[Forced honesty is the worse thing ever and she hates all of this.]
Because you were skilled, but you were also idealistic, and you weren't subtle about your interest in me. I knew that would make you easy to manipulate, and I knew I couldn't deal with Stark alone.
[Ugh!]
That's how it started out. But you didn't follow my orders blindly, and you were brave and competent and a far better person than I was, and I admired that. You were also one of the first people in a very long time to treat me as anything other than the Black Widow. You were far better than I deserved. I'm sorry.
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Because you were skilled, but you were also idealistic, and you weren't subtle about your interest in me. I knew that would make you easy to manipulate, and I knew I couldn't deal with Stark alone.
[Ugh!]
That's how it started out. But you didn't follow my orders blindly, and you were brave and competent and a far better person than I was, and I admired that. You were also one of the first people in a very long time to treat me as anything other than the Black Widow. You were far better than I deserved. I'm sorry.