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kill-me-off · 2 days ago
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Can’t believe Hawkeye Yelena is the same girl I just watched execute two people in the Thunderbolts trailer
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loving-barnes · 2 years ago
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Vendetta - The Last Supper (18)
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Pairing: Mob Boss! Bucky Barnes x Mob ! Boss Y/N Fox (Bucky Barnes x female reader)
Warning: angst, murder, maybe som fluff?, pissed Yelena
Autor’s note: I love this chapter and I am so glad it is this long. I hope you will enjoy this part. We are slowly at the end of the story.
Viewer discretion is advised. This story is for readers 18+!
Word count: 8100+
Chapter seventeen
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The Last Supper (18)
Bucky was proud, to say the least. He had a smirk on his face once he entered the fancy room he rented in a high-profile restaurant he owned. Everything was as requested - white table cloths, white and gold plates as well as glasses with golden rings and golden cutlery. Only the best of the best. It was a night of celebration. All the families were about to attend the party he organized. And he forced Yelena, Scott, Wade and other members of the Fox family to attend. They needed to see who the real boss here was.
The waiters were running around, finishing up the place before they had to leave and wait for more instructions. Even though Bucky was not technically their boss, they knew they had to listen to his orders. He was paying them generously for the night. He got to boss them around and make their lives hell if he pleased to do so.
There were two sets of tables. The first was three tables connected in the shape of a U. The second was two long tables connected together opposite the U. Bucky planned the seating order. Starks and Wolves were seated in the U and Hydra had their own special place behind the two tables opposite them. He promised they were able to bring more men just so they’d feel safe.
He stood behind the seat Bucky was supposed to sit and looked around. It was all almost perfect. It was mandatory to wear formal clothes. The situation demanded it. Again, only the best for the best - even the damn menu and drinks were custom-made for the event. He’d be able to give a call to fucking Gordon Ramsay if he wasn’t planning it that quick.
“How are you feeling?” Steve approached him, dressed in a navy suit without a tie. “You seem awfully calm and happy.” 
“Everything is going as I pictured. The place is nice, suited perfectly for tonight and everyone is coming,” he put a wide smile on his face. “I believe Yelena stopped making scenes and Sam will drag her here as promised. I’m glad she came back to her senses.”
Steve nodded. “She’s still super upset and angry after what happened to Y/N, but she wants her freedom and thus, without any other option, she will arrive with Sam in a few minutes.” 
“Good,” said Bucky with a sigh. “I was getting tired of hearing her whine.”
“I can’t believe you betrayed Y/N like this,” said Steve angrily, not over the fact his friend and boss were this ruthless. “I thought you loved the girl.” 
“Well,” he shrugged. “Sometimes you need to betray someone for your own gain. It was necessary, Steve. It was always the plan and I took the cruel way to get what I wanted.” 
“Wade will kill you once he sees you, you know that, right?” 
“Then I will put a bullet through his skill,” he replied stoically. “Don’t worry. None of our guests will have guns with them and the place is perfectly secured,” he patted the blonde on his shoulder. “Everything will be fine, I promise. Wade will be under supervision.” 
Steve shook his head in disbelief and moved to the main entrance door where he was expecting guests. Bucky remained on his spot. His hands were connected in front of his body and he was patiently waiting for the first people to arrive. 
The first two people to arrive were Yelena and Sam. He had to be by her side, just to be sure she wouldn’t pull a stunt. She was wearing a tight, long sparkling black dress and had her hair brushed up in a bun. At least with the colour, she could express her mourning of Y/N. Her eyes were red and watery. 
“Ah, Lenka,” Bucky smiled at her, teasing her by calling her that name. “Please, have a seat,” he pointed at the chair he assigned for her. 
She scoffed. “Call me by that name one more time and I will suffocate you with my bare hands,” she threatened him. “You don’t have the right to call me that. You killed Y/N. You murdered my best friend, the only family I ever had.” He didn’t reply to her and just helped her take a seat. “Your boys did a shitty job and didn’t take my gun. I might use it later, you idiot.” 
He chuckled. “Good. You will need it later,” he winked at her.
Yelena raised a brow, confused. What was his plan? Was this some sort of a twisted game? Her eyes were glued to his figure as he moved to Sam and shook hands with him. Averting her eyes from the men, she scanned the table. She was surprised to see Peter’s name next to her seat. And what more, he was seated between her and Barnes. Huh. What did you do you little shit? 
Wade and Scott entered with Clint and another man behind their asses. Both of them were wearing black suits and had their hands in the air. Barton had his gun pointing at Wade’s head while the other guy had it on Scott’s head. They made them seat next to Yelena. 
“And it didn’t even hurt, did it?” Barton huffed at them and walked away. Quickly he hid his gun under the table where he was sitting. Yelena tilted her head when she noticed what he did. They were supposed to take everyone’s guns, right?
Tony entered with Natasha by his right side and Rhodes by his left. As always, he had to put on a big, fur coat that had to cost at least more than 200 000 dollars. Of course, it wasn’t faux fur. He had his golden sunglasses on his eyes and smelled like money. Natasha also chose a black midi dress. Yelena had to roll her eyes. She knew if she behaved tonight, she would be free from them all. She worried that she’d end up with her again and Yelena knew she’d rather put a bullet through her head.
Right behind Stark and Romanoff were another two men. One was Doctor Strange and the other was Bruce Banner. Both men were also invited to celebrate the success. Those fuckers. 
Natasha and Tony sat on the other end of her, both happy with how things were looking. Well, Tony was happy, Natasha seemed confused.
The whole U table was empty. There were eleven free chairs. Everyone was waiting for Hydra. Fortunately, they didn’t have to wait for long. Pierce walked in as if the whole world belonged to him and his clan. All of his men were right behind him, covering the boss. Of course, as requested, they all dressed up, not breaking the code Bucky set. After all, they were there to celebrate the end of the Fox family and Y/N’s death. 
Rumlow, Strucker, Zola and Sitwell were Pierce’s most trusted men and therefore they were seated next to his boss at the U table. Five more men were given seats on the sides. They promised they were allowed to bring men for protection. There was also a high probability that more men were waiting outside.
Between Hydra, there was the eleventh special seat reserved for Ace who too was invited. He was given a seat at the U table. 
“Perfect, everyone is here as requested,” Bucky put a wide smile on his face as his arms spread. “Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this amazing night where we will celebrate nothing but success,” he laughed and slowly moved to his table. “We will begin shortly, please, take your seats.” 
