Tempting The Black Widow (Avengers, Loki/Natasha)

[RedVelvetHeart]

In this story, Loki is a member of the Avengers. He is attracted to Black Widow and intent on finding a way to win her. Once he finds her weakness, he exploits it thoroughly. Loki is the one sneezing in this fic. Oh and a couple bonus sneezes from Captain America!

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"So," Thor said to his brother, "Still no success with the Black Widow?"

"No," Loki. "I don't understand it."

"Perhaps she's just not that into you, Loki," he grinned.

"Oh, but she is," said Loki. "She desires me, that is certain. But I can't seem to get her to act on it."

"Why does she have to act? Why can't you just...take her in your arms? Women like that."

"You have no subtlety, brother. Not all women like that, and certainly not before they're ready to say yes...and she's not. You know I can always figure out what a woman's weak spots are, what inflames her passions. But with Natasha, I feel I'm missing something."

"Well, I know you like a challenge. All the sweeter when you finally win her. Perhaps you'll get somewhere at Tony's Christmas party. Music, wine, dancing...maybe she'll let down her guard a bit, and you'll have her."

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Most of the Avengers were gathered at the Stark Christmas gala, chatting in the way you do at large parties, with the ones you know best. Natasha walked in, in a gorgeous, curve-hugging, wine-red velvet dress.

"Lord have mercy," said Sam appreciatively.

"Natasha, you look stunning, as usual," said Tony.  

"Thank you, boys," she said with a sultry smile. "It's nice to dress up once in a while."

"So uh...how was the meeting at the Pentagon?" asked Bruce.

"Amazing. They gave me everything I wanted, admitted they were wrong in the first place and I can finally close the door on the Chechnya project. And now, I want to dance. Loki?"

"It would be my pleasure," he said smoothly, taking her by the hand.

He took her in his arms and they began to circle the dance floor. "I like this mood you're in," he said.

"So do I," she said with a smile. She pressed in alluringly close to him. "It's Christmas, I've had a victory, and I feel like celebrating."

"And is that all you feel like doing?"

"It's all I feel like doing with you," she countered, belying her words by holding him even closer. "You're an Avenger now. It wouldn't do to mix business with pleasure."

"But you are tempted, I think."

"Of course I am. I'm tempted every day, have you seen the men I work with? Fortunately," she said in a low voice, "I'm very good at resisting temptation."

"That sounds like a challenge, Agent Romanoff," he said with a devilish smile. She laughed.

And then they simply danced, enjoying the sparkle, and the music, and the warmth of their bodies pressed close together. But all too soon the music ended.

"Well, I think I promised Sam a dance," she said, elusive once again. Loki was simmering with desire, and she knew it - in fact, she enjoyed it. But he could tell she was still only flirting with the attraction. She did not intend to do anything about it...not yet.  He offered his arm and escorted her back to the group. Far from being gentlemanly, it gave him more time to attune his sharp, god-like senses to her responses - listening to her heartbeat, and inhaling the light scent of desire rising from her skin. One way or another, he was going to find a way into her bed, or he wasn't the God of Mischief.

As they approached, Steve Rogers walked up to them from the opposite direction.

"Steve, you made it!" said Pepper, going over to embrace him, but Steve put up a hand.

"Better not, I've got a pretty bad cold," Steve warned them.

Loki could feel Natasha stiffen. He glanced at her, curious about what she was reacting to. But she kept her face mirror smooth.

"Oh, poor thing!" said Pepper.

"That's no good," said Sam.

"Thanks," he said, with a sniffle. "It's weird, I've never come down with anything so fast. I was fine when I woke up this morning. Then all of a sudden I started sneezing, my nose started running, and now I've got a full blown head cold. I feel awful." Loki glanced again at Natasha, who seemed to almost imperceptibly squirm. Was she...blushing? Surely not.

"Sounds like what Maria had," said Sam. "She said she was fine one minute, and then a sneezy mess the next." Loki could hear Natasha's heartbeat began to quicken, and she shifted on her feet.

"Yeah, there's definitely something nasty going around," said Bruce. "It's that time of year."

"And you are here so....you can infect as many people as possible?" asked Tony.

"I thought I'd just come for the charity photo op and then go home....Hatchoooo! Hatchooo!" he sneezed into a handkerchief, and everyone blessed him. Natasha's heart was now pounding and the light scent of desire that Loki had detected before grew heady and strong.

"Well let's make that happen now, you sound like you should be in bed," said Pepper. "Everyone, over by the banners."

