Few days later...
"you freak me out... Natasha said, as they finished making love. The redhead spy was doing invisible circles with her finger on his - now normal and built - chest, while she was telling him how she felt when he was on coma "when you started to lose weight and height so quickly - bruce told me you're not fighting back... she stop doing her circles and rest her head on his shoulder, and put an arm around his torso as steve kisses her head
"was the serum not fighting the poison ?" he asked and got her hand, tangling his fingers with hers
Natasha shook her head "no... It was absorbing it... luckily it wasn't killing the serum, because without it, you'd be dead" she signed heavy and lift her head to see him. Steve smiles softly at her and says
"but thanks to God, that didn't happen" he cups her face and kissed her. After a few nice minutes of kissing each others lips, natasha parted and presses their foreheads together, taking steve's hands off of her face, so she can now cup his face
"believe me, steve. If you dare to die... I will die with you too" she promises him
Steve narrows his eyebrows at her as he shook his head "don't say that" Rogers sees into her eyes, while putting some hair of hers behind her ear
"I'm fucking serious, I can't live without you" natasha said and kiss him hard
"let's not talk about sad things... steve says as he broke the heated kiss "we'd better focus on another round" he grins at her
"another one ?" she chuckles and straddles over his waist
"uh-huh...
Steve nodded and lift his head to kiss her, but natasha puts a finger in his mouth "kay, but first" she says, making him to frown and narrow his brows at her "promise me you never, EVER, gonna leave me" natasha slowly put her finger aside from his mouth, so he can talk. Steve sees her unique and beautifully green eyes and smiles
"I... Promise" he said and natasha smiled fondly at him, and leaned down over his lips...
The next morning, steve woke early like he always had, and carefully got himself out of bed, trying not to wake up his wife, who was still sleeping soundly. Steve smiled at her as he saw her angelic peacefully face, so he leaned over her forehead and kiss it softly.
The captain showered and dressed up, and goes to the main kitchen. He decided to make some delicious pancakes, a couple of eggs with bacon alongside, and a freshly orange juice, some french toast and cut juicy fruits too... "ahh ! I've missed that delightful smell !" a loud voice comes out the elevator, steve turned around to see who was it and smiled when he saw who was it
"g'morning, thor" steve said as he flipped four pancakes
"good morning too, friend Steven !" thor sat in the table "what are you cooking ?" odinson asked while watching steve flipping the eggs and pancakes as well
Steve sees him from his shoulder and answered "uhh, pancakes, eggs, some bacon, french toast. Gonna cut fruit too, and make orange juice" thor face lighting up while cap was saying the menu for breakfast
"can I help ?!" thor yells and steve froze, well... Because thor didn't had a good record on the kitchen. Once he and tony put the microwave on fire, just cause they've wanted to heat up a cup of coffee (how the hell they did that ? Well, nobody knew). Another one, he and clint were baking a cake, when magically - that's what they said - the mix spread all over the walls, kitchen cabinets, table and chairs, the floor and well... All over the kitchen.
