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Vienna, Austria, 2016


"Where is he?!" A very angry Kass burst into the room.

"Security!" called Agent Ross.  

"It's okay, she's with us," Nat told him.

"Ms. Konstantin has arrived, Boss," alerted F.R.I.D.A.Y.

"Yeah, I got that," replied Tony.

"Where's Stark?!" Kass was practically shoving her way past agents and through the halls and rooms to get to him. 

"She's very upset, Boss. She only calls you by your last name when she's angry."

"Yeah, FR.I.D.A.Y., I got that too."

"Give it back!" she cried, finally finding him.  She had him cornered. "That's my suit!"

"Technically, it's mine, and now it belongs to the government." 

"No, it's my suit, you just added some upgrades to it."

"No, it's an upgraded version of your suit that I  made."

"That's not fair!"

"Well welcome to the real world, Kass. Life isn't always fair."

"I never signed the stupid document!"

"Well you should have! You just don't like playing by the rules."

"Oh, says the man who just loves to  play by his own rules."

"Not anymore."

"All right, Mr. Perfect."

"Don't start-"

"No, you've started this! And you're being real immature - and all because I wouldn't marry you!" With that she stormed from the room, letting out of string of what sounded like curses in Russian.  

"You want to talk about it?" Nat asked.

"Not really, but thanks. You know how he can be."

"Oh, yes."

A blonde woman came over to them.  "Kass, this is Agent Sharon Carter," Nat introduced.  "Formerly Agent 13 with S.H.I.E.L.D."

"Hi." The two women shook hands in greeting.  "Kazimiera Konstantin. Former thief and mercenary." 

"So we've got another one on our hands, huh?" Sharon said to Nat when Kass left them, lowering her voice, nodding towards both Kass and Liv, who bared a striking resemblance to each other.

"Don't look at me, I have no idea," agreed Nat.  "None of us do."

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"Kass seemed pretty upset," Steve remarked, sitting in the glass-enclosed boardroom with Tony. 

"Yeah, well, we're - things are just complicated right now." Tony sighed.  "We're kind of-"

"Pregnant?" Steve tried.

"Uh, no. We're taking a break."

"Oh. I'm sorry, Tony."

Tony shrugged. "It is what it is."

"You want to talk about it?"

"Not really, no. In her defense, I'm a handful, as she's constantly reminding me."

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