[ Careful, Coulson. Thems dangerous words. Then again, Fury keeping secrets like this... He'd even hidden his own death from her when he thought it would be more convincing. She still hadn't entirely forgiven him for that. ]
Fury I expect this from. [ Now. ] You...
[ There's a long moment of silence from her as she lifts a hand to pinch the bridge of her nose between two fingers, as if visibly trying to calm herself. Reign in her reaction to this information.
When she speaks again, there's a tell-tale note of emotions raw in her voice, a momentary slip in her control that he'd be able to pick up on. Natasha only lets emotion show if she's playing you - or if there's too many for her to sort through at once. There's hurt there, and a grief so deep that not even she can fully disguise it. ]
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[ Careful, Coulson. Thems dangerous words. Then again, Fury keeping secrets like this... He'd even hidden his own death from her when he thought it would be more convincing. She still hadn't entirely forgiven him for that. ]
Fury I expect this from. [ Now. ] You...
[ There's a long moment of silence from her as she lifts a hand to pinch the bridge of her nose between two fingers, as if visibly trying to calm herself. Reign in her reaction to this information.
When she speaks again, there's a tell-tale note of emotions raw in her voice, a momentary slip in her control that he'd be able to pick up on. Natasha only lets emotion show if she's playing you - or if there's too many for her to sort through at once. There's hurt there, and a grief so deep that not even she can fully disguise it. ]
Were you ever going to tell us?