"I uh... Hmm, yeah ! Of course !" steve curse himself, cause if thor makes any mess, he'll have to clean up. But when steve saw thor's face brighten, he said to himself it was worth it "okay, first wash your hands" thor nodded and quickly went to wash his hands to the sink. Once he finished, steve give him a knife and stood next to him "okay, so now cut the oranges in half and put every orange upside-down on the juice maker, and the machine will make his work" steve told him and went to put mix pancake on the pan
Thor nods and begin to cut the oranges "like this, friend Steven ?" cap turned his glance at the oranges and nod
"yep, now press slightly... He said and thor grabbed an half of orange to put it down the juice maker "SLIGHTLY !" steve yelled before thor could press down to hard. Thor nodded and push down the orange at the machine, and the electronic began to spin, absorbing all the juice on the fruit
"FOR ODIN'S BEARD !" thor screams as the juice maker spins, amd making steve to jump out of his skin " ¡ what kind of witchcraft is this !?" the thunder god says while he let go the orange and steps backwards "back off, lord Steven ! I will end this !" thor said as he extended his hand calling Mjolnir, that was resting on the living room couch
Steve frowned when thor told him to back off, but when he saw that thor was calling Mjolnir, he widen his eyes and yells " ¡ no no no no no !" the captain stood in front of the juice maker and lift his arms trying to stop thor "it's not a witchcraft, thor... steve explained him. Thor narrowed his brows at him while lowering his hammer "believe me, at first, I've thought the same as you, but... Cap sigh and continued explaining to thor"this machine is a 'manual juice extractor'.. rogers pointed at the machine
"ohh, so... It is not a witchcraft ?" thor said a little bit confused. Steve chuckled and went to the stove
"no, Thor. It's not a witchcraft" cap snorts and flips the pancakes
Odinson laughed and put his hammer on the kitchen island, as he continues doing the orange juice. While steve and thor did the breakfast - steve doing the food and thor cutting the fruit and putting the table, somebody else came by " ¿ what is that delicious smell, that comes to my nose ?!" thor and steve turned towards the elevator, to see a still sleepy tony stark walking out the elevator. Steve and thor smiled at him
"breakfast is ready stark. Feel free to get started" steve said while he put all the food on the new and luxurious long table for the BIG family. Tony hummus and sat on his usual spot - the head of the table. Thor finished with the orange juice and to cut the fruit, so he puts them in the table "Jarvis ? Can you call the rest, please ?" Steve says as he sat down, as thor sits down too
"certainly, Mr. Rogers" jarvis said. A couple minutes later, the three guys were already eating and chatting while they ate the delicious meal, when jarvis said "captain rogers ?"
"yes, Jarvis ?" steve asked as he cleans his mouth
"doctor banner, is already heading to the elevator. Mr. Barton is already on his way...
"and my wife ?" cap says while getting a sip of his orange juice
"Mrs. Rogers said she didn't feel really good... That you don't have to wait for her" the A.I. said, and that made the guys frowned
"that's weird ? Little red never misses cap's breakfasts" tony grabs his fork and pick a grape
Thor nods and says "maybe she does not have appetite right now, friend of iron" Steve narrowed his eyebrows and lift himself from the chair
"let me see what's up with her... cap said while walking to the elevator, and before he goes, steve sees from his shoulder and told tony and thor..."tell, bruce and clint to get whatever they want, okay ?"
"we will !" thor smiles at him with a mouthful of egg, mix with bacon, while tony sees his loud buddy with disgust
" ¡ if they're still food left 'till then !" tony yells, still seeing at thor. Steve smirk and enters the elevator
"hey, baby... steve enters their bedroom and sees her laying on the bed, staring at the ceiling while rubbing her stomach "what's wrong ? Jarvis told me that -
"steve, my period doesn't come yet" natasha said and sat down to see him frowning at her
"so ? It's normal women have unregulated periods" he sits on the edge of the bed
" ¡ yeah, but !... she sighs and throw her hands to the air " ¿ it's normal to throw up every time I see a food ?" natasha says while she put herself next to him "and have morning sickness ? Feel dizzy these couple of days ?" the redhead put her hands on her face and elbows on her knees
Steve narrow his brows and frowned "natasha... Babe ... he put a hand on her back, trying to comfort her, and a few seconds of rubbing her back and putting together what she just said, steve slowly smiled " ¿¡ you're pregnant ?!" he yelled excited as jumping out of the bed while seeing her
"steve.. I don't know -
"oh my God ! This is amazing !" Steve said as he walks in long circles over the room, he just couldn't help to feel this happiness he was feeling 'a child of natasha and I. ¡ oh God ! I'm thrilled !' steve said to himself as he sees natasha "I'm so excited ! I've always wanted a baby of my own !" natasha smiles sadly when he kneels in front of her, to grab her hands on his "imagine a little black widow running all over the tower !" he kisses both of her knuckles and smiled fondly at his wife "she will be my little princess ... his words were so soft and lovely when he said 'my little princess'... "and I'll protect her, like I do with you... steve kissed again and again her knuckles "buy her all whatever she wants... Dolls, dresses -
Steve trails off and stops kissing her hands, to stand up while his face lighted up even more... "or a little boy !... he says more excited, while imaging all the stuff he can teach to his son ... "I'll teach him to play football, so he can throw the ball like Tom Brady !... Or or... Soccer ! ... natasha felt a huge knot on her throat and her eyes went watery, hearing the excitement on the voice of her husband "yeah yeah ! I can buy him a little soccer ball, so he can play like Lio Messi, like Cristiano Ronaldo !" steve put his hands on his hips smiled ear to ear at her and breathing really fast
"steve... she sees him and a tear roll out of her
"or maybe if he likes basketball ?! Or baseball ?!" he continues with his joy
"steve...
