(𝟮.𝟮) 𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐋𝐄𝐃𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐒 ➣ {𝕪•𝕓} ❘ [𝖇𝖑𝖆𝖈𝕶𝖜𝖎𝖉𝖔𝖜 𝖝 𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖉𝖊𝖗]

⧗ 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔯𝔱𝔜 𝔰𝔦𝔵 ❘ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏꜱᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴀ ᴛᴏɴɢᴜᴇ ꜱʟɪᴘ

Natasha, Y/N, Nathan, and Yelena followed behind Melina as she lead all of them inside her home, closely followed by Alexie in the back.

"Welcome to my humble abode," Melina said as she walked into her kitchen, "Make yourself at home. Alisa, we have visitors," she added with a raise of her voice.

A brunette in a black jumpsuit came into view. She had her hair in a half- half-down manner and she was a little shorter than Melina. Y/N found her features seemed to be familiar.

"Y/N?" the woman stared at her with a growing smile, "You've grown up so much,"

"She's Aida's sister," Melina explained, as Alexie strode forward and greeted the mentioned woman, "Alisa. Alisa Ivanov."

"Oh," Y/N's eyebrows rose in understanding, "Oh, um, Hello, Mrs. Ivanov."

"Come on, Y/N, I'm your Aunt," Alisa rolled her eyes and brought her in a warm hug, making her smile, "No need for formalities."

"You work for the Red Room, too?" Y/N questioned as she pulled back.

"I can't escape Dreykov," Alisa admitted sadly, "He has my daughter as a widow. Inessa," she pointed at the photo frame at the far end of the room that was on top of a drawer table, "Working for him is the only way I can see my daughter every day. Even though she can't recognize me,"

Shortly after, Nathan was also introduced to Alisa, who had surprisingly known about him beforehand.

Yelena had already taken a seat on the dining table; Melina and Natasha came into the room, where the latter sat across from her, and Melina was seated on Yelena's side. Y/N, Nathan, and Alisa joined them; Y/N sat beside Natasha with Nathan on her other side as Alisa sat on the far right end of the table.

The air was filled with uncomfortable silence as they heard Alexei's grunts coming from the bathroom.

"Let's drink," Melina said finally, grabbing the bottle from the table.

The tension still persisted in the room, which was broken by a series of footsteps from the other end of the house.

All the ladies and the raven-haired man turned around to see Alexie in his Red Guardian suit, "Still fits," he stated proudly.

Melina wolf-whistled as Alisa leaned back in her seat in amusement.

"Oh my god," Yelena rolled her eyes.

Y/N cracked a small smile when Melina began to clap slowly as Alexie strode forward, glowing in pride.

"I never washed it once," Melina admitted, "Come and drink."

Alexei walked up to them and sat down in the head of the table, taking off his helmet and placing it on the ground, "Rise, you workers of salvation," he started to hum the tune of a song before he grinned at everyone on the table, "Family, back together again."