Natasha's POV:

I woke up just as the dream ended and was surprised to see Bruce panting. I rubbed my hand on his back and asked him, "Hey, are you okay? What's wrong?"

"I-I was there." He stammered.

"Where?"

He couldn't reply. I calmed him down and soon we drifted off to sleep.

I woke up at around 5am and decided to take a morning walk. I had just realized that I had not been working out lately so I decided to work out in the gym after the walk.

After three hours of workout I came back to our bedroom to take a shower and change into clean clothes. I entered the room and suddenly something catches my attention. It was Bruce. He was asleep in a very uncomfortable position. I immediately understood he was still tense about what happened at the middle of the night. I wonder what happened.

I thought of laying down beside him for a few minutes and try to ?calm? him down but I figured its best if I first take a shower. So I head to the bathroom.

After a long and warm shower, I realize that I left my clothes outside.

Bruce is still sleeping so it won't be a problem if I go to the room and change there.

I wrap myself in a towel and head out to see Bruce awake.

Wow, what timing!

His attention immediately falls on me and this makes me blush a little. But I guess I was pretty satisfied with it rather than feeling embarrassed. Whereas Bruce was just blushing so hard. Aren't I supposed to become a tomato by now and not him?

"Nice time for waking up." I told him with a mischievous smile on my face.

"I, uh..." he trailed off nervously and quickly scanned me. Moments later, when he finally figured out what to say, he said, "I didn't realize you were there."

"Well, you were asleep when I... anyway..." I went towards the closet to take some clothes as it was pretty chilly in the bedroom.

Bruce was quiet during breakfast and didn't seem so interested in our goofy conversations. Who thought that us, The Avengers, would be goofy as well?

At around 5pm, I decide to drag Bruce along with me to take a stroll down the street.

"Alright, get up!" I barge inside the room and throw his jacket towards him.

"Whoa, what happened? New threat from Thanos?" he startled.

I felt a little bad for him seeing that he still hasn't gotten over everything that happened, so I softly tell him, "No, uh, I thought of taking a walk down the lane and I want you to come with me."

"Why?"

Now, I didn't know what to say. I stay quiet for a moment and think.

What should I say? I never thought he would just ask me why I wanna take him. I thought I could just drag him along.

"Uh... fresh air is especially good right now...?" I told him, but it came out more like a question rather than a statement.

He let out a sigh and then started pulling himself up. He didn't seem so happy with going to the walk idea but nothing was going to stop me from talking him out of whatever was going on with him.

The moment we walked outside, a rush of cold air hit me. Soon, the realization of something else slapped me right across the face. Earlier that day, I had been browsing the weather forecast and saw that it was supposed to rain from 7pm to 9pm.

Brilliant.

"Hey, how 'bout we take my car?" I ask him.

"For a walk? No thanks."

"Who said anything about a walk?"

"You did."

"Well..." I trail off not knowing what to say.

"Are you okay? Seems like you're having mood swings. First you wanted to take a walk, and now a drive. Are you having periods?"

"Uh, no."

"So--"

"Oh, c'mon on!" I interrupt him, and then drag him to the garage.

I was driving the car and he was just sitting. Half an hour had passed in dead silence, but I had not brought him along for just sight-seeing. So, I decide to park the car somewhere and then make him confront me.

"What are you doing?" he asked me as we came to a stop.

"Bruce, enough with the silence treatment. What is going on with you?" I snapped at him.

"It's nothing." He lied.

"How much longer?" I asked him softly.

"What?"

"How much longer before you trust me?"

"Nat, I trust you, okay?"

"Do you?"

"Yes, I do. In fact, you are the only person I trust."

"Then tell me, what's going on?"

"You'll be worried for no reason."

"Bruce." I shot him a glare.

"Ok fine!" he gave up.

He started, "Last night, when you had the dream, I was there."

"Yeah, you were there with me."

"No, I was there. As in, I was there in your dream."

What?

"What are you talking about?"

"I was there. It was 2am when I saw that the floor was covered in blood and its level was rising." He stops for a moment, trying to get himself together. Then he continued, "I quickly started to try and wake you up but you weren't waking up so I thought maybe shaking you a bit might wake you up. But then when I touched you, something happened, and then I was there. In Vormir. I looked around and saw Clint. But you weren't there. I was there as you. We climbed the mountain and then there was Red Skull."

"He is Red Skull?"

"Yeah, that's him."

I was so surprised. I always knew that Steve had defeated Red Skull. I thought he was dead. But now that I knew he's still alive and is on Vormir, I just realised that HYDRA is still present in our world. Well, maybe not in our world, but most definitely in Vormir.

"And then what happened?"

"He told us that to get the Soul Stone, someone has to die. so then, Clint and I fight and then he jumps. I go after him and then save him. I tell him to let me go, and... I jump."

Oh my god! He really was in my dream. As me! But how is that even possible?

"I don't know this happened, but when I hit the ground, I, I felt it." He said, "I felt my bones breaking and I felt blood flowing. It was..." he finally stopped.

He seemed startled by everything he saw and went through last night.

He asked me, "How did you manage to get yourself free from all this?"

I told him how, "I kept thinking about you. I knew that you would die without me, and I couldn't let that happen. So, technically, you saved me, and yourself."

Bruce's POV:

"I kept thinking about you. I knew that you would die without me, and I couldn't let that happen. So, technically, you saved me, and yourself."

I knew I heard that right. She is the only person in this universe who can get me out of any trouble. Only she has the power to make me forget these things and remind me how much I love her.

All of a sudden, she looked way more beautiful in her simple clothing than before. I couldn't resist my urge to tell her what was going on in my mind.

"Nat?"

"Yeah?"

"I love you so much."

Soon, she started blushing. I realised that only I could make her blush like that. It seemed to me that we were made for each other. Finally, she says what I've been to longing to hear.

"I love you too."

My hands find their way to her cheeks and then slips down to wrap around her neck. I pull her closer to me and tilt my head a little. Soon, our lips met. I could taste some chocolate on her lips. Who would've thought that this fierce woman loves chocolate drinks?

She breaks away from the kiss and we both search for some air, our foreheads still resting on each other's.

Suddenly, it was raining. "Let's go back." I told her. She nodded her head and we drove back.

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