Scarletromanogers One/Two Shots

Nightmares

Steve and Wanda are on the run together after the events of Civil War. Nightmares start bringing them closer together, especially for Wanda, who is unaware that Steve and Nat are a couple.

It first happened the night after they'd left Wakanda.

He supposed she'd probably had nightmares before — who amongst them hadn't? — but at both the Avengers Compound and in King T'Challa's palace, their rooms had been too far apart for him to have heard. But now they were in a safehouse in Eastern Europe that Nat had so graciously lent him, and their rooms were right next to each other, making it impossible for him not to hear her whimpering.

It was just the two of them.

After Steve had rescued everyone from the raft, Sam had stayed with Bucky in Wakanda (Sam insisted it was so that he could continue annoying the other man, but Steve knew they'd become friends), and Clint and Scott Lang had taken deals to go back to their families. As for Natasha, Steve infrequently communicated with her through secret channels she'd set up for them, but that could only happen whenever one of them got the chance to send a message safely, so he didn't know where she was at the moment or when she would be able to join them.

One of Steve's own nightmares had just woken him up a few minutes before, and he was staring into the darkness above him when he heard the tell-tale whimpering that indicated the young girl was having a nightmare of her own. It was a sound Steve was far too used to, having frequently heard it from Nat when they were living together in Avengers Tower after the fall of SHIELD, and later on in the Avengers Compound after Ultron.

Quietly getting up, he walked out of his room and knocked gently on the door to Wanda's room — it wouldn't do to startle a telekinetic in the midst of a nightmare. The noise was apparently enough to wake the girl up though, as she called out groggily a second later, "Steve, is that you?"

"Yeah, its me," replied Steve as he softly pushed her door open, and walked inside. "I heard you whimpering, and figured you were having a nightmare," he continued, crossing the room and sitting down on the edge of the bed next to her.

Wanda simply nodded her head, her arm resting on the bed next to Steve. Steve took her hand in his, and began rubbing light circles with his thumb soothingly.

Steve could feel her still trembling slightly, so after a while he asked, "Do you want me to stay in here?"

Wanda nodded again, shifting over a little and whispering, "Thank you."

Steve crawled under the covers next to her, lying on his back, and Wanda turned over on her side, wrapping one arm around him and using his chest as a pillow.

The following morning, having not been awoken by any more nightmares during the night, Wanda awoke to an empty bed, an actual pillow replacing where Steve's chest had been when she'd finally fallen back to sleep. But she didn't have to wonder long where he'd gone, as she quickly smelt coffee drifting in from the kitchen just outside their rooms, as well as the sound of bacon sizzling.

Getting up, she didn't bother throwing anything on over her tank top and sleep shorts before walking out into kitchen. Mostly she just wasn't thinking about it, but if she had, she would have excused it as they'd already shared a bed, and if they were going to be living in this close proximity for the indeterminate future, they might as well get used to seeing each other in less than formal clothing, as it was bound to happen from time to time. But mostly, this was simply always what she wore around her room in the morning, and it just didn't cross her mind that maybe she should put on more clothes before going out into the common area.

Walking out of her room, she found Steve making breakfast, and a cup of coffee waiting for her on the counter. She padded over to the counter, picking up the cup and taking a sip.