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Peace and quiet, those were the feelings that Yelena allowed herself to feel every time she went for a walk with her dog Fanny, she did not have many of those feelings after her mission in Ohio with her family, the following years had only been darkness and impotence, she could not control her actions, fortunately she and her sister had ended those responsible for all their suffering and have been able to help a large part of the other victims, enough for them to continue the work of liberating the remaining widows.
Her return after the Blip had been hard, but the only thing that mattered was that her sister was there for her just like her parents, that was the only thing that mattered to her, that was the only real thing she had ever had in her life, of course Now Fanny enters the equation, Natasha had encouraged her to follow her wishes and together they went to adopt Fanny, apart from her sister, her dog is the best company she can have, her moments alone are of great help for her therapy or that. is what her psychologist had told her, for that reason Yelena had made sure to have many of those moments, every day before her training (mandatory by the government it should be added) the blonde went for a walk with Fanny to the park that is nearby of the complex, after training she played with her dog in the avengers gardens, at home Fanny occupied the third place on her sofa, sometimes in the middle of her and Natasha (the redhead still did not want to admit that Fanny helped her just like to his sister) and Other times the dog decided that her best seat was Yelena, there was no time when they weren't together except at night, the blonde still kept having nightmares about her days in the red room and she didn't want her pet to be scared by her guilt, her way of calming down at night was to keep handcuffing her wrist to the head of her bed, her sister does not approve of that, but she allows it since she also took a long time to quit that habit.
As usual Yelena had a bad night and her routine with Fanny was helping to clear her mind or so she believed until her dog started running very fast, pulling her in the process.
"Fanny slow down!" Try to order the blonde, the green-eyed may have forced her dog to stop, but she did not want to hurt her. The spy did not know where her pet wanted to go, they passed several people until Yelena collided with someone else, that caused her to let go of the leash and Fanny was thrown at full speed.
"I'm so sorry" Yelena apologizes to the girl on the ground, before her accident she had only noticed that she had black hair thanks to her back turned.
"Don't worry," says the black-haired woman when the girl stands in front of her, holding out her hand to help her. "Sometimes our dogs dominate us" The girl takes Yelena's hand and gives her a smile once she's on her feet.
"She's cute" That's the first thing the blonde thinks when she manages to see the black-haired's face, the girl seems to be 2 years younger than her, she was a little taller than her, slim with a somewhat toned body. Even with an almost healthy bruise on her cheekbone she managed to be beautiful, even with her light blue jeans full of dirt she did not lose her style.
"I'm Kate" The dark-eyed girl introduces herself, to tell the truth, once she felt that she was hit from the back, she was about to attack her attacker, but when she saw an uncontrolled dog running, she knew that it was not her fault. owner. Of course when she saw a cute blonde girl the little anger that she might have had completely disappeared.
"I'm Yelena" The spy smiles back, the Russian girl had already flirted with many men and women during her missions, but this time she feels different, she feels vulnerable, Kate is not a target, she is just a normal person in the world. park, is a person for whom Yelena feels a little attraction.
Before any of the girls could say anything else, 2 very happy dogs run to her direction, automatically her owners bend down to greet them.
"Fanny, don't do that to me again" Yelena says while she caresses her dog, the blonde notices that her pet brings a purple ball in her snout. "Really Fanny? You almost killed me for a ball?" At the girl's conversation with her dog Kate, she couldn't help but laugh.
"Yes, of course, laugh" The spy directs her gaze towards the black-haired woman. "But it wasn't that funny when you were on the ground."
"Well that part wasn't funny" Kate smiles as she gazes into the beautiful green eyes of the girl next to her for a moment. "But I think it was funny that your dog gave you a nice walk" Golden dog licks the cheek of the brown-eyed girl, making the blonde smile.
"What's her name?" Yelena asks when the other dog licks her cheek, on the other hand Fanny had put the ball on the ground and went to sniff Kate's face.
"Lucky" Responds the black-haired woman while caressing Fanny. "I think Fanny and Lucky have already become friends" Kate turns back to Yelena as the two dogs tried to bite the ball on the ground at the same time.
"I noticed" says the blonde. "Does that mean we should be friends?" Both girls stand up again.
"Sure you do," says Kate with amusement. "That is the first rule of dog owners"
"Seriously?" The green-eyed woman raises an eyebrow. "Are there rules for dog owners?"
"Of course there are"
"What is the second?"
"The second rule says that we should go have coffee" Kate runs a hand through her hair, she feels that she has a love smile on her face and she did not want to look silly, at least she could look a little cooler.
"You're making it up" Yelena knew it was a trick, but she had to admit that she was falling for it.
"Hey, I didn't write the rules" The black-haired woman pretends innocence. "What are you saying? There is a place near here."
"I would love to" Accepts the blonde, at that moment 2 different phone rings begin to ring. Both girls take their phones out of their pocket.
"I have to answer this" They say in unison, Kate takes a few steps away to answer her call and give Yelena some privacy.
"Lena where are you?" Natasha asks once her sister answered the call. "You are 15 minutes late, you cannot miss it if you do not want the government to not approve your request"
"I know, I know" The blonde says guiltily. Natasha was about to retire from the avengers like some of the originals and the government had given them the opportunity to choose the person who would fill her place and continue with her legacy, when her sister proposed that she fill her position she did not. he thought twice and accepted, it was his chance to do something good like Natasha had done. "I got distracted playing with Fanny in the park, but I'll be there in 10 minutes"
"Okay, don't be late"
"Couldn't you call at a better time Clint?" Kate asks with some annoyance.
"You know you have to be on time for all training so you can take the test" Hawkeye replies. "And you are already 15 minutes late, if you want to be an avenger bring your ass here"
"He's fine grandpa" The black-haired woman rolls her eyes. "I'll see you there"
"You better"
Clint and Kate had met during the Blip, he had saved her from some guys who wanted to abuse her, they became friends and she asked him to train her, she had felt helpless that night and she no longer wanted to feel that way, when the avengers they brought everyone back Clint told her that he planned to retire and that she was the only one he trusted to continue his legacy. Obviously Kate accepted the opportunity to be an avenger, it was the coolest thing she could do, saving the world sounded more interesting than running her family company. The government agreed to Clint's request, but they forced her to take training before testing her. Barton told her that she was not the only one who would do the test, each avenger who retired trained a successor, but that does not guarantee that the people they chose would keep the place, for each position that will be free the government had a list of candidates.
By the time Kate ended her Yelena call she had already grabbed Fanny's leash.
"I must go" says the blonde with pity. "But… I'd like to have that coffee tomorrow."
"I have to go too" Kate takes Lucky's leash. "I'll be waiting for you here tomorrow at 4 pm"
"I'll see you tomorrow" The green-eyed girl blushes a little. "Wait, we forgot the third rule" Says the spy before the black-haired woman leaves.
"Sure, how could we forget her?" Says the brown-eyed girl with amusement, she knew what the other girl was trying to do and to tell the truth she won the rally. Kate hands her her phone and Yelena hers, both girls write down their respective numbers before returning the phone to her owner.
"Goodbye 'Yelena scratches the back of her neck nervously and goes the way she came, she couldn't help but look back, she wanted to see Kate one last time even knowing that they would see each other the next day, she only saw how the black-haired woman walked away with her Lucky He went back on his way without knowing that the other girl did the same, looking back to see her one last time.