Steve Rogers x Natasha Romanoff one-shot collection

I Had A Dream; Your Mother Knows

Summary:

Natasha needed a nudge and who else better give it to her than Sarah Rogers herself?
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for anon: "Natasha meets Steve's mother, Sarah, in a vision after a mission bc she got injured or smth. 'Watching you and my son from up here has got to be the most frustrating thing to watch. Both of you are stubborn and dont realize what you have right now could be something more.'"

Work Text:

There are bad missions and there's bad missions.

This one happens to fall into the latter category, Natasha noticed, a little bit too late. They were tracking down a major supplier of illegal Chitauri weapons deep in the rural countryside. Sam was in charge of flying their jet while Steve and Wanda took down the dealers as a distraction so Natasha can come into their main office and gather the intel.

She plugged in the flash drive and began coding the files from the computer into it, typing furiously. She heard a lock click and in a split second, she has her gun drawn and twirled around to face one of the dealers, holding a gun in front of him. She was a fraction of a second too late as he already fired at her twice, two bullets hitting her chest and stomach. Shit , she cursed through gritted teeth and managed to fire at the guy just before she started to stammer down, gripping onto the desk behind her. The shot hit his waist and he stumbled backwards.

Natasha fired another round at him but her aim was shaky as she tries to keep standing up. She heard the door burst open and collapsed to the floor at the sight of Steve. He looked at her then at the man, who was getting ready to fire at Steve, but he beat him to it and emptied his gun at him to make sure he's gone, before running to Natasha's side.

She remembered seeing Steve hold onto her and him screaming into his earpiece for Sam to get them. And she could faintly hear Steve crying out her name, sounding very desperate. Natasha wants to wake up and remind him to let go of her and get the flash drive instead, what is he doing !!! This mission would be pointless if they don't get that intel. She tried but she couldn't. She felt something consuming her and she let it, letting the pain go.

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Natasha woke up, her head feeling light and vision hazy. She was lying down in bed, but the ceiling was unfamiliar for her. Slowly, she turned her head around and saw a woman watching her. Natasha squinted her eyes at the figure but she couldn't make out her face. Feeling weak, she took her time to sit up and examine her surroundings. She was at a small apartment, and although it was a place she's never been to before, it feels... familiar.

"I'm glad you're awake," the woman's voice broke the silence. Natasha was still looking around her and let her eyes fall on the woman in front of her once again.

"Who are you? Where am I?" Natasha's voice came out as raspy and she coughed to clear her throat but soon flinched from the pain she suddenly felt on her stomach. She placed a hand down to put a little bit of pressure on it, hoping to ease the pain.

"Are you hurt?" the woman replied, a frown gracing her beautiful features. Natasha narrowed her eyes. She looks so familiar. And that frown... she's seen that frown somewhere , she just couldn't remember. When Natasha didn't answer, the woman let out a bit of a chuckle. "Oh dear, I'm sorry. You must be confused. I'm Sarah. Sarah Rogers."

Natasha blinked. Sarah...? Like Steve's mother, Sarah? Well that does explain the familiar features. And the apartment. She's seen photos of it from Steve's old files from before the war. Steve talked about how beautiful his mother was but seeing her personally, she's gorgeous . Steve definitely got his striking blue eyes from his mother.