[ She bites the inside of her cheek. She doesn’t want to mention all the undercover operatives who had been compromised, doesn’t want to mention that she didn’t think SHIELD’s downfall was necessary at all. What’s done is done. Not even Captain America can magic a Hydra-free SHIELD into existence. ]
Thanks. [ She keeps her face down. She isn’t a good enough actor to hide how angry she still is about that week. It wasn’t just Hydra; it was herself. She had failed Fury in protecting Steve, failed SHIELD and her aunt by not rooting out Hydra sooner, failed the people she had sworn to protect by not stopping the Insight Helicarriers. ]
[ She swallows. She doesn’t want to talk about any of that with him. But it occurs to her that they have little else to talk about. She had known him as Kate, but she doesn’t want to act like she still knows him, not when he doesn’t know about her at all. All he really knows is that she used to be a SHIELD agent. That had lied to him. And whom he had probably thought might be about to attack him after Fury had been shot. ]
So... What are you up to these days?
[ Great. No trace of awkward chitchat here, nope. Not awkward at all. ]
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Thanks. [ She keeps her face down. She isn’t a good enough actor to hide how angry she still is about that week. It wasn’t just Hydra; it was herself. She had failed Fury in protecting Steve, failed SHIELD and her aunt by not rooting out Hydra sooner, failed the people she had sworn to protect by not stopping the Insight Helicarriers. ]
[ She swallows. She doesn’t want to talk about any of that with him. But it occurs to her that they have little else to talk about. She had known him as Kate, but she doesn’t want to act like she still knows him, not when he doesn’t know about her at all. All he really knows is that she used to be a SHIELD agent. That had lied to him. And whom he had probably thought might be about to attack him after Fury had been shot. ]
So... What are you up to these days?
[ Great. No trace of awkward chitchat here, nope. Not awkward at all. ]