Oh look! A wild random canon character that I really know nothing about appears! This time we've got the Stones baby. Enjoy!

Natasha is just as surprised as anyone else when the Winter Solider popped out of nowhere. She honestly thought he was dead. They hadn't seen in each other in a long time; the last mission in which they were paired off was two years before Clint. Rogers was happy to see his best friend again, and other than that she kinda glad she wasn't the being suspected of being a traitor, she wasn't to bothered by his reappearance. Agent-, Bucky, she reminds herself, was just another agent, another tool, another liaison. At the most, he was a threat to her superiority, and she always was wary of him as a threat. Now, however Bucky hangs around her like a bad smell. It's not like she dislikes him more than everyone else besides Clint, but she's stopped caring about the old country, and so should he. Fury thinks he needs a babysitter though, when Roger's is being well, Rogers, and she gets stuck with him as he recovers from his amnesia.

No matter how she wants me
I'm not going nowhere
I'm gonna stick right here, babe
You know how much I care
So don't worry 'bout me baby
Cause I'm right here at home

It seems that Fury has other plans up his sleeve, as she's told to participate in Bucky's skills assessment with him- like Fury's going to make them work together or something. Nat doesn't like it. She already has a partner. She complains to Clint as much, and he nearly chokes. She doesn't think Fury'll them up, does she? She laughs and asks him if he's trying to get rid pf her. He's stuck with her, she says. No one else can save his sorry ass like her.

Oh baby, oh baby, we got a good thing goin
You may talk all about me
And scandalize my name
But deep down inside me
I know I'm the only man
So don't worry 'bout me baby
Cause I'm right here at home

It would seem Clint's suspicions were founded, however, when Fury sends out Bucky on his first mission and sends Nat with him. Nat insists to Clint later that it was just supervision, but Clint's obstinate. She used to work with him, he says. They have practically the same training. They fit together better. She doesn't know what he's talking about. It was one mission. He says he wouldn't blame her if she wanted to be back with him; she interrupts. They were never officially partners then, and they won't be now. How could he think that?

Oh baby, oh baby, we got a good thing goin
So maybe I knew her
Once upon a time
But that's all in the past babe
Baby let me know you're mine, all mine, all mine
No matter how she wants me
I'm not going nowhere
I'm gonna stick right here, babe
I know how much you care
So don't worry 'bout me baby
'Cause I'm right here at home

It turns out Bucky's the source of Clint's odd behaviour. He recounted his story to Rogers AND Stark, so of course, everyone knew. He grossly exaggerates how they were Russia's premiere team; how nothing stood in their way, how they conquered together. How, he hopes, that they could work together again. He confronts her, says he's happy to see her, says he's glad she's adjusted so well; insinuates that they'd heal better together. She tells him that she's not the same person anymore, and they aren't hurt in the same way. How can she say that her biggest wound isn't the one the Red Room gave her? She tells Clint to stop being such a drama queen. Maybe they worked together once, but there's now way she'd ever want to be partners with anyone else- she says even back then Bucky annoyed the hell out of her. More than him, he asks, yes more than him, she answers. It's a bittersweet feeling, knowing how much he values their partnership. she wishes he'd value it more.

Oh baby, oh baby, we got a good thing goin
Got a good thing goin' babe
We got a good thing goin
That's what I said
We got a good thing goin
Got a good one for ourselves
Got a thing goin' for ourselves
We got a pretty good thing goin

They're the most successful team in SHEILD. He brought her back into the world, she gave him someone to care for again. They were two sides of a coin, stuck together. Their partnership was the best, there was no sane reason to end it. But how could she explain there was no way she COULD end it, with out ending the entire being of her new self?

Ahhh love triangles. I hope you liked it! oh! and if anyone can think of a better description, please send it.

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