[The voice is so achingly familiar that for a moment Natasha goes absolutely still, breath frozen in her lungs as she stared at the familiar face she hasn't seen in almost a year. She doesn't know what to think, Avengers have been tumbling in left and right over the past few days so there were certain faces she was expecting to see pop up but his...
Wonderland, that was just cruel.
She fumbles quickly for her phone, her typical grace forgotten in her haste to reply, as if her taking too long might see him vanishing before she can make contact with him, even if logically she knows that's unlikely. She's breathless when she pulls up a feed, her chest tight, her calm composure strained in ways she'd usually never allow. It's convincing enough to someone who doesn't know her well, but for those who do...]
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Wonderland, that was just cruel.
She fumbles quickly for her phone, her typical grace forgotten in her haste to reply, as if her taking too long might see him vanishing before she can make contact with him, even if logically she knows that's unlikely. She's breathless when she pulls up a feed, her chest tight, her calm composure strained in ways she'd usually never allow. It's convincing enough to someone who doesn't know her well, but for those who do...]
Sir. Where are you?