Natasha Romanova (redheadspy) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2011-07-25 23:02:00

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This Is the Sweet Spot Of Your Life
"I should have known you wouldn't sleep much," Natasha said in Russian as she walked around the living room with Nick against a shoulder. "Your brother and sister didn't sleep much either." Her voice was barely above a whisper as she spoke to her son. The child didn't know what sleep meant, but it just proved that he was a Stark and a Romanov.

Natasha stopped walking for a moment and took a quick peak to see if Nick was sleeping. His eyes were closed and a thumb was shoved in his mouth. Finally! She had been walking the living room for the past hour trying to get him back to sleep. It was three in the morning and Natasha wanted to be snuggled up next to her husband and asleep.

Five more minutes and then she can put him down and go to bed.

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	redheadspy 2011-07-29 02:27 am UTC (link)
	"You think you know me so well," she said as she sought the warmth he offered. "Someone broke into the hospital where SHIELD was holding Alexi. It was people from within the Winter Guard." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	stark_ravingmad 2011-07-29 02:43 am UTC (link)
	Tony sighs, placing his hand to his forehead. "We should have killed him, Natasha. I bet Irina helped him. We need to lean on her and make her tell us where they took him." Tony says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	redheadspy 2011-07-29 02:49 am UTC (link)
	"Irina wasn't there. She was in New Orleans with her team." Maybe he was right. Maybe they should have killed her ex-husband when they had the chance. "It was someone else from within the Winter Guard." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	stark_ravingmad 2011-07-29 02:54 am UTC (link)
	"I still think Irina knows." Tony grumbles. "What are you think, Tasha? How do you want to handle this?" Tony asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	redheadspy 2011-07-29 02:58 am UTC (link)
	"I don't think she does, but we can talk to you. Talk, Anthony, not interrogate her." "I don't know. Things dealing with Alexi are always complicated. There are times when I wish the man would just stay dead." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

stark_ravingmad
2011-07-29 03:05 am UTC (link)

"If you don't want me to interrogate her, then maybe you should talk to her. I'm not inclined to be polite." Tony says.

He just can't get over that Irina is Alexei's daughter and that she's had such close contact with so many people in Tony's life. What if he decided to lean on her to try to get her to do something?

"If I ever see him again, he's going to stay dead, Tasha. That's all I'm going to say about it."

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	redheadspy 2011-07-29 08:45 pm UTC (link)
	"I will talk to her," Natasha said. "I'll also talk to Alpha Flight. They were the ones who intercepted the Winter Guard. From what I've gathered they were sent to retrieve Alexi and return him to Russia." She looked her husband in the eye and then nodded. "I understand." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	stark_ravingmad 2011-07-30 01:54 am UTC (link)
	"Was anyone from Alpha Flight injured?" Tony asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	redheadspy 2011-07-30 02:08 am UTC (link)
	Natasha shook her head. "No. They're all fine. They're working with the Winter Guard to find the traitors and Alexi. And who's behind this." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

stark_ravingmad
2011-07-30 02:25 am UTC (link)

"Do you think the Russians might have wanted to deal with Alexi themselves, since he went way off their script? Isn't that what you spy types do when someone tries to leave the 'the business'?" Tony asks.

"You know, I joked to Fury once that espionage didn't seem all that different from organized crime. I think I heard his teeth grinding from the helicarrier." Tony chuckles.

