75 Ch75. New habits born of peacefulness

Two months ago, Natasha came from her last self-imposed mission, happier than ever and since then, they had some beautiful moments going on. No responsibilities, no killing, no world-saving... everything went to the side for Tony except his relationship with her and his current research.

And while Tony had the tendency of getting lost in his research, Natasha knew what she wanted and was devious enough to always manage to pull him out of his garage... and yes, he is calling it garage because that's a man's dream.

Not a lab. Not a research place. Not an office... He even went so far he added a few expensive cars just so he could get the correct atmosphere.

Who cared the place was located on the higher floors of his skyscraper?

There were supposed to be any windows in a garage anyway!

But back to the things that really matter, according to Natasha, their relationship became more... Tony had no idea how to describe it. The separation they experienced during her self-imposed mission changed them. Both of them.

They both had different changes and it was a subtle thing but it was there.

They even started a new routine!

Now that she was not a spy, she had a lot of free time. Yes, working as Tony's assistant... not a nanny, a big difference there... took quite a bit of effort and time but it was nothing compared to her previous life.

Hence, she found herself with time to spare and Tony, during one of their usual banter said she should try all those geeky and nerdy stuff kids did or watched nowadays. Things any self-respecting adult would deem useless, unimportant, or straight-out eye-roll worthy.

She took it seriously, much to his disbelief.

But the real shock came a bit later. How was Tony supposed to know his casual remark would lead to Natasha deeming watching anime as a good couple activity!?

Needless to say, he was on the brink of despair when they started but then...

A miracle happened. He actually enjoyed it.

As much as he wanted to bash his head on the nearest wall for it, the truth could not be denied. Tony liked to see all the interesting abilities and try to figure out how to imitate them in real life either through technology or mystic arts.

Of course, nothing really came out of it as such a thing would need extensive research and Tony did not have time for that.

But it was interesting. Especially when Natasha liked one character and Tony another and they started to pointlessly bicker about which one is better.

Tony always...

Er, most of the time...

Uh, okay, sixty...

Fift-, haaah~, forty-five percent of the time won.

But who could blame him for not trying harder to argue the awesomeness of his favorites when his sexy girl knew exactly how to argue her point in an irrefutable way?

He blamed her new habit of wearing a snuggly hoodie for her casual wear. She looked positively gorgeous in it and it was very cozy to cuddle with her when she had it on. Needless to say, they were naturally cuddling while watching all those cringe-worthy things that are called art in Japan.

That is why one nice evening, Tony was enjoying his comfortable while full of doing nothing while Natasha sat on his lap, his arms around her shoulders and her back leaning into his chest as they watched Naruto and talked about it.

"Hinata is creepy!" Tony said, his tone carrying a hint of apprehension. "Do you see how she acts? She is a total stalker!"

"Shush, I think it's cute. The girl is in love." Natasha just rolled her eyes while keeping them fixated on the screen and munching on popcorn.

"You love me and you never stalked me." Tony argued.

"Not to your knowledge." Natasha casually shrugged.

Hearing her, Tony mock gasped. "You were a naughty girl and didn't tell me? How could you?" Tony squeezed her a bit in his arms and put a light kiss on the side of Natasha's neck that made her tilt it while letting out a small giggle.

"Hey, Stop it! I am watching-" Natasha started.

She made one mistake, however. She turned her head towards Tony and he made use of it, claiming her lips and stopping her protests.

Their tongues entwined as their making out deepened, becoming more passionate. Natasha half-turned in Tony's lap, to get better access, the anime playing in the background already forgotten as her arms hugged Tony's neck.

Tony was enjoying Natasha's sweet taste and the soft appreciative sounds she occasionally let out did wonders for his rising ego. He put his hands on her hips... and abruptly pushed her to the side, flipping Natasha's body from his lap and pushing her back into the couch all the while not stopping kissing her even for a moment.

He could feel the excitement and heat rising up, especially when Natasha stopped just passively enjoying the kisses and started to aggressively participate, refusing to lose in this tug of tongues.

Her right hand found its way into Tony's hair while her left slowly sneaked under his shirt, trailing over his back, causing small shivers of pleasure to tingle in Tony.

Reciprocating, Tony's hands on her hips began to slowly pull her hoodie up. As much as he loved how cute she looked in it, he couldn't help but find it a bit annoying right now. Getting her out of it while making out would be no easy task.

But as a man, he could only valiantly try his best to rescue his fair lady from the clutches of the baggy cloth.

Maybe he could recommend wearing more shirts to her too? Those came off easily...

Tony's thoughts didn't wander for long. His mind was quickly brought back to the game as Natasha's legs locked behind his back, the redhead clinging to him like a koala.

Tony found it endearing... before he felt Natasha breaking their kiss and his body was spun to the side, and before he knew it, his back impacted the couch and Natasha was on top of him, a smug smirk on her lips and her hair sexily messy.

As Tony was about to vehemently protest this treatment of him in his usual manner with some feigned indignation, Natasha playfully licked her lips and her hands strayed under Tony's shirt, pressing against his chest... his protests instantly forgotten as her beauty dazzled him.

As a well-known ex-playboy, Tony couldn't let himself be beaten.

Their eyes gazes refused to part as they let their hands wander over each other, slowly undressing each other while occasionally kissing or fondling...

It didn't take long for the adult stuff to follow.

This was why they never could breeze through anime series fast. They watched Naruto for an entire month now and they were still not even finished with the Chunin Exam Arc because one of them would always entice the other into a more intimate way of spending time together.

But as much as Natasha liked to cross her arms in the mornings and huffily complain that her anime time was disrupted once again by Tony's lust, it was actually her who initiated seventy percent of those interruptions.

Needless to say, showing her the statistics backed up by JARVIS produced audio-visual evidence prompted yet another food fight and their kitchen ended up all covered in flour... again.