Winter's been through a couple of these before, now, so just like with the circus, when he steps into this one he knows it's not real. That doesn't make it not awful, finding Yelena on the ground clutching a face that he knows he's seen before. He's seen it shaved, the blue long gone, but he knows that nose, that mouth, those eyes.
There might be danger here, sure. But he goes to Yelena first, going to one knee beside her. Maybe he's keeping the metal arm between her and whatever is making that moving glint of light, but Yelena is still his prerogative here.
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There might be danger here, sure. But he goes to Yelena first, going to one knee beside her. Maybe he's keeping the metal arm between her and whatever is making that moving glint of light, but Yelena is still his prerogative here.