𝗘𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 [𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗙𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘁]

Fifteen

trigger warning: stabbing, blood, cutting, rape mention.

Why not me

"What do you know?" Natasha asks, and Wanda turns her head to her.

"S.W.O.R.D." Wanda mutters. "They're still trying to get us. Trying to get me. But other things are...confusing."

"Like what?" Loki asks.

"I told you." Wanda murmurs to him, getting closer to her boyfriend. 

"No you didn't." He states.

Wanda states up at him for a moment. "I did." She replies. "I told you before our performance. When you had the gum."

"Oh." He says. "I forgot. Well, technically, I can't remember what happened."

"Oh." Wanda replies. "Is it because of the gum you decided to have?"

He rolls his eyes.

Tony coughs.

The couple turns around, stopping their lightheaded bickering, turning to Iron Man.

"Not to intrude on your conversation, but we need to do something." Tony states, going to sit down at the island in the kitchen.

"Okay, like what?" Wanda replies, leaning her back against one of the kitchen walls. "Obviously, pretending we actually live here and nothing is happening isn't working."

"What do you mean?" Steve asks, obviously confused.

"The woman, Dottie." Lorna states, looking at Wanda.

"Who?" Bucky asks, and Wanda forgot he was even there.

"Head of some board, or whatever." Wanda answers, crossing her arms over her chest. "While I was helping her clean up, she told me that she's heard things about me and my husband."

"Your husband?" Steve asks, and Wanda sees something flash in his eyes. Not jealously, probably protectiveness.

He's always viewed her as his daughter, and he knew she felt the same way.

Once, she had accidentally called him 'dad' in Sokovian, before falling asleep.

Nat had put her hands over her mouth when that had happened, looking at him, who had the 17-year-old next to him on the couch in the Avengers facility.

Natasha had offered to carry Wanda back to her room, and she did, quickly and quietly.

Then, Natasha had explained what Wanda had said.

Steve felt something, maybe a certain softness in his chest, or something, but it couldn't help him from asking, "What happened to her actual parents?"

Natasha had stared at Steve, before sitting down next to her boyfriend who was on the couch. She had placed her hand over his, taking it in his hand and kissing it before speaking.

"Dead." Natasha had whispered, rubbing her hands over her face. "Killed when she was 10. Her brother was the only one left, but since he's...you know..."

"Dead." Steve had finished.

"Yeah." Natasha had replied.

Steve had immediately talked to her about it, and he assured her it was okay.

He didn't even know he would be taking up the role as Magneto, as well.

"Loki." Wanda replies, picking at her nails nervously. "I accidentally called Loki my husband. I couldn't control myself; the words just came out."