Natasha swiftly stood up from her chair and walked towards Yelena, putting a hand on her shoulder. “Hey. I’m sorry about what happened. How are you holding up?” she asked gently. 
The blonde snapped her head at the woman and frowned. “Get your fucking hand off me or I will break it in half in front of all of these assholes,” she hissed at the redhead. “Don’t pretend like you suddenly care. You didn’t before, you don’t care now.” 
“Yelena,” she hissed. “I’m sincerely sorry, I…”
“Shut the fuck up, Natasha. You think that this is going to help you in any way?” she slowly rose from the chair as flames started to form inside her eyes. “I won’t be talking to someone, who betrayed me many times before; who pretended to be my sister and then kicked me out on the street. You are nothing but a mean, snobby bitch, Natasha. Stop playing with me and leave me alone,” she hissed. “Or I swear to God I will kill you.”
“Ladies,” Bucky glared at them. “This is not the time. Leave this bickering for the outside.” 
“You heard him, Natasha. Go back to your seat,” she spat back and sat on her chair, rather facing Hydra than her step-sister. 
The door behind the main table opened and waiters walked in with trays of champagne glasses filled to the brim. Each guest received one glass. Champagne was used for celebrating, and as Bucky said, this was a celebration. The waitress gave her tray to Wolves, Starks and the rest of the Hydra while the waiter gave his tray to the U table.
Yelena lowered her head and closed her eyes for a moment, trying to stop the tear that threatened to escape her eye. She took a deep breath through her nose. Wade’s hand rested on her shoulder, stroking it reassuringly. “It’s gonna be alright,” he whispered to her. “I’ll take you away as soon as possible. We will avenge Y/N, I promise.” 
More waiters came into the room, delivering appetizers for everyone. As the plates were being served, Bucky grabbed everyone’s attention by clinking a blunt side of a knife against the glass. “Ladies and gentlemen, thank you so much for coming to this magical moment where we celebrate success,” he smiled brightly at everyone. “I am glad that you all managed to come and join me for this special night.”
“Well, I must say I was quite shocked when I got the information that it was you who got rid of Little Fox,” Pierce said loudly with a grin plastered on his face. “And here I thought you liked the girl. Ah, such a marvellous strategy – seduce and kill. Brilliant, son.” 
“Sometimes, you need to pull out the best card at the very end, don’t you think?” said Bucky positively. “Tonight, we celebrate the end of the bumpy road that we went through. Tonight, we celebrate our victory. It is with gratitude that I stand here, between my family and friends, celebrating the best day of my life.” 
“You mean our,” Pierce corrected him, laughing. “Son, you’ve made me proud. I knew you were always meant to be the big bad wolf.” 
“Oh, no, I’m serious when I say the best day of my life,” he corrected the Hydra leader. “Now, let’s have a toast to new life,” Bucky finished his speech. “To an Alliance that never dies.” 
Yelena raised a brow at that sentence. It seemed as if no one was suspicious about those words and they took a swig of the expensive champagne. Only the best of the best, for the Alliance that never dies. Huh. 
“Who’s that seat for, Barnes?” Rumlow asked him when he put the glass down and started to eat the appetizer. 
Bucky looked down to his left side and smirked. “Young boy Parker was supposed to come but he caused problems and we had to take care of him.”
“What?!” Yelena shouted, shocked by that statement. “What have you done to Peter? Did you kill him?” 
“Are you sure you want to know the details before dinner?” Bucky asked her, amused by her reaction. 
As the guests ate the delicious food, Bucky kept standing on his feet, looking down at his phone. He took a deep breath and put the device back into his pants pocket. Yelena had her eyes on him the entire time. She was waiting for the perfect opportunity when she would jump up and snap his neck.
“While you are all eating, I would like to tell you other amazing news I have for you.”
The members of Hydra were deep in the food, barely listening with one ear. Steve watched his best friend, puzzled. Even Sam had a confused expression on his face. 
“I would like to tell you that since yesterday, there has been a major change in my life,” the smile kept growing on his face. “As of yesterday, I became a married man.” Sam spat the champagne he had just taken a sip off and Steve’s fork fell down on the plate. Yelena’s eyes widened. No one was expecting those words. All the members of Hydra stopped eating and looked at him.
And Bucky continued, happy and smiling. “I’ve married the most beautiful and wonderful woman I’ve ever met.” Pierce’s head shot up, his face losing all colour. Everyone kept staring at Bucky when he revealed the news. 
“I believe you all know my wife very well,” he turned to the door behind his back as they loudly opened and his new wife stepped into the room. 
There she was, walking to the main table, wearing a beautiful red dress with spaghetti straps and a deep slit that revealed her left leg. She was breath-taking. 
“Hello boys,” Y/N put a bright smile on her face as she grabbed Bucky’s hand that was prepared for her to take. “How’s your evening going? Are you having fun? Having a little chit-chat?” 
A sob escaped Yelena’s throat, shocked that her best friend was alive and well. “You bitch,” she said without shame. It only made Y/N laugh. “I am so mad at you, Y/N! I am so fucking mad.” 
“What the fuck is this?” Pierce stood up from his seat, pissed. “You told us she was dead!”
“Holy shit,” Sam whisper-shouted, shaking his head in disbelief. “Dude, what was in that champagne, because I am seeing things?” and then he whistled.
“You are not the only one,” Steve still had his mouth open, processing the shock. “You got married without me?” he frowned at Bucky. “You lied to me? Did you lie to us? You didn’t invite me to your own wedding? What the fuck, Buck?” 
Y/N stretched her left arm, showing off her beautiful gold ring that was matching with Bucky’s ring. “Sorry pal, it had to be done in order for the plan to work.” 
“Plan? What plan?” Pierce was fuming. “Barnes, you have a lot of explaining to do.” 
At that very moment, the entrance door opened and at least twenty more Wolves and Foxes rushed inside, pointing guns directly at all the members of Hydra and even at Ace. That man was surprised to feel the gun pressed against the back of his head. His hands were immediately up in the air. 
Bucky pulled Y/N’s right hand to his lips, kissing the top of it. “Have I told you how amazing you are?” he asked her as if no one was watching them. “You look beautiful, Mrs Barnes.”
“I’ve heard something,” she giggled. “Please, continue, I like hearing those words, Mr Barnes.”
