When Cora Mullins first found out about soulmates, she was ecstatic to know that there was someone out there who was made for her. All Cora wanted for a soulmate to take care of her, and shower her with hugs and kisses, and occasionally supply her with chocolate.

When she turned 18, her soulmate's name appeared on her collarbone, Three words never looked so beautiful. James Buchanan Barnes. Cora was excited and always made sure that her collarbone was showing for the whole world to see.

When Cora turned 23 though, she felt a pain in her heart she'd never felt before. She knew what this meant, everyone knew what this meant. Her soulmate was in a relationship with someone else. Despite feeling dejected, she decided to rise above it. She felt like, if her soul mate was happy with someone else, then she would be happy for her soulmate.

Ever since that day, she made sure to wear clothing that covered up her soulmate's name.

It was after the battle of New York that her life suddenly became much more interesting.

During the attack on the New York, Cora somehow managed to save Natasha Romanoff by distracting the aliens when they had her cornered. Natasha had been knocked down and the aliens were quickly moving towards her.

"Hey, you piece of shit. Come and get me, you ugly metal pointy nosed jerk!" Cora screams while throwing pieces of debris towards the aliens that's were advancing towards the lone Avengers.

"Come and get me you ass ." She screamed again.

Having finally caught their attention they started advancing on Cora now and she started to panic. "Jesus Christ, what have I done? Help!!" Cora yelled while running the opposite way.

The redheaded woman quickly got back on her feet and arrived just in time to kill the aliens that were now gaining on Cora. After taking out the immediate threat killing the alien, she gave Cora a bewildered looks and then ordered her to go to a safe place. Cora turned and saluting the red headed woman, and ran off to find safety somewhere she could wait out the attack.

When it was over, Nat went to find Cora, wanting to introduced herself and thank her for her help.

When she eventually did find her, she was at the base of the building across the street. Cora had taken refuge there with some of the neighbourhood children and she was helping them stay calm by playing games with them until help come. Nat's stone cold heart clenched a little bit at the sight. It was rare to see someone so innocent and considering Nat's past , innocence was not a word in her dictionary.

"Hi!, thank you for saving me back there. Without you, --- umph" Nat was cut off by Cora hugging her. When the kids saw Cora hugging someone, they joined in as well and Nat shifted uncomfortably under the gesture.

"I should be thanking you! I didn't do much, but I figured the world needs you so..."

"Well, thanks anyways. I owe you one." Nat said giving her a pat on the head.

"Oh, my god, I have a lot of adrenaline coursing through my body, either that or it's all the chocolate I ate earlier. Is that what it is always like for you? Because this is awesome! Maybe I should learn how to fight like you." Cora suggested letting go of Nat's waist

"Um..." Nat started but Cora interrupted her again

"Seriously, so much adrenaline. Hey Kids, we should play catch after this, work some of this off yeah?!" Cora asked and the children all cheered. Cora looked over at Nat who was grinning

"Do you want to join us? " Cora asked and reached over and squeezed Natasha's arms.

Natasha gave a small broken smile and nodded her head.

That was the start of their beautiful friendship. It was hard for Natasha to open up to her at first, but with Cora's behavior and attitude, it was almost impossible for Natasha not to share her stories. When Natasha was done telling Cora about every she had been through, she was expecting Cora to look at her differently, as if she was a monster. To her surprise though, she looked up to see sees Cora smiling softly at her and leap forward to give a tight comforting hug.

From then onwards, Natasha would anything in her power to protect Cora. She was so innocent and precious that Nat vowed to never let anything hurt her. She performs a background check on all of Cora's friends and threatened those that wanted to go on a date with Cora that if they hurt her, they would have to answer to Nat.

Cora, in turn found it comforting to know that someone was protecting her. Ever since her parents passed away, she had no one to rely on.

One day, Natasha asked Cora to hang out with her at the Avenger's tower for a girl's night in. She had met some of the other Avengers and other than Natasha, she became really close with Sam as well. She felt like Sam was the older brother that she never had.

Nat and Cora were sitting on the couch painting each other's nails when Cora looked over at Nat and smiled.

"Who's your soulmate?" She asked while blowing on Nat's nails so they dried faster.

"Jayden Alex Valdez. But I'm not sure if I want to meet him or her." Natasha replied, staring straight ahead.

Tilting her head, Cora gave Nat a concerning look.

"Why wouldn't you? Everyone wants to meet their soulmate?"

"When I was in a Red Room, I was trained by a Winter Soldier. Months passed by and next thing I knew we were in a relationship. We loved each other but when the powers found out about our relationship, they took him away from me. They used this machine to wipe his memories of me and made damn sure he wouldn't remember our relationship. " Natasha mumbled, turning and staring into at Cora's eyes.

"I feel guilty. I have a soulmate waiting for me out there and I was in a relationship with someone else. My soulmate and he or she must have felt the heart pain when we were together."

When Nat looked over at Cora she could tell something was wrong.

"Are you okay?" She asked concerned

"Yeah, I just... I felt the heart pain. My soulmate fell in love with someone else as well. So I can tell you, it hurt but all I want is for him to be happy. I'm sure your Jayden feels the same, Nat."

"I hope so," Nat said and reached over to squeeze Cora's hand.

"I know so. So come on tell me all about... sorry, what was this man's name that you fell in love with?" Cora asked scrunching up her eyebrows

"James. James Buchanan Barnes. But everyone called him The Winter Soldier."

It was then that Cora felt her whole world stop.

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