Abandoned

Stepping Stones

When you woke up, Steve's leg was draped over your body and his arms around your waist and you were so warm and toasty it was a sin.  It was like waking up with the largest golden retriever on you and he was probably just as loyal too.  You momentarily panicked at the closeness of his body to yours and the warmth of his breath on your neck where his face was buried. Your heart was racing with thoughts running through your head, overanalyzing everything. Where his hands were on your hip and holding your hand. His lips on your neck. You knew it was subconscious and because he was asleep but this was intimate and you didn't want him to wake up like this and for it to be hella awkward. You decided to skirt out first and avoid the scene and make it easy on him. You carefully wiggled out of the super soldiers grasps refusing to acknowledge how handsome and peaceful he was and snuck out of your room and went down the hall to Wanda's room.

You ran in and slammed the door waking her and Vis and slammed your body against the door like it was a safety measure from an outside attacker. "Ms. Y/L/N, Are you alright?" You shook your head. Wanda rubbed her eyes and with her thick sokovian accent. "What the hell did that ass hat do now? I can make him piss rainbows for a week and scare the shit out of him." You laughed momentarily at the thought. "Well, my love, I doubt that would solve anything." Vision, ever the reasonable peacemaker just smirked. He was always surprising you with how he was evolving and his unceasing love for Wanda, how you longed for that. "Steve slept next to me last night." Wanda was in mid-stretch as she flailed and whacked Vis on his blonde head. He just laughed it off. " I think that is my queue to make coffee and breakfast for everyone." He got out of bed and you took his place next to Wanda. "So...what happened?"

You shrugged your shoulders at her reasonable yet terrifying questions. "You mean after I nearly blew up the kitchen after Bucky confronted me?" She gave you an apologetic smile. "What caused it?" You shook your head. "I want..no I need to find normalcy so we can cohabitate and not have conflict. I don't know how to do that. Then while I was in the kitchen he came in and I told him I can't just pretend like everything is fine and be friends just like that. We are coworkers and then he came out and said--- he said he loved me. Or tried to at least." Her jaw was slack and she stared at you. "He befriends you and you both seemingly fall in love. Then get it on, he disappears for a year with barely a note then shows up and wants to be your lover again?"

You nodded at her and realized how ridiculous it sounded coming from someone else. "You're fucking shitting me right?" You shook your head. "Ok, so then what happened." She sat in rapt attention staring at you while you continued with telling her what you said to him while you powers flared up.

"Y/N, when I came in I've never seen anything quite like that. It was beautiful but terrifying. You were aglow and levitating and the glasses around us were humming with energy. Your hair had no gravity to it at all." She stared at you while remembering what happened in detail and you shivered at the thought. "Then Steve came in and took your arms and you burned him with the energy but he didn't let go. Bucky made a move when Steve started talking to you and I know you were there and knew what was going on but it was like you weren't. I dunno, Steve talked you back and then you collapsed in his arms. He yelled at Bucky and carried you off to your room. I had to restrain Bucky for a while then Tony laid down the law and he went to his wing and we all went to bed." You shook your head and apologized to which she quickly said there was nothing to apologize for and asked for you to tell her what happened afterward.