Natasha Romanoff One-Shots

Tattoo

TW: needles, pain

Pov y/n

My leg bounces nervously and I bite my lip, trying to stay calm. The landscape flies by and I watch another car passing us.
"You don't have to do that. You know that, right?" Wanda asks, her eyes on the street while she drives the car.
"I know but I really want to and I want it to be a surprise for Nat..." I explain and keep chewing on my lip. Wanda nods, accepting my reasons.
A sudden wave of calmness floods my body and my leg stops bouncing. I shoot Wanda a thankful look and take a few deep breaths to keep my body calm.
She smiles shortly at me before she concentrates on driving again.

Wanda is my best friend and I'm really glad to have her. Besides Nat, my girlfriend, she is the only person who can calm me down when I get nervous. Usually, she doesn't do it with her mind but right now she can't really hug me unless she wants to crash the car.
We are on our way into the city because I have an appointment to get a tattoo.
Normally I would have taken Nat with me but I want to surprise her with it so I asked Wanda to keep me company.
Which was smart because I'd probably freak out if I was alone.
I'm not a person who gets afraid easily but the thought of getting a tattoo does make me nervous.

We reach the city and Wanda parks the car and we get out. She holds out her hand for me to take and I happily take the offer. I like her calm aura, it helps me to stay a bit more calm too. Even though my nerves start to act up again, not as much as before in the car but still.
We enter the tattoo shop and are greeted by a woman. She tells us she'll be ready in a bit and we can take a seat while we wait.
"Are you okay?" Wanda asks, searching for my eyes.
I take a deep breath and nod slowly.
"I wanna do this, I'm just a bit nervous but I will get through this." I answer and she smiles a little at my determined face.
"You can do it y/n. And I'm here to hold your hand." She encourages me which I am thankful for.

A few minutes later the woman comes back and smiles at me. We shake hands and she leads us to the back of the shop where her tattoo machine is.
"You already sent me the symbol you wanted and I printed out some different sizes." She tells me and takes a paper out of a folder and gives it to me.
Wanda glances over my shoulder and I smile at Nat's Black Widow symbol on the paper.
"I think it shouldn't be too big, so maybe this size?" I point to one and the woman nods, taking the paper back and making a little cross to mark the size I picked.

"Do you already know where you want it to be?" She asks and I nod.
"On the inside of my upper arm. The left side because it's closer to my heart."I answer and blush a little, worried it might seem a little cheesy but the woman just kindly smiles at me and asks me to get out of my sweatshirt. I'm wearing a tank top underneath and hand the sweatshirt to Wanda who puts it onto a little table with the rest of our stuff.

The woman motions for me to sit on the chair and I follow her request. I rest my arm on the thing she applied to the chair and feel my heart beating in my chest. Wanda pulls a chair up to my other side, after asking if that's okay and takes my free hand in hers.
"You filled out all the forms online?" The woman asks and comes to me with a paper. I nod and she hands me the paper where I have to sign to officially agree to get tattooed.
She gets her things ready and puts on rubber gloves.
I show her the spot where I want it and she disinfects the spot before she draws the symbol onto my skin so I can see what it will look like.
It looks great and a bit excitement fills my body.

The woman gets the needle ready and looks at me before she touches my skin. I nod and look over to Wanda so I don't have to watch.
I feel the needle pricking into my skin and bite my lip at the pain. It's not too bad but it still hurts a little and I squeeze Wanda's hand. She looks at me and her nose scrunches a little in anticipation.
"Are you okay?" She asks silently and I nod. I can do this, there is worse pain than this.

Wanda tries her best to keep me entertained and we talk while my tattoo gets done.
After a while I kind of get used to the feeling and relax a little bit.
It takes a while but then we're finally done and the woman wipes it clean.
"All done." She says and I turn my head and a wide smile grows on my face, seeing Nat's symbol on my arm.
"It looks amazing, thank you." I tell the woman and she smiles at me and puts some lotion onto the red skin before she carefully wraps a second skin around it.

"Keep it dry for the first two or three days. You can change the second skin after a few hours and take it off the next day. Apply this lotion before you put the second skin on again and then once a day for a week." She hands me a new bottle of lotion and I take it, nodding along with the instructions.
"Don't put too much pressure onto the spot the first week. The skin is still sensitive and will maybe still hurt a bit today but tomorrow it should be better. It will start itching and scaring but that's normal, just don't itch and let it heal. If you start to feel uncomfortable or feel bad or have any further questions, you call me or come to the store directly, okay?" I nod again. "Good, then we're done here so far. How do you feel?" She checks in and I tell her I feel great and then put my sweatshirt back on.
We go to the register and I pay her and thank her again for the tattoo.

Before we get into the car, Wanda pulls me in for a hug, careful not to touch my tattoo.
"You did great." She states happily.
"Thank you, it wasn't as bad as I expected." I admit and she chuckles a bit.
"It's the head that makes us nervous most of the time." She agrees and lets go of me.
"Are you okay, though? You look slightly pale." I notice and she waves it off.
"It just wasn't easy seeing you in pain but I'm alright, the most important thing is that you feel good."
"I do." I confirm and we get in the car.

On the way home I'm excited to see Nat again. She's currently in a meeting and it will probably take a while but after that I can show her my new tattoo.
We arrive at the compound and Wanda starts to make us some food. It's delicious as always and we lounge around after we cleaned the kitchen.
The boys bought a new game for our gaming console that Wanda and I test and we laugh a lot while we try to figure it out.
As time goes on, some of the others join us and Bucky and Steve show us how the game works and we enjoy it together.

When Nat finally enters the room, I jump up and run to her. But before she can pull me into a hug, I stop her, telling her I have to show her something first. She raises an eyebrow in confusion but pecks my lips and follows me into our room. I sit her down on our bed and take off my sweatshirt.
"Did you really have to show me something or are you just horny?" She asks with a smirk and I shake my head, laughing a little.
"I really want to show you something, even though I wouldn't mind having sex with you." I wink at her before I come closer and sit on her lap, facing her.

"You know, how you can get a little possessive over me?" I ask.
"Yes. That's because you're my girlfriend and I consider you mine." She states plainly and smiles sweetly.
"Yeah and that's true. And since I know you love to mark your territory, I did something." I say and bite my lip again, now a little nervous how she will react.
She looks at me interested and her eyes fall down when I hold out my left arm so she can see the tattoo.
"Now everyone knows I'm yours." I say, waiting nervously for her reaction.
"You got a tattoo for me?" She asks and her eyes dart between my arm and my eyes before they stay on my eyes. I nod and smile a little shyly at her reaction. Her hands cup my face softly and she kisses me sweetly.

"I love you." She whispers against my lips and her eyes are full of love.
"I love you too. And now everyone can see that." I reply and earn another kiss for that.
She pulls away slowly and looks back at my tattoo.
"When did you get it? And did it hurt badly?" She asks, now a little concerned.
"Today, a few hours ago and no, it just stung a bit but Wanda was there to help me get through it." I answer and she nods.

"Do you like it?" I ask, unsure because she didn't say anything about it yet.
"I love it, baby. But I won't stop marking you, I hope you are aware of that." She smirks and I feel my body relax at her happy face.
"I know but now I can actually show people who I love." I say and she kisses my nose.
"Do you know how to take care of it?" She asks after a bit of silence and I nod and tell her what the woman told me.
"Want me to help you, change it?" She asks, her caring mode fully switched on now.
"That would be great." I smile at her and she lightly tabs my butt to signal me to get up.
She helps me change it and I catch her proudly looking at the tattoo that officially makes me hers for everyone to see.