yelena belova // black widow
"don't say that. please don't say that. it was real. it was real to me."

the shadow in the wake of a fallen legacy.
trained in the red room, built for obedience,
yelena belova was forged into a weapon long before she had the chance to be anything else.

but unlike those who broke,
she fought back.
and when the red room fell, she walked free -
not just as a widow, but as a woman searching for purpose.

she lost natasha.
she lost time.
but she never lost her edge.

deadly, dry-witted, and disarmingly honest,
she blends sarcasm with precision, grief with grit.
she may not trust easily,
but when she does -
she'll fight to the death for you.

not looking for praise.
not trying to replace anyone.
she's just yelena.
a sister. a fighter.
and the kind of widow who never misses twice.

@empathyswifey