"What do you think, Laur?"
What Laura thought was that the old farmhouse would be perfect for a horror movie, but she wasn't going to say that. Not because she believed Clint Barton of all people couldn't take some harsh words, no, but because she knew that this car crash of a man always kept his promises. He'd bend over backwards with five broken ribs; visit old stomping grounds and owe favors to people he should never, ever, be talking to again, just so he could procure a better place for her.
So Laura uncrossed her arms and said, "We should check the wiring, too."
--
Laura, her cats, and the house she built.
Do you have any natlaura thoughts or headcanons or anything you could share? I’m obsessed and there’s nothing on them
OOOOOHHHHH YES. Hi, it's me, the infodumping vampire, who has once again Been Invited In.
Ok so since you've specified NatLaura I'm going to assume you would like Clint left out of the equation (since i usually ship them in a triad together romantically). I have my blog pretty locked down right now due to some personal stuff, but I do have an entire natlaura tag (if tumblr cooperates enough for you to view it).
Ultimately, my view on romantic natlaura is entirely based on their ten second exchange in Age of Ultron, which I can recite from memory (SAY IT WITH ME FOLKS):
"Honey, I missed you."
"I missed you too. How's little Natasha?"
"She's....Nathaniel."
"Traitor."
Important to note here (again. This scene? Ten seconds. Maybe 20):
This was the first term of endearment exchanged between two women in the MCU movies up to this point. We would not get another one until "Higher, further, faster, baby" in Captain Marvel (Natlaura crawled so that Carol and Maria could walk so that Agatha and Rio could SPRINT. Hey btw, notice how the first (real) words in AAA between Agatha and Rio were I missed you/I hate you. PARALLELS. Anyway).
Laura and Natasha are comfortable enough with each other that Natasha puts her hands on Laura's stomach without asking for permission
Laura loves Natasha SO MUCH that she's naming an ENTIRE CHILD after her.
THE TRUST. THE TRUST THAT LAURA HAS IN NATASHA. *gestures to all of the above*
I know this was supposed to be J*ss Wh*don being oh so clever being like "and here I am rubbing everything that Natasha can't have in her FACE" jokes on you asshole I made it gay. Natasha Romanoff you ARE the father.
Anyway. Tl;dr they gay. Happy National Coming Out Day to Nat and Laura!
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel, The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
Relationship: Laura Barton/Natasha Romanov
Characters: Laura Barton, Natasha Romanov (Marvel)
Additional Tags: Barton family farm, Clint is not here because of reasons, Injury
Day 3: Fracture
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“Ah!” Nat cried out when Laura reached out to try to touch her arm, leaning back into the chair at the dining table to avoid being touched again.
Laura’s face twisted in concern. “We need to get you to the doctor.”
“No!” Nat jerked away again. “No doctors.”
“Nat…” Now Laura was pulling her mom voice, hand on her hip. “I’m pretty sure it’s fractured.”
“No, it isn’t!”
“Okay, then move it.” Laura cocked her hip out in challenge.
Natasha, for her part, put in a valiant effort to try to lift the offending arm. It barely lifts a few inches, but the wince on Nat’s face tells Laura everything she needs to know.
“Well, if you won’t let a doctor look, at least let Stark look at it.”
Natasha laughed through the tremor running in her body from the pain. “Yeah, he will probably send his little nanobots to enter my blood and mend it from the inside.”
Laura shrugged. “Yeah, probably.”
“Ugh, fine. Call him.”
Laura bent down and kissed the top of Natasha’s head. “We’ll get you taken care of, love. Please be extra careful on missions. I don’t like seeing you come back home all broken.”
Nat smirked. “I try, I try. But I can’t help it when those AIM assholes get a little rough with me.”
“Just…as long as you come home. That’s all that matters.”
This time, she kisses Natasha on the lips before she leaves the kitchen to make that phone call.
Nat/Laura Headcanon, as requested (I’m doing more than one bc they’re kinda short):
-Before the Avengers knew about Laura and the kids, Natasha would tell stories about them, but would always make them slightly hyperbolic so no one was really sure if they were true. Steve thought they were, but was convinced that Natasha had some sort of mild mannered alter ego and the woman in the stories had no idea Nat was Black Widow. (He shipped it even before he met Laura though).
-I really like the idea of Laura having a similar story to Clint and Nat, where she was a con man or criminal before going straight*
-Natasha never had romantic relationships when she was in the Red Room or even when she went on her own, so she doesn’t immediately recognize her feelings for Laura as romantic. She thought for a long time that Laura just made her nervous because she was the opposite of everything Natasha was. The she got real drunk one night with Sharon, Maria, and Bobbi and spilled her guts and all three of them were like “Natasha you idiot you have a crush.”
*clintnatlaura criminal au, coming to you at some point in the distant future when I can get my mojo back on it.
hey kids whatever you do don’t picture Laura singing Kesha’s Rainbow to Nat when Nat’s had a bad day BECAUSE YOU WILL GET EMOTIONAL LIKE I AM RIGHT NOW.
"It feels like we're having to begin again," Laura says, leaning her head into Nat's chest.
It's an elephant in the room—Clint going over the cliff in Vormir.
Femslash February 2026 Day 6 - Begin again/time
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"It feels like we're having to begin again," Laura says, leaning her head into Nat's chest.
It's an elephant in the room—Clint going over the cliff in Vormir.
Natasha lets her arms come up around her lover, but she doesn't say anything. What can you say to your partner when her husband and your lover died?
"I don't think I can live in this house anymore," Laura admits softly. "I don't think time is going to fix this."
Then she hiccups, and Nat crushes her tighter into her chest.
"Whatever you need, babe," Natasha says gently, rubbing her hands soothingly over Laura's back. "I'll start packing us up right now. We can move in with Stark if we have to."
Another wet hiccup bubbles out of Laura. "I don't want to leave, all the memories are here. But…I don't think I can stay."
"I love you," Natasha tells her. "We'll get through this."
"I know." Laura nods against her. "I just miss him. The kids miss him."
"I miss him too," Natasha whispers, kissing the top of Laura's head. "It's going to take time. But we'll be okay."
