Dangerous and Deadly Love

Back To Work

After lunch with the team, Nica and I headed home for the rest of the day. It felt weird driving away from the first family I ever had, but when I looked in the rearview mirror at my girl in the back seat I saw her smile at me and wave in the mirror.

"When you see Mommy give her a hug." We were at a stop light as I looked back at her and smiled.

"Mommy!" She said while giving herself a hug and laughed.

When I walked through the door I could already smell food in the air. We couldn't have been at the compound all day, could we?

"Natty?" I called as I let Nica go through the house to find Nat, but she came back to me and hid behind my leg. I slowly walked into the kitchen as I pulled out a knife that I always had on me, obviously concealed enough to where Veronica couldn't see it or feel it.

"Natasha." I called again as I got to the kitchen. There was a pot of pasta on the stove that was boiling and overflowing. I turned off the fire and looked around to see if there was anything unusual. But everything was in place, there were no signs of a fight or any bullet holes. Nothing. There was a sudden thud upstairs as I turned my head and hurried up the steps. I was ready to fight whoever was near the top of the stairs when I was tackled and someone had the knife in my hand against my throat, but it's only Nat.

I can see the walls drop behind her eyes when she sees that it's just me. Her expression is no longer hard and protective, it's changed to a soft loving look. She gives me one of her famous smirks and then kisses me passionately. I can't really remember the last time she kissed me with fervor, passion and want. On instinct, my hands come up to her waist and pull her closer to me. It feels like it's been so long since we've been intimate with each other like this so I take the chance to bring her closer to me.

She's flat on top of me as I wrap my legs around her waist to keep her close. Her hands are in my hair, keeping me against her. And by god I would never have thought that this moment was something I needed so much. My hands move from her back to around her waist and up her shirt. I can tell my hands are cold when Nat gasps from the touch. I take the chance to poke my tongue into her mouth, letting out a moan. She starts to suck on my tongue when I hear something, or someone walking up the stairs. I open my eyes to see that it's Veronica and I push Nat over onto her back and sit on her lap, trying to act like nothing happened. Nat then looks over at our little girl and smiles at her when she sees that she's holding my knife correctly.

"Oh my god, she's...She's..." Nat tries to say, but nothing else comes out other than those words.

"She's doing it." I say at the same time while getting off of her, taking my knife out of her hand. I bring her into a tight hug and praise her for being so brave.

"We can slowly introduce it, all of it." I hear from over my shoulder as nat comes closer to us and joins in on the family hug. I lean my forehead to hers and whisper "I love you" to her.

"I love you too. And as much as I hate to interrupt this moment I have news." I look at her, already knowing what this is about. "Yeah, we have to go in." I look down at Veronica and lightly run my thumb over her cheek as she smiles at me and laughs a little.

"I let Clint know." Nat says and goes to grab our go bags and we head for the car.

Back to work we go.

Even though I was just at the compound.

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On the flight to Clint's house I talked things over with Nat, to make sure that Veronica had everything she needed and Laura or Lila would know that they would be taking care of her for a little while, or at least until this thing blows over.