What Heroes Do -- [Male Reader x Wanda Maximoff]

Book 1: Chapter #1

2016:

"So when are you going to see MJ." Y/N asked Peter as they walked through the corridors of Midtown high.

"Tonight, MJ, and myself are heading to Ned's house we're gonna work on some of the assignments. What about you?" Peter said as Y/N smirked.

"I'm...working." Y/N said as Peter shook his head.

"Always working alone, one day man you'll let us in on your secrets."

"Nah, I can't. There's a lot you don't know about me Peter, those secrets, I don't share them because they hurt me, and they tend to get others hurt too, usually hurting me even more in the process." Y/N said as Peter nodded as they walked into class. Y/N was forced to sit next to the one person he hated more than the people at the orphanage, Flash Thompson.

"Alright turn to page 154." The science teacher said as Y/N went to grab his book from his bag when Flash kept moving Y/N's bag with his foot. After the third time Y/N picked his bag up and put it on the table to take his stuff out. Flash grumbled something under to himself as the teacher saw Y/N was still getting his equipment. "Today would be nice Mr Rushman."

"Yeah, it's sunny, shame we're not outside." Y/N quipped making Peter smirk.

"Mr Rushman, step outside." The teacher said as Y/N sighed and stood up, walking out of class. Y/N was stood in the corridor for a few minutes when the teacher decided to come out. "Do you know why I sent you out here?"

"Not really sir no." Y/N said as The teacher clenched their jaw in annoyance.

"Because you answered back, something you continually do in my classes."

"Maybe it's Eugene being a bad influence. Perhaps you should be talking to him." Y/N said bluntly as the teacher just laughed off the statement.

"No, you're the bad influence. You know you're destined for great things Y/N, you're going to go all the way down to the gutter." The teacher said as Y/N took his turn to laugh off the comment.

"Believe me, sir, I've been in the gutter, it spat me back out and apologized to me." Y/N said as the teacher shook their head.

"Go in there and keep quiet, detention for a month." The teacher said as Y/N let out a huff when he walked into the class to see Flash smiling.

"Hey, Y/N, what's your made up mom gonna say when she finds out." Flash whispered as Y/N shook his head.

"I don't know, Flash, but whatever it is it'll be less mind numbingly dumb than anything that's ever come out of your mouth." Y/N said calmly earning a glare from Flash and the girls in the class to laugh at the exchange.

When the lunch bell went Y/N was talking with Peter as the sorted their lockers out.

"Seriously though man, that was a nice one with Flash and the teacher."

"It was annoying." Y/N said as he left and headed to the bathroom. He was washing his face in the sink to calm down, when he was finished he turned to see Flash's fist just as it hit him in the middle of the face, slamming his head back into the locker. "Speaking of annoying..."

Y/N wiped the blood from his nose just as Flash's friends grabbed Y/N and held him as Eugene began to beat him to a pulp, Y/N fell to the floor as Flash began to kick him.

"Watch your mouth Rushman." Flash said as Y/N coughed.

'No, you are in too much trouble as it is, wait till the heat on you dies down, then kick his ass.' Y/N thought to himself as he climbed to his feet.

That night when he got home Y/N went straight to his room, making a point of avoiding Nat, he didn't want her finding out.

"Y/N, you okay in there, you've seemed quiet." Nat called through the door as Y/N was in his bathroom fixing himself up, making sure the bruises where as well hidden as possible.

"I'm fine, just um, working on homework." Y/N said, cringing at how bad he was at lying to his mother. Most people he was able to fool with a lie with relative ease, but Natasha had 'super mom powers'. She was almost always able to tell when he lied to her.

What Y/N didn't see was that Natasha had entered his room and found an open box of bandages sticking out from under his desk.

"This homework how to hide bruises by any chance?" Natasha said as she opened the door.

"Mom, please, just drop it." Y/N said as Natasha walked closer and took the bandage from him, moving some of the bandages to see he was struggling to breath.

"Who did this to you-"

"Mom, stop please. Go back to what you were doing please." Y/N pleaded as Natasha looked at his arm to see a fractured wrist.

"Who hurt you?" Natasha demanded as Y/N shook his head and tried to walk away but Natasha stopped him. "Tell me."

"LEAVE IT MOM!" Y/N snapped, not realising he'd raised his voice before it was too late. Natasha looked hurt, Y/N just grabbed his coat and left heading out for the night, Natasha knew he was going to see Peter, Ned, and MJ. 

'Hopefully he'd calm down when he gets back.' Natasha thought to herself as she heard the door close.

"Y/N, you alright, you look upset." MJ's mom asked as Y/N nodded.

"I'm alright Ms Watson I heard Pete and Ned were round and I was hoping I could drop by, I need to get out of my house for a while." Y/N said as MJ's mom let him in.

"Sure, come in. Do you need anything?"

"No thanks, Ma'am." Y/N said as Ms Watson knocked on the door and opened it, the trio saw Y/N with tears on his face and how he was acting. They brought him in as they tried to comfort him.

"Flash?" Peter asked as Y/N nodded. MJ grabbed a first aid kit and began to apply proper first aid to Y/N's wrist.

"How long was he attacking you for?" Pete asked in disbelief.

"A few minutes, his pals were holding me while he beat me." Y/N answered as Peter shook his head.

"I'm gonna have to tell someone about this-"

"No, Pete, don't do that and he'll go worse next time or if he gets kicked out he'll do it to someone else, I can take a punch, especially from him." Y/N said as they all looked to one another before nodding.

Y/N went home, walking with Peter to his and Mays apartment before walking on his own back to Natasha's place, as he opened the door he saw Natasha sat on the couch with the cat that always came in.

"Hey Liho, you mind giving me and Mama some space." Y/N said as he petted the cat. The cat jumped down and went into Y/N's room. "Try not to crap on my bed."

"Language." Natasha said as Y/N let out a sigh.

"Look, mom...I didn't want to talk about...the injuries because I don't want you to go ballistic at the person responsible. I can handle...this, it was a one off fight that I won. If I survived the orphanage it's gonna take a lot more to bother me than a few bruises. I'm sorry for yelling at you." Y/N said, lying about to fight to make sure Natasha wasn't going to take it any further. Natasha nodded.

"I guess I shouldn't have been pushing you like that. Just promise me you would tell me if you were getting bullied or anything." Natasha said as Y/N nodded.

"Promise. Caps honour." Y/N said earning a laugh from Natasha who opened her arms and invited Y/N to join her on the couch. "Liho, come on!"

The cat jumped onto his lap and curled up while Y/N let his head rest on his mothers shoulder.