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So this book will have 36/37 chapters in total.

I was wondering if you guys wanted an epilogue or not?

And also, I've got two more stories I've been working on, a romanogers and an evanson.

Please let me know which one you'd like me to start uploading after this book:)

Or if you even want me to upload in general😅

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Steve stood at the doorframe with his lips slightly ajar as he studied the redhead resting on the bed. He watched her eyes lock on the ceiling, trailing far from the room and his breathing heaved as her hand slid up her side to her exposed neck to brush over her lips and he couldn't help but think about his lips on hers. Her hair had made a holy shade around her milky skin, fire like and breathtaking.

She would know it by the dancing sparkle in the blue eyes of the soldier leaning against the door frame with a pizza box in his hands.

"Did the tea sit well?"

He asked, startling her. Natasha gave him a startled smile and nodded "I think so".

He walked to the bed, waiting by the foot as if asking for permission and she granted wordlessly as she sat up. He placed the pizza box next to her and sat on it's other side, lifting up the lid and picking a slice to move it to her lips "Take smile bites. Let's see how this'll be" she smiled and took a bite as the tip brushed her lips.

She moaned at the taste, apparently the throwing up sessions had left her starved and she was all too happy for a proper meal. She took the slice from him, fingers brushing and lips smiling, sending a wave of warmth through her body as she felt the jealousy of having seen him have casual conversations with Bucky melt away.

Before the feelings could get any further, Steve stood up, causing Natasha's head to snap to his direction as he walked to stand by the window with his back to her "I talked to Buck".

Natasha hummed, not sure of what to say. "I don't really know what all of this means" he sighed and Natasha felt her chest tighten at his words. Her lips parted to ask what he meant but she failed to do so and then Steve was turning around to face her "I'm sorry" he murmured weakly.

Natasha's jaw dropped "Sorry?" She asked "You're sorry?" She tilted her head.

Steve nodded. "What for?". He took a deep breath and ran a hand over his face "Everything." He breathed out before rambling on "Not saving Bucky. Not going back for him. Not finding about red room in my time in Russia. Not realizing about you and Bucky. Having forced you to help me find him...."

Natasha was fast to jump to her feet and close the gap between them, cupping his face in her hands "Steve, how could've you known??" Steve wanted to protest but she didn't let him "And you didn't force me to help you. I helped you because I wanted to. You've always been more than just a partner, even a friend. I'd do it all again.

" Her thumb brushed over his cheek "You do know that, right?"

Steve rested his hands on her hips and Natasha could feel him relaxing slightly as he leaned in her touch so she went on "You know, on that escalator, there were other ways to hide. We could've even faked a kiss. But I kissed you because I wanted to."

Steve looked in her eyes, his own filled with shock "Really?" She nodded.

"Then... why Bruce?" He asked hesitantly.

Natasha sighed "Because you're you" she let one hand slip down from his face to his chest "This amazing, caring and adorable Brooklyn boy who's been pushed out of his own time to help the Russian assassin spy find a way to accept her past" her every word was laced with adoration and made Steve's hold on her hips grow stronger.

"Someone I thought I'd never be enough for."

Steve pulled back, eyes glued to hers "What?"

She gave him a sweet smile "It's true. It felt wrong to even think about it" Steve shut his eyes closed "Nat".

It came out nearly chocked and Natasha took a fright at his state.

"Baby" Steve whispered softly and rested his forehead on hers as her heart melted at the sound of a pet name rolling over his tongue so naturally "You are the strongest person I've ever known"

He curled his arms around her, pulling her closer to himself "You're brave, smart, loyal" he let his eyes flutter open to find hers staring at them "You're gorgeous and funny and beautiful and you're just.... you" he chuckled "And you are amazing. There is nothing more I could ever wish for. Nothing."

Natasha's vision was blurry, heart warming up and body melting into his embrace as she pulled herself to her tiptoes and locked her lips to his, kissing him with her whole, a sweet loving kiss.

They fell in a synchronized rhythm and the kiss grew deeper as Steve brushed his tongue to push her lips apart and eagerly found it's way into her mouth. Natasha moaned into the kiss, hands snaking around his neck.

They heard footsteps nearing the room and Steve tried to pull back only allowing Natasha to suck on his lower lip, not wanting to end the kiss making him let out a silent throaty grunt.

"Oh my my my.... what do we have here?"

Natasha pulled back, eyes holding daggers as she growled a warning "Stark!"

