Professor Romanoff

Chapter 15

Carol POV:
The door to the living room opens and there stands Y/N and Wanda.
"Wanda! Y/N!" I say, jumping up from the couch and running over to engulf them both in a tight hug. They look rough. From what the team have told me about Hydra and the things they do I thought they wouldn't make it back alive.
"We had a hunch, we decided to go alone." Tony explains whilst walking in behind them with Steve, slightly confused at the fact that I knew them. The base must have been small, Tony and Steve are both fine, not many wounds at all though Tony is pretty protected by his suit.
"Carol, what did you just say? I told you not to-" Nat comes in the room, stopping when she realised that Y/N was there.

Natasha POV:
I stop. My heart skips a beat. Is that really her? She also stops, glancing over to the doorway where I stand.
"Y/N." I mutter. I look like shit. Since she was taken I gave up on all the basics.
"Tasha." She whispers. I fast walk, almost run up to her and push past everyone in the way. I pull her into a tight hug to which she returns instantly.
"я скучаю по тебе (ya skuchayu po tebe - I missed you.)" I say to her.
"я скучал по тебе тоже (ya skuchal po tebe tozhe - I missed you too)" She says back.
"How do all of you know each other?" Steve asks.
"We go- went? To college together, me Wanda and Y/N." Carol says.
"And how do you all know Nat?" Steve asks.
"She was the Russian professor." Carol explains still hugging Wanda. I've pretty much stopped listening at this point. Y/N is in my arms still. My head was resting on top of hers, which was pressed sideways into my chest. I  think she's also not paying attention to the conversation.
"They were the only 2 left alive at the hydra base." Tony says. Clint, Bruce and Thor were just on the couch confused.
"Bruce, you need to check them out, see how they are." Tony says, about to leave the room.
"How are you feeling, are you okay? Did they hurt you?" I blurt out, cupping Y/N's face in my hands after remembering that she was with Hydra. All I want to do is hold her. I noticed a cut on her forehead, and an old cut on her lip that was beginning to scar. "How did they happen?" I ask, removing a hand from her face and moving it to her forehead to see how deep the wound was with my thumb.
"I'm fine... Can we talk some where else?" she asks, probably overwhelmed by the fact she doesn't know many people in this room and she's just escaped from the grasps of Hydra.
"Of course детка." I respond, leading her out of the room with my hand tightly grasped within hers.
"Wait, Nat, I need to do tests on her." Bruce says, getting up from the couch.
"Later Bruce." I respond and take her out of the room before someone can say anything else. I take Y/N to my bedroom and sit her down on my bed and sit next to her. Our hands are still entwined, my thumb running over the back of her hand.
"A-at the base.." she starts.
"You don't have to talk about it baby." I tell her. I don't want to rush her into talking about it.
"I want to, otherwise I might bury it and never talk about it." she replies. I nod and squeeze her hand a little to let her know I'm listening.
"I- have these..." she lets out a little chuckle. "..powers. It feels stupid to say but I don't know what else to call them. I can shoot fire out of my hands without it hurting me." she finishes.
"They experimented on you." I mutter sadly. She gives me a tight lipped look before breaking the eye contact we once held.
"Wait.. what's going on? Aren't you a college professor? At NYU?" She asks, confused, finally figuring out that I was with the Avengers.
"I'm not a professor at NYU. Or anywhere. I'm part of the Avengers. I was on a mission, when I met you. I wanted to tell you for so long, but I was scared it would get you in danger." I take a second to see how she would react. "Though I guess just associating myself with you got you into danger." I add.
"So.. this whole time you were lying to me?" She says, her eyes meeting me again, a sad look resting within them.
"I'm sorry Y/N/N.. I really am. I thought I was protecting you, but when Rumlow got you, I regretted everything. Not with you, I would never regret anything with you, but I regret not telling you." I explain.

Y/N POV:
"Who the hell is Rumlow?" I ask. I was mad? Confused?
"That Brock guy. Are you mad?" Nat asks me.
"Of course I am, I mean you lied to me for so long.." I say. I look up and meet her green eyes, worry seeping through them. "But I love you and I was scared and I missed not being with you. I don't wanna fight, I've only just gotten you back" I add.
"I love you too котенок, I've missed you so much. I'm so sorry." Nat replies, pulling me into a hug. We stay in her room for a bit in a comfortable silence. I lay in her arms as she strokes my hair.

