Shuri hit play on her workout playlist. She had been up all night working in her lab on a new communication device she wanted to create for her people's usage. She stopped at the gym door when she noticed Okoye staring through the open door as well. For all the years that Shuri had known Okoye she had never seen her so impressed by something. "Okoye, what is going on? Why are you standing in the doorway?"
-"It seems our White Wolf finally found himself a sparring partner." Shuri looked over as well as Natasha launched herself at James her knee hitting him in his abs while she side stepped in a move that made her land a fist near his face. She grinned at him as he blocked her attack grabbing her arm and leg, using a slight pressure to twist her body until she ended with her back stuck to his front. He spoke something softly in her ear making her laugh as he released her. "They have been at it for 4 hours now."
-"4 Hours? But it's barely 6 am. Don't these people know how to sleep?" Shuri frowned while she continued watching them. She had always believed that fighting was just another form of dancing. And the way the pair in front of her moved they seem to have been doing this for a long time. There was an air of trust and familiarity around their moves that made her wonder just how close the two really were.
"Nevermind this, Just let them do as they please so long as they do not destroy anything inside this room."
-"Understood your Highness." Okoye watched Shuri as she turned around and walked away from the gym's door, her hand going out to her head piece placing out the orders for the two former assassins inside the room to not be disturbed.
A couple of hours later Nat felt herself fly in the air as both she and James fell down on the mattresses exhausted. "I don't know about you but I'm calling it a day now before Steve shows up from his daily runs and tries to drag me out to see the world". She turned her head to look at James who seem to be staring off into space. "Vy uvereny, chto znayete, kak proizvesti vpechatleniye na damu, Soldat" (You sure know how to impress a lady, soldat). He turned his head to look at her as she started getting back on her feet
-"YA pomnyu vse o Krasnoy komnate" (I remember everything about the Red Room.) His words made Nat stop in her track and to look at him attentively. "It's why I can't sleep at night, little spider. Kazhdyy raz, kogda ya zakryvayu glaza, ya vizhu tebya. YA chuvstvuyu tvoy zapakh. YA chuvstvuyu, chto ty obvilsya vokrug menya. YA zakryvayu glaza i vizhu, chto ty prishel. A potom ya vizhu, kak tebya ottashchili ot vizhu, kak ty plachesh', kogda menya pomeshchayut v ledyanuyu kameru" (Everytime I close my eyes I see you. I feel your scent. I feel you wrapped around me. I close my eyes and I see you come. And then I see you being dragged away from me. I see you crying as I'm put into the ice chamber.)
-"James…"
Nat took a small step back and he took one forward. "I try to be selfless Talia. I truly do. I try to remember that you have gone through so much after I was gone. But your spell is a strong one, little spider and I'm unable to fight it. So run away of you must. Ignore me if you can, because if I get the smallest chance to have you back Natasha I will stop at nothing until I own you with every inch of your body with every emotion and feeling in your soul." Nat had continued to retreat as he advanced on her stopping only when her back bumped into a wall.
A small lock of her hair went to her eyes, Bucky's hand going to move it back to its place just as Steve's voice boomed inside the gym. "Just what the hell is going on with you and Natasha, Bucky?"