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	redheadspy 2011-07-30 10:37 pm UTC (link)
	"It's the only reason why the Winter Guard would be sent in, but the question is who ordered it. Was it an official government sanction, or is someone dealing in the shadows?" Natasha didn't want to tell him that the only way spies left the business was in body bags. The only way a person stopped being a spy was to die. "That sounds like Fury." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	stark_ravingmad 2011-07-31 02:35 am UTC (link)
	"I wish I knew the answer to that one. But hey...you're the Tsarina, right? Can't you /make/ them tell you who was behind this?" Tony asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	redheadspy 2011-07-31 02:52 am UTC (link)
	"One, I'm not the Tsarina any longer and two I don't think they would tell me even if I could make them." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	stark_ravingmad 2011-07-31 03:17 am UTC (link)
	"I don't like feeling helpless, Tasha, which is exactly how I feel right now. It's just one thing after another. Has Fury given you any word on Temujin yet?" Tony asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	redheadspy 2011-07-31 03:19 am UTC (link)
	"I know, I don't like it either." She shook her head. "No. None a peep from him regarding Temujin." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

stark_ravingmad
2011-07-31 03:27 am UTC (link)

"Damn it." Tony swears. The fact that Temujin hasn't tried anything is worse than if he'd just come at them with all of his buddies in tow. Part of him wanted to tell Anya to watch herself, but if he told her about Temujin, she'd do something that would just play into his hands.

"That one is another dead man if I see him. I don't know if I can just sit back and wait for the other shoe to drop with all of this, Tasha.

We need to do something." Tony sighs.

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	redheadspy 2011-07-31 04:09 am UTC (link)
	"I feel the same way, Tony, but right now I don't know what we can do besides to keep looking for both of them. They will turn up sometime. They always do." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	stark_ravingmad 2011-08-01 11:43 pm UTC (link)
	"I would prefer those moles stick their heads out of the ground so I can whack them real nice...with my uni-beam." Tony smiles. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	redheadspy 2011-08-02 01:29 am UTC (link)
	"Speaking of What-A-Mole," she said and gave him a mischievous smile. "We need to go back to Coney Island. Without the getting blown up this time." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	stark_ravingmad 2011-08-03 12:04 am UTC (link)
	"I'm sorry. Maybe my Russian-to-English is broken. Did you just suggest Coney Island at a time like this?" he asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	redheadspy 2011-08-03 05:04 pm UTC (link)
	"Yes," she said. "We can't hide away because there are bad guys out there. Besides, Nick would love the lights and the sounds. I think we should go one evening. The three of us. Maybe with Anya and Steve as well if it's on a weekend." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

stark_ravingmad
2011-08-04 01:19 am UTC (link)

"Well, I think we should take him first to ease him into it, make sure she doesn't get all overstimulated, and then we can bring Anya and Steve sometime." Tony suggests.

He's been reading books about how babies develop mentally, and even though his little boy is far ahead of most kids his age, Tony is still worried.

"In fact, taking my wife and son to Coney Island seems like a better idea every second. But he's still too small for his first Coney Dog. I'll just have to have an extra one for him." Tony says with mock-resignation.

It is well known that Tony likes (re: is addicted to) Coney dogs.

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redheadspy
2011-08-04 01:37 am UTC (link)

"I'm sure you'll be able to deal with the hardships of eating an extra Coney Dog just fine," she teased. "The three of us can go this weekend and you can win our son a stuffed animal."

She was going to call Fury and ask for a favor of having a team assigned to them for security. Maggie, Alexi and other enemies were still out there and Natasha was not going to see her family get hurt. Even if it meant that one day in the not too distant future she'd have to return the favor and go on a mission for Fury.

"But right now, Mr. Stark, your wife wants you to take her to bed."

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stark_ravingmad
2011-08-05 12:29 am UTC (link)

"Hey, my diet is under attack, honey. I usually don't mess with that, but for my son, I'd do anything." Tony smiles.

He leans over to kiss Natasha on the cheek.

"Oh, does she now? Well, I can oblige her. We should go to bed right now." Tony says, standing up. He offers Tasha his hand.

If she takes it, he'll pick her up into his arms and carry her to the bedroom with a huge smile.

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	redheadspy 2011-08-05 01:49 am UTC (link)
	She put her hand in his with a smile. "She does." She laughed when he picked her up and she kissed him. "Thank you," she told him as he carried her to their bedroom. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)