“What the fuck is this?” Pierce shouted. He was afraid to move his body or he’d get a bullet into his skull. 
Y/N slowly walked away from Bucky and stood in front of the U table where Hydra and Ace were staring at her with fear in their eyes. She felt like a winner – well, she was a winner and she was about to tell them the tale of their lives.
“Ah, gentlemen, I believe I owe you at least an explanation before you die,” she smiled at them wickedly. “Let’s all go back in time, to a few days ago when I came up with this risky yet brilliant plan. Prepare for the last story of your lives. It’s going to blow you away.” 
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“I have a plan.”
Bucky chuckled, kissing Y/N’s forehead a couple of times. “That’s why you weren’t sleeping much?” 
Her whole body started to shake as she stretched her limbs and yawned loudly. “Yeah, but when I tell you all about the plan you will love it,” she smiled at him. “It’s going to be hazardous and you will have to betray me - kind of – but otherwise, it is going to be awesome.” 
He raised a brow curiously and turned to the left side, facing her. “What do you mean by betraying? Do I have to kill you or something?”
“Y-yeah,” she nodded, biting her lower lip. “Well, not literally kill me, but you have to do so and not tell anyone about it - not tell Steve or Sam or Yelena, no one. The fewer people know the better.” 
“And how should I do it?” he wanted to know. “Baby, I will not put a gun to your head or anything. And frankly, I don’t want to do anything to you - not even pretend to kill you. Is the killing part necessary?” 
“Aw,” she stroked his cheek gently. The light burn of his beard was pleasant. “You are so cute, Barnes. Unfortunately, in order for the plan to work, you will have to work with me and kill me, if we want to be successful and if we want Hydra to believe you. I thought it through and this will be our best option for the plan to work.” 
Before she could continue, Bucky leaned closer and connected his lips with hers in a gentle kiss. He had this urge to kiss her all the time; especially now when she was talking about murder and betrayal. At the end of the day, he trusted her and wanted to defeat Hydra. “Alright, what do you have in mind?” 
“You will have to kill me in a public place, in Brooklyn during the day to have witnesses. I know that once the word is out that we are going out together, a certain someone will be there watching us, reporting like the good boy he is.” 
He kinked a brow. “Who?” 
“Ace,” she sighed. “I had my eyes on that fucker. I saw him yesterday when Hydra was chasing us. He was there, in the crowds, watching us. He was the one who gave Hydra info about the funeral. He’s a fucking disgusting rat and I will kill him once the opportunity comes.” 
He was surprised. “I thought he was a trusted man.” 
“I thought so too and yet…” she was upset that a man who she trusted would turn his back on her and betray her trust and family. “I want to choke the life out of him. Also, we need to get the rat there and let him see it happen with his own eyes.” 
“And you expect me to kill you with a blind bullet?” 
Y/N shook her head and sat up. “No. We will use Hydra’s favourite weapon. Uh, can I use your phone to make a call?”
Bucky turned around and reached for his phone that was resting on the bedside table. He handed it to her with a smile. “Who you’re gonna call?” 
Biting her lower lip, she tried to hold back the giggle. The timing to ask that question was perfect. He helped her unlock his phone and she was met with a pleasant surprise. He put a photo of her as his background. She didn’t know where he found that particular picture. It was taken almost a year ago when she was enjoying some time off with Yelena in New York. She took a photo of her while they were at a party and there was a beautiful view of the city behind her. “How did-” 
“Yelena,” he said honestly, blushing. “But I’d rather take a picture of you, now, in my bed because you look adorable.” 
She blushed. “Less flirting, more planning,” she playfully smacked his bicep. “I need to call Tony and set a meeting with Doctor Strange. He can help us get what we need.” 
“Ah,” he tapped his finger against his forehead. “Are we talking about poisoning you?” 
“Uhm,” she nodded. “It’s the weapon of the year, I guess.”
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Y/N turned around and looked at Steven Strange who kept sipping on his drink with an amused smile on his face. She was glad that he helped them out. “And so, we had decided to get in touch with the doctor and talked more about our options.” 
“What’s the matter, Pierce? You seem a little off?” Bucky asked the Hydra leader and put a wide smile on his face. 
“He’s trying to process that Little Fox got him this good,” Y/N replied to him. “Are you ready to learn more, Alex? Listen carefully. We are getting to the interesting part.” 
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Y/N and Bucky arrived at a modern apartment in Manhattan where they set a meeting with Tony and his friend Doctor Steven Strange. Everywhere they looked it was nothing but money and luxury. Strange was a doctor in New York and a friend of Tony Stark, of course, he had the dirty money. 
They walked into the living room where both men were sitting, drinking whisky. Y/N made a face. Both men looked very familiar - or was her mind playing with her? Were they brothers or relatives? “Evening boys,” she greeted them. 
“Finally, I was worried you ended up having sex in the elevator and we’d have to call the clean-up services,” Tony commented. “Strange, this is Barnes, the head of the Wolves and Y/L/N, head of the Foxes,” he introduced them quickly. 
“Nice to meet you, doctor,” Y/N politely shook hands with Steven and took a seat next to him on the couch. Bucky took a seat on the other side. 
“What can I do for you, Y/N?” he asked, pouring two more drinks for his guests. “Tony said you needed my… medical help. And to be honest with you, I am not that surprised. Tony uses my abilities and connections to sell some organs for a nice price at the black market.” 
“Yes,” she said. “We need your medical help and I will pay you in diamonds if you’ll help me,” she smiled at him. “Also, good to know that you also work with organs. We might plan something in the future,” she winked at him. “Now, before we start I want to ask you all for discreetness and trust. You cannot tell anyone about this conversation or the plan I’m about to reveal to you. We don’t have much time so we need to act fast. So, can I please trust you? We have a common goal here.” 
Tony nodded. “If it means getting rid of Hydra once and for all, I’m locking my mouth and staying silent like a mouse,” and he did lock his mouth with an invisible lock and key. 
“I trust Tony and he trusts you so I’m good,” Steven said neutrally. 
“I need you to help me fake my own death by giving me something that would knock me out,” she went straight to the point. “It will have to happen in public where people can see the drama unfold. Bucky has to be the one who will give me the medicine. He has to be seen doing the act to believe that he was the one who gave me the medication.” 
