Age: 16
Word count: 1713
Warnings: Attempted SA, cursing
Requested by: -LUVBLACKHILL
Summary: Alena had gained quite the popularity over the last months. As a result, her parents and her drifted apart and fought more than they had a normal conversation. So, when they're off to an overnight mission and she's been assigned to be her 11 year old sister Anastasia's babysitter, her resentment grows.
She decides to throw a party, but what she doesn't know is, that there's gonna be quite the twist to it.
,,Okay, милая девушка (sweet girl), Daddy and I are gonna leave now. Be good for Alena, Alright?"
Natasha sighed, cupping her 11 year olds face. Anna had her arms wrapped tightly around her mothers waist, refusing to let go.
The little blonde looked up at her mom, her emerald eyes glossed over and her lips curled into a frown. She hated when her parents had to leave for overnight missions.
Her older, 16 year old sister, sat across the room, staring daggers at their mother. If it weren't for her, she would've been at a party right now, but no, she had to babysit Anna.
For the past few months, Alena didn't really bother trying to bond with her parents and it showed. Natasha was up regularly at night, waiting for her oldest to return from some party, worrying about everything that could go wrong. She questioned her ability to be a mother, blamed herself and cried ... a lot.
This wasn't typical for Natasha, but the fact that her child didn't feel the need to talk to her once in a while hurt her more than she cared to admit. She felt like the unbreakable bond they had was slowly starting to crumble.
Alena on the other hand didn't know how many tears her mother had shed because of her behaviour. She hadn't a single clue how bad she hurt the people who loved her with the things she did or said.
,,Bye, детка свет (baby light), take care of Anna. Люблю тебя (Love you)"
Natasha addressed the rebellious teen while her younger daughter went to say bye to Steve. She approached her, kissing the top of her head when she reached her.
,,Mooom, I just washed my hair. It'll get greasy if you do that"
Alena complained, a frown tugging at her lips. She glared at her mom, trying to fix her hair. So, naturally, she didnt see the hurt, slightly discouraged look that Nat wore for only a split second.
,,Bye little light, love you"
Steve's voice rang from the hallway, followed by incoherent mumbling to Anna, who needed comforting, especially from Steve. After all, it had always been Anastasia, who was the Daddy's girl and Alena had been the Mama's girl. Now, the family of four seemed to have reached a new low, because one major part had decided to break away.
,,Bye dad"
Alena yelled back, her tone colder than she intended. Two minutes later, the Romanoff-Rogers girls were alone.
,,Leni, will you go outside and practice volleyball with me?"
Anna inquired, throwing herself onto the couch next to her big sister. Her emerald eyes were full of life, excitement and hope. Normally, when their parents were gone, the 16 year old always did her best to make time go by faster for the 11 year old. But not this time.
This time, Alena had other plans:
,,Sorry, Anna, I've got people coming over. Maybe you wanna go to your room and play there? I'll help you practice in the morning, Alright?"
,,Hmm, okay. But Mama said nobody can come over while they're gone"
Anna frowned, crossing her arms. She didn't like where this was going, specifically because she wasn't the biggest fan of the crowd her sister hung around with lately.
The 16 year old rolled her eyes, before matching her sister's frown. This began to annoy her.
,,Anna please, this one secret? It's not that many people anyways, you won't even have to interact with them"
She tried to persuade the 11 year old. Not that she cared all that much if her parents found out, because they didn't care about anything she did, but she needed Anastasia on her side for this. Or at least she thought her parents didn't care.
What she didn't know was, that Natasha was suspiciously quiet on the whole flight to their destination. She didn't laugh at Clints jokes, didn't make jokes about her husband's old man behaviour, didnt even bother making a sassy comment for Tony, when he rambled about how amazing he was. Her mind was constantly with her daughters, more specifically with Alena.
The older redhead tried puzzling together what caused the 16 year olds sudden change in behaviour, she took everything into account, even the things she didn't dare speak out loud. Something was off and it killed her not to know what.
,,Heyyy, guys, come on in, I've got drinks right there, foods over there and upstairs is off limits"
Said Daughter greeted the third group of people arriving to the compound now. She now had about 40 people crammed into the one floor she felt responsible enough to handle.
