Brutasha One-Shots

Pieced Back Together

It's been 1 year, 1 year since my life fell apart. 1 year since the divorce. 1 year without him by my side.

*Flashback*
"I don't have to tell you anything, I can make my own choices," I scream at Bruce.

"I would never force you into anything, I just want you to talk to me about it," Bruce shouts back.

"Bruce I can't tell you everything," I tell him.

"Why not?" Bruce asks sadly

"That's just the way I am," I tell him bluntly.

Bruce looks at me with his tear filled eyes making me want to beat myself up. I didn't like seeing him sad yet i'm the one that's causing it.

"Maybe this was the wrong thing to do. Maybe this was a mistake," I tell him slowly.

"Natasha, are you saying that-

"That we should split," I say finishing his sentence.

And with those words I see Bruce take a step back like he's been punched in the face. He looks down at his feet and plays with his hands. The most saddening thing I saw was the moment he closed himself off again.

"Like I said I won't force you into anything," Bruce says his voice breaking.

At this point I have tears sliding down my face, I didn't want this. Why did I say that?

"Ok then," I whisper.

I look down at my hands where I see my wedding ring. It was beautiful, a simple tear-drop shaped diamond with our initials engraved on the band. I looked at it one last time before I hesitantly pulled it off my finger and put it on a nearby table.

I turned back to Bruce who was staring at the ring, I took in every detail of his features wanting to remember him. After a few seconds I walked to the door.

Please stop me, say something. Anything. But he didn't and I left.

*End of flashback*

And now Tony gave me a call saying that he needed me. I haven't seen any of them in a long time. I didn't want to go at least not until Tony told me Bruce was also going to be there.

It still hurt, a lot. Even though I was the one who sent the papers. He could of said something, something that would of made me stay.

But he stuck to his word and signed the papers. I missed him, I missed his smell, his presence, his touch. He meant everything to me and I threw it all away.

Maybe we could work things out? Who am I kidding, I broke us apart.

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I walk into the facility nervously. How will I react to seeing him again. Has he changed? I hope not. I take a deep breath and continue walking.

As I round a corner I see Steve and Tony talking to themselves. A smile immediately spreads on my face. I walk closer to them, getting the attention of Tony.

"Natasha, long time no see," Tony says jokingly.

"Glad to see you haven't changed," I laugh while hugging him.

"Romanoff," Steve says nodding towards me.

"Hey guys," says a voice behind me.