[Avengers: Drabble] "Yet to Come" [Pepper/Natasha, G]
Title: Yet to Come
Prompt: writerverse challenge #28 november table of doom
Lyric(s): There comes a moment in your life/ Like a window and you see/ Your future there before you/ And how perfect life can be (“When Love Is Gone” from The Muppet Christmas Carol)
Word Count: 268
Rating: G
Original/Fandom: Avengers (MCU/movie ‘verse)
Pairings: Pepper Potts/Natasha Romanoff
Summary: “Whatever future either of us has, however long that might be, I want to spend it with you.”
Note(s): originally posted to the writerverse wv_library
Yet to Come
“I just… I’m trying not to scare you away,” said Pepper, both of Natasha’s hands in both of her own, holding on loosely. “I don’t want to pressure you, or ask you for anything that you think you can’t give, but… Natasha, I need you to know that I’m serious about this, about us. Whatever future either of us has, however long that might be, I want to spend it with you.”
“I…” Natasha began, ready to give her usual answer, that the future was uncertain, that she didn’t want to make promises she might not be able to keep- then, she stopped.
She could see it, the future Pepper described, all of their potential futures. Natasha had been trained to look no farther than each mission, each objective, but her time with SHIELD, with the Avengers, with Pepper had taught her that hope wasn’t the liability she had always thought. Pepper would be as heartbroken if Natasha was killed tomorrow as she would be in fifty years, no matter what promises they might exchange.
And Natasha wanted that future.
Pepper knew her, in a way no one ever had before. She knew about the red in Natasha’s ledger, the nightmares that woke her, the childhood dreams even the Red Room couldn’t completely destroy. She never asked for more than Natasha was willing to give, and Natasha finally realized that she wanted to give her everything.
“I…” she said again. “Yes. I want that, too, Pepper. Forever, if you’ll have me.”
The other woman’s smile was dazzling, before she leaned in to kiss Natasha, fiercely.
“Forever,” she agreed.
THE END
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Prompt: writerverse challenge #28 november table of doom
Lyric(s): There comes a moment in your life/ Like a window and you see/ Your future there before you/ And how perfect life can be (“When Love Is Gone” from The Muppet Christmas Carol)
Word Count: 268
Rating: G
Original/Fandom: Avengers (MCU/movie ‘verse)
Pairings: Pepper Potts/Natasha Romanoff
Summary: “Whatever future either of us has, however long that might be, I want to spend it with you.”
Note(s): originally posted to the writerverse wv_library
Yet to Come
“I just… I’m trying not to scare you away,” said Pepper, both of Natasha’s hands in both of her own, holding on loosely. “I don’t want to pressure you, or ask you for anything that you think you can’t give, but… Natasha, I need you to know that I’m serious about this, about us. Whatever future either of us has, however long that might be, I want to spend it with you.”
“I…” Natasha began, ready to give her usual answer, that the future was uncertain, that she didn’t want to make promises she might not be able to keep- then, she stopped.
She could see it, the future Pepper described, all of their potential futures. Natasha had been trained to look no farther than each mission, each objective, but her time with SHIELD, with the Avengers, with Pepper had taught her that hope wasn’t the liability she had always thought. Pepper would be as heartbroken if Natasha was killed tomorrow as she would be in fifty years, no matter what promises they might exchange.
And Natasha wanted that future.
Pepper knew her, in a way no one ever had before. She knew about the red in Natasha’s ledger, the nightmares that woke her, the childhood dreams even the Red Room couldn’t completely destroy. She never asked for more than Natasha was willing to give, and Natasha finally realized that she wanted to give her everything.
“I…” she said again. “Yes. I want that, too, Pepper. Forever, if you’ll have me.”
The other woman’s smile was dazzling, before she leaned in to kiss Natasha, fiercely.
“Forever,” she agreed.
THE END
Current Mood:
snowy