[Ava sighs in the dark in a way that's pretty clear confirmation on that point. And probably part of why she feels so guilty about the whole thing. Although she's notably vague on whether or not she'd liked him back. It's a... complicated issue, one she's never really worked through because that would require talking to someone about it, and this conversation with Rumlow is just about the closest she's gotten to it.]
If you want to be technical, none of us really knew what we were getting into. Natasha's last intel put Ivan in New Jersey, though we knew there was a chance he'd be there. We expected mercenaries, but Stark was trying to track the rest of the project. They thought they were still embedded, no one expected Ivan to pull them back like some personal army. And Alexei was just a civ--
[She cuts herself off, shakes her head and sighs into his chest because that's not quite right, is it? There's a pause as she tries to rephrase it.] All Alexei really remembered was being a civilian. [She shrugs her shoulders a little, but there's a slight smile as she looks up at him in the dim light. Her eyes a little brighter with the emotion, the feelings.]
Maybe you're right. But he shouldn't have had to be a martyr. I dragged him into all of that. Even his best friend told me it was my fault he was dead after they had the funeral service.
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[Ava sighs in the dark in a way that's pretty clear confirmation on that point. And probably part of why she feels so guilty about the whole thing. Although she's notably vague on whether or not she'd liked him back. It's a... complicated issue, one she's never really worked through because that would require talking to someone about it, and this conversation with Rumlow is just about the closest she's gotten to it.]
If you want to be technical, none of us really knew what we were getting into. Natasha's last intel put Ivan in New Jersey, though we knew there was a chance he'd be there. We expected mercenaries, but Stark was trying to track the rest of the project. They thought they were still embedded, no one expected Ivan to pull them back like some personal army. And Alexei was just a civ--
[She cuts herself off, shakes her head and sighs into his chest because that's not quite right, is it? There's a pause as she tries to rephrase it.] All Alexei really remembered was being a civilian. [She shrugs her shoulders a little, but there's a slight smile as she looks up at him in the dim light. Her eyes a little brighter with the emotion, the feelings.]
Maybe you're right. But he shouldn't have had to be a martyr. I dragged him into all of that. Even his best friend told me it was my fault he was dead after they had the funeral service.