Chapter 61-Gala
By: MysticFantasy
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"I wish I could sleep for a week." Tony said.
"You practically do already." Natasha said. "You either work yourself so long or you take some kind of hit to head either from Pepper telling you to get some rest or from a battle."
"A hard enough slap to the head will do that." Clint said. "Like when Nat threatened all those ladies at that fancy party."
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Natasha kept a smile on her face as she entered the room with Steve at her side. Both of them were completely dolled up for this event and were turning quite a few heads.
Tony had somehow talked the both of them into showing up for this party. Probably because he had promised to the press that at least two or three Avengers would be present.
Bruce had gotten out of this by saying that it wouldn't be good for him to be in such a big crowd and Clint had declared that if Tony wanted him at the party he would have to chase him through the entire air system in Stark Tower. Thor was back in Asgard so there was no way of getting him to come.
That left the soldier and spy.
Normally, neither one would do this but Tony had informed them that children would be looking forward to seeing Captain America and two of the people who helped save New York during the invasion.
Natasha decided to go just because Steve was going and he still wasn't very comfortable being in crowds by himself. He could handle charging weaponless into a battle if he had to but a fancy party? Out of the question for shy and quiet Steve Rogers.
"There you two are." Tony exclaimed as he and Pepper walked over to the two.
"You owe us big time for this, Stark." Natasha stated.
"Oh, come on. You can't tell us that you don't like getting pretty for a party and strutting your stuff."
"That's another of my secrets that you will never know the answer to."
"Well, while he figures that out, let's go get a drink." Pepper said.
"Sounds great. I'm going to need a few to get through tonight." Natasha said and followed Pepper to the buffet table where they each got a glass of champagne.
"So, just how did Tony manage to talk you into coming?" Pepper asked before taking a sip of her drink.
"Well, Steve is actually the reason that I'm here." Natasha answered. "Tony talked him into coming but he didn't want to come alone. Since the others weren't present or willing, I decided to help him out by coming with him."
"That's nice of you." Pepper said. "I get dragged to these things because Tony says he loves to show me off to everyone."
"Well, I believe him. You look amazing tonight."
"Thanks but I should be saying that to you. You're a knockout and I am very jealous." Pepper replied.
Natasha just chuckled and looked over to where Steve and Tony had been standing. Her smile quickly faded when she saw that Tony had left Steve to himself and was now surrounded by a small group of female admirers.
"Looks like Capsicle is getting his fair share of attention tonight." Tony mused as he walked over to the two women only to have Natasha shove her drink into his hand and then watch her march toward the group.
"This is going to be interesting." Tony said as he took a drink from the glass.
"So are you really an army captain?" a raven haired woman asked in a flirtatious manner.
"Yes, ma'am. I am." Steve answered.
"I love a man with manners." another woman said. "Were all men like you in the forties?"
"In terms of manners? Most were. There was the occasional man like Tony Stark though."
"His father?" a blond woman asked.
"You bet."
"So, captain, are you with anyone here?"
"He's with me." Natasha declared as she shoved her way through the women and stood next to Steve.
"Really?" another woman challenged. "Care to prove that."
"Yes, I would." Natasha answered and delievered a back slap that sent the woman to the floor. The other women right away took a few steps back, none of them wanting to get slapped by the fierce red head.
"Oh my...You're the Black Widow."
"Got that right. So stay away from Rogers. He's with me." Natasha warned before taking Steve's hand and leading them away from the women.
Tony smirked as he watched the two leave and then turned to Pepper.
"Why don't you ever slap people like that for me?" he asked.
"Excuse me?" Pepper asked pretending to be taken back by his question.
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"What'd she say to that?" Bruce asked curiously.
"She thought that I might have taken one too many hits to the head in the suits." Tony answered. "Still, I wish she would at least get jealous once like our lovely widow did that night."
"I don't know about you but Steve here is worth fighting for." Natasha said as she snuggled against the soldier.
"I'm worth it. Right?"