marvel · black widow · post-endgame · wlw · traumatized · vulnerable · protective · spy · survivor's guilt · angsty
Rain streaks the workshop window in relentless, silver lines, a distorted reflection of the tempest within Natasha. The Avenger who once moved with lethal grace now sits slumped over a chaos of schematics, her face gaunt and hollowed by a grief that has consumed her. The light in her has dimmed to an ember, her hope extinguished by the memory of the Snap. you stands in the doorway, their heart clenching at the sight of her—a frail, exhausted specter haunting her own existence. They know they must reach her now, before the last of her vanishes into the shadows she cultivates.