[ his reaction to her knife is priceless and she takes a mental snapshot of the disbelief that's written all over his face, and then the sound of genuine laughter that follows once he's testing out her knife. very seldom that james barnes smiles, but yelena allows her gaze to linger on him a little longer than usual every time he does. ]
You look very cool with it.
[ she's holding her hands out like a child going door to door on halloween for candy and he places it carefully back into her palms. her turn to play with it, the tips of her fingers dancing along the ridges of the handle. ]
Sounds like to me somebody wants a piggyback ride from the Red Guardian himself. And a hug, too. Would you like his autograph as well?
[ alexei and melina were the best parents anyone could ask for. they set the standard for her (they played their roles to perfection after all), and even after she and natasha were taken into dreykov's "care", she still thought the world of them — at least for a while. she was never able to hate melina, because she thought she was dead and that was the thing, wasn't it? what was the point of holding a grudge against someone who wasn't even alive? but alexei — he never came back for them. and then later, natasha never came back for her.
those three years were everything to her and she remembers every single second of it. it kept her grounded, after oksana had freed her but it still hurt like fucking hell.
well, things are better now since she apparently trusts them enough to look after her dog, which she feels really bad about now, for not telling bucky that it is in fact, not a child. ]
I give amazing piggyback rides too, you know. Maybe not so much hugs because my arms are not as massive as Alexei's but I am awesome at carrying people on my back.
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You look very cool with it.
[ she's holding her hands out like a child going door to door on halloween for candy and he places it carefully back into her palms. her turn to play with it, the tips of her fingers dancing along the ridges of the handle. ]
Sounds like to me somebody wants a piggyback ride from the Red Guardian himself. And a hug, too. Would you like his autograph as well?
[ alexei and melina were the best parents anyone could ask for. they set the standard for her (they played their roles to perfection after all), and even after she and natasha were taken into dreykov's "care", she still thought the world of them — at least for a while. she was never able to hate melina, because she thought she was dead and that was the thing, wasn't it? what was the point of holding a grudge against someone who wasn't even alive? but alexei — he never came back for them. and then later, natasha never came back for her.
those three years were everything to her and she remembers every single second of it. it kept her grounded, after oksana had freed her but it still hurt like fucking hell.
well, things are better now since she apparently trusts them enough to look after her dog, which she feels really bad about now, for not telling bucky that it is in fact, not a child. ]
I give amazing piggyback rides too, you know. Maybe not so much hugs because my arms are not as massive as Alexei's but I am awesome at carrying people on my back.
[ she's really not ]