If Nothing...

Natasha

"I didn't think you'd ever wake up."Steve calls from the doorway.

I smile a small smile."I'm sorry I was tired."He sits down beside me at the edge of the bed,leaning down for a kiss."How's Peggy?"

"She's doing pretty good. Better than I thought she would be doing."

"S.H.I.E.L.D still mute about it?"

He nods."Everything is under lock and key right now. They've identified her attackers, but everything else is being kept quiet."

"Who were her attackers?"

He falls silent,his glance quickly being cast away from me."Nat there's nothing you can do about it right now anyway,you're still not one hundred percent,hell you aren't even off the crutch yet-"

"Steve."

He stands,peeling the jacket from his body."I don't want to see you get hurt again. I died once. I don't wanna do it again."

I sit up,my eyes locking his own."Steve what don't you want to tell me and why don't you want to tell me."

He places his hands on his hips. He laughs a little,tears forming in his blue eyes.

My heart shatters into a million tiny pieces.

"I watched you almost die twice,Nat."He swallows,rubbing his hand over his mouth."You don't know how that made me feel."

"You died."I say,tears rolling down my own face.

He nods."I didn't know what I would do without you Natasha. I'd come up with these horrible scenarios. I thought about giving up,but I knew you wouldn't want me to. But I knew I wouldn't be able to go on."He laughs again."Each time you woke up,a part of me woke up and brought me back to life,but seeing you like this on days like this, watching you be subdued by your pain,I die again. I've died a thousand times over for you,Natasha. I don't want to die again. Please,don't let me die again."

We'll do whatever it takes. Even if that means hurting the ones we love.

I stare at him,unable to truly fathom a logical response for him. I feel his pain. It reaches into my chest and tears my heart from it crushing it so that what remains of it is only a bit of dust.

"I didn't know."

"I didn't want you to."

"I told you I would hurt you,Steve-"

He kneels down beside the bed,wrapping my hand in his own."You haven't hurt me."

"I killed you."

He presses his lips against my knuckles."I'm willing to die for you. And I'm willing to do it as much as I have to in order for you to see that I love you more than anything in the world. I'm never going to leave you-"

"I'm a grenade."

"A grenade I'm willing to catch."

"You're so stupid."I say,a strangled sob escaping my constricted throat.

He hugs my head to his chest,rubbing my back to console me,and I am grateful he is here for me.

"I don't deserve you."I say into his chest.

"You deserve better than me. But for now you'll just have to settle for me."

"I don't think there is anything better than you,Steve."

He cups my face in his hands."Maybe it was meant to be that way. I wouldn't trade this for the world."

"I don't know why you love me so much."

"I do. And I wouldn't trade this if the devil had the world in his hands. You're the one I'd save if it meant I had to go. I'd know I didn't die in vain."

I climb out of bed,kneeling down in front of him."My life shouldn't matter that much."

"But it does. It always will."

"What would I do without you?"

"I don't know."He says with a laugh.He stares into my eyes."Dance with me. On the roof."

"It's raining."

"Doesn't matter. I'm with you, rain won't change that."

I smile and nod."I'll dance with you."

He reaches for one of Fitz's patches, stamping it to my lower back and drags me to the elevator. He pushes open the door to the roof and guides me outside.

We simply press our bodies into one another and twirl slowly to the murmur of music coming from the radio on the ground.

It already started
I tried to stop it but I already know
You are something I should do without
But I won't
I'm under the table
Just keep wishing I'll come out but I don't
You are something I should do without
But I won't

Please tell me that this could be easy
I'm tired of waiting for permission to love
Heartbreak is your game, but I'm learning
My heart could be yours, won't you make it your home

I lay my head on his chest,soaking up the sweet lyrics of Under The Table,not caring about the rain drops in which crash down on us.

"Marry me."Steve whispers.

I simply nod."I think I can do that."

He picks me up ofd the ground and I wrap my legs around his waist,presing my lips against his own.

"Here's to our forever."He says with a smile.

"Here's to our forever."

Quick Note: Check out the song guys,it's by my favorite artist BANKS and that is the song that those lyrics belong to. It's amazing,and I think it fits this part perfectly, so check it out.