𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝗜 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗧𝗼 𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗠𝗲 (𝘙𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘈𝘜) ❶

Chapter 16

It was the fourth game of the season and the fourth win in Steve's record. He was undefeated in every way, nobody doubted his skill, nobody doubted him. Even Steve was very proud of himself. Yeah, Natasha came to all the games wearing his jersey. Steve knew that she was there and he was always looking for her. She cracked a smile and waved her hands for him every time their eyes met.

Every touchdown he made, he always turned to her and saw that bright smile on her face that gave him a confident boost.

He wanted to be the one who made her smile like that every day. He would do everything he could to keep that smile on her face forever. And here they were now, celebrating his victory with people he slowly begun to call his friends. They were good people and surprisingly enough they genuinely cared for him, not his fame.

Steve and Natasha walked into the bar together. Confetti fell on them from every direction. Nat yelped in surprised and hugged to his side tightly. Steve wrapped his arms around her before leading them to their table.

"Congratulation on your fourth consecutive win, Captain!" Tony said loudly, raising his glass of scotch. Grant Ward, junior year and the owner of this bar, handed the captain and the lady in his arms glasses of beer.

"Thanks for all the support guys but I couldn't do it without my team!" They all drank, laughed and joked around. Steve and Thor both boasted that they would always win because they were on the best team. Steve said, with his perfect aim, the team would not lose a single game. Well, unless he staged the lose by himself.

"Well, I'm thinking about straight W in my record for this season." Steve announced."Unless, something unfortunate came up or I have a bad day or if my luck runs out."

"Something unfortunate like you get killed by your own arrogant ass." Maria shot back and everyone laughed. Steve just shrugged,

"My dear Maria Hill, you wanna make a bet with me?"

"No, I already lost one bet with you. Damn my roommate for falling for you so easily."Steve gave a very evil laughed until Natasha slapped him on his forearm. Steve cried quietly and turned to bickering with Natasha again and easily forgot the prior conversation he had with Maria. Natasha dragged Steve to the bar to get another round for the group. They were talking with Ward and his girlfriend, Skye. But then Steve noticed something about his little red.

"Nat…" He began; blue eyes kept locking at her. "Your hair? Different?"

"Yeah, it's longer than we first met." She said. "I'm thinking about straightening it once it reaches my shoulders."

"No!—" He blurted it out to fast Natasha looked at him curiously. He coughed. "I mean I like your short curly hair."

"Aww, you think I'm pretty, don't you?" She teased.

"Whatever, red." He cut off. "Just trust me on this." Steve only stayed until 9 pm. Much to everyone's protests, Steve and Natasha managed to sneak out from the bar while everyone was focused on Tony and Clint doing some street dance. Natasha was tried and really need to get some rest after a long day. They took a detour again but it was the only time he had made a detour this week. Steve opened up to her enough to talk about Peggy.

"I thought she was rich." Natasha said. "Why is she working in coffee shop?"

"She's working on some academic related research or something." Natasha asked where he got this information from and this time, Steve told her every detail. They spent a good five minutes talking about this before heading back to their dorm.

He walked her back to her room as usual, bid her a good night, before bending down and kissing her on the cheek. He gave her a smile before walking away. Natasha could see that he was changing as he became gentler with her.