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A/N: Hey guess who finally updated?! :D I went to go see Civil War last week and since then I've been wanting to write a new chapter for you guys! Sorry for the long wait! But man Civil War was amazing! If you haven't seen it go watch it! I loved everything about it. ^_^ Especially Spider-Man ...gah! Btw expect to see that precious cinnamon roll in the up coming chapters. I have a few ideas roaming around in my head on how Elaine and Peter will meet and such. (: Anyways...I hope you guys enjoy this new chapter. I'll try to update the next chapter faster! :D Hope you guys like this chapter I know I did! I had fun writing Tony's character. Anyways until next time. Xoxo guys!
P.S. For those who follow and read my other stories, I'm going to try to update the new chapter for "Gotham's Light" next week. So keep an eye out for that story! (:
"She open her eyes and met his. The impact was so strong he was amazed that his figures continued playing with out pause." ― Patricia Briggs
Chapter 4: Silver and blue
In all her eighteen years of life, Elaine couldn't draw out a moment were she was left feeling completely awestruck. Kind of like what happens in movies, when the shy nerdy type girl first meets the popular guy, and then the moment she makes eye contact with him, she automatically knows that he's the "one" for her. Well...Elaine's never felt that before. In reality she's never even been fully attracted to anyone before either. Well not really anyways. Sure she's been somewhat intrigued by some guys before and even a few girls, but the fascination she felt for them didn't have anything to do with her wanting to be with them. Not physically or even romantically. She wasn't one for intimacy or romance. She just found them aesthetically pleasing to look at. The best way she could describe the way she felt towards people, was that she recognized their beauty kind of like how she recognized an art works beauty. You see when she liked a drawing, painting, or any kind of art work, she liked to admire it from a safe distance. Although even if she deeply admired that piece of art work, she in no way wanted to interact or for better words wanted to date said art work. The idea of that happening was just bonkers to her. She just liked being part of the crowd that found the art work stunning. Which is exactly how she is with people. She may find a person somewhat interesting, but that doesn't mean she wants to date or participate in any romantic activities with them. Besides, Elaine considered herself undateable and unapproachable anyways. With the ability to inflict pain with just a single thought. Case in point, the boy who forced a kiss on her. She had severally harmed him with her ability. Not that he didn't deserve it, but still... who in the world would want to be her partner? Yeah, exactly no one...
Therefore, due to her lack of interest in pursuing any suitors and her self conciseness thanks to her powers, Elaine never really felt actual attractiveness toward anyone. She's never had her heartbeat go crazy or felt her cheeks go warm from all shades of pink. So she could gladly say she's never had the oh so pleasure of that happening to her...up until now that is. Because now here she was, looking into a pair of vibrant blue eyes that just had her wanting to melt into a pile of mushy gushy goo. And those same vibrant blue eyes belonged to a very artistic looking boy. And by artistic, she meant strikingly winsome in appearance. Probably one of the most handsome looking guys she's ever seen. He was also taller than her. But then again, most people tended to be taller than her. She had her 5'5 height to thank for that. What made her blush even more was that she noticed how defined he was in form. Which probably meant he was athletic or worked out. She tried her best to not make it obvious with her staring, but that proved to be really hard. Especially since his height and physical appearance weren't the only things that she found fascinating on him. Because it was the hair that completely drew her in on him. It was silver. Not just a little bit, but his whole hair was silver. Now if she had seen that sort of colored hair style on anyone else, she might have founded it a bit weird. But strangely, for some reason, she seemed to like how it looked on him. Perhaps it had to do with the fact that she approved on quirky hairstyles. After all she also liked trying out new things with her hair at times. She had her friend Rogue to thank for that. Except something deep down told her that maybe he hadn't dyed his hair, and that this was his real hair instead. Nevertheless, Elaine had to agree that she really liked it on him. Especially since it complimented those vibrant blue eyes of his.
Elaine quickly mentally shook her head. For goodness sake! Was she really thinking these things? Let alone actually finding him...attractive?! She didn't know him! She took a deep breath and slowly gazed away from him, finally ending that so called movie moment she had just experienced. Her eyes then landed onto the girl next to him. Elaine noticed she had similar facial features as to the boy. Which made sense since she remembered how they were twins. However, the girl didn't have silver hair like him. She instead had long wavy brown hair and her eyes happened to be a darker shade of blue. They were a beautiful blue and the dark shade of make up she had on really helped intensify them. She also noticed that the girl wasn't as tall as her twin. She was probably a inch or so taller than herself. Even with the slight differences though, Elaine had to agree that she was still indeed beautiful. Perhaps beauty just ran in their genes? That would of made perfect sense to her.
