AN: Enjoy!

About two weeks into their journey to Asgard, Vision noticed that Wanda seemed to be distracted. Her gaze flickering to either side of the well worn path they travelled, examining the trees as if she were searching for something.

"Wanda?" He asked quietly.

"Hmm?" The Princess snapped out of her deep thoughts.

"What are you looking for?"

"Looking for?"

"You keep looking at the trees.."

"Oh, right.."

A memory flashed through Wanda's mind. Herself and Pietro as children, running together through the trees, a beautiful natural spring in the forest that the two of them had gone swimming in..

"So, what is it?" Vision asked again, once again breaking her out of the memory. "Well, you don't have to tell me.."

"No, it's fine" Wanda turned to smile at him. "Last time we travelled to Asgard, Pietro and I ran off and found a natural spring a little way off the track. We went swimming. It was great fun."

Then, the Princess's smile faded slightly. Another memory, a smack across her hand. This was not how Princesses behaved.

"What's wrong?" Vision frowned.

"I got in so much trouble.."

"What about your brother?"

"Oh, Pietro got told off for wandering off. But I got in much more trouble."

"Why?"

"Well, it's really not appropriate for Princesses to run off and swim naked in a forest spring" Wanda chuckled.

"But.." Vision was confused. "You were only nine, weren't you?"

"It didn't matter how old I was" Wanda shrugged. "It wasn't proper. I could have embarrassed the family."

"But your brother.."

"Was a boy. He got in trouble for not telling anyone where he'd gone, but apart from that, he could do pretty much whatever he wanted."

"That doesn't seem fair.."

"Maybe not.. but that's life, I guess. Anyway.. Pietro marked a tree near where the spring was, so we could find it again if we came back. I thought it might be a nice place to go.. with someone" Wanda blushed. "So.. Will you come with me to the spring Vizh, if I find it?"

Vision's heart fluttered.

"Of course."

He would go anywhere with her.

A short while later, the travelling party stopped to eat. As Wanda led their horse away to find it some water, Tony appeared at Vision's side.

"She's not really what you'd usually expect from a Princess, is she?"

"What do you mean by that?" Vision turned to him, slightly annoyed at the comment.

"I mean" Tony continued, "She doesn't really act that much like a proper Princess.. No curtsies or frilly dresses, or.."

"And that's what you think makes a 'Proper' Princess, is it?" Vision's annoyance quickly grew into anger. "What makes you qualified to decide what a 'Proper' Princess is, Tony?"

"I only meant.."

"I don't think I really care what you meant.." Vision stalked off to find Wanda. It wasn't long before he found her, feeding an apple to their horse and stroking its neck.

The Princess turned, a wide smile crossing her face when she spotted Vision, waving him over.

He ran to join her, anger fading, a smile crossing his own face. To him, she was absolutely perfect just as she was, and every inch a Princess.

It was a rather warm night, so Vision sprawled nude inside his tent, almost asleep. Wanda had seen all of him that there was to see at this point, so he wasn't likely to shock her.

When the Princess did crawl into the tent, she was wide awake, fully clothed, and excited.

"Vizh, get dressed, I found it!"

"Wha?" Vision sat up, still half asleep, but nonetheless did as Wanda had told him, gathering his clothes. "Found what?"

"The Spring!" Wanda bounced slightly on her knees. "Well, the tree Pietro marked to find the Spring."

"Oh" Vision hurriedly dressed, shaking himself to full wakefulness as she did so.

If two Avengers spotted the Princess and the Thief exiting the tent and sneaking off into the night, they chose to say nothing.

Wanda excitedly led Vision away from the night's campsite. She stopped by a tree with the letters 'P' and 'W' carved into the trunk.

"Just through here.."

"Alright.." Vision let her lead him, ducking and weaving through trees and bushes, trying not to trip on any fallen branches. Eventually, they reached the Spring, fed by a steady stream, a small rock formation nearby that was begging to be dived off. The water was so perfectly blue.

"It's as beautiful as I remember it.." Wanda stared in wonder for a moment, looked around to make sure no one had followed them, then grinned, beginning to shed her clothes. "Let's go swimming, Vizh.."

Vision opened his mouth, about to ask whether this was really a good idea.. Then paused, remembering her story from earlier in the day. He wondered how many opportunities his Princess had had to just have fun, to be free, to be herself. Whatever argument he may have been about to make died in his throat.

"Yes, lets go swimming" Vision removed his own clothes and quickly slipped into the pool. He looked around for Wanda, spotting her climbing up the rocks. She stood atop them, looking very much like a Goddess in the moonlight, and Vision was very much in awe of her. She dived from the rock in a perfect arc, landing in the water with a splash.

Vision spluttered as he was caught amongst it.

"Oops.." Wanda smiled a not so innocent smile.

"You should be more careful, Princess" Vision smirked, then splashed her playfully.

"Oi!" Wanda giggled, splashing him back.

They laughed, they splashed, they chased each other through the water.

When Wanda dove beneath the surface of the spring, Vision didn't follow, not quite confident enough to venture under the water. When she rose up to take a breath, moonlight making droplets of water shimmer against the Princess's pale skin, Vision's jaw dropped, a look of awe crossing his face, and he couldn't stop the word that spilled from his mouth.

"Wow.."

Wanda blushed, then her eyes locked on Vision's, swimming towards him, his own cheeks reddening when she grew close. She looked a strange mixture of somewhat surprised, yet also completely sure of what she was about to say.

"You really do think I'm beautiful, don't you?"

"Yes.." Vision replied softly. "I do."

Wanda reached up to to cup Vision's cheek, almost reverently.

"Kiss me, Vizh.."

Vision could never say no to Wanda. He kissed her, a gentle kiss at first, lips gently brushing against hers. Briefly pausing for breath, he relished the sweet taste that was uniquely Wanda, before she was kissing him again, more deeply now, her tongue slipping into his mouth to tangle with his.

The Princess wrapped her arms around his neck, her legs locking tightly around his hips.

Vision's hands instinctively slipped beneath Wanda to support her weight. So in sync with her now that he knew what she wanted without having to ask.

In another moment he was inside her again, hips rocking against hers. Slowly, gently, there was no need to rush. They were completely alone in their perfect little haven amongst the trees. Nothing could hurt them here.

He was so lost in him, and he in her. Their breathing growing heavier, kissing deeply to muffle the sounds of their growing pleasure.

Then, finally, Vision cried Wanda's name into the night, and she cried his in return.

"Are you okay?" Vision murmured. He always had to ask her, had to make sure.

"I'm okay" Wanda replied, slightly breathless, burying her face in his neck. "I'm always okay with you."

Wanda clung to Vision like a lifeline, which she supposed he was. He was the one person in her life with whom she felt completely free to be herself, without being judged.

"Good.." Vision held Wanda close.

Making love to Wanda was wonderful, but it was this, holding her after, that moment of perfect peace, that he would miss most if the time came that their 'pretending' had to stop.

It was these moments, without a doubt, that Vision knew he was hers forever more.

He was hers, even if she could not always be his.