𝖌𝖗𝖊𝖊𝖐 𝖙𝖗𝖆𝖌𝖊𝖉𝖞 [barnes//james]

𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔭𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔱𝔴𝔬

‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾

"ʜᴏᴡ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ɪ ᴘᴏꜱꜱɪʙʟʏ ʙᴇ ɪɴ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʏᴏᴜʀ ɴᴀʀᴄɪꜱꜱɪꜱᴛɪᴄ, ꜱᴇʟꜰ-ᴀʙꜱᴏʀʙᴇᴅ ᴀꜱꜱ?"

"ɪ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ'ᴅ ᴅᴇꜱᴄʀɪʙᴇᴅ ᴍʏ ᴀꜱꜱ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀꜱᴛ ᴛɪᴍᴇ—"

‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾

Andromeda found herself sitting on the oversized sofa in the new Avengers Headquarters with people staring at her and watching her like a hawk, with each passing second she grew rather annoyed than awkward or small. There was Natasha Romanoff, who looked like a combination of hot and beautiful, beside her was Steve Rogers himself, the person she named her cat after, and standing near them was Bucky Barnes, who was burning holes in her head as he glared at her. Tony Stark promised to join when they arrived and he was leaving, apparently, his wife called for an emergency and family came first in his dictionary now.

"Please get out of my head", Andromeda finally spoke after noticing Wanda Maximoff from the reflection of the glass in front of her.

"How did you know?" Steve narrowed his eyes at her collar to make sure it was still on.

"The glass, crétin, her reflection was clearly there", She rolled her eyes. Wanda was frowning when she finally made her full appearance now standing beside her. Andromeda fully knew the meaning of her look, "it's a violation of my privacy, don't you superheroes have some sort of rules on when you could use your powers?"

"You never used your powers against other people, before?" Natasha asked sarcastically.

"Not recently", Andromeda mumbled. "If you want to know about me, you could've asked, you know. It's not like I'm hiding anything".

"You were in hiding for years", Bucky pointed out.

"I was not in hiding. I literally lived in New York City, in an apartment with other people, I was just living my life until you people ambushed me out of nowhere".

"You erased yourself from people's memory as if you don't want them to remember you", Natasha added.

"By people you meant Fury? and SHIELD? and HYDRA? or any government superheroes and villains recruiting agency?" The redhead nodded, "do I even have to explain myself? You people will use me for my powers, against my will, like this, or become a rat lab".

"Even if it was to save people? To save the world?" This time it was Steve who asked.

She scoffed, "I was done with saving the world, Steve. Maybe this is a surprise for you, but not everyone wants to save everyone. It's an exhausting job with a heavy burden of people's expectations laid on your shoulder. Besides, I don't care if the world might end tomorrow, I've lived my life long enough to know the horror inside and would prefer it ends sooner than later".

"How old were you again?" Natasha had a small pleased smile on her face after hearing her answers before, she had a feeling she might like Andromeda after all. It was rare for someone to call out Steve Rogers the way she did.