Breathe
I do not own the Avengers in any way.
They were dead.
They were all dead.
Madison's eyes roamed over the dead Avengers, arrows littering their bodies. She felt nothing.
"There are no strings on you, my Phoenix", Ultron said.
Madison shot up in bed, tears streaming down her face.
Someone was screaming.
The door burst open and two arms wrapped themselves around Madison.
It was then that Madison realized it was her who was screaming.
"It's okay. It's okay. You're safe", Pietro's voice said.
Madison couldn't breathe. She pushed Pietro off her.
"Madison! Calm down!" Pietro said pinning her arms to her chest from behind.
Her father had entered the room by this time.
"Baby bird?" he asked her.
Her head shot up.
The crazed look faded from her eyes.
"Breathe, kolibri, breathe", Pietro told her.
Madison's eyes filled with tears. She shifted so her head was hidden in Pietro's chest.
He rubbed her back in soothing circles. "You're safe. It's okay", Pietro said softly.
Clint handed Pietro a pill bottle.
They were her PTSD pills.
"Make sure she takes those", Clint said.
Pietro nodded and Clint left the room.
"You were dead", Madison whispered, "You were all dead".
Pietro didn't say anything as he waited for her to go on.
"I killed you all and I didn't feel anything", she said, "I'm a monster. Every time I kill someone, I feel nothing".
"It's your job. You've saved a million lives doing it", Pietro said.
"Ultron was there. He called me his phoenix", Madison said.
Pietro took her face in his hands and said, "You're mine. My hummingbird. I'll never let anyone hurt you. No one".
Madison pressed her lips to Pietro's and pushed him onto his back on the bed.
Pietro pulled away and tried to say something, but stopped when Madison started kissing his neck. "Maddie", Pietro said. He shifted them so he was on top. "I want to, but not like this", Pietro told her. He reached for the pills, but Madison knocked them out of his hand.
"No", she said.
"Kolibri, you need to take them", he told her.
"I don't want to", she said, "I'm not crazy. Those pills are for crazy people".
"Madison, you need to sleep", Pietro said taking the top off the bottle. He took two out and handed them to her.
She got up and went to the bathroom.
Pietro stood in the doorway and watched her take them. "Open your mouth", Pietro said.
Madison rolled her eyes and opened her mouth.
"Tongue up", he said.
Madison did as he said. "Happy?" she asked him. She went back to her bed.
Pietro got ready to leave until he heard, "Will you stay with me?" He turned back to Madison.
"Please?" she asked.
Pietro walked back over to her bed and climbed in behind her. He wrapped his arms around her. "Go to sleep, kolibri. I'll protect you", he told her, "Nothing will hurt you while I'm here".
Madison closed her eyes and quickly fell asleep.
Pietro lay awake for a couple minutes. He knew what it was like to have nightmares. He'd had nightmares ever since the day his parents died.
Wanda's mind had blocked the whole ordeal, but Pietro remembered every single detail.
He was brought back to the present by Madison making noises in her sleep. Pietro tightened his arms around her and buried his face in her hair. He breathed in her soothing scent and closed his eyes.
Sleep quickly followed.