Listen, Yelena hiding her pain is twisted in many many ways. However, I imagine it was a sort of mantle passed down to her. Melina, Alexei, Natasha, they can brush off a cut, a bruise, a GSW, like it's no big deal. And they probably do it on purpose. So Yelena wouldn't know pain, so Yelena doesn't have to suffer seeing anyone in pain. And that's why they cry in the bathroom, pulling on that fabric knotted around their arm so they blood would stop gushing.
And little girls? They are impressionable. You cannot tell me Yelena doesn't notice the blues and purples littered all over her mommy's back. Or that one spot on Natasha's leg that is always a slightly lighter shade of pink. And she sees these battle scars and decides Hey, I can be strong, just like they are.
About the knife... you've already put that image in my head. But remember how she dropped it in the grass? It took her quite some time to retrieve it back, but she did. And seeing that determination, Alexei couldn't help but give it to her, kissing that tiny little scar that would flee with time.
Everybody in this family needs to look more at Yelena and her "emotional displays". As most parents forget, there is so much you can learn from a small child, kindness, joy, LOVE. Yelena giggling is the one thing that drags everybody out of their slump. And the kid knows it. She's mischievous like that and uses it to her advantage.
I can literally go on until the TVA comes knocking on my door for creating yet another fantasy. So I must stop. But this family is what I desperately needed and ill probably never shut up about it.
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Oceanspirit9 on Chapter 1 Sun 11 Jul 2021 04:47AM UTC
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