Suddenly though, she thought she heard someone screaming and cursing upstairs. Alena frowned, because to her knowledge, only her sister should be up there, minding her business.
,,'scuse me for a second"
She cut off the guy who had been trying to flirt his way into her pants for the past ten minutes, promptly storming upstairs. Her gut feeling told her something was tremendously wrong.
What she saw next made realisation crash down on her like a spaceship straight from outer space. Three guys were cornering her 11 year old sister, gradually closing in on her.
,,Cmon, hot stuff, live a little"
One of them tried convincing the blonde, his eyes lingering on parts of her body no 11 year old should have stared at like that.
,,Yea, you're so beautiful, don't you wanna know what it's like to be a grown up?"
Another implored, making a movement towards Anna's butt. She just pressed herself further into her wall, shaking her head, too petrified to speak.
Before the third guy could lay hands on the 11 year old, there was a loud bang coming from the door. Alena stood in the doorway, her gaze more venomous than Anna had ever seen her sister.
,,Hands off my sister!"
She seethed, her voice too calm for it to be genuine. Alena was livid, fuming, absolutely furious and it showed. Not through yelling or physical violence, but through the way those 4 words left her mouth. Her eyes flickered hard, enhancing the fact that she was about to explore even more.
,,Out, all of you, out of my house! You do not come to my home and have the nerve to grope and abuse my sister, you filthy pieces of shit"
The 16 year old continued, shoving one guy after the other away from Anastasia and out the door. This was the final straw. Nobody, and truly nobody dared to mess with Alena's family, no. one. ever.
,,She's 11, fucking 11, you disgusting bastards. What the HELL is wrong with you??!"
Anna hid behind her big sister, her arms around her waist while the redhead kicked out everyone there, still heavily cursing, now both in English and russian. The party was over, that was for sure.
Eventually, everyone, down to the last person was out the door, the last one being seen off with the door slamming shut with such force that several objects shook for at least a minute.
Alena spun around to her 11 year old sister, embracing her tightly. All this was her fault, if only she'd never invited those people, if only they'd just played volleyball, if only she'd just listened to her mother, if only she'd never been so cold to the people who loved her more than anyone ever could.
,,Мне жаль, Анна, мне очень жаль, это все моя вина, О боже, ты в порядке?? (I'm sorry, Anna, I'm so sorry, all this is my fault, Oh god, are you okay??)"
The redhead rambled, studying every inch of Anastasia's face. Her clothes were fine, nothing ripped, her eyes were just as bright, her face just as innocent as before the incident that could've gone very different if she hadn't been there to save the blonde. But then again, if Alena had never even thrown that party, Anna wouldn't have been in that situation in the first place.
,,Можем ли мы позвонить маме и папе? Я хочу, чтобы они вернулись домой (Can we call Mama and Daddy? I want them to come home)"
Anastasia blurted out. She still trembled slightly, her face buried in her big sister's chest. Alena exhaled deeply before she nodded and stroked her hand over the 11 year olds blonde waves.
,,Я люблю тебя, Анна. Я бы не простил себя, если бы с тобой что-то случилось (I love you, Anna. I wouldnt have forgiven myself if something happened to you)"
The older of the Romanoff-Rogers girls admitted, her arms wrapped around her little sister on a tight hug. Anna nuzzled deeper into the girl's embrace.
,,Я тоже тебя люблю, Алена (Love you too, Alena)"
And just like this, the world was a little bit better again. Sure, there were still a lot of 'I'm sorry's to say, but Alena realised how important her family really was to her and how much she'd hurt them by behaving like she did. This phase would move on to become a time she despised herself, but with a lot of time and the right people, she'd be okay with it.
A/N: Okay so this took a slightly different turn than I intended it to, but still, it isn't half bad. Lmk if you want a part 2 with Alena making up with her parents and Anna telling them about what couldve happened.
It's really late and when I post this, I just got up, so I wrote this 7 hours ago for you :))... Anyways, I hope you liked it, thank you for the request, I really appreciate it <3
Have a great day/night, beautiful people, stay amazing and I'll see you around <33