Soulful | Book 2 of 2| Starks daughter x Natasha Romanoff

Chapter 31

It had been a few days and Natasha's funeral or memorial was today. I changed into a black suit and black top with some red accents, for Nat. The suit covered up my new hourglass tattoo. I still had the necklace on, I haven't taken it off since she gave it to me. I Lightly curled my hair and met Pepper, Morgan, and Happy in the lobby of the hotel we were staying at. They were all dressed in black. We got in the car, picked up breakfast, then drove to her grave. A few of the Avengers were already there and at ten everyone got there. "Ok, so basically everyone who wants to talk can, just come up to the front if you want to say something about Nat," I said. Clint walked up.

"God," he sighed, "Well when I met Natasha, I was supposed to kill her. I didn't know what at the time, but I saw something in her. After we became great friends, I trusted her with my life. She knew about my family, she is the godmother to all of my kids. And she's so great with my kids. She is so amazing. And I miss her so much. Nat was such a great person, I mean as much as she thought she hadn't made up for her past she made it up ten times over. One of my favorite memories of Nat is more recently, well I guess not that recent. It was in about 2016, before the Avenger's little conflict. I had just retired for the first time. Nat and I were out getting lunch. Now Natasha as you all know never talks about her feelings she hates being vulnerable. I knew when she was upset she didn't have to talk to me. I just knew and she knew I did. But during that lunch Natasha decided to be open with me. She talked about this girl she liked and how the girl had just broken up with her girlfriend and she wanted to make a move but not go too strong because the girl was just coming out of a relationship. Now, I'm sure you can guess who this mystery girl was." Clint stared at me, "Anyway, that moment and conversation will always stick with me, it was so special, all the little things were like her comments about Budapest, and her playfully making fun of me. I miss her so much, she was so great to me and my family, she was there when I was at my lowest. I realize what I saw in Natasha all those years ago, a truly great person, a great friend, a hard worker, a great godmother and aunt to my kids, and just someone that would change my life for the better," Tears were falling down Clint's face, "Alright, I'm done," He said. Old man Steve stood in front of us,

"There's a lot that I could say about Natasha, but I don't think that you guys want me to talk for that long. Nat was an amazing friend and she took her friendships very seriously. She was always there for me when I needed help with something like understanding a reference or getting technology to work, she even tried countless times to set me up on dates while we were on missions. She was even there for me when we were on different sides of the Sokovia accords, she risked a lot to help me and Bucky escape. Nat was one of the funniest people to be around, she had the snarkiest remarks that always made me chuckle. Nat was a great person all around like Clint said, and I thrive to be more like her every day, we all should." Steve took a step back, I wiped my eyes.

Wanda got up to talk, then Sam, then Pepper, Rhodes, Scott, Bruce, and Happy. Then it was my turn, I was closing us out. I stood in front of everyone, "Well, I hate public speaking, and I hate emotions, but this is for Natasha so I guess I'll do it for her. I'm going to give you all a warning, again I don't like emotions so instead of this sounding sad or depressing it will most likely sound sarcastic and rude, just know that that is my love language and how I show my emotions, so I'm not just being a bitch. Anyway," I sighed, "When I first met Natasha, I was around fifteen, I saw her, god I thought she was the most beautiful woman ever. Then I saw her again when I moved into the compound I saw her again and I couldn't keep my eyes off her. Her green eyes captivated me and lured me in. I talked to her and we became friends but that friendship lasted for about three hours. I drunkenly called Natasha bitch and she told me not to talk to her anymore. So I didn't. After that, I quickly fell into a new relationship but my love for her still stayed. We fought a lot, I think Wanda tried to keep us away from each other. If remember correctly everything between us changed in Lagos, I was Nat's back up and we worked pretty well together. Nat even complimented me at the time which was unheard of. Then the accords, me and my girlfriend at the time broke up, and Nat invited me to work out with her. That's when our friendship was born again. We talked daily even when she was away. We had long overnight facetimes. It didn't take us too long to fall in love. It was the best. Then I didn't see her for two years and I missed her like crazy. She came back and we all got our asses beat. All the Avengers went their own separate ways after that, but Nat still held us all together, we were her family. Nat and I got married, in a day, the best day of my life. Then we started this crazy time travel thing, and Nat risked her life to save the world. She is the definition of a hero. When you first meet Natasha, your impression of her may be that she's a bitch or an asshole but Natasha is the exact opposite, she is the kindest, sweetest, bravest, most amazing person I know and as Steve said, I strive to be more like her every day, everyone should. There is not a second of my day where I do not think about Natasha, I love her, I love her with everything I have." I wiped the tears from my eyes and then stepped back. We all stared at Nat's grave.

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AH, another sad one but the book is closing up.