Hidden behind closed doors

Part Fourteen

Harper's POV

Your eyes slowly roll to the front of your head as your eyelids open but quickly close again when a blinding light shot into your eyes causing you to groan. Once you adjust to the light you realise that you are in your bed back at the compound. Your head was pounding and your face hurt. You tired to understand why but you had no memory of what had happened.

Slowly you sat up scanning your room when you noticed Natasha sitting in your desk chair across the room asleep. She looked so peaceful, she had a small cut on her forehead that connected to her hairline. Her hair feel perfectly down to her shoulders.

You watched her sleep from across the room, thinking about how beautiful she looked but you were snapped out your trance when there was a gentle knock at the door. You pulled yourself out of bed walking towards the door in your tank top and short that you have no idea how you had gotten on.

You open the wooden door seeing Steve standing infront of you he looked apologetic. Your confused stunned him you carefully shut the door and stood in the hall way with him. "What up?" You ask and he he looks at you confused "are you okay? How are you feeling?"

"Like I've just been hit by a bus. What happened?" Your hand ran up to your face as your gently scratched your eyes. "You don't remember? The mission yesterday to get Pepper and Morgan back? You don't remember Crossbones punching you multiple time in the face to the point where you passed out on the jet ride home?" Your eyes widened, how could you not remember that?

"Yesterday?" Your voice was small as you waited for an answer Steve nodded at you. "You've been asleep for quite awhile but we knew you needed it. Nat hasn't left your room since yous got back. She only fell asleep a few hours ago" Steve filled in, you where genuinely shocked how could you not remember this.

"Pepper and Morgan, there okay?" Steve nodded and you felt a huge wave of relief until Steve spoke again "Happy on the other hand is in critical condition. He's in a coma. Bruce doesn't know when he will wake up or if he will wake up" a tear rolled down your cheek but sunk into one of the many cuts on your face, the salty tear burned the wound which caused you to wince.

"Thank for filling me in Steve" even though you didn't know you needed it Steve pulled you in for a hug, of course it didn't make you feel 100% better but it was the start of the comforting process.

Once Steve left you entered your room again being careful and quite as your tried not to wake your girlfriend. You made your way into the bathroom getting the first glimpse of your face. You sigh looking at the burning around your right eye and the any cuts above your eyebrows, the cut on your lip to the cuts on your cheek.

You had a quick shower not wanting to stay in long as your face stung from the water entering each cut. Just long enough so you could wash you hair and body. Leaving the bathroom with just a towel on your head as you didn't mind showing off your body especially around your girlfriend not like she would see anyway since she was asleep.

You stuck your shorts and tank top back on and threw on a hoodie over your tank top. You pulled a pair of white Nike sock onto your feet to keep them warm and tied your hair up into a pony tail. You smiled at the redhead still slumped in the chair. You walk over to her gripping onto her legs and wrapping your arm around her back as you pick her up carrying her over to the bed. Placing her down onto the soft mattress and pulling the duvet over her body.

Gently your place a small kiss on her cheek before leaving the room. You made your way down the corridor passing Tony's workshop your peeked your head in seeing him jamming out to AC/DC while working on one of his cars. Tony always handled his stress by working on projects it always helped him relieve them.