It was the look in those green eyes, the way they sometimes softened and smiled at her. It was the warmth of her hands when she held her close as if she didn't want to let go, as if she was something precious. It was the way she kissed her with such emotion, saying what her words wouldn't. It was the way she always felt loved in those moments and it was because of those moments that she let herself get lost time and time again in Natasha Romanoff. ~•~ Victoria Pierce was helplessly in love with Natasha but it was clear the redhead only wanted one thing. She was beginning to learn to accept that before she got swept up in a portal that took her who knows where. Natasha Romanoff was foolishly in love with Victoria but past trauma kept her from accepting that fact. She was fine with that before she discovered that she got swept up in a portal that took her who knows where. ~•~ Book I of the Unrequited Affairs Series.