dam burst: Steve/Nat fic rec

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BEHOLD the fic adastreia wrote for me for Marvel Trumps Hate! I wanted something gritty and a little fucked up exploring how Steve and Nat might have helped each other get through the blip, and I love love the result ♥ Steve is the king at compartmentalizing but good thing Nat sees right through him. There's no onscreen non-con but there is past bad-guys-made-them-do-it that is discussed a bit [Please do mind the tags & feel free to ask me if you aren't sure about some of the tags].

dam burst (7647 words) by adastreia
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Steve Rogers/Natasha Romanov
Characters: Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanov (Marvel)
Additional Tags: The Blip | The Five Years Between Thanos's Snap and Hulk's Snap, Survivor Guilt, Awkward Conversations, Bad BDSM Etiquette, Fingers in Mouth, underwear in mouth, Spanking, Slapping, Gun Kink, Object Insertion, Not Romantic but Not Totally Platonic Either?, We-Only-Have-Each-Other Vibes, Hints of Past Steve/Tony, Past Sexual Assault, Past Bad-Guys-Made-Them-Do-It, Under-negotiated Kink, Dom/sub, Switching, Honor Bondage, Handcuffs
Summary:

Steve had spent a lot of the last ten years mourning the life that he'd lost. Mourning that he'd been dead—or as close to it as possible without actually dying—while everybody else had moved forward, settled down, and passed on. Now that he was the one left behind, he spent most of his time wishing that he, too, had disappeared into nothingness.

Meetings at the VA helped a bit. Picking up his sketchbook and settling in at the park to people watch had been nice during the summer, but the activity didn't hold the same appeal in the fall wind. Still, as he peered through the glass at the passersby, he couldn't help but wish he had something other than a mostly-finished bagel to occupy his hands. Without the distraction, it was all too easy for his mind to steer him in the direction of what exactly he'd been dreaming about when he'd been abruptly awoken that morning.

Maybe it was time to pay Nat a visit.