Maria Hill was her own biggest critic. She, like everybody else, had made mistakes and paid for it, but often she punished herself more than anybody else. That seemed to be the case over the past two weeks, as while she wasn't on her A-game she was close enough to it that nobody called her out on it. Or at least not yet, Maria sometimes feeling like if Tony Stark hadn't decided that putting on an expensive suit suddenly made him some kind of superhero some of the higher-ups at SHIELD might have noticed her plight.
As it was only Director Fury who had noticed she seemed distracted lately, his tone and facial expression giving away nothing although Maria had no doubt he at least had a vague idea of what was going on. It wouldn't completely surprise Maria if there were cameras in the women's showers, but as far as she was aware there weren't so if Romanoff had been completely professional Fury probably wouldn't have suspected a thing. And maybe, just maybe... Maria could have gone about her business in peace, Natasha Romanoff never even crossing her mind. But Natasha had seemed to go out of her way to cross her path and giving her these lingering glances which made Maria's entire body tingle.
Likewise Natasha had perhaps got what she truly wanted all along, Maria reduced to little more than the drooling moron whenever she was in the presence of the gorgeous and deadly Black Widow. The fact that everybody else was lusting after her was probably the only reason no one, except maybe Fury, had noticed Maria's eyes lowering down that oh so flattering catsuit to linger on those big round breasts or curvaceous ass. Hell, sometimes Maria would just stare at Natasha when they were in the same room together and wonder how someone could be so effortlessly sexy.
That was the thought that crossed Maria's mind many times without having to look at The Widow, and that was before she had broken her most important self-appointed rule and compromised herself. Now she just wished that Natasha would make her move, Maria obsessing over it more than anything else. Ever since she had left The Black Widow naked and humiliated inside that shower. Of course Maria suspected Natasha was waiting for the most inconvenient and potentially mortifying time to strike, and while it turned out to be not as bad as some of the things Maria had imagined it was still pretty bad.
"I need to speak to you." Natasha said, her tone sounding serious although Maria had her doubts.
If this was truly a serious situation Natasha would have rushed into her office, not wasted time silently slipping in while Maria was distracted with paperwork, but not so distracted that she shouldn't have seen it coming, Maria hating the fact that she couldn't hide her surprise which came out as she coldly replied, "About?"
With an infuriating smirk on her face Natasha approached Maria's desk, taking a brief moment to study every item on it before finally the two women locked eyes, the redhead then softly purring, "About our little arrangement."
Maria succeeded in not reacting this time, other than a nonplussed, "What about it?"
Slowly moving around the desk so she was standing right in front of her target Natasha questioned, "Are you still willing to do whatever I say?"
"Well, it is your turn... so yes." Maria said, her heart racing.
"Good." Natasha smiled wickedly, allowing that little exchange to hang in the air for a few more moments before adding, "Stand up."
While Natasha had moved around the desk Maria had at first followed her gaze, then she had pulled her chair out so she could turn to face her while still sitting down. It seems that this woman still didn't trust her, which was hardly a surprise to Natasha. Honestly she would have been disappointed if Maria's trust was so easily earned, and this did mean that she could give that little order while staring into the higher ranking officer's eyes. There was even a second of hesitation before Maria inevitably did as she was told, Natasha smiling at the obedience even if it would have been absurd to deny such a simple request.
Of course the following 'request' wasn't as simple, but if Natasha wanted simple she wouldn't have pursued a sexual fling with The Assistant Director of SHIELD, and again this wasn't something she suspected Maria to refuse, "Turn around for me. Slowly... show me that sexy body of yours."
Maria did look a little bit taken aback by the command, although whether that was because she was offended by Natasha's audacity or flattered by it the redhead wasn't entirely sure. Either way Maria complied without a word of complaint or apprehension, her SHIELD uniform doing little to hide her charms and the brunette maybe even moving in a way which showed them off more than concealed them which made a refreshing change of pace.
Once Maria was fully turned Natasha ordered, "Face your desk."
Again Maria complied without complaint, Natasha pausing for a moment to admire the sight before moving forward, gently sliding her hand up the other woman's back to play with Maria's hair bun, "You have beautiful hair."
Maria frowned, "Erm, thank you."
"But I don't think I have ever seen you wear it down... other than the shower, of course." Natasha said, casually reminding Maria of their recent adventures as if she hadn't been obsessing over them for the past couple of weeks, "It makes me wonder why you don't get it cut. Not that I normally like short hair on a woman, but I really think you could pull it off."
There was a slight pause, then Maria murmured, "Well... I have thought about getting a pixie cut."
Natasha nodded, "That could work. But I do love your hair up like this. It makes you look so prim and proper."
Maria smirked, "Is this where you tell me I need to let my hair down and have some fun."
Natasha smiled, "Oh, I think we're past that... don't you think Agent Hill?"
"Commander Hill." Maria corrected.
For a moment Natasha smiled again, then she roughly pulled Maria's hair bun back and growled in her ear, "If you want this to continue your name is whatever I say it is."
"Is that right?" Maria questioned, not even trying to keep the excitement out of her voice.
After pulling Maria's hair back further, just enough to bend the other woman's back somewhat painfully, Natasha pressed herself flat against her supervisor from behind and explained, "Do I need to remind you of our arrangement. Remind you about those conditions you gave me just so you could break your silly little rule about fucking your co-workers? Or should I just remind you of my favourite condition, the one you fully took advantage of last time to turn me into your little bitch? Not that I minded, but now it's my turn, and that means now you're the bitch. My bitch. What are you?"
There was a pause, first because Natasha punctuated her question by tagging on Maria's hair, then because of Maria's pride, but ultimately the brunette said what was expected of her, albeit through gritted teeth, "I'm your bitch, for now, but soon enough you'll be mine."
In a flash Natasha flipped her superior officer around as if she was as light as a feather and then stared deeply into her eyes for a few long seconds, Maria staring back without a hint of fear on her face. Then Natasha softly smiled and flirtatiously said, "You know, I'm really starting to like you."
Maria gave her a look and opened her mouth to say something, but Natasha was already in the process of moving her head slowly forwards so she took advantage of this situation by shoving her tongue into the other SHIELD Agent's mouth. Predictably there was a moment of hesitation as a result of Natasha catching her prey off guard, then Maria kissed her back with a impressive amount of enthusiasm all things considered. Natasha rewarded her superior officer for that by allowing the kiss to last longer than she'd meant it too, which was a little ironic as her next move was to get underneath Maria's skin, namely by pushing her chair backwards and then sitting on it.
The whole notion that 'someone was sitting in my chair' was so childish, but it was a characteristic a depressing amount of powerful people possessed, the brief look that crossed Maria's face making it clear that she was one of them. Natasha savoured that fact for a few long seconds, deliberately crossing her legs and leaning back in the chair as if she was just going to relax in the Deputy Director's chair all day while just leaving the brunette to stand around like an idiot. And honestly that did appeal to some twisted part of Natasha, but seeing as how they could be interrupted at any moment she didn't really want to waste much time.
So instead Natasha smiled softly and then ordered, "Strip."
As she had expected something like that, with that exact word being the most likely scenario, Maria was able to keep her face neutral. Not that she minded the action itself, more the whole being bossed around by a lower ranking officer thing which under any other circumstances she wouldn't tolerate. But she tried not to concentrate on that, not when she would no doubt have much worse humiliations to come, hopefully quickly followed by amazing pleasure.