Starting Over

Ch. 25

The smile never faded from Wanda's lips as she made her way to the elevator Friday immediately sending her to the Rogers' floor. Wanda entered the room, not surprised to find Steve and Natasha curled up on the couch watching a movie. Natasha turns at the sound of the elevator.
"Hi, Malysh..." She smiles "how was your date?"
"It was good, really good..." Wanda smiles back still blushing, crossing the room to plop down in an arm chair.
"We're glad you had fun kiddo!" Steve adds, fingers twirling a piece of Natasha's hair.
"I did... I-I'm going to go get ready for bed." Wanda replies standing up to head to her bedroom.

"That wasn't her jacket..." Steve hums, as Natasha scoots closer to him lazily.
"Nice observation, Captain obvious." Natasha teases pressing a kiss to his cheek.
"Isn't that supposed to mean they're going steady?" Steve asks. Natasha laughs at his old-fashionedness
"Honey, I don't think anyone says that anymore."
"They should." Steve points out "What'd ya say Romanoff, wanna go steady with me?"
"Absolutely." She says closing the gap between them, fingers grasping into the fabric of his t-shirt. "How's forever sound?" She asks when the finally pull apart.
"With you? Amazing." He replies wearing that boyish grin she loves so much.
"I'm so in love with you." She replies bringing him down to kiss her again, in a kiss that leaves them both breathless. She feels his fingers gripping her waist, toying with the bottom of her tank top. She feels his gaze on her, staring at her intently with nothing but love. She watches his eyes catch a glimpse of the chain around her neck, his dog tags. And then he's back to kissing her. She pulls away reluctantly after a few minutes, not allowing the situation to get anymore heated. "Steve..."
"Hmm?" He asks forehead leaning against her shoulder.
"We should go tell Wanda goodnight." Natasha says. She feels him nod his head before he places one last kiss to her shoulder, before his fingers grip the chain and pull the tags from out of her shirt. She raises an eyebrow at him and he places a quick kiss to her lips in response, before she climbs off his lap and drags him towards Wanda's room.

Wanda hears knuckles tapping lightly on her door frame and looks up to see Natasha and Steve in her doorway. Wanda smiles as they come to sit on her bed.
"I'm glad you had fun tonight, Wands." Natasha says brushing a hair from the girls forehead.
"I did Mama. He's...I really like him." Wanda smiles.
"He seems like a very nice boy..." Natasha replies
"He knows..." Wanda starts "That you're avengers. He thinks you're pretty badass."
"Language." Natasha laughs
"You've got to let that go!" Steve replies shaking his head. Wanda laughs in response.
"Shhh, you're going to wake the kids..." Natasha says elbowing him.
"We'd love to meet him in the future." Steve says, directing back to the conversation.
"I'm sure he'd like that too." Wanda replies
"Goodnight Milaya, sweet dreams." Natasha says kissing Wanda's forehead.
"Goodnight, Wands. We love you." Steve adds kissing the side of her head.
"I love you too, both of you." Wanda smiles as they turn off her lamp, closing her door.

Natasha and Steve get ready for bed simultaneously. Natasha slips of her jewelry, laying her ring and the dog tags in the small dish on her nightstand. Steve holds open the covers for her as she slides closer to him.
"We really need to go on our date..." Steve says tracing lines up and down her spine. "I think Sam's free this weekend."
"Oh yeah?"
"Yeah, he could watch the girls. We could go away for a night...get some alone time." He suggests
"I'd like that." She mumbles sleepily into his neck.
"Goodnight, Tash. I love you." Steve says wrapping his arms firmly around her
"Night, love you." She replies placing a final kiss to his jaw, before they both drift to sleep.

Steve drops Wanda off at school the next day. He watches out of the corner of his eye as Wanda types on her phone, the only noise being the music on the radio. He puts the truck in park and Wanda gathers her bag quickly, as he sees a boy walking towards their car.
"Bye, kiddo. Have a good day." Steve says as Wanda opens the car door.
"Love you, Papa." Wanda smiles, leaning back to place a kiss to his cheek.
Steve watches as the boy approaches her, offering her his hand. Wanda laces their fingers together as they make their way towards the school. Steve watches as the boy opens the front doors for her and he thinks that maybe this kid will be good enough for his daughter.