𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐟𝐟 [ romanogers¹ ]

thirteen. broken smiles

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( thirteen. broken smiles )

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Luck was fortunately at their side for them to make it out of that factory alive.

The second they got, a sight of chaos was what greeted them. Lifeless bodies sprayed across the blood-stained ground. Tanks were running over them. Men were running around and shooting guns at one another. Some of their soldiers even got a hand of one of HYDRA's weapons.

Steve gained their attention by ordering the other men to follow him. They made it to the open gates without so much bloodshed involved (miraculously). Some of the HYDRA soldiers even retreated when they found out their own leader had deserted them.

They fled the area. Running away from HYDRA.

They stopped to rest and catch their breath. The men erupted in cries of joy and triumph of course. They patted each other on the back, hugged, laughed, and finally, they thanked Steve and her for coming to rescue them. Though they still couldn't believe that a woman like her would dare come and attempt to save their asses.

They were intrigued by her, and she could only laugh in response when a few of them were already asking if she was interested in going out for a drink with them as soon as they got back.

One even dared ask her. "So, do you have a man waiting for you back in your place?"

Even Steve and Bucky turned their attention to her to hear out what she was going to say. Steve, especially, somehow hoping that what he was thinking was what she was going to answer too.

"No." She answered, her striking-green eyes looking subtly fleeting over to their captain. Her breath hitched in her throat when she caught him already looking at her. His eyes widened as soon as their gazes locked. She smirked. "Not of the moment.

"Could I have the honor of being that man?"

She redirected her attention back to the soldier in front. "Depends if you could be the type of man I want."

"I'm sure I can live up to your standards."

Natasha raised an eyebrow, dauntingly, "Can you?"

The soldier's confidence dropped down like a bomb. And the other men all ooed in amusement, snickering and laughing with one another.

She smirked teasingly. "Don't hold your breath, soldier."

Then she walked away from them. The men watched her movement, as she went deeper into the forest to get some fresh air and clear her head for a while.

Steve and Bucky were entranced by what just happened too. Bucky was the first to snap out of it though.

"Damn," he chuckled lowly. "What a dame."

And that was just one way to describe her.

Steve stared at the spot where she just disappeared from. His mind kept replaying the mental image of her just moments ago when she was fighting alongside him. When she was beating the hell out of those HYDRA men just like he was. He was amazed. Impressed. Intrigued by her.

He only knew one other woman who had the same fiery spirit and passion like her. Peggy. Peggy who he had met before he became this. She who believed in him while he still had a pair of chicken legs. And he wondered how could a woman like her, so beautiful and kind, could be so bold and daring at the same time?