I've Got Red in my Ledger

Natasha Romanoff - Black Widow

[bobbixmorse]

New York was not really a city she loved, she never really did. Maybe it was because she was a West girl, maybe it was because a lot happened here and she did not feel like facing all the memories. Yet she had to be here for some business. She knew that as soon as her name would ping, a few people would make contact. Some per phone, some popping up behind her and saying hi. However, you could not just pop behind her without her noticing, she was, always on alert. It never stopped. So, to avoid some unwanted attention because people missed her, she simply reached out to those people and was now waiting at a café to meet and catch up.

[blackwidxwromanoff]

"I'm glad you reached out," Natasha greeted as she sat down opposite of Bobbi. She had gotten word that she was in New York and she was curious. If Bobbi hadn't reached out she might have made a stop at her hotel to catch up with what brought her out here. "Did you get too much sun on the West Coast?"

[shootstraight-nevermiss]

“Grey hairs? What grey hairs?” he teased as he inspected her red hair, “I don’t see any grey hairs and I’m pretty sure what they gave you back in the Cold War prevents you from getting grey hairs. You want to see grey hairs, I’ll show you mine.”

[blackwidxwromanoff]

"No need, I can see them from here." She crossed her arms and gave him the most direct look she could give him. "You know what I mean, Clint. After the past five years and now, under Osborn's watch, I'm worried about you. I know you. You don't exactly make the best decisions and right now, you don't have many people watching your six."

[icarusofhousestark]

"Ah that's what it was ... must have been the lack of oxygen then. " he concluded and drank some more. "You did not compare me to an old general from the Cold War, I take great offense in this. " he stated falsly shocked. "I do like to date older women though that is true ... would that make you a cougar with the age difference? " he joked.

[blackwidxwromanoff]

Natasha cast him a look with a single raise of her eyebrow. "Do you want to rethink that question, Tony or do you really want me to dignify it with an answer?"

[icarusofhousestark]

The man was maybe being overdramatic , but well it worked, she was taking care of him. He reached up to get the gatorade. "Oh really...than what were you doing yesterday during our little game huh ? " he teased and gave her a knowing look. He sat up a bit to drink. He looked back at her. "Has anyone told you that from this angle, you're even more beautiful ?" he complimented her.

[blackwidxwromanoff]

Natasha gave him a smug sort of smile as he mentioned their "game" from the other night. "You must have been imagining things," she teased, letting him take a drink before sipping on her gatorade as well. Natasha was very used to compliments and flattery, but even though it barely showed as more than a flattered smile on her face, she could feel how her heart skipped just a bit. "I think an old general I met while on a mission during the Cold War might have said something similar," she teased.

[blackwidxwromanoff]

@kvtcbishxp cont. from here:

"And why do you think that, Kate?" she asked, leaning forward to rest her forearms on the table. "The only thing that is up to you is yourself. I know you know that."

[blackwidxwromanoff]

@icarusofhousestark cont. from here:

Natasha enjoyed her workouts, however she always enjoyed them a bit more when Tony was joining her. Mostly because she enjoyed watching him put his entire heart into it and then collapse like he was dying at the end. So as he laid on the mat she came over to him and handed him a gatorade. "Women don't sweat," she teased as she held it out for him.

[shootstraight-nevermiss]

blackwidxwromanoff​:

“You act like I don’t know how to how to secure an area, Clint,” she replied, crossing her arms and offering him a smirk, “Besides, I’m just here to check on an old friend and see how you’re holding up. If someone wants to get me in trouble for worrying about my partner, then I’ll handle those repercussions.”

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“Hey, I never said you were sloppy,” he pointed out as he leaned against the concrete railing of the roof. “Just watching your six, as usual. Never can be too careful nowadays, y’know? But you don’t have to check up on me, Nat. I’m sure you got more important things to worry about than me.”

[blackwidxwromanoff]

"Maybe," she replied, letting a friendly smirk appear on her face as she came to stand next to him and lean against the railing, "But I also know that you're giving me more grey hairs than Tony ever could. And that's saying something."

[a-persevering-vision]

blackwidxwromanoff​:

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“Don’t tell Tony that. He might take it personally.”

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“Of course.” Vision smiled, sharing a bit of mischief before asking. “How is he doing by the way? I understood that you two were…in a relationship. How, how are you handling the long distance?” 

[blackwidxwromanoff]

Natasha smirked as she gave Vision a look. "And how did you find that out, Vision?" she asked, clearly amused that somehow he knew.