"I can teach him how to catch the ball ! Just imagine how awesome is gonna be -
"steve ! ... natasha yelled and steve quickly turned his glance at her, he frowned and she sighed heavily "we don't know yet"
Steve smile slowly fades "oh... but quickly smiled again "well, let's go and get banner" he grabbed her hand put she took it away
"he's eating steve, let him finish his meal -
Natasha stops talking when she felt a bulge in her throat "you're okay ?" steve said while kneeling down and caressing her hair. She shook her head saying no and runs towards the bathroom
"I need to throw up... she covers her mouth leaving steve sighing and following behind her...
Once natasha felt more better, she and steve went to the main kitchen and try if she can eat something
"spidey ! Old man !" tony says when he see the couple entered the kitchen "we saved a few food for you guys !" steve waved at his friends and natasha just rolled her eyes
"yeah ! I've convinced thor not to eat all of it" clint patted thor's shoulder
"my sorry for eat to much, but, my friend's food is so marvelous !" thor smiled to all of them
Steve smiled back and took natasha to the table, so she can eat something "thanks guys" the boys nodded and finished up with their breakfast. Cap guide natasha to the table, but she felt dizzy again and stop her steps. Steve feels that she stopped, so he stops too and turned to see her "you're ok ?" he said worried "you wanna throw up, or something ?" steve put an arm around her shoulders and a hand in her arm
"no no, I'm fine" natasha saw the food and felt a huge necessary to throw up, even she didn't have nothing in her stomach. Tony saw the married couple and frowned while asking
"what's going on ?" tony's question made the rest to turn their attention to what he was talking about
"well actually nataha isn't feeling well, so... We came for bruce" steve said while grabbing natasha from her waist
"for banner ?" clint frowned too
"yeah... steve turned his glance at the doctor and said to him "bruce, can we borrow a couple of minutes ?"
Bruce quickly got up from his seat "uhhh, of course... banner nodded and walked towards the elevator "let's go to the medical floor" bruce said while he was followed by steve and natasha. And the rest of the avengers were left with a huge confusion on their faces.
The way to the medical floor, the doctor asked few and simple questions to natasha, while steve hearing her answers and standing on her side
"when you'd began to feel like this, nat ?" bruce took notes in his mind, trying to see what natasha sickness was all about
"I don't know, uhh... Mabye, after steve recovered from coma" natasha answers casually
Bruce nodded and thought "hmmm... he hummus while rubbing his chin with his thumb. And after putting the puzzle together and all the symptoms natasha had, he said "you guys didn't spend time, didn't ya" the couple sees the doctor and blushed at his words, bruce just started laughing as they reach the floor "okay, let me examine you and then we can do a blood test, just to be sure everything is going well" natasha and steve entered the floor too, following closely with banner. The spy sat on a high chair and steve stood next to her, the two waited for bruce, who was grabbing his medical 'instruments' "so you're saying you'd had morning sickness ?" banner said while closing his drawer, as he took out the a stethoscope, to check her heart rate. An otoscope, to look in her ears. A ophthalmoscope, to examine eyes, a patella hammer for checking her reflexes and a blood pressure cuff
"yeah... she said and nods at him "I feel dizzy every time -
"and your period ?" bruce sees at her and raise his brows. Natasha shook her head and bruce slowly smiled "you know... those symptoms are of... Pregnancy"
"yes ! They are !" steve said very happily. Bruce and natasha turned their glance to the captain, who was giving them a huge grin. Bruce laughed and natasha lowered her head. Banner examined her heart, blood pressure, her ears, eyes, and etc... Well at least she was fine in her health
"okay now, extend your arm... bruce said, and she do as she was told. Banner inserted a syringein in her left arm vein, once he finished he asked "Jarvis ? Can you do a examination of this please ?" he put natasha's blood on a type of 'examination box' (that's how steve calls it)
"of course, Mr. Banner" jarvis said
Steve sigh and rub his palms together "how much these examination take ?" natasha roll her eyes and elbowed steve in his stomach
