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It was a regular morning at the Avengers Tower; Wanda was swaying her hips to Demi Lovato, one of her fake best friends who often kept her company when she was cooking. Currently, that meant plating a goat cheese tart with crispy shallots for whoever was on the tower at the moment. As if it was a magical sumon Sam appeared at her line of sight, she handed the small plate to and smiled.
"Please let me know what you think when you're done. It's the first time that I've cooked it." she said, gesturing to the plate in front of him.
"Well, it looks simply amazing," Sam said, raising his plate in thanks. "I'm going to brag to everyone about it! That I was the first one to taste it”.
“Don't be like that Sam!” Wanda was practically yelling after him, but he was gone before he could hear her.
Wanda tossed a towel on her shoulder. The lunch had been more than decent, and she'd finally could breathe. She was taking a few moments to straighten the kitchen when she felt a very strong presence behind the kitchen aisle. "I didn't know there was someone else beside Sam in the base" Wanda asked while giving the counter a quick wipe and not actually looking.
She looked up, and everything slowed down. "Well, well. Natasha, as I live and breathe." She made a playful show of fanning herself. A dreamy smile appeared. "It smells amazing in there." Nathasa says.
"Doesn't it? My life's work is to make delicious food for very hungry heroes" Wanda was smiling while speaking.
"You need some sort of medal." Natasha told her while leaning against the counter.
"I never turn away jewelry." She laughed. "And what can I do for you? A consult? Tell me you didn't completely redesign my part of the training room on a whim. Are we about to have another fight?" Wanda was asking her that due to the last conversation they had was Nathasa telling her that she needed more equipment to train, but Wanda just answered one thing: “You are aware that I can move things with my mind right?”, but Natasha pointed out that in the worst case scenario she loses her powers, so all she has left was hand on hand combat.
“Let's save it for later. Actually I saw Sam with a very tasty dish of food and I thought I'd give it a try if you have any left”. Natasha asks her in a very sweet way.
Those eyes hold so much hope on those few words that Wanda’s heart melt in an instant.
"Of course I'll make you a sampler plate and then you can tell me what you think” Wanda replied.
“I would repay you and any way you considerent best” Natasha was trying to fix her hair to start eating.
Her red hair was down today, it wasn't braided, just loose. The only time Wanda could remember seeing her hair like that was right after waking up, and even then she always tries to fix it as soon as possible. It was a good look and allowed her to see the slight waves in Nathasa’s hair that she imagined were natural: it complemented her skyn perfectly.
¨As long as you can keep helping me train, then that is all I need right now¨. Wanda went to work on Natasha´s plate. The torta, a couple of bitesof toasted ravioli, a side of the picked vegetables, and an arancini ball filled with white wine risotto. Basically everything she had cooked today. ¨There¨.
Natasha started at the plate. ¨I think it is too pretty for me to eat¨.
¨Its no. Dig in. Food is meant to be enjoyed, savored. Thant and order from the head chef of the Avengers.¨
Natasha looked around and leaned in. ¨Are there other chefs in the compound? How do you know when to boss them around if they´re imaginary.¨
¨Shut up,¨Wanda said and pointed with her spatula. ¨You can't question my food logic¨. She relaxed and gave in to the logic. ¨Sometimes Pietro helps me, but not today¨.
Natasha nodded her eyes dancing. ¨I like your jacket. She gestures with her chin to Wanda´s jacket, well actually it was Natasha´s jacket, only that right now it looks like it had been to a cooking battle with the food and lost.
Wanda grinned, cooked her hip, and placed a hand on it, in a playful mood today. Maybe it was that the last couple of days had been the best ones she had in a long time, or the beautiful weather indicative of spring, or the high she got when Natasha paid attention to her. She wasn't all that proud of the last part. ¨This old thing? It belongs to a badass women I met once, and you look like you are really into the tomato.¨
¨Deepy.¨Natasha shrugged. ¨I think that's just your passion on display. It's hot…out today.¨she smothers a grin. She was beyond smooth and proud of herself.
Wanda laughed and sidestepped the insinuation. ¨My passion is on display. Gonna use that.¨She dropped her vegetable scraps into the trash and gave her cutting board a good whipping down as Natasha watched her. She had her food but didn't seem to be going anywhere. Wanda didn't mind.
¨Have lunch with me if you haven't eaten.¨
Wanda paused. Eat with Natasha? I mean she could do it, she didn't have anything else to do right now, and it would be much better than eating lunch by herself, something she normally does. She met those beautiful and deep green eyes and shifted her weight, ignoring their effect on her. ¨I guess that's double, thank you for inviting me.¨
Wanda frowned. Surely Natasha didn't hate her food, But her midsection tight end in concert. Did she bite into something hard? Was the ravioli too hot? She just fried it. ¨ Something is wrong.¨
¨What is this?¨Natasha asked, gesturing with her fork.
¨That's an arancini ball. Fried risotto. Not a fan?¨ Wanda asked.
