Natasha Romanoff One Shots

Carol Snaps

A/N- Hey everyone, I'm back. This was requested by onepiece0209 on AO3:  What if Carol snapped and never came back? (evil)

Thank you for the request, and I hope this is what you were asking for :)
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As Carol sped through the battlefield, holding the gauntlet, she saw Thanos aiming for the van. Knowing she wasn't going to get there in time, she shot straight up into the air, avoiding the explosion of the van. She looked down at the battlefield, and she knew what she had to do.

She put the gauntlet on and moved so she was above Thanos. "You may be inevitable, but you certainly aren't immortal." With that, Carol summoned all of her strength, along with her powers (which meant going full binary), and snapped. A white light covered the entire field as she was tossed from the blast to the ground. Carol gasped as an unbearable pain spread throughout her entire body, making it feel like she was on fire.

"Carol? Baby?"

Carol, with great difficulty and effort, lifted her head to look up at her girlfriend. "Nat?" she rasped.

Natasha swallowed the lump in her throat, gently lifting Carol's body so it was resting against a broken piece of the compound.

"Did we win?"

Nat nodded, no longer being able to fight her tears.

"That's good. Oh, Nat, sweetheart, please don't cry," Carol said, weakly lifting her hand to touch her girlfriend's cheek. She never did like the sight of tears on her lover's face and in those beautiful blue-green eyes, because it meant Natasha was sad, and she hated it when Natasha was sad. Such a goddess deserved to be showered with praise, love, affection, and happiness every minute of every hour of every day.

Natasha lifted her hand and held it against Carol's on her cheek, still valiantly trying to stop her sobs.

"Please babe, don't cry."

"I love you," Natasha sobbed, pressing their foreheads together.

Carol was struggling to breathe, her lungs desperately working to receive oxygen, resisting the darkness that was rapidly overtaking her body. "I love you too," she managed to croak out. "Promise me something."

"Anything," Natasha said hastily, the tears streaming faster and faster with each second she witnessed her girlfriend wrestle with death.

"Promise me you will find love again."

Natasha was shaking her head in an instant, defiantly staring into those brown orbs she loved so much despite how glossy her eyes were. "No, absolutely not. I love you and I will only ever love you."

"Natasha, please," Carol gasped, the inferno she was feeling before now ten times stronger. It would be so easy to give in, but she kept fighting because she needed Nat to make this promise. "Promise me you will find love again. Promise me that you will move on, that you will share that wonderful and big heart with someone else."

"I can't. Not if I'll always love you," Natasha sobbed.

"Shhh, it's ok. I know, and that's ok. Just promise me you will find someone else to love, and please, don't push them away," Carol said, briefly glancing over to the heroes who were watching them, a few of them also crying. "They only want to help you. Please, Nat, promise me these two things. Please."

Natasha was sobbing, her girlfriend practically begging by the end. "I promise моя любовь, I promise." (my love)

"Good. I love you Nat, and please, be happy again." With that, Carol took her last breath, her hand still being held against Natasha's cheek.