February 27, 2023. 6:05 PM.
"Alina?" Peter asks calmly after slowly sitting down next to me.
I throw my arms around my brother and cry into his shoulder.
"It's ok. I'm here, big sis." Peter comforts.
"Thank you."
"You can rest now, young Romanoff. No paranoia or fear." T'Challa reassures me.
Peter and I just sit there for a while. Clint walks up to us.
"Hey. Let's get out of this place, get you into some comfy clothes." He says. I nod my head and stand up.
Peter doesn't leave my side.
We go to a house out in the woods. I don't remember being here.
The front door opens and I see Happy. He had opened the door with a happy, hopeful expression, but it soon changed to confusion.
Peter and Clint explain what just happened and Happy looks at me sympathetically.
He shows us to a spare bedroom on the second floor.
I remember seeing a little girl, not much older than four.
Happy said this was my room for as long as I need it.
I sit on the bed and look down at my hands.
"Clint says he'll be back in a few minutes, he just has to grab some stuff." Happy says, standing in the doorway. "Do you want a change of clothes? The both of you?"
I shake my head. This suit is all I have left of her.
"Yes please, Happy." Peter says.
Happy returns a few minutes later with a change of clothes for both me and Peter.
I'm handed a pair of black leggings and a blue hoodie.
Peter goes into the bathroom to change.
I just put the clothes on the nightstand.
When he walks back into my room, he finds an iPad and turns on Star Wars.
I'm too overwhelmed to fully pay attention.
"Alina! You're bleeding!" Peter exclaims about halfway into The Phantom Menace.
I shrug.
"We need to fix that." Peter says. He rushes to the bathroom and hands me a washcloth.
"Put pressure on that, I'm getting Happy." Peter rushes out of the room and I do as I'm told.
Before Happy and Peter return, the kid from earlier walks into the room.
"Daddy? Where are you?" She asks. "You're Alina!"
I nod.
"You're my big sister! Daddy and Auntie Tasha talk about you and Peter a lot!"
Really?
"Who're you?" I ask quietly.
"Morgan." She replies.
Morgan... that's who Pepper and Tony were talking about!
Happy and Peter walk into the room.
"That doesn't look good, kid." Happy tells me. I'm not a kid! Last I checked, I was 21. Could we not've aged in the stone?
He grabs gauze and something to clean my wound.
Happy begins to stitch my stab wound.
This is supposed to hurt. Why doesn't it hurt?
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Water and Demons » Marvel |2| ✓
FanfictionAlina Romanoff is a girl who just wants a break. She deserves it, after all she's been through. She has everything she could ever want, a dad, a mom, two brothers, a home, a family. Her family is the definition of dysfunctional, yet they stick to ea...
