Summary: You & Natasha share a comforting moment
Warnings: hurt/comfort
Pairings: Natasha Romanoff x reader (romantic)
A/N: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NATASHA!! ❤️❤️
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Natasha sighed, cutting her peanut butter sandwich. She listened to Rocket, Nebula, and the rest of the remaining avengers argue from across the universe. It's been five years since the snap. Five years since Thanos. Five years since the Avengers officially split up. Five years since she lost Yelena. Five years since everything... But no matter how much time passed, she couldn't let this life go.
"Carol, are we seeing you here next month?"
"Not likely,"
"What? You gonna get another haircut?" Rocket teased.
"Listen, fur face. I'm covering a lot of territory. The things that are happening on Earth are happening everywhere. On thousands of planets."
"Uh, all right. All right. That's a good point. That's a good point."
"So, you might not see me for a long time."
"All right. Uh well, this channel's always active. So, if anything goes sideways... anyone's making trouble where they shouldn't... comes through me." Natasha stated, before Rocket, Okoye, Carol's channels disappeared, leaving Rhodey. "Where are you?" she asked him.
"Mexico. The Federales found a room full of bodies. Looks like a bunch of cartel guys never even had a chance to get their guns off."
"It's probably a rival gang," Natasha denied quickly.
"Except it isn't. It's definitely Barton... what he's done here, what he's been doing for the last few years. I mean, the scene that he left...I gotta tell you there's a part of me that doesn't even want to find him."
"Will you find out where he's going next?" she asked, taking a bit of her sandwich, tears filling her eyes, threatening to spill.
"Nat?"
"Please?" she asked, quietly. She looked so vulnerable, her eyes glassy and nose red from holding back tears.
"Okay," he sighed, before leaving the channel.
Natasha sighed, trying her hardest not to cry. She missed him, Clint, he was her best friend. One of the first few people that truly trusted her. When she met Clint's family, they welcomed her in with open arms. They were like her second family; finding out that they were blipped broke her heart. She couldn't imagine what Clint was going through.
'God, this is a fucking mess.' She thought, wrapping her arms around herself. Taking a bite out of her sad excuse of a sandwich, Natasha's senses picked up the sound of wheels rolling against the hardwood floor. Natasha furrowed her eyebrows in confusion, watching you hauling two big blue luggage, she's never seen before, through the common room. "Moya lyubov', where are you going?" You ignored her, continuing to grab the luggage's outside. "Detka? Are you okay?!" Still nothing. Natasha began to panic; thoughts of you finally realizing that you deserved better clawed their way into her brain. "Dorogaya? Can we talk about this? Please!"
"Babe?" you asked, coming back. "What're you doing in here? I thought you were gonna use Meeting room A today... W-why're you crying?" you asked, wrapping her up in your arms. She didn't even notice the tears that streamed down her face.
"Please don't leave me! I promise I'll spend more time with you, just please don't go..." she cried into your chest, her words muffled as she tugged you into her, her grip tight.
"What are you talking about? I'm not going anywhere,"
"Then why are you taking your luggage outside?!" she wailed, her nails digging further into you, afraid that you'd leave the second she loosened her grip.
"What? Those aren't mine."
"Huh?" she sobbed out. "Then whose are those?"
"They're Tony's, from when he and Pepper used to live here. They still have a bit of stuff here they haven't moved to the cabin yet, he wanted me to finally bring it over for him." you explained slowly, knowing that the lack of sleep was finally catching up on your redheaded girlfriend.
"Then what about you ignoring me?" she asked softly, her grip finally loosening.
"I was listening to music," you showed her the air pods still in your ears. "I couldn't hear you. I didn't even know you were in here. I thought you decided to use one of the meeting rooms instead. You know I would never intentionally ignore you,"
Natasha nodded; her eyes grew heavier listening to the soothing sound of your voice. "Promise me you'll never leave me." she begged, tilting her head up to look into your eyes.
"I promise, there is nothing in this world that would make me leave you. Ever." you promised, pecking her on the lips.
"I love you; you know that right?"
"Of course, I do, and I love you too. To Vormir and back."
"Where's that?" she asked sleepily, her head thudding on your chest again.
"Not sure... just came into my head." you laughed, picking her up in your arms. You brought her back to your shared bedroom, placing her underneath the covers.
"Stay," she said, grabbing a hold of your arm.
"Of course." Bringing her into your arms, you placed a firm kiss on her head, letting sleep envelope the two of you.
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