( michelle yeoh. 56. she/her. cis woman. ) are you a VIGILANTE ? something tells me that empty vodka bottles , smudged eyeliner , the constant need to keep your guard up make you who you are , 𝐌𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐀 𝐕𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐊𝐎𝐅𝐅 . with the powers of BLACK WIDOW SKILLS , you’re sure to have a 𝙲𝙾𝙼𝙿𝙰𝚂𝚂𝙸𝙾𝙽𝙰𝚃𝙴 , 𝚂𝙰𝚁𝙲𝙰𝚂𝚃𝙸𝙲 personality — and you definitely belong to SHIELD . were you listening to GAME OF SURVIVAL by RUELLE on your way to the subway ? it suits you . we can’t wait to see what you do next !
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THE BASICS.
STATS PAGE .
✰ | character name : melina vostokoff / melina vostokova
✰ | age : 56
✰ | faceclaim : michelle yeoh
✰ | voiceclaim : rachel weisz ( as melina in black widow )
✰ | skill set : master martial artist / marksman / assassin / spy / acrobat , multilingual , expert engineer & tactician , master scientist , piloting
✰ | affiliations : s.h.i.e.l.d. ( partial ) , red room ( formerly ) , black widows
✰ | family : alexei shostakov ( former undercover husband , alive ) , natasha romanoff ( adoptive daughter , deceased ) , yelena belova ( adoptive daughter , alive )
✰ | zodiac : virgo
✰ | wiki link : x , x
** NOTE: melina will be primarily based on the mcu + loosely on the comics and include headcanons of my own !
THE DETAILS.
001. was your character “blipped” out ? if so , what did they return to and how is it affecting them . if not, who important to them was blipped out, and what did it feel like after those five years have passed ?
melina was blipped out . she didn’t realize it at the time and unfortunately came back to losing five years of her life . her first priority was to check on her family . and that eventually brought her to new york .
002. where are they living ? are they living with anyone ?
currently , melina is living in a house with very spacious property somewhere in upstate new york that’s within close proximity to the shield and sword compound . she’s living by herself but will make exceptions for her family to stay with her if they’re in the area .
003. why is your character affiliated with who they’re affiliated with ?
while she’s with shield , let it be known that her affiliation with them is merely a formality . she does contract work and is currently working as a scientist/engineer for shield . however , the only reason she accepted the position was to find out more information surrounding natasha’s death . she’s unsure if shield knows anything but it’s her one lead .
004. who are their major friends, allies, and foes ?
major friends : her family , the widows
allies : s.h.i.e.l.d. + s.w.o.r.d. ( by proxy )
foes : hydra , red room
005. whose hands do they believe the country should be in ?
she’ll say no one but believe that it should be in the people’s hands and leave it at that .
006. what’s their current mental state at ? their physical state ?
she is ... not doing so well , mentally . between losing five years of her life and finding out one of her daughters is dead , it’s tough . but melina continues to focus on her work .
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“WATCH IT!” the woman hisses unamused as someone had the audacity to bump into her on the busy street. people these days didn’t seem to have a sense of decency did they? annoyed jessica practically snarls at the person in front of her, “ do me a favor and pay attention to where the fuck you’re walking!” she was definitely coming off as far too aggressive and rather blunt, but jessica never really had the patience to deal with people’s bullshit. “ i can’t deal with this right now, so how about you apologize for ramming into me, and i’ll agree not to punch you in the face?” seemed like a very good deal to her, “ deal?”
