[ Might be missing those extra five years, but he doesn't really need the memories to feel at ease like this. He's still got the past two years-- you don't share some time on the run without giving up ground on personal boundaries-- and all they've been through that came before.
There's the absolute impossibility of knowing everything there is to know about Natasha Romanoff. Way back in D.C. he decided that he didn't need to know who she'd been to trust who she is now.
A teammate. A confidant.
A friend.
(someone to stand next to at the end of the world)
She can have all the personal space of his that she wants. That's easy to give.
All we can do is go forward.
He drifts for a second, pulled back out of himself by Bucky continuing the line of conversation. His mouth forms a line. Half the population gone. Governments in disarray. And then everyone suddenly reappearing at once five years later. Yeah, he can see that. The last three weeks have been chaotic and dangerous enough. You say you wanna knock out half the lives in the universe because there's not enough resources to go around-- yeah, well, guess what happens when half the workers in a medical supply chain just up and vanish all at once. ]
How're you both handling it?
[ Directly, and otherwise. He's gotten the vague gist from Bucky, so. ]
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There's the absolute impossibility of knowing everything there is to know about Natasha Romanoff. Way back in D.C. he decided that he didn't need to know who she'd been to trust who she is now.
A teammate. A confidant.
A friend.
(someone to stand next to at the end of the world)
She can have all the personal space of his that she wants. That's easy to give.
All we can do is go forward.
He drifts for a second, pulled back out of himself by Bucky continuing the line of conversation. His mouth forms a line. Half the population gone. Governments in disarray. And then everyone suddenly reappearing at once five years later. Yeah, he can see that. The last three weeks have been chaotic and dangerous enough. You say you wanna knock out half the lives in the universe because there's not enough resources to go around-- yeah, well, guess what happens when half the workers in a medical supply chain just up and vanish all at once. ]
How're you both handling it?
[ Directly, and otherwise. He's gotten the vague gist from Bucky, so. ]