Taste of Thai, Saturday Evening

[chernayavdova]

Fact: Natasha needed dinner. Other fact: Natasha couldn't cook. Well, she could microwave things and make eggs. That was about it. Cooking was simply not part of the standard assassin skill set, and she'd never been anything else, so there had never been opportunity for her to learn. And the SHIELD cafeteria was open twenty-four hours a day

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[hoorayimrich]

Noodles were always good. Especially when you were a growing boy. A growing, healing from a big, gaping injury boy.

"Hey," Tony said, nodding at the redhead as he searched for what he wanted on the menu.

[chernayavdova]

"Hello," Natasha said back. She didn't have that much experience with teenagers, especially boys, so she had no idea what was usual for them. Did they often greet strangers? Was this his teenaged idea of hitting on her? Because she got that a lot.

[hoorayimrich]

Well, Natasha. Since you're not blond, you're safe from this version of Tony Stark.

For now.

"New in town?" Not that Tony was normal when it came to teenage behavior.

[chernayavdova]

"Pretty much," Natasha confirmed. "I guess this place is small enough new people stand out, huh?"

[longislandiceme]

You know who else loved noodles? Bobby Drake. Bobby Drake loved noodles. Well, okay, he loved all food, but Thai was apparently on today's agenda.

And doing a double-take when he spotted Natasha.

"...Tasha?" he ventured tentatively. Could just be a look-alike. Although he'd yet to run in to any of those; usually the people who looked like people from his world were just... from a different version of it.

[chernayavdova]

"Have we met?" Natasha asked, even though she knew the answer was no. In her line of work it didn't do to forget people.

[longislandiceme]

Well, it was only half no.

"The answer to that is either yes, no, or yes and no at the same time," Bobby offered helpfully. "See, if you're the person I'm thinking of- Natasha Romanova- then I've met you, at the very least. It's entirely possible that you haven't met me yet though. Unless you're not her at all, in which case we're only just meeting now."

[chernayavdova]

"I have definitely never met you," Natasha said, wondering if in this kid's universe she'd finally gotten SHIELD to fix her paperwork so her name wasn't bizarrely misromanized. And if he could tell her how she'd done it. "But I am Natasha Romanoff..."