Natasha had never felt as cold and alone as she did sitting in the hospital. She had woken up an hour or so ago, Yelena was asleep right beside her on the couch. Natasha didn't blame her for passing out, she's been here all day, and she needed some sleep. 

She couldn't sleep, her head was too deep in thought. She felt empty. Empty and cold. She didn't necessarily feel sad, maybe that was because it never quite settled in that she was pregnant, to begin with. No, she wasn't sad. She wasn't anything but cold and empty. 

She did want to see Steve. She wanted- needed to apologize. He'd probably tell her that she's being insane, or that she did nothing wrong, but it just doesn't feel that way. They were going to have a baby. She can now add that little bundle of joy will now add to the long list of things her parents took away from her. 

Suddenly a new feeling filled her body. Fear. It was like everything was coming to a pause as she began to question her entire life. How much more would they take away from her before she has nothing left? Would she always be stuck in this over whelming cycle of distrust and adandoment? She didn't want to live like this anymore. 

She didn't want to look at her parents ever again. Neither of them would even come to visit her, they don't care about her. She's sitting her in pain and they are probably at some shit show of a party. Lying to themselves and everyone around them. She hoped they got what they had coming to them. Once she can leave, she's never coming back. She will never see them again. 

"You should be resting," A voice, a familuar one, brought her out of her painful thoughts. She looked up, and for a moment she thought she was hallucinating. Maybe they gave her too many drugs. 

Standing before her, Steve Rogers, the love of her life. He tall blonde protector. He wasn't here. She was simply manifesting him in her mind. He was back in America, he wasn't here in Russia. Sure, she wished and prayed her come to her, but he couldn't. It wasn't possible. 

"You know I would think you'd be happier to see me," He said, with a small smirk, there was a sadness behind it, as if fake Steve was worried about her. Steve would be worried about her, but he wouldn't be stupid enough to waste money on a plane ticket to come and see her. 

"I am losing my mind," She mumbled rubbing her temples. 

"How so?" 

"Because you aren't here. You are at home." 

"How do you know I am not real?" He asked, with a teasing look, he still looked sad, no matter how hard he tried to hide it, he was worried about her. 

"Because my Steve isn't stupid enough to waste all the money he saved to come visit me in the hospial. He's saving up for his future. I told him not to come visit me, he's not stupid enough to disobey me." 

"Apparently you haven't met me." He laughed softly. "I am very stupid." Natasha looked up and stared into his gorgous blue eyes. He reached out for her to touch his hand, to prove that he was here, here for her. She carefully reached out, almost afraid that he would dissapear if she did. But he didn't. 

"You're here?" She whispered. "What? how?" She pulled him closer to her. 

"Tony. He stole his dad's private jet." He laughed. "Had to bride the nurse down stairs to let me up. Tony is down their right now making the deal." He walked close to her bed and moved his hands to cup her face. "How are you feeling." 

"Better now that you're here." She whispered. The sudden guilt started to flood her body. "How did you know I was here?" 

"Yelena." He nodded to the blonde who was still asleep. "She called me when they took you in for surgery." He said softly. 

"I'm sorry." It left her mouth before she could even think about it. "Steve I was... I didn't know I was pregnant. I wasn't trying to keep it from you- I.. I" 

"Hey," He said. "This isn't your fault, do you understand me? You didn't do anything wrong, don't you dare take the blame." 

"I couldn't protect our baby Steve." Tears began forming in her eyes. "I failed." 

"Natasha look at me." He lifted her chin so she was looking at him, "The only person who failed is that asshole who dare calls himself your father. He took our baby, and I swear to god if I ever see him I will kill him." 

"Steve-" 

"Look what he did to you Nat," He frowned. "You are in the fucking hosptial. He doens't get to be in your life." 

"I can't really help that now can I?" She said sadly. "You know I have to go back their." 

"Like hell you do." He frowned. "You will not go back to that house. I know you can make your choices, but Natasha, I don't want you going back there. If you go back there, I will go too." 

"You can't do that." 

