Chapter Fourteen: Opening Up and Missions
Waking up Pietro froze upon realising that there was someone else in his bed, before rolling over and seeing his sleeping blonde girlfriend. Brushing his fingers across her cheek before moving to twirling a lock of hair between his fingers, the Sokovian stared at Ivy who started to stir slightly
"Pietro?" Ivy mumbled sleepily as Pietro continued to play with her hair
"How are you feeling moy tsvetok?" Pietro asked as green eyes stared up at him
"Scared"
"Of what?"
"That this is all some elaborate dream world I've created to cope with the pain"
"It isn't moy tsvetok, trust me" Pietro told her as she clutched his shirt
"I want to believe this is … OW! What was that for?" Ivy snapped at her boyfriend who had just tugged on her hair and pinched her arm
"Not dreaming, reality"
"Silver haired jackass"
"That isn't very nice" the silver haired enhanced teased as the blonde stuck her tongue out at him. Before he leaned down and kissed his girlfriend, who blushed at his action "You're adorable"
"Don't tease me"
"But you are adorable"
"Can I ask you something Pietro?" Ivy asked as she sat up and looked down at her boyfriend "Was it worth it? Volunteering for Strucker's experiments?"
"Da. I met you because of it"
"Be serious Pietro"
"I am, if we hadn't wanted revenge on Stark, you and I wouldn't have ever met"
"You are a complete sweetheart, you know that right?"
"Only for you moy tsvetok. What was it you dreamt about that scared you so much?"
"I was being experimented on by Strucker and his scientists"
"Ivy he's dead he will never hurt you again"
"It wasn't that he would experiment on me again, it was a memory, the first time he experimented on me"
"How old were -?"
"Seven" Pietro didn't respond to this revelation he just wrapped his arm around his girlfriend and pulled her into his chest again, the blonde wrapped her arms around him.
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"Have any of you seen Ivy she isn't in her room?" Clint asked the team who was shuffling around the kitchen.
"Not since last night" Wanda said as she sipped her coffee
"Maybe she and speedy spent the night together. They have been pretty cosy since they got together" Tony smirked before getting jabbed in the ribs by Steve
"Don't be so crude Stark" Steve sighed "She's probably tending to her flowers"
"Who's tending to what?" Ivy asked as she and Pietro entered the kitchen, the pair having calmed down from their previous discussions.
"Called it" Tony called out "So did you -"
"Finish that sentence and I'll stick an arrow between your eyes" Clint snarled, knowing exactly where the billionaire's thoughts were heading and that Pietro had tensed up once he had started speaking.
"Anyway what were you talking about?" Ivy questioned everyone else as she took the cup of coffee Wanda was offering her
"Clint was looking for you and Steve thought you were in the greenhouse"
"I stayed in Pietro's room last night. Did you need me for anything Clint?"
"Fury wanted to talk to about something later" Clint informed as he glared at Tony, daring the Iron Man to say anything about Ivy and Pietro's relationship
"Relax Legolas, don't want Sonic trying to kill me again"
"I'll do more than that if you say anything to Ivy" Pietro ground out in his native tongue "I will rip you too pieces Stark"
"What'd he say?"
"Just a threat" Wanda told Tony as Ivy kissed Quicksilver's cheek before she went to see Fury.
"What did Fury want with Ivy?" Natasha asked Clint while Tony tried to get Wanda to tell him what Pietro's threat was
"Mission I think" Clint answered.
…...
After getting back from her meeting with Fury, Ivy ended up slamming into Pietro who was looking for her.
"Doyouhavetogoonamission?Areyougoingtobegonelong?Isitdangerous?Willyoubealright?" Pietro spouted off a mile a minute.
"Pietro breathe" Ivy said as she placed her hands on her boyfriends shoulders and stared into his eyes "I do have a mission, and I don't know how long until I get back. Luckily I'll be able to keep in touch this time and it shouldn't be too dangerous, so I'll only be gone for a month"
"A month?!"
"Trust me there are longer ones"
"I hate that you'll be gone so long"
"You'll be fine, you'll probably get a mission soon to take your mind off of it"
"When do you leave?"
"Tomorrow morning"
….
Ivy and Pietro had spent the entirety of the day with each other after Clint had taken Vision on a mission.
"Do you have to go on the mission?" Pietro asked as the blonde sat on his lap "Your wings are still pretty screwed up"
"They are fine I got the all clear from Dr Cho and I've done a few test flights with Vision. Don't worry so much, I'll be fine Pietro"
"I'm worried about you" Pietro whispered in her ear, the blonde leaned back into his hold and kissed her boyfriend "I can't lose you to"
"I love you Pietro, I'm not going anywhere" Ivy told him as he tightened his hold on her and kissed her back
"I love you too moy tsvetok"
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Authors Note: New chapter is up Hope you like it
Also next chapter will most likely be the final chapter in Borrowed Time