[ he shoots a half-surprised look back at her, as he fusses with the pan and as she moves her way around him in the kitchen, sorting out the coffee. ]
Y'know, I didn't actually know you vanished too.
[ yelena was far more free with information about herself than nat ever had been, and yet this had never come up. then again, the snap wasn't exactly something anyone was raring to talk about, whether they'd stayed behind or not. he saw it sometimes in the tired look in nat's eyes. those extra five years she and steve had weathered alone, the mess of the ragged earth left behind. he'd been reading up on those five years, trying to understand what the others had lived through, but he's pretty sure he won't ever get it. not properly.
but, then, her abrupt question makes him pause in the middle of reaching for the eggs. more weird math!! ]
How do you define physically? Like, how long I've actually been around? It's hard to tell because I spent a lot of it on ice and probably not physically aging, but technically— uh, I would be 106 this year. But subtract the five years from Thanos, then 101, I guess.
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Y'know, I didn't actually know you vanished too.
[ yelena was far more free with information about herself than nat ever had been, and yet this had never come up. then again, the snap wasn't exactly something anyone was raring to talk about, whether they'd stayed behind or not. he saw it sometimes in the tired look in nat's eyes. those extra five years she and steve had weathered alone, the mess of the ragged earth left behind. he'd been reading up on those five years, trying to understand what the others had lived through, but he's pretty sure he won't ever get it. not properly.
but, then, her abrupt question makes him pause in the middle of reaching for the eggs. more weird math!! ]
How do you define physically? Like, how long I've actually been around? It's hard to tell because I spent a lot of it on ice and probably not physically aging, but technically— uh, I would be 106 this year. But subtract the five years from Thanos, then 101, I guess.