"be patient, Steve" her husband smiled at her and then sees the doctor
"I can't !" steve said to banner. Bruce smiled at him and crooked his neck
"well, depends -
"sorry, but the examination is done, Dr. Banner" the A.I interrupt him
"thank you, jarvis" bruce said and walked to the screen near him
"you're welcome, sir"
"okaaay, let's see what we've got here" banner touched the monitor and the results came by. After a few seconds, bruce frowned and said "uhh, everything is fine" he turned himself and saw that the couple was very anxious, holding hands, to know what the results were
"I'm pregnant ?" natasha says excited, not knowing where that come from
Bruce lowers his head, feeling so sorry for them "no... slowly, steve's face went to happy, to sad, while natasha let go of his hand, looking blankly to the floor"I'm so sorry, guys" bruce says "maybe these symptoms are because you're weren't eating when steve was in coma... natasha closed her eyes, letting a tear fall to her cheek "and when you'd try to eat -
"it's okay... she sees bruce and smiled sadly, wiping her tear "I knew it. It's impossible" natasha said while steve took a deep breath and smiled at banner
"thanks, bruce" cap straighten himself, like nothing of this happen. The same steve...
Bruce shook his head "it's nothing, cap" banner then saw that natasha was again staring at nothing, so he says "I'm so so sorry, guys. I was happy with the -
"I said it was okay, bruce" natasha didn't want to hear about this situation never again in her life, so she stands up and says "I'm going to my room"
Steve saw her attitude and groaned "nat... he grabbed her arm before she can leave, but she snapped out and kept walking to the elevator. The doctor lowered his head and sigh "thanks again, Bruce" steve bring his attention, so he lift his face to see steve walking backwards when he thank him
"don't... bruce smiled and said "go after her" steve nodded and turned himself towards the stairs, because, well, natasha took the elevator... So he will take the stairs.
"natasha" steve says as kneels on front of her, she was sitting on the edge of the bed, while her elbow was on her knee and her hand was on her forehead "tasha, it's okay... I mean -
"I told you so" natasha sees him, but quickly broke the contact
Steve frowned "told me what ?" he grabs her hands in his, as she remain silent for a while. Steve, not leaving her eyes, caressed her cheek, so she can tell him, natasha sighed deeply and close her eyes
"that I can't get pregnant... she slowly remove his hands from hers and stare at her hands
"nat... steve said lovingly and then snorted "that doesn't matter. It doesn't bother me either"
Natasha screw up her eyes and stand up, throwing her arms up "of course it bothers you !" she yelled, steve stood and turned to see her "I saw how your face faded when bruce told us the results !" he lowered his head while putting his hands on his hips and natasha let tears ran into her face while her voice began to crack "so don't come to me with shit and say that you don't matter !... steve could hear some small sobs after she finished. So he lifts his head and walks forward to hug her, but again, she didn't accept his 'pity'. Natasha stepped back and lift a hand so he can stop "cus clearly does matters for you" she walks to the bed, giving him her back, steve sigh and turned around to see her
"okay... I admit it... I was taken back for the results -
"see ?.. she interrupt him as shaking her head
Steve narrowed his eyebrows "let me finish... he said "yes, I was disappointed... natasha snort and crossed her arms around her chest, steve closes his eyes and continues "but... I knew it was impossible, but I feel like - When you win in a prize claw machines - that luckily you win two prizes on prize of one... she sees him from her shoulder and saw he was approaching to her "the possibility of you being pregnant. It made me feel the happiest man on earth" steve slowly hugged her from behind and kisses her cheek, making natasha to close her eyes "but with kids, or without them.. I still love you, tasha... He then kissed her earlobe. With his kisses, she nearly forgot why they were fighting about "belive me, baby... It doesn't matter to me if you can't get pregnant" steve hugs her tightly and kissed her hair 'pregnant... Pregnant...' natasha thought in that word, that word was torturing her...
