Natasha stared at the girl with a trembling lip. Olivia looked to her hopefully, praying she wasn't angry with her. But the redhead ran towards her, wrapping her arms around her neck and her legs around her waist. Olivia sighed in relief, relishing in the feeling of her girlfriends body against her own.
"I hope you haven't been having too much fun without me." Olivia mumbled against her hair, kissing the side of her head. Natasha giggled with tears in her eyes.
"I've been giving these people hell." Natasha grinned, as Olivia placed her down, holding the woman's face in her hands.
"I love you." Natasha blurted out, scrunching up her face and cringing. Olivia was taken back slightly, but leaned forward and kissed her softly.
"I love you too." She replied. Everyone 'aww'ed, apart from Izzy, who was too busy trying to wipe her tears. Olivia pulled away from her and ran over to her best friend, placing her hand on her shoulders.
"Hey there, friend..."
"Hi." Izzy managed to cry out, taking her friend in a hug.
"I-I thought you were dead..."
"I think everyone did." Olivia chuckled.
Everyone headed back to the compound, with Steve taking Tony to the hospital in order to apologise for what he did. Now Olivia was back home and safe, they had no reason to argue. Everyone got out of there suits and decided to have dinner together in order to reunite them all and forget about the divide between the group. Yelena put two fries on each side of her mouth, then turned to Olivia and pointed at her attempt to look like a walrus, making the girl almost spit out her milkshake.
"Hold on, let me try." Olivia said, grabbing two fries. Natasha looked at the two childish women, rolling her eyes. T'Challa laughed at them, earning a death glare off of the redhead. She told him not to encourage them, but the King chose to do it himself.
Peter sat a couple of seats away from Izzy, and the distance between them was something that was on everyone's mind. Peter ignored it, and continued eating his food. Izzy sat with Wanda and tried to occupy herself with the childish people around her. Yelena laughed at Olivia, as Olivia punched her arm jokingly with her fist.
"I like you. You're funny. Too bad I didn't get to meet you before you died." The blonde said, as Natasha slammed her cup down, startling the group.
"Yelena!" Natasha exclaimed accusingly.
"What?" Yelena asked, cluelessly. Natasha didn't reply, just shoved her chair back and ran out of the room. Yelena threw her arms up and looked to Olivia for back up, but the girl just grinned and got up, following after the redhead.
"I didn't say anything." Yelena sighed, continuing to eat her food.
Olivia knew where Natasha would be, in her girlfriends room. Olivia opened the door and saw Natasha stood in-front of the window, biting on the skin around her thumb.
"Hey, what was all that about?" Olivia asked, walking up to Natasha and placing her hand on her shoulder, but was quickly shrugged off. She was taken back, what happened?
"Did you really think you would get away with this?" She asked, making Olivia confused.
"What?"
"Dying. You threw yourself off a cliff and you really didn't expect me to be a little mad to find out you were faking the whole time?" Natasha whipped around, her hair hitting her in the face, frustrated tears in her eyes. Olivia's brows knotted together.
"I did it for the stones!"
"And now we don't need the damn stones! You thought you could waltz back in here and play the hero? I was angry at everyone when I should've been angry at you!"
"Why is this my fault?! Bruce is the one who sent us to the fucking cliff in the first place!"
"Because you lied about it!" Natasha pushed Olivia on her chest and spoke through gritted teeth, tears falling down her cheeks.
"I didn't lie!"
"Then why the hell are you alive?!"
"The chest implant! It revived me! It noticed my heart wasn't beating so it shot it back up! Izzy invented it! She's the reason I'm alive!" Olivia explained through yells. Izzy could hear from the kitchen, and smiled to herself. She forgot she put that feature in. Everyone turned to her, with a grin twitching on Wanda's lips.
"You saved Olivia?"
"I guess I did." Izzy whispered, mostly to herself.
Natasha groaned and tore her gaze away from Olivia, wiping the sweat from her forehead. Olivia sighed in defeat, quietening her voice.
"I didn't lie to you to hurt you, malyshka. I didn't lie at all. I just wanted to do something right, to be an avenger." Olivia walked forward, placing a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"You are an avenger, kotenok. You and Izzy." Natasha inhaled deeply, wiping the tears from her eyes, then turning and burying herself in Olivia's chest, continuing to cry.
"I n-never want to lose you again."
Olivia placed her chin on top of her hair, kissing the crown of her head, "You won't. Never again."
Meanwhile, Izzy had wandered outside to the bench outside, sitting down and finally letting the tiredness hit her body. She was relieved that her best friend was alive and no one else was angry at her, and was also glad that she was the reason her best friend was still living. She felt a prod against her arm and she lifted her head, seeing a sheepish looking Peter stood by her side.
"H-Hey um...can we talk?"
