Natasha woke up to the sound of a single knock on the door. Steve was holding her tight, spooning her, and his head buried in her neck.

The door cracked open to reveal Wanda, she looked in and caught Natasha's eyes with a wide smile.

" Hey, how's the birthday girl doing?" She asked

" feeling a bit crushed" she chuckled as Wanda smirked at Steve's grasp around her waist. She tried to get out of his embrace but he pulled himself closer and let out a groan, causing both girls to chuckle.

" he's taking this undercover thing really serious, huh?"

" Why don't you tell me? enjoying the cover I gave you with the gem-boy?" She gave Wanda a deep knowing look.

" yeah ok, we're even, I get it. " she blurted as she failed to tease Natasha and ended up being teased herself. "should I leave?"

" nope, stay, our talking will get him to wake up sooner." She smiled at her as Wanda sat beside the bed.

" you know, I've been in his head already, I know how he feels."

" yeah, it's like a miracle." Natasha's smile deepened and she caressed Steve's arm wrapped around her.

" it's nice to see you together, never really understood that Banner thing anyway."

"Wanda, no. It's not like that," Nat explained "it's different, I'm just really happy whenever I'm around Steve, he makes me feel safe. With Bruce, I just felt there was someone who could understand me, who'd know the feeling. I thought he'd accept my monstrous side cause he's got one himself, but I was wrong. With Steve, he just,... he just knows me, gets me, he doesn't accept me, he wants me. I've never felt like I do with Steve."

Wanda gave her a warm smile and open her lips to say something but Steve, to the number of times his name was mentioned, was almost up, not completely to look around the room before leaning down on Natasha, he placed a gentle kiss on her cheek and whispered: " good morning beautiful." He leaned a little deeper to brush his lips on hers and the moment he reached her- "good morning to you too, grandpa!"

Steve almost jumped back and stared at Wanda.

" what the hell Wanda?" His raspy voice was louder than he had expected.

" language, Rogers." Natasha and Wanda both laughed at him, while Natasha pulled him in a kiss, he was a bit tense but as Natasha brushed her tongue over his lips and parted her lips as an invitation, Steve gave in and kissed her passionately.

" Ewww, ugh. I'm out. Be down for breakfast." Wanda made a face and left them, closing the door behind her to prevent Sam from catching them in the act, cause he'd never let it go.

The spy and soldier kissed for a bit, then smoothly pulled back to gasp for air. They got up, changed, and went downstairs to see Vision sitting on a chair at the dining table with Wanda on his lap, their foreheads pressed together, his hand running up and down her back while whispering something to her as she blushed.

" hey, that's my baby sister, hands off," Steve said with a small smile but serious eyes, he was a fan of romance but also protective of Wanda. Somehow, they all were.

" Steve, it's fine, it's not the starting sparks, they've been together for a while now, it's pretty obvious." Natasha smiled and pulled Steve to the kitchen.

" Thank you, Natasha," both of them said at once.

Vision had already made breakfast for all, Steve grabbed two plates and filled Natasha's with bacon and eggs and took some for himself. Natasha would always eat very little except for breakfast. So every day Steve would take advantage of breakfasts. Nat poured two cups of coffee and they took two seats opposite the other couple who were now sitting next to each other.

" where's Sam?" Natasha asked.

" still sleep." Wanda said. " hey Nat, your neighbor is looking through the window, is he always like this?" They had opened the curtains.

" yeah, that's why we used to keep all the curtains open, after the last time I saw him, we closed them to put him on a cliffhanger. It was time to open them, thanks." She told them.

" so, what's the rest of your plan?" Vision spoke after a few minutes.

" Having you guys here is a good thing. I think we should go to the bar tonight, and talk about a vacation you've planned that I won't be joining. You guys leave the house tomorrow morning and I'll go to the bar alone at night, he'll probably be there, he won't lose an opportunity like this. He'll take me home but won't activate his security while I'm there. You guys need to get in." Natasha told them without looking at them, especially Steve. She knew he'd hate it.

"Um, Natasha, what about him? What would you do with him?" Wanda asked nervously

"I'll need your help. I was gonna somehow drug him which wasn't a very strong plan but with you there, we can just control his mind, would it be okay with you?"

" yeah, sure, we just have to get there before he hurts you," Wanda said considering the situation.

Steve's body tensed and he frowned as Wanda mentioned Natasha getting hurt. Natasha put her hand on his neck and pulled herself up to place a gentle kiss on his cheek. Steve's body relaxed a little but not all the way and he had a frown on his face.

To her surprise, he moved away and looked at Wanda. Wanda looked straight in his eyes and then nodded. Steve exhaled and turned back to Natasha and kissed her forehead.

