At the same age Tony was at MIT, finding out that he really was smarter than the smartest people in the country, she was roaming the back alleys of New York City, finding out that she really was better at beating the living shit out of people than the toughest assholes in the roughest situations. It creates a certain kind of person, a certain sort of attitude. When Tony just knows Natasha as Natalie, the Superhottie Paralegal and Personal Assistant, it bugs him. He can't put his finger on it. What does he have in common with this girl? What could he have in common with this girl?
After he has seen her in action a few times as Black Widow, he pieces it together: it's realizing, back when most kids are still trying to get their acne problem under control and learn how to drive and trying not to care that they will never be the most popular kid in the class -- it's the realization that there is only one way your story will ever end.
(That doesn't even goddamn make sense. Oh God, I should be in bed.)
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Date: 2010-05-24 02:52 am (UTC)After he has seen her in action a few times as Black Widow, he pieces it together: it's realizing, back when most kids are still trying to get their acne problem under control and learn how to drive and trying not to care that they will never be the most popular kid in the class -- it's the realization that there is only one way your story will ever end.
(That doesn't even goddamn make sense. Oh God, I should be in bed.)