I owe you - Romanogers Oneshots

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Steven Grant Rogers was a small and scrawny boy who spent many of his day sick and laid up in bed being nursed by his mother Sarah, but when we wasn't he was off with James Buchanan Barnes, or Bucky as everyone called him, most likely getting in to trouble, whether it be fighting with someone because he was trying to do the right thing is his eyes, or just running around somewhere he probably shouldn't have been doing something he probably shouldn't have been doing. Steve remembered these days quite well, but while Steve could remember the days now that he was older, when he was growing up it felt like he blinked and he went from the scrawny, sick kid, that could barely walk to school without having an asthma attack to his high schools star quarterback, who was now no longer the scrawny kid but a 6'4, broad shouldered, chiseled young man, who was hopelessly in love with Natasha Romanoff and his art.

Steve and Natasha had been best friends since him and Bucky had helped her with the bullies in 4th grade, then the famous duo composed of Steve and Bucky, became a trio made up of Steve, Bucky, and Natasha. The three had been attached at the hip throughout their school year, Natasha and Steve had only seen each other as siblings till sophomore year (when Steve's health had miraculously become amazing, hit a growth spurt and started working out at the gym and playing football) , when Steve had finally gotten his first girlfriend, Sharon Carter, and Natsha had been overwhelmed by so much jealousy she wouldn't even talk to Steve. It wasn't until Bucky had forced Natasha to talk to Steve by locking them in his room until they finally fixed whatever problem they had, though Bucky knew exactly what the problem was, had known since the two met and there in Bucky's room the had their first kiss after Steve had rambled on about how sorry he was about whatever he had done and how he had broken up with Sharon almost as soon as he had gotten with her, because she wouldn't talk to him and he realized that he was in love with Natasha and had been for, well as long as he can remember. He had barely gotten the words out before she pressed her lips firmly against his before saying "I love you, too."

Then it happened again, it felt like Steve blinked and he was no longer the 16 year old star athlete but now he was 18 and being shipped off for the army with Bucky, giving Natasha a kiss and saying he'd come back and marry her as he saw Bucky out of the corner of his eye with Wanda, small but beautiful ring already adorning her ring finger as he kissed her goodbye then the both boarded their flight. The next thing he knew after that Bucky was getting out on medical discharge after he lost his left arm in an explosion, and Steve was getting out as well, because though he wanted to fight for his country almost losing Bucky opened his eyes to how dangerous what they were doing really was and he could risk his life like, not when he had Natasha back home, he couldn't risk dying on her, he couldn't put her through that pain, so he got out with Bucky, went back home to his girl and went to art school, he had always loved art anyway.

After that the next thing he knew was he was standing at the altar, watching Natasha be walked down the aisle, in a beautiful white gown. Beside him was Bucky, Sam, a vet he and Bucky had met after they got out, Thor, a personal trainer at Steve's gym from Sweden who had quickly became a close friend, Pietro, Wanda's twin brother, and Tony, who was science major at the same college as steve, who was impossibly annoying but also like a brother to Steve. On the other side of the altar where Natasha was now standing was Wanda, Maria, Sam's girlfriend and a lawyer at the frim Natasha worked at, Pepper, Tony's wife, and Laura, Natasha's best friend, Clint's wife. Also in attendance at the wedding was Clint, Jane, Thor's girlfriend, Darcy, Pietro's Girlfriend and engineering major at Steve's collage, Bruce, who was Tony's science friend but had quickly become part of their friend group, and Rhodey, who was Tony's childhood friend and another vet that had also somehow been dragged into their group. Natasha and Steve said I do, and there was no shortage of embarrassing memories and stories shared about the newly Mr. and Mrs. Rogers as well as many heartfelt toasts, and a few dances between the couple.

Then Steve blinked again and it was no longer just him and Natsha, but a four year old James Clinton Rogers and a 6 month old Sarah Marie Rogers, as well as a golden retriever named Lucky who was attached to James' hip. They no longer lived in their overpriced New York City apartment, but in a nice 4 bed, 3 bath house on a lake with Bucky, Wanda, and their 3 year old daughter Stephanie living to the right of them and the rest of their friends and their families all within 15 minutes from the house and though they all had families now there was still weekly gatherings between the friend group, usually ad barbecue or bonfire at the Rogers or Barnes family homes or a parents only party at Tony and Peppers penthouse.

It was crazy to Steve how quickly he had gone from the scrawny kid running around causing trouble to a man married to his high school sweetheart, with 2 kids and the best friend group, no scratch that family he could ever hope for. He felt blinked and it had all changed but even though life had gone a hell of a lot faster than he thought it ever could with events he could never dream up, like losing his mom to cancer at 19 or Bucky losing his arm and needing a medal one, he had been (or at least for the most part) was as happy as he was pretty sure he could be. So there wasn't anything he would change except maybe how fast life moved, if only it would move slower, then he wouldn't blink and miss anything.