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[isntaboutme]

Someone changed my ringtones again... I can't fix it. Help?

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[owesadebt]

There's no such thing as too much time around me and Barton. I can be at the gym in twenty minutes, there's just something I have to finish first.

[Meaning: She's in the middle of a job.]

[isntaboutme]

[Steve really isn't going to ask. The less he knows about her 'jobs' the better.]

See you soon then. ...bring coffee? :)

[He's been getting a little better with practice, as far as texts go.]

[owesadebt]

[The next text doesn't come for another ten-fifteen minutes. She's been busy.]

Plain coffee, or do you want anything special?

[isntaboutme]

Just black. Thank you, Natasha.

[owesadebt]

[Tasha pops up, about Ten minutes later, still wearing her catsuit, but holding two cups of coffe. She hands him one.]

I need to change.

[isntaboutme]

[He smiles in thanks, but the smile doesn't reach his eyes.]

You've got a bit of.. [He motions to her shoulder with his coffee. A small blood spatter there.]

[owesadebt]

--what?

Oh.You have good eyes. [Because she didn't even notice that. Yeah, changing might be a good idea.] I'll be right back.

[isntaboutme]

I left a t-shirt and a pair of sweats in the locker room. [Drawstring even, so they might be big on her, but they'll still work.] ..if you need.

[In the meantime, Steve settles on a bench and sips his coffee.]

[owesadebt]

You're amazing, thank you.

[She was really just going to go through the laundry, but this is even better. It doesn't take her long to change, when she's done, she sits next to him.]

So, what's wrong with your phone?

[isntaboutme]

Nothing's wrong with it. It's just not how I set it up. [And it seems that someone put all the controls into Korean, Steve hands his phone over. Happy to be rid of it, really.]

[owesadebt]

Did Stark get a hold of it? [It's a good thing she can read Korean.]

[isntaboutme]

He asked if he could borrow it. I should have known better, shouldn't I? [While she's looking at his phone, Steve can't help but glance at her in his spare gym clothes. He swallows a sigh back. Keep it together, Rogers. Really.]

...can you do anything with it?

[owesadebt]

[She laughs, because yes, he should have known better.]

I can fix it for you.

[isntaboutme]

Thanks, again. [It's becoming a problem, this relying on Natasha for little things. He's almost gotten used to have someone flit in and out of his life, as she does.]

Next time I'll tell him to borrow yours.

[owesadebt]

Make him borrow Barton's. He's no good at Korean.

[WAS THAT A WINK. It might have been.]

[isntaboutme]

[Oh, jeepers. Steve is forced to look down at his coffee to hide the blush on his face.]

Will do. [Poor Barton, if there's one person in the world that Steve will never feel guilty about pranking, it's him.]

[owesadebt]

There, it's back in English. [It took her a minute, but she got it, in the end.] What else did you want fixed?

[isntaboutme]

That was it, really. I don't think anything else was changed. Or at least, nothing that I use.

[owesadebt]

[She hands his phone back, and smiles.]

Well, if you ever think of anything, let me know.