" so, is there anything left for me?" They all turned around to see Sam rubbing the back of his head with one hand, still sleepy. They laughed at him and Steve got up, getting him a plate and a cup. Sam took the plate and a cup and poured himself some food, joining the rest.

Steve placed his hand on Natasha's back as she ate her breakfast and Sam gave him a questioning look. "don't start with me man" Steve laughed at his expression and Natasha smiled.

Sam shook his head with a smile "I was always rooting for you two to get together."

"Just us? Not Wanda and Vision?" Natasha teased looking at Wanda who gave her a death glare.

" WHAT?" Sam looked at the two and nagged " c'mon, I'm the only single one? I hate this!"

" you weren't SO single when Maria came to check up on us last month" Wanda teased him with a smile.

" what?? You and Maria??" Natasha almost screamed at him while Steve chuckled.

" calm down Nat, they've been together for a while."

" you knew about this?" Both girls screamed at him, he jumped up in shock, his expression told them he was scared and they all laughed at him.

They spent the rest of the day talking and watching movies, Steve and Sam got the lunch ready while they talked about Steve's mission, letting the other three rest for the day, Steve was worried about Natasha if the plan went as she said at breakfast, tomorrow night would be the end of her mission and she'd probably even worry, having the rest of them around meant she had something to help her get her mind of Ted. They had lunch in peace and decided they would spend the afternoon the same as the morning. Sam picked a movie for them to watch, Wanda and Vision sat on the sofa in front of the TV, Natasha sat on the sofa by the window leaning on the handle, and Sam on the sofa on the opposite side. Steve got them some popcorn and chips and put them on the central coffee table. As he went to sit next to Nat, she moved, letting Steve sit next to the handle, then leaned on his chest, curling her legs on the sofa. Halfway through the movie, to their amusement, both girls were curled up on sofas and sleeping. Steve shook his head and smiled at the girls, picking Natasha up. She stirred and he froze, worried he may have woken her up. She grabbed his t-shirt in her fist and seemed to be fine. He took her to their room and placed her on the bed. He wanted to go back downstairs but decided to lay next to Natasha. As he caressed her hair, her eyes fluttered and she smiled at him.

" Sorry, didn't mean to wake you."

She didn't reply, just pulled him down to a kiss, inviting him to play with her tongue, she pushed herself to him and let out a moan in his mouth. Steve slowly pulled away and placed a hand on her cheek.

" Not now Natasha."

She groaned and pulled him down again.

" Natasha! " he protested " we have friends over, I don't want us to have to hold back on our first time, I don't want to ask you to keep it down." He buried his face in her neck, kissing her and reassuring her that he was thirsty for her, making her feel both loved and wanted. " you're all I desire Nat, but I have to wait to show you just how much I want you." Steve pulled her to his body, Natasha placed her head on his shoulder, she wanted to say something but his words were so nice and reassuring, she wanted to trust him.

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Natasha opened her eyes to find herself laying down on Steve's shoulder as he was reading reports that Sam had given him the previous night. She closed her eyes hoping to go back to sleep.

" It's around 6 thirty, don't you wanna get ready for the bar?" Steve's smooth sound tickled her sleepy eyes. " five more minutes" she mumbled as she dug her head deeper into his chest. He chuckled but didn't say anything else. She felt her body relax in his embrace but the door shot open and her head snapped on his chest to face a smiling Wanda wearing a black dress with light makeup, " get up Naat, I'm ready" she screamed and Natasha shoot her a death stare, "get out, I'm sleeping" she shouted, curling herself deep in Steve's chest.

"Natasha, c'mon, we've gotta go." Steve caressed her hair and kissed her head. She moved a little, and looked at him "we'll cuddle later, right?" She pouted with wide poppy eyes.

" Og my god, is the Back Widow telling us she wants to cuddle? Wow!" Wanda screamed and Nat threw a pillow to her face which made her duck and jump out of the room.

She got out of the bed, went to the closet, and heard Steve walk out of the room, he wasn't really happy about the outing, he knew she had to put on something revealing and flirt at the bar and hated the idea, and she was well aware of that.

She took out a pink sundress, 'it's revealing enough I guess, and won't hurt Steve as much.' She thought to herself. It was a halter strap and a little longer than knee-length. She applied light makeup and walked out to see everyone ready. Steve had a shirt and jeans on, she gave him a questioning look.

" I changed while you were sleeping." He said and took her hand, they all got out and slowly walked to the bar, with Steve holding tight to Nat's hand. As they arrived at the bar, they sat in a booth. It took only a short amount of time until Natasha saw Ted enter the bar, and turned to let the others know only to see Steve staring at him, Wanda was already reading their mind so she knew what was going on and she whispered to Vision and Sam to let them know as well.

She looked at Steve and he nodded. He gestured to Ted to join them and pulled Natasha closer to his body, placing a kiss on her forehead.

"here goes nothing," she thought.