The Younger Agent - Natasha Romanoff x OC

Chapter 57 - The Pieces Of My Soul

The day after they had told the Bartons about their engagement, Eleanor had wanted to ring Maria to tell her the news as well. Originally, the pair wanted to let Maria know in person but there was no opportunity to on the day of the hearing and they weren't leaving the farm for a while.

While Natasha was distracting the kids she thought that this would be the perfect time to contact her. Maria had sounded frantic when she first answered the phone, thinking that she would only be hearing from her in emergencies.

But when Eleanor revealed the true purpose of the call she went silent, before carefully saying "Congratulations" with a voice crack at the end.

"Ria, are you crying?", she said in a sing-songy voice whilst internally awing, she thought that Maria might get a bit emotional but not to the extent of crying.

"No...", her voice came through small so it was a clear lie, "I have allergies, El. Pollen count is off the charts".

"Yeah, I'm sure it is", she chuckled. "So, of course, me and Nat want you to be Maid of Honour". Maria said yes faster than the speed of light earning another laugh. "Thing is... we both can't leave and come back so we are having to do online shopping for rings and dresses and all of that, which sucks, but we can't go and get them, so as Maid of Honour... would you pretty please pick them up a week before the wedding and bring them over here? Clint has already said that you'll have a place to stay over the week and a bit so you're not travelling back and forth".

"Not a problem", Maria once again replied almost instantaneously.

"Thank you so much, you're a lifesaver. I'll send you the details for the shops later, we made sure that they aren't too far away from your place. Love you".

Now it was time to let Sarah know, which Natasha and Eleanor were going to do together. The call went well, and there were a lot of tears from Sarah and she told them that she would of course fly out as she "Wouldn't miss it for the world". Laura told them that she would collect her from the nearest airport.

Due to having it on the farm, they could only invite Maria and Sarah, but they were fine with that. Fury was off fighting HYDRA, and Steve and Sam couldn't know about the farm. But they had everyone that they needed in attendance. 

The ceremony would be in a month, they wasted no time in picking the date and wanting everything sorted. Natasha didn't want to rush it too much but didn't want to leave it for a while either, not knowing how the next few months would play out or what would happen after. So, they started online shopping. Laura had told them to not worry about the venue set up as she and Maria were having lots of calls to do with that area, so they just had to worry about rings, clothes, and vows.

They looked into both dresses and suits, but ultimately the clothes that they were both separately drawn to the most was a dress. They weren't extravagant by any means, they wanted it to look and feel like a wedding, but also have a casual element to it especially as the wedding would be small and intimate anyway.

Natasha's white dress reached mid-calf, with a slit in it just off-centre. It had one thick strap on her right shoulder, so had an asymmetric neckline. Eleanor's white dress reached her knees, at the hips, it flared out slightly, it would look elegant to do a spin in, and it had an illusion neckline. Both suited them well. 

The wedding bands that they got were the same, Natasha wanted to match, which Eleanor found adorable. The rings consisted of two thin bands that intertwined with each other, one of the bands was plain rose gold, and the other was the same but lined with white gems. A simple, yet elegant style. 

With the orders placed, now all that was left to do was wait for the date.

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Saturday 21st June 2014-