Suddenly she got herself away from steve and said "so now I'm a prize" natasha bites, okay now steve's patient was going very low now, he loved her, but sometimes she was... Was... Let's just leave it there.
"natasha... he warned her "you know what I mean"
"bullshit" she walked towards the door, as she says to him "that's what you're trying to say. Bullshit... So now... natasha opened the door and pointed outside "I wanna sleep, get out" steve frowned furiously and blinked at her
"excuse me ? This is my room too" he said while refusing to leave
Natasha nerves were going to make a explosion with this man of hers "get the fuck out !" she yelled. Steve stared at her for a while and saw she wanted to cry, so he understand that she wanted to be alone... Slowly, walked his way out with his head down, and once he was out, natasha slammed the door behind him, steve quickly blamed himself and quickly knocked the door
"natasha ! Can we please talk like an adults ?!" he waited for an answer but, there's no one. So he rested his forehead in the door and sighed "nat ?... cap said more calmed and waits
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No answer yet... "babe ?" he knocks a couple of times "please open the door... he keeps his efforts to talk to her, but still no lucky for him. And then something interrupted his knocking, he feel his phone buzzing and he growl at it and tried to ignore it...
*phone rings loudly*
"hello ?" he answered irradiated
"cap... Said the other end, it was Maria hill "just calling for a mission"
Steve closes his eyes and sighed heavy "long ?" he heard maria typing on a keyboard
"uhh... Four days" she said, and he growled loud at the news, so she frowns at her phone and asked him "it's something wrong ?"
"no no. Everything's alright" steve didn't growl at the mission, he growled because he didn't want to leave natasha while she was still mad, or upset
"okay, be here in 1 hour, got it ?"
Steve nodded "yeah, sure" when he hang out, he remembered that his shield was on his closet, and well, he couldn't get inside to take it 'well, I think I will go to the mission without my shield' steve said to himself and sighed, he sees the door and walked away
It was already night when natasha stop crying, she didn't knew why she was crying, but for sure it was seeing steve's face when bruce told them that she wasn't pregnant. Of course he always wanted kids, that's his style - get married, have children, watch them grow while getting old with his wife. A life she couldn't give him children, she was empty from inside. Seeing his hopes, dreams, desire to have his own babies, just devastated her, that's why she was mad, not with him, it was with herself.
Then, natasha realize she didn't heard knocks from steve for a long time 'maybe he give up' natasha says in her mind 'but he never gives up' she said to herself and felt a little guilty in her heart for treating him like that, it was totally not his fault. So she got out the bed and slowly opened the door, seeing no one in the hallway, so she walked into their living room, and nobody was there either 'maybe he's with the guys' natasha keep saying to herself 'should I go and talk to him ?' yep, guilty was coming to her 'but if he doesn't want to see me ?' she nervously begin to eat her nails. And after a long, long, LONG, time of forcing herself to go and talk to steve, she decided to go to the main floor, and see if he was there and try to be cool between each other
"hey guys... she greet them as she went upstairs to the living room, the boys hummed a hello and keep seeing tv "have you seen steve ?" Natasha asked when she saw steve was not with them
"uhh, no. I've thought he was with you ?" clint said and puts a handful of popcorn to his mouth
Natasha sighs "he... Was... I really, really need to talk to him, so please if you see him, tell him I wanna talk to him" she sees non of the guys were paying attention to her
"uhh, yeah, sure" bruce said but his eyes not leaving the tv
"I will do what you said, lady natasha !" thor actually was putting attention to her but quickly turned his attention again at the television and natasha rolls her eyes playful at him
Tony turn to see her and says "of course little red... natasha smiled forceful to the billionaire and that made stark frowned at her "is everything okay ? Because since the morning, you and cap are acting very strange" he took a popcorn in his mouth and munch it
"yeah yeah, we're okay" she lied. Bruce saw her from the corner of his eye, knowing why they were 'mad' at each other. Natasha shook her head and told them "just tell steve that I need to see him, okay ?" the boys nodded and Natasha went to her floor, thinking where steve could be...