“Huh, sleeping pills,” Steven said nonchalantly. “I have drops and we can give you a higher dose just to be sure that you are out for at least two hours, maybe more.” 
“T-that was fast,” she commented. “Alright, but it needs to go like this: Once I’m out, Bucky has to call the ambulance - or someone, who will wait for the call and will come for me to take me away. We need to make a scene, a good one, to be believable.” 
Steven nodded. “Well, you said you’ll be willing to pay with diamonds so how about this – I can ask for an ambulance that I and two of my people will operate. We will take you in and drive you wherever you want. Also, I’m thinking about reports that can leak with the statement of your death.” 
She was impressed. “You are reading my mind, Doctor Strange,” she smiled at him. “I think a diversion would be necessary, and I’m thinking there has to be a mix-up of the ambulances in order for Hydra to not have eyes everywhere. Once I’m taken and hidden, I will transport to a safe place where I’ll wait for the grand finale.” 
Bucky looked at her, confused. “That’s not it?” 
“I haven’t told you the best part,” she narrowed her eyes. “Your job will be to tell everyone, your men, Yelena and the rest of my people that I have died and you were the one who did the job. Yelena will try to kill you. I know she will be pissed and ready to make your life a living hell, but you will have to stand your ground and be a big bad wolf.” 
“Okay?” it sounded like a question. 
“This whole deal will make Hydra come to a celebratory dinner with all of you. They will have a reason to trust you and the most important men will come to celebrate my death and the end of my family.”
“How can you be so sure?” Tony asked. “Who will tell them? It’s not going to be us.”
“There is a rat between my people who will see my death with his own eyes and that will be the push Hydra will need,” she replied. “Barnes will betray my family by killing the last Fox. It’s a move no one would expect, because…” she stopped talking and looked into Bucky’s eyes. 
“They all see what is happening between us,” Bucky continued. “And they will know that I was faking it the whole time. They will think that it was simply her who had fallen for me and I was waiting to betray her.” 
“Exactly,” Y/N nodded. There was a deep silence in the room as the Wolf and the Fox kept looking into each other’s eyes. For a second, her heart stung in pain - pain that even though lasted for a second, was significant and excruciating. She belied he wouldn't betray her. However, the simple thought made her rethink everything that was happening between them. Bucky loved her and this was a plan. He wasn’t sure about it when she presented it to him. 
Stop overthinking woman.
“I know what is going on inside that pretty head of yours,” Bucky stood up and went to sit next to her. He took her hands into his. “I would never betray you,” he whispered. “You have my word, Y/N.”
She nodded. “I know. I trust you.” 
Tony was shocked. He couldn’t believe what was happening in front of his very own eyes. “You two are together or something? Well, shit, that’s big news – unexpected and kind of a plot twist.” 
Strange cleared his throat. He wasn’t fond of the affection that was happening in the room. “Alright, Y/N, I’ll be able to set everything in three days. I’m going to need the location where we will have to arrive. Barnes, I will give you the drops tomorrow. We can meet here the day before and finish up the plan.” 
Both Y/N and Bucky stood up at the same time. Y/N reached into the pocket of her leather jacket where she had a wad of cash. It was ten thousand dollars that she casually carried with her. She threw it on the table. “That’s for you, to be sure that I keep promises. More will come later.” 
“It’s nice doing business with you, Y/N,” he took her hand and kissed the top of it like a gentleman.
Bucky growled, not happy with that simple act. Y/N was his. 
“Aw, calm down love. I’m all yours,” she nudged his shoulder. 
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Y/N stopped talking and looked at each member of Hydra. Their faces were priceless when she told them the plan that worked perfectly. Pierce was ready to explode and Rumlow was waiting for an opportunity to strike first. And yet she wasn’t afraid of them doing anything. One move and they would be dead before the grand finale. 
“We had it all planned out,” she sang. “Every detail of that day was a perfectly tailored plan. I knew that once the information of my death would come to you, you’d be pissing in excitement, ready to wrap things u and get what you wanted.” 
“Look at them,” Sam laughed. “This is amazing. Can I get popcorn? This is better than a movie.” 
“Holy shit,” Yelena said under her nose, shaking her head. “Why couldn’t you tell me that?” she whined. “I would keep my mouth shut. You don’t trust me or something?”
“I’m sorry, Lenka,” Y/N turned to her friend. “I hated not telling you, but it was for the best. We needed a raw, honest reaction out of you all.” 
“We had our eyes everywhere,” Zola sighed, shaken by the fact that they tricked them. “How could this happen?” 
Bucky stepped forward to the U table and reached for Y/N, pulling her closer to him. He was glad she was able to stand in front of everyone. “My beautiful wife had everything planned.” 
“I still fucking can’t believe you are married,” said Steve. “How did you manage to hide?”
“Oh, you know, I had to use some wigs and fast prosthetics and a fake pregnancy belly in order to get away from the hospital once I woke up,” she laughed. “It was funny, you know? I felt like I was hungover, barely able to walk. A modern pregnant woman of the 21st century.” 
“So… you are married? How the hell did that happened?” Sam asked. 
They both nodded. “While I was in hiding, we prepared the contract and simply signed the papers, exchanged rings and shared a kiss. Everything is legal,” said Bucky, emphasizing the last sentence. “We made sure of it.”
“If you are going to kill those fuckers, why did you marry?” Wade was confused. “Also, fuck you, Y/N for not inviting me. You will not be coming to our wedding.”
“Ah,” Y/N sighed, ignoring what Wade said. “We have checked all the papers and contracts. We worked with our best lawyers and checked everything. It was necessary to legally marry. After that, we were able to make new contracts and deals that will prevent losing my business and Queens.”
“We have it all covered,” Bucky added. “We can show you the documents, if you’d like, Pierce.”
“Do you think marriage will help you?” he was fuming. “
“Yes,” Y/N laughed. “We found the loophole and the loophole was for me to get married. I know you know about it, Alex. Why else would we do it?” 
“For love?” said Yelena from behind her back. 
“Yes, Lenka, for love too.”
“Where is Killmonger when we need him?” Rumlow started to shout at his men who too weren’t able to make a move. He was starting to lose patience. “Where is Erik?!”
Bucky started to laugh like a maniac. It was funny, watching Hydra shake in terror as their final moments were approaching. “Oh, he’s in a secured place,” he informed them casually as he walked back to his seat and grabbed the champagne. “He won’t save you. He won’t save himself. That fucker is also waiting for his fate.”
