𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐍𝐎 𝐎𝐍𝐄'𝐒 𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆-
UNDER MAJOR REVAMP AND REWRITE
Yelena x Bucky (AU)
Just before they left to go back in time for the infinity stones, Natasha gives Steve a letter addressed to Bucky. The letter had nothing to do with her, but...
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"𝙔𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙖 𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙥𝙤𝙣; 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙥."
❝ 𝙲𝙾𝙻𝙳 ❞
2024- Seven Months Ago
Yelena remembered what if felt like to be put on ice all too well. That feeling of going under and being kept under, frozen in time. Even now, every time she closed her eyes she went back to the black horizon, her tub was abandoned and forgotten. Yelena didn't go under like Bucky did. Over the years, they had come up with several ways to freeze and keep their favorite widows alive and Yelena's was by far the worst.
She'd be submerged in gallons of 0 degree water with a breathing tool that was also used as a muzzle. She'd be paralyzed as soon as she touched the water. She wasn't quite sure how it worked but she knew it was painful until she passed out. Her body would float like she was dead and there was plexiglass over the top like the lid of a coffin. They'd wake her by slowly heating the water up over the course of a day, as soon as she was conscious, they'd put her under subjugation and have her complete a string of missions before putting her back on ice.
Maybe that's why Yelena associated her depression with the feeling of being cold. It's how she felt now, without Natasha. It's how she'd always felt without Natasha. Cold and alone. The only other person she'd ever felt so happy around was Bucky. Back in 1949 at least. Though, in present time, she'd slowly began to thaw again, being around Bucky. It put life back into her.
