Two of a Kind | Wanda Maximoff

Chapter 36: Perfect

They didn't stay at the party long; leaving after their dance. When the fast song ended, Wanda pulled away from Claire, kissed her once more, and walked over to the table where their things remained untouched and watched as Claire went up and talked to the DJ. She watched him fumble around a bit before handing Claire a small flat square case. Claire soon joined her and the two of them left the party and began walking back to the car.

"What did he give you?" Wanda asked as they get away from the loud music of the party. Claire held up the CD case and handed it to Wanda. She inspected the disc through the see-through case, reading the name of the song: Never Stop (Wedding Version) by SafetySuit.

"It's the song that played when we danced. I thought it would be nice to know the name of our song." Claire placed her arm around Wanda's waist, pulling her close and kissed her lightly on her cheek. Wanda beamed at the gesture and held the CD close to her chest, feeling her face heat up once more. Our song. She liked the sound of that.

The walk to the car didn't take long and Claire unlocked it, placing her mask and Wanda's hat, broom and bear in the backseat next to their buckets of candy, and they both got in. Claire started the car and pulled out of the parking space, heading in the direction of the safe house. Wanda took out her phone, sent a quick message to Jemma letting her know they were on their way home, and sighed contently.

"You okay?" Claire asked, glancing at her, voice full of concern. Wanda chuckled and put her phone away after reading Jemma's reply.

"Of course," she said still beaming. She placed her hand on Claire's thigh and leaned over in her seat and kissed her cheek. "Thank you for tonight."

"You're welcome. I'm glad we were able to do this."

"Me too. It was a really great idea. I had a lot of fun."

"I'm glad. I was paranoid all week thinking it would go wrong or that it wouldn't be as fun as it sounded—"

"I love it when you worry like that," Wanda said biting her lip. Claire sent her a confused look.

"You love when I worry?" she asked, not bothering to stop her laughter. Wanda blushed and stammered as she thought of a way to explain herself.

"I didn't mean it like that. I guess what I meant was, when you worry like that, it shows me that you really care, and that's what I love. I love that you care so much about me and what I think." Claire's smile softened and she glanced down at Wanda's hand on her thigh and then up to her eyes before looking back at the darkened road.

"Of course I care about what you think. I love yo—" her heart stopped; she wasn't paying attention to what she was saying and she almost said it. "your opinion." Nice save. "I mean, you mean a lot to me, and I want you to be comfortable with me." She hoped that Wanda didn't notice her little slip up, and she was grateful for the darkness of the outside and inside of the car to help hide her panicked face and deep blush. Wanda smiled and leaned back in her seat, resting her head against the back of her seat and closed her eyes.

"I like spending time with you," she muttered.

"I like spending time with you, too."

"Claire?" she asked, opening her eyes again and looking at the redhead.

"Yeah?" Claire wanted to look at her, but she had to keep her eyes on the road.

"When we get back, can we still watch that movie in our costumes and eat our candy?" Claire giggled, almost perfectly picturing the innocent pouty face that Wanda gave whenever she wanted something, which included biting her bottom lip when it came to Claire.