Natalie, Natalya, Natasha
Natalie, Natalya, Natasha by wintergrey (AO3; one-shot - 6,100 words)
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe (Captain America, The Avengers)
Relationship: Steve (pre-serum)/Natasha (pre-SHIELD)
Summary: “He’s the best guy I know. He’s just… you know, not the kind the girls go with.” Bucky looks genuinely frustrated. “He’s kind of small, that’s all. He can’t help that, but he’s really nice, I swear. I mean, he makes me look like a creep without even trying.”
“Okay,” she says. It’s a chance for her to get more familiar with American culture as she’s meant to be doing. Training assignments are never exciting but this feels like punishment, playing at normalcy. She has too much time to compare her life as it is with everything it could be.
“I know he’s not the type you—” Bucky stops mid-sentence. “Pardon?”
Notes: nostalgic rec from the heyday of MCU fandom. i love their portrayal of these two characters, before everything, but still recognizable.