Wade Wilson stared at Missy through the white eyes of his mask.

And despite all his anger and all his frustration…the usually mouthy-merc found himself unable to speak.

Right now, she, as always, looked like utter perfection.

Her long caramel hair was loosely curled and pinned back from her face, and her slim form was wrapped in a gorgeous, blue dress, Wade had never seen on her before.

She looked as amazing as the day he had met her and Wade felt more in love with her at this moment, than he ever had done before.

She was his one true love. His family…..and yet here he was, hiding behind a fucking mask.

Wade didn't really know what he had expected, coming here today.

All he had known, once he had realised that Steve had disappeared, was that he needed to get the star-spangled avenger as far away from Missy as possible.

He wouldn't know what he would do if he found out Missy was in relationship with anyone else. He didn't even want to think about that right now…

He wished….oh, how he fucking wished, it could all go back to the way it used to be between them…

But now, standing here, Missy certainly wasn't staring at Wade with love in her eyes…

Her look was, instead, a mixture of fear and confusion, as her green eyes looked him up and down.

"S-Steve…" she called back behind her, cautiously, her voice breaking slightly. "I think it's for you…"

Fuck.

This wasn't what he had wanted.

He had never meant to frighten her….to make her nervous in her own home.

But as much as Wade wanted to say something….he just couldn't….

She'd hear his voice instantly and figure out it was him. And he couldn't let her see him like this….scarred and grotesque.

So he stayed silent.

Coward.

Missy's beautiful green eyes roved over his mask and he saw them linger at the guns at his belt and the katanas on his back.

Fuck. Why had he not left them around the corner, out of sight?

But Missy, the light of his life, looked at him sternly…a gorgeous little frown line appearing between her brows.

"Listen, whatever you're here to do, you're gonna have to take it outside," she said in a cutting tone, folding her arms across herself defensively. "I've got a four year old in there, and if you DARE do anything to upset her-"

Right now she looked like a lioness protecting her cub, and Wade hated himself for making her feel like that.

Bu the merc didn't have time to dwell on this, as a tall, blonde, good-looking figure appeared swiftly in front of Missy, blocking her from view.

"What the hell are you doing here, Deadpool?" growled Steve in an angry voice, glaring at Wade.

But the merc merely glared back behind the white eyes of his mask.

Fuck. He hated Captain Crunch and his perfect bone structure, and couldn't help but scowl furiously as Steve turned to Missy, his hand touching her forearm lightly.

"You should go back inside with Emily," the Cap uttered in a low voice.

Wade could felt his blood boiling.

How dare he say her fucking name…

"…I'm gonna go and deal with this alone," Steve continued. "Maybe we can reschedule coffee for another time."

With that, the Avenger flashed Missy a smile.

But Missy, to Wade's relief, did not reciprocate the smile, instead she merely peered back at the merc uneasily.

Though Missy did not have time to say another word, as a small voice rung out from behind her.

"Mommy, who der'?" came the oh-so-wonderful tones of the little girl Wade loved so much.

The little girl who made his heart ache, each and every day.

But Wade's heart plummeted to his stomach.

He couldn't allow himself to see her.

In fact he hadn't seen Emily since not even once since he had left….since before the events of Weapons X…and before the name Deadpool had ever even existed.

Missy he wanted to see….but Emily…he just couldn't face it. That tiny girl had been his everything and yet he had abandoned her without even an explanation.

He didn't deserve to have a kid like her.

And that's why he couldn't bear to see her anymore. For it would only serve to break his heart even more that it already was.

That was why, as soon as Wade heard the voice, he backed swiftly away, his white eyes widening.

No, this wasn't the day for his usual smart-mouth…

This was a day for being a coward.

A total fucking coward…

And with that, Wade Wilson turned on his black-booted heel and left…

…without a single word….


Missy stared over Steve's shoulder, as the man known as Deadpool, disappeared out of sight.

What the hell had just happened?

"I thought you said you couldn't get him to shut up?" asked Missy, blinking a couple of times, confused about what had just gone down in her hallway.

The man in the red and black mask hadn't even said a word.

"This all seems a bit strange," said Steve in a solemn voice. "I'm gonna go after him. See if we can finally have him brought in."

Missy's eyes travelled up towards the Cap, as she shook herself.

"You sure you'll both be ok here on your own?" he asked after a second or two.

But Missy gave a shake of her head.

"Yeah, we'll be fine," she uttered slowly.

And with that, Steve gave a nod and hurried away after Deadpool.

