Romanogers// The Spy&The Solider

Chapter 13

NATASHA POV//
Every time I closed my eyes, the image of the dark room rushed in like a flood. Each time startling me more than the time before. "Hey?" Steve would always ask seeing me violently open my eyes and sitting up. "Hey." I would say smiling back acting as if everything was fine. Over the days I lost more and more sleep and Steve began to notice. "Natasha?" He asks sitting down next to me laying on the couch. "You didn't come to bed last night." He says "I feel asleep out here." I say but he knows something's not right. "Is it the baby?" He asks and I look at him confused. "That's keeping you up." He quickly says explaining himself. I look away from him and down at the ground. "Not exactly," I say hesitantly as Steve watches over me waiting for me to speak again. "I had, uh...nightmare-" I pause, "about the baby." Steve expression doesn't change he continues to stare listening closely. "I was back in Russia, back in the red room," I take deep breaths, in and out. "My old teacher, when I was girl, she had our baby Steve." My voice quivers and I feel tears collect in my eyes. "She had our baby." I say again as if the words flowed out of my mouth from fear. Steve gently pulls my head into his chest and I feel tears run from my cheeks. He holds me there for a long second before pulling away and leveling my eyes with his, "No one will get our baby." He says and wipes my tears away with his thumb them kisses my forehead. I smile a bit before leaning against him as he still holds me close. I let my eyes slowly close knowing Steve's arm is still wrapped around me. The image of the room which feels more like a memory that never happened, fills my brain again. I squeeze my eyes shut trying to block it out but it doesn't work. I finally place my hand on top of my belly and feel the baby move around, making the nightmare wash away. I wake up several hours later now laying on top of Steve, whose sleeping as well. I hear my phone buzz from the table in front of me and quickly struggle to sit up. "Tony." It reads and I answer the phone hesitantly. "It's Tony." The voice says and I sigh "What did he do this time." I say rolling my eyes. "No, no its Tony." He says. "Oh,-" I say then pausing, "What did you do this time." I say in the same sarcastic yet frustrated voice. "Romanoff!" He says half joking half serious, "I didn't do anything...yet." He says and I laugh a bit knowing it's true. "If you and Capsickle aren't too busy sucking on each other's faces, we are having a announcement at the Towers tonight at 7, with dinner." He says and I'm a bit shocked, this ain't something that Tony normally does. I pull my phone away from my ear seeing the time read "6:20 pm." "We'll be there." I say talking back into the phone, and Tony hangs up without saying a word. I nudge Steve a bit and watch him look around the room in a bit of a lazy panic. "Hey," he says in a groggy voice. "Tony's having a dinner, announcement thing at 7, and I told him we'd go." I say as Steve rubs him eyes moaning a bit. "Okay." He says in a whiny voice pouting like a child. I laugh at his child nature, then say, "It'll be fun." I say pulling him into me and I slowly kiss his lips. "But not as fun as being here with you...alone." He mumbles against me. "God, your corny." I say patting his chest a bit. He laughs while standing up and walks into our bedroom to get dressed. He's half way there when I say, "Steve?" Patently waiting on the couch. He laughs and bows his head as he walks back over to me. He grabs my hand and gently helps me up off the couch as my other hand supports my back. "Any week now." He says looking down at my belly smiling.

STEVE POV//
We enter a room with all the Avengers, as well as Pepper and Jane. They are all sitting around laughing and talking. "Finally." Tony says seeing us walk in, "We can now make our announcement." He says standing up holding his champagne glass high in the air, Pepper by his side. "Well... we are-" Tony begins. "ENGAGED!" Pepper cheers with excitement holding up her hand with a big rock on it. We all cheer and clap as they kiss and me and Natasha sit down with the others. After a few minutes of loud conversations, Sam asks Natasha, "Why didn't Cap put a ring on you?" She looks over at me blushing. "Who said I didn't?" I say back and the entire room looks our way, jaws on the floor. "You...too?" Wanda begins to say, and I quietly here Bucky say, "Fondue?" Under his breath to himself laughing into his drink. "Last March." Natasha says back to Wanda. "After the mission on the coast of Mexico-" i say looking at Natasha whose smiling back at me. "It was city hall, we were still in our suits." She says finishing my sentence. Tony walks over from the large kitchen with oven mitts on both hands. "ITS READY!" He shouts at us and we all stand up and walk over to the large table with plates at each seat. I help Natasha up and begin to walk over. I reach my seat and look to my left expecting to see Natasha by my side. "Steve...?" She says from across the room her eyes wide looking down and her voice shaking. We all turn to her as water gushes down her leg and onto the floor.