For the past 3 months the Avengers had been bored out of their minds! It had been really quiet lately with shield getting back into things, therefore taking loads of missions off of the Avengers. It was almost peaceful, but the Avengers don't like peaceful so in order to brighten up their days they started a prank war…
"CLLIIIINNNTT!" Tony screeched as he came thundering down the hallway. What he wasn't accounting for however was for everyone being on the other side of the door Clint led him through. So there Tony stood seething with anger… with bright, sparkling gold hair.
"What!? Now you match your suit." Clint replied cheekily, joining everyone else in fits of giggles.
"Wanda! Oh my god. HELP! HELP! Come on Wanda stay with me, stay with me!" Clint panicked, what happened, Wanda ifs laying in the kitchen surrounded by blood and a knife. He practically considered Wanda his daughter, she can't die she won't die. Wait a minute is that a note? He scrambled to pick it up.
*Turn around idiot!*
Huh!? He thought as he turned aro…
*SPLAT*
"Oh Barton your children always were your weak point!" Said the cream pie splatting assailant.
"Nat?!" He said as he heard giggling. Wait… giggling?
"Wanda!" He spun around and enveloped her in a bone crushing hug.
"You, missy, are grounded!" He admonished
"You can't ground me, im a fully grown woman!"
"I don't care, im grounding you!"
Eventually the prank war made its way all around the tower and everyone was involved. Everyone. It had stayed civil until Clint, Tony and Sam went too far, because some-one had to go too far.
"Hey Tony, Clint, Sam, what you making?" Nat said as she walked into the room.
"This is going to be so good!" Clint said as if he hadn't heard her.
"Yea, cap's not going know what hit him!" Tony exclaimed, still ignoring her.
"Uh, guys? Hello? Anyone going to respond?" Nat questioned.
"Do you think we should ask BW if she wants in? I mean her spy skills would be pretty useful to set this up?" Sam asked Clint and Tony. Totally ignoring her presence.
"GUYS, IM RIGHT HERE!" Nat exclaimed, getting annoyed.
"Oh, hey Natalia, no need to shout. Jeeze!" Tony addressed her as if she was nothing, while she bristled at the name. No-one had called her that in ages, not since the red room.
"Well I wouldn't have shouted if you had heard me. Now what's this about getting Steve that you needed my help with? The boys looked confused at that.
"Oh she thought we meant her. Natalia why would we want your help?!" Tony spat, addressing her with disgust.
"What do you mean? You said BW, as in, Black Widow and if you call me Natalia again, I will rip you to shreds!"
"Oh, no were talking about Beth, Beth Williams. She's even better than you at spying." That hit her hard. That's when the voice in her head spoke up.
'They don't want you! They don't love you! Who could love a monster? Love is for children! Love is weakness! And they exploited you, they played you into protecting them, just to dump you out when they're done! You're too broken! You'll never be more than the monster the red room made you!'
If that wasn't enough, just then a beautiful woman with long blonde hair walked in.
"Hey Beth how's it going?" Tony asked, shoving past Nat.
"Good thank you! Who's this?" The girl –Beth- inquired.
"Oh, that, is Natalia, the person we said we thought you could beat in a fight!" Clint replied.
'See, their kicking you out and replacing you, with her!" The voice chimed.
She couldn't take it anymore she stormed out with what dignity she had left. As soon as she was in the elevator she sunk to the ground.
"You're weak. You are a child. You're not even a good enough spy to gain their love! No wonder they replaced you! You are nothing and you never will be. You are expendable. You are worthless!" Her demon jeered.
She was shaking on the floor now. She couldn't take it. She finally felt safe. Finally felt secure. Finally felt loved! It was all a lie. No-body loved her.
Little did she know her secret boyfriend had seen the whole ordeal and was biting the boys' heads off.
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"You insufferable, Idiotic, arrogant twats! I don't care if it was a prank! I don't care if it was meant to be a joke! Her whole life she has been told she is expendable! Her whole life she has been told that her life in nothing, that she is worthless! And you three have just confirmed her worst fears! She finally felt safe with you lot! She finally felt loved! Like she had a family! And you just ripped that out from under her!" Bucky ranted furiously.
Tony, Clint, and Sam stood in fear of the man who caught them out. They had taken it too far and they knew it. Stupidly Tony spoke up.
"But she's a super spy we thought she would catch us out. Our acting was terrible. When she stormed out we thought she was going to plan her revenge."
During the argument they had attracted a crowd made up of all the avengers. At this point they were all looking at the three boys as if they were the stupidest beings on earth, to be honest they were, but at that several smacked their heads; namely the ones who had witnessed Tasha and Bucky's relationship; because that was the stupidest thing to say to the soviet boyfriend. It just sent him into a creaming stupor.
"I DON'T FUCKING CARE! SHE LETS HER GUARD DOWN AROUND YOU BECAUSE SHE FEELS SAFE! SHE WASN'T LOOKING FOR A LIE SO SHE DIDN'T FIND ONE! NOW YOU THREE HAVE UNTIL I CAN CALM MY GIRLRIEND DOWN TO EITHER COME UP WITH A WAY TO MAKE HER WANT FORGIVE YOU OR TO GET FAR AWAY ENOUGH THAT EITHER OF US CANT HURT YOU!" He finished by storming out of the room intent on fining his girlfriend.
~~~~~Back with the Avengers~~~~~
"You three really are idiots!" Wanda stated, even through her accent you could hear the disappointment.
"She's right!"
"Ditto"
"Twats"
Came everyone's response.
"Am I correct in hearing friend Bucky called Lady Natasha his girlfriend?" Thor inquired, being the first to catch on to the end of Bucky's rant.
"Holy shit, the ice blocks are dating! Crap! Were done for! Clint you take the quinjet to California! Sam you take the helicopter to my manor in England! I'll take my suit to New York! The rest of you tell us when it's safe!" With Tony's plan the three ran off to get to their designated vehicles. They knew that once Natasha confided to Bucky he would be filled with rage; they had no chance of surviving.
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1 week later
-it's safe- Steve sent out the message
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1 ½ weeks later
Tony, Clint and Sam cautiously entered the tower hoping that Bucky and Nat weren't too mad.
SPLAT
The boys quickly found themselves covered in hair and body dye. Purple for Clint; Red for Sam and Gold for Tony.
"You're lucky im not doing more in retaliation!" announced a pissed off Nat
Over the next couple of weeks the Avengers grew used to Bucky and Nat's relationship and how protective of each other they were.
Bucky and Nat were happy that they no-longer had to scramble back to their respective rooms in the morning before the others woke, or that they could now snuggle in each other's arms when it was a movie night. Bucky took personal pleasure in dragging Nat onto the dance floor when songs from the 40's came on. The team had never seen either of them so happy and content. None of them were very surprised when Bucky proposed the next year.