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Tweak says, "After all this time? Always."

alwaysactive (alwaysactive) wrote in snapthread,
@ 2019-09-27 22:46:00

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natasha romanoff (mcu), tony stark (mcu)

Who: Natasha Romanoff and Tony Stark
What: A new arrival
Where: Around town
When: Immediately after this

Seven months. It didn't make sense, even after Tony mentioned the timeline, Natasha found herself hyper-focused on that bit, on the part that said seven months had passed since she'd seen Tony and not just the few hours it had been since they'd jumped through time. But it was easier thinking about that instead of the rush of cold air on her face, the look on Clint's face as he realized there was no stopping her, and the small quiet part of her mind that had whispered as she fell - let this be enough.

The seven months was safer and Natasha paced as she waited for Tony, who said he was coming for her. Who shouldn't be here in this place unless something had gone wrong, if the plan hadn't gone off the way they'd wanted it to. Her sacrifice should have been enough, it hadn't been planned either, but she had hoped that maybe it would be enough.

Whatever it takes, it's what they'd said before they'd gone through. And after so many years of trying to make up for a life that had far more in one column than the other Natasha had finally found the one thing that only she could do.

But now she was here and she didn't know how it had all turned out and she wasn't sure she wanted to. It was too much, thinking about how it all could have gone wrong, how it might not have worked out, how Tony had ended up here. "Tony," She breathed out, a well of emotion that she'd been holding on to since she'd realized it was him she'd been talking to on the local network threatened to break her self control at the sight of him.

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allaboutego
2019-10-06 01:21 am UTC (link)

And the drink. Tony wasn't going to forget about that because they'd both well need it after the night was through. Because Natasha wasn't someone you skimped on details with. By the end of the night, they'd (or just Tony) would be sloshed, and she'd have all the facts she could think to ask about and probably more.

"Not Morgan," Tony said, because he felt like that was probably important. Well, it was to him. And Natasha would know her, the little girl who he thought was perfection without having ever actually met her. "She's not here. I'm not from then. But Pete's here. And Gwen. Who -- she's not from the same place as us. But she's..." He didn't really have to say. Natasha would know. She was one of the kids, Tony's kids, and she lived in his house. Obviously he thought the absolute world of her.

He pushed into the house, lead the way toward the kitchen -- well used, well organized and had proper up-to-date appliances that Tony very much fixed or built, but didn't tend to be the person to use. "And Steve'll show up sooner or later, once he hears you're around." Tony should have said something, but he wanted this time alone, first.

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alwaysactive
2019-10-06 04:22 am UTC (link)

Tony was right, she had a lot of questions, and she might be going about it slowly for now, letting him introduce her to things little by little, but before the night was up she was going to have asked plenty and probably have a couple more that she'd think of in the morning. But for now Tony was telling him about the kids, not Morgan. Which - Natasha wasn't certain what to do with it, but she'd take a little time and then ask about that later. "She's yours," She finished of Gwen, she hadn't met her yet, but she didn't need to in order to see that Tony had practically adopted her.

"I hope he's ready for some questions too." She'd have plenty for him as well, both with Tony there, but also when it was just the two of them. The kinds of questions she might not ask in front of Tony, if what he said was true - he wasn't from the time when he had Morgan. But Steve, well that was another question waiting to be answered.

At least she had these people, the only people in all of the universe that she trusted and they'd found her first, like it was meant to be or something like that. A small deeply hidden sentimental part of herself thought maybe that meant something, and maybe it did, she wasn't ready to say so just yet. Instead she'd let Tony lead the way and find out as much as she could before she started thinking about things like that.

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