A Perfect Christmas- WandaNat x Reader

Gingerbread People

"So what were you doing baking alone?" The question caught you off guard. The three of you had been decorating your gingerbread houses for the last hour, christmas music continued playing in the background as you all bantered playfully, throwing digs at each other's decoration choices. It wasn't your fault neither of them was as good at using a piping bag as you were.

You stilled slightly, the gumdrop you were placing landing crookedly on your roof.

You picked up your frosting bag and idly played with it, thinking of something to say that wasn't 'I was trying not to think about how lonely I am'

You glanced over at the couple as they worked together to decorate their house, and one of them would occasionally glance over at you- an action you pointed out to them when you accused them of trying to steal your ideas earlier. You started piping little icing icicles to give yourself something to do to seem more nonchalant about the topic.

"I usually do these things alone" Both the women look up from their tasks to look over to you but you refused to meet their eyes, you already got a sympathy talk from Steve when he found you outside attempting to make a snowman by yourself.

"Sometimes another avenger will join in," You thought back to how Steve helped you lift the snowballs when they got too heavy for you "but it's not.." You stopped yourself, trying not to say something you'd regret or give away your crush that would potentially ruin your friendship with your favorite people.

"It's not what?" You looked up to see Wanda looking at you curiously, both women were staring at you with slight frowns and a touch of something else in their eyes.

You took a soft sharp inhale in, their gazes were so strong and so... intimate.

You shook yourself out of the fantasy you were beginning to build on the way they looked at you, you're just seeing things Y/n.

You stood up straighter "it's nothing sorry, I didn't mean to bring the mood down" You observed your Gingerbread house then looked over to theirs, clearing your throat you smiled over to them, tilting your head "Looks like we're done! Let's vote on who wins"

All three of you took a step back to observe your houses, you took your time looking at theirs. The house was messily built, frosting protruding out of the cracks and crevices and some of the decorations had begun to droop a little due to too much frosting. You could tell Nat let Wanda do most of the building- but the exterior around their house was beautifully decorated. 

After they'd decided their house was unsavable they put all of their work into the exterior and it paid off. They had cut tree shapes out of their extra gingerbread and placed them around the house, and there was an adorable m&m path lined with mini candy canes leading up to their door. Little gumdrops as bushes and marshmallows as snowmen were also placed around carefully, but the thing that caught your eye the most was the gingerbread people.

 In front of their door standing wide-leggedly side by side were little Gingerbread women they'd decorated to look like themselves, they'd been placed just close enough that their cookies were holding hands. It was the sweetest thing you'd ever seen. Literally.

And it made your throat burn with unshed tears.

Then you looked over to your house, it was precisely made- you have a lot of experience with making gingerbread houses. You'd melted jolly ranchers to make stained glass windows and aside from one crooked gumdrop all of your decorations were placed beautifully along your house. But the exterior of your house was nothing at all like theirs. Some frosting was lightly spread around the ground as snow and you'd randomly placed some mini candy canes that didn't really match the rest of your decor.

And then there was you, or- ginger-you. Standing in front of the house all by herself, a smile piped onto her face. You frowned slightly.

You were about to voice your vote when Wanda moved forward, pushing your house until it was right next to theirs "you know I think with your building skills and our landscaping skills we make the perfect household" She picked up your lonely little ginger person and placed it with theirs, you could feel tears threatening to spill at how warm the small action made you feel but you didn't want to make it weird so you started laughing instead

"I think you're right Wanda"

Well it's settled then," Nat mused "we all win"

"What's our prize?" Wanda questioned, half joking as she turned to you

You lit up and walked over to the counter farthest from you, you picked up a tray covered with a lid and walked back to the couple with a twinkle in your eyes

"Now," you prefaced "we get to eat these" you lifted the tray to reveal some gingerbread people you'd made a little earlier- each one decorated to look like a different avenger

"I call Steve" Nat smirked and you laughed lightly as you handed it to her.

Yeah. These were your favorite people.