Hi everyone! Ok so this is completely new to me. I’ve been on tumblr for about 3 months now and up until now I’ve just been reading other people amazing works, but I think I’m going to try and start writing a few of my own one-shots maybe even some short series, I’m not really sure yet. That being said hope you enjoy pls try and be lenient with me this is very much new. Much love!
idrk where i was going with this but hope you enjoy! feedback is welcome!
Nat x Gn!reader
Summary: Y/n Y/l/n, a new pryokentic avenger that is still struggling to adjust to their new environment, leading to rough nights and trouble sleeping, has an accidental rendezvous with Nat on the roof, the could start something new and refreshing.
“Hey, what are you doing up so late,” Nat spoke startlingly you and breaking you out of your trance of the open fire in front of you that stood tall and almost untamed, a visual on how your anxiety is starting to feel on the inside.
You’d woken up from another nightmare drenched in a cold sweat, your use to it by now but recently it’s just been so exhausting. The constant reminder of what you were put through, what you were forced to do over and over again, the constant feeling that he could come back and make it happen all over again. So naturally you made your way up to the roof and started a fire in the pit. Fire being the only positive constant in your life, it brought you a sense of peace and comfort that almost nothing else could.
“Couldn’t sleep,” you answered as you fingers curled around your sweater sleeves that hung a little too low and brought your knees up to your chest,”what about you,” you asked staring back into the fire.
“I’m always up late,” Nat said softly,” I like to come up here and have a cup of tea,” she gave a smile as you gave a very small one back, looking at her taking in the pure beauty she always had to offer. She wore a loose oversized jacket, over a loose t-shirt, and shorts and still managed to be the most beautiful girl in you eyes,” any reason you couldn’t sleep.”
Nat always took an interest in you, craving to get to know you better, ever since you kicked her and Bucky’s ass in Singapore, and after the past 4 months you’ve spent on the team proving to be even more interesting and not to mention hotter than she thought. You were still pretty distant but just seeing you around and seeing that ghost of a smile made her crave you even more. Of course she understands why you are they way you are, being psychologically condition to follow orders without question for practically your whole and then finally being able to follow your own path can be very confusing and overwhelming, she gets that. She just wished that you knew she got it and she was there, but everyday you proved to be more closed off than she thought you’d be, yet a part of her is refusing to give up.
“I keep seeing him…the things he made me do” you spoke barely above a whisper as you held out a brief fire in your hand as the fire in the pit crackled a little louder. This confession shocked her, she didn’t expect an answer so open. ‘Him’ as in your father, the reason you are the pyrokentic freak you believe yourself to be. Your father was never a good man, abusive both mentally and physically to everyone in your family, which ultimately caused it to fall apart.
“You don’t have to tell me,” Nat offered taking a seat beside you, as she took in the glazed over look you had, she could tell that you didn’t mean to admit that, but she was glad you did, it was progress” your safe here now,” she tried to reach out and place a hand on your arm causing you to pull away.
“You shouldn’t,” you mumbled dropping your knees and rubbing your palms against them,” I run a little hot,” you tried to joke, leaning your back into the couch.
You took an interest in Nat as well and not just because she’s a pretty face. It’s because she was soft and understanding towards you. You took notice to how she was always more aggressive towards her teammates, not in a violent way of course, most of the time, but in a playful, shut the fuck up way. But with you she was patience, kind, something you haven’t experienced in awhile. She had a soft spot for you the team would tell you, but you had one for her too, always keeping her at a distance, because after your past, you couldn’t hurt anymore people, especially someone as good as her. She never pitied you either, not like the others did..she understood you.
“I can handle a little heat, Y/n,” she smirked softly as she leaned her back on to your front and directed her stare into the fire with you, as it grew smaller and more tame, just like the anxiety and fear you’ve been carrying for the past few months, picking her cup of tea back up and sipping, as if you guys weren’t cuddling…interacting, like this for the first time. With her you felt the peace and comfort that fire brought you, you did say almost nothing else could.