Natasha´s standar grin was noticeably absent, which did not bode well. ¨Uh, the opposite, It's …¨ She shook her head. ¨Fantastic.¨
Wanda was now much more relaxed. ¨I have more.¨
¨No, I need to spend a little time with the rest of this plate first.¨
Wanda laughed, ¨I like your approach. A little bit of everything. But then we know you have game.¨
¨Doesn't mean I don't know a good thing when I see it.¨ Natasha met Wanda´s gaze, and they shared a moment. Was that a reference to her? Sweet lord, she had not been prepared for veiled flirting over lunch. What was Wanda supposed to do with that comment? She decided to enjoy it with a smile. They continued eating in comforting silence. ¨Does this mean you are no longer mad at me for wanting to change your training space?¨
¨Still mad. I just hide it well. I know you were just trying to help me out, and wanting to give me more tools to protect myself. For that I can never be mad at you.¨
¨There is nothing I want more than to keep you safe¨ Before Wanda could register those incredible words, Natasha leaned over and kissed her, not a deep kiss, just a soft, and tender kiss, filled with all kinds of feelings.
¨Hey guys! Sam said there was food ready and… oh god, i'm so sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt! Peter said half screaming, half very embarrassed. Of course someone was bound to arrive at the worst possible moment, not that the kiss was bad, but because now it was over, and Wanda couldn't read what was going through Natasha´s mind.
¨It's ok Peter, yes, there is more food here, you can have as much as you want¨ Wanda anwer not taking her eyes away from Natasha; but something had changed, she could see it, she could see light and longing on those beautiful eyes.
¨We need to talk about this, please, tell me we can talk about this, right now, not later, just now, because ifI let you go right now, I dont think Im going to get you back, and that thought scares me more than anything in the world¨ Wanda pleaded, hopping Natasha would accept her invitation to talk.
¨Don't be scared Wanda, I'm not leaving you, not now, not tomorrow, not ever, nothing and no one would take me away from you. Let go, you are right, we need to talk¨ Natasha held her hand so Wanda could take it. ¨Don't be scare Peter, this is something that we didn't anticipate to happen, not the walking in but the kiss, so it's ok, I won't go all Black Widow on you.¨
¨That is a huge relief, but miss Romanoff, for what it's worth, everyone here already thinks that you and miss Maximoff are a couple, for a long time now. But please! Don't tell them I say anything.¨ Peter was scared again.
¨They might have a point, but we still need to talk, so let's go. Oh and Peter? The food is really good, you are going to love it.¨ Natasha was holding Wanda´s hand, she smiled reassuring the fraited kid and started walking away. Once they reached Wanda´s room and got in, for the first time, Natasha felt in a new world; she had been there before, probably more times than in her own room, but now it was all different.
¨You know I don't need to enter your mind to hear your thoughts, I mean I do, but I can tell you are trying really hard to figure it all out, let me help, two heads think better than one.¨ Wanda was now sitting at the edge of her bed.
¨I have a better idea . Natasha said while sitting next to Wanda. ¨Peter couldn't arrived in the worst time, so i'm going to finish what I started, but only if you let me do it.¨
¨God, I thought you were never going to ask!¨ Wanda push herself on top of Natasha´s leg, she was sitting with each of her legs on a side, ¨You have no idea how much I wanted to do this¨ She lean forward and kiss Natasha, but this time was different, she wanted more, she needed more, it was more passionate, deep and hard. Wanda finally had what she dreamt for so long, she got the girl, she got to kiss her dream girl. She could kiss her for all eternity but in the back of her mind, she knew they really needed to talk about what all this means.
¨As much as I want to quote Steve right now and tell you I can do this all day, we really need to talk¨ Wanda told Natasha a little out of breath.
¨Yeah, I agree, but I can seem to stop kissing your lips, your neck, your jaw… but all right I try my best to behave, but help me out a little, I need you to step down of me, cause if you dont I dont know what I would do, that's a lie, I do know what I would do¨ Natasha keep planting small kisses all over Wanda.
¨Fast and clear my lovely Natasha, I want you, all of you, not just this, but I want the bad stuff too, the secrets, the damage, the hurt, and I want to take that all away, I want all of you, i'm not scare of the future, or what the team might say or think, i'm scared that I could lose you, as my friend, as my hopefully love one, that's all I want.¨ Wanda was now seat next to Natasha.
¨Well my sweet Wanda, I want all those stuff too, I can imagine spending another day without kissing you, hug you, and wake up next to you, our lives are not easy, we both know that, and also that's why I don't want to waste any more time, so I hope you are ready for what comes next.¨
She stood and held her hand to Wanda so she could stand also. ¨Wanda Maximoff, would you do me the honor of be my girlfriend?.¨ All the hope and love put into those few words, those few words that mean the world to Wanda, she thought that there was no way she could ever be completely happy, not after her parents, but she was finally finding getting there.
¨A million times yes Nat, nothing would make me more happy!¨ She kisses Natasha now, more sweet than before, ¨Should we tell the other ones? I mean Peter already told us they think we are together.
¨We will, I'm not going to keep it a secret, I would never be hiding you in any way or form, I'll scream the world if you want me too, but right now I just want to be us, what do you say about somo cuddle time, maybe a movie? Just you and me¨ .
¨If you keep looking at me like that, and smiling like that I would do anything you ask me, but right now I do agree with the movie and cuddle session, do you want to change into something more comfortable? And we can decide what are going to watch.¨
¨Since most of my cloths are seem to be here, then I'll just change in your bathroom and ill be back¨ Natasha lean and kiss her on her check.
They were all set for their movie/cuddle night, and it was perfect.
¨Come here my love¨ Natasha asks Wanda while opening her arms to her.
¨This is my favorite place in the whole world, in your arms¨
¨I´m never letting you go, not in this life or the next one¨
¨Always and forever baby¨ Natasha holds her even closer to her.
¨Always and forever my love¨ Wanda kissed her, and started to feel at home, she was finally home.