#soldaer

          ❛  don’t  do  that  ——  ❜    it’s the last refrain of an oft-heard song,  and natasha is not willing or worthy of its particular melody.  not today.    ❛  ——  don’t,  okay  ?   don’t  stand  there  trying  to  appeal  to  my  better  judgment,  or  searching  for  some  way  to  adjust  my  moral  compass.  ❜      this is her atonement,  and she doesn’t need  captain  america  to point out that she’s doing it  wrong  or try to turn her to some better path.  she’d chosen to follow this thread,  no matter how it unravels beneath her touch,  and she  will  see it through.   

           ❛   this  right  here  ?   ❜       a hand waves over the scene at her feet,  a magician teasing her most mysterious  trick.  no rabbit will be revealed from within this hat,  tonight,  only one whimpering man who hopes to hold onto his life with a vice-grip stronger than the control he’d had over his bladder.      ❛  this  doesn’t  concern  you.   ❜     no.  it doesn’t concern any of them  —  not the avengers,  not  shield,  not  her  friends.  this one is  personal,  and the last thing any of them need is to have their names splashed across the front page the way hers had been.   avenger or assassin!?   she’d been both,  and now she’s trying to be  neither.  but the past has a pesky way of poking her on the shoulder when she least expects it,  and there’s only one way to deal with it.    

           ❛    you’re  wrong,  steve.   i  don’t   mean  well  ——  not  today.    so  i  need  you  to  walk  away  from  this.   you  aren’t  going  to  stop  me,   and  you  don’t  need  to  be  complicit  in  it. ❜

          he  is  a  lone  figure,  dancing  across  rooftops  that  yield  a  safer  path   —   suit  no  longer  worn,  interface  long  ago  drained  of  power,  impossible  to  charge.   it  lay  crumpled  at  the  bottom  of  backpack,  a  red  &  blue  reminder  of  time  past,  when  HEROES  meant  hope,  meant  an  ability  to  fight  for  change  instead  of  mere  survival.

          controlled  inhale  as  muscles  tense,  body  springing  with  gymnast’s  grace  to  grasp  at  ledge  above   –   UNNATURAL  FLUIDITY  betrays  man  as  other  despite  civilian  clothing,  ease  at  traversing  d.c  skyline  only  hindered  by  web  fluid’s  conservation,  dire  circumstances  an  exception  to  use.

          low  grunt  as  weight  is  pulled  upwards,  sudden  GRUMBLE  from  stomach  cause  for  pause   —   huff  of  laughter  escapes  on  exhale,  frame  coming  to  rest  upon  balcony’s  balustrade.   ❛   guess  now’s  as  good  a  time  as  any  for  a  quick  pit  stop             ❜   feet  swing  languidly  as  fingers  prise  open  backpack  revealing  contents,  coming  to  rest  upon  bag  of  potato  chips,  only  three  months  expired   —   soft  sigh,  wistful  reminiscence,   ❛              i  miss  pizza.   ❜ 

protector / protectee starters / @soldaer / accepting.

jo, in general, is just a very proactive person. she always wants to be diving headfirst into action and accomplishing things, so i don’t see that being different if she hadn’t grown up around hunters and the supernatural. she’s the type of girl who was always curious, always asking questions, always wanting to know more and do more, so i could see her getting involved with something like law enforcement? a sort of police detective rather than a police officer. she’s always loved solving mysteries and helping people, so i could see her really enjoying that aspect of the law and police work. 

another alternative i could see is her being the type that migrates about the country depending on the season to help guide certain outdoorsy activities. like the people that spend their winters teaching people how to ski/snowboard and springs/summers whitewater rafting etc. adventure!!!

          NOD  OF  ASSENT   /   ACCURACY  GUAGED.   ❛   yeah,  kinda               ❜   web  shooter  fires,  allowing  controlled  descent  from  perch  with  languid  swing   —   once  grounded,  steps  are  taken  towards  captain,  expressive  hand  gestures  punctuating  explanation, 

          ❛   wrist  movement  is  one  of  the  most  important  things,  sure   —   but  take  into  account  the  PHYSICS.   it’s  habitual  for  me  now  after  8  years,  but  in  the  beginning          let’s  just  say  i  was  close  to  being  a  squashed  bug  on  the  sidewalk  more  times  than  i’d  care  to  admit.   ❜