[blackwidxwromanoff]

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💚One Step Closer - Linkin Park

Natasha silently thanked the ice cream vendor before turning and handing Lila's ice cream to her. "In answer to your question, Lila," Natasha spoke as she guided the young woman over to the nearest table, "I find the answers aren't so clear. At least, not when it comes to whether or not what you're doing is right or wrong. Only you can really answer that."

[blackwidxwromanoff]

shootstraight-nevermiss​:

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Clint breathed out all the air in his lungs before he turned to stare at his friend. “You shouldn’t be here, Nat,” he replied as he stood up a bit straighter, “Not that I’m not happy to see you, but apparently I was seen with you and Logan once before so I’m sure I’ve got some sort of tail hovering around here somewhere.”

*

“You act like I don’t know how to how to secure an area, Clint,” she replied, crossing her arms and offering him a smirk, “Besides, I’m just here to check on an old friend and see how you’re holding up. If someone wants to get me in trouble for worrying about my partner, then I’ll handle those repercussions.”

[blackwidxwromanoff]

a-persevering-vision​:

“I’m sorry, but this is mathematically… incorrect.”

*

“Don’t tell Tony that. He might take it personally.”

[blackwidxwromanoff]

shootstraight-nevermiss​:

Clint stood on the vacant rooftop, needing to get away from everything. From everyone. He just needed time to himself. To think about what it was he had gotten himself into. Yelena was right - he needed to find a way to make this work, but he wasn’t sure how. Not without breaking his already fractured soul. He was alone in this. “Laura, I wish you were here,” he muttered softly to the wind as he stared up at the sky, “I need you to tell me what to do.”

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“She would probably say something along the lines of needing to stop acting like an idiot,” Natasha replied, announcing her presence as she stared at her friend from across the rooftop.

[blackwidxwromanoff]

icarusofhousestark​:

Tony didn’t know what else to say , no words could provide comfort , no words could make her change her mind , no matter how much he wanted to just to start over , with her, far away from all of this. So he pulled her into a hug. “You’ll always have a family in the Avengers..no matter where they are.”  … as he stated this he thought to himself , just what a wonderful dream the Avengers had been…a long time ago.

Natasha leaned into him, allowing herself to fall into his embrace and hold him back. “Thank you, Tony,” she muttered gently. She knew he was right but at the same time, she knew she would feel better if she had her whole family under the same roof again.

[blackwidxwromanoff]

icarusofhousestark​:

Tony smiled almost sadly. The life she was talkiing about seemed like a life time ago. More trauma had just piled up with being kidnapped, with the Skrull war and the sense of normalcy they had now, well it just seemed to Tony like a breather until the next disaster. “Unfortunately the next time we will gather as a family will be at a funeral…so all we can do is miss it, miss it and hold the memories dear to us. “

While Tony may have been right, she didn’t want to admit it. Call her stubborn if you must but she still believed that deep down, there was a chance that they could all come back together. “I can’t just let it go, Tony,” she muttered, “I lost one family before. I can’t lose another.”

[blackwidxwromanoff]

icarusofhousestark​:

Tony nodded. “I know…just don’t forget ..you’re not alone. I’m here for you, for anything you need, want , I want you to be able just be you babe”

“I know, Tony,” she muttered softly as she leaned into him. “I just wish we could go back to before all of this. Before Lagos when we were a family. I miss the movie nights and the football games and watching Thor figure out who it was that took the last box of poptarts.”

[blackwidxwromanoff]

icarusofhousestark​:

Tony turned his head towards Natasha. He reached out to hold her hand and squeezed it. “ Maybe not, but a nicer view is always a nice touch. “   He put a kiss on her hand and put it back.  “Are you feeling better a bit ?”

Natasha could only sigh as he kissed and squeezed her hand. “I don’t know. I want to say yes, but it doesn’t seem right. I mean, how can I?” She turned, looking at him as she let her facade fade for a moment. “With everything going on, I don’t see how anything can be better.”

[blackwidxwromanoff]

icarusofhousestark​:

Tony nodded , he knew they couldn’t, but he did just want to disappear from Earth problems. “ Rhodey …proposed to organize and handle most of the details. “ he informed her. Showing her that he was trying to take her advice to not be the one carrying all the weight. “I still need to take my girl on vacation..that we can agree on that you need … if only for your tan.”

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"That is nice of him," Natasha smiled. She was glad for Rhodey and how he was seemingly always there for Tony. Lord knows the patience he had during the early years. Natasha would have to thank him some way. "Maybe, but I know it would be hard for either of us to relax right now."