Life Of Y/n Banner// Wanda Maximoff x Fem!Reader

Chapter 15

I walked into the compound to see Steve, Sam and Natasha in the living room have their daily T.V. binge. "Whatcha guys watching today?" I asked, noticing as Steve wiped a small tear from his eye. "Are you crying?" I asked with a chuckle.

"We're watching Friends and no I'm not crying....I just had something in my eye." Steve explained.

"Sure you did." I teased.

"Tony and Vision are still in the lab and Wanda is in the training room." Natasha said as if she read my mind, as she often did.

"Thanks." I said and walked off to my room. I threw my bag onto the floor and jumped onto my bed.

Wait a minute. Wanda's in the training room? The thought of Wanda training outside of her scheduled training to become an Avenger with Sam, was a bit worrying. Plus, she was acting weird tat morning. So I decided to go heck on her. When I walked in she was really hashing it out on the punching bag.

"Wanda?" I asked causing her to whip her head around to look at me.

"Hey." she said and started to undone the cloth wrapped around her hands that's meant to prevent injuries.

"Whatcha up to?" I asked. She looked down at the ground and shrugged.

"Just training."

"You hate training." I said, my curiosity getting the best of me.

"Who told you that?" she asked.

"You did. And so Sam and Steve and Nat." I laughed.

"Right. I don't know, I guess I just needed to relive some anger."

"Okay." I said trying not to sound worried. I know we hadn't talked much but she'd grown on me the past couple of months. I didn't like seeing her upset. "I'm gonna go take a shower but if you need to talk just know my door's always open." I gave her a small smile then walked out and back to my room. I did as I said I was going to and I took a shower. My shower thoughts are usually weird but I never seem to dwell on them, except this time. This time there was only one thought that kept replaying. Honestly, it was more of a daydream than a thought. But it stuck.

I walked out of my bathroom dressed in black sweatpants and a black AC/DC shirt. Still drying my hair with a towel. I threw my dirty clothes in my laundry hamper and threw my towel onto my bed.

"Y/n?" a small voice called. I jumped at the sound. Oh, it's just Wanda... Uh oh! "Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you."

"It's f-fine." I said nervously as I stared at her. She gave me a weird look but then turned serious.

"You said that if I wanted to talk your door is open. So...I'm here to talk." she said and she sat on my bed with her knee to her chest.

"What's up?" I asked sitting next to her. She was hesitant to answer at first but soon gave in.

"It's my first...my first birthday without P-Pietro." she explained.

"Oh, Wanda. Why didn't you tell me?" I asked embracing her in a hug.

"I didn't tell anyone. I thought maybe if no one knee then I could forget about it." she said wrapping her arms around my back. "But it didn't work."

"How did you guys usually celebrate?" I asked as pulled away.

(Just a beforehand reference since Wanda is from Sokovia which is a mix of Slovakia and Russia I thought I'd use some of their birthday traditions because I know not every place celebrates the same).

"Our parents," she started, a smile forming as she thought. "we're into the older traditions so every year Pietro, would steal fairy bread. Since we didn't have the money to buy it. I would get the cupcakes and candle. One cupcake had the candle for us to blow out and the other was the one we smashed. They're weird traditions, I know." she explained and looked down at her hands sadly.

"They're not weird. It's unique and being unique doesn't make it weird." I said using my finger to tilt her head up so she could look at me. Her emerald green eyes staring into mine. My heart started to flutter but I quickly shut it down. "I have an idea. Come on." I slipped on a pair of boots, grabbed her hand and lead her out of the room, grabbing my keys on the way.

"Where are we going?" she asked trying to keep up to my pace.

"You'll see." I said and we walked out of the compound and to my car. "Do you trust me?" I asked her.

"Yes?" I gave her a worried expression. "Yes. Yes, I trust you." she said.

"Good. Get in." We got into my car and I started to drive. The car ride was silent and uneventful except for the occasional glances from Wanda. Halfway through the drive I something felt weird in my head like something was trying to push in. It was a familiar feeling that I didn't catch right away then, I realized that Wanda could read minds.

"You do remember that that doesn't work on me, right?" I asked her, a smirk forming as I saw her cheeks tint pink.

"Sorry." she said shyly.

"It's alright." I said. While we were stopped at a red light I held my stare on her. "You wanna know why don't you?"

"I'm curious." she said her voice soft and sweet.

Stop being so adorable!

"You weren't the first one to kidnap me," I started before the light turned green and I had to keep driving. "3 years ago, Loki decided to come to Earth. And it seems that every time the Avengers face a new foe, I get caught in the middle. Although with Loki it was just to piss  off my dad. But he continuously invaded my mind and used what he found against me. So, I learned to create a barrier."

"To prevent anyone else from going in." she said catching on to what I was saying.

"Yeah. I had forgotten all about it until I met you. I mean you're the only other person I've met who has the ability to." I said. As I finished my sentence I pulled into a parking space at the local market.

"What are we doing here?" Wanda asked pure confusion filling her face.

"It's a surprise. Now you stay here and I'll be right back. I'll leave the keys so you can blast the stereo if you want." 

"You're just gonna leave me here?" she asked.

"I'll be quick, I promise." I assured her and gave her a smile which she returned. I left the car and went into the store to gather a few surprise items.