natasha romanoff one shots

don't lie to me

A/N: This one shot was requested by @udumbfuck_00 so I seriously hope I have done it justice. In this one shot the reader has lied to Natasha about something and denies it when she figures it out. They didn't specify what the reader lied about and this is the only thing I could think of so I hope this is what you had in mind. 

The mission was finally over. Finally. Solo missions sucked 10 times more than missions with teammates so I was glad to be back in a familiar place with familiar faces and familiar warmth. Siberia was certainly NOT warm or familiar. Gladly, the first person I locked eyes with was my girlfriend Natasha although I was not so glad to see Fury on her tail. Brilliant. Now I had to deal with the big boss instead of giving my girlfriend a well deserved kiss. 

"Hey Nick." I greeted with a smirk, knowing I would be reprimanded for not using his official title. Director Fury sounded so formal. Almost too formal. He elected to ignore this comment of mine much like the other things he elected to ignore in his career. 

"Agent Y/L/N. Good to have you back." Fury replied with a straight face, not giving away any of his emotions. You know, I'm beginning to wonder if the director was even capable of feeling emotions to begin with. 

"Good to be back, Director, it's been a while." I gave him the awkward finger guns in hopes of making him disappear so I could finally see the person I had been waiting to see for weeks. It took him a while but eventually the old man got the hint. 

"Nat." I nodded to my girlfriend. 

"Y/N." She nodded back before we both burst into laughter and she whisked me off the ground into a tight hug and spun me around. This moment would be a lot better if I wasn't in a serious amount of pain right now. I didn't want or need Nat to know so I made my wince as subtle as possible and just buried my face in her neck and took in her warmth. I missed this woman more than anything in the world. Even pizza. And that's saying something. 

"Any injuries?" Nat asked with a worried look once she finally put me down. 

"Nope. Smooth mission for once. Can you believe it?" I responded with a smile. I couldn't have her worrying about me, the burden it carried would sit with me forever, so I decided to casually ignore the fact I was pretty sure I still had the remnants of a bullet embedded in my lower abdomen, right above my hip. Besides, if she knew she would take me to Bruce. And then Bruce would put me under anaesthetic and I sure as hell am not doing that again. Last time I did that I was a changed person and whilst I know and trust that this team would never hurt me, the trauma from last time was enough to put me off for life. 

"Are you sure?" She questioned.

"Yes, Natasha, not every mission goes bad you know?" I snapped a bit too bluntly and I hoped she didn't catch on to my lie. "Sorry, it's been a long few weeks. I didn't mean to snap at you. I just need a shower and rest, can I go do that?"

"It's okay. Go shower. I'll see you later." Her expression was soft with understanding and she placed a delicate kiss on my lips before letting me go up to my bathroom. 

Up in my bathroom I had a chance to examine the wound. The edges were rough where the bullet went through and I knew if I left the bullet in there was no doubt it would get infected so I got disinfectant and some tweezers and fumbled around to remove the debris. I got the main bullet and 3 sections which had shattered off out of the hole and doused the whole area of my abdomen in rubbing alcohol. Once it was clean I placed a tight bandage around it so it wouldn't stand out through my clothes to the other team members - particularly Nat. Then I went to bed for a much needed sleep. 

TIME SKIP: One week later. 

The wound ached now. I must've left some of the bullet in as the edges of the gash were starting to get puffy and swollen. Yet the team was still none the wiser and intended on keeping it that way. Despite the infection that was beginning to develop, I could not bring myself to admit to being hurt in fear of what would follow so I kept quiet. It hurt to lie to Nat but she was the one who would worry the most so I kept up my act for as long as possible.