It's Forbidden

Laid

Aspen understood where Steve was coming from, it was a big thing Yelena did when there were literally so many other ways she could have gotten to Nat, it was over the top, but she was asking her big brother to give Yelena the benefit of the doubt because she went through the same things Bucky and Aspen did.

But she quickly understood why Steve Didn't understand. Because Steve didn't know what Aspen and Bucky went through. He wasn't there. So he couldn't sympathize with Yelena the way Aspen and Bucky could. And she accepted that as best she could.

She couldn't blame Steve for not being there or for not understanding. She was great til that he wasn't there and didn't have to see everything they went through or have to go through what they went through.

Aspen looked to Yelena and have her an apologetic look, and then back to Steve, trying to read his facial expression. It was angry still, and almost blank too.

She sighed, knowing that for now, that was a battle that she was going to lose. And then she took another deep breath in, and another out, and she looked back at Bucky, waiting for what he was going to say.

Aspens big green eyes looked at Bucky, pleading with him to take her side, to understand because she knew he would. Bucky pulled Aspen closer to him and linked his hand in hers, looking at Yelena, then looking back to Aspen, giving her a soft smile that made Aspen's mind be set at ease.

He looked back at Yelena with a serious expression. "Look," he started. "This is my girl, I will do whatever she wants me too." Bucky tells Yelena. He felt for her because he did understand just like Aspen thought he would, he still want happy with Yelena for what she did, but for Aspen, he would try.

Steve looked at Bucky in disbelief. He couldn't believe he was okay with this. He always told Steve he would never hurt Aspen and he would protect her, but to Steve it sounded like he was practically forgiving Yelena for what she did, and Steve saw that as anything but protecting Aspen.

He shook his head, Bucky's eyes met Steve's and he knew Steve was angry for siding with Aspen and hearing Yelena out and everything, but Bucky would always take aspens side, and Steve needed to except that, and he should try it too, Bucky thought, because Aspen was almost always right.

"She still kidnapped her and made her say goodbye." Steve told Bucky. "We thought she was going to die." He reminds him, because to him, it seemed like Bucky had forgotten. Everyone watched the four, Yelena, Aspen, Bucky, and Steve. Including Tony. Tony played the mediator, as always.

Tony looked to Natasha. Who still look stunned to see her sister standing before her. He pulled her out of her little daze when he spoke to her, asking her what she wanted to do about the situation because it was her sister, after all. "Roman off this is your call." Tony tells Nat. "She's your sister." He says.

Nat looks up to meet Tony's eyes, he knows he's got her full attention now. "What do you want to do?" He asks her. Yelena may be in the wrong, but she was still her sister, her sister who she thought was dead. She was over the moon to be seeing her, that was part of why she she was too stunned to speak, she couldn't believe it.

Just as Yelena would do, Nat would protect her sister and take her side at all costs. She didn't even have to think about her answer. She knew what she wanted to do. She wanted her sister with her so she could see her, talk to her, find out what had happened, where she had been this whole time.

"Bring her back to the compound." Natasha tells Tony. As if it was the easiest question to answer, because to her it was. Her sister above all, even above Aspen, but family is family, just like Aspen would chose Steve and Bucky or Steve would chose Aspen and Bucky. And Bucky would chose Aspen and Steve. It was all the same.

Sam looks at Tony with a serious face. "That's dumb." Sam tells Tony. Bucky looks at Aspen, wanting to ignore everyone else. He missed her. He wanted to be alone with her, hold her right. Because he had thought he was going to lose her so all he wanted to do was hold her close to him and never let her go.

He put his hands on her cheeks and ran his thumbs in circles on her soft tear stained skin. He looked deeply into her emerald green eyes and pleaded to her silently to just agree with what he was about to say. "Doll, I'm going to take you home now." Bucky tells her.

Aspen's face saddens and she looks back at Bucky. "I want to stay with Yelena." She tells him. She knew he wanted to hold her close and she wanted that and she wanted to tell him everything was going to be okay, but she wanted to make sure Yelena was okay too.

"She's not a bad person." Aspen tells Bucky again. She needed him to believe her. Because Yelena wasn't a bad person. She deserved the benefit of the doubt, despite her actions.

Yelena looks at Aspen and smiles. She knew Aspen was trying to look out for her and she appreciated it. "Go with your Bucky." Yelena tells Aspen. "I got this." She says. Aspen looks back at Bucky and she smiles at him, taking his metal hand in hers and stroking the metal with her thumb. "Let's go my Bucky." She smiles at him.

"I'm coming with you." Steve tells Aspen. Aspen looks back at Steve. She wanted to be alone with Bucky. And, despite the circumstance, she couldn't deny how delicious Bucky was looking, which made her want alone time. "Oh I don't think you want to." Aspen laughs, telling Steve.

Bucky understands immediately what she's insinuating and his eyes widen, and...his jeans, tighten. "Why not?" Steve asks. Not getting the hint. "I'm worried about you Aspen." He tells her.

Yelena catches on and she starts laughing hysterically, earning a look from Steve. "She is going to spend special time with her Bucky." Yelena clarifies for Steve, and for anyone else who did not understand.

"Really?" Bucky asked Aspen, making sure he understood the entire situation correctly. "What can I say, I missed my Bucky." Aspen tells him. "You see what I did?" Yelena asks. "I practically got them laid." She smiles cheekily. Tony rolls his eyes and looks at everyone, "Okay, okay, everyone back to the compound." He tells them.