Steve let out a heavy breath as he glared at Tony "Why is it always you? Why?"

He nagged as he pulled back from Natasha, his hand pressed to the small of her back and pushing her towards the bed.

Natasha walked away, disappointment obvious in her every move as she slumped down on the bed.

"Hill says we're good to go in half an hour" Tony mused with a smug smirk.

Steve nodded, "Tell her I'll be down on time".

Tony wanted to say something, tease the partners but seeing Natasha all relax made him want to let them have their moment. So he only walked away with lips curved up to a smile.

Steve turned to Natasha, smiling as he walked to stand in between her legs, his arms curling around her neck "You coming downstairs? I'm not really fine with leaving Bucky and Peter alone"

Natasha smirked "You're putting me on babysitting duty?"

Steve grinned "Yep. Bucky's gonna be a lot to handle though" Natasha snorted a laugh as she leaned closer to him "You won't pull a stunt like last time, right?"

She was nothing but serious and the sudden change of mood came as a shock to Steve. He dropped his head, inhaling slowly and letting out the breath "Nat..." he whispered softly "I don't want you worrying about me."

Natasha wanted to protest but he went on quickly "And Maria's gonna be there, she won't let me do anything like that. No need to worry."

He chuckled at Natasha as her brows moved towards each other and she bit the inside of her cheeks while considering if she should accept him or not.

A few seconds later she was smiling, straightening her back with her eyes locked on his lips and he got the message, leaning down to capture her lips with his own in a sweet kiss.

Natasha felt her heart melting at the tenderness of the kiss. They'd been apart for only a single day and she'd missed him with her whole.

She let him take his time, controlling the kiss and Steve, too, was realizing how he'd missed her. He gently pushed his upper lip in between hers, softly sucking on her lower lip and getting a quite moan from the redhead.

His hands cupped her cheeks and her arms tangled around his neck and moved to his hair, tugging at his the blonde strands. Steve's tongue swayed it's way in her mouth and roamed around only for Natasha to suck on it, getting a throaty groan from him.

Steve was the one to pull back, only because he could feel Natasha's need of air.

"That was..." Natasha whispered softly.

"Perfect" Steve completed her, all too happy to contain himself.

"Come on, we need to get down." He pulled her up to her feet and curled an arm around her waist to guide her out the room and Natasha giggled.

Actually giggled.

Her mind was too occupied with the kiss to notice Steve's free hand grabbing her pizza.

They walked out the room, down the stairs and to the living room where the team was seated, their eyes immediately landing on the two as Natasha took a seat next to Peter while Steve placed the pizza box on the coffe table in front of her, both smiling whole heartedly.

Steve eyed the room to find Maria "So, we all set?" They'd gone through the plan before he went to check on Natasha. Maria nodded "Will be taking a quinjet, it'll be a ten minutes drive to it and then an hour flight" Steve hummed "So, Buck, Peter and Nat are staying behind..." he mumbled, only to get their attention "I know Buck and Peter have a history from back in Germany. For what I've been told, things didn't go smooth between them"

"Smooth? My boy beat your boy's ass!" Tony mused as he shot peter a glance, a smug smirk over his face.

"Language" Steve warned him before darting his his eyes between Bucky and Peter "I'm putting Nat in charge".

"What?" Both Bucky and Peter snapped.

"Well, since you two cause a lot of trouble, I think it's best if we don't leave you unsupervised."

Bucky was about to protest but Natasha cut him off "Relax. I'm just here to kick your asses if you try to kick each other's" Steve's eyes darted to Natasha as he raised a finger towards her as a playful smirk plastered on her face "Language!"

She shrugged her shoulder, the smirk still present and Steve shook his head with a smile.

He pointed his finger to the pizza "Eat!"

Then turned it to Bucky and Peter "Behave!" And circled the room pointing to the rest of the team "Get out for the mission."

Maria walked to Steve, handing him a file that he instantly dived in while Wanda jumped to her feet, walking to Natasha and Peter to bid her goodbye followed by Clint who leaned down and planted a soft kiss on Natasha's cheek, whispering a soft "Please don't kill'em" and chuckled as she retorted with "Not making any promises!"

Tony walked to Peter, patting him on the shoulder "Just watch something on tv and don't let-" he paused to point at Bucky "Long messy hair dude give you a hard time".

He walked away and Steve had to shake his head to keep Bucky from back talking. The rest of them walked out with no more scenes and just saying their goodbyes.

