A Hand to Hold // Scarlet Witch and Vision One-Shots

Sound of Silence

{A/N: This one-shot is set just after AoU}

Silence.

That's all anyone got out of the Scarlet Witch. She secluded herself in the room at the compound, except for training sessions and meals. But she never spoke to anyone. When Natasha or Steve would enter her room to ask her something, they would get a blank, dead-eyed stare.

What more could they expect? She lost her other half in Sokovia. The Vision, only a few days old at this point, was confused about the worry the team held for her. She wanted to be alone, probably needed to mourn, so why were they pushing her? One day he tried asking. Steve was eating oatmeal at the breakfast bar when Vision phased through the door and entered.

"Captain Rogers, I wished to ask you a question about Miss Maximoff." He announced, and the superhero turned to look at him.

"Alright." He took a deep breath, getting up to rinse out his now-empty bowl. "Whatcha got?"

"Why do you and the other members of our team keep bothering her, when she clearly wants to be alone?" He asked. Steve sighed and ran a hand through his hair.

"She's volatile, depressed, and mourning. She may want to be alone, but people in fragile mental health can be destructive to themselves," He paused, "And Wanda's powers could make her destructive to the rest of us, too. If she loses more control, we could all be facing our worst nightmares again."

"Do you think that she will get better, Captain?" Vision asked, concern etched on his face. He got a shrug in response.

"With time, maybe. Wounds like that..." He frowned, looking like he was in deep thought. "Wounds like that could take years to heal."

"But her wounds are not physical." Vision pointed out. "How can we know once she's healed?"

"Once she begins to trust us." He said. Vision nodded in response, in understanding.

"Thank you, Captain." Vision nodded once at the man and phased through the walls until he was outside Wanda's room. He knocked lightly at the door and was surprised when it swung open with the power of a red hex. "That's never happened before." {A/N: Frozen reference?}

He walked into the room, which was tidier than he had expected. Wanda was sitting at her desk, writing in a journal. He tilted his head and floated next to her.

"Miss Maximoff, I came to see if there was anything you needed." He informed her. She continued writing what looked like a list, with bullets under each main heading. He glanced over and began to read some of the list items in her scrawl.

Steve Rogers, A.K.A. Captain America

-Defeated Nazis

-Leader of the Avengers

-Weaknesses: "Bucky", "Peggy"

-Strengths: Shield, Not freezing to death, "doing this all day"

Sam Wilson, A.K.A. the Falcon

-"On Your Left" ... inside joke with Captain Rogers

-Likes to make bets

-Weaknesses: Losing to Captain Rogers, PTSD

-Strengths: Wings, Following Captain Rogers' orders

Colonel James Rhodes, A.K.A. "Rhodey", A.K.A. War Machine

-Tells stories that aren't that impressive

-Follows Stark everywhere

-Weaknesses: PTSD, feeling inferior to the Avengers

-Strengths: Stark's tech, Government access