“Wow,” Sam gasped. “You two are meant to be together - you two are maniacs.” 
Pierce was shaking on the seat in anger. It seemed he wasn’t listening to his partners. “Where is our asset?” he barked, saliva running down his chin. Some would think he was having a stroke. “What have you done to him, Barnes?”
Bucky and Y/N looked at each other, smiling. “Ah, funny story.”
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“I have eyes on the target,” said Y/N with a lower voice as she kept sitting on a roof of a building, watching the streets with binoculars. There was a dark bag resting beside her. She had a particular person on her radar, following him through a building where they expected he would hide. “How’s your status?” 
“I’m ready to leave my position,” said Bucky through a com straight to her ear. His voice was hot and it did things to her. “Is he back in his apartment already?” 
“Yeah,” she nodded even though he couldn’t see her. “Peter warned us he might change his schedule and come earlier than expected. But he’s at home, alone. This is our cue.” 
She heard shuffling on the other side. Bucky was moving closer to his apartment, ready to strike. “Do you have the gun ready, Mrs Barnes?” he teased. “Damn, I love how it sounds.” 
“Focus, dear husband. You don’t want me to shoot the sleeping dart into your ass if you fuck up,” she chuckled and put down the binoculars as she took a special sniper gun from the bag. “Get him on the street as we discussed and I will put him to sleep. I won’t miss him. I was one of the best shooters while I was in the army.” 
Both of them knew it was a stupid plan but these kinds of plans always worked. What were kids capable of doing to annoy old people or the neighbours they hated? Such creative creatures. They put a tiny piece of stick or rolled the paper into the doorbell, making it ring unstoppably until old people would be fed up with the noise. Then they’d had to go to the bell downstairs to take the piece out - it was all Peter’s idea and Y/N loved it.  
Such a dull idea and it worked perfectly. Bucky put a piece of stick into the doorbell and went back to his car. Once Eric walked into the street, pissed that the doorbell was stuck, Y/N shot the dart straight into his neck. In a matter of seconds, his legs wobbled and he fell face down on the ground. 
“What an idiot,” Bucky mumbled.
“I love Parker,” she laughed once Stevens was out. 
“Excuse me?” Bucky fumed. 
“Less talking, more working, my dear husband,” she laughed and dismantled the gun. “Secure him and put him in the car. Drive to my location. I’ll be down in seven minutes.” 
Once Bucky came for Y/N, she threw the gun into the boot and sat next to the driver. “Beautiful,” she turned around, seeing the famous Killmonger cuffed and asleep. “Good job,” she then leaned to Bucky who was awaiting a sweet kiss from her. That sweet kiss turned into a full-on make-out session. Their tongues played together and battled for dominance until she was the one who pulled for air. 
“You know what?” his lips twisted up, grinning. “He’s an idiot.”
“Yup,” she nodded. 
“Who would fall for that?” 
“An idiot.”
Bucky drove them through the streets of New York, all the way from the border of Brooklyn and Long Island to a warehouse in Queen’s where they locked him up and put ten trusted men at him - five wolves and five foxes. His legs were locked as well as his hands and the men were ordered to always have a gun pointing at him.
In no circumstances were they allowed to let him out of the cell and chains they locked him in. Bucky and Y/N had other plans with him and he wanted her to enjoy every second of the payback they planned for him. Bucky had way more planned than Y/N knew about - it was meant to be a surprise. 
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Y/N ended her speech. At that very moment, there was a loud gunshot happening outside the restaurant. It took about five seconds but many of the guests were scared, even the Starks, Wolves and Foxes. No one knew what was happening except Tony, Bucky and Y/N. It was their plan. 
“And that’s how one family dies,” said Y/N with a darker voice than they were used to. “All the men that were sneaking up on us are dead, Pierce. Your beloved Killmonger is waiting for his fate hidden far away from here and you will be dead in a couple of minutes.” 
“If this was a play, I would be standing and clapping my hands,” Tony commented. “By the way, those were my men who ended your people,” he smirked at Pierce and the rest of the Hydra members. He even raised the almost empty champagne glass into the air. “I must admit, her plan was spectacular. It was a bold move and risky, of course, but she managed to pull it off.” 
“You knew about it?” Natasha frowned at her boss. “Why didn’t you tell me?” 
“The fewer people knew the better,” he explained simply. “Just the three of us and Strange.”
Y/N walked to Yelena, who seemed upset and a bit shocked, and put hands on her shoulders, stroking them gently. “Do you have that gun with you?” she asked her gently.
She shivered when her friend touched her exposed shoulder. Now she was sure Y/N was alive. “How did you- Never mind, this whole evening is twisted and anything is possible, I guess,” she said and took the gun out of her purse. “Do you need it?” 
“No,” Y/N sang. “Go wild,” she pointed at the Hydra’s bodyguards. “I know you want nothing more than to kill them for what they’ve done. But, don’t touch the big guys. I have a special treatment for them.” 
Yelena’s eyes widened and her mouth fell down. “Really? I can kill them? I can go nuts?” Before Y/N could nod, she was already on her feet with her gun in her hands, walking to the first man. She went one by one. The first one got a bullet to his head; the second into his heart. As she continued her killing spree, Y/N took a glass of champagne and clanked the glass with Bucky. As if they were watching their daughter, having her first killing spree.
“You are doing great, sweetheart,” Y/N commented with a laugh. “We are so proud of you.”
They watched Yelena stop in front of Ace. “C-come on, Yelena. I’m one of you,” he was shaking like a wet dog coming from a bath. “We are friends.”
“Are we?” Y/N asked him. “Because from what I saw, you were nothing but a filthy rat. A rat that betrayed my family and my friend – your boss. Do you really think you deserve to be alive? I think you should be eaten alive by rats. That would be fun to watch.” 
“How can you say that? I was there for you,” he spat back. 
“So you didn’t inform Hydra what was happening inside our Alliance? You weren’t the one giving details about the funeral? Or how about when I saw you on the street when Killmonger attacked us?” Y/N’s voice was strong and angry. Everyone was silent when she started to talk. “You were the one who gave them information that Barnes poisoned me. You were the one watching when it happened. We knew you’d be there because we knew you were spying on us.”
“You deserve nothing but to burn in hell, Ace,” Yelena hissed at him. “Let’s burn him alive,” she said excitedly.
