Requested by ImLilMissComplicated, Steve gets woken up by Natasha making a midnight snack.

Steve woke up to the sound of a strange beeping. At first he panicked. Wondering if it was a bomb of some type, but after listening to it for a few more seconds and hearing the distinct sound of a microwave opening and shutting a few moments later, Steve relaxed.

Slipping on a dry fit t-shirt that was too tight, Steve left his room and walked a few floors down to see who was making food at this hour... although he already had his suspicions.

"Did I wake you?" Natasha asked quietly, holding a cup of ramen noodles in her hands.

"I wasn't sleeping well anyways." Steve said honestly, sitting besides Natasha on the couch.

Natasha nodded in understanding.

"What about you, what's got you up this late eating ramen?" Steve asked, despite having a pretty good idea about what her answer would be.

Natasha took another bite of the noodles and sighed. "Same as always." She admitted quietly.

Steve could tell when the nightmare had been particularly bad. Tonight was obviously one of those times.

"You wanna talk about it?" Steve asked.

Natasha stared at the ground quietly. "You were in it." She said simply.

Steve was a little surprised by this, "Really?"

Natasha nodded. "You're in most of them. I always lose the people I care about. Tonight was just....worst then normal. It felt real." She said, still refusing to look up at Steve.

Natasha shook her head and continued. "They took you. Tortured you in front of me, made me watch as they beat you until you were near death. Then we managed to free ourselves and we tried to escape. We almost made it. Then you got shot. You bled out at my feet right before they dragged me back in there."

Steve frowned. "Nat, I'm not going anywhere. And neither are you." He said quietly, shifting closer to her.

Natasha looked up at Steve with glossy eyes. "Don't make promises you can't keep Steve."

"I'm not. I promise I won't ever leave you alone Natasha."

Natasha smiled sadly and slowly moved to lean on Steve's shoulder.

Steve had never seen her like this. So vunerable and hurt. It pained him to see her so upset.

Throwing caution to the wind, Steve gently took Natasha's ramen noodles from her hands and set it on the counter before pulling her into his lap, wrapping his arms around her torso.

Natasha relaxed into his embrace, letting herself be open with him just for one night.

She was so tired of hiding her love for him. She wasn't even sure why she was doing it anymore.

"Steve?" She said quietly, lacing her fingers with his.

"Hm?"

"I'm head over heels for you." She said honestly, lifting her head just enough to where she was looking into his eyes.

Steve smiled, leaning his forehead against hers. "I'm head over heels for you too."

Closing her eyes, Natasha leaned in closer to Steve, finally doing what she had been waiting for since their mission together against Hydra.

The kiss was slow and soft, neither of them felt the need to rush into anything.

"Have you been practicing?" Natasha teased as the pulled apart.

Steve rolled his eyes. "No, but I have been waiting to try again since that day at the mall."

Natasha smiled, slowly forgetting about her nightmare. "Yeah, me too."

Steve kissed Natasha slowly again and sighed. "I dream about you too. Every night. It feels like I'm back in the ice again. Then you show up and I have to watch someone kill you while I'm frozen."

Natasha sighed, leaning back into Steve's chest. "I think we both need a therapist." She joked half-heartedly.

Steve laughed. "Maybe."

Natasha leaned forward and grabbed her ramen noodles. "You're distracting. I was hungry until you came down here. Now I don't even want these."

Steve gave her an apologetic smile. "Don't blame me. The only reason I even came down here was because the microwave was so loud."

Natasha smiled and shook her head. "Really? I think you came down here because you knew I was up and you wanted to talk to someone."

"That's also true." Steve admitted.

"Yeah, well. I'm glad you came down here. I'd take you over a midnight snack any day."

Steve smiled. "That's the nicest thing you've ever said to me."

Natasha laughed. "Did you not hear me say I'm head over heels for you?"

"Are you not in love with food too?"

Natasha shrugged and kissed Steve. "Shut up and kiss me again."

Steve laughed and leaned forward again...he didn't need to be told twice.

Hey guys. Two updates in one night...yay! Hope you all enjoyed this one!

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