Day 3
Natasha has been back for three days and Carol was already at her place when she arrived.
It was a great surprise to have the girl Natasha loves in her apartment, as if they were already living together, but they still have to clarify that part.
On this evening, Natasha leaves to go to the grocery store down the street to cook a real meal for her girlfriend, knowing she uses too much the take-out apps on her phone when she is alone or working.
When Natasha comes back with everything to make the best meal Carol would have ever eaten, she finds a quite unexpected scene.
Carol is in the middle of the living room, head bowed, fidgeting with the hem of her t-shirt, the television that was way too loud when Natasha left but now silent.
Something happened, Carol did something that makes her ashamed of herself and Natasha figures it out when she sees the remote of the TV sunk into the screen.
Natasha drops her tote bag, a couple of tomatoes rolling out of it onto the wooden floor, "What the fuck happened here?" she sees Carol's lips moving but doesn't hear anything, "Carol, what have you done?"
The blonde still doesn't say anything and Natasha feels like she is going to explode if she does quickly hear what happened, "Out of all the people I could've fallen in love with-"
"I'm sorry okay?" Carol finally shouts, taking a step forward to join Natasha, "I was watching the game, we were winning and then it was tied and on the last minute we lost and I just… threw the goddamn remote in the TV."
"Didn't you tell me you did that to your own TV a few weeks ago?"
"I did…" Carol cries, her eyes down and full of tears, "I'm so sorry. You deserve someone much better than me."
This is probably the dumbest thing Carol ever said to Natasha, but she is so adorable when she feels guilty that Natasha can't be mad, "You're right, I do," she begins just to tease her girlfriend a bit more, "But I don't think other people would deal with either of our bullshit so I guess we're stuck."
Carol looks up, the confusion added to her sad features softening Natasha's heart. "Hey, I'm joking," Natasha reassures, taking Carol face in her hands, "I love you, you know. It’s just a TV, I don’t even use it anymore, it’s okay."
"You sure?" the blonde asks as she looks down at her feet.
Natasha smiles as she presses their foreheads together, "Yes, baby," she whispers before pulling Carol into a gentle kiss, "I love you."
Carol giggles, "I love you too."
The living room is a whole mess, there are debris of the screen on the floor but Natasha wants to make her girlfriend happy first, cleaning up can wait. She knew what she was doing when she said yes to be Carol's girlfriend, she knew that she can be extreme, but that's what she loves about her, it would never make her run away.