Endgame Romanogers Fanfic

Chapter 40

Natasha sighed and scratched her forehead, then rested her elbows on the table and the chin in her hand, while looking at Steve waiting for an answer but she looked calm, even tho she was serious.

Steve: W-w-well...

Natasha: Why are you stuttering??

Steve barely started to speak and Natasha interrupted him.

Steve: We-well be-bebecause I-you...

Natasha frowned even more than before as if that was possible because she was already very serious.

Natasha: Be-be-be-because...

Natasha stammered mocking Steve but remaining serious, which made Steve take a deep breath.

Steve: I don't understand.

Steve looked down.

Steve: We were fine...

Natasha: Sorry, we?

Steve: Yes.

Natasha: I was fine and you were fine, but not us.

Steve: But why? You are so more distant from me since we arrived on Earth and it has gotten worse in the last few days. Has anything changed in how you feel about me?

Natasha: This is not about what I feel.

Steve: What is it about??

Natasha: I am still trying to direct what I should feel and how to behave depending on what you are going to tell me because whatever you will explain to me, I can't feel happy nor comfortable to be in this house.

Steve frowned.

Natasha: Answer my first question.

Steve: About Sharon? How do you know she has the key?

Natasha: Oh, so is it a secret? What's going on between you?

Steve: N-nothing!

Natasha rolled her eyes.

Steve: I stammered because you're making me nervous, that's all, Natasha!

Natasha: I know you're nervous.

Steve: Sharon and I have Nothing!

Natasha: Why does she have the key???

Steve raised his eyebrows and seemed to be thinking of a plausible reason, the worst thing was that he couldn't find any, now it seems a little too much for her to have the key... why does Sharon have a key? As much intimacy as she has with James, why go to that point?

Steve: Well... I... everything was so difficult at first days.

Natasha: You mean when I was "dead"?

Steve: Yes. Sharon helped me a lot with James... like for real... James needed a female presence and they like each other very much.

Natasha: Uhm.

Steve: Do you understand? James was suffering, he wanted his mother and I wanted you, we were in mourning and I didn't know how to do it, how to handle everything, I moved here as we were already planning and it was very lonely for James. He's a good boy but living with me alone was a problem, I didn't want him to only have male influence around.

Natasha: I understand that and I'm sorry you both missed me. I don't question James getting along with her, I want to know why she has the key?

Steve: Because she was coming here often and she arrived When I was sleeping sometimes.