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I wasn't surprised when Natasha had decided to drop by the very next morning. At least she had the patience to wait a day before barging into my home demanding answers. Although I doubt that is how she would have handled it.

Natasha:Just thought I stop by to see how the my boyfriend is considering the fact I heard he came home with a few hundred girls yesterday

"A little over a thousand actually but I don't think the number is the issue you want to discuss but rather why and where did they came from?"

Natasha: I do think that the number is a very big issue

"Well I did warn you that I wanted a big harem"

What I didn't realize while I was joking around with Natasha that my conversation was overheard by one of the blondes. Which she immediately notified the rest of the hive mind creating a subtle change in behavior. Natasha having studied human behavior for the longest as a spy didn't miss the slight change but decided not to share that with me.

Natasha: So who are these YOUNG ladies and where did you find them?

"These ladies are the daughters of another woman whom I am pursuing besides you. My wife thinks she will be a wonderful addition to our family"

Natasha: And what does she think about me

"Honestly she doesn't see the appeal and thinks that I should focus my efforts elsewhere. Thoris thinks that you are just exploiting my feelings for you to gain benefits"

Natasha: She is just jealous that I came before her even though she married you first and is insecure in her position as your wife

"That was unexpectedly petty of you to point out Natasha I would never expected such a thing from you"

Natasha: That is because you treat others as if you already know them even if it is your first time meeting them. Don't think that I haven't noticed you act as though you have a thorough understanding almost all of the significant individuals you've encountered. At first I assumed that this was some type of learned behavior but the longer I am around you the more I sense that you have that might have some ability to see these things.

"You're not wrong I do have such knowledge but it is incomplete and stems from my connection to the warp"

Natasha: The warp? Is that some kind of magical power that existed in your reality?

"The warp is connected to everything and is a chaotic endless ocean... but I'll elaborate more upon it later once we are more than just dating as such information is dangerous and time consuming to explain"

I could tell that Natasha wanted to ask more about the warp but chose not to push the issue. I needed plausibility of why I seemed to know others even though I haven't met them before without saying I watched movies or read comics. I imagine that such explanations wouldn't go over well I also never considered that Natasha would be able to read my micro-expressions to that level of detail. I was so concerned with telepaths that I allowed my behavior to slip through and Natasha has known me the longest so I couldn't deny my actions easily.

All the fanfics I read made it seem so simple to hide behaviors for extended periods of time. They neglecting the fact that many of these individuals are excessively skilled in espionage, detective work and war that slight tells read like a book to them. Which is why I have severely limited my interactions with the justice league mostly because of Batman but due to my over caution of Bruce Wayne I neglected Natasha's presence.

We continued to chat amicably with each other I didn't attempt to raise my defenses as that could signal a lack of trust. I did however curate the my micro-expressions allowing select details through but nothing she could use against me. I missed Phil Coulson he was a well trained agent but he might as well have been a blind, deaf, and mute in comparison to Natasha. I didn't need to be as careful in my behavior around him it was far simpler to deal with him.