“We should bury him alive. I always wanted to see what happens and how a person reacts,” Bucky chuckled. “The screams and pleads would be like music to my ears.” 
“Or, we should stick him into a freezer, naked,” the blonde laughed maniacally.
“As entertaining as it sounds, I believe he should face the same death as the rest of the Hydra will in a few short moments,” Y/N sang. 
“An eye for an eye,” Bucky added.
“You know Ace,” she turned around, facing him. “I saw you in the crowd,” she started to walk to him, slowly and confidently. “And I could smell you when you blew up Yelena’s old apartment. You were there, watching. And the phone call was too obvious,” she sighed. “After everything my family did for you and helped you, this is what you do?” 
“I-“
“Don’t you fucking dare, Ace,” she said through gritted teeth. “One more word and I will cut off your tongue and stick it up to your ass,” Y/N threatened him. “You know who is a valuable member of my family, Ace? Parker. He warned me about you. He noticed your behaviour too.” 
“So, Peter’s not dead?” Yelena asked timidly. 
Y/N kinked a brow and turned to her friend. “Why would be Peter dead?” 
The blonde’s finger immediately pointed at Bucky. “That fucker said he had to get rid of him!”
“He’s enjoying some time in Vegas with his friends,” Y/N laughed. “We needed him far away before we faked my death. He has no idea what has been happening over the past few days.” 
Yelena’s face turned into a hot pepper, fuming in anger. “I am so mad at you both. I want to punch you both so hard, it would hurt me more than it would hurt you.”
“Well,” Bucky clapped his hands loudly. “It’s time to end this all, shall we?” And the door opened with a waitress slowly walking toward them, holding a tray of shots that were filled with clear liquid. 
The woman seemed scared of the mobsters that were present in the room. She noticed the guns that men were holding in their hands. The tray she was holding was shaking visibly. As Bucky showed her before the event started, she put each shot in front of a member of Hydra and Ace. Quickly, she escaped from them, hiding in the kitchen. 
“Gentlemen, in front of you is your Last Wish. And, you can either have the Last Wish or a bullet into your head. The choice is up to you,” Y/N announced with a hint of maliciousness in her voice. 
“Fuck you,” Strucker spat. 
With a single gesture, Y/N made with a hand, a bullet flew through his head and his upper body fell down on the table, bleeding. He was dead in a matter of seconds. Blood was running down his head and over the table and floor. 
Bucky frowned when he heard a weird noise coming from under the U table. He tilted his head to the side and found a wet puddle under Ace’s feet. His pants were wet and sweat was running down his face. “Look at him, he pissed his pants.” 
“Alright boys, bottoms up,” she encouraged them to take the shots into their hands. “You are not leaving alive tonight. Stop fighting and just do it.” 
The first one who took the shot was Ace. He drank it in one go, throwing the empty glass directly at Y/N who dodged it. She was not impressed. The Alliance kept staring at Ace, waiting for him to drop dead. Nothing was happening. 
“Oh, don’t worry, give it a minute or two,” said Bucky. 
The rest of Hydra followed. Rumlow drank the shot as the first one from Hydra. One by one, as much as they hated doing it, they drank the liquid. The last one who didn’t touch it was Pierce. 
“Oh, Alex, come on,” Y/N rolled her eyes. “Your men took the shot like big boys. Why are you fighting this?” 
Ace’s body started to shake visibly. A strong cough followed. His face turned red as he had trouble breathing. He grabbed his throat, trying to get rid of something that wasn’t actually there. His eyes almost popped out of his head. They were red and veiny. White foam started to form in his mouth and that’s when he fell off the chair. His whole body was in spasms. 
“Beautiful,” Y/N smiled. 
“Staten Island will belong to us,” Bucky started to talk again. “It will belong to the Barnes-Fox union. There will be a hunt for all the men that worked under Hydra. None of them will survive. We cannot allow Hydra to rise in the future.” 
Pierce watched as his closest men were slowly dying. Some of them were whining, trying to scream. The poison that was inside the shot was strong – they made sure of it. Strange helped them out. 
Without any other options, Pierce drank the liquid and threw the glass against the ground. “Fuck you all.” 
Loud applause followed. Everyone was clapping their hands. It was done. They won and Hydra lost.  
The last thing Pierce was about to see in his life was a dirty kiss between Y/N and Bucky. They didn’t care that even their friends made disgusting sounds. “Get a room,” Sam shouted at them. They kept battling with their tongues as Bucky was groping her ass. 
“I love you, Mrs Barnes,” he mumbled between the kisses. 
“I love you too Mr Barnes,” she smiled at him when the kiss ended. 
They turned their heads when they heard a loud thud. Pierce’s upper body was on the table with a mouth filled with white foam. Everyone could see in his eyes how his life was fading away. 
“It’s over,” Y/N whispered with a big beautiful smile on her face. “We won.” 
“Yeah, we did,” Bucky pecked her lips quickly. 
Yelena ran to her boss, pulling her into a tight embrace, crying softly. “I fucking hate you,” she wept. “You fucking bitch, it was brilliant but I still am so pissed at you.”
“I’m sorry,” she whispered into her neck as she held her tightly in her arms. “We had to do it this way. It had to be believable,” Y/N explained. “Ace was watching our every move. If you knew the plan, your reaction wouldn’t be believable. We needed raw emotions. Also, I told Bucky to be mean to you, I’m sorry.” 
Yelena glared at Bucky who kept standing behind them. “I fucking hate you too, you fucked up piece of shit.” 
The couple laughed. “You are cute, Lenka,” said Bucky. 
“You have no right to call me that,” she snarled at him. “Don’t ever call me by that name.”
He nodded. “As you wish.” 
“I’m starving,” Tony said loudly, rubbing his stomach. “Shall we expect more food or should I make a reservation somewhere else?” 
“Ah,” Bucky turned around, scanning the room and the mess they made. “Why don’t you take it to another place of mine in Brooklyn – it’s on me. Now, we need to clean this place and get rid of the bodies. Clint, please, take charge of it. I believe Scott and some Foxes will help you with it.” 
“Sure thing, boss,” Clint said without any emotion in his voice. “Gather up, boys. We have work to do.” 
Wade approached Y/N, pulling her into a tight hug. “You got me,” he commented. “If you pull that stunt again, I will throw you into acid and hold you under the surface until you drown.” 
“Aw,” she laughed. “Missed you too, Wade.”
