Learning to Love - Natasha Romanoff and Maria Hill

Twenty-two

"Hello?"

"Agent Romanoff, is Agent Hill-"

"No, Agent Hill is not taking calls right now. You'll just have to put up with me," Natasha closed the file she just looked over before putting it aside,"What do you need, Sitwell?"

"I just needed to speak to her about some new..inquiries in R and D."

"Again, you have me to speak to right now, so out with it."

"Well, one of the interns blew up another agent. He's in the intensive care unit."

"What the hell? How did that even-" Natasha closed her eyes,"Nevermind. Did you fill out an incident report?"

"Not yet."

"Go fill the damn thing out and have it on Hill's desk by tomorrow morning. Goodbye, Agent Sitwell."

Natasha hung up the phone, sighing and closing her eyes. She massaged her temples, trying to ease her growing headache. She felt strong hands on her shoulders, massaging them.

"You're tense," Maria whispered in her ear, placing a kiss on her cheek.

"Some intern almost blew up R and D. I don't know how you do this job without having a constant migraine," Natasha rested her head on the back of the couch, looking up at the brunette.

"I have you. You always take away my headaches," Maria smiled softly.

"I love you," Natasha smiled.

"I love you, too, baby."

Natasha's phone began to ring again, and she almost threw it across the room.

"Damnit," she groaned, grabbing the phone and answering it,"Agent Romanoff."

"Hi, Agent Romanoff, is Agent Hill-"

"Taking calls? No, for the one thousandth time, Agent Hill is not taking calls. What is it now?"

"I just called to let you know that a few of the junior agents got into a physical altercation, and one of them is bleeding internally."

"What the actual fuck? Do these people have brains? My God, just fire all of them and get an incident report on Hill's desk."

"Right away, Agent Romanoff. Thank you, ma'am."

Natasha hung up the phone again, sighing,"Do you ever get a break?"

"Not really."

"You deserve the world, woman," Natasha got up, walking into the kitchen and pouring herself another coffee.

Maria took her place on the couch, looking over the files and computer screen while the redhead wasn't looking.

"Hey, no work," Natasha grabbed the laptop and files off of Maria's lap.

"Well, I tried," Maria slumped into the couch.

Natasha was awakened by her alarm. She rolled over, shutting it off before turning back over and burying her face in Maria's neck.

"Tasha," Maria rested a hand on Natasha's hip, rubbing slow circles,"You have to go to work, baby."

"I know," Natasha mumbled into Maria's neck,"I just wanna lay with you for a minute."

After five minutes, Natasha kissed the brunette's cheek before getting up. She made her way into the bathroom, turning the shower on before tying her hair up into a bun and stepping under the warm water.

"Good morning, Agent Romanoff. Here are the incident reports and files you asked for," Lopez fell into step with the redhead, handing her the papers and a coffee.