SHE WEAVES BETWEEN THE throng of pedestrians in an attempt to get to the market . it’s new york . it’d be foolish to expect empty streets during PEAK rush hour . the widow exchanges a couple of excuse me’s and pardon me’s as she continues to make her way through . what ? she was raised with manners ! melina makes her way past the woman in front of her . she barely brushes past the other before her sudden outburst . this does not warrant an apology . eyes narrow dangerously . “ no . ” she replies just as bluntly . “ this is a busy street and you are not entitled to it . do you make it a habit to threaten everyone that comes in contact with you ? ”
makes a huh look on her face , head tilting to the side . “ you know what ? you got me there . ” a pause , she remembers this widow - from when she was in the black widow program . “ melina ? ”
SHE NEVER FORGETS A FACE . how she didn’t immediately recognize the other widow was beyond her . she’ll blame it on widow training . “ rikki ? ” melina’s seen her files . “ when did you get here ? ”
@rdroom ––– RESTAURANT IN MANHATTAN // “ I HOPE YOU KNOW that i’ll be paying for dinner . ” melina leaves no room for argument when she says this . she’s missed natasha . and is this her way of making up for lost time ? possibly .
the offer is tempting . the thought of staying with melina , being surrounded by a warmth and a sort of safety that she’s familiar with and has been secretly missing since a kid almost has her saying yes but ––––– “ thank you , mama , but . . . ” her voice peters out . “ i think i need to find a place of my own . but that doesn’t mean i won’t come to visit . ” she pulls her mother in for a hug , buries her nose into her shirt and inhales the scent that never fails to relax her . “ how are you ? i never got to ask . ”
HAD IT BEEN ANYONE ELSE , melina wouldn’t have been as open with her feelings . the idea of having her family all under one roof again , it’s nice . familiar . comfortable . she nods , smiling softly . “ i understand . ” she embraces her , placing a soft kiss atop her daughter’s forehead . natasha is here . physically here . not a figment of her imagination . but she’s not sure how long this will last . “ i’m okay . better now . i mentioned it to yelena but the three of us should have dinner sometime . ”
“sorry, i – do you mind??” grinning a bit sheepishly, steve held up the pencil clutched between fingers, sketchbook opened to a fresh page. “i’ve been drawing mostly trees and other scenery today, so i figured it might be worth a shot to ask for an actual subject.”
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SHE BARELY TAKES A seat and helper herself to her meal before looking up . and of course it’s steve rogers . melina has nothing against him . he’s her daughter’s co-worker in a sense ? she should be civil nonetheless . “ only if you don’t mind waiting . and would i be keeping this sketch ? ”
ghost of a smile on the man’s face, coulson’s thoughts linger on his arm and the events that have led to where he was. “would you ever accept magic as an answer?” he asked, fully knowing how immersed and inclined to science the other was. but he’s met a lot of people, and he thinks that in science, there was room for a little .. more. “maybe it can be called other things. the occult, the supernatural .. any of those something you fancy?”
SHE PONDERS AT HIS QUESTION . melina is a woman of science that much is obvious . had coulson asked her this question years ago , she would’ve never accepted magic as an answer . but now ? her mindset has changed . slightly . “ i would say no , ” she starts . “ but unfortunately , i don’t think science can explain this phenomenon . magic is ... a possibility . but i’d rather not label it for now . do you have any theories ? ”
“Flattery was the intention.” She clarified, glancing over the other woman as the walked in sync. Maybe in part to catch a glimpse of that file, curious what it entailed. Val certainly had the clearance for most things, but that didn’t mean every new project was her business, no matter how hard she tried to hunt them down. “Whiskey. I left the coffee and cream in the break room.” Vodka sounded like a better idea out in the cold and far more tasty, but it’s too late to turn back for it now. “Who do they have you chasing after–another Lazarus?” The most likely thing S.H.I.E.L.D. kept a close eye on lately, after all those returning who shouldn’t have been alive at all.
FEELING RATHER BORED WITH the contents of the file , melina shuts it as she continues to walk alongside val . “ whiskey would work as an alternative . it could be worse . you could’ve chosen tequila , ” she jests before turning her head slightly to face the other woman . “ fortunately for me , i’m not one of shield’s agents . just a contract worker . i don’t need to chase after anyone . ” and while she’s not doing any field work for them , she still likes to keep an eye on things . even if she doesn’t have the clearance for it . call it insurance . “ and what do they have you doing ? ”
the sight of a strangely familiar face stopped the redhead in her tracks, her eyes scanning the woman across from her as she kept her guard up. she knew where she knew this woman from now.
