Maria finds the first post-it note in the morning simply on the mirror in her and Natasha’s shared bathroom. She smiles, thinking about the red headed assassin scribbling the note before hopping on her plane to Berlin at 4 am.
“good morning! have a great day :) p.s. you look really cute when you’re sleeping” It’s scrawled on a neon pink slip of paper.
When she gets into the shower there’s a blue one on the shampoo. Maria grabs it before it can get wet.
“hey hot stuff, looking good ;)” Maria rolls her eyes and places it near the sink.
The next one she finds on her shoes, right as she’s about to head out the door.
“hello again. go eat breakfast, it’s the most important meal of the day- there’s yogurt in the fridge.”
Maria rolls her eyes and smiles, picking up the bright yellow paper and putting it in her pocket. But, she does make her way over to the kitchen and upon opening the fridge, finds another note on the container of yogurt.
“thanks for listening to me, enjoy your day ;)”
The brunette rolls her eyes again and grabs the yogurt and heads out the door. When she gets to her desk she finds yet another note, this time a green one.
“boo! did i scare you? course not. haha i can see your eyes rolling right now. missing you, but to be completely honest i’m probably asleep <3”
Maria smiles, and yes, she does roll her eyes.
Throughout her day she ends up finding 13 more notes, hidden in her drawers, files, and even the bathroom. They were all brightly colored with Natasha’s trademark curled letters, adorned with smiley faces, hearts and flowers. Who knew the Black Widow was so soft?
When Maria gets back to their floor after work that day, she takes them all out of her pocket and dumps them on counter in a pretty significantly sized pile.
When she gets a plate out of the cupboards to heat up some leftovers for dinner, she finds one last sticky note.
“hi again, i hope you had a good day and didn’t miss me too much ;) i’ll be back soon <3”
Maria wonders briefly when Nat had the time to write them all and place them so perfectly, but then she figures it’s one of the many puzzling mysteries about her girlfriend she might never solve.