Romanogers One-Shots

You Look Patriotic

Requested by ninjarider1, Natasha has a female version of Steve's suit and Tony takes a picture of her in it.

Natasha had a lot of secrets. As a world renowned spy she had become a master at keeping things hidden that she didn't want the world to see. 

After her relationship with Steve began, she had trusted him enough to tell her almost all of her secrets. 

Almost all of them. 

There were a few secrets that she had vowed to never tell anyone. 

Specifically, there was one secret that she would never, never, tell Steve if she had a say in it. 

Growing up, even kids in the Red Room had grown up knowing about Captain America. He had become somewhat of a beacon of hope, and some of the girls used to whisper stories about him in the middle of the night. 

It had been their way to comfort one another when there was no one else willing to. 

Natasha had never been one to partake in the midnight story telling, she knew eventually it would only lead to trouble. She had however, listened carefully as they spoke of him. Whispering about a selfless man in red, white, and blue who had sacrificed himself for the greater good. 

And although Natasha never thought that she could be a hero. Not even in the slightest. 

But it still made her feel a little bit better to know that their was someone out there saving lives instead of taking them. 

So when Natasha had gotten older and become involved with Shield, she was a pretty big fan of the legendary Captain America. 

Even then, most people around her didn't know. Clint had heard her say she admired his heroics once or twice, but that was the most he knew.

That is, until she had drunken way too much at a Halloween party just after having a rough mission. Then she had been convinced to put on a costume. In particular, a female version of Captain America's uniform. 

After that, Natasha had probably gotten even drunker. She couldn't really remember. All she knew is that when she woke up on her bathroom floor, still wearing the uniform, she had hacked into everyone's phone who had been at the party and made sure that the photos of her in the suit were deleted. 

She had put that humiliating memory behind her until she actually got to meet Steve. Then she had realized that he really was as selfless and kind as people said he was. It made her both hate him and admire him at the same time. 

And eventually, as the hate faded away (rather quickly), the admiration was replaced with longing, and then later with love. And when their relationship started, she discovered that her worst nightmare had come true. 

Someone had the picture. 

And that someone, of course, was none other then Clint Barton. 

Apparently, he knew her too well, and had printed out several copies of the photo before she could hack into his phone and delete it. 

She hadn't known it until one day when she visited with Steve and saw the picture framed in the guest bedroom they were staying in. 

Her eyes widened and she had practically dived on top of the frame like it was a live grenade.

Steve had been a little confused but she had left the room to confront Clint before he got the chance to ask any questions. 

"What the fuck is this?" Natasha asked, practically shoving the the picture in his face.