As she was thinking this, Elaine kept her gaze on the girl, who in return was tilting her head in curious like wonder. Elaine guessed she was doing this because she was trying to figure out who she was. Although, even with her bemusement, the girl still offered her a kind small. Which made Elaine feel slightly less nervous. Not to mention it distracted her from the gooey feelings she was having towards the silver haired boy. But those pesky thoughts and feelings wouldn't go away. Especially since she could feel his gaze on her. She dared herself to give him a side glance and that's when she saw how he was looking at her.
He was looking at her with total curiousness.
Elaine inwardly rolled her eyes.
Of course he was looking at her like that! He didn't know who she was either! Just like how his twin was staring at her. Except...Elaine had to say that although he was staring at her with bemused eyes, there was still something different with how he was looking at her...like perhaps he was thinking something else? Oh who was she kidding. Of course he wasn't thinking the same things she was thinking about him. She really needed to not over imagine things. He was probably just intrigued by the unknown face around the Tower. That's all. In no way did he find her alluring, like she did with him.
Or so that's what she thought...
Pietro on the other hand during this encounter felt puzzled by the new girls presences but also awed. You see when his twin sister Wanda had mentioned she sensed a new presence in the Tower thanks to her powers, he immediately became interested, as she did as well. Which is why they headed to the main room because that as where Wanda felt new presence was at. Once they arrived there they saw how most of the Avengers team members were there. Tony, Bruce, Natasha, and Clint we're here. But so was someone else...the new presence his sister had felt. Now of course they were expecting a new face but they were both surprise once they caught sight of it belonged to.
The presence was a girl. She appeared to be around their age or so. Perhaps maybe a couple years younger, but still in the same age group as them. Pietro saw that she was petite in height. Almost the same height as Wanda, but just an inch shorter. She had brown hair as well, but hers was darker than Wanda's. Almost close to being black. He noticed that her eyes were brown, a chocolate like colored brown. He seemed to like that. Her skin tone was fair, but he could automatically tell she came from different ethnicities. Perhaps Chinese mixed with something else? Well whatever that other ethnicity was he sure thought her facial features were ravishing to look at.
Her sense of style and how she presented herself though made him think that she preferred the laid-back scene. She gave off this punk artistic like vibe. Especially since she also had a purple streak in her hair. Not that Pietro didn't like that. He actually found that to be fitting on her. It definitely made her stand out more. This girl over all was different...and at first appearances he felt intrigued by her. Yet he still had no idea as to who she was...
Pietro let his gaze wander towards his sister and saw how she was also analyzing the girl with curiousness. Even though Wanda had the ability to read people's thoughts and all he doubted that she would openly read the girl's mind. Wanda was well-mannered than that and only did that unless she had to. Still he could see how intrigued she was by her sudden appearance. If there was one thing he knew about his twin sister was that she liked whenever the Tower had visitors. Since she and him rarely left the Tower. Not because they couldn't. They were both free to do whatever they wanted. It was just that they were so unaware and inexperienced with the current world they had no idea were to begin. Not to mention they didn't know anyone near their age that they could talk and get along with. They just had each other. Which was alright, but Pietro knew that Wanda wanted to fit in more and make new friends. Which why he guessed she seemed hyped up by the girls presence. He'd be lying if he said he wasn't either.
"Great the wonder twins are here." Tony chimed out loud. "Saves us the trip on trying to find them so we could introduce you to them. I'm guessing witchy here felt your presence." He said nonchalantly to Elaine. The young girl in return just furrowed her eyebrows by what he said.
Felt her presence? Huh?
Tony saw the confused expression she had on, and just smirked at her reaction. Bruce, Clint, Natasha, and Pietro though rolled their eyes due to his antics. Wanda on the other hand sent Tony an unamused look. Not at liking the nickname he had given her. Although, she was somewhat use to his obnoxious behavior, she still found him incredibly annoying.
Clint sighed deciding this would be the best time to step him. "Never mind Tony." He said giving Tony a pointed look. Tony in return just shrugged. Clint shook his head at him before looking back at Elaine. "Here let me introduce you." He said before leading her closer to the twins. He stopped once they were in front of them. "Elaine, this is Wanda and Pietro Maximoff. They're the newest members to the team. Wanda and Pietro this is Elaine, my Goddaughter." He said introducing them to each other. "She was the surprise guest I was talking about."
