A Love Like Ours

TWO

Anastasia sobs, grabbing handfuls of clothes from the dark oak dresser in her bedroom, tossing them into the open suitcase laying by her feet.

The once perfect townhouse where just hours ago, She believed she would be raising a family with the love of her life, was now destroyed from her and Wanda rummaging through their belongings, deciding at first glance what she would be taking with her and what would have to be left behind.

Determined to get away without ever having to lay eyes on Steve Rogers again.

Except his eyes are staring back at her every time she blinks.

His once comforting blue-green eyes were as cold as ice as he stood on that platform, And they were all she could see.

Wanda races through the living room, Gathering photo albums and pictures that belong to Anastasia, making sure to rip out any that include Steve in them. Leaving pictures of the once happy couple scattered across the floor.

"How could he fucking do this?" She mumbles to herself, pulling a photo of Steve holding a birthday cake that Anastasia no doubt baked for him, from the bright pink album and tossing it onto the floor.

Anastasia grabs her glass jewelry box off the top of the dresser, Tossing it angrily towards the suitcase, missing the clothes by mere inches, it crashes to the wooden floor, shattering into a million pieces at her feet.

She lets out a gut wrenching scream, Collapsing into the pain of her broken heart along with the glass.

Why would he do this?

He loves me.

He loved me.

Didn't he love me?

We're going to start a family...

We were going to start a family...

Another scream escapes her chest, The image of his hands, holding onto Peggy's waist, kissing Peggy's lips, filling her mind.

"Annie?!" Wanda gasps, rounding the dresser, Bending down to join her on the floor.

Surrounded by clothes and shards of glass, She's never seen her best friend so... broken.

Wanda swallows thickly, Reminding herself that she has to be strong for her right now.

Though the only thing she wants to do, is drive back to the woods and rip Steve's still beating heart out with her bare hands.

She hasn't spent time with them together since coming back from the Blip only days ago, But the way Anastasia talked about him she thought Steve sounded like the perfect man for her best friend. The stories of him spoiling her with flowers and sweets just because, Buying a Shoppe to start her own bakery. He sounded like the man every girl hopes to find. She had been so happy to hear that Anastasia had finally found someone to love and appreciate her, especially when she was at her lowest point.

Her heart is breaking right along side her best friends, Holding Anastasia's trembling, sobbing body in her arms.

What the fuck was Steve thinking? Wanda asks herself.

Was it all an act?

Or was Anastasia just so happy to have finally found someone that she didn't see the signs that his heart really wasn't in it?

Would I have been able to warn her if I were here?

Her mind racked with guilt as she carefully pulls Anastasia up from the mess.