But Missy paused in the doorway, her eyes flickering up towards Wade's old door, just across from hers, for the first time in months. But her vision was glazed over, her eyes unfocused…

Right now she felt confused.

Perhaps Deadpool had thought that this was Steve's apartment and hadn't expected a women to appeared at the front door.

Perhaps Missy had caught him off guard. But to her it seemed like there was something else…

Had he recognised her?!

The way his white, blank eyes stared at her….

But Missy physically shook herself, taking a step backwards and closing the door with a hurried snap.

Something about all that didn't seem right, but Missy, turning around and gathering Emily up into her arms did not want to hang about alone in an empty corridor to find out the truth, that was for sure.


Wade was at least a block from Missy's place, in a dingy little street, when he finally stopped to catch his breath and to wait for his scarred and torn heart to resume in its pounding.

Fuck.

Fuck fuck fuck.

He should never have gone there…to her apartment.

This entire fucking thing had been a mistake.

Wade was going to now go back to the place he shared with Al, down about six bottles of whisky, and pass of out for the night.

It was the only way he could forget about what he had just done.

Fuck.

He was such an idiot.

Wade gave a groan, letting his head drop back against the brick wall behind him with a thump.

He closed his eyes behind his mask.

Fuck.

But with his eyes closed, Wade didn't even have a chance to notice the broad and muscle bound figure of Steve Rogers as he made a grab for Wade's throat.

"Deadpool," Steve panted angrily, as Wade jumped out of his skin.

Somehow the merc manage to slip out of Steve's grasp easily, and leapt aside, out of the Avenger's clutches.

"Cap," said Wade with distaste, popping the 'p' loudly.

In a flash Wade had plucked one of his shiny desert eagles from its holster and now stood with the barrel pointing directly at Steve Rogers' head.

Steve glared back at him with steely-blue eyes. He had no weapons of his own, but Wade knew not to underestimate him.

"What the hell are you playing at following me?" scolded Cap, his hands balled up into fists at his sides. "What's your game, Deadpool?"

But Wade cocked his masked head at Steve, narrowing his white eyes toward him.

He gave an easy shrug.

"Oooooh, nothing much," uttered the merc in playful voice. "I was just hoping to find out your intentions towards that beautifully, gorgeous girl back there…"

"You leave her alone, and never darken her door again, or you'll have me to answer to." snarled Steve, lowering his chin. "And I won't be going easy on you then. Are we clear?"

But Wade gave a chuckle.

"Aww, well, see, I think a girl like that," said the merc cocking a gloved thumb back over his shoulder. "well, she kinda looked like trouble. Yeah. I'd watch her if I were you, maybe she's a bit of a risky date for the righteous Captain America."

But Steve shifted his weight from foot to foot, looking slightly bewildered by Wade's train of conversation.

"Why are you so interested in my love life all of a sudden?" said Steve quipping back.

But this only sought to make Wade angrier.

Love life?

Did he already see Missy as someone he loved?

Wade felt a bitter sting of jealousy rise up inside him.

"I'm just saying," uttered the merc in a dark and dangerous voice. "That maybe you should keep your popsicle penis in your pants, Captain Crunch, and leave her alone."

But Steve's eyes roved across Deadpool's masked face.

"What concern is it of yours?" said Steve narrowing his eyes curiously as though he was trying to work Wade out.

Fuck.

There was no way he could risk Rogers finding out who he really was.

That he and Missy….

Wade gave a gulp beneath his red and black suit and paused for a long moment, before giving a casual shrug.

"I'm just an innocent observer," he said in a playful tone, tutting.

He gave along faux sigh.

"I guess I'm just soooo jealous about anyone who comes between me and my Cappy," he continued in a childlike voice, strolling over and pinching at Steve's cheek, making sure his gun was still firmly trained on him.

The Cap pulled away instantly, grimacing.

"Well you'd better watch yourself, Deadpool," snarled Steve. "If I find out you've gone anywhere near her-"

But Wade merely turned on his heel and waved a hand in the Cap's direction.

"Yeah, yeah," sighed Wade disinterestedly. "You'll pummel me into the ground. I'm already looking forward to it…makes me all tingly when you talk to me like that, Steven."

And with that, and without another word, Wade walked casually off, slipping the gun back into his belt, knowing that Steve Rogers was staring daggers into the back of his head.

But right now, Steve fucking Rogers was the least of Wade's problems….

….the sooner he could get his old face back…..the better….


Sorry it was a short one. I'm a bit busy at the moment.

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