Newest members? Elaine guessed that's what Tony meant when he said Wanda felt her presence. She must of had some sort of abilities that allowed her to do that. Elaine wondered what abilities Pietro had. No matter what they were, she knew they had to be way better than her powers. Composing her thoughts she remembered her manners and offered them a friendly smile.
"Hello." She said.
Wanda gave her a smile in return but just as she was about to speak up, her brother beat her to it.
"Goddaughter?!" Pietro suddenly exclaimed looking straight at Elaine. Eyes wide open with shock.
Elaine blushed, not only because of his intense stare but because of his accent. She was in no way expecting him to have an accent. It was thick and sounded like it was a Eastern European accent of some sort. She found the accent to be cute and it defiantly suited him...just like his hair.
Oh here are those mushy feelings again! Elaine said thinking to herself.
Clint on the other hand narrows his eyes at Pietro. "Yes, Goddaughter. Is that a problem?" He asked the Sokovian male. Although he was now on better terms with Pietro, he still at times could be his agent self towards him. Especially when it involved the people he card for.
Pietro faltered under Clint's stare. "No, it's just, uh...I did not see that coming." He muttered out the last part.
Elaine got a puzzled expression on her face as the rest of the team members watched the interaction between the two of them. Natasha, being the expert on reading people, already knew what was going on between Elaine and Pietro. While Tony looked at the young pair with a mischievous twinkle in his eyes. Bruce too had a feeling as to why Pietro had suddenly exclaimed his surprise with Elaine being Clint's Goddaughter.
There was an awkward silence between the group before Wanda brightly interrupted.
"Well it's nice to meet you, Elaine." Wanda said with a kind smile. She extended her hand for her to shake and Elaine gladly did. "I'm happy to finally know Clint's surprise guest." She said cheerfully before ending the hand shake.
"Nice to meet you too Wanda." Elaine said with a smile of her own. She right away noticed how she had the same think accent. It sounded lovely on her though. She turned back to look at Pietro and she felt her smile drop a little once she noticed how he was silently looking at her. She then much to her protest began to blush.
Wanda waited for Pietro to say something but he didn't. He remained speechless. She rolled her eyes and nudged her twin brother's arm. Seriously he could be a little less obvious. Luckily that got him out of his trance. He blinked and fixed his voice. "Uh...yes pleasure to meet you too." He said to her somewhat forcefully and tensely.
Due to how Elaine heard his greeting, she decided to not even try to shake his hand. What if he refused to do so? That would of been embarrassing...
She still tried giving him a smile. "Yeah..uh you too." She muttered awkwardly at him. She no doubt probably sounded like an idiot.
Silence surrounded them again. Elaine let out a cough while Pietro this time avoided looking at her.
This in return caused Tony to let out a chuckle. Finding their actions towards each other to be amusing.
Clint, not yet caught up as to why Pietro was acting this way, looked over towards his Goddaughter. He just assumed the speedster was having a bad day or something. Would explain his random outburst. "Listen, Lainey, you want me to show you your room? You must be tired after your flight."
"Yeah that would be great." Elaine said feeling relieved that she would no longer have to endure this awkwardness anymore.
"Do you maybe perhaps want some help carrying your bags to your room?" Wanda asked Elaine. Despite how ridiculous her brother was acting towards her, Wanda still wanted to befriend Elaine. It was rare for the Tower to have someone close to her age.
Elaine smiled at her and politely shook her head." Oh, no you don't have to."
"Really, I don't mind." Wanda reassured her with a light tone. She then got an idea and looked at Pietro. "In fact we both don't mind. Isn't that right brother?" She said with a narrowed voice towards her twin brother.
Pietro quickly turned to look at his sister. "What?" He asked thrown off. He had been focused on his thoughts on the sudden realization that Elaine was Clint's Goddaughter, that his sister's voice surprised him.
"I said we wouldn't mind helping Elaine carry her bags to her room." Wanda said giving him a pointed look. "Right?"
Pietro glanced over at Elaine and he felt his heart beat pick up speed. "Right of course..." He then without another word picked a few of Elaine's bags and stood by the side waiting for them.
"Umm, thanks." Elaine said to him, failing to keep her blush in check.
Pietro wanted to say something back but felt his mouth dry up. So instead he just gave her a nod and looked away.
Wanda inwardly rolled her eyes. Smooth brother. Real smooth. Is what she wanted to say to him, but instead she picked up the rest of Elaine's bags and offered her another smile.
Clint still finding Pietro's behavior weird, gave him a frown before leading the way. "Alright, come on guys." He said before all four of them headed towards the elevator. Before Elaine got in, she waved towards Natasha and muttered a "It was nice to meet you" again to Tony and Bruce. Which they returned back to her.
