Lilliana: The Oldest Maximoff [Discontinued]

Sorry guys...

So I have decided to discontinue this story. The original plot just seems too childish for me now, and I don't see myself ever going back to rewrite it. I figured that I owed you guys enough to publish the remainder of my author notes for this story. Again, I apologize, but this will be the last chapter for this story. Enjoy :)

[  ] They have a few fights, just like normal couples. (Struggles with not spending enough time together, Bucky briefly gets jealous because Lilli leaves unannounced to help Steve with escaping Ross and other forms of government and he feels like she doesn't have time for him anymore leads to a big fight separation)
[  ] During this time, the other team members visit. Buck and Lil are casual about their relationship. However, there's a time where Lil excuses herself to speak with Shuri (she reassures Bucky by squeezing his hand). This makes the others suspicious. Later, the couple offers to make dinner. The team stays talking in the next room. Lilli and Bucky try to stay casual, but they get caught up in their romance (Bucky sways with her before quickly swinging her around and teasing her) They hear loud laughing from both of them, and go to investigate. Lilli and Buck are so caught up in each other that they don't notice the crowd as they kiss passionately. Nat yells "I f***ing knew it!" and everyone starts laughing as Lilli blushes into Bucky's chest and he helps her hide her embarrassment.
[  ] They're alerted of Thanos and the Avengers come to Wakanda for the first time in months. They discuss fighting with Thanos.
[  ] They lose and people are snapped away. Right before the fight, Lilli has a vision about giving birth to twins.
[  ] She finds it hard to cope with everyone's loss. So, she locks herself up in a new house (after moving back to Brooklyn).
[  ] Everyone left tries to get in touch with her, but it's almost impossible.
[  ] Eventually, Steve is able to get ahold of her. He waits outside on her front steps until she's forced to go out and talk to him.
❌"Hey," he continues to look ahead, not meeting my eyes, "nobody's been able to get ahold of you. We've been worried... I've been worried."
One thought has been replaying in my head all day, "I'm pregnant." I blurt out, turning to face him.
"Wha-"
"With twins,"
"Wha- how long have you known?" Steve questions, placing his hand on my shoulder.
"Well, the OB confirmed it this morning, but I had a vision about it the... day of the fight."
"...Did Bucky know?" He asks, gulping loudly to swallow his tears.
"No," I jerk my head freakishly and break into sobs, "I was going to tell him but... the world was ending and I didn't want anyone to be distracted. So, I pushed the thought away and... then the world ended anyway."
"That wasn't your fault." Steve reads my mind, "it wouldn't have changed anything."
"I was distracted, I wasn't on my top game and it cost billions of people their lives!"
"That was not your fault."
"Peter won't get to grow up to be a world renowned genius, Wanda won't get to have her dream family, Buck won't get to see his kids grow up, Sam won't get to go back to his nephews and his sister or help fix that damn boat, Shuri won't get to do what she loves, and it's all my f-"
"Stop! Stop doing that to yourself!" He yells, quite literally shaking me out of my thoughts, "this was not your fault! Do you understand me? This was not your fault."
"I should've told him." I whisper in his shoulder, "he's never going to know that he could've had the family he always wanted."
"It's gonna be okay."
"He always talked about it... he wanted this so bad." I cry, hiding in his chest.
"Shhh, I know... It's gonna be okay." He reassures me.
[  ] Steve demands to stay with Lilli for a few days and says that she should call Pietro so he can stay with them indefinitely.
[  ] That night, Pietro offers to go get groceries, so he can clear his head for a bit. He refuses to use his power for once.
❌"Lil?" Steve calls out, searching the downstairs for me, "Oh, there you are. I was worried when I didn't find you upstairs, in bed."
He's fresh from the shower; a green t-shirt, wet hair, baggy black sweats...
I want to sprint away from my standing position by the roaring fire, but I'm shaking so intensely that it's hard to move that quickly. I've been consumed by a feeling I knew all too well...
"Hey," he whispers, yearning for my attention, "Are you okay? You're shaking."
Steve reaches over, attempting to place his friendly touch on my shoulder, but as soon as his hand makes contact, I jerk away. I want to feel his comfort, but my body's in too much shock.
"Te rog nu mă atinge," I plead.
(Translation: please don't touch me)
"Bine bine," he takes a step back, revealing his hands, "Stai jos, te rog, cu mine."
(Translation: okay, okay, sit down please, with me)
I shake my head freakishly, tears jerking free.
"Vino să te întinzi cu mine." Steve whispers worriedly, returning forward to lift me up.
(Translation: Come lie with me)
"Nu, nu, nu!" I yell in between my sharp intakes of breath.
He stops for a moment, allowing me another second alone, before scooping me up.
Once I'm in his arms, my fight for remaining untouched slips away, my mind too exhausted to fight any longer.
"Steve?" I sob, begging him to hold me.
He moves calmly, spooning me in his arms, "shh"
We sit horizontally along the couch. Steve allows me to bundle across the side of his body.
"îmi este atât de dor de ele," I hiccup sadly, slowly calming down the longer our bodies touch.
(Translation: I miss them so much)
"Știu." He says despairingly, placing his cheek against my head, and rubbing up and down my side.
(Translation: I know.)
"Dacă nu se mai întoarce niciodată?" I question, grabbing the rim of the chain around my neck with Bucky's dog tags, "Dacă Wanda nu se mai întoarce niciodată?"
(Translation: what if he never comes back? What if Wanda never comes back?)
"Vor, indiferent cât durează, vor reveni" Steve assures me.
(Translation: they will, no matter how long it takes, they'll come back)
"Cum ar trebui să cresc gemeni fără Buck sau- sau Wanda? Sunt singur!" I yell, shaking into my breaths.
(Translation: How am I supposed to raise twins without Buck or- or Wanda? I'm alone!)
"Lil, nu ești singură. Mă ai pe mine și pe Pietro și... totul va fi bine pentru că vom fi aici să te ajutăm.'" Steve reassures me softly, pulling me a little closer.
(Translation: Lil, you are not alone. You have me and Pietro and... everything is going to be fine because we will be here to help you.)
I finally breathe in the still-present smell of a fresh house, a stitched quilt now covering us. We soon nod off to sleep, and that's where we rest for the remainder of the night.

The rest of the story is pretty self explanatory

[ ] They go back in time

[ ] They fight Thanos again and win

[ ] They live happily in their new home