She Lives On

Movie Night

(Steve's POV)
(Takes place the day after Nat's nightmares. Still in the 5 years after the snap. )

I decide it would be a good idea to plan a movie night for Nat, to hopefully make her feel better. After I suggest it to her and she agrees to it, I hop in my car and head to the grocery store for food.

I grab everything on our list of groceries, including milk, eggs, bread, sugar, fruit and vegetables, then I walk up and down the snack isles. I'm not exactly sure what Nat likes, I hardly ever see her eating foods that are unhealthy. I grab a variety of snacks and drinks like gummy bears, chocolate, chips and pretzels and then pop, lemonade and ice tea. I decide it's best to have options to increase the chance of her having fun.

I pay for my groceries and walk outside. I'm almost at my car when a young boy walks up to me and stares.

"Uh hi!" I say, a little confused.

"You're Captain America!" He cries with pure delight. "You're the best superhero!" He exclaims and gives me a quick hug before running back to catch up with his mom. I watch him go and all I can think about is how I feel nothing like a hero right now. I let the world down. Billions of people died because we couldn't find a way to win. I push those thoughts into the back of my head and hop in my car to drive back to the compound.

(Nat's POV)
When Steve suggested a movie night, I was a little surprised. I thought that after I had robbed him of good sleep last night, he would be slightly angry and me and would want to be alone. Instead he offers to plan a fun night, so of course I agreed. He went out about 30 minutes ago to get groceries and here alone I start to get bored. I walk through hallways aimlessly until I arrive at a room I wasn't planning on coming to. I just somehow ended up at. Steve's room.

I open the door by pressing my hand onto a electronic pad. I'm the only other person besides him who has access to his room. It's only because I'm the only one who's ever here. None of the other Avengers drop by much and Steve and I often hang out in each other's rooms, so we added each other's scans to our rooms.

I slowly walk inside, not sure exactly what I'm going to do in here. I realize suddenly that I shouldn't be here without him. This is invading his privacy. But I don't want to leave, his room smells like him, comforting and sweet. I hope that he wouldn't be mad he knew I was in here, I don't think he would be.

I sit down on his bed for a moment. I notice that it's been made nicely. Steve's always been neat and organized like that. Whereas Tony and some of the other Avengers couldn't care less about how their rooms looked.

Slowly, I stand up and walk over his closet. I open it an a small smile forms on my lips. Without really thinking, I reach out and pull a large dark blue hoodie from one of the shelves. I hold it close for a moment before slipping it over my head. I sigh, It almost feels like Steve's arms are wrapped securely around me. Almost. I grab a pair a grey sweatpants and walk towards the bathroom to change into them.

I freeze when I hear the floorboards creek somewhere down the hall. It must be Steve. What will he think when he finds me in his clothes. The door opens and Steve walks in. When he sees me, he jumps a little and looks startled.

"Jeez, Nat. I thought you were training. You scared me." He says.

"Ya. Sorry. I didn't feel like training." I reply.

His eyes glance first at his sweater on me, then down to his sweatpants that I'm still holding in my hand. Self consciously I drop the sweatpants on the floor, not sure what else to do.

"That's... my sweater." He says slowly.

"Obviously. I got cold." I lie.

"Mhm and you didn't have any clean clothes?" He asks with a small smile.

"Nope." I say.

He walks towards me slowly and doesn't take his eyes off mine. He doesn't stop until our chests are almost touching. Then he reaches down to pick up the sweatpants.

"Are you trying to steal these too?" He asks, smirking.

I'm not sure what to say, so I take the sweatpants from his hands, hoping that that's a good enough answer.

"I'm not sure how well they'll fit. You're pretty short." He says smiling.

I smile back and shove him lightly before exiting the room.

"Movie night in 10?" He asks.

"Only if there's good snacks." I yell from down the hall.

(Steve's POV)

I was a little surprised to see Natasha wearing my hoodie again. If she likes them though, she can have all of them if she wants. Her wanting to wear my sweatpants though, is new. She looks great in them of course. She look gorgeous in anything. I change into more comfy clothes then head into the small movie theatre in the compound. On the way there I grab the snacks and some extra pillows and blankets.

I arrive at the theatre and see that Nat is already sitting at one of the seats. The theatre isn't that big. It has 6 rows of 8 seats, enough for all the Avengers to use. However, I'm not sure that more that 10 have ever used the theatre at the same time.

Nat has chosen a seat right in the middle of the theatre. I climb the stairs and walk down the aisle, almost dropping everything I'm holding. When I reach her, I hand the food and drinks and set down the pillows and blankets next to her.

"Yum." She says, looking down at the food. "I guess we like the same things."

I smile, happy that she likes what I've bought. I offer her a blanket and she takes the biggest one, wrapping herself up in it. I set up the pillows around us and sit down. Nat slides her legs onto my lap. I blush slightly, but she doesn't seem to be bothered.

"So what are we watching Rogers?" She asks.

"Oh..." I mutter, realizing that I never decided on a movie.

She chuckles softly. "Okay well I'm sure we can find a good one."

Nat picks up the remote and spends the next 10 minutes scrolling through Netflix trying to find a good movie. I don't mind waiting, I'm too busy enjoying her closeness. I can feel her warmth on my lap and I have to resist the urge to pull her closer.

Finally she decides that no movie on Netflix will work for tonight and instead decides that we'll watch the funny moments from the compounds security cameras. Its really funny to watch a collection of different Avengers tripping over nothing or playing pranks on each other. But it also makes me sad, considering that half the people in the videos are gone.

I stop paying attention to the screen and pay more attention to Nat. She looks gorgeous, even though she is just wearing my sweats. I decide suddenly that I want her closer and on impulse, I pull her onto my lap.

She looks up at me, confused, with her lips slightly parted, then she smirks and grabs one of my hands. She traces my fingers while still watching the screen and I wrap my other arm around her waist.

After a few more minutes she turns back around to look up at me.

"Thank you." She whispers.

I'm not sure exactly what she's thanking me for but suddenly I need her even closer and I lean down and connect my lips to hers. She gasps slightly, then recovers and moves a hand through my hair. We kiss passionately for a while. Emotions from many years finally spilling out.

Many minutes later, she wraps her arms and legs around me and I can hear her soft breathing, indicating that she's asleep. I hold her tightly and fall asleep as well.

A/N
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