Imagine Natasha's entry interview with Peggy once she joins SHIELD. Peggy's long retired at that point, of course, but when she hears they've recruited a Red Room girl, she insists on coming back to meet her.
"And how is Miss Underwood?" she asks, very casually, near the end of the interview.
This is the only moment in the interview when Natasha's calm falters, just briefly. The girls always argued whether Miss Underwood really knew Director Carter, and now Natasha has proof - real proof! - and for a moment she expands with happiness, before she realizes that she will never see those girls again to tell them. And if she did, they would no longer believe her, because she's a traitor.
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Date: 2019-10-06 11:23 pm (UTC)"And how is Miss Underwood?" she asks, very casually, near the end of the interview.
This is the only moment in the interview when Natasha's calm falters, just briefly. The girls always argued whether Miss Underwood really knew Director Carter, and now Natasha has proof - real proof! - and for a moment she expands with happiness, before she realizes that she will never see those girls again to tell them. And if she did, they would no longer believe her, because she's a traitor.