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Chapter 16: The Wait

*Steve's Point Of View*

She lay still on the plane. I keep my hands over her wounds just to keep pressure on it, also to keep me from crying in front of the others. It's my fault. I wasn't aware enough and Nat saved me and hurt herself. I'd rather get shot in the heart than have her get hurt at all. Bruce sits at the other side of the plane watching Me and Clint try our best to keep Nat with us. Pathetic. But he is watching me, I can feel his daggers for eyes stabbing into my back. Did he her Nat say I love you? She said I love you. So I know she does, I didn't reply. How could i not reply? If she never wakes up, I could never forgive myself. She doesn't deserve someone like me.

We arrive at Avengers Tower and as soon as the door opened, I had Nat in my arms running towards the Care unit on the 35th floor. I ran 15 floors down the stairs as I knew the elevator would take too long. I sprinted till I got to the unit and saw a group of Nurses run towards me, one with a bed, I placed Natasha down on her back and followed them along to the Surgery room but I was stopped from going any further. I watched from the door as Nat was wheeled down the corridor and then turned into a room.

Some seats were situated just beside me so I sat and waited for any sort of news. My head was in my hands and all i wanted was for Natasha to be Okay. To be better. It should've been me! I love her-

"Hey, Steve, How is she?" I look up to see Clint out of breath. He sits beside me and looks at me with a worried look on her face.
"She was just rushed into Surgery, she didn't looked pale when she went in. Why did she dive in front of me!?" I can't help myself and tears roll down my face. Barton placed a hand on my shoulder and I looked up, surprised that he is comforting me.
"She loves you! When she comes to see me, she talks about you! She couldn't stand the thought of you hurt and she did the only thing she thought of to protect you. But she is a fighter, me and you know she's soft inside but she can kick anyone's ass quicker than we could ask her too!" His eyes start watering just talking about Nat. He is worried sick, exactly like I am but he is staying strong, for me and for her. "You know, a few months back, before you two were an item," I felt my face go from upset to confused "She told me that she likes you. I told her I was so happy that she had found someone but deep down I did not approve. I haven't told her this because she will kick my ass then hand it to me on a plate! When I found out that you were an item a few weeks back, I was shocked. I thought her feelings would overcome her and she would leave for a few days but she stayed. She is most happy when you are around. Now that I know about you two and I see how much she comes out of her shell and how relaxed and happy she is with you, I would just like to thank you for making Nat happy." Another tear rolls down my cheeks as progresses through his speech. I rub my eyes and I see Clint does the same, flicking away tears.
"Thank you, Clint. You don't know how much this means to me." I reply, still sobbing.
"But I stand by my word when I say that if you hurt her in anyway, your going to pay." We both laugh and we both nod, he knows I'm not going to hurt her and I know he will kill me if I do!

About 30 minutes later, Bruce arrives. Long time, no see. Nat has been down here for a good hour now and Bruce has just bothered to show his face. Clint holds me down with a look that says 'just don't start anything, stay strong for Nat' and I keep myself quiet as Clint talks to Banner about the lack of updates from the surgery. When Bruce makes a comment about how much help he could've done her if he were able to see her before 'Captain Righteous ran her down 15 flights of stairs', I feel my fists clench up and I can see Bartons does too.

I sleep at the Care Unit and so does Clint as we wait for news. 11 hours shes been in Surgery! What could they be doing? Finally, a surgeon appears.

"Captain Rogers and Agent Barton?" He asks and we both stand up immediately, waiting to see if Nat is okay.
"Is she alright?" Me and Clint say in unison.
"She is doing okay now but we had a few problems when she was on the table."
"Problems? What problems?" I try to keep my voice steady.
"One of her bullet wounds hit her in the shoulder, as soon as that bullet was out, all we had to do was patch her up. The other bullet hit her Stomach and when we tried to remove it, blood spilled everywhere and she fell into Cardiac Arrest and we used the defibrillators to bring her back. We had no other way of removing the bullet so we had to stick with this way. She fell into Cardiac arrest nearly 10 times and we called her death 3 times. But she is now out of Surgery. Her Stomach should be fine but she had to stay here for at least 3-4 weeks to get her fully recovered." The surgeon looked at me and Barton as we stood, contemplating what to say.
"When can we see her?" I ask, hesitantly. I held back the tears. I kept strong for Natasha.
"She is currently resting in our intense recovery room due to the intensity of the surgery, so we can't take you through yet but once she is out of intense recovery and is back to the normal recovery rooms, you can see her. We will call one of you when you can." The surgeon smiles and walks back into the surgery unit.

"I'm not leaving her." I say.
"Neither am I." Clint and I both look at eachother and smile.
"She's out, she's safe. We can breathe now." Clint says, breathing out.
We both breathe out hard and just sit in silence.
"Thank you." I hear him mumble, loud enough for me to hear.
"For what?"
"For never leaving her side. For loving her." He looks down, he looks almost embarrassed by his comment.
"I'm never going to leave her side because I Love her." I say, he smiles at me and I smile back. We sit and wait for an all clear to go in and see Nat.

End of The Wait