Loki stood still while the others walked away, as the realization crystallized in his mind. A smile of triumph slowly spread across his face. "Ohhhh Natasha," he said to himself. "Now I've got you."

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"You're mad," said Thor.

"Possibly," said Loki, with a wicked smile.

"You want to go to Jotunheim and....get sick, just for the possibility of bedding Natasha?"

"For the certainty of it, brother. This is her weakness."

"But surely an illusion could accomplish the same thing."

"No, they have ways of seeing through my illusions now. I'm not taking that chance. It has to be real - and Jotunheim is the only place I can catch a virus I am susceptible to. You must open the new bifrost."

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It took weeks to arrange, but at last Loki and Thor found themselves arriving in the dank, icy cave that served as the Jotunn throne room. Asgard was helping the Jotunn rebuild after the long years of war, and Thor's pretext for their visit was simply to see how things were going. Getting helpful information out of the frost giants was a slow process, as their conversation consisted of short, cryptic sentences interspersed with a lot of hostile silences. Luckily, this gave Loki plenty of time to scan the room and position himself. One particularly large brute in the gathered crowd looked promising. His loud breathing sounded congested, and there was a dark blue flush around his nostrils. Loki moved a little closer.

"Yes, but what exact materials are you lacking?" Thor asked the Jotunn king, impatience creeping into his voice despite his best efforts.

"Many are lacking. The House of Odin knows this."

"Right. Yes. Can you name one? Just...one specific thing?"

The large frost giant in the crowd swiped a hand under his nose, which Loki could now see was running. Loki casually inspected the massive carved block of ice that served as a map, and moved until he was directly in front of his target.

"Uhhhhgh.....ACHURRRRGHHHH!" the Jotunnn sneezed powerfully. Loki took a slow, deep inhale through his nose. Well, that certainly ought to do it, he thought to himself with satisfaction. Good thing frost giants didn't believe in covering. But the giant wasn't done. "AhhghhKGSHOOOOOOOOOOO! GAHHHHHHSCHUGHHH!" he sneezed, germ-laden spray flying everywhere this time. Unbelievable. Loki took out a handkerchief and cleaned himself off while shooting Thor, who was laughing, a dirty look.

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"ahhhh.....Hatchhooooooooo!" Loki sneezed, the very next evening, as the Jotunn's cold germs began to take hold.

"I suppose I shouldn't say gesundheit," joked Thor. "Is that a good sign?"

"One sneeze doesn't mean much. But along with the scratchy throat and runny nose, It is quite encouraging," said Loki with a grin and a wet sniffle.

"You really are mad, Loki," Thor chuckled. "I hope she's worth it." Loki opened his mouth to answer but instead doubled over sneezing.

"ATCHOOO! ATCHOOOOOOO!"   

Thor laughed. "All right, brother, I think you've done it. Let's make our excuses and return to Midgard. This is no place to fall ill."

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Hours later, Thor and Loki were settled back at the Avengers mansion. They recounted their rather frustrating diplomatic adventure.

"We got almost nowhere. It's like negotiating with a glacier," said Thor. "They're awful. Sorry, brother."

"Oh, you don't need to apologize. I can't stand them either." Loki rubbed his runny nose with a handkerchief and his eyes fell half-closed. "AhCHOOOO!" He sneezed, then blew his nose.

"You feeling alright?" asked Steve.

"I'm getting a cold," Loki sniffed. "So I suppose we did come away with something," he quipped. While the others chuckled or made sympathetic noises, Natasha took a slow, deep breath that only Loki noticed.

"Well, we've got to get moving," said Tony. "Want to come, since you're back?"

"I might as well," said Thor. "Loki, you should stay and get some rest."

"I won’t argue," Loki said. "Natasha, (sniff) would you be able to fill in the Jotunn intelligence file with me?"

"There's no rush," she said, a little too quickly. "Maybe you should take it easy, like Thor said."

"It won't take long," he said, getting up. "There's very little intelligence to be found on Jotunheim."

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"So...were you successful?" asked Natasha, once they were alone in the intelligence lab. She was all business, but he could sense her discomfiture.

"I was. The device is well hidden and should be transmitting." He was pleased with how his plans were going. A secret mission so he could be alone with her once he returned...it was perfect.

"Let me check..." she said, going to the computers. "Yes, we got the first ping about 20 minutes ago. Good work. And Thor doesn't know?"

"No, he's too honorable to see the utility of underhanded methods like this."

