[It's the right choice. As closed off as Natasha can be, she's not above a hug. She's not above physical comfort. There's brief moment where she tries to stand straight, to be tall for all this.
Then she melts, returning the hug. She gives herself little time, just a matter of seconds, to return the hug, holding onto Andy to remind herself that she's here now.
Red Room is decades away, and everyone who could have hurt her there is dead.
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Then she melts, returning the hug. She gives herself little time, just a matter of seconds, to return the hug, holding onto Andy to remind herself that she's here now.
Red Room is decades away, and everyone who could have hurt her there is dead.
She survived.]