"Oh yeah? Watch me." She gave him a soft smile at his words. "You really scared me." He admitted. "I thought that I was going to lose you. Yelena told me you were in the hospital and I felt so useless. I wasn't there for you. I promised you I would and I failed at that. I thouht... I thought you were going to die and I couldn't be there for you when you needed me most." 

"But you're here now." She said. "That's all that matters to me right now." 

"There are not enough words in the human dicinary to describe my love for you Natasha Romanoff." 

"I know the feeling." She smiled. "Steve?" 

"Yes?" She looked ready to break down into tears. She felt weak, but little did she know that no matter what happens, she will always be the strongest person in Steve's eyes, no one could out due her. "I'm scared." She admited. "It's never been this bad and I don't... I don't want to go back." 

"Natasha, look at me," He said. "I swear to you, that you won't have to go back. If you do, I'll be right by your side. Do you hear me? Let me do this for you Nat. Come home with me." 

"We are going to get in so much trouble." She said. "I am running away." 

"Running away would mean your parents would have to put the time and effort into finding you," Yelena's voice pulled them away from each other. She was now awake and looking at the couple"Natalia, you and I both know they won't do that. Hell they won't even report it. Go. Run away with your American boy." 

"I'm standing right here." 

"hush pretty boy we are talking," Yelena said, Natasha stared at her friend. "You have been through so much Nat,, it's time for you to do something for you. Go to America, get your citizenship, become a dancer. Live your life." 

"They'll find me," 

"Not if I have anything to say about it. They only know you as Natalia Alianova, change it to your american version. Natasha Romanoff, you already go by it anyway." She suggest. 

"That's not that hard to track-" 

"What if you become Natasha Rogers?" Steve spoke suddenly. 

"What-" 

"If we were to marry?" He suggest. Natasha was about to calm him idiotic and crazy. "We can easily fake it, hell Tony can hire a judge to sign off on it. Any one will do anything for the right price." 

"Steve, we are so young, you don't have to do this." She said gently. 

"But I want to. Natasha it's no secret that I am in love with you. I want to spend the rest of my life with you, why wait? And if we can do this now and make sure you're safe in the mean time why the hell not? Your parents signed over gaurdianship to the furys, and that doesn't end for one more week!" He remembered from when he was helping Kennedy with the paper work. "My mom will agree, I know she will! She already loves you so mucj, we can do it now!" 

"You want to get married now? Isn't that a bit rushed for a wedding?" She said. 

"We don't need to have anything fancy," He said. "For now I am more focused on getting you somewhere safe. We get llegally married and when you are ready, even if it's in a few months  or fifity years we can have a cereomony. A real one." 

"If you're getting married I need to pack now," Yelena said already heading for the door. 

"Wait wait wait. I haven't agreed to anything!" She exclaimed. "Steve I-I can't ask you to do that." 

"The thing is, you don't have to. I love you Natasha, please. Please let me do this for you." 
There was a deadly silence in the air as the idea floated around. Legally they could get married under the age of 18, they would just need the Fury's signature while it still counted and Sarah's. Were they crazy? She loved him, no doubt. But this was a whole new level of love.

 Would they have gotten married so quickly if she wasn't lying in a hospital bed? Maybe not. Would they eventually? She hoped so. She wanted to. So why not get it done now? She loves Steve, so why would she have to wait? She wants to leave her parents, and now she has a way out. Steve was right, even if she isn't ready mentally, he was doing this to protect her. They didn't need to change anything, not yet. The only thing saying they are married was a sheet of paper. No one would know...

"I want a ring," She blurted out before she could stop herself. "For you," She clarified. "If we are gonna get married I want everyone to know you are a taken man." A smile formed on Steve's face as he went into kiss her, Yelena smiled and clapped happily. Sure they were young, but they've already been through hell together, their bond was not like any other. 

Just as Steve was about to say something Tony walked in, yelling at the nurse who was down the hall. He walked in and saw the happiness written on everyone's faces. 
"What did I miss?" 

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I know we are young, but we have the kind of love 
that will last forever. Let us grow together, have our
roots intertwined and souls merge

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