BlackHill | If only

Chapter 18

Maria's POV:

We continued to talk for another hour, planning the mission to Wakanda to destroy the last infinity stone. All of us would be going; who knew when Thanos would be coming for Vision. We had to be prepared.

The room suddenly went quiet as Nat entered the room, she looked dazed but smiled as people greeted her by the door. Steve began to fill her in as she ventured to sit down. She perched next to me on the couch her leg ever so slightly brushing mine. She briefly glanced at me whilst everyone was fixated on Steve, giving me a look of reassurance as if to say, "I'm alright."

I rested my hand on hers, she squeezed it for a second but pulled away as the focus of the room turned back on her.

Tony's eyebrow raised slightly at me with a shadow of a smirk but turned to Nat, "How are you feeling Romanoff?"

She offered a pained smile "I'm fine Tony". He opened his mouth to say more but thought better of it and only smiled back.

Sensing the silence in the room I stood up, "I think we should reconvene tomorrow, for now, everyone should get some rest. Agent Romanoff, I need to speak to you in private please."

Natasha's POV:

After a few smirks from the others, I followed Ria into the hallway. She continued to walk on, only beckoning me with a jerk of her head. 

I followed her up a staircase until we reached a hatch in the ceiling, she pushed it upwards and climbed through, offering a hand to pull me up. 

I had to adjust my eyes to the dim light before me. Stars, scattered across the sky the last rays of the sun long gone. We seemed to be on the roof of the compound. 

"It's pretty, isn't it?" Ria finally spoke with her back towards me, gazing into the darkness. I smiled at her "How come we're up here?", she turned to face me, her elegant features barely visible. "I come up here to think, It's just... Peaceful, and I thought it could be a place for you too".

She closed the distance between us wrapping me into a hug, her cheek rested by the side of my head. She murmured in my ear "Don't ever leave me like that again". I sighed in her arms "I'm sorry, I just didn't want you to get hurt." She raised her head to level her gaze with mine. "And it's ok for you to get hurt? I don't know what I'd do if something happened to you, Nat." 

Her voice hitched slightly her eyes glancing at the ground. I placed my hands on the sides of her face, tilting her head so that her ice-blue eyes were level with mine. "I really am sorry Ria. From now on we're in this together. Any mission, anything at all, we go together." 

She paused for a moment, taking in a deep breath whilst gazing into my eyes. "There's something I need to ask you".

She arranged her fingers around mine, tenderly grasping them. "Nat I have fallen in love with you, you are my everything and I now know that I cannot live without you. And with this new enemy, I cannot waste time being afraid of peoples opinions. If Thanos snaps his fingers then I won't even have a life to go back to. All I need in this world is you."

She paused again, biting the inside of her cheek in thought. "So would you... Marry me?"

My heart fluttered in my chest and I couldn't contain the smile spreading on my face. I crushed my lips on hers, saying on her mouth "I love you". 

She pulled away from a moment "So is that a yes?" I grinned again "Of course it's a yes." She let out a sigh of relief and pulled me into a kiss. 

Deeper than the first, more hungry and animal. I parted my mouth, allowing her entrance. Her fingertips began to stroke under the hem of my shirt, tracing patterns along my skin. I reached for her top, pulling it over her head. Her hand slid across the plane of my torso, the other tearing my shirt off my body. Revealing gooseflesh blooming across my skin. 

She lowered me to the ground in one swift movement, leaning over my exposed chest; letting her hips nestle against mine. I gasped at the touch, gasped louder as her hand grazed the underside of my breast. Aching for her touch.

She leaned down to kiss the other and I wrapped my legs around the curve of her hips. Trying to contain my moan as her teeth grazed my nipple. Arching my back in silent demand. Pleading for more. 

Her hand began to trace lazy strokes from my ribs to my waist, the touch causing me to dig my fingers into her shoulders. Gripping them with ferocity.

I started to feel heat building in my centre. "Ria... please". I groaned tilting my head towards the sky. I began to grind my hips against hers, trying anything to ease the ache building between my legs. Her hand slipped down my stomach, sliding into my pants feeling the dampness already there.

Her voice rumbled on my skin, "Eager, aren't we?". She removed my undergarments with ease and as she slid a finger in I thought I would explode into a million pieces. My back arched again as her thumb joined, circulating around that one spot making me shudder. She pressed her lips against mine containing my gasp. I murmured against her lips "I love you, Ria". 

She smirked against my mouth, pulling away and I watched her dark hair recede to my centre. Couldn't take my eyes off her as she paused by the entrance. Couldn't hold my breath any longer when I felt her mouth claim me. 

Her tongue, devouring me like fire. I felt myself getting closer and closer, trying to control my breathing. With one deft flick of her tongue, I fell off the edge clamping down on my scream.

Ria raised her head to gaze down at me, "I can't wait for you to be my wife Natasha Romanoff".