Natasha never came home last night and that worried Steve to the extreme. She knew nothing about New York, or how to get around. She could be lost, something could have triggered a bad memory, or something worse! He didn't know what to do, and he didn't really want to tell Nick he lost his daughter after accusing her of pushing his friends away.
Steve knew he messed up, he should have been more sensitive, this was all new to her and he was supposed to help her. Not get mad at her the moment she makes a mistake. She's human, everyone makes mistakes. With everything she's been through, she deserves to make a mistake every now and then.
He didn't have time to search the city for her however, Nick wanted him to come in to talk about upcoming missions, and if he made an accuse of not going Nick would know something is up. When he finds out Natasha is gone, well Steve feared he'd take about the entire city. That would not be good. So he went over to SHIELD headquarters.
"Captain Rogers," People nodded as he walked by. Steve gave them a nod, hoping he was hiding the worried look that most likely laced his face by now. Steve was early, the meeting with Nick was in about 20 minutes so he decided he would get some breakfast from the SHIELD cafeteria since he had skipped out.
The moment he walked in, he noticed Barton sitting on top of one of the tables, legs up, with Agent Hill beside him, along with...Natasha. He almost ran over to her at the sight of her. She was okay! Taking his muffin he walked over to the back of the room where they were sitting.
Natasha's eyes glanced over at him and she didn't smile like she did only hours before all the mess last night, nor did she look at him for very long. She turns her gaze back over to Clint and Maria, pretending like she didn't see him begin with. Steve sighed and took a seat beside her, his back to the table, but he turned his neck to look at her.
"Can I talk to you?" He asked. "In private?"
"I'm busy." Was all she answered. Steve looked down at her food, which was pretty much all eaten.
"It will only take a second." He pushed again in hopes of changing her mind.
"If you want to talk to someone go talk to Sharon," She said, Steve frowned and was about to press on but Natasha kept talking. "I am busy with my friends." Maria and Clint were trying so hard to not listen in on the couple.
"Fine." He sighed. "Are you coming home tonight? I can make dinner for us and-"
"I think it's better if I don't." She said. "Clint is going to help me get my own place."
"What? Are you sure? Shouldn't we talk about this?"
"Why? I have known you for a month, and you think there's something wrong with me." He frowned at her words. "Why would I want to live with you?" She asked him, and Steve didn't know what to do. They were moving REALLY fast, they have only known each other for a month, but he felt like based on what they went through, that it's been an eternity.
"I don't know how to answer that."
"It's quite obvious you have other priorities. and I... I have no clue how to actually live my life, I need someone to help me. I need someone to show me my firsts of everything because I had nothing."
"And I said I'd do that for you!" He said Clint and Maria had taken a hint to walk away at this point, "I was going to take you out today to have ice cream, watch the sunset, have a chance to be normal."
"I've seen a sunset, Steve!"
"When?"
"Last night, Clint took me out to get ice cream and took me to a great place to watch the sunset." Steve was shocked. He was supposed to do that for her! He was supposed to be the one who did that.