“So… you married him?” he pointed at her new husband. 
She nodded. “Yeah. It was fun and we had to do it. We found out that if Pierce and his closest men die, it would all go to their closest relative. Therefore, we had to marry and make new contracts.” 
Bucky coughed to get everyone’s attention. “I hate to ruin the moment but there is something more Y/N and I have to do,” he grabbed her hand into his, pulling her body to him. His lips found her temple and kissed it gently. “We have one more fucker that needs to be killed and also, I have a surprise for my lovely wife.” 
She looked at him, confused. “You do?” she raised a brow. “Is it a pony?” 
Yelena glared at her. “You are not fond of horses,” she said.
He nodded. “Uh, Doc, would you join us? I have an offer and a job for you.” 
Steven stood up from the chair with a smile. “Oh, right, we talked about it. It would be my pleasure. I have prepared my tools and have everything important in my car.” 
Y/N shook her head. “What is happening?” she had a grin on her face. 
“On, no, honey,” he shook his head with a wide smile on his face. “I am not going to tell you because it is a surprise. Now, please, let’s go see our friend and end his life, shall we?” 
“Aw, that is so romantic, of course, Mr Barnes,” she kissed his cheek.  
Chapter Nineteen
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nice things are for nice girls
Find it here on Ao3:
http://archiveofourown.org/works/11624367
Set during the end of CA: TWS, because I really loved how the movie portrayed their relationship.
Also posted on my main account, @rudderless-in-an-ocean-of-stars.
Note: this is my Marvel-centric account, and this work is published under my Marvel-centric pseud, but it all still falls under the main Ao3 username of the_space_between_stars.
Natasha remembers the first time she saw Captain America.
It wasn’t during their meeting on the Helicarrier, or when he got himself lost in Times Square, or when S.H.I.E.L.D. dug his body out of the ice.
No, the first time Agent Romanoff sees Captain America, she is not yet Natasha.
She is Natalia Alianovna Romanova, one of the twenty-eight students of the Red Room’s Black Widow Program, training to live a life in service to her country.
It is the early days of training, and all twenty-eight of the original girls recruited to the program are still alive.
Natalia herself has yet to take a life.
Their teachers show them films reels of America’s propaganda-toy-turned-hero, the so-called ‘Star Spangled Man With A Plan.’
Natalia thinks that his costume is overly conspicuous, and wonders if that’s what had gotten him killed. (The teachers are reluctant to admit the details of his demise, given the fact that the Tesseract had been lost alongside America’s golden boy.)
She quietly vows to wear something much more subtle when she graduates.
She overhears a couple of her peers discussing his good looks, and privately, she agrees. Even teary-eyed from the smoke and covered in soot as he emerges from the smoking ruins of yet another destroyed H.Y.D.R.A. facility, there is a charm to him, an indelible aura of good that Natalia simultaneously abhors and clings to, preserving every detail of the grainy film in her mind.
Unlike her peers, however, she is not stupid enough to give voice to such treasonous, dangerous thoughts about a member of the enemy they are training to fight.
The two spiderlings are gone the next morning, and once again, Natalia pulls her silence around her like a shield.
(It is not made of vibranium, but it protects her just the same.)
Only one ever returns, but it’s clear that whatever adjustments they’d needed to make to her brain have left her irrevocably damaged.
She washes out a month later, neck snapped by Yelena on the training mats, and Natalia doesn’t flinch at the sound that echoes around the room, the sound of her vertebrae giving out beneath the other girl’s ruthless strength.
Three girls make the mistake that Natalia does not, and two of them are visibly limping during training the next day. The third has bruises on her knuckles and looks considerably worse than the others.
Natalia knows not to fight back, they all do, but it seems as if this girl has decided to ignore all sense of reason.
She is killed two weeks later, and Natalia is the one whose kick caves in her chest.
Seventy years trapped in the Arctic have done little to diminish his looks, but the innocent boyishness Natasha still so vividly recalls from her days in the Red Room is gone, replaced with grim half-smiles that never really reach his eyes.
His features are sharper now, worn by pain, if not by time.
His overall demeanor is no less heroic, but far less light-hearted.
This ice may have kept him from aging- the serum, too, given the fact that Natasha still doesn’t look a day over twenty-something- but it hadn’t kept him from changing.
Natasha doesn’t think she’s ever seen smile as brightly in this day and age as he did in black-and-white beside the Howling Commandos.
She tries her best to coax him into the 21st century, makes lists of things for him to try and pushes him towards girls who are safe and sweet and everything that Natasha isn’t.
Now, standing across from him beside the false grave of the man currently slinking away into the shadows, holding a file she’d had to pull favors she probably should have kept in reserve just to obtain, she can’t help but feel as though she’s failed.
For all her efforts to ground him in the present, he’s now asking her to help him chase the ghosts of a past that she’s far from ready to face, even if her lurid history has already been plastered across the internet for all to see.
She’s just glad that Fury had thought to keep her real date of birth off of the official files. It keeps quite a bit of her laundry list of sins quiet, along with the fact that a variation of the serum currently coursing through Steve’s veins also flows through her own.
(And if it keeps the whole truth from the man standing in front of her for just a little bit longer, well, Natasha’s never claimed to be selfless.)
Still, she hands it to him with a smile that she’s had years of practice to perfect.
She makes one, last-ditch attempt to pull him out of the past.
“Will you do me a favor? Call that nurse?”
“She’s not a nurse.”
“And you’re not a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent,” she retorts, well-versed in the flow of their verbal sparring, and he finally concedes.
“What was her name again?”
“Sharon,” she says, ignoring the warring waves of relief and bitter disappointment threatening to pull her down and break her body against the sharp rocks of the stormy sea raging within her chest. “She’s nice.”
(Nice, the way Natasha will never be.)
The brief silence between them is strained in a way that it hasn’t been since the start of their partnership all those months ago.
In the end, she looks away first, unable to bear the weight of his gaze, heavier now than it’s ever been before, loaded with all the things that they both know she’d never let him say, all the things she’d run from if he ever voiced them aloud.
Nice things are for nice girls, and Natasha Romanoff hasn’t been nice since the day of the fire that had left her an orphan.
She steps forward, presses a kiss to his cheek and pulls away before he can so much as blink, his hand sliding off of her waist in an echo of the embrace she knows he longs to give.