"Well, it's a good, low-stakes test of interstellar surveillance. And maybe this will get us better information on how to help them."

"I suspect they'll be less cryptic amongst themselves - atchhhoooo! ah...CHOO!" he sneezed into his handkerchief. Natasha immediately turned back to the computer to hide her blushing.

"Bless you," she said.

"Thank you."

There was a long pause, before Natasha finally spoke. "That sounds like a bad cold," she said, voice carefully neutral.

"It's certainly a nuisance," he said, sniffling. And he came close behind her to look at the screen over her shoulder. His sense of smell was not functioning well, but he could hear her throbbing pulse and feel the heat from her body. When he brushed against her lightly, there was a slight intake of breath. "Can we begin listening?"

"I'll...have to initiate transmission and calibrate. That won't take long, then in about a half hour we should have audio."

"Can we listen from my room? I want to know if it worked, but I confess, I also want to be on the couch with a cup of tea."

"Your room?"

"If you wouldn't mind. I'm not feeling very well. ACHOOOO!"

"All right," she said a bit weakly.

"Thank you for understanding," he said, with a dazzling smile.

Once they were in Loki's quarters, Loki found a box of tissues and sort of collapsed on the couch while Natasha set up the laptop on the desk.

"This is all set, we should hear something soon," she said. Loki blew his nose again, and Natasha did not seem to know where to look. "I'll make you that tea," she finally said.

"That would be lovely," he said, and she escaped into the kitchen. Eventually she came back over with a steaming mug of tea with honey and lemon.

"Thank you," he said, accepting the tea. "Come, sit down," he said, when she seemed to hesitate. "You can't catch this from me, you know, if you're worried about that."

"No, I know," she said, and sat down on the couch. "So do you think the Jotunn would accept help, if we did figure out what they needed?"

They talked about the mission, and the Jotunn, as they waited for a transmission. And all the while, as Loki sniffled, sneezed, and blew his nose, he watched her slowly edge closer to him on the couch. At one point, he ran out of tissues and she immediately got up and brought him more....and sat down even closer to him, almost touching, as she handed them to him.

"You're very sweet," he said, taking the tissue box. "I'm not often ill. It's nice to feel looked after.....atchoo, atchoo, atchooooo!" Loki sneezed convulsively into the tissues.

 

"Bless you," she said. Her heart was pounding, her cheeks flushed. Loki shivered slightly - whether from illness or desire, he did not know - and she leaned in close and laid a hand on his cheek. "I think you have a fever," she said, gazing into his eyes.

"I'm sure I do," he replied. He reached up and covered her hand with his own. But just when he was about to kiss her, she looked down, leaped up and went to the computer. "We - we should have heard something by now. I'll try modulating the signal..."

But Loki had waited long enough. He got up in one smooth motion, stood behind her, and slid his hands onto her hips. She let out an involuntary gasp of pleasure. "Natasha," he said. "Never mind that now." He drew close, softly embracing and drawing her to him. She was trembling. He leaned in and kissed her neck, and she sighed. He slowly turned her to face him. She looked down to avoid meeting his eyes, cheeks flushed, breathing hard. He went to kiss her but she put her hand on his chest.

"Loki," she said, "I think....I think you know something about me. But if you do - don't say it. Just - don't say anything." And then she pulled him to her and kissed him, her passion finally unleashed. He soon swept her up in his arms and took her to his bed.

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Afterwards they lay starry eyed together, each staring up at the ceiling. Her hand found his and squeezed it as their breathing slowly returned to normal. Oh, it was sweet, sweeter than Loki ever dreamed it would be. But his worsening cold brought him slightly down to earth, and he had to lean over and quickly pull tissues to catch a violent sneeze  -"AhhhhGSHOOOO!" - followed by a gurgling blow. When he was done, he saw that she was watching him with undisguised interest.

"So," Natasha said. "You do know, don't you?"

"I do," he said, simply, wiping his nose.

"And what do you know?"

"Do you really want me to say? You seem rather shy about it."

"Getting information you don't have by bluffing that you already have it is the oldest trick in the book," she said. "I use it all the time. So you'll have to say it out loud."

"Very well, then," he said with a smile, and a slight cough, as he turned to her and encircled her in his arms again. "You have a sexual quirk...you are aroused by someone who has a cold. And especially when they sneeze."

Natasha took a deep, steadying breath. "Yes. That's it. And how did you find out?"

"At the Christmas party, when Steve was sick."

