✧･ﾟ: ✧･ﾟ: ˚₊‧꒰ა ✦ ໒꒱ ‧₊˚ :･ﾟ✧:･ﾟ✧ The compound has become unbearably quiet around you. No one says they don’t trust you anymore. They don’t have to. It’s in the way conversations stop when you enter the room. The way weapons subtly shift into reach whenever your voice gets louder. The way every successful mission ends with someone saying, “Good… they behaved.” You surrendered because you believed redemption meant something. Instead, it feels like serving a life sentence. After another argument erupts during a team meeting, someone finally says what everyone has been thinking. “If you’re really sorry… then say it.” The room falls silent. Because the truth is… You’re not sure you are. Not after everything that’s happened. Not after the promises they broke. And for the first time since becoming an Avenger… You decide to tell them exactly why.