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𝘜𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥
𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯.

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They eyed each other intently, watching, waiting for their next move. The heated gaze of their stare still lingered when she glanced downward. She calculated her next strike like a cobra, her opponent watched fearfully. She looked back up and kicked half of her lip up in a predator-like smirk. Wordlessly she extended her arm and let the colorful card fall to the table.

"Plus 4."

"No!" Wanda screamed. She flailed her arms in the air like a madwoman, cursing her luck. She sat back down in her chair, crossed her arms angrily, and scowled as she watched Y/n do a victory dance.

"Not fair, we played 2 games of monopoly, 3 games of sorry, a game of Candy land AND shoots and ladders and you beat me in all of them" She shrieked.

"What can I say? I'm just competitive." Y/n joked. Wanda narrowed her eyes and huffed, blowing her auburn hair out of her face.

This was nice for Y/n, having friends to do silly things with and play games. Even though she longed for it when she was younger her father never allowed her or her brother to make friends, go to the mall, hang out. He said it was a waste of time or a distraction from training. So all she ever really had was herself, so the last couple of weeks for her have been 'therapeutic'.

Y/n might have never played most of the games, but to win a game you need to be competitive and have a strategy. Lucky for Y/n competitiveness and strategies are right up her alley.

"Oh come on Wands there's always Mancala." She grinned.

Wanda violently shook her head "Nope, no, not happening. Never again will I play a board game with you."

Y/n's grin turned into a large smile. "You know, never is a long time."

Just as Wanda was about to reply FRIDAY interrupted. "Ms. Maximoff and Dr. Y/l/n Director Fury have requested your presence in the debriefing room."

"Ughh, Another mission." Wanda groaned.

Nick Fury was another one of the small handful of people who knew Y/n's situation. Before she met Tony, Fury was actually the one that secretly helped her escape her old lifestyle. They kept in contact ever since. she occasionally helped with some things that he didn't want on record and in return he kept her off SHIELDS radar. 

Wanda furrowed her eyebrows. "I wonder why he wants you to come down, usually we just have FRIDAY inform the doctors."

Y/n just shrugged in response. The truth was she really didn't know why she had to go but she didn't mind. Contrary to popular belief sometimes Y/n missed all of the action so maybe going to the debriefing being a small bit helpful would fill the part of her that she felt was missing.

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Y/n and Wanda were the last ones in the room. Everyone in the room was talking waiting for Fury to begin. Wanda took a seat next to her boyfriend Vision and Y/n took the last free seat next to Tony and across from Bucky.

Fury got up from his seat and walked over to stand at the end of the long conference table. He cleared his throat and nodded toward Y/n.
"Y/l/n."

She nodded back "Fury."

"We could use you out there."  Fury declared.