"I knew it," she said, sounding a little exasperated with herself. "I knew you noticed something."

"Well, I was paying attention," he said. "Ahhh.... ACHOOOO!"

"Bless you," she said, with a mix of compassion and desire. She kissed him. "So....you figure it out, and then all of a sudden you need to go to Jotunheim, the one place in the galaxy where you can count on getting sick. Was that whole trip just for my benefit?"

"No, Natasha, it was for mine," he said, smiling wickedly. "Still, I think you enjoyed it just as much as I did, if not more."

"You know I did. It was...it was amazing," she said. "I just don't like being manipulated."

Loki laughed. "On the contrary, my dear, I think you do. Seduction is your game, and you've finally found a worthy opponent. Besides, on your own, you'd never do anything as unprofessional as this...and oh, Natasha, how you've wanted to." He kissed her deeply, and she gave in to the pleasure of his embrace...for he was right. Of course he was right.

"Have you ever told anyone?" Loki asked, when he had to break away and blow his nose once more.

"No," she said. "No....it's a vulnerability. It's something that could be used against me. As you did," she said pointedly. "No one has ever known about it."

"Not even Clint?"

"Not even Clint."

"Well, I'm honored. And for what it's worth, as paraphilias go, I think it's rather sweet," he said stroking her cheek affectionately. "Sweet and just a bit sadistic."

"You do understand me," she said with a smile, wrapping her arms around him. "And now that you've made your conquest, was it worth it? To get this sick?"

"Oh, it certainly was."

"Hmmm. Well, I'll ask you again tomorrow, because I think you’re still coming down with it. Did you leave it up to chance, or did you...take measures?"

"I made sure of it." He gave her a mischievous look. "Would you like to hear about it?"

"Oh Loki, I would. I really, really, would," she said, laughing. "But not now. Unfortunately....I actually have to leave."

"No..." he protested, pulling her towards him. "Why?"

"I have a meeting with Fury, I can't miss it. I'm actually supposed to go to Dubai tomorrow, but I think I can postpone that," she said, putting a hand to his forehead again.

"Really? For my sake?" he teased.

"Not at all, Loki. For mine," she said with a wicked smile to match his. She kissed him again and then got up and started getting dressed. Loki lay in bed, feeling the weight of his illness a bit more heavily than a moment ago. He sneezed and blew his nose, which was starting to feel sore, and shivered unexpectedly. Natasha found an extra quilt and tucked it around him, then heated up his tea and put it on the bedside table.

"Try to get some sleep," she said, kissing him. "I'll tell Bruce to take a look at you as soon as he comes back."

"Ugh, no, don't do that," he protested.

"Doing it. Going to insist on it, in fact. Oh - and if you see Thor before I do, tell him to keep his mouth shut about my sexual preferences."

"What makes you think I told  - "

"Because of course you did," she said, a trace of annoyance coming into her voice. He knew better than to deny it. She kissed him again. "Sleep well. I'll see you soon."

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"Achooo! Achoo, achoo, achhoooooooooo, ATCHOOO!" Loki sneezed helplessly the next day, as Natasha came in with a tray of soup, tissues, and medicine prescribed by Bruce. He coughed a deep, congested cough and blew his nose for the thousandth time.

"Bless you!" Natasha said, as she set down the tray. "You know, I sometimes feel a little guilty for enjoying someone's suffering. But seeing as you brought this on yourself..." She gave him a devilish little smile. He chuckled, which turned into a cough. She took the thermometer from the bedside table and glided it over his forehead. "Well that's good news," she said, peering at the results.

"Has it gone down?" Loki croaked.

"No, but at least it stopped going up." She poured him a dose of medicine. "Still think it was a good idea to get yourself sneezed on by a frost giant with the Jotunn equivalent of the flu?"

"I got what I wanted, didn't I?" he asked. He took his medicine and her chiding with good humor. Thor had come in to scold him too, grinning and clapping him on the back for his successful conquest, and then cuffing him upside the head for getting himself so sick. "But you're right," he continued. "I feel much worse than I thought I would. I think we'll have to sleep together - oh - at least five or six more times to really make it worth it."

"Ha! Well, we'll see about that, once your fever comes down a little," she said, and gave him a sultry kiss.

He knew that they would, despite her banter. The God of Mischief had won his way into her bed, and, he suspected, her heart as well. But as he kissed her, he had a tantalizing premonition that with the luscious and fiery Black Widow, just like with this cold - he was going to get more than he bargained for.

