"No, Pietro, listen to me." Wanda sighed, looking at her twin brother as they walked. "I'm worried about y/n. I think the last battle affected her more than she's letting on. We need to talk to her,"
"Okay," Pietro nodded, considering what could possibly be affecting you like this. -
"Y/n?" Pietro knocked on your door, listening for your response.
"Y/n, we're coming in okay?" Wanda said. When she didn't get a response she looked to Pietro who offered a small nod. Wanda unlocked the door and Pietro pushed it open, finding you with your head on your desk and your headphones in. Papers and filed and sticky notes were scattered across your desk, your laptop was still open but was displaying the screensaver like it hadn't been touched in a while.
"Hey, y/n, are you awake?" Wanda asked, tilting her head.
"Y/n?" Pietro gently shook your shoulder.
Your head snapped up and you ripped the earbuds off.
"Hey, guys. Sorry, I didn't hear you come in." "Y/n, are you okay?" Pietro asked, noticing your red face and puffy eyes.
"Yeah, I'm fine," you replied, spinning your chair around to face them.
"You've been crying," Wanda noticed. "Are you really going to keep telling us that everything is okay, or are you going to tell us what's on your mind?"
"Honestly, it's nothing."
"If it was nothing then you wouldn't have been crying about it."
You shut your eyes and tried to hold back more tears that threatened to fall. "It's just that... on that last mission– those guys who died? I knew one of them. He went to school with me, before all the missions and the powers and the... just everything. We were friends." you took a breath. "And he died because I couldn't do my job quick enough."
Pietro looked at Wanda in shock before looking back at you.
"Gosh, y/n, I'm so sorry. I can't... I'm sorry. It wasn't your fault. There was nothing any of us could do."
"I could have done something," you said quietly, a few tears starting to slide down your cheeks.
Pietro pulled you up from the chair and into a hug, and Wanda joined the hug as soon as you were standing.
Your siblings hugged you and comforted you while you cried, knowing that there was little else they could do.
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Marvel Imagines
FanfictionA collection of reader-insert imagines also posted on my Instagram (@stardusted.marvel). MCU characters such as Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy. Started January 2019 --June 2021 Update: I'm pretty sure I wrote these all before Avengers: Endgame...