paper bags -- a wandanat au

As she backed away, she held my eyes the way she so often did. I wish I knew what she was thinking, I knew I had the ability to know that but it felt like a violation so I fought the urge. "Your smile. I've never seen it." I blew some air out of my nose bowing my head like an ashamed puppy, "No, it's beautiful. Thanks for gracing me with it." She chuckled at her own absurd use of vocabulary before she left me alone again in the kitchen once more.

this is an au where hydra is a religious cult that experiments on Wanda and Pietro giving them "The Prophet's" powers. It follows Wanda through a healing process at Stark Industries who has taken in many people experimented on to help them ease their way into the real world.

there are discussions of religious trauma in this story, proceed with caution :)