A/N: I cannot believe my document is actually more than 10000 words long atm. Like that's wild. It's only four chapters. And it's not like that's a bad thing, but usually, when my fanfics get some length, I get bored and just discontinue it, but I am loving this. Like I really am.
S-B
Natasha walked out of her room with a towel wrapped on her head. She had just gotten out of the shower after a light workout. It had only been three days since she woke up back home. And even though she had been recommended to stay in bed rest for a few days it was nothing she wanted more than to work out. It seemed like after she came back home everyone had been even more eager to take care of her and it was driving her crazy. She knew they didn't mean any harm, but she needed to be alone.
The house had gotten a bit livelier the last couple of days. Rhodey, Sam and Bucky had been called to Stack industries after the rescue mission to help Toney with some work while letting the girls get some peace and quiet the first days. But had now all returned back home. All except Vision.
Tony, Pepper, and Happy were all coming with Peter Parker in a couple of hours. Around the same time Clint, Laura and the kids were also planning to come over. Natasha didn't quite get why they decided it was a good idea to have both Peter and the kids come over for the first time on the same day but oh well.
Natasha looked at the big clock on her wall. 9 am. Perfect time for breakfast. She walked down the corridor passing Steve's and Bucky's room on the way. Steve's door was open while the opposing door into Buck's room was closed, signalizing that Steve was out on his morning jog and Bucky had refused to join him.
The spy pushed the door to the kitchen open. The room was an open concept with a living room and kitchen in one with one big panorama window. The morning sun cast a yellow light in the room and Natasha couldn't help but smile. She loved this time of day. She walked over to the refrigerator opening the door. Carefully she looked around trying to figure out what to grab for breakfast. She could always make some eggs or something. She decided she would make an omelet. It was tasty, yet healthy, and most important really easy to make a lot of. She grabbed a big skillet and carefully cracked no more than 12 eggs into the pan. No wonder it was always a lack of food in this house.
"Friday could you write down eggs on the community shopping list?" Natasha said out loud.
"Added now. Anything else?"
Natasha answered back that nothing else was needed at the moment before getting back to her cooking. She cut up various veggies and threw them in the pan before adding some cheese on top. As she was cooking, she kept a close eye on something she had spotted in the reflection in the refrigerator door. Wanda was sitting in the couch with her back towards her. The girl was leaning over the back of the sofa looking out the window. Natasha had caught her turn around towards her but was positive she hadn't noticed that she was watching her. The girl had big bags under her eyes and didn't look too well. As much as Natasha wanted to go up to her and ask, she knew Wanda didn't want her to. Natasha was well aware that the younger woman preferred to ask for help rather than other asked her if she needed any.
While the eggs were cooking, she turned on the coffee maker and the kettle. While she preferred coffee in the morning both Steve and Wanda were team tea. She didn't really understand why considering it was really only bad tasting hot water.
"Smells delicious" Steve walked into the room. He smiled at her before pointing at her towel.
"Want me to get that for you. I'm going to the laundry room anyway." Steve offered. She nodded and threw the damp towel at him. As she turned around towards Steve, she looked at Wanda. She still hadn't moved.
Steve walked over to the counter and put two slices of bread in the toaster before he walked out of the room. Natasha watched as he walked out of the room before she grabbed a mug and poured in some hot water. She grabbed a box of earl grey tea out of the cabinet and took a teabag out of the box. She watched as the teabag plopped down in the water coloring it a dark shade of brown-green. She walked over the sofa and placed a hand on Wanda's shoulder. The girl turned around and Natasha's heart fell. The girl looked at her with tired eyes. She had dark bags under her eyes, and she looked exhausted. Natasha offered the cup of tea and Wanda took it from her. Natasha really wanted to say something but before she came that far a voice interrupted her.
"Would you look at that. A wild Natasha, still with wet hair. You know it's already 9 am right Romanoff? Aren't you supposed to be kicking ass at this time of day? " Tony walked into the room with a grin on his face, Pepper following close behind. Natasha walked away from the sofa rolling her eyes at Tony.
"To what do we owe the pleasure? Thought you guys were bringing the kid in a couple of hours not right now…" Natasha mumbled the last part. Of course, they came early, why wouldn't they.
"He'll be accompanied with Happy, don't worry. We actually wanted to check up on you guys." Pepper said with a smile giving the other woman a light hug. Natasha smiled before she looked at the girl on the sofa.
"How are you guys?" Pepper asked with a whisper guiding Natasha away from Tony.
"Not too great. She seems a bit distance." Natasha looked at Wanda with a sad look. Pepper only nodded. The kitchen door opened again and Bucky and Rhodey walked into the room closely followed by Steve and Sam.
"Well, the whole gang is all together again. Why don't we start eating then?" Sam sight with a playful voice. The others nodded in agreement. They started to set the table. Between the five guys, it went like a breeze as they threw plates and cups all over the place. Natasha hated when they did that but didn't bother trying to stop them.
"Wanda, are you going to eat with us?" Bucky said with a calm voice walking up to her. He looked at her with a small smile placing his metal arm on her shoulder.
"Hu? What?" the girl looked at the man confused. Bucky pointed at the kitchen table and Wanda shook her head.
"Oh, yeah., no…. No, thank you" Wanda said with a stiff smile. Bucky nodded at her before he walked to the rest of the group. Natasha watched from the distance. She looked at the other girl who made her way out of the room. She could see Wanda slightly losing her balance.
