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

Book 2: Chapter #13

"I'm going to the training room with Steve if you want to join us." Natasha offered as Y/N thought about it for a moment.

"Sure, I'll be down there when I finish this report." Y/N said stoically.

"Great, I'll tell your dad. See you in a minute." Nat said as she left the room...

"Wait no, he's not my Dad!" Y/N groaned as Natasha walked away laughing at winding up Y/N. Y/N took five minutes to finish the report and send it off. He shut off his computer and stood up, going to grab the FRIDAY chip from his computer only to remember that the Covenant had FRIDAY. He took a moment to compose himself before heading to the training room.

"Right, no chip, I'm an idiot sometimes, ain't that right Wanda-" Y/N caught himself and let out a sigh, he was happy that his helmet covered his face. meaning no one could see him shed a tear before regaining control of himself. He headed to the training room and headed over to his specialist training equipment, he got onto the treadmill and set it straight to the maximum speed, he broke out into a full sprint, his legs were a blur he was moving that fast as he sprinted. Natasha watched the treadmill measure that he was running at 93.2057 mph (150 kph), he lasted for twenty minutes at that pace before slowing down slightly, after his 'break' Y/N picked up in speed again. Eventually Y/N stopped the treadmill and stepped off of it, Natasha looked at him and he wasn't even out of breath. She was sparring with Steve while keeping an eye on Y/N, glancing over to him every now and then.

Y/N went over to the weights and put every weight onto the bar before beginning to lift the weights. Y/N counted his lifts to a thousand before putting the weights back and heading to the HARM room Natasha used her hands to signal for a time out as she saw Y/N leave, she sat down on a bench and looked at her phone, the background was a photo of Y/N when he was six attending one of Tony's Halloween parties dressed in an Indiana Jones costume, drawing a light beard onto his face using a pen.

"Where's the boy in this photo gone Steve?" Nat asked as Rogers looked at the photo and smiled.

"He's still that same kid Nat, he's just locking away that part of himself to deal with everything." Steve said optimistically as he put his arm around Natasha. "Trust me, we just need to defeat this covenant and then find a way to bring everyone back, after that you'll see that same kid again."

1 year later:

Y/N ran at the group of Covenant forces, picking up a dead soldiers dropped shotgun, he used it to take out a few enemies before using it to beat another four to death. He saw Natasha being overrun whilst she was reloading, so he charged forward and used his own body to cover her while pushing her head down so she wasn't hit by a stray needler round. When she reloaded her pistols Natasha joined her son in fighting the Covenant forces.