#ilycfbc asks

[luciferdidwhat]

i saw the thing. the thing. mob boss!nat has BACK TATTOOS??? of what exactly, i dont know if you got this ask before but.. i am incherested

making myself known..

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I AM SO GLAD YOU ASKED.

Okay the tattoo I pictured for mob!Nat is a full black and white back piece of a snake, with flowers sprinkled around! imagine something like this! She got it when she was around 19-20 :3

Here's a little drabble for when R first found out about it:

You were about two weeks into the relationship, and it's been a pretty great two weeks. The countless dates that Natasha has planned out was always refreshing and unique, she consistently manages to surprise you with her ideas and attentiveness.

Today was a slow day where you wanted to rest at home. Yesterday's archery range date made your arms sore but it was fun; you drooled at the way Natasha managed to hit bullseye for almost triple the times you did.

Colette prepared a delicious pizza for dinner - made from scratch of course, paired with some garlic bread and mushroom soup that made you ascend to heaven. You and Natasha were currently in her room, prepared to just put some random show on TV and cuddle for the night.

She claimed that she wanted to take a shower first, having just been back from her office right before dinner. You grabbed the remote and started scrolling through the various titles on Netflix.

And that was when you saw it.

"What's that?" you asked, TV long forgotten while your eyes zoomed in on the patch of skin that peeked out from the towel that she rested on her shoulder.

She was wearing just a sports bra and her slacks, "Hmm?"

"On your back, is that a tattoo?" You scooted over to the end of the bed and she sighed softly, something you can't quite decipher showing in her eyes before she turned around to let you see her back.

"You have a full back tattoo? Have you been holding out on me?" you pouted at her, nudging at the towel so she grabs it off and you can see more of it.

A soft gasp sounded from your lips.

Her sports bra might have covered up quite a bit, especially the straps that mostly hid the middle part of her upper back, but from the sides of them you can see patches of skin that were scarred.

The skin that weren't covered with ink were light pink in colour, they were rough, and you can recognised burn scars when you see one.

Your hands were trembling slightly when you reached up, before your voice hesitantly asked, "May I?"

"Yeah," she nods.

You couldn't see her face, but you could tell that she was slightly tensed. Her shoulders were tight and her breathing was that much more controlled.

Your hand grazes the ones peeking out from the side, tracing over the ink and taking note of the roughness of the skin. Your head was filled with questions, but you knew better than to ask.

Shuddering, Natasha seemed to picked up on your silent question, "There was a fire, when I was younger," her voice was soft, "I was the only one who got away in time."

You hummed softly.

"I'm sorry it happened, it must've been a difficult time for you," you didn't know what else to say.

You would love to ask how old she was, how it happened, who she lost in the fire...

But you asked none of it.

It's not the time, yet.

Maybe one day, one day she'll open up to you about this.

And you'll hold her like how you wish you could've held her when this happened to her.

But for now, you'll settle with tracing your fingers over her tattoo, memorising every inch of her skin, before you grasp her face in your hand, and leave a kiss on her mouth to show that you wish you could've been there for her.

I have always wanted to bring up the fact that Natasha has a pretty big scar on her back - I imagine it to be about the size of her palm. This is something that came to me when I first started writing for this AU.

I never put any emphasis on this in the previous fic because I wanted it to be an accepted fact, didn't want it to be too cliche where the media was commenting or R was being fussy over this. It's just a part of Natasha.

So thank YOU for this ask, because it finally gave me a chance to write this the way I wanted to, which is R finding out about it hehehe c:

[luciferdidwhat]

Omg I dream of mob boss!Nat now 😩 I love how down bad they are for each other. I was thinking, Nat would do anything for R- and R seems like the type to test that. Have you thought about R maybe asking for something obscenely expensive (or illicit), or to do something she knows Nat doesn’t like? And maybe she offers to sweeten the pot by doing something Nat really wants in exchange.

But then in the end R reveals she didn’t really care about the item/activity she just wanted to feel To see how much Nat was willing to commit to making it happen. Maybe this is what prompted the convo that’s alluded to in part one where R admits she likes for people to witness their relationship.

I could also imagine this in a less angsty way. One of them is craving something they had one time in a small family owned restaurant that closed down forever ago and they other goes to crazy lengths to recreate it (like paying one of the chefs to learn how to make it from the family after they swear not to sell it or something) for them and cheer them up after a bad day.

I think I’ve joined you in the brainrot 🥴

I go to sleep every night praying for a Mob!Nat dream ;w; They truly are down bad for each other, maybe not right away from the start but definitely as they start to date and maybe shit starts happening, they fall more in love with each other.

I do think R tests Nat at the start of the r/s, especially after her r/s with Viper (and also other backstory drama that will be revealed down the line hehehehe), mostly to see how far Nat is willing to go for her and also perhaps by testing Nat's patience. From what we know now, Viper is very controlling, has anger management issues, and also no patience, so R's way of testing Nat will likely revolve around these issues. I picture R as someone who doesn't give a shit about material things, but rather prefer to see Nat's commitment in the r/s in forms of like gestures or actions.

This is in the list of prompts that I'll write for, I do like the idea of writing how R tests Nat, but also another one for the convo between Nat and R where R admits how she likes other people witnessing their r/s. (They are coming, give me a bit of time cause work is busy and also I have like 3 other prompts before this :DDD)

Welcome to the brainrot my friend, you will get another piece of Mob!Nat sometime this week mayhap- and maybe it has something to do with how they first started their r/s >:3

[luciferdidwhat]

just wanna say that ILYCFBC deserves more attention and appreciation. i love their relationship so much!!!! i can't contain my excitement bout those new things you're writing. <333

Ahhhhh thank you so much for this lovely message! I too am absolutely obsessed with their relationship, and LOVEEE writing R being a little shit while Nat enables it <3

Here, have a little treat for (probably) the next installment of ILYCFBC (unless i finish the other WIP first, it's 50/50 now really-)

"Now why would I help them? Romanoff has made it clear that she hates my guts. I don't make it a habit to work for people who wouldn't resist to kill me when given the chance," well at least he was self-aware.

You take a sip of the wine that he put in front of you - ooh he gave you the good stuff, "She doesn't hate you, she finds you annoying. Which is a common sentiment for many of us."

He laughs, with a grin that you want to wipe off his face, "You're not helping your case. And considering that you're here and Romanoff isn't, I'm gonna take a wild guess and say that you're here on your own. She doesn't even know you're here, does she?"

You chuckle, the low vibrato sending shivers down his spine.

Yeah, you're really taking on Romanoff's mannerism, a bit too much.

feel free to guess who R is talking to, although I don't think it's too hard to guess c: