CHAPTER 3: New and Old
I know, I know, I know for sure
Everybody wanna steal my girl, everybody wanna take her heart away
Couple billion in the whole wide world
find another one cuz she belongs to me
Previously On 'Everybody Tryna Steal My Girl': "Wanda you gotta stay awake okay" Bucky's soft voice entered my ears, I opened my eyes slightly to see him smile when he saw me, "hey, I wanna see those beautiful eyes okay?" he chuckled stroking my hair.
"Peter" I said coarsely. "Is Peter okay?" I asked worriedly. Bucky's eyes flickered up but he never gave me an answer because I succumbed to sleep.
Peter's POV
I woke up to the smell of disinfectant, the sight of clinical white sheets and the sound of a TV in front of me. I was in the Avengers Infirmary along with Wanda who was still asleep in the bed next to me, she had a black eye, cuts and scrapes everywhere and a large stitched gash on her forehead; sitting up I felt the pain searing in my stomach when I remembered the gun wound. "Wanda, you okay?" I asked nudging her gently. She jolted awake and gasped at a pain in her ribs by the looks of it, "oh, oh I'm sorry" I apologised worrying I had hurt her.
"Pete!" she cried happily, "You're alive!" she said grabbing my face and kissing my head furiously. I patted the space next to me and she carefully slipped out of her bed limping into mine. "F.R.I.D.A.Y, tell everyone we're awake" Wanda asked the A.I who obliged happily.
"This reminds me of Wakanda, when we died" I said chuckling. She giggled clutching me tighter, I ignored the pain because Wanda needed me right now, I could tell, "thanks for saving me Wanda, I love you lots-kay?" I sniffed soundlessly to hide the fact of how terrified I was of dying. Wanda must've felt my fear.
"Peter, we're safe here. With our family and nothing will ever destroy that again!" Wanda said sternly almost in a motherly tone-I nodded a response not trusting my voice right now. Sure enough, Everyone piled in eagerly even T'Challa was here! But then Pepper wheeled in with a little bundle in her arms.
"Say hi to William!" Tony introduced us, Wanda cried with glee as she took him in her arms happily. Tony gave me the cold shoulder, Bucky shifted to Wanda's side kissing her hair sadly watching her and how beaten she was. "Soon William wont be the only baby around!" Tony said smiling at Wanda. She looked up and froze like she was thinking hard. "Cho took a look at your injuries and also concluded that you're pregnant!" Tony announced.
"I was going to tell you all I swear!" Wanda excused. Pietro folded his arms giving his sister a very disapproving look, "I just didn't want to steal Pepper's thunder" Wanda said quietly as she watched baby William gurgle contently in her arms. "Want to hold him Peter?" she offered. I nodded and was about to take him when Stark snatched him back with an angry look upon his face.
"I don't want my baby with someone so dangerous and unpredictable" he sniffed before turning away and out the room. Pepper sighed staring at me with a sad smile.
"he's just angry that you got hurt" Pepper tried to assure me. Thalia took my hand to give me some comfort but I took it away folding my arms childishly; I had saved Wanda yet he couldn't even thank me? Suddenly Laura burst through the door grasping Wanda and I in tight hugs. "Laura, we said they were fine" Pepper comforted soothingly.
"They promised they'd look after each other!" she snapped, everyone was silenced momentarily at her outburst, Mrs. Barton was scary when mad, "And you Wanda!" Laura span around to Wanda pointing an accusing finger, "you have a child to protect! You put yourself in danger not even caring about the safety of your child!" Laura yelled in Wanda's face. Bucky gently removed Laura from the room and could be heard yelling outside. Clint hastily joined them making Pietro roll his eyes dramatically.
"Told you Sister" Pietro said smugly-obviously he was referring to whatever they'd been arguing about for the past few days. Bucky came back in along with Clint but Laura took her kids hands and lead them out in a state of confusion. Wanda whimpered putting her head in her hands. "I'll comfort, you get chocolate" Pietro said nodding to Bucky who zipped off. Pietro hugged his sister letting her sob into his shirt, I understood that Laura was angry and distressed but there was no need to shout at a pregnant Wanda the way she did.
"Wanda, you'll be off missions from now on, you'll always have someone with you but I'm sorry you cant come" Steve said with guilty eyes-this was no doubt Fury's orders, Wanda cried even more now.
"But Steve-" she began.
"Wanda you have a child to think of" Nat quipped. Wanda shook her head and clutched onto Pietro harder as her cries became louder at the news, Steve sat on the other bed wanting to apologise but knowing Nat would chide him for it-Stark reappeared with William again and his eyes widened when he saw Wanda's state, "We aren't kicking you out Wanda, sweetie we just want both of you to be safe and well looked after. During Pepper's pregnancy she wasn't informed about any missions or anything because we wanted her without stress. We want whats best" Nat reasoned and Wanda nodded drying her eyes.
"I know, I just want you all to be safe okay?" Wanda hiccupped. Bucky handed her a small bar of chocolate before carrying her to her own bed where he climbed in next to her-she wrapped her arms around him stopping her cries. "You've got to keep Stevie out of trouble" Wanda giggled glancing at Steve who sighed with a smile before dragging a chair near her bed.
"Me? In trouble? Never" Cap whispered and Bucky barked a laugh so disbelieving it was almost theatrical, "sleep Wan, we'll wake you up for dinner" Steve soothed switching off the hospital room lights. My eyes drooped feeling the ache of my joints from the battle; Pepper kissed my head and told me to sleep and that I shouldn't worry anymore.
Tony's POV
I know I was being harsh on the kid, but did he not realise by now that him constantly being in danger scares the shit out of me? He's as much my son as William was, I rocked my blood son in my arms feeling relaxed-I sauntered back into the infirmary seeing Pep still in her wheelchair light up at the sight of me coddling William. She made a grabby gesture with her hands and I gently passed him over to her; he made little to no fuss over the transition and instead slept peacefully. Wanda's breaths came out evenly signalling that she was asleep and when I glimpsed at Peter, he too was snoring with drool dripping from the corner of his mouth, "Tony, Peter really wants to have a bond with William. You don't have a right or reason to take that away from him! Peter is not dangerous and you know it Tony-I know tensions are high at the moment but tonight I think we should watch a movie, no kids and just be together" Pepper stated with no room for argument.
"I'm not banning Peter from William. I wouldn't Peps you know that, I just cant lose anybody else" Pepper's eyes softened at my rare show of emotion. Pepper told me to sit next to which I did, I leant on her shoulder watching William flit