I Have Some Secrets No One Should Know.
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8 years ago
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inheritorofmemories:

Natasha shakes her head after a few minutes, drawing back from him to brush at her eyes. The smile she shoots him is shaky at best, but only he could draw it from her now.

“Stop beating yourself up about this,” she tells him, resting her hand on her cheek. “This isn’t your fault.“ She’s known him for too long - and too well - not to notice the guilt that manifests at the corners of his eyes, in the quirk of his mouth.

With his arms still around her, she glances at the door, still blocked with expert precision. “They all came out to watch me fall." 

He watches her as she pulls away, but not enough to make him let go. He wouldn’t, if she wouldn’t make him and so he just holds her close, his eyes on her and a gentle nod his only response. He knows she’s right, so he tries to shut it out, shut down the thoughts and the doubts in himself.

He too turns his head to the door, shaking it lightly.
"I don’t care about them, Tash. You’re not falling. You’re still standing up, you’re a proud and confident women. I mean… With me with you, how couldyou not be?”

At the words, Natasha manages a shaky laugh, hands resting on Clint’s shoulders as he holds her. “With you propping me up, you mean.” The words are quiet, but nowhere near as bitter as they were before.

Natasha can stand on her own, has done all of her life - and she will again. But for now, she’s had about all she can take of the world for a while and giving up Clint will be harder than she thought.

“Thank you,” she says, and the words are genuine as she looks him in the eye. She feels her stomach flip, but that’s nothing new. She knows how to deal with that.