Give us a chance? (Natasha Romanoff x Fem reader)

Morning

Nat's POV:

"What happened?!" I asked with a crackling voice

"I woke up to get a glass of water and when I came back you were shaking in your sleep, so I tried to wake you up and here we are" She explains handing me her glass of water

I took a sip on it and gave it back to her, she then asked me if I wanted to go back to sleep, obviously meaning she would stay awake if I did. So I told her I would, clearly seeing the tiredness in her eyes, but I just stared at the ceiling not daring to close my eyes and see a second more of these.

After what I guess was an hour passed, I got up and texted Clint so we could meet. He's an early riser, so he was obviously up with nothing to do at 4 A.M. I then wrote a small letter that I put on the pillow next to Y/N saying I'd be back around 7 before leaving

I arrived at Clint and I's meeting point, he was already there "Are you okay?" He instantly asked

"Yes, why?" I ask almost startled by the worry in his voice

"Nat, the only times you text me so we can meet around 4 in the morning is when you get an awfully bad nightmare and last time it happened was almost 2 years ago" He explains "So? What happened?"

I sighed and told him every part of my dream and once I was finished he simply nodded humming "What does that mean!?" I asked harsher than intended

"Well I'm not a pro, but I'd say each person you talked with in that dream were your fears" He supposes and I look at him like he just made little to no sense, which he did. Im not scared of Y/N and him.

"Madame B because im scared of my past, fine, but why you and her" I ask

He rolls his eyes "Me because you think you're the same person as back in the red room and Y/N because you're scared people see you as you see yourself, Nat" I open my mouth to protest , but he doesn't let me " If you were the ruthless killer they wanted you to become become, you wouldn't constantly want to risk your life for others and wouldn't have those nightmares in the first place"...Maybe Clint isn't wrong, but then again I could still attack any of them by accident or something worse.

"Maybe I just shouldn't go back to hers, I'm putting her at risk" I explain him

"No! No, don't do that!" He shouts like I'm about to do a huge mistake

"Do what?" I ask cluelessly

"Keep your distance with her" He answers like it's obvious

"I'm not going to... keep my distance" I deny

"Yeah, yeah and you weren't searching and excuse to leave her at this very second, bullshit!"

"It's not an excuse! My job is dangerous and I'm making her a target by being close to her" I justify matter of factly

"Oh?! Come. On!" He says extending the 'on' "She's a cop Nat! In New York! She already has a target on her back. It also means she knows how dangerous dating a spy is, but yesterday, she clearly didn't give a damn shit about it" He argues angrily, making a point...

"But-"

"Excuses!" He cuts me off pointing his index at me

I sigh, maybe he's right and I should just...enjoy my time with her? "Yeah...maybe you're right"

"But I'm always right" My best friend answers making me scoff

"Sure" I answer sarcastically rolling my eyes

After that we talk for a bit, but he needs to leave early so he can go see Laura and the little ones. So I don't steal more of his time and take advantage of the time I have before Y/N wakes up to go at mine, wash and change myself. I also find some controller to deactivate this fucking mics at her house.