Moving the Furniture by copperbadge

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Fandom: AVENGERS (2012)
Pairing: Natasha/Steve
Length: ~7k
Author on LJ: copperbadge
Author’s website: storyteller archive

Why this must be read: It's late in the month to just be getting to my other OTP in this fandom, but here we are. I loved Natasha/Steve before I read this fic, but I feel like this fic is a good explanation for WHY I love them so much. Gender-conceptions-wise, they're such an interesting pair, and their dynamics are never rote. I also love this fic because I think it's a good example of dealing with Steve's time-displacement without pounding it over the head.



"Listen, I don't want to lead you on," she says. "I'm not really looking for a boyfriend."

"I'm...not actually looking for a girlfriend," he says. She laughs a little.

"Captain America wants a hookup?" she asks.

"I don't know what that is," he admits, worried it's some exotic sexual thing.

"A one night stand. Sex with no strings," she translates. "In the morning, we go back to being friends."

"Oh." He nods. "Yeah, I...yes. I guess."

"You guess?" she gives him a sardonic look. "Because I could kick you out and have just as much fun sleeping for the next ten hours."

"Oh..."

"That was a joke, Steve." She runs her fingers down his arm, pressing her thumb to the inside of his elbow.

Moving the Furniture