She was torn on what to do. She wanted to help her, but at the same time, she didn't want to be instructive, like she felt the boys were. She wanted to be better than that but at the same time…. l Natasha looked unsure at Steve who nodded at the door in approval. She nodded thank you before spy excused herself hurrying after the other girl. They had all seen how shaken Wanda looked.
Natasha hurried down the hallway trying to catch the girl. Damn, she had been moving a lot faster than what she originally thought. "Wanda." Natasha had just turned around the corner as she saw the girl stumble down the corridor. Wanda turned around towards Natasha and stumbled again. Shit. Natasha cursed as she saw the girl catch herself on the wall gripping a nearby doorframe. Wanda blinked while bringing her hand to her face before she fainted.
"WANDA!" Natasha screamed as she sprinted down the corridor and fell beside the unconscious girl. Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck. Natasha cursed under her breath. She carefully took the girls in her arms lifting her up stumbling a bit. Wanda's room was way down the hall while Natasha's room was only a few doors down. It was no decision making here.
Natasha walked to her room before she placed Wanda carefully on her bed. "Hope you didn't hit your head too hard on that fall kid" Natasha mumbled before grabbing her phone from her nightstand.
"Steve!" Natasha walked around in her room trying to find her first aid kit. Where the fuck was that stupid thing when she needed it.
"Nat?! Are you okay?!"
Natasha realized that she had probably made the whole situation worse by calling Steve as she heard how tense and stresses Steve was as he answered her call. She felt bad for the man. She really did. He was always so caring over his team.
"Yeah sorry about that Steve, it's not that urgent. Didn't mean to scare you like that. But Steve, she fainted. I really think we underestimated this whole situation." Natasha's voice turned serious, but she tried not to sound too stressed out, for his sake. She looked at Wanda. She was extremely pale. Natasha listened to Steve mumbling something on the other end, probably explaining to the rest of the team what happened.
"Do we know why she fainted?" Natasha could tell Steve was trying to get his voice under control.
"I am not a hundred percent sure. I think it partly was because of a lack of sleep. I don't think she has slept at all since then… incident. But I also think she might have had a panic attack, maybe, or just a really bad headache. She looks really weak at the moment."
"So, what are we going to do now?"
"I don't think it's a lot to do right now, I'll take care of her for now. Just promise to call me when Clint and Peter arrive?" Natasha bit her lip as she walked over to the bed and looked at Wanda.
"Nat that's in like two hours. She needs you. I know that you want to see the kids and meet Peter, but she needs you more than them."
"Okay. Fine. But call me before dinner time or something if we haven't joined you by then, okay?" Natasha answered. She heard Steve talk to the others in the room discussing the idea before he promised he would do that. She thanked him before hanging up the phone.
Natasha was wondering what to in the meantime. She could always try to work. She walked over to her desk and wondered if she should turn on her laptop or not. The spy hadn't been answering her email in a couple of days, so her inbox was probably full of unseen messages. Natasha didn't get to open her laptop before she heard a sound from behind.
"Nat?" A low whisper came from the bed and Natasha turned around to see Wanda look at her.
"Oh, thank god" Natasha pushed herself away from the desk and walked over to the girl. Wanda moaned as she put her left hand on her forehead. Natasha slowly gripped the hand and moved it away from Wanda's face making sure the girl wouldn't hurt herself.
"Wanda, you fainted," Natasha said with a soft voice.
"Are you hurt? How do you feel?" Natasha asked the other girl looking into her eyes.
"My head hurts, and I think I landed on my injured arm," Wanda answered with a tired voice. Natasha nodded before she stood up walking towards her bathroom. With a concerned look in her eyes, Natasha grabbed a cloth and soaked it in cold water. She also grabbed a glass of cold water before she walked back to the bed. She kneeled down beside Wanda giving her the glass of water. While Wanda was sipping on the water Natasha messed around in the nightstand drawer finding some of what Wanda only assumed was Aspirin. She gave Wanda two pills signalizing her to take them. Wanda nodded slowly and took the pills from the older woman. Natasha watched as she swallowed the pills before took the glass away from her. Carefully pushing the girl back into the bed. Natasha could tell Wanda wanted to protest but Natasha held her down with a firm grip. She placed the cold cloth on Wanda's forehead earning a loud sigh in pleasure as the woman felt the headache melt away.
Natasha felt a grip around her arm and looked at Wanda who had grabbed her. "Stay with me?" Wanda whispered as Natasha tried to stand up. Natasha felt a lump in her throat and nodded. Wanda moved a bit to the side letting the other woman lay beside her in the big king-sized bed.
"Wanda?" Natasha whispered as she felt the girl curl up beside her. Wanda's chest was moving in a slow steady rhythm.
"Mhm?" Wanda hummed back finally feeling the pain slowly drift away.
"Have you been sleeping at all the last past days?" Natasha asked gently holding around the woman. She felt the girl shake her head slowly in her arms. She could tell the girl was almost asleep.
"I haven't dared" Wanda whispered back, and Natasha could tell the girl was starting to tense up again. She hushed at the girl again trying to calm her down before it got too bad.
"I've been so scared. Scared about if I lost control again." Wanda's voice was shaking a bit now. She looked at Natasha. Her eyes were filled with pain, and the older woman could tell she was holding a lot of guilt still.
"And I am scared something would happen to me. And they would hurt me, as they did back there." Natasha didn't need to ask who she meant. She knew exactly what the girl was talking about.
"Don't worry Wanda. I will never let anything happen to you. I promise."
A/N: I was so ready to introduce Peter, but before I knew it this chapter passed 2k words and I just had to round it off. Oh well, it will for sure happen in the next chapter.
S-B…. again.