"If you ever fall in love, do so without reservation, or rather, if you should fall in love simply give no thought to any reservation." - Vincent van Gogh Part one of two of "Love Without Hesitation". When Y/N L/N's eldest sibling and only sister is proposed to by a work employee to her father, the rest of the Y/L/N family is finally introduced to the family of Y/F/N's business partner, Alexei Shostakov. In preparation for the wedding, Alexei's family happen to be more frequent in interactions with the Y/L/N family--And it's during these interactions that Y/N takes notice of peculiarities in Yelena's behavior, towards Y/N specifically. During unnerving interactions and unclear advances, Y/N notices Yelena's boldness in behavior to be not only abnormal in behavior for people their age, but untranslatable in motive. As Y/N decides on taking Yelena's ambiguity into account as something to figure out, her brother also decides to take his speculations into further investigation--Both Y/L/N siblings becoming more serious about 'figuring out' the family. (Quotes and literary work titles mentioned in the fanfiction are not my own, quotes are credited to those works and their authors. Fictional characters are also not my own, credit goes to the MCU and the creators of the characters.)

"Moreover, when you do fall in love, you will not 'feel certain' of success beforehand. You will be 'une âme en peine' and yet you will smile'". - Vincent van Gogh Part two of two for "Love Without Hesitation". Warnings are in the Author's Note. After becoming engaged while away in Paris for two years, Y/N L/N must prepare for all that the wedding will consist of. One of these major concerns being the purposely mischievous presence of Yelena Belova. As Y/N is put in numerous situations which worry her as Yelena and those around her are becoming suspiciously close, Y/N finds that there much more which calls for her weariness. From secrets, hidden truths, rekindling of old relationships, to reputation-ruining gossip...Y/N is finding that being back home for her wedding, will prove to be a lot more trying than she anticipated. (Quotes and literary work titles mentioned in the fanfiction are not my own, quotes are credited to those works and their authors. Fictional characters are also not my own, credit goes to the MCU and the creators of the characters.)