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It was a three day mission and Maria was already on site. It involved Steve, Sam, and Natasha joining Maria to bring the mission to a close.
Due to the fact that they were on a mission instead of the fact that Sitwell was super cheap, they were staying and sleeping on the cargo plane. The first night Sam and Steve discover that Natasha talks in her sleep. Even more alarmingly she seemed to be arguing with them in her dream. All they could really tell was that they were epically wrong an it was making her madder and on the verge of violence.
The second night Natasha had to watch the mark but Maria was staying in the plane. Steve and Sam were constantly worrying she was going to fall out of her hammock with how much she tossed and turned. Sam tried to adjust the sides so they were higher and keep her in, but had nearly gotten kicked for his trouble. She did that too. Kicking. He and Steve seriously wondered how the two of them got any sleep. And then they avoided eye contact for a while.
On the trip home, Maria and Natasha fell asleep next to each other. There wasn’t any talking or tossing and turning. Apparently they were nervous habits that only existed when they were apart. It was silently agreed that Maria and Natasha should always sleep together.
Followed by another bout of no eye contact with each other.