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"Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)"

(originally by Cher)

The Avengers sat in the commons, all in matching PJ's and blankets as they talked and joked. It was, as Tony likes to call it, Bonding Day. They all got around, got comfortable, got liquor is they were old enough and talked. About every, and anything. Tonight, the topic was love.

"And that was my first love," Tony shrugged. "Stupid, I know, but I was a highschooler and God, Megahn was just…" He sighed. "First love." He took a swig of his whiskey. "Okay, who's next?"

"I went," Bruce smiled. "Betty."

"Peggy," Steve smiled sadly.

"Kate Bishop," Clint sighed happily. "That psyco nearly killed me. God am I glad I met Laura."

"Sif," Thor recounted. "I have more stories for sharing if anyone-"

"Hydra Guard Number 3312," Wanda laughed.

"MJ," Peter smiled. "Do you guys really think she likes me?"

"Yes, punk we told you a hundred times," James rolled his eyes. "Haven't been in love, still."

"Rachel," Sam whistled. "Guess it's your turn, Nat. Tell us who, tell us who."

"Yeah," Tony jumped in. "Like did he have a car?"

"Do I really have to?" Natasha winced.

"Come on Tasha, we all did," Clint prodded.

"Yeah, don't leave us hanging," Bruce agreed.

"We want all the nasty parts too," Tony smiled.

Natasha sighed deeply, opening a new bottle of vodka. "Fine, it all started in the Red Room, where I grew up." She pulled deeply from the bottle, staring off in the distance, she smiled. "I was… maybe fifteen and he was around twenty-five or twenty-six."

"What?" Bruce gaped.

"That's all kinds of gross and illegal," Clint pointed out.

Natasha shrugged. "He was one of my trainers. And oh was he," She sighed. "Something else. He wore black and I wore white. And for years whenever we trained He would always win the fight." Her expression grew dark. "Of course he was an asset, my handler. He wasn't allowed to… indulge, as they put it, and neither was I. When it was just him and I, he was damn near human but when we trained…" She took another swig of vodka. "I never blamed him. If he went easy on me I would probably be dead by now, you know?" She looked off in the distance again, her hand going to her shoulder. "Bang bang, he shot me down. Bang bang, I hit the ground. Bang bang, that awful sound. Bang bang, my baby shot me down."

She shook herself from her memories and back to her friends, avoiding Bucky, who sat brewing in the corner. "Of course, Seasons came and changed the time, and When I grew up I called him mine. But then… Then Alexi was picked for me. And I was married off. Away from my love. And Alexi, He would always laugh and say. Remember when we used to play. Bang bang, I shot you down. Bang bang, I hit the ground. Bang bang, that awful sound. I used to shoot you down. But Alexi wasn't my trainer, we would just spar. He didn't want me getting better, he wanted me dead." She gritted her teeth. "Music played and people sang. Not for me, no church bells rang. But I guess I shouldn't hate him as much as I do, because without Alexi," She turned them, a near evil smile on her lips. "I wouldn't be the widow I am today."

"Oh…" Peter whispered.

"But what about that man, what about the one you loved?" Wanda asked on the edge of her seat.

Natasha sighed, pulling nearly have the vodka from the handle. "Now he's gone I don't know why And to this day, sometimes I cry. He didn't even say goodbye. He didn't take the time to lie." She looked out the black window, tears in her eyes. "I not sure if he doesn't remember me… or doesn't want me. But it's one of them."

"Is he even alive?" Tony asked.

Natasha looked passed to James, sitting his hands wrapped together, eyes burning a hole into her soul. "Trust me, he wasn't one to be killed easily." She looked back at them. "That's my first, and only, love. Moy soldat," She shrugged. "Bang bang, I shot you down. Bang bang, he hit the ground. Bang bang, that awful sound. My baby shot me down." A tear spilled down her cheek. "What's the next question?"