The Younger Agent - Natasha Romanoff x OC

Chapter 55 - Mouthing Off On Capitol Hill

The next day as promised, Fury swung by their motel room to drop off food and clothes. Where he had got them from they didn't know, but they were glad to have a fresh outfit, especially Natasha. That tight suit was not comfortable to rest in. He also explained that he was going to Europe for a while to take down more HYDRA thugs soon. They were sad to see him go but knew that it wouldn't be the last that they saw of him.

As he was unloading the various tins of fruit onto their desk, Eleanor subtly hinted at their engagement and the man froze in his tracks, peach slices in hand. When he had frozen for more than thirty seconds the two women became anxious. That wasn't the body language of someone happy to hear this news. 

He gently put the tins down and turned to look at them, eyes flitting back and forth between the two of them with a blank look on his face. Again, not a great reaction.

Just as Eleanor opened her mouth to ask him to say something he suddenly brought both of them into a hug, one arm wrapped around each person. They were both shocked at the action so it took a few seconds for them to figure out what was going on, but they both reciprocated and Natasha patted him awkwardly on the back. Eleanor had been subjected to many awkward Fury hugs in the past, but this was a first for Natasha and she was suddenly hyper-aware of her arm placement and wasn't sure where to rest her hands.

But before she could figure out how to not hug him awkwardly, he pulled back and smiled at them both, "I'm happy for you, you'll make each other very happy". 

"Thank you", they both softly said at the same time. He nodded and made his way out, leaving the newly engaged couple alone. They didn't know when they would see Fury again, and even though they didn't get to say a proper goodbye, they felt that their interaction was a good enough farewell. A thousand words were written in between the lines.

The rest of the week went by very fast. Usually, it would have dragged on and felt like aeons, but they were so caught up in the excitement of the next part of their life that they didn't start feeling cabin fever of being stuck in one room living off of granola bars and tins of fruit. 

They spent the time thinking about when they wanted to get married, and where, knowing that they didn't want to be engaged for too long. Recent events were a poignant reminder that they were constantly on the brink of danger, so they wanted to be married as soon as they could, not knowing if the opportunity would be brutally ripped from them or not. 

They also watched a lot of crappy movies on the motel television and played a lot of card games as Fury had been nice enough to bring them a pack along with the supplies, knowing that they would be cooped up in their room longer than he would be.

But of course, a good portion of that time was also spent setting up new identities for Natasha so that they could get back out into regular society, so it would take a few weeks/months for everything to be set up fully, so they made a start on it early. 

Natasha had also decided to use some of her old contacts from her KGB era to try and recover some files on The Winter Soldier for Steve, as he knew that the two women had more information than he did. He had made it clear after finding out that it was Bucky that he wanted to search for him, but needed resources for that.

When they had begun the search for him years ago, there was limited information on the guy, but now that HYDRA information was floating around in the open thanks to Natasha, there was a chance that they would be able to wrangle some more information.

And it worked. They had managed to get their hands on the original file HYDRA had on James B. Barnes and The Winter Soldier project. Whoever it was that Natasha contacted had left the file in a post box in another town in Western Indiana, and had given her the code to access it. Eleanor used one of her fake ID's not affiliated with SHIELD, as a spy it's always handy to have a backup, and used it to rent a car out so that they could get the file.