Once the elevator door closed, Tony turned to face Natasha and Bruce with a knowing expression. "Please tell me I wasn't the only one to notice the thick tension between those two."
"Nope." Natasha said simply.
"I might have noticed it." Bruce said in a low voice.
Tony scoffed. "Might have? Brucy boy, it was painfully obvious. Everyone in the room right away could see how head over heels they were for each other. Well except for Clint." He shook his head. "Gotta say Katniss is loosing his touch." He then let out a dramatic sigh before becoming energetic again. "Anyways, you guys know what this means right?"
Natasha remained distantly quiet as she fixed her narrowed gaze on Tony. Bruce though spoke up, almost nervous to hear what the eccentric billionaire had to say. "What?" He dared to ask him.
"It means Speedy can finally get a girlfriend! And who better than Clint's Goddaughter? I mean, she seems capable enough to be his girlfriend. She even had him speechless! Which is quite impressive if you ask me." Tony said in excitement. "Not to mention, witchy liked her too. No doubt she'll probably highly approve of her dating our Sokovian speedster. It's a match made in heaven I tell you."
"No." Natasha said firmly. Her voice going into her agent tone of voice.
Tony did a double take.
"What do you mean no? I'm telling you they'd be perfect for each other. Don't you think so?"
"I'm not saying they wouldn't. Maybe they would. But the answer is still no." Natasha said giving Tony a hard stare.
"And why's that, huh?" Tony asked her.
"Because Elaine doesn't date." Natasha informed him. Which was true. Although the spy wasn't involved in Elaine's life twenty for seven, she did know for a fact that the young girl didn't date. The most likely reason behind this would be because Elaine didn't like being physically and emotionally attached to someone. Not to mention she had the self loathing thing over her powers. That really tended to get in the way when trying to date someone. Even with someone as Pietro who had powers himself, the Russian spy could see how scared the young girl would be with opening up to someone new. Although if she did decide to date the decision should be entirely on her and not on Tony who would meddle with her love life.
"And you know this how?" Tony asked her with wary eyes.
Natasha remained cool with her demeanor. "I just do. So leave it alone."
Tony rolled his eyes. "Right."
"I mean it Tony." Natasha said in a low almost threatening voice. She let her gaze linger onto Bruce before she walked away.
Once Tony saw that the red haired spy was gone he turned to face Bruce. "I still firmly believe those two should be together."
Bruce who had been listening to the whole conversation let out a frustrated sigh."Tony did you not just hear what Natasha said? Elaine doesn't date. So just leave it alone." He said practically begging. Sure he just met Elaine but he right away could tell she was more on the shy and reserved side. Plus she was a nice girl who just wanted to enjoy her visit with her Godfather. He didn't want her to feel awkward or uncomfortable during her stay at the Tower. Except Tony getting into her business, let alone love life would be awkward and extremely uncomfortable for her.
Tony let out a fake exasperated gasp. "No, I can't just leave this alone. This is love we're talking about Brucy boy. The big L word. How can one just ignore this? Especially when it's right in front of us."
Bruce began talking in a lecture tone of voice."Because, Natasha said―"
"Oh, you don't have to agree with everything she says just because you're still sweet on her." Tony interrupted and smirked once he saw the frazzled out expression on his friend's face.
"What? No that's not why I―just because I―ugh..." Bruce rubbed his forehead as he composed his stuttering. He always hated it when Tony brought up his feelings towards Natasha. The scientist took a deep breath and then scowled at Tony. "Look you know that's not the only reason as to why I agree with her. Besides, what about Clint? I hardly doubt he'll approve."
Tony made some type of psh sound and waved his hand. "Don't worry about Katniss. I'm sure once he sees how happy his Goddaughter is with sonic, he'll let things be."
Bruce still remained dismissive on the idea. "Tony, I really think you shouldn't meddle with Elaine and Pietro's business. You can't just be some sort of matchmaker!"
"Yes I can." Tony said in a obvious tone of voice. "All I need to do is push those two in the right direction and boom! They'll end up happily ever after." He said with a proud smirk on his face. "Just watch Brucy boy. I can guarantee you that by the end of her visit here, she and speedy are going to be quite an exclusive item."
Bruce just shook his head in annoyance. Perhaps if he told Pepper about Tony's absurd idea of him trying to hook up Clint's Goddaughter with Pietro, she could somehow magically get that ridiculous idea out of his head. Oh who was he kidding. He knew that once Tony got an idea about something that nothing would be able to change his mind.
