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The soldier lay in his bed, Natasha curled up against him. His fingers traced small circles on her arm. He held her, but his mind wasn't there.

They had spent the last few nights like this. Ever since their first...encounter. He was starting to get used to sharing a bed with her. Which was why it had to stop.

"You should go to your own bed,

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She'd almost fallen asleep. The last few nights had left her getting used to this as well; getting used to it, and realizing that she felt much more at peace sleeping beside him than she ever had before. It was disconcerting at first, but now, it'd settled into something very soothing.

Except when he speaks. When he calls her that. Her eyes blink open as she looks up at him, slightly confused, and a little hurt. Throwing her out? She hadn't expected that. There's a tiny bit of indignation once it sinks in. "I don't want to go back to my own bed," she says, defiant as a child. "I want to sleep right here."

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"Natalia. You're getting too attached. Do you understand?" What he didn't say and wasn't ready to admit was that he was getting too attached, as well. It was much easier to pin this all on Natasha.

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She frowns; the confusion dropping from her eyes. Now the indignation just gets worse. "Attached?" she asks, as if the word is foreign to her. The concept is strange. "But I will leave."

Natasha rises slowly, bare back to him, as she leans to grab her clothing off the floor, and dresses enough to go to the other bedroom. "Goodnight Comrade Winter Soldier," she says, formally, not facing him. "I hope you sleep well."

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He catches her wrist, brows creasing. He hates that he can't just let her go despite his just having told her to leave, but he also wants her to understand. He needs assurance that she knows what he's asking, what he's saying, before he lets her go. "Do you understand?"