Red Assassin ~ Pietro Maximoff x OC

t w e n t y f o u r ~ summer in missouri

edited 7/12/2021

fam we've hit 1k. ilysm.

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"Gentle. There you go." Nat stands behind me, watching carefully as I pilot the Quinjet.

"Nat, I've done this before," I remind her. "Remember Africa?"

"It's still your second time piloting a Quinjet. And while it is fairly easy and every SHIELD agent can do it with ease," she starts.

"I know. What's eluding me is how you can be so hands-off with the Quinjet, but not when we're on the streets and I'm driving a car," I say.

"There's no pedestrians in the sky for you accidentally run over," she mutters.

"I heard that." I sigh, brushing the comment off. "And hey, maybe I'll get some more practice this summer."

"Oh, I hope," Pietro teases.

"NOT YOU, TOO!" I grit my teeth, trying to keep their teasing from getting to me, but it causes my body to tense up. I don't close my eyes, but I do take a deep breath and focus solely on flying the jet. Thankfully, there's plenty of open spaces on Clint's property to land the jet on, and I land without any problems.

"Not bad," Nat says, patting my shoulder. I smile and unbuckle my seatbelt to get off the jet.

"This is nice," Pietro comments as we deboard. "I can see why Clint likes it out here."

"You haven't seen anything yet." I smile, shouldering my backpack. "I'll call you guys, Nat."

She gives me a hug and gets back on the Quinjet. "Take care of yourselves, guys." Nat smiles and the Quinjet's bay door closes for liftoff.

I can feel Pietro's eyes on me. "You miss her already, don't you," he says, reading my mind, and I nod.

"She's family to me. And so are the Bartons. Be nice." Chuckling, he pulls me against him and kisses my forehead.

"Kit Kat!" Little Lila comes running up to me, jumping on me and wrapping her arms and legs around me like a koala.

"Hi, kiddo. What's up?" I brush her hair back from her face and she smiles. "Where's your brother?"

"He's with Daddy. They started a project," Lila answers.

"Yeah? How about we go roast them for how bad they're doing?" I joke, and she nods excitedly. "Come on, Quicksilver. Don't you want to see Clint? You did save his life with your foolishness."

"You're still on about that?" he groans. "Let it go!"

"Need I remind you that you almost died?" I elbow him in the ribs. "You saved my friend, but I'd be a mess if I lost you, too. So would Wanda."

We step up onto the front porch and I set Lila down, freeing my arms and allowing Pietro to wrap me in his embrace. "Well, I'm glad I survived. Means I still get to do this." He leans in and kisses me sweetly.

"Ah, jeez. I invite you here to spend the rest of summer with us and you're doing this?" an exasperated Clint groans. "Get over here, kiddo."

Pietro lets go of me and I give Clint a hug. "Thanks for letting us hang here for the summer. It means a lot," I say.

"A change of pace can be good for you. Is Wanda coming?" Clint says.

"Next week. She had some stuff to do back in New York," I say. "But yeah. I needed a change of pace for a little bit before I go into senior year as the new and improved Kat."