 

[fickle_tickle]

ummm YES!! This is so f*cking sexy woooowww!!! Loki is so in character and the banter is on point!

29 minutes ago, superimmunegirl said:

"Well, I'm honored. And for what it's worth, as paraphilias go, I think it's rather sweet," he said stroking her cheek affectionately. "Sweet and just a bit sadistic."

This melts my heart! I wish somneone would say this to me! Its so candid and cheeky! Normally I don't go for characters in the story having the fetish because I'm shy about it myself, and I usually go for fluffy caretaking stories but damnnnn! The writing is so good this is the first one I'm 100% into! Thank you for this smutty masterpiece!

[blackrose]

🤯 that was mind meltingly HOT!!!

[RedVelvetHeart]

7 hours ago, fickle_tickle said:

ummm YES!! This is so f*cking sexy woooowww!!! Loki is so in character and the banter is on point!

This melts my heart! I wish somneone would say this to me! Its so candid and cheeky! Normally I don't go for characters in the story having the fetish because I'm shy about it myself, and I usually go for fluffy caretaking stories but damnnnn! The writing is so good this is the first one I'm 100% into! Thank you for this smutty masterpiece!

Thank you!!!!!!!! That line - "as paraphilias go, I think it's rather sweet" - was in the story from months ago, when it was just an amorphous blob in my head. So glad you enjoyed it!!

5 hours ago, blackrose said:

🤯 that was mind meltingly HOT!!!

Thank you soooo much!! Makes me happy!

[doggo]

This "using the fetish" -scenario usually makes me too uneasy to enjoy, but DAMN you make this so good! Not just hot, but fun and heart-melting. Poor thing, down with such an awful cold ❤️

17 hours ago, superimmunegirl said:

"Do you really want me to say? You seem rather shy about it."

Somehow, this is so

[doggo]

17 hours ago, superimmunegirl said:

"Bless you," she said. Her heart was pounding, her cheeks flushed. Loki shivered slightly - whether from illness or desire, he did not know - and she leaned in close and laid a hand on his cheek. "I think you have a fever," she said, gazing into his eyes.

"I'm sure I do," he replied. He reached up and covered her hand with his own.

HOT! HOT! HOT!!!!

[Seeker]

This was very good 😎

[sneezy_frnk]

oh. my. GOD. YESSSSSSS I love this I love this I love this AAAAHHHHHHHH

[Papetite]

That was amazing!!!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

Dont know if you’re planning more, but I’d love to read more!!! 

[morrigan.crow]

Omg, this was so good! You captured the characters really well and I loved how you described Natasha's fetish from Loki's perspective.

[RedVelvetHeart]

Deleted after-credits scene:

Loki emerged from a steamy shower, toweling his long, black hair. He had awoken drenched in sweat from the breaking of his fever. It felt wonderful to be washed clean, and starting to feel better at last.

The door chimed - it was Natasha.

"Come in," he called, and the door opened. She looked pleasantly surprised to see him up.

"You look better," she said. "How are you feeling?"

"Better," he said, wrapping her in his arms and kissing her sweetly. "Thank you for taking such good care of me while I've been ill. I know it gives you pleasure, but all the same...I'm grateful."

Natasha looked down, actually shy. "I'm...I'm glad you liked it."

"Any man would," he said. 

"No, not any man. Clint...he couldn't stand attention when he was sick. He just wanted to be left alone. He actually yelled at me if I tried to do anything for him," she said.

"Oh Natasha, that's criminal," he said, stroking her hair. "Well, we are a much better match, you and I. For if there's one thing I'll always crave...it's attention."

[fraggle]

Sorry for the late post, but this was phenomenal. Pushed a lot of buttons 🤤

[RedVelvetHeart]

On 5/30/2020 at 2:46 PM, fraggle said:

Sorry for the late post, but this was phenomenal. Pushed a lot of buttons 🤤

And sorry for the late reply, but thank you so much!!!! So glad you enjoyed it! 😀

[Alabaster]

Yesssss! Perfect.

 

[Cambria]

Aaaaaahhhhh omg! I’m in love great job on writing this I’ve never read something this good 👍 lots of love from me for sure

[RedVelvetHeart]

On 10/2/2023 at 7:11 PM, Cambria said:

Aaaaaahhhhh omg! I’m in love great job on writing this I’ve never read something this good 👍 lots of love from me for sure

Ohhh thank you so much! Nice to log back in here for a while away and find a compliment like this. Glad you enjoyed!