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

Book 1: Chapter #14

Y/N had spent most of the days following the fight recovering, the gas had weakened him more than he allowed people to see but he was regaining his strength. He and Wanda were keeping each other company thanks to their injuries keeping them out of action, Y/N was healing like a normal person thanks to the gas but he was still healing none the less. They were growing fond of one another, a point Natasha noticed whenever she was in the same room as them both, they seemed friendly, very friendly. They were doing the chores of washing the tables after dinner and they were both laughing with each other, Wanda splashed Y/N with the soapy water from the sink which he responded to in kind, splashing Wanda with the water, they carried on doing it and eventually Nat got involved.

"Y/N, Wanda, knock it off." Nat said as the team looked at her.

"Nat, they're kids, they're just having fun. They've had enough of that deprived from their childhoods." Clint said as Nat glared at him.

"Barton, go sit in the vents or get an arrow stuck up your ass, your choice." Nat said as Barton slinked off away to climb into the vents.

Y/N and Wanda quietly finished up their chores and went to their rooms. Just as they got to their rooms Y/N and Wanda turned to each other, about to speak but neither could say anything, they knew the words, but were too worried to say them.

"Night, Wanda." Y/N said, breaking the silence, he wanted to tell her about how he felt, but he couldn't.

"Night, Y/N." Wanda said with a smile, cursing herself internally for not having the guts to tell him.

They both rushed into their rooms and shut the door.

Y/N sat on the edge of his bed before looking at the time and realizing he'd stayed up late, he turned his bedside fan on and ordered FRIDAY to soundproof the room so he could listen to music while trying to get to sleep. 

Meanwhile, in Wanda's room, she was trying to get to sleep with her bedside fan on, she couldn't take her mind off Y/N, she wanted to tell him but she didn't want to get either herself or Y/N into trouble with Nat.

Natasha was downstairs in the common room reading a book when Steve walked in with his coffee and sat down with his own book. There was a long silence until it was broken by Steve.

"Nat-"

"If you're gonna tell me that maybe I shouldn't be so worried about Y/N and Wanda getting all lovie dovie, don't." Nat said not looking up from her book.

"I wasn't, I was gonna ask if you wanted anything from the kitchen or if you wanna train?" Steve said as Nat blushed for a moment.

"Oh, right, sorry." Natasha said as Steve nodded.

"Don't worry about it." Steve said in his usual understanding manner. "You mind if I do offer my advice on that though?"

"Go ahead, everyone else seems to."

"Maybe you should let them, just say that there are certain boundaries until they're eighteen. At the end of the day it's only natural that they feel for each other, they both have a lot in common, and they practically live together. Besides, if it's the heartbreak of rejection you want to keep him away from, perhaps that's gonna do more bad than good. He needs to encounter that, the feeling of that kind of rejection, to learn how to move on from that kind of rejection and keep it from being awkward." Steve said as Nat took a deep breath.

"I'll sleep on it." Nat said as she stood up and headed to the elevator, taking it up to the floor where her room was located. Across the hall from Y/N. The residents of the floor consisted of Y/N, Natasha, Wanda, Pietro, and Steve.

Y/N was drifting off to sleep as he became consumed by a dream. He was just enjoying a normal day out with Natasha when they were mugged and Natasha was shot, Y/N knelt down beside her and held her hand, just as she was dying Y/N woke up in a cold sweat. He looked at the clock and saw that it was 4:48 am. Y/N stood up and went out for a run around the compound grounds, he ended up doing 7 laps before his injuries slightly flared up again.

"Fucks sake." Y/N muttered to himself as he heard footsteps.

"Language."

"English, Russian, French, German, Latin, Spanish, Italian, Arabic, Native American, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Welsh -"

"Alright, hate it when you do that." Steve said as Y/N smirked. "Up for a run?"

"No, just done seven laps of the compound and my injuries are kickin up a fuss again." Y/N said as Steve nodded. "By the way, thanks, for talking to mom about the ban on relationships thing last night."

"How-"

"Enhanced hearing." Y/N said bluntly as Steve done an 'Oh, right' face to Y/N. "I'll leave you to it."

"See ya, Y/N." Steve said as he set off on his run around the compound.

As Y/N walked into the compound he saw Nat sat at a table eating a bowl of cereal alone.

"Hey, mom." Y/N said calmly as Nat looked up.

"Hey, what are you doing up this early?"

"It's nothing." Y/N said, embarrassed about it.

"Come on Y/N, talk to me, you know I'm always here."

"It's nothing, just me being stupid." Y/N said as Natasha looked at him.

"Y/N-"

"I still get those fucking nightmares, Mom. Last nights one was you and me walking through town and we get mugged and you end up getting killed...I didn't want to tell you about it because it's such a stupid thing let get to me." Y/N said as Natasha walked up to her son and embraced him.

"Hey, you don't need to worry about that, anyone tries to mug us and I'm kicking their ass." Natasha said as she ran her hand through Y/N's hair. "I've decided to listen to the rest of the team, you can have a relationship, but there are rules, no sex until you're both eighteen, no letting it get in the way of a mission, and finally, no lying to me when I ask you...do you have feelings for Wanda?"

There was a long and tense pause as Y/N thought it over.

"...Yes."