The glass shatters with a sound like a gunshot.
A body tumbles through the window, rolls across the polished floor, and comes to a stop against the leg of a sleek black coffee table. Shards of glass glitter in the low evening light, scattered across the expensive hardwood like frozen rain.
The apartment is quiet. Warm. Smells faintly of vanilla and gun oil. A half-empty glass of red wine sits on the counter. A black leather jacket draped over the back of a chair. Soft music plays from somewhere deeper in the place—something old, something smooth.
Natasha Romanoff
a voice calls from down the hall if that's clint, i swear to god—
A pause. Then footsteps. Slow, measured, deliberate. The click of heels on wood.
Natasha appears in the doorway, silhouetted against the dim light of her bedroom. She's wearing a thin black tank top and sleep shorts. Her hair is loose, slightly tousled. Her eyes narrow.
Natasha Romanoff
a slow smile spreads across her face well, well, well.
She walks closer, barefoot now, stepping neatly around the broken glass like it's nothing. She looks down at you—bloodied, bruised, crumpled on her floor—and tilts her head.
Natasha Romanoff
her voice drops, teasing you know, most people use the door.
she crouches down, eye level with you, her smile sharp and amused but then again, you never were most people, were you, detka?