Remember me || WinterWidow (Marvel)

Chapter 5

"Clint, are you coming to the gym with me?", Natasha leaned against the doorframe and looked into the living room. There, Clint was sitting at the laptop and his concentrated expression told her that he was in the process of taking S.H.I.E.L.D. - Search database. Did he have a new mission? Or was he just trying to pass the time?

When she spoke to him, he raised his head, thought for a moment, and shook his head, "No, I'm sorry, Nat. Fury has gotten me to the paperwork, but if you wait a few more hours, we can go for a workout later . " She sighed and shook her head, though she was not sure if it was just an excuse: "Alright, then I'll go by myself."

"You could go out and train with me too, Romanoff," Tony suddenly said, staring at the dark-haired man she had not even noticed, surprised that she had not really expected it he would not be able to stand her, and she had been sure that her vote on the ballot did not necessarily improve his attitude towards her. "Are you sure, Stark?", her raised eyebrows told him she doubted that This really was the right decision for Tony.

"Do not worry, I did not think they should beat me like Barton," he grinned when he noticed her annoyed look, fortunately the man could not see how Clint pierced him with a scowl, "Oh, do Did that sound ambiguous, but I did not realize that at the moment? "He tapped his lip with one finger, pretending that it had been a mistake.

She did not even answer, just rolling her eyes before turning to leave the room. But apparently Tony had meant it, because he got up immediately and followed her.

"Strong, what do you want?" She grumbled, tying her red hair into a ponytail. "Well, exercise," he reached out to her and stopped her as he held her to Amr, "with you " "Well, but not me," she freed herself from his casual grasp: "At least not if they do not stop making such remarks about Clint and me. They know we're just friends. "Tony sighed and hit himself, though it was clear to him that he doubted this friendship:" Alright, I'll try to leave it. I can not promise anything. But I find it too funny to annoy you, Romanoff. "

Again she rolled her eyes, but could not quite hide a slight grin. She preferred to, if he was honest, as if he made false promises to her, which he did not end up with anyway. "Okay, come on," she headed for the elevator to take her to the floor where the exercise room was located, followed by her with a satisfied smile that she did not even need to see to know that it was there.

They ignored the short drive until the doors opened again. Stark climbed in front of her and held her gentleman-like door open. A little surprised by this, unusual for him action, she hesitated a moment, but then went through. He gave her a self-assured grin and then followed her: "Well, Romanoff, then show me some of her tricks."

"Alright," she got in the ring and waited for him to match her, she scanned him and tried to analyze his movements to see a pattern, which she always did almost automatically, and so here too, Although Stark was not an enemy, he went into attack while he raised his hands and waited for him to attack them, counting on his ego in the fight and thus not necessarily accepting the defensive stance.

And she really did not misjudge him. He let his gaze wander over her. Then he jumped up to her and tried to grab her arms. However, she avoided this rather weak attack with ease and instead grabbed his wrists. This included them relatively gently, but tactically clever, so that they could turn these on his back.

"Ah, Romanoff," he grumbled, looking rather surprised at her, "Ouch." Apparently he had not expected her to block his attack, which made her a bit angry sometimes, as she hated when her colleagues underestimated her But on the other hand, it gave her a certain sense of triumph, leaving him in that position for a few more seconds, then breaking away from him so he could straighten up again.

"You can really get on with it, Romanoff," he grinned, but Natasha knew that he was really serious and that it was pretty close to complimenting him, at least when dealing with a man like Tony Stark: "Now I can understand why Barton did not want to train with them today." "Clint likes to train with me," she pouted lightly, glaring at him, but not really angry.

He then winked at her charmingly and then waved her to him. He asked her to attack him now. Then she immediately entered and soon involved him in a fistfight pugilism, in which both came along equally well. "Tell me, Romanoff," he gasped as he continued to fight well against her, realizing that he was better at protecting himself from it than when it was the other way around. "What was it with this morning? Barnes and you? ", He finished his question and she had to pull herself together so as not to sigh loudly. Actually she had hoped that no one would address her, and especially not Stark.

Therefore, she made an innocent expression in which she was already practiced: "I do not know what you mean, strong." The man looked at her with a contemptuous look: "Seriously, the others may buy you something like that, but not me, but I can gladly bring your memory up to date."

She tilted her head slightly and folded her arms over her chest, waiting for his assessment of the previous situation. "This morning we were all sitting together at the kitchen table, while Steve had gone to fetch Barnes," when he said the name of the newcomer, he grimaced, seeming almost disgusted.

Although she knew that he never seemed to be genuinely pleased with Bucky, he had never asked why. But she was sure there had to be some reason. Strong did not distrust anyone for no reason. That was what she had finally felt on her own, after her camouflage at Stark Industries had flown. At that time she was there as S.H.I.E.L.D. - Shadow on the way, to take care of Tony. After that, she had to regain his confidence first hard and still did not manage to get it back completely.

"Anyway, Rogers then came to the kitchen with Barnes and started to introduce the team", he almost explained it to her as if she had not been there: "But when he wanted to introduce you, he knew by himself who you are "Stark's gaze was searching as he waited for a reaction from her:" And I wondered where from. "

She looked at him reluctantly for a moment, then replied, "I was on a mission with Steve when we first met Barnes, but I would not have thought that he remembered it." She did not want to tell him more. It was simply none of his business.

"Then you somehow managed to keep him in his mind," for a moment his words carelessly made her so that he could easily push her against the stretched arms of her arms against the elastic ropes of the ring : "Or maybe there is more, huh?"

He would like to know that! But she would not tell him anything about her past. What was between Bucky and her at that time was nobody's business except Clint and Fury.

Annoyed, she got up again and slipped out of the ring. That she just wanted to train with her to get new information, she could actually have thought. "Natasha, wait!" He shouted after her as she walked towards the door. "Why should I ?!" she asked sullenly and did not bother to look back or stop before shouting in a sarcastic tone, "If If you want to know anything about me, just hack my SHIELD file, which seems to be a lot of fun for you. With that she hinted that he had tried exactly that, but fortunately failed.