Be Still My Heart

Ms. Wanda Maximoff

Wanda POV-

Y/N is strangely calm for the situation but I also think this is the calm before the storm. We finish reading the letter and she pulls me forward into her arms again. "I'm sorry, I just need you close right now."

I wrap my arms around her. "Don't apologize for that. I'm right here. I'm not going anywhere." I can feel her scanning the area behind me as she stays locked on my neck.

"We should probably head back to the facility, baby." I rub my hand up and down her back a couple times until she finally lets go. "You're right. Stay close to me, okay? Don't talk about the letter anymore. We don't know where they are listening." I nod my head. "I'm right behind you."

She is extremely paranoid right now. Hydra threatened me. She doesn't care about the threat against herself, only me. Y/N keeps a tight grip on my hand as she drives us back. We pull up to the facility and she parks as close to the door as possible.

"Wait for me to come around," I undo my seatbelt but stay in my seat until Y/N walks around and opens it for me. The gun is already in her hand as she looks around us before offering me her hand. "Let's get inside."

She seems to relax slightly once we make it inside. She slips the gun back in her waist band but stays on edge. She walks with me into the kitchen to throw the trash into the can when I hear a bedroom door open.

Y/N's hand is already back on the handle of the gun getting ready to pull it out. "No, it's Peter. You know that." I step in front of her placing my hand on her chest. Her eyes are bloodshot as she stares out over my shoulder eyes locked onto the hallway. Sure enough, Peter comes walking out with headphones in completely oblivious to us.

"Oh, hey guys! You're back earlier than I expected you to be." I look over my shoulder at Peter and throw a forced smile his way. "Y/N wanted to get a workout in before bed so we headed back a little earlier. Right, Y/N?" I turn to look back at her and she slowly nods her head zoned out.

"Oh, okay, well enjoy. I just wanted another snack." Peter grabs some food from the pantry then walks back into his room. Y/N lets out a breathe of air she was holding the entire time he was in here.

"Give me the gun." She goes to fight me on it, "Now, Y/N." She pulls it out of her waist band and hands it to me. "Now, are you wearing this to work out or do you want to change?" Y/N finally breaks her eye contact with the bedroom hallway. "I don't need to, let's just go to bed."

I step away from the counter and begin to pull her with me. "Nope, you don't get to snap tonight. Healthy coping mechanism. Move it."

Y/N hands me the letter for safe keeping then wraps her hands to hit the punching bag. I sit down on the bench and pull out my Stark phone. "How's it going?" Nat responds back a couple seconds later. "Kind of boring actually. Tony has me talking to potential investors like usual. How's date night?"

I look up from my phone to see the punching bag swinging wildly. It is one of the heavier bags too. She has good weight behind her punch. "We're going to need to have a no technology conference tomorrow with everyone. Ears everywhere. Long story short, Drew found us and made contact. Y/N is freaking out. I've got her hitting the punching bag right now."

I grab a water from the lockers and throw it to Y/N when she steps back from the bag. She drains half of it then continues at the bag. "Told Stark. We'll be home in twenty. Anyone hurt? New marks?" I text back a quick no. "Be there soon."

Y/N POV-

Wanda comes walking over to me after a little bit. "How bad is the damage?" She starts to unwrap my hands to look at them. I did a good job wrapping them. My knuckles are only a little red, no cuts today. "Feel any better?" I nod my head a little. "Yeah, thank you."