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it was their one year anniversary and gamora wanted to do something nice for natasha. being from space and literally growing up with thanos as a “father,” she has no clue what to do. when she looked up what to do for her girlfriend’s anniversary, it said to do something meaningful. and what was more meaningful than the thing that got them together?
gamora was going to do black widow’s taxes! not only was she going to do them for her, she was going to do them with her! just like that same day the year before!
yes! that’s it! gamora just has to go find the papers in natasha’s desk with really tall chairs and call her down! so she walks on over to her office and what do ya know she has the taxes she needs to do right there on the desk. looks like they’re due in like.. two days? or two days ago? whatever! gamora picks up the pile of papers and calls out, sitting on the chair.
“hey, natasha! come to your office!”
almost instantly the door to the office opens and black widow walks in. gamora stands behind the desk with a huge smile. she puts the pile of tax papers down on the desk and looks at her girlfriend. “taxes!”
“yeah, i was just about to do them. just used the bathroom is all.” natasha shrugs and walks in, standing next to gamora behind the desk.
“oh.” gamora looks at the papers and then at her girlfriend next to her. “well, it’s our anniversary, and.. i was gonna say ill do them with you.”
natasha stares at her. “… taxes? for our anniversary?”
“yeah? we got together while we were doing your taxes, i figured it would be meaningful if.. like, we did them. together. today. cause we did a year ago. you were gonna do them without me..?”
“what?? i’ve been doing our taxes without you this whole time, we don’t pay taxes only once a year? we pay multiple across the year.”
gamora stares at her in shock. her own girlfriend didn’t wanna do taxes with her..? why wouldn’t natasha tell her!
“you’ve been doing them without me? nat, why?”
“because they’re taxes?? why would you want do to taxes!”
“because we do them together! natasha we’re supposed to be together!”
“what are you talking about?? they’re taxes! why do you think-“
“know what, im not doing this right now! if you don’t want to do taxes together anymore, fine! but don’t expect me to apologize for you ruining this!” gamora stormed off out of the office.
“what??” natasha was more confused than anything. why on earth would she want to do taxes for her anniversary?? why does she want to taxes like.. at all? she sits in her office and just stares at the the door for a second.. the second ends in a second and she gets up off the chair and follows. “gamora, wait.”
she was already halfway down the hallway when natasha decided to follow. “gamora, wait! what are you talking about!”
gamora stops and turns around. “i just wanted to do taxes!”
“gamora, taxes are boring! we can do something so much better than taxes for our anniversary!”
gamora looks at her for a while. “better than the thing that got us together, how can such a thing exist??”
“like.. we can go somewhere? or we can make dinner, we can.. i don’t know, make out till our lips fall off. a numb face is infinitely better than doing taxes recreationally.”
gamora is BEWILDERED. “really?? we can like.. do anything?”
“anything but taxes.” natasha puts her hand on gamora’s cheek and kisses her. “please and thank you.”
“okay, okay. we won’t do taxes recreationally. this time at least”