prologue

"This will sound crazy, but in another timeline, in another life-you were the love of my life. You died, sacrificing yourself for Thanos. And when I went back to put the infinity stones in their original timeline, you were right there, in the Red Room. I couldn't stop myself. I had to save you, and I had to stay behind."

At the end of the day, in just about every universe - James Buchanan Barnes and Yelena Belova always wound up together. No matter the consequences.

Bucklena, Romanogers, ScarletStrange. Updates every Sunday.