𝐄𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 ~ {𝐏. 𝐌𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐱 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫} ~ 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐎𝐧𝐞

Ch. 5: Terrified

"I saw things, but they weren't memories. A few seemed like memories but the rest weren't. I saw all of you, including Fury. Everything I saw helped me realize that none of you were trying to hurt me by keeping the Hydra secret from me, you were trying to protect me..."

"That's all we ever wanted for you Y/n," Natasha comes towards me and hugs me. I hug back willingly, enjoying the comfort,

"I love this softish moment here, but I have news. Since you're back, live and well, are you up for a mission?" Tony clapped his hands together, ruining the moment. I shot him a look,

"I know you care about me too, old man," I crossed my arms and watched as Tony took a double take, throwing his arms in the air,

"Again with the old man thing? I'll gladly leave you here," Tony pointed a finger and raised his eyebrows. The other team members tried muffling their laughs, watching this go down,

"You wouldn't dare,"

"Oh, but I would," Tony and I glared at each other, watching very carefully,

"Alright, come on, we've got somewhere to be," Steve patted my shoulder and walked away to go suit up. Everyone followed after him to get themselves ready. Tony and I stayed for a minute, continuing our staring competition,

"Let's go you two!" we can hear Steve yell from the hall, I slowly start backing away from Tony, never breaking eye contact,

"Old man,"

"FireFly," Tony and I use the nickname we've given each other. I think back to the card Cap gave me and I smile,

"Could you call me Aura, instead?" Tony gave me a weird look as I asked this,

"I like that, it's clever. Your whole emotions thing, but I think I'm going to stick with FireFly," Tony shot me a wink before he disappeared behind a wall. I grumbled to myself, starting to head back to my room to get ready.

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The Quinjet is quiet, we took off twenty minutes ago, roughly. But everyone is doing they're own thing. I lean back and mess around with the strap on my glove,

"Did you guys know, that Y/n, has figured out a hero name for herself?" Tony clears his throat at the pilot seat of the jet. I can feel my cheeks burn with embarrassment, I watch as my gloves and suit turn violet. Embarrassment.

"Look what you did Tony, you're embarrassing her," I look over at Clint, he has an arm out, gesturing to me.

"The suit gives away everything, just so you guys, know what powers I can access," I shake my head, trying to rid the colour and emotion,

"What is it?" I look at Clint who looks up from fiddling with one of his arrows, obviously curious what hero I chose,

"aura..." I mumble quietly, not wanting anyone to hear,

"Y/n, sweetheart, no one can hear you when you're mumbling," Tony, again speaks, really pushing for me to say the hero name,

"aura..." I mumble slightly louder. I look up at everyone, they have confused looks on their faces. I watch as Clint stands up, walks over and sits down next to me,

"Do you want to tell me?" I look at Clint, he has a soft expression on his face, I smile slightly and carefully speak,

"Aura," I repeat the name and look at Barton, he stays still for a moment, before looking at me again,

"Aurora? Like, the princess?" Clint raises an eyebrow, I laugh a little bit, hearing his mixup,

"Like the princess. No, not like the princess. Like an emotional Aura." I try to hold back my laughter as I repeat the name one last time and mimic Clint's words. Barton makes a face of realization. He stands up and walks back over where he was,