To Find Love: Romanogers One-Shots

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Summary: After the Accords fallout, Team Cap is forced to go underground to avoid imprisonment. Now, with the Accords successfully amended and everyone is safe to return to the normal world, there's only one thing Steve and Natasha want to do: get their son.

Three years. It had been three years since the Accords had first been suggested and the resulting fight had taken place. While those who had taken the government's side and signed the Accords had been free to continue as normal after the airport fight, those who had opposed (or in Natasha's case, defected) had been forced to go underground. Only after two years did they decide to try and amend the Accords so they could continue working as a team and not have to run between safe houses in different countries. It was Natasha they sent to contact Tony in secret and ever since then, she'd been going back and forth to help edit the Accords to everyone's liking. Now, a year after the edits first began, the Accords were being finalized and the Rogue Avengers—as the news called them—were returning home.

"Can't we just sign them privately?" Wanda asked, fidgeting in her seat as Tony explained there was an entire press conference just for their signing.

"With all the history tied to this thing, no," Tony replied. He'd tried to keep the conference small, but there were certain government officials that needed to be present, specific EU ambassadors necessary, and many news sources that had been promised a first-hand account of the process.

"It'll just be a one-day thing, though," Natasha reminded her. The first signing had been an entire weekend, so getting it cut down to just a day was nothing short of a miracle.

The next five minutes consisted of Tony explaining the process and how the day would go. By the time he'd finished, they were being called out and the ceremony began.

* * * * *

Natasha was usually the one that kept it together the best. Most of the time, Steve was antsy and fidgeted while Natasha watched on with amusement. Now it was the exact opposite. Steve had been forced to pilot the quinjet because Natasha simply couldn't sit still long enough to focus on flying.

For what it was worth, Steve wasn't surprised. It had been three years of no contact other than short phone calls to Laura and finally, finally, they could see their son again. Natasha had actually cried when Steve told her they were going to pick up James immediately after the Accords signing. They hadn't answered any questions from either the team or the reporters before walking out the door and loading up a quinjet.

"Nat, pacing won't make the jet go faster," Steve said softly, wrapping his arm around her waist to stop her in her tracks. He still had one hand on the controller as they couldn't put the jet on autopilot without entering the Barton house coordinates.

"I know," Natasha replied, sinking down onto his lap and laying her head on his shoulder. He gently kissed her temple and shifted slightly so they were both more comfortable.

"We only have an hour longer," Steve told her.

She groaned and buried her face in his neck, making Steve smile. He knew it was hard on her being away from James for so long. She'd always had a hard time going on missions and leaving him behind. After three years, he wasn't surprised she was so antsy.

The hour seemed to drag on forever, but eventually Steve was landing the quinjet in an open field and opening the back hatch. Natasha ran out of the jet before the hatch had fully opened, jumping to the ground in her haste to get to the house. Steve grabbed both of their bags before following after her, fighting the urge to run as well. Now that they were finally at the Barton house, the excitement about seeing James again seemed to finally arrive.