A/N: the sadness warning might be over the top but I would like to say a few things.
Steve and Nat have a fragile relationship. They're both broken people in a nearly perfect world. Their personalities clash together as they are both very different. Their relationship is a string, about to be broken any minute. But, they love each other, and that holds them together. Enjoy the music and feels in this chapter.
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12:37 A.M.
Somewhere in the middle of Texas
Steve waited patiently for Guardian's plan to fold together. He was in the position to make sure the place blew up.
Guardian and her sister were to distract the guards. And Natasha was placing the bomb down.
But Steve was scared. Guardian and her sister could live through this, they were both mutants. But what about Natasha? She was small, fragile, and wasn't built like Steve.
He mentally slapped himself for thinking that Natasha was helpless. She saved herself many times.
So, he waited silently.
~X~
1:02 P.M.
Steve soon heard the sounds of curses and crashes as the plan was in motion.
He heard Natasha's voice on the intercom he had in his ear.
"Rogers! I set the bomb into place. Once you activate it, the bomb will emit a loud 15 second countdown and then boom. Now get your ass over here and start the countdown!"
Steve answered back right away,"on my way."
He jumped past soldiers and loyal mutants and headed into the boiling room where the bomb was set.

Soon he reached it. And there was Natasha, bravely fighting off her attackers as she waited for him to arrive.
She quickly looked up and gave him a smirk.
"I thought you were faster."
Steve ducked as she swung a punch over his head and hit the guy behind him.
"I am. I just like making my ladies wait."
He grabbed her and pulled her behind his shield as a man was shooting a gun at her.
"Just throw me out the window and set off the bomb.
"Whatever you say."
"Wait what!"
Steve picked her up and threw her out the door.
"Rogers!"
Natasha looked behind her but kept running.
"I'll see you outside!"

Steve quickly got to work.
Hitting buttons left and right as fast as he could go.
When he was done, he ran to the door.
But hundreds of men blocked him.
He tried to fight them off, escape as the timer reached 10.
But there only one of him. And he silently counted down the seconds until the bomb blew up.
"5"
"4"
"3"
"2"
"1"
............
~X~
2:10 P.M.
Natasha waited, and waited, and waited for Steve to run out.
She counted along far from the building to hear the countdown, but she knew the seconds.
And when Steve still didn't come out after the bomb exploded, she ran as fast as her legs could carry her.
Natasha tore her way through the burnt and broken bodies, stopping every few seconds to make sure it wasn't Steve.
Guardian and Krystal were helping as best as they could. Guardian searching as a dragon through the rubble and Krystal as a wolf to scent him.
Finally, Krystal gave a low whine.
Natasha slowly walked over to the burnt body of Steve.
She collapsed on him and started crying.
But she soon felt the faint rise and fall of his chest and knew right away he was alive, but dying.
"Guardian, we need to get him to a hospital, fast."
~X~
3:12 P.M.
Dallas, TX.
Natasha waited silently outside the hospital room where Steve was currently going through critical surgery to save him.
Natasha's cheeks were red and dry tear stains clearly marked her face to show she was crying.
Guardian contacted the Avengers and Fury once they reached the hospital.
Each one put a hand on her shoulder and told her that Steve would pull through this.
Natasha gave each a small smile and thanked them, but returning to crying soon after.
After hours of waiting, the doctor came out.
Everyone crowed around him, but Natasha was right up front.
"How is he?"
"Not good, he has 3 broken ribs, a broken arm, and 2nd degree burns on hips and stomach."
Natasha drew in a gasp and buried herself in the closest person, that being Thor.
Thor looked from Natasha and the doctor and gave him a stern glare.
"Did you at least save friend Steven? Lady Natasha can't handle this anymore."
"Lucky for us, we were able to save him. He is going to be moved into a visiting area very soon."
Natasha glanced up from where she was crying and gave a silent 'thank you' to the doctor.
The doctor, who's name was Phil, directed them to Steve's room, where he was pulled in shortly after.
One look at his broken body and Natasha started crying again.
She ran over to the closest seat next to his bed and wrapped her arms around him.
The Avengers watched from the doorway as Natasha grieved. Soon even Thor had tears and they had to leave Natasha, but not before leaving a blanket.
~X~
8:34 P.M.

Natasha was speaking silently to Steve as if he could hear her. But Natasha knew he was unconscious but continued to cry and talk quietly to him.
"Is this a game Rogers? To keep pulling on my heartstrings and then hurt yourself. We both swore to protect each other, keep one another safe. But I don't know."
She sang softly to him in Russian.
And Steve, somewhere in his unconscious mind, heard her.
And those 3 words she never spoken to him, finally came out.

"I love you."
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A/N: I went to my friends house today and we created a Xbox character for me. But the thing is, she likes to tease me because I am obsessed with Natasha and she almost made the hair orange so I corrected it saying it was not orange. But I'm leaving this chapter a cliffhanger because I can ;).
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