（ she goes still — old instincts — but they melt into an embrace after a heartbeat. she may live in eternal anticipation of a knife at her back, but even if yelena chose to kill her for her many, many sins — would she fight her, now? hard to say.
instead, she just tucks herself in against yelena, cheek to cheek. it still amazes her, that her baby sister is now her height. ）
Hey, how many people get to die saving the universe, huh? I'd say I came out ahead of the game.
（ it's soft. playful. she feels curiously blank about it, numb on the matter of her own death. it's not peace, exactly, but it's as close as someone like her can ever get.
because it worked. yelena and all the rest — they get to live. that's what's important, that's what matters. dying is inevitable, and she's already spent a decade feeling like she was past her expiration date. all those second chances, all those near misses, all the things she walked away from. this way — it got to matter. ）
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instead, she just tucks herself in against yelena, cheek to cheek. it still amazes her, that her baby sister is now her height. ）
Hey, how many people get to die saving the universe, huh? I'd say I came out ahead of the game.
（ it's soft. playful. she feels curiously blank about it, numb on the matter of her own death. it's not peace, exactly, but it's as close as someone like her can ever get.
because it worked. yelena and all the rest — they get to live. that's what's important, that's what matters. dying is inevitable, and she's already spent a decade feeling like she was past her expiration date. all those second chances, all those near misses, all the things she walked away from. this way — it got to matter. ）