Xoxo - y/n Carter

5. Forgive and forget

Wanda pov

I watch from my window as they pull up to the mansion. I haven't seen her in a year, not even a phone call or a text from either of our sides. So it's not only my fault. But if someone would understand it would be her.

"Miss Maximoff, your presence is requested in the foyer" Friday informs me from the speakers. She said requested so i don't have too... no i should go down. And that's what i do. But as i'm walking down that stairs i see them standing by the door, i get a text.

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You sure she's ready to forgive and forget? I mean, you did leave her all alone after i died.
- y/f/l

I stop in my steps as i read it. I notice how her red hair gets in my view and i look up to see her emerald green eyes that i've missed.

"You okay Wanda?" she asks and i can't detect any anger in her voice or her expression. Must have gotten it all out of Maria on the way here.

"Yeah, i'm fine" i say but just as i'm about to pu my phone back in my pocket she snatched it out of my hand. She has the same look as i did when she reads it, but it's not surprised. "It's not the first time you see that, is it?"

"Do you know who it is?" she asks, handing me my phone back.

"I don't, but they knew something only she knew"

"Same, i never told anyone and neither did she" i see worry in her eyes for the truth this person had told her.

"Could it be her?" i need to ask even though it's not possible.

"It can't be, so how could a stranger know something only she does?" but just as i'm about to answer that with another question we're reminded that we're standing in the staircase with Clint, Pepper, Maria and Yelena at the bottom of it.

"Come on now, let's get some lunch and then Bucky, Sam and Steve will come later. Bruce isn't coming and Peter will come tomorrow morning. Which leaves Carol who is still a little MIA. Tomorrow are the fireworks so we'll all be here by then" Pepper says and starts to lead them into a smaller living room.

"Forgiven?" i ask and she gives me a sweet smile.

"And forgotten" she says before we follow the others. I didn't actually think she would agree to it, i do bet on the painting you made that this will come up if we ever fight again.

Bucky pov

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It used to be three, now it's only two and one to tag along. Don't think he can actually replace me in the super trio now? At least he can't replace me in your heart
- y/f/l

I look up from my phone to see Steve and Sam by the reception, in waiting to check out. I look back down at my phone to reassure myself that i read that right. It can't be, can it? We buried you, and everyone thought of us as a super trio since we're the three super soldiers. But the initial at the bottom is still what i'm looking at. And the fact that the place you had in my heart was completely different then friends. We were never just friends, until you decided it wasn't worth messing up our friendship for. Or as it really was, you going back to Maria.

"You coming Buck?" Steve says as they both take their bags to go.

"I'm coming" i say and a smirk emerges on Sam's face and i give him a 'don't you dare say it" look but of course he ignores it.

"That's what she said" i can't really say anything around him without him trying to make it dirty. Not that you didn't have the same dirty mind, if not worse. But at least you could keep it to yourself. Steve just signed before walking out to the car, which we followed him. Back to the Stark mansion, our little road trip is officially over.

Tony pov

I throw the wrench towards the wall in frustration. Looking back at the wall of inspiration i see why i'm building this shit. To get you back. The picture of you is old but you look the same, i think eight years now. It was the first time you had helped me in the workshop. Smiling next to the portable version of what was Jarvis at the time is you and me.

"Pepper is calling" comes from the small screen. I answer it without really looking away from the wall.

"You have guests Tonys" she says with a stern voice.

"Technically they're your guests, you invited them" i answer looking down at the blueprints to try and figure out where i went wrong.

"Well lunch is ready, can you come up?"

"I'm a little busy here Pep"

"Fine, i'll send some food down. Your not gonna start to skip meals again" she says and hangs up. I have to make this machine work, i have to fix this. If i only could understand your prints. There is one thing that's constant with inventors, it's that everyone has their own language. You made this machine as a joke first but when you showed me, it wasn't anymore. I had found the prints a few months ago and i still can't figure it out.

Tony pov flashback

"What's this?" i ask, taking some of the blueprints off your desk. Before you can take them out of my hand i see what they are. "You wanna build a time machine?"

"I was making it as a joke to see if it was possible, i mean, think how much good we could do, the evil we could prevent" you say, embarrassed by your imagination. But i think it's a brilliant idea.

"Tell me" i see surprise and a question in your eyes as you search mine for seriousness.  But i want to hear you out, the only thing i can read on your prints is the actual machine building, not funktion. "I said, tell me"

"I thought that if you manage to match the thing... stone that we got from Carol we could manage to get the molecules to move at the speed of light, creating a breach when they collided at the right speed."

"Not bad Carter, keep working and then we can take a look at the statics, see if we could make it work" you look at me with a big smile and my heart melts.

End of flashback

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Hard to work without an assistant? Harder to read someone else's work? To bad i'm not there to help you now

- y/f/l