Loose Retirement
Requested by romanogerss1984, a fluffy post endgame oneshot.
Nat and Steve try to retire but can't seem to stay out of the field.
After defeating Thanos, Steve was determined to get Natasha back.
He had gone to Vormir with the stone and refused to leave until he agreed to reverse the trade.
Steve had stood anxiously at the top of the cliff, waiting to see the woman who he thought he lost forever.
There was a flash of blue and suddenly, she was there. Her green eyes met his and Steve ran to her, embracing her tightly as she wrapped her arms around his neck.
"Steve? How am I here?" She asked, laughing quietly and Steve pulled away with a relieved sigh.
Steve shook his head, "I returned the stone and it reversed your sacrifice."
Natasha smiled and grabbed Steve's hand, "Does that mean we won?"
Steve nodded, "We did."
Natasha paused, unsure if she wanted to ask her next question, "Did we...did we lose anyone?"
Steve shook his head, "Tony's in the hospital but he'll be alright."
Natasha sighed in relief, "Good."
Shaking his head, Steve looked up at Natasha with a glistening eyes, "I thought I had lost you forever Nat."
Natasha reached up and rested her hand on Steve's cheek, her eyes searched his, "I thought I lost you too...before Clint and I fought to be the one to do it, my only hesitation was knowing that I'd be leaving you."
Steve pulled her into another embrace and nuzzled his face into her shoulder. He had to tell her how he felt. He knew now that if he didn't take the chance now, he could regret it more then anything if something were to happen to her again.
"I love you so much Natasha," He whispered quietly.
Natasha pulled away with a small smile, "If I'd known jumping off a cliff would get you to finally admit it I'd have done that a lot sooner," She teased.
Steve frowned, "That's not funny."
Natasha laughed and wrapped her arms around her neck, inching their lips closer together.
"Sorry. Does it make it a little better if I say I love you too?" She whispered, their lips now only a centimeter apart.
Steve nodded, "It certainly helps."
With that, she pulled his lips to hers and kissed him with every ounce of energy that she could summon.
When they finally pulled apart, both of them felt like they were on top of the moon and they returned home.
It wasn't long after that when they decided to buy an apartment in Brooklyn together.
They were needed less on missions due to the overload of new avengers and eventually decided to retire all together.
Sure, they would go on a few missions here or there when they were needed but for the most part they just wanted to enjoy a life together in Brooklyn.
"I was thinking we should get a dog," Natasha said one day as her and Steve were laying together on the couch.
His head was resting in her lap and she was lightly combing her fingers through his tousled hair as he held her other hand in his.
He raised an eyebrow, "A dog? I thought you liked cats?"
Natasha shrugged, "I do, but the thought of you running around the apartment with a dog may be slowly converting me."
She smiled, picturing it in her head and Steve grinned, "Really?"
She nodded again, "I've never had a pet. Now that we have the time for one, I think it'd be fun."
"Alright, we could go look at the shelter tomorrow if you want," Steve said, not being able to hide his smile.
Natasha smiled with a slight nod and looked back to the TV screen. Suddenly, their movie was interrupted and a live broadcast of Manhattan popped up, displaying some of the younger Avengers fighting off what looked to be an army of robots.
Steve sat up, "What the hell?"
Natasha turned the volume up and watched the screen carefully. Peter, T'challa, Ant-Man, The Wasp, Wanda, Sam, and Bucky were fighting hard, but they looked vastly outnumbered.
Steve looked to Natasha and she nodded. They might have officially retired from the Avengers but that didn't mean they were the type to sit quietly and watch their successors struggle to defeat an army that they had fought several times.
"I guess we better suit up," Natasha said with a smirk. She'd never admit it, but she was excited to be back in the field again. It had been several months without real combat after her and Steve settled down and although she loved every minute of it, she couldn't help but miss the thrill of a battle.
Steve chuckled quietly, tossing her her catsuit as he pulled his suit on, "Should we be less excited about this?"
Natasha shrugged, handing him the Shield that he had kept, "Probably."
Steve strapped it on his back and they jogged down to his motorcycle.
Natasha sat behind him and wrapped her arms around his waist as he sped off towards the city.
They got there in record time, probably because Steve was definitely more excited then he should be to charge into battle. Behind him, Natasha stood on the seat, somehow maintaining her balance only by wrapping a foot around him, and fired at the robots that they were approaching.
Steve slid to a stop and gave Natasha a light boost as she jumped onto one of the nearby robots, using her thighs to decapitate the machine. She used the now inoperative robot's weapons to kill six or seven of those around her and jumped off of it with a smirk, landing in her signature pose.
"I missed that," She said with a grin as she joined Steve in taking out several of the machines.
"Cap! Romanoff! When did you two join the fun?" Sam yelled, landing and using Steve's old shield to fight off some of the robots.
Steve grinned, "A few minutes ago. We saw you rookies struggling on the broadcast and figured you could use some help."
The rest of the new Avengers were now noticing the couple as well. Bucky frowned, "We were handling it just fine!" He yelled, punching one of the metal asshole's with his bionic arm, "We don't need help!"
Scott returned to his normal size, "Yes we do!"
Peter swung by and nodded, "Don't leave!"
Natasha laughed and killed several more robots in a a few swift motions. Steve tossed her his shield and she took the hint, throwing it back into the air so he could catch it mid-air before driving it into the skull of one of the robots on his way down.
She grinned at him, even after all this time they could still fight as one.
"If you're going to help then stop making heart eyes at one another and give the kid a hand," Sam yelled, motioning to Peter, who was currently trying to battle off twenty or so machines.
Natasha and Steve ran over to him and started taking out the robots left and right. Peter found himself almost useless as he got caught watching the two fight. It was like watching professional dancers except they weren't dancing. They were killing robots.
"You know, I forgot how nice it was to have you two on missions," Peter said as they finished off the last of the robots.
Wanda nodded, "We'd of been here another two hours without you two."
Sam and Bucky both rolled their eyes, and T'challa thanked them.
Natasha grinned, "It's no problem. Turn's out we aren't very good at retirement."
Steve chuckled and wrapped his arm around her waist, "We'll get better. Until then, just let us know if you need anything."
The new Avengers nodded and Steve and Natasha drove back to their apartment.
When they got back, they fell into their normal routine of examining each other for injuries and treating whatever ailments they had.
"I forgot how much fun that was," Natasha said with a small smirk.
Steve raised an eyebrow, "Does that mean you don't want to be retired anymore?"
Natasha shook her head, "No, I do. Living here with you is more then enough to please me. It was just nice to get some action outside of our bedroom."
Steve turned a deep red at her words and chuckled, "So you still want to get a dog tomorrow?"
Natasha nodded, "Yeah. It'll give us something to do besides each other."
Steve laughed again and gently pushed her shoulder, "Would you stop?"
Natasha smirked, "Make me."
Steve rolled his eyes but was certainly more then happy to oblige as he peeled the rest of her suit away and carried her into their bedroom.
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