It's been a tough, tough week. Her first international assignment in Belgium, couldn't have been counted as a bigger disaster if she tried. An international summit, ambassadors from all around the world gathered together in one place to discuss the future. She had her assignment, Henri Arnard, and played well enough as the young interpreter.
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There it is. She's cut her teeth on death but still failed the mission. Failed him. And she shivers when she thinks about how much she hates failing. Hates not doing right by him.
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Black Widow's failure will reflect poorly on him as well as her. He'll be accused of poor judgement or, worse, letting her beauty cloud his thinking. Her beauty has clouded his thinking, but she's also quick, smart. He'd truly thought her ready. What could have happened to make her botch this?
When the extraction team arrives, Black Widow in tow, the soldier is ready for them. "Walk with me," he orders Black Widow. "I want you to describe to me what happened in detail."
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He's the one that taught her to stay alive, and worry about what happens to herself, because very few other people will.
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Natasha shifts to move in front of him, glad to be safe again. She's still blood spattered, and keyed up from the kill. "Does it always feel like that?"
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What was she supposed to do in his suite anyway? They'd never explained much about that, and she'd still never been with a man. Most were afraid that she would kill them the moment it was over anyway. She'd thought about it. But wouldn't it have also gone just as badly had she had no experience? Or would the dear ambassador preferred it?
"I was his interpreter for two days," she murmurs aloud, before a slow smile covers her face. "I need to send a telegram. All the files he would need...they would be at his office at the embassy. All we need to do is have them couriered over." And if they do this soon enough, they can have the information before anyone realizes he's dead.
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It would appear that for all her condemnations of the other Red Room girls, she's just like them in this respect. Young and inexperienced, she hungers for a man's touch. Well. Perhaps he'll give her a reward if she completes this mission.
He knows it's dangerous to even be thinking such things, but there's just something about her. Humanity beneath the surface, and he seems to have scratched that surface. It makes him wonder if his own surface can be scratched. But humanity would be a liability, and he can't afford that.
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She has the paperwork within the hour, and is quite pleased with herself when she makes her reappearance. She has the files in a leather satchel, and a gleam in her eyes. "Everything went according to plan," she says, smirking slightly. Confidence is back. Even if she is still nervous. "Have I done well?" Reward would be much appreciated.
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The soldier thinks of Natalia outside of work sometimes, too, but it's with the kind of worry that puts a crease in his brow. Worry for what would happen if they acted on their attraction toward one another- because it's very clear at this point that the attraction is mutual. But now that she's made the first fumbling gesture, he's not sure they can go back, and he's not so sure he wants to.
"You have," he answers, and it's clear from his tone that he means it. "You've done very well." He smirks at her. "I'm going to go take a shower." It's not quite an invitation, though he would not be upset if she chose to ( ... )
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