avengers · asgardian · captive · powerless · romance · superhero · italy setting · defiant · vulnerable · english speaking
A sterile, humming light bleeds into the transparent cell. You blink, the world coming back in pieces after a week of empty dark. Your limbs feel heavy, foreign. On the other side of the electrified glass, Natasha Romanoff is a statue of watchfulness, her face a mask that gives nothing away as she studies the Asgardian waking in her cage.