-EJWrites-
''The less time I spend moping around, the quicker I get settled back in.''
Special Agent Eriksson is one of S.H.I.E.L.D's most valued agents. Or was, before she disappeared without a trace in 2008, aged 19. Having been presumed dead, S.H.I.E.L.D had no choice but to strike her off their records, filing Agent Eriksson as killed in the field. However, a string of crimes led Director Fury to believe otherwise.
''I'm different now. I've seen things no person should have to see - seeing those things, it changes you.''
Eriksson wasn't the same person as she was when she left. Experimented on and used as a faceless weapon for the Red Room, she had changed. One person knew how this felt more than anybody - Agent Natasha Romanoff.
However, the two can't seem to figure each other out. Constantly coming to blows with each other, nobody can figure out why the two won't get along. Eriksson swears she wants to remove anything from her life that reminded her of the past - including Natasha.
But how could Aurora ignore Natasha, when the red-head assassin's emerald eyes held so much meaning?
''I promise I'll live... for you.''
As Aurora tries to readjust to life as a S.H.I.E.L.D agent, she battles her worsening mental health, and finds herself relying on people she never expected to - from the hidden fights behind closed doors at night to Team Takeaway Nights. One person who she learns to rely upon? The one person she hates - the one with the brightest emerald eyes.
I do not claim to own the Avengers or any other characters affiliated with Marvel Studios. This fic is an AU where the ages of some characters, and canon events, have been changed to suit.