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

Book 2: Chapter #5

"Where's Wanda?" Y/N asked as the team grew quiet.

"Kid, Wanda...she was killed in the snap." Steve said as Y/N was suddenly as silent as the grave.

"That- that's not possible." Y/N stated as the team looked at him with sorry expressions. "No...there has to be a way to bring her back."

"No, no, this time...we lost for good kid." Steve said as Y/N looked to FRIDAY who nodded and transferred back into her chip, without another word Y/N headed to the jet and boarded it...

2 Months Later

Y/N was in space on the modified quinjet he was currently laying on a bench looking up at his photos of home, he was mostly focusing on one of him and Wanda, he hadn't taken his armour off since the snap. FRIDAY was one of the only two people he spoke to on a regular basis, anyone else he would only speak to for mission purposes. The AI was damaged when Y/N crashed to earth but luckily Y/N was able to repair her, he even made a few upgrades to her, the upgrades came with a change in coding which resulted in FRIDAY going from her previous colour of purple to blue.

FRIDAY was in the cockpit terminal running diagnostics as she received a call from Natasha. It was on the emergency channel. FRIDAY approached the sleeping Y/N.

"Time to wake up, Boss...they need you." FRIDAY said as Y/N lifted his head up from the bench before sitting up and getting to his feet.

"Status report." Y/N said in an almost emotionless tone while walking past FRIDAY.

"It's on the emergency channel, if that's what you mean." FRIDAY said as she appeared on the terminal in a small sized version of herself.

"You know what I meant." Y/N snapped at FRIDAY, she looked down and Y/N paused for a moment, running a ship diagnostic. "I'm sorry." 

FRIDAY nodded.

"I know." FRIDAY said. "Still no sign of the Stones. I'm looking though."

Y/N nodded wordlessly before answering the call from his mother.

"Go ahead." Y/N said calmly as Natasha took a breath.

"We need you to look into rumours of an invasion force heading to earth, head to these coordinates, scout it out and report back, do not attack unless absolutely necessary, we want to avoid starting a war." Nat said as Y/N nodded and went to hang up before Natasha stopped him. "How you holding up?"

"I'm fine." Y/N said, hanging up.

At the compound Natasha was left after the meeting wishing she could see her son without the helmet again, she hated herself for not putting her foot down and telling Y/N he's off the mission roster until he rests but she knew that wouldn't help him, the worst place for Y/N to be right now was alone in his own head, she was grateful he had FRIDAY to keep him company.

Nat felt a tear go down her cheek at seeing her son suffering like this, she relaxed however when she felt Steves hands on her shoulders beginning to massage her.

"He'll come back when he's ready. He's processing it the best way he knows, he just needs to work his way through it." Steve said as Natasha nodded. "Besides, him and FRIDAY have each other, they'll be fine."

"Can you just get my neck please, it's been killing me." Nat said as Steve moved to massaging Natasha's neck, gently moving her hair out of the way, Natasha let out a slight moan and a sigh of relief. "That's the ticket. My 'golden boy' huh?"

"Yeah, all yours." Steve said as he leaned in and kissed Natasha who returned the kiss.

"Boss, do you want me to auto pilot?" FRIDAY asked as Y/N shook his head.

"No thanks. I want to fly her on my own for a little while." Y/N said as FRIDAY nodded and sat in the co-pilot seat next to Y/N.

"We've been up here for two months and it's still just as beautiful as the first time seeing it...isn't it?" FRIDAY said as she looked out at the stars, she looked over to Y/N who still wasn't showing any signs of emotion, FRIDAY turned back to looking out at the stars, she was trying so hard to help Y/N, but she knew he wasn't going to get better, and it pained her.

"...I don't really look." Y/N said after a long silence.

"I know, but I hope one day you will." FRIDAY said as Y/N silently continued flying. The flight was mostly in silence until something came up on FRIDAY's radar. "Boss, bogie coming in two o'clock!"

Y/N spotted it and could see it wasn't any ship. It was a lone enemy scout ship.

"What's it doing all the way out here?" FRIDAY asked as Y/N pressed a few buttons.

"If there's a scout ship, the main fleet won't be far behind." Y/N said as he turned on the long range radar before calling Natasha.

"Go ahead."

"We're at the point you sent us but so far all we've found is one ship looks like a some sort of scout vessel." Y/N said as Natasha made a split second analysis of the information.

"Where there are scouts, the main force--"

"usually follows." Y/N finished as Nat smiled.

"You do listen to me then." Natasha said as FRIDAY joined the call.

"Sorry to interrupt Ms Romanoff, but I've just picked up a fleet on the long range scanner. They're heading towards Xandar. The fleet appears to be looking for something, I've tracked their route back and they've gone from planet to planet like they're trying to find something." FRIDAY said as Natasha thought on the information.

"Do we know who or what these this force is? Are they Chitauri Remnants, Skrull, talking Raccoons with an unhealthy obsession for rockets and guns?" Natasha asked as FRIDAY carried out a scan.

"Negative, I've analysed their ship and scanned for life forms but it's like a Noah's Ark in space, the ships crew is made up of multiple unknown species." FRIDAY said as Natasha nodded. "Hang on, I've got a scan, displaying an image of their largest naval ship."

"Mom, send that to tony, get everyone on standby at battle stations, prepare for war..."