I am in awe of the creative team for this show and how beautifully you crafted this show, utilizing all the aspects, story costumes, music, sets, actors, etc. Thank you.

I admit to crying because I was so moved by the last few episodes. Grief is such a wide felt experience yet there is no antidote, for it must be felt and processed in our own way. Feeling bereft after the show's conclusion this story materialized. I wanted to comfort Wanda. So here is my hug for Wanda and others that wanted more.

Ch 1: Love

The room had taken on the warm glow of the lamp and I saw Vision snap into focus across from me. "Oh I uh, I read somewhere that it's bad luck to say goodbye in the dark."

"No you didn't," I chided gently while he smiled back at me.

"No, no... perhaps not, ….perhaps…. I just wanted to see you clearly," he said softly.

"And?" I asked, yearning to hear his sweet gentle voice.

"And there you are," his voice caressing my soul, in a way only he could.

"Wanda, I know we can't stay like this. But before I do, I feel I must know. … what am I?" asked my inquisitive Vision.

"You Vision...are the piece of the Mind Stone that lives in me," and I reached my hand to his face, savoring the contact. "You are a body of wires and blood and bone that I created." Oh he was so much more than that to me. "You are my sadness and my hope. But mostly, you're my love."

Then he kissed me, with a sweet reminder of the past and the promise of yet to come. Would that we could stay for all eternity together as partners. A life is too precious in its fragility, its singularity.

"I have been a voice with no body. A body, but not human, And now...a memory made real. Who knows what I might be next? We have said goodbye before, so it stands to reason…" he trailed off

"We'll say hello again." I whispered ending his sentence as we often did for each other.

"So long, darling." And my heart shattered once more. Repeatedly I played the memory loop, though it pained my heart to keep them all alive; mother, father, Pietro, and my boys, Tommy and Billy. But my pain was so little compared to their loss of life.

Seeking solitude I had headed to the Skovian Mountains. Day after day, month after month, season into season time trudged on. This morning's air had risen, crisp, and cool off the lake. I sipped my cup of earl grey, the dark tea giving clarity to my senses. Dawn starts with the memory loops of those I hold dear and so greatly miss. I must keep my focus and keep them alive.

I had never meant to cause harm, but the past trajectory I had found myself on had hurt, even killed innocents, others loved ones, like my parents. In contrast, Vision had offered me solace, safety and comfort. But he was gone, a sacrifice for the greater good. He had been made by Stark. Good had come from the man I had hated most of my life.

Secrets, spells, enchantments, ways to manage the chaos, to make the magic real. Lives cut short, wasted, they deserved to live and be loved. Regrets, lives I had inadvertently taken I could restore. Hope fueled my reading, my deciphering of the ancient script, the Darkhold, the Book of the Dam, I had taken from Agatha. She had wanted and used it for selfish reasons. She had purposely harmed and killed others in pursuit of power. I cared not for the power, but only for the good it could do. Good could come from the dark, just as Vision had come from Ultron and Stark.

Last time I had felt closer than I ever had before, but it had drained me causing me to pass out. I had awakened to a starry scape, the edge of the milky way splayed across the black night. The dew on the grass having dampened my clothes, the earth cold beneath me where I had landed. I pulled myself together, rising to trudge into the house alone. Once in the house I changed into a clean dry pair of pants and the baggy teal sweater Vision had like to touch between his fingers, its weave so soft. The springs creaked as I settled into bed and pulled the covers up near my neck. I had taken to sleeping in my clothes long ages ago, feeling the need to be ready. Only with Vision had I felt safe to wear sleeping attire once more.

Time held no meaning alone in the house near the stream. I tracked it only so I might properly note my observations of my trials to avoid the waste of redundancy as I sought my solution. If time were to be believed it had been three days while I slept. It was time to get to work. I washed out my cup in the sink and set it to dry upside down upon a towel. I recorded my trial number, spell, and modifications I would make in my log. Grabbing a hair tie off the counter I gathered my hair into a messy bun as before stepping outside to try once more.

A dark liquid, watermelon in size, pulsated as it hovered before me, my powers containing it. I chanted the incantation as I raised my hands. The dark force, liquid energy twisted and turned as it swirled fast before my eyes. I visualized the being, forming its shape with my hands. There was an expansion, a slight implosion and pop.

His eyes were adoring as he reached out to me. "Woof," Sparky's paw landed on my forearm, his fur tickling, his nails sharp on my skin. He barked once more and then climbed into my lap, pushing his nose against my leg, circling before settling between my legs as I sat criss-cross applesauce upon the grassy meadow. I felt his heartbeat in my limbs, his breaths as his rib cage expanded and relaxed, pressing into my stomach. His fur grew wet as my tears of relief and joy fell. His cold wet nose pushed into my hand, begging for a pet. I tangled my fingers in his wiry fur, drawing comfort from his tangible form. I felt my head giveaway, listing forward and to the side. I let myself fall on my side, curling up as Sparky woke and adjusted his position to match my own. His little form pressing warmth and solace against my core. I gathered him closer as I wrapped my arm around him and drifted off to the lovely sounds of a living, breathing creature, knowing I was closer to my goal.

xxx

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I am new to the Marvel Universe only having seen a few movies here and there. Then I watched Wanda Vision and I am in the process of watching all the films and shows in order more or less as I recover from surgery on my knee. That being said I have been cross checking the MCU Wiki. Please let me know if I have written anything that breaks the rules of the world. I have an idea where this will head but I want to stay as true to this rich world.