fic rec! "a matter of circumstance" - Natasha-centric, pre-canon

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So I'm biased as this was a gift-fic, but it's also an amazing and eerie look at Natasha's sense of self when her memories are constantly being changed.

(And has a bonus cameo of Winter Soldier.)

a matter of circumstance (1097 words) by TLvop
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America (Movies)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes & Natasha Romanov
Characters: Natasha Romanov
Additional Tags: Names, Identity, Trying to Reconcile Natasha's Age and Experience, Natasha-centric, non-archive warnings see note
Summary:

Names are not prophesies, but they have power.

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Seven times Nataliya Alianovna was twenty years old.