Nat stared off into space. She was so numb and tired after the final battle with Thanos that she didn't even realize she was crying. The time heist had been a complete success. Clint, Yelena and her had gone to Vormir to recover the soul stone.

Yelena had shown up on her doorstep after the Snap and had been really integrated herself as an avenger. When Clint and Nat had volunteered to get the Soul stone from Vormir Yelena had insisted that she go with them as well.

-"You don't have to do this you know." Nat had tried talking her out of the bloody mission but Yelena had been a stubborn woman, something Nat had unfortunately discovered only after they both had destroyed Hydra's Red Room program.

-"You may be the best of the Black Widows, but I'm just as dedicated into doing this as you are. I'm not going to walk away from this so just knock it off… sis". Yelena rarely ever used the word "sis" when talking to Nat anymore. She usually used it when she was either determined about something or when she was mad at Nat.

-"OK, fine, just as long that you don't kill Clint while were doing this." Nat had eventually given up trying to convince her out of going with her and Clint. A decision she was now so desperately regretting because when they had arrived on Vormir and the Soul Stone guardian had explained what needed to be done in order to get the stone Yelena had gotten the upper hand. She had knocked Clint out cold and raced Nat towards the end of the cliff. Nat had tried to stop her grabbing her hand and holding it as tight as she could.

-"It's ok. You can let go now. It's ok" Yelena looked at Nat's hand as Clint showed up on the end of the cliff trying to help Nat prevent her from getting killed. "Nat it's okay. I'm doing this for you. But I'm also doing it for James." Nat froze when she heard Yelena's words still she held onto her hand. "Back when we were in the Red Room I had been so brainwashed I've made a mistake I later came to regret. I was the one that told our handlers about James. And I've come to regret this so deeply over the years Natalia".

Each of Yelena's words sent out a knife to Nat's heart. "Whatever else you might believe about me, know this as my final truth. James wasn't the only one to be in love with you." Yelena then used her body weight to escape Nat's grasp and to continue her fall from the cliff. Clint had had to hold Nat as hard as possible to prevent her from jumping as well when a sudden explosion of light happened and knocked them out. When they came to Nat was holding out the Soul Stone in her hand.

After they returned to Earth and Bruce had snapped everybody back into existence Natasha had had a brief moment when she thought about grieving her sister. Thanos' unexpected attack had put a hold on her grief as she and everybody else were forced to once more battle his forces into protecting the stones. Eventually Thanos had been defeated and they had almost lost Tony in the process too as he had done his own version of the Snap.

As Thanos' forces disintegrated around her on what had previously been the Avengers headquarters Nat had succumbed to her grief and pain. Bucky and everybody else watched her as she made her way away from the battlefield. "Why is she not happy? She should be out here celebrating with us". Sam's words made him turn his head to Steve to give them an answer.

-"In order to get the stone someone had to die. That person's name was Yelena Belova".

-"Yelena Belova? Who is she?"

-"The closest thing Natalia had to a sister." When Bucky heard Yelena's name he started making his way to Nat. In between being dead and getting back to living he had remembered all of their shared past, so he knew better than anyone just how much pain she was currently going through. His voice while spoken quietly still made a few heads around him turn to either his or Nat's way. He briefly noted that Steve and the Hulk's eyes seemed to hold a certain degree of betrayal and hurt inside them, however as he made his way to Nat, Bucky ignored them.

Nat rubbed her hand slowly over her face to wipe out her tears. Objectively she knew that there wasn't anything she could do to bring her sister back and that the next step would be to give her a proper funeral, however just the idea of doing so hurt her very badly. And suddenly James' arms were wrapped around her in a silent hug. "She did this because she was in love with me. She sacrificed herself for me." Nat's voice broke as her eyes filled with tears again. Bucky held her against his chest, her head resting against his metal arm as she continued crying.

Across the field Steve and Sam were watching them with a baffled look on their faces. He spotted Shuri giving them a small smile before grabbing her brother's arm and dragging him away. T'Challa looked just as surprised by the sudden turn of events as many of the Avengers scattered across the field. Clint's eyes were the only ones that told a different thing. Bucky recognized it easily. Clint's eyes held the same love and concern over Natasha's wellbeing as Steve's held for Bucky. Bucky slowly gave Clint a small nod head as his arm snuck under Nat's legs to pick her up and carry her away from the battlefield.

-"Mr. Stark when did that happen?" Peter turned his head to Tony from across the field, curiosity written all over his face.

-"Kid, you've just returned from the dead. How 'bout you don't try to get killed again by asking indiscrete questions minutes from being back?" Tony's voiced sounded both concerned and reassured by Bucky's actions. "Not my story to share or my place to question it. I just hope for both their sake this time around things work out for them". Pepper's hand in his Tony made his way across the battlefield towards Steve, followed closely by Peter.

-"You know about this?" Steve asked Tony directly his voice tired.

-"I know they have a past together. I know she went to great lengths to find a way of protecting him years ago. I also know this is none of our business, right Barton?" Clint gave them a nod of his head before making his way following Bucky and Nat, his hand going over to his phone to call his family and check up on them.

-"You kept this". Bucky stopped near the former garage in the Avengers lot. He had stopped carrying Nat when he noticed his old bike parked there. A long time ago before Hydra found out about their affair they would go on long rides on his bike whenever they could sneak out of the Red Room.

-"For a long time it was all I had left of you". Nat removed the keys from her pocket and gave them over to him. "Wanna go for a ride?"

-"I'd go to the end of Earth and back with you and you know this. Climb on little spider". Bucky gave her a small kiss on the forehead before they both climbed the bike and he ignited it driving away into the sunset…