After a while there was a knock on the door.
"Hey, I don't mean to interrupt anything, but Tony wants to see you guys." It was a man, Captain America I think.
"Okay, we'll be there in a sec." Nat says. He leaves and she turns back to me. I was tired, and almost asleep, so I groan in annoyance. I place my head further into her chest. "Come on котенок, as soon as we've finished talking with him we can come back here and watch movies till we fall asleep." She offers, kissing my forehead.
"Fine." I give in.

We get to a room that looked like it was a meeting room. Tony gestures for us to sit down, and we do. Carol and Wanda were both in there too.
"So Wanda and Y/N, I have a proposition for you both. You guys join the Avengers, and along with Carol you do your college work online. I'll let you guys stay here for free, think of it as a job." He says. I look over to Wanda, and almost instinctively she also looks over at me. I shrug at her then look back to Tony.
"Sure." I say. "But what about basketball, we can't really do that online." I say.
"I thought of that, I had a basketball court installed when Carol joined the team just under a month ago and you can go onto campus when there's a game or practice." Tony says.
"Why did you want Carol so much? She's great, but she doesn't have powers... and the avengers have powers.. Or fight like a total badass, but I beat Carol in a fight before, and it wasn't hard." I ask, smiling a little. We have a friendly competitive side to our friendship.
"Thanks a lot Y/N." Carol says sarcastically.
"She didn't tell you?" He replies.
"I have powers too, Y/N." She responds.
"That's awesome! Why didn't you tell us? What are they?" I ask, getting slightly excited. She demonstrates her powers for me, Wanda and I just sit there, surprised and lost for words.
"I couldn't tell you guys because it was dangerous." Carol explains.
"I've heard that one before." I chuckle.
"I understand." Wanda says, smiling at her.
"Yeah, same." I say, also smiling at her.
"Thanks guys." Carol smiles.
"So, are you in to join?" Tony asks, drawing our attention back to him
"Yeah sure." Wanda responds. I nod.
"Nat, you're done with that mission, S.H.I.E.L.D has it covered from now." Tony explains.
"Cool, thanks Tony." She says. I hadn't really noticed how Nat's voice changed when she spoke to me until now. She always has a softer, warm voice when she spoke to me.
"That's all, thanks." Tony says. 

We all leave and I start talking with Carol and Wanda about everything. I notice Nat go over and talk to the rest of the guys there. I didn't really know who they were, so I just kept talking with Wanda and Carol. I then remember what Nat had said earlier. I wanted to talk to her, but I didn't want to interrupt her so Wanda, Carol and I spoke about what had happened over the past few weeks.
"So, you shoot fire out of your hands and you can read minds and have..." Carol asks before finding it too hard to describe Wanda's powers.
"Wiggly woos." Wanda says. "That's the only way I've managed to describe them." she adds.
"And you have magical energy." I say.
"This is crazy. Definitely not what I expected when I first met you two." Carol chuckles.

Nat comes over after a while and wraps her hands around my stomach from behind. We had been sitting on the couches in the same room as Nat and the guys. I had felt all their eyes dart over at us every now and then but didn't really acknowledge it.
"Do you mind if I steal Y/N for a bit?" She asks, resting her head on my shoulder.
"Go right ahead." Carol responds.
"Just don't be loud." Wanda says, wiggling her eyebrows suggestively. I just shake my head at her, laughing slightly. I get up and walk with Nat to her room.

"What movie do you wanna watch?" She asks me.
"Hm.. have you ever heard of Zathura?" I ask her, it was one of my favourite movies.
"Yeah, I think I watched it a couple of years ago." Nat says, turning on her TV. She puts on the movie and cuddles into me. I had changed into some of her clothes and rested my head onto her chest. She kisses my head and I start to fall asleep again until there was another knock on the door. I groan loudly.
"Sorry to interrupt, but I was wondering if Y/N was ready for her tests?" Some guy asks. I think he was Bruce as Tony asked him to do the tests and called him Bruce.
"In a bit." Nat says, trying not to disturb me.
"Nat, she really needs these tests, we don't know what hydra did to her." Bruce says.
"Later. It's been a long day." Nat says. I found it sweet how she's letting me rest.
"Fine, but no later than 10am tomorrow." Bruce says leaving. I fall asleep in Nat's grasp.

A/N: I edited this like 3 months after writing this and omg it sucked before. It's not much better now but oh well