness Natasha reaction to this matters and the fact that she wasn't Captain America's favorite girl anymore.
They found it the most enjoyable things to do. They needed and had been looking for the right button to push and the button by the name of 'Sharon Carter' just does it trick, every time.
Natasha lose her cool every time. She always put on a fake smile and dead eyes when it came to this topic.
"How was your date with Sharon yesterday?" Tony asked.
The question made the spy who sat at the love seat near by the window rolled her eyes and sighed in frustration. Here we go again
She thought she didn't have to hear about this matters today but somehow everyone in this freaking tower just have the same level of curiosity.
To everyone surprise, Steve replied without any hesitation. "Actually, we do have a really good time yesterday. We went to Central Park and just…you know…talked"
"Sound like a really boring date" Tony rolled his eyes. "Did you guys kiss?"
Steve frowned. "No! Why would I do that?"
"Well, Rogers. She obviously likes you a lot and you are Captain America. You can get any girl that you want. You don't even have to ask, you just took"
"Woman is not only a one night stand like you always treat them back in…um…your days"
Tony shrugged his shoulders "Do you have a feeling for Sharon?"
"I don't know. We connected in a certain level but it's a long run. I don't know the future but maybe it's possible…I don't know"
Natasha frowned and she didn't like what Steve just say. To be sure, she needed to gathers more information from Sharon's side.
Don't get her wrong, she was not a stalker but she was an investigator.
Her vent climbing skill was not far behind Clint Barton. She was a master spy after all. She knew every vent route in the Triskellion and the Helicarrier.
But it was pre-occupied by a certain archer.
"What the hell are you doing here, Tasha?"
"What are you doing here, Clint?"
"It's my vent. I can do whatever I want" The archer replied. "Answer my question, Nat"
"Spy training"
"You mean spying on Sharon"
"I give you ten seconds before I consider leave you bleed to death in your precious vent!"
"Geezzzz, you got scarier every day." He muttered but crawled away.
After Clint was disappeared, Natasha began her spying on Sharon Carter. Agent 13 was in the breaking room with her friends and they were talking about her relationship with Steve.
"Well, Sharon tell us more about you and Captain Rogers"
"There is nothing to talk about" Sharon denied but her cheeks blushed.
"Don't deny it! You even make a front page with him" Agent Chan said. "From the picture, it was pretty intimate"
"You hugged the Captain!" Agent Lewis exclaimed.
"When will you plan to...you know...have him on the bed with you"
Natasha seriously wanted to strangle Agent Chan who ask that question but she remained calm and took her focus back to the conversation.
"No, Monica...Steve is a perfect gentleman and he will not do such thing"
"But he is Captain Freaking America and you are the only one who have a chance to be this close to him!"
"Why am I the only one?"
"Woman who dare enough to ask Captain Rogers out will have to handle with Agent Romanoff's wrath"
"I thought she and Captain Rogers are just friend. Did they...?" Sharon curiously asked.
"No, they aren't not dating. The black widow just doesn't like it when people touch her stuff"
"He is single so it's a fair game anyway" Agent Lewis noted. "You will go after Captain Rogers, right?"
"He is something special and not someone to easily let go"
That's it. Natasha had heard enough of these young agents.
Natasha dropped from the vent to the corridor. She heard the door open and quickly turned to see Steve walked out from his office. The good captain was reading a file in his hands and didn't notice Natasha as he walked pass her.
Natasha caught her breath, she suddenly stopped breathing and turned to look at her partner who still not noticed her.
Why is he need to be that perfect?
Natasha headed to the cafeteria, luckily there wasn't much agent in here so she can had a quite moment to herself. Agent Sitwell walked in and handed her a file for her to analyze.
The spy still heard everyone gossiped about her but she pretended not to hear and someone she didn't want to talk to was standing in front of her.
Sharon Carter who gave her a friendly smile.
"Hey! Agent Romanoff, Do you know where was Steve?"
"I don't know" Natasha shortly replied. She could feel that everyone watching them. "Why are you asking me?"
"Well, you and Captain Rogers are best friend…"
"Sharon!" A familiar voice called the blonde woman.
Steve was standing at the cafeteria entrance.
"Excuse me"
Natasha just gave a nod and looked as Sharon walked away with Steve who put his hand on her lower back.
Damn it! Her spy instinct got the best of her.
And then all hell was broke loose.
Natasha got up from her seat and followed them. She needed to see what they were doing together for real, to assess a possibly of her partner romantically involve with Sharon Carter.
She saw the two of them having a conversation in the hallway. The spy hid herself around the corner to observe and eavesdrop. She heard something about replacement.
She saw Steve smiled fondly at the woman in front of him. A very rare smile that he limited his use to certain someone only.
Certain someone was her.
"I would love to have you on my team, Sharon"
Natasha clenched her fists with anger upon hearing those words came from her partner's mouth.
Did he thinking about replace Sharon in her place as his partner?
Steve better be prepare to answer a lot of question.
If he want Sharon Carter on his team, so be it. He will no longer have the Black Widow on his team anymore.
Natasha walked away with so many emotion filled within herself, too many emotion that it made her confuse what was the real feeling she actually had.
"Steve, I heard that you will go on a mission tomorrow."
"Yes, we will leave tomorrow at dawn." He answered "But I'm still looking for a replacement for Agent Erikson"
"I'm free tomorrow and it would be great to fight alongside Captain America. My auntie would be very proud of me" Sharon offered herself eagerly. "If that okay with you, Steve I would love to be on your team"
Steve smiled fondly at the woman in front of him. A very rare smile that he limited his use to certain someone only. Some part of Sharon reminded him of Peggy Carter. Sharon has the same strong will and determination of Peggy. Her blue eyes shined with enthusiasm as he locked his eyes with hers.
"I would love to have you on my team, Sharon"
Sharon broke a joyful smile and her eyes was filled with pure happiness.
"Thank you, Steve for giving such an opportunity" The blonde woman said. "This mean…I can be your partner?"
"No, actually Nat is my partner but she will be glad to have a female agent on board. You know, to talk about…girl stuff. She always complains about…drowning in…um…testosterone"
"You don't know how to talk to a woman, do you?"
The question hit him hard because it was the exact same question Peggy used to ask him.
"Well, the only woman I talk to the most is Natasha but somehow I still have a little problem."
"You're very cute, Steve"
The captain blushed. "Umm…Thanks but I gotta go and discuss something with Sitwell. Then again, see you tomorrow, Agent Carter."
"Sir, I would like to ask your permission to join Barton on his mission."
"Romanoff, Captain Rogers was specifically pick you for this mission."
"Barton need me to infiltrate the facility and draw the target out as well as gather intel, sir" Natasha explained. "Moreover, Captain Rogers's mission was to strike the terrorist camp. He got Ironman and Thor with him was more than enough."
Fury stared at his number one agent for a moment.
"Hills, Romanoff has been reassign. Brief her about the mission to Brazil with Hawkeye and Mockingbird."
AN : What do you guys think about Nat going crazy about the whole Sharon things? How will Steve deal with his partner abandon him?
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