A Romanogers Story

Chapter 11

Steve and Natasha had been together for eight years now and they had announced themselves boyfriend and girlfriend to the gang. They still had not been called in by Fury, but they all kept in touch. Clint had been even more jealous of Steve lately, but he had to deal with it.

In the park, Steve and Natasha were walking next to the lake. Steve had informed everyone at the tower, but Clint, about this day. He stopped Natasha by a blossom tree and he tied up his lace again, as it had come undone. He moved his hands away to look at it. He looked up at Natasha. "Does that look right?" While Natasha looked closely, he put a hand in his pocket. He took his hand back out before Natasha saw. "I think it looks okay. I also think you should get off the floor, otherwise you will ruin your favourite jeans." Steve stared at her blankly. He took a deep breath...

"Natalia Alinova Romanova. Will you do the greatest honour, the honour to marry me?" He opened a small velvet red box, revealing a diamond ring inside. It shone brightly in the light of the sun. Natasha covered her mouth in shock. "Y... yes." She managed to stutter. Tears of joy ran down her delicate face. Steve held out her left hand and slid the ring on her finger. It was a perfect fit. He stood up and was immediately awarded with a kiss from his new fiancee.

The couple walked the rest of the way around the lake and got into the car. Natasha thought Steve was going to drive back to the apartment, but instead he drove to the tower where he first met his love. They walked in, hand in hand. They got in the lift and shot up to the 31st floor. When the lift doors opened, the curtains were drawn and the lights were off. The only scource of light was from the lift. They stepped forward and the lift shut, covering them in a blanket of darkness. Steve knew what was about to happen, but Natasha was oblivious. "Jarvis." Steve said, breaking the silence.

At once, all the lights turned on, the curtains lifted and everyone, but Clint, was standing in that room shouting, "SURPRISE!" Natasha jumped and Steve hugged her tightly. Pepper was the first one to go up to them. She said in a high pitched voice, "So then, let's see the ring!" She sounded so excited and Natasha showed her the ring. Tony and Bruce went up to Steve and congratulated him.

When the day began to close, everyone sat round the dining table, eating Pepper's food. When everyone finished and was sitting round chatting, Tony started chanting, "kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss." Soon everyone was joining in, so Steve and Natasha faced each other and kissed. When they did, everyone cheered.

It was time for Steve and Natasha to go back to the apartment and everyone bid their farewells. Steve bid his farewells and the couple were gone in the distance.

The church bell chimed nine times when the front door to Steve's apartment opened. Steve and Natasha entered and Steve tripped over Natasha's foot, then Natasha fell on top of him. They laughed together and got up.

They took their showers and changed into their PJs. They were on their laptops filling out forms about their jobs as Avengers. They both finished, shut down and closed their laptops, then went to bed by the time it was 23:30.

In the morning, at 9:00, Natasha jolted and woke up. Steve woke up feeling her sudden movement and kissed her forehead. "It's okay." He said smiling at her. She kissed him and smiled back.

At around 10:30 Natasha asked Steve, "What are we gonna do with the crutches?"

"Uuummm... Keep them until we need to use them again maybe?" He said, scratching his head. Steve smiled so innocently.