#me? Writing blackhill? In this economy?

[thetruthaboutlovecomesat3am]

She plants a cherry tree, one day, and calls it Natalie.

It's stupid, maybe, but it was one of Natasha's alter egos. One way she was rebirthed, once upon a time. So maybe, maybe this cherry tree, or Liho, or whatever, something close to Maria can be her next reincarnation. So she doesn't have to be gone gone; so she can live on, in the space around Maria. Gone, yes, but still lingering. Gone but present, like an echo, living through the things it resonates off of.

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Or, Maria Hill retires to a farm in the middle of nowhere; she has a cat, a cherry tree, and the unsurmountable burden of her grief.