The Younger Agent - Natasha Romanoff x OC

Chapter 16 - Tony Stark

2011-

Around 2 years had passed since, it had been relatively calm for a while, but then the last year had been extremely busy for the two women, and the entirety of SHIELD. With Tony Stark announcing himself as Iron Man, many criminals that had been lurking in the shadows had come out to challenge him thinking that they had correctly matched his technology. Stupid. This, however, meant that many Agents were given triple the cases that they usually had and had to keep tabs on a lot more 'quiet criminals' because they don't seem to stay quiet for very long anymore. 

On a more personal level, Nat and Eleanor had celebrated their first anniversary by going on a weekend away to a small cabin and they had enjoyed their time away from everyone in nature. For their second anniversary they, unfortunately, could not get time away from work, so they did something more low-key and just went out for some nice food and a drive. Eleanor had said "I love you" about 5 months into the relationship, and both women were slightly surprised when Natasha said it back with no hesitation.

They no longer had separate rooms, Eleanor's old room was now occupied by another Agent. There was a debate on which room to keep, Eleanor's had been lived in for longer so they initially thought that, but then they decided to go with Nat's, it was the first space she's ever been able to call her own, and Eleanor thought it would be nice for them to live in that space together, which Nat appreciated. Natasha had grown her hair out, whereas Eleanor had cut hers to shoulder length. 

They were both happy. Very happy. Nat felt like she had some stability in her life for the first time. 

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They had both been assigned to a new case involving the Iron Man himself. Natasha would be sent in as 'Natalie Rushman', a notary, to try and get close to Stark and keep an eye on him and assess his potential use in the 'Avengers Initiative' and whether he was appropriate for it. He was showing impulsivity and recklessness, not ideal for a man in such high power. He was also becoming ill, as to which they were not sure why, so that was also a main factor in this operation. 

Eleanor was more in the background of this operation, she organised everything, put out fires, and planned out the next move, allowing Natasha to play out her role with ease, and hopefully, no hurdles will present themselves for her. She was the one in correspondence with Pepper Potts, meaning that Natalia Rushman was hired. 

In order to complete this mission, the two were temporarily relocated to Malibu, the home of Tony Stark's futuristic mansion. Sure, the two missed home, but it was a nice change of pace. Unfortunately, it would come at the cost of Nat interacting with Tony on a regular basis. 

Today was the day that Nat would be meeting Tony for the first time, and she was not thrilled. She had been complaining to Eleanor for the entirety of the previous week about her lack of enthusiasm for this task, and Eleanor was more than happy to be her outlet for this, reassuring her that she knew that it sucked, sometimes a person just needs to vent without being offered solutions. 

"I don't want to", Nat whined whilst buttoning up her shirt in front of the full-length mirror in their bedroom.
"I know, but you're going to do a really good job, and I'll be here at the end of the day, okay?", Eleanor responded, getting up from sitting on the edge of the bed, and walking over to her and wrapping her arms around Nat from behind. Nat sighed and leaned into the touch. Eleanor could always make her feel more at peace. 

The two enjoyed the brief moment of calm before Nat turned around and put her forehead against Eleanor's, "I'll see you tonight детка", and then she walked out of the room, Eleanor following Nat with her eyes. 

Eleanor didn't really have anything to do today, she had done all that she could do, for now, she had to wait and see what happened today before she could do anything else. So, she decided to spend the day tidying the small apartment that they have been given and cook a nice meal for tonight.