“i guess shield is sending out the ищейки now” she retorts, careful of her footing as she circled melina, the man at her feet no longer her focus. petty thieves came second to ghosts of the past.
A LIGHT LAUGH EXPELS past the former assassins’s lips . “ whatever for ? ” she’ll ask , though she already knows the answer to the question . melina reaches up to remove her sunglasses , eyes shifting as ava circles her . “ i am offended you think i would do shield’s dirty work . ” it’s partially the reason she didn’t agree to being an agent for the organization . “ do you make it a habit of being a vigilante during the day ? ”
“Well isn’t this fascinating” Charles murmured as he flipped through the journal article he held on his lap. He had just found another new article about the potentional for some unknown side effects from blip. He silently sipped his tea as he read, enjoying the quiet buzz at the back of his brain from the few minds that sat around the coffee shop.
He felt someone move towards the table where he sat, and looked up at the person, smiling at them, “Hello, is there something I can do for you?”
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MELINA INWARDLY SIGHS AT the lack of vacant seats at the coffee shop . it wasn’t super busy but she was hoping to get some work done without having to share a table with a stranger . that’s about the last thing she wants to do . when her name’s called out , melina picks up her drink and walks over to a table with an empty seat . “ do you mind if we share this table ? ” gestures to the empty seat . “ all the tables are taken . ”
( @reshieldedstart ! )“ yeah , no - i think dinner is a BUST - ” may admits when she waves smoke away from the kitchen , shaking her head and letting her hair down .“ thai ? my treat , as long as i get some tragic backstory for story time . ” she always wanted to listen , to help.
SHE GRIMACES AT THE sight of smoke emerging from the kitchen . “ i think cooking is not meant to be for tonight . but thai sounds good , ” melina nods , getting up from her seat . “ tragic backstory ? i can assure you those are far and few . ” they’re not . but melina doesn’t like divulging her time spent in the red room .
“nice try asshole, but i’m no tourist. i know what shit you’re pulling” the redhead spat her words like venom, glaring at the man now crumpled at her feet, clutching their bleeding nose. ava scoffed before hearing footsteps coming from the top of the alleyway, her eyes flitting upwards.
“if you’re this guy’s friend i suggest you both move on before you get something worse than just a broken nose-”
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MELINA TUTS AND SHAKES HER HEAD . the older woman saunters over to the redhead , a look of light amusement donned on her features . it’s not everyday you see a brawl out in the streets . “ you have such a way with words , ava , ” she comments . “ so hostile . but i suppose that is the russian way , no ? ”
( Open | S.H.I.E.L.D. Training Compound | @reshieldedstart )
She felt nostalgic, laced a faint familiarity as she walked around the outskirts of the training compounds. Not the same exact S.H.I.E.L.D., but at one time or another the Contessa would have been out there testing her strength against her classmates, too. Bystander wasn’t exactly her forte, but thus far had paid off for observing and eavesdropping. Overly excited agents murmured about the supposed portal, and appearances of people she never thought she’d seen again. And speaking of…no signs of Nick. Her first priority of the day, with or without running into him, had been claiming an empty office and briefing herself on anything she could still access.
Taking a sip of the glass idly accompanying her for the stroll, she distinguished a second set of footsteps echoing in the clack of her heels and stopped, tilting her head. “If you’re here to comment on me drinking in the middle of the morning…I don’t share with the students.” Turning to look over her shoulder, she acknowledged the other and then nodded back towards the new recruits. “Are you familiar with any of them?”
SHE’S READING THE SPECS of some undercover shield project as she makes her way down the training compounds . melina’s time as an assassin was over . however , she still remains vigilant . she’s aware of the woman walking a couple feet ahead of her , easily catching a glimpse of her physical appearance and stature . old habits really do die hard . eyes flicker up and over to her when she starts speaking . “ i don’t know whether i should be flattered or offended that you think i’m a student , ” she comments with light amusement . “ when it’s this late in the morning , i should hope it’s vodka . ”
