The Fallen One ⟰ Natasha Romanoff x Reader

Chapter V: Reconnecting

Aurora and Yuca, chose humanity. They found their redemption in the little Elijah. They decided to live in a small town in Italy, where they knew it would be the quietest place in the world. You lived with them, at least since the last event with the Avengers. On your evenings you spent teaching Elijah about things he could take for a lifetime, but what were you thinking, he was only 3 years old. However, at night, you would visit Natasha while she slept. Maybe your fear kept you from visiting her while she was awake. You discovered with Aurora that the light you saw in Natasha was like a connection. Then you understood that you had to protect her.

— Trapped in your thoughts again? — Aurora asked you with a smile and sat down beside you, watching Yuca and Elijah playing with a ball.

— I guess so. — You smiled back. — He looks just like you.

Elias had reddish red hair, with blue eyes, he had big cheeks, you affectionately called him Bread. He was curious like Yuca, but definitely similar to Aurora.

— Thank God, because if he looked like Yuca he would be too cute and that would get me in trouble.

You let out a laugh followed by her. You shook your head. In recent years, Aurora has shown the first signs that her human body is aging.

— You need to find your redemption. — Aurora said.

— I know that, maybe I have found it... — You let out a sigh, remembering Rafael's words, you looked to your side, where Aurora was and noticed that she had disappeared. — Aurora? — You stood up, seeing that Yuca and Elijah had also disappeared. — Guys?

You ran to their house, looked in all the rooms, they weren't there. You ran through the yard, the street, the neighborhood, the city. Nothing. Other people seemed to be as confused as you were. You traveled for 6 months around the world, every country, state, city, until you noticed that half the population was gone. You started to look in books, some prophecy, but there was nothing. You felt a desperation forming inside you.

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5 years had passed, since what the humans called the blip.5 years of watching humanity succumb to grief. You, too, were grieving. You had believed that Natasha had also disappeared, for one night when you went to see her, she was not there. So you began to wander. You wandered from town to town pretending not to see the cries for help.

As you walked through New York City, you realized how empty it seemed. You couldn't intervene, but you could no longer see the world as it was.

— Y/N? — A male voice called out to you, you turned toward the voice, it was Steve.

— Hi Steve, how are you? — You said with a smile.

He was coming out of a church, and he approached you. He looked older, you could notice a few gray hairs in his hair. Meanwhile he noticed that you were the same way you were 8 years ago.

— Trying to look for hope. — He said sincerely, with a sad smile.

— I know how you feel.

— Would you like some coffee? Or something? — he asked, a little confused as he remembered what you were. — I was on my way to see Natasha.