"Wanda? Have you seen my suit?" Nat called

from their bedroom. "Uh no, I don't think so.

the ginger replied from her spot at the kitchen

counter. "Are you sure because I swear I left it

on the chair in-" she stopped short when she

walked into the kitchen and saw her girlfriend

sitting at the counter drinking coffee wearing.

her. suit. "Are you sure you haven't seen it?" the

redhead asked smugly, leaning against the door

frame.

"Oh yes, 100%, maybe you put it in the

wash and forgot?" Wanda replied innocently

enough, but a smirk was playing on her lips.

"Right, that must be it. Silly me, I'll go have a

look," Nat said as she turned and and started to

walk back to their bedroom. "Nat? What are

you-" the ginger called from the kitchen, she

stood up and started walking after the spy. As

soon as Nat realised this she sped up and when

she finally arrived at their bedroom, she ran in

and locked the door behind her. She let out a

triumphant laugh. "Nat! Open the door! Come

on, I'll give your suit back, I promise!" Wanda's

voice was slightly muffled coming through the

door. "Nope! You made your choice, now suffer

the consequences!" She shouted back, while

looking through Wanda's side of the wardrobe

to find what she was looking for. "Natalia

Alianovna Romanova! If you don't open this

door right now, I will blast it into oblivion!"

Wanda replied, now slightly agitated.

"You know, when you say my full name, it either

makes me mad or makes me want to kiss you,

she said, sliding Wanda's jacket and corset off their hanger. "Please Nat, I'm serious. Just put

it back and I'll give you your suit and then we

can have breakfast, yeah?"

Wanda could feel herself starting to sweat and

the tight leather suit was not helping. "Love,

why is this bothering you so much? It's just a

joke." Natasha said, slipping the long trench

coat on over the trousers and corset. "And how

the hell do you breathe in this thing?!" She was

expecting a reply but got none. Just silence.

"Angel? If it's really bothering you, I'll take it

off, just don't give me the silent treatment." She

walked to the door, unlocked it and peered

down the hallway. All the other Avengers were

either at SHIELD or on missions so they were

alone in the compound, except for Goose, who

now wound himself around her ankles in hope

for attention. "Hey buddy, you seen an angry

ginger walking around?" She asked, bending

down to scratch behind his ears. He let out a

mew in reply and started walking towards the

living room. "I must be going mad," Nat

thought to herself, "I'm talking to a cat who has

tentacles inside of him." They turned down the

next hallway, past Steve and Bucky's room,

Tony's, and Carol's. Goose stopped at her door

but turned to Natasha, as if to say "Go on, talk

to her."

"Um right, thanks buddy." She crouched again

and tickled under his chin this time. She

proceeded into the living room and saw her

girlfriend sitting on the couch, watching their

favourite show, Game of Thrones.

"Wanda? Are you ok? I promise that I can go back right now

and take it off if it bothers you so much." The

ginger turned around and looked at the green-

eyed girl. Her eyes were glowing red. Feeling

slightly nervous, Nat put her hands in the coat's

pockets and walked to the couch to sit beside

her. Only once she had done this, did she feel

something brush against her hand in the left

pocket. Wanda was looking back at the TV now,

and pretending Nat wasn't there. The redhead

clasped the thing in her palm and realised that

it was a velvet box. "This used to be my

favourite show when I was a child," Wanda had

spoken and Nat realised that she had changed

the channel to an old-looking sit com, the title

flashed on the screen and it read "The Dick Van

Dyke Show". Not expecting a reply, Wanda

turned her attention back to the show. The

realisation suddenly dawned on Natasha. It was

a ring box. She pulled it out and looked at it for

a second before turning to her girlfriend.

"Wanda? What's this?" She asked, holding it out

in the space between them. Without even

looking at it, the ginger replied "I wanted it to

be a surprise." She had a sad look on her face as

she turned the television off and walked over to

the wall of pictures they had in the room. They

ranged all the way from 2012 to a week ago,

showing the original six sitting in a shawarma

bar and then, most recently, every single Avenger at the beach, on a trip they had taken

thanks to Tony.

"Wanted what to be a surprise?" Nat asked, not

wanting to provoke her girlfriend. "Oh come on

Nat! Don't play dumb! We both know that you

know what that is!" Wanda yelled, sounding

exasperated. Natasha opened the box and inside

sat the most beautiful ring she had ever seen. It

was silver, with two tiny crystals embedded at

the top and in between them sat a ruby.

Wanda had spent weeks trying to find it, with

the help from nearly everyone in the tower.

Except Clint because lord knows he couldn't

have kept his mouth shut. He found out

eventually though when they were all discussing

how Wanda was going to do it and he had fallen

through the vent he was hiding in out of shock.

They had made him swear on his life that he

wouldn't tell Nat. And somehow he had kept

that promise.

Natasha looked up at the ginger. The woman

that she loved with her whole heart and soul.

The girl who they had rescued from Sokovia all

those years ago. The one she had fought with

and against, and who she would die for over and

over again. "You- you were going to propose?"

Their eyes found each other and Wanda saw a

singular tear fall from Natasha's. "Yes. I was. I

was going to take you out for dinner tomorrow

and ask if you would marry me, Natasha." She

turned back to the pictures and said nothing

else. She thought that Natasha would have left

or walked out the building but soon enough she felt her girlfriend's arms wrap around her waist.

"Ask me." Natasha said as she placed a kiss on

Wanda's neck.

"What?" The ginger asked.

"Ask me to marry you." The redhead replied, a

smile gracing her lips as she kissed just below

Wanda's jawline. The mind-reader turned

around in surprise and looked straight into her

lover's eyes. She took the ring box from

Natasha's hand and got down on one knee.

"Natalia, I have loved you from that day in

Wakanda when you saved me. You said "she's

not alone" and from that moment I knew that I

loved you with all my heart. You stayed true to

those words. You never left me. I was never

alone. So, Natalia Romanoff, will you do me the

honour of staying beside me for the rest of our

lives? Will you marry me?" Natasha didn't even

have to hesitate before saying "Yes. Yes, of

course I will!" Wanda jumped up and into

Natasha's arms, slipping the ring onto her

finger in the process. Natasha slipped her hand

up to cup Wanda's cheek. "I love you, Wanda

Maximoff. Always and forever." They kissed and

suddenly heard the loudest applause break out

from the doorway. The couple turned around in

surprise and saw that everyone had returned to

the tower and was now watching them. Clint

was actually crying. They all ran over to the

newly engaged pair and drowned them in hugs.

Tony suddenly yelled from somewhere within

the mass of heroes, "Didn't we make a rule

about not dating anyone else on the team?" This comment was met with a chorus of "Shut up,

Stark!"