Natasha stood up, walking by Steve's side as he followed the team, one hand unconsciously curled around her waist as he kept his eyes on the file and conversed with Maria.

Natasha grinned, pulling him to her as they reached the door and he gave her a quizzing look. Natasha chuckled, leaning up to give him one of her famous lingering chaste kisses just next to his lips before turning around to walk back to the living room, making Steve give a lost smile, remembering the last time she'd done that; just after handing him the winter soldier files and walking away.

He remembered how badly he wanted to grab her then, stop her from leaving him and how he didn't. So he waisted no time to grab her arm and swirl her around, lacing their lips together in a passionate kiss, although no tongues due to the audience.

He pulled away, ears red and cheeks flushed and all Natasha could do was chuckle as she turned and swayed her hips as she walked away, looking back over her shoulder to husk "You know, public display of aff-"

"Don't!"

Steve laughed as he stepped out the door and then they were gone, leaving Natasha alone with Bucky and Peter.

Natasha walked straight towards them, each seating on a couch and stood in front of them, arms crossed and a brow arched "So..." she smirked "You and I" she pointed to Peter who'd just chosen a movie to watch "Are gonna finish my pizza and watch the movie. You-" she pointed to Bucky "Can do whatever you want. Just don't burn down the place."

She flopped down on the couch next to Peter who had a boyish grin plastered on his face, eyes crinkling and to Natasha, he looked as if he were glowing.

"Well, I'm off to take a nap" Bucky mumbled as he stood up, already a yawning mess causing Natasha to laugh.

The two spent their afternoon in peace, eating their lunch and snacks, while watching whatever Peter would choose, movie after movie.

He kept sending glances to Natasha, his smile never leaving his lips.

"What's up kid?" Nat chimed halfway their second movie, giving him a side glance. "Um...I .... nothing"

Natasha was enjoying the boy's stumbling over his words. She pivoted her body to face him, offering him a sweet smile "Come on, you're being weird even for a teenager."

Peter nervously ran a hand through his hair "Well... it's kinda the first time I'm with the avengers. I kinda feel like one"

Natasha raised both eyebrows "First time? Don't you remember the airport?"

Peter shook his head "I do. But it wasn't like this. No one knew me, no one saw me before the whole battle-fight thing. I mean, I guess the after won't be much different" he shrugged his shoulders

"What? Why?" Natasha questioned.

"No one really cared about me afterwards. I only had contact with Happy and occasionally, mr. Stark. I guess now I'll go back to being a nobody at school."

Natasha gasped dramatically "Don't you dare say that! You're spider-boy."

"It's actually man. Spider-man" Peter corrected shyly.

"Hey!" Nat warned with a lopsided smile "I'm mama spider. You'll alway be spider-boy to me!"

Peter let out a belly laugh "Can't argue with that".

"So, what's this about you and school?" Peter shrugged "I'm just a normal student, not rich not famous not into the whole social-media fame either. No one really notices me."

Natasha narrowed her eyes "Are we talking about all the kids or someone special?" She chuckled as Peter's cheeks flushed a light pink.

"So, what's her name?"

"Well..." he started but Natasha pressed a hand to his lips, making him stop talking.

"Shhh" her eyes were darting around the room "I want you to go upstairs and wake up James. But be as quiet as you can!"

She whispered firmly and sternly, not leaving any place to argue for the young boy. He nodded silently, standing up to walk to the stairs but before he could reach them, there was a thud at the front door and glasses were shattering all around the house.

Natasha's eyes dropped on a gas generare on the floor. "Peter, get upstairs. Now!"

She shouted her demand at the boy but the room was starting to fill with a grayish-green vapor.

Just then Natasha noticed there was more than one generare in the house and she noticed Bucky standing at the top of the stairs, her eyes widened in fear "James, please tell me it doesn't effect you!"

She nearly pleaded and it caught Peter's attention, causing him to jolt back to Natasha.

"It does." Bucky chocked out "It's making me dizzy" he took a step down and stumbled down the stairs, trying to keep his balance and fell down, falling sleep on the spot.

Natasha felt her eyes tear and her head lighten, Peter clinching to her side as he was too starting to fall sleep. She helped him lay down, one hand clutching to her chest as her breathing heaved and she laid on Peter's side. She heard a loud thud, assuming it was the front door falling on the ground and she let out a deep grunt. She heard foot steps nearing them and looked up to meet the hungry gaze of their owner.

"Hello, Natalia."

"Alexi?"