|| CLOSED || Patty & Aleksandra ||
Steve had told her about Bucky being snapped away and she'd nearly left before he could tell her the rest, she had a niece who was alive. He gave her a way to contact Natasha after that, she remembered stories about the woman. The fact her brother had some kind of relationship with her really wasn't much of a surprised based on what she knew about her. When she saw a picture of Aleksandra after meeting with her though? She remembered most of her time with the Red Room, it was her life before that was still fuzzy.
She remembered meeting her when she was young, she remembered the feeling of annoyance that she had held back when she learned that the girl was put on loan to Hydra. She had pushed it down and ignored it, of course. She was a good soldier who followed orders, she'd been so far gone in the brainwashing? She didn't even realize that the little things she saw in the girl's appearance that reminded her of her brother were why she had felt an innate protectiveness for her.
Now here she was sitting in a chair across from her in what was a living room area of the avengers compound where Natasha currently had them living, trying to decide what to say. βIt-β She pursed her lips for a second before saying. βI'm not sure if you remember me or not, Aleksandra. We met when you were young, before I remembered who I was before Hydra got their hands on me.β