𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐄. ¹ | wanda maximoff

08 | 𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐑

WANDA WALKED down the street, running her hands through her hair while she took a deep breath. Carson was walking behind her, letting out a scoff at the fact she had walked off, not listening to what he was saying.

"Wanda." Carson spoke up once more, his patience wearing thin at this point. "We need to talk."

"No, we need to get back to the boys." Wanda dismissed him.

Carson let out a frustrated huff and grabbed her wrist to stop her from walking. Wanda's breath hitched in her throat at the sudden, harsh, contact. Her gaze flicked down to his hand and she tried to pull it from his grip but he didn't let go.

He wasn't going to let her run away from this again.

"What were you doing?" He questioned.

Wanda looked around as she thought of what to say. "What, were you following me or something?"

"Answer the question Wanda."

"I was going for a walk." Wanda snatched her arm from his grip. "Do I need to ask for your permission in future?"

"Oh, really?" Carson raised a brow. "All the way at edge of town?"

"Yes, what's wrong with that?" Wanda shrugged.

Carson rolled his eyes. "You appeared from nowhere Wanda! Your clothes even changed!"

Wanda broke their eye contact and looked down at the ground. "I don't know what you're talking about."

"Don't bullshit me Witchy." Carson clenched his jaw. "I know you're hiding something from me."

"No I'm n—"

"Listen, I'm gonna give you two options here." Carson cut her off. "You can either tell me what the hell is going on and we can work it out together. Or I can figure it out on my own."

Wanda sighed. "Carson..."

"No Wanda." Carson shook his head. "I can't just sit here and pretend everything's okay, because it's not! I know you're keeping something from me and I know it has something to do with this place. So tell me, what's it gonna be?"

Wanda met his eyes once more and exhaled shakily. She opened her mouth to say something but was cut off by the voices of Billy and Tommy calling out to them.

"Mom!"

"Dad!"

The two of them looked over at the twins who were stood further up on the opposite side of the road, at the end of Agnes' driveway.

"It's Sparky, we found him!" Tommy waved them over excitedly.

Carson smiled at Tommy and started to walk over. Wanda reached out for his arm but he recoiled at the touch and looked over his shoulder at Wanda who was stood there with a saddened look on her face.

"Don't Wanda." Carson told her. "We can talk about this later."

"But—"

"Later."

Wanda swallowed thickly and nodded, following behind him. When the two of them reached the boys, the excited look they had on their faces had faded and was now replaced by one of pure panic.