Only a matter of time

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NATASHA'S POV
I shifted awake and tried to reach my hand out to feel that the bed was empty next to me. Internally I groaned because this was the second time Y/N had slept with me and then wasn't with me in the morning. Another thing was that I had a slight headache from last night, and last thing I remember was talking to Maria before I got in the shower. Finally I opened my eyes to see a tray of pancakes, eggs, and bacon with 2 aspirin and water on my nightstand. Quickly I sat up to see how everything was still warm what I didn't notice at first was that there was a note, 'Good morning Natalia, I made you breakfast and gave you Aspirin in case you have a hangover. I'm out with Steve right now we are supposed to look for apartments down in D.C. Again sorry for leaving you to wake up without me but I should be back before lunch.' -You're favorite dork Y/N <3. I almost started crying at how absolutely sweet this was. I've never been treated like this before and honestly I didn't know how to thank her enough. This week with her has been absolutely perfect and I think I'm actually falling for this girl. After finishing breakfast I showered and made my way down to the training room and to no surprise Clint was already there since it was 8:30am. "Hey stranger! Nice of you to stop bye and see your best friend." Clint called out sarcastically when he saw me. "Sorry Clint you know I love you but I've been distracted lately." Trying to stretch while also not seem like I was blowing him off on purpose. "Yeah I've noticed. Did you at least get some?" Sending you a wink that just made you wanna kick his ass again. "No. She doesn't want to take that risk right now." Moving closer to him to slap him on the back of the head. "Ow. And what do you mean take a risk?" Rubbing the back of his head then entering the ring gesturing for me to join him. "Well as much as I want her to break my back... I don't mean literally. She said sometimes she gets carried away and I like it rough but not deadly rough." Smirking at him while I entered the ring to whoop his ass. "Oh. My. God." The shock on his face made you laugh but also meant he was distracted and you swept his leg causing him to fall which ended up with him cursing to himself. Oh how you missed kicking this old mans ass.

YOUR POV
It was 7 o'clock when you woke up and your theory was correct, Natalia stopped your nightmares when you slept with her. I'm pretty sure she didn't like big gestures so you decided to make her breakfast and give her a little note. After you made her breakfast and left the note you went back to your room and showered and got dressed and went to find Steve. *Knock Knock* "Hey Steve are you in there?" Waiting for him to respond before just barging in his room. "Yeah Y/N come in." After he gave you permission to enter you opened the door to see him getting dressed and you decided to sit on his bed and wait for him. "How was your night Stevie." Breaking the silence and smirking at him. "It was good Y/N. I'm guessing you slept with Nat." Putting on his shoes trying not to sound judgemental. "Well I slept next to her but we're not ready for the other thing yet." Sending him a reassuring smile that I wouldn't take advantage of something like that. "Well I'm glad you're doing good with everything. Now let's go look for our future apartment together." Gesturing for us to leave and go together. We took a Quinjet there which apparently cuts the travel time down. It was Stark made so I'm not surprised it has the best technology. "So Y/N I was thinking about 2 bedrooms of course and two bathrooms. Nice view from the windows. Also not too far from S.H.E.I.L.D. But far enough. Lastly I want it close to a park if that's ok with you?"  His ideas where all the same ideas you had, this is the exact reason why he was your best friend. "We are going to be amazing roommates, I was thinking the exact same thing Steven." Laughing at the look on his face because he absolutely hated when you called him that and normally you only did it when you were serious but you decided to be bold right now. "Not if you keep doing stuff like that we're not. Don't make me call you Leo from now on." You groaned at that name, it was your middle name and only Steve and Bucky knew about it but it was a name you never wanted to hear. "Alright that's fair let's just find this place." The Jet had landed and you both got out and you drove the rental car Stark gave you to the first place you were told about. Honestly the first one was nice but it had a washer and dryer downstairs in the basement and Steve wanted one inside the apartment and so did you. The second apartment didn't have nice neighbors so that was an automatic no. It was already 10am and you had started to get bored and you told Natalia you'd be back before lunch. "I'm sure Nat will be fine without you." Steve reassured you as he picked up on your boredom. "Yeah I know she will. Besides we spent the last week together what's a couple of hours anyways. I have my best friend with me what more could I want." Winking at him before continuing to look around the third apartment. "The love of your life." This caused you to stop dead in your tracks and turn to the blonde that was behind