She walks away, and he doesn’t stop her- he knows he could, they both do, and it’s just as dangerous as all the things Natasha has spent her life trying to avoid.
The look in his eyes that she doesn’t turn away quickly enough to avoid is almost enough to make her change her mind.
Almost.
She settles for a last warning tossed over her shoulder, and fills it with the concern she tries so hard not to feel, because he is not hers to care about.
Love is for children, she reminds herself, but it’s not enough and she knows it from the way her stupid, stubborn heart continues to ache in her chest as she moves to leave.
“Be careful, Steve. Might not want to pull on that thread.”
Then she’s gone, another ghost in a field of graves.
She doesn’t allow herself to look back.
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nice things are for nice girls
Find it here on Ao3:
http://archiveofourown.org/works/11624367
Set during the end of CA: TWS, because I really loved how the movie portrayed their relationship.
Note- my Marvel works are posted under the same main account (the_space_between_stars), but under my other pseud- how to break a fantasy, which is linked to the account by the same name here on tumblr, @how-to-break-a-fantasy.
Natasha remembers the first time she saw Captain America.
It wasn’t during their meeting on the Helicarrier, or when he got himself lost in Times Square, or when S.H.I.E.L.D. dug his body out of the ice.
No, the first time Agent Romanoff sees Captain America, she is not yet Natasha.
She is Natalia Alianovna Romanova, one of the twenty-eight students of the Red Room’s Black Widow Program, training to live a life in service to her country.
It is the early days of training, and all twenty-eight of the original girls recruited to the program are still alive.
Natalia herself has yet to take a life.
Their teachers show them films reels of America’s propaganda-toy-turned-hero, the so-called ‘Star Spangled Man With A Plan.’
Natalia thinks that his costume is overly conspicuous, and wonders if that’s what had gotten him killed. (The teachers are reluctant to admit the details of his demise, given the fact that the Tesseract had been lost alongside America’s golden boy.)
She quietly vows to wear something much more subtle when she graduates.
She overhears a couple of her peers discussing his good looks, and privately, she agrees. Even teary-eyed from the smoke and covered in soot as he emerges from the smoking ruins of yet another destroyed H.Y.D.R.A. facility, there is a charm to him, an indelible aura of good that Natalia simultaneously abhors and clings to, preserving every detail of the grainy film in her mind.
Unlike her peers, however, she is not stupid enough to give voice to such treasonous, dangerous thoughts about a member of the enemy they are training to fight.
The two spiderlings are gone the next morning, and once again, Natalia pulls her silence around her like a shield. 
(It is not made of vibranium, but it protects her just the same.)
Only one ever returns, but it’s clear that whatever adjustments they’d needed to make to her brain have left her irrevocably damaged. 
She washes out a month later, neck snapped by Yelena on the training mats, and Natalia doesn’t flinch at the sound that echoes around the room, the sound of her vertebrae giving out beneath the other girl’s ruthless strength.
Three girls make the mistake that Natalia does not, and two of them are visibly limping during training the next day. The third has bruises on her knuckles and looks considerably worse than the others.
Natalia knows not to fight back, they all do, but it seems as if this girl has decided to ignore all sense of reason.
She is killed two weeks later, and Natalia is the one whose kick caves in her chest.
Seventy years trapped in the Arctic have done little to diminish his looks, but the innocent boyishness Natasha still so vividly recalls from her days in the Red Room is gone, replaced with grim half-smiles that never really reach his eyes.
His features are sharper now, worn by pain, if not by time. 
His overall demeanor is no less heroic, but far less light-hearted. 
This ice may have kept him from aging- the serum, too, given the fact that Natasha still doesn’t look a day over twenty-something- but it hadn’t kept him from changing.
Natasha doesn’t think she’s ever seen smile as brightly in this day and age as he did in black-and-white beside the Howling Commandos.
She tries her best to coax him into the 21st century, makes lists of things for him to try and pushes him towards girls who are safe and sweet and everything that Natasha isn’t.
Now, standing across from him beside the false grave of the man currently slinking away into the shadows, holding a file she’d had to pull favors she probably should have kept in reserve just to obtain, she can’t help but feel as though she’s failed.
For all her efforts to ground him in the present, he’s now asking her to help him chase the ghosts of a past that she’s far from ready to face, even if her lurid history has already been plastered across the internet for all to see.
She’s just glad that Fury had thought to keep her real date of birth off of the official files. It keeps quite a bit of her laundry list of sins quiet, along with the fact that a variation of the serum currently coursing through Steve’s veins also flows through her own.
(And if it keeps the whole truth from the man standing in front of her for just a little bit longer, well, Natasha’s never claimed to be selfless.)
Still, she hands it to him with a smile that she’s had years of practice to perfect.
She makes one, last-ditch attempt to pull him out of the past.
“Will you do me a favor? Call that nurse?” 
“She’s not a nurse.”
“And you’re not a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent,” she retorts, well-versed in the flow of their verbal sparring, and he finally concedes.
“What was her name again?”
“Sharon,” she says, ignoring the warring waves of relief and bitter disappointment threatening to pull her down and break her body against the sharp rocks of the stormy sea raging within her chest. “She’s nice.”
(Nice, the way Natasha will never be.)
The brief silence between them is strained in a way that it hasn’t been since the start of their partnership all those months ago.
In the end, she looks away first, unable to bear the weight of his gaze, heavier now than it’s ever been before, loaded with all the things that they both know she’d never let him say, all the things she’d run from if he ever voiced them aloud.
Nice things are for nice girls, and Natasha Romanoff hasn’t been nice since the day of the fire that had left her an orphan.
She steps forward, presses a kiss to his cheek and pulls away before he can so much as blink, his hand sliding off of her waist in an echo of the embrace she knows he longs to give.
She walks away, and he doesn’t stop her- he knows he could, they both do, and it’s just as dangerous as all the things Natasha has spent her life trying to avoid. 
The look in his eyes that she doesn’t turn away quickly enough to avoid is almost enough to make her change her mind.
Almost.
She settles for a last warning tossed over her shoulder, and fills it with the concern she tries so hard not to feel, because he is not hers to care about.
Love is for children, she reminds herself, but it’s not enough and she knows it from the way her stupid, stubborn heart continues to ache in her chest as she moves to leave.
“Be careful, Steve. Might not want to pull on that thread.”
Then she’s gone, another ghost in a field of graves.
She doesn’t allow herself to look back.
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