The Younger Agent - Natasha Romanoff x OC

Chapter 19 - Murder Bots

After sleeping for a very long time, the two had to continue their jobs. Eleanor would be back at the apartment, continuing her part in the Vanko investigation, which she had now been officially roped into, even though he was thought to be dead, his tech and knowledge in the hands of the wrong people would be horrific. Nat would continue to work at Stark Industries, hoping that Tony would keep his mouth shut. 

Both Eleanor and Nat knew that he would find some way to torment Nat now that he knew her real identity, it was only a matter of when. 

That afternoon, they would both be flying to New York, for the Stark Expo, once again flying separately. 

Eleanor was sitting on the sofa, going through files and replying to emails on her laptop, whilst Nat was getting herself ready for work. She looked up and saw that Nat was rushing around slightly, "Don't worry about packing your case, I can do it when I do mine before lunch".

Nat looked over towards Eleanor before continuing her current task, "Are you sure? I don't want you to feel like you have to". 
"No, it's okay, I want to", she smiled, earning a smile in return. Eleanor was more than happy to help her girlfriend out, especially as she was going to be the one dealing with people today, Eleanor got to stay out of it.

"Okay, well I've gotta rush out now, but I'll see you later, yeah?", Nat quickly said as she walked over to Eleanor, leaning down and placing a lingering kiss on her forehead.
"Mhm, have fun", she smirked, making Nat scoff in amusement before leaving. 

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After picking up some paperwork that she needed to give to Pepper, Nat met up with Happy as they both walked toward her office. "Happy", she nodded at the man. He just smiled at her as they continued their journey.

"Oh, I've been told that the flight has been brought forwards", Happy began.
"When is it?", Nat was panicking slightly as she didn't have her case with her.
"25 minutes". She nodded at his answer, she would have to rush home after talking with Pepper and hope that Eleanor had packed it. It was afternoon now, Eleanor had usually eaten by this time she thought, so all being well the case would be packed.

They eventually reached their destination and walked in. "Miss. Potts?", she saw Tony sitting in front of the desk too, making her groan internally.

"Hi, come on in", Pepper sounded flustered, and Tony turned to face Nat, looking shocked as she walked towards the pair.
"Wheels up in 25 minutes".
"Thank you".

Whilst Pepper was going through the paperwork, Nat had to watch a very awkward ordeal between the other three in the room, so stayed quiet staring intently at the paperwork on the desk, not wanting to draw attention to herself. 

It was going well until Stark started talking again, "Are you blending in well here, Natalie? Here at Stark enterprises? Your name is Natalie isn't it?". If she hadn't had to keep her cover for Pepper's sake then she would have been tempted to deck him there and then.

She just glared at him hoping that he would just shut up, but her wish was not granted. "I thought you two didn't get along?", he gestured between the two women. 
"No, that's not so", Pepper calmly stated. Nat was glad that she wasn't in Pepper's bad books anymore, but was a bit confused about her sudden attitude change toward her. 

"It's just me you don't care for? No, nothing?".

Nat would have given anything to not be in the middle of this awkward interaction. "Actually, whilst you're here maybe you and Natalie could discuss the matter of personal belongings", Pepper stated whilst standing and preparing to leave.
"Absolutely". 

Now that Pepper and Happy had left, Nat was now able to rip into him a bit as she collected the documents, "I'm surprised you can keep your mouth shut".