"It's going to be one hell of a reunion."
"You think?"
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"The Avengers weren't my first family."
"And you weren't mine."
With the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, the...
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Sascha stayed awake for most of the rest of the night. Eventually, she gave up trying to sleep - which seemed impossible even with Yelena wrapped comfortingly around her - and found her way back to the couch with the vodka.
It wasn't only her stupid mind that was keeping her awake tonight, though. It was also what Yelena had said.
"Our old family."
Yelena's words replayed over and over again in her head. Sascha clenched her jaw.
She couldn't blame Yelena, couldn't be mad at her, but her words were a painful reminder. Of course she couldn't blame her - she had lost her own blood family at a young age, all of them, so Alexei, Melina, Natalia, and Sascha had been her only family figures. When they had welcomed her with open arms, she had gladly accepted and they became her family. Sascha could understand this - after all, she had none of her own blood family left either.
But it wasn't real, not blood wise. The rest of the family seemed to have accepted this, but for Yelena, it was all she knew, and Sascha hated to see the way they so carelessly addressed the matter. She had always been bitter about it.
She had a certain bitterness about it that wouldn't go away. And it certainly hadn't helped when Natalia had abandoned them. No, that had only made the bitterness worse.
Honestly, she just wanted it to be her and Yelena now. Perhaps this was selfish too, but having lost so much time - having lost so much in general - to the Red Room, she thought some selfishness here was warranted. They had to make up for all that lost time and make the most of the time they had now.
Sure, Sascha herself had called Natalia their sister, сестра, but she had said so in a sneering, mocking tone. She had never really believed it, never really seen Natalia in that way. And she believed it even less when Natalia had left.
No, Natalia Romanova was an ally at most, at best - but, then again, even that was questionable with her.
"Our old family." She took another swig of vodka as Yelena's words from the night before continued to repeat themselves in her head, replayed over and over, haunting her. Yelena knew how she felt about it, and she, in turn, knew how Yelena felt.
"You're unbelievable." Yelena was up, standing in the doorway, arms crossed and looking very unimpressed. Sascha didn't even bother putting the bottle down - it was clear she had been drinking again.
Yelena heaved a heavy sigh. "What time did you get up?"
"Шесть. I couldn't sleep so I thought I'd just get up."
"And drink?" Sascha said nothing. Yelena sighed again. "More visions?"
"Always more."
"Anything more about our family?"
Sascha's fists clenched. There it was again. Our family... "нет."
Yelena said nothing more and went into the kitchen to get something to eat. She didn't ask if Sascha wanted anything. Great - first thing in the morning and they were both already upset.
Finally, Sascha set the vodka bottle down and instead picked up the TV remote. She flipped the channels to the news where she found some Hungarian coverage on the incident in Lagos. The Avengers in Lagos Nigeria, the fated mission that set the stage for the Sokovia Accords. It was still a big issue, even weeks later, being covered internationally. What to do with these so-called superheroes? What to do, what to do?
Photographs of each of the Avengers members who had been present in Lagos that day flashed up on the screen. Sascha nearly dropped the remote.
"Yel, come see this!"
"что?"
Sascha nodded to the TV screen. Yelena came and joined her on the couch.
"Natalia was there."
"да."
"But see, her, the blonde - she looks just like-"
"You."
"да, but exactly like the woman in the file I found in Sokovia, Agent Granger. But this is Agent Liv Sword, with S.H.I.E.L.D. But they look identical. But Agent Granger's file was from post-Second World War - that's impossible..."
Yelena nodded silently - neither had an answer to this.
"Speaking of the Avengers - it seems to be taking Natalia a long time to find us," Sascha remarked.
"да. Hopefully she didn't run into too much trouble along the way," Yelena called back from the other room.
"Natalia always had a way of attracting trouble. But, then again, we all do."
Translations
сестра - Sister
Шесть - Six
нет - No
(Thank you so much for the 1000+ reads! :D That's amazing!
So unfortunately, the 'Black Widow' movie has been delayed - I'm so sad! But with all the craziness happening in the world right now, it's not so surprising. That being said, this does complicate things for this story - I'm not sure I'll be able to update this story right away :( I can try to piece together some story from my ideas and what I've seen in the trailers, but for now I think I'd better put it on hold - my apologies.
Thank you so much for reading and I hope you enjoyed! :) And I hope to see you all when this story continues!)
