*A/N: I still don't like the way Chuck ended, but I have to admit that it was a very well-done episode.*
He only remembers he is the Winter Soldier, and someone named James. He wants to kill whoever did this to him, whoever made him forget her.
But here he is, sitting atop a building, resisting all his murderous rages, because he promised this woman he would be here.
"I'm glad you're here." He turns around and sees the redhead walking up to him.
"I don't remember anything except something you told me."
"Yeah?" she asks, curious.
"You told me you would always find me," he admits.
I will always find you.
I will always find you.
He keeps repeating it to himself, hearing it, playing with it, touching it.
That is the only scene he remembers from his recent life beyond his friendship with Steve and his life as the Winter Soldier. Pushing her away and leaping down buildings, only for her to come after him. He did escape that one time, because S.H.I.E.L.D. had caught up to them both, but after that she would always find him. Steal the Tessaract, the Russians told him, and there she was again, preventing him from doing it. We need you in New York City, and she followed him there too. They asked him to kill the traitor, and he found out it was the same woman again. And that time he didn't kill her either. He remembers that she was someone important to him, that she was someone he pushed away to keep her safe.
And yet she's still here.
She sighed. "I don't want anything from you. I just need you to know that wherever you go, I will always be there to help you. Okay? I will always be here for you."
Perhaps. She was his anchor. He felt he had already made his decision, but he wanted to know more about their shared past.
"Natasha... start from the beginning."
And she does.
It started with a Black Widow and a Winter Soldier.
And then, against all odds, they fell in love.