In the end, it's only us (Natasha x reader

Confession

Wanda pov

This wasn't supposed to happen, not like this. I look at Y/n's peaceful face, thought i can still see the pain coursing through her veins. This isn't like last time either, i can't hear her. It's too late to load up her consciousness too, she said that it was the only reason she agreed to it. That she didn't want to become a shell or a new person, she wanted to be her, as much as she could. But it needed to be done beforehand. And that she needed a certain drug for it to turn her and not just kill her, give her a bigger chance. I'm the only one left in the Medbay, the rest are resting since it's the middle of the night. Ingrid and they have gone back to the safehouse and Daniel is still nowhere to be seen.

"It wasn't supposed to go down like this. You we're supposed to have a chance to live Y/n. Why did you go in there when you knew what would happen" i say and i genuinely want to know because it was she who said to lock him up for it not to happen. I lay my head down against her bedside.

"Because i love him" she mutters out and jerk up to see her weakly looking at me, only pain reflecting in her eyes.

"What"

"I loved him, i will probably always love him no matter what. He was my husband"

"Even after what he just did"

"It was his natural instincts so yes, you need to understand that Wanda"

"But i don't, Y/n, i don't understand"

"You will eventually, and if i say so it is so because i'm always right." i let out a laugh with her own weak laugh joining me.

"You were wrong before"

"About what?"

"That the strong feeling i have towards you is hate, that i only tell myself i do like you for Natasha. but it's wrong" she just looks at me and i can't believe i'm admitting this.

"Tell me" she takes my hand in hers and holds it hard, but still it's not hard.

"I do like you, like like you and the only hate i feel is for myself because you're with Natasha. And i've been trying to ignore my feelings for you but i can't, that's why i told myself that i don't like you because it was easier that way"

"I didn't know you were into girls like that Wanda" i let out a nervous laughter. "Is that why you started dating my brother?"

"Partly, yes. It was the closest i could come to you. And believe me, i know how that sounds"

"I think it sounds like you're in misery" there is a soft smile upon her pale lips and it looks so painful that i can't even fully look at her.

"I'm serious y/n, i need you more than i need anyone else. No matter what you are to me, i need you to stay"

"I get that darling, but i'm not here for much longer"

"There must be something we can do" and there are tears streaming down my cheeks, her even wiping them away with her thumb.

"We don't have time Wands, the venom is spreading too fast"

"What about Bucky, or Natasha. Or even Loki. You're their sister, wife and weird sire partner" and she laughs weakly again at the connecting between her and Loki. A connection that can't save her this time.

"You'll take my place in their lives Wanda"

"I can't replace you like that"

"I'm not asking you to replace, i'm asking you to take care of them. Bucky will be what's left of me, Natasha will need you more than ever and Loki... he's Loki and will need someone that's there for him."

"I wish i'd meet you first"

"I know you do, but you can't change the past Wanda. It's one of the few things you can't change"

"But he travelled in time, maybe so can we" and not to make me meet her first but for her to survive.

"No Wanda, you can't think like that. You must leave the timeline of reality alone" her serious face melts into a smile once again. "You may wish for it, but you may never act on it. Promise me that whatever happen, you leave that alone"

"I promise" i sign with a sad smile of my own as i finally look up at her.

"Look Wanda, i may not love you like you want me to in this reality, but find comfort that i do somewhere. But this is where we belong, remember that" she wipes away another tear of mine with that mesmerising smile of hers. Maybe i shouldn't have said anything. "Now promise me you'll take care of them"

"I promise" i could start sobbing if it weren't for how calming her touch was. "How long do you think until the venom..." i can't beat myself to even finish the question, but she knows it. Has it herself in her mind. Probably on repeat.

"I don't know, maybe a few hours, a few days. It depends"

"Depends on what?"

"If he rips my throat out before the venom can kill me" she says, switching to look at something behind me and as i turn around i see Daniel standing in the doorway. I stand up from my chair but he's already by her side. I charge up to use my magic but he throws me through the wall into Helen's lab. Where she apparently is at the moment. I quickly get up and go through the hole in the wall, but they're both gone.

"Friday, wake everybody up. He's got her"