It's You
"You know what's funny? I actually hate gum," said Natasha as she blew one last bubble before spitting her gum in the trash. After that, she tossed the empty pack of gum in the trash as well and sighed, grateful to be rid of it.
Steve crooked his eyebrow at her. They were sitting in his room at the Avengers Complex. Natasha sat on his bed with her legs crossed and Steve was on his computer reading up on American history. He just logged off, eyes tired from all of the reading he'd been doing. Rubbing his eyes he said, "Then why bother chewing it when you don't like it?"
The redhead shrugged and took a long sip of her bottled water to wash the nasty aftertaste of the gum from her mouth. It took her two months to finish off that gum. It was also two months since they discovered that HYDRA was hiding inside of SHIELD for years. That pack of gum was the same one she bought to get the small flash drive out of the vending machine that Steve had hidden. "Well, I paid two bucks for that pack of gum, and it wouldn't have made any sense to just throw it all away. Waste not, want not."
"That and, I figured it'd be funny if I casually showed up behind you, chewing it. You didn't like it when you saw my reflection in the vending machine, though. Was slamming me into the wall absolutely necessary?" She raised her eyebrows at him, a disapproving expression across her features.
Steve sighed when he turned and saw the look she gave him. "Come on, Nat. I've told you dozens of times that I was sorry for getting so rough with you. What's it going to take to get you to stop mentioning it?"
Natasha grinned mischievously and stood, sauntering over to him and slid her arm through Steve's. Her voice was silky sweet as she said, "A strawberry milkshake from Willie's."
Steve chuckled and shook his head at his girlfriend. It was no surprise that she wanted a milkshake. That was her price for everything these days. It was a good thing that they were both physically fit and excercised regularly or they'd be packing on the pounds. "Why, Agent Romanoff, I had no idea you could be so manipulative."
Natasha scoffed and tugged on Steve's arm, pulling him out of his room and towards the elevator. She pressed the button and gave him a teasing grin. "Oh, please, Rogers. You're impossible to manipulate. Admit it. You like doting on me~"
He made a low humming sound and kissed her on the cheek. Natasha smirked because whenever he hummed like that, it usually meant that he agreed with her. She knew him too well. "Yeah. I do."
The redhead smirked up at him and leaned on his shoulder. The door opened and they walked into the elevator together. She put her arm around his waist and held him close to her. Natasha liked to show off her possessiveness when it came to Steve. No one ever guessed that they weren't a couple whenever they were in the same room together. "I love it when a man is sweet on me...especially when it's the right man."
Steve blushed lightly at her words. Somehow, Natasha was the only one who could bring him to do that. She knew what he liked to hear and said it, but not because she only wanted to please him. She really did feel that way about Steve. He was the one for her and she would always make sure that he knew how she felt about him. "I'm lucky you chose me, then," he replied and they both leaned forward to give each other a gentle kiss.