you. "Steve I-" but before you could continue he cut you off. "I know you Y/N. You are madly in love with Natasha Romanoff. I think she completes you and you complete her. Don't be afraid to let her know how you feel about her." Walking towards you and pulling you into a hug which you completely fell into. "Thank you Steve." You whispered to where he could hear but to where no one else could. After a moment you both pulled away and decided to look around one last time before coming to a decision. "I think this is the one Steve. It has everything and there's a cute blonde that lives next door I think she's just your type." Nudging his arm while smiling at him which caused him to roll his eyes at you. "Yeah I think this is the one Y/N." Taking one last look before pulling out his notebook and writing in it. "Great I'll let Fury know that this is the one." Pulling out your phone and sending him a text. "Um Y/N? Can I get one of those?" Pointing to the phone in your hand. This man has been awake for about a year now and no one thought to teach him how to use a phone. "Yes Capsicle I'll get you a phone and teach you other things as well." Patting him on the back before you made your way back to the car so you could go back to the jet. It was about 10:30am when you guys finally took off back to New York. Nothing could keep you from being bored so you decided to close your eyes and hum a tune in your head but about 30 minutes into the flight the Jet started to shake. "What was that?" Bolting up confused on why the Jet was shaking. "Turbulence I think..." The pilot stated while clicking random buttons. "What do you mean I think??" Steve shouted as the Jet started to shake again. "Well you'll be dead by the time you find out. Hail hydra." The pilot bit into a cyanide pill and the plane started to shake and plummet down. "Shit. Grab a parachute I'm going to try and land this!" You instructed Steve as you hoped into the pilot seat. "Well what about you!?" Steve ran up to you as he got his parachute on. "Don't worry about me! Now when I say jump you jump do you understand me Steven!?" Turning to look at him and you saw the panic in his face but he nodded. In all honesty you didn't think you could land the plane but you needed to put it somewhere so people didn't get hurt. "Ready 3, 2, 1, Jump Steve!" He wasted no time to jump which was a relief because you know how he would never leave you behind. After about 10 seconds you found a clearing of trees to land the plane in and that's exactly what you did. After the crash you must've passed out because you saw Steve in front of you tapping your face. "That shit hurt more than I thought it would." Groaning as you tried to sit up. "Y/N there's a piece of the ship stuck through you and you have a broken arm." Steve stated while looking at you with concern. "Well why didn't you pull it out smart guy. Also just put my arm back in place and it'll be fine." Flailing your good arm around in annoyance. "On three I need you to just pull it out and then I need you to snap my arm back in place." Instructing the Super solider in front of you. "Ready? 1... 2... 3..." Trying not to scream Steve pulling the piece of metal out of you and you felt so much better than what you did before now it was time for the arm. "This is awful." He stated while throwing the piece of metal to the side. "I've had worse." Chuckling to yourself which was a bad idea because it still hurt. "Just hurry up and get the arm over with." Seeing as the wound in your stomach start to heal already. He snapped your arm back into place which made you sigh in relief. "Do you mind if I get your blood...?" Getting up from the ground with the help of Steve. "No go ahead." He held out his wrist for you to take which you hesitated at first but finally bit his wrist and started to drink. After a minute you wiped your face and bit your wrist for him to drink from. "It'll heal the mark and whatever other injuries you have. Just don't die with it in your system." You warned him before he hesitantly start to taste your blood. "Let's get back to the tower." You stated before walking towards the road after you cleared the woods. After asking so random person where you were turns out we crashed in Pennsylvania. "Okay so either I run us all the way home or we call a cab with no money." Steve seemed to think about his options and I'm guessing he didn't want to throw up for the rest of his life so he chose the cab. Flagging down a cab you both got in and you told him to take you to the Avengers tower. "Are you crazy or crazy rich? That's going to cost you a lot." At this point you didn't care you just wanted to go home and find whoever was after you and Steve. "I'm crazy in general just drive and you'll get your payment." After the man looked at you both again he finally started to drive. About 4 hours later you arrived at the Avengers tower. "That'll be $400." The Can driver stated. Out of annoyance you decided to compel him, "You never saw or met us now continue back on with your day." With a nod the man drove off and you knew Steve was looking at you. "How did you-" "Let's just get inside we'll talk about it later." Cutting him off while storming inside. As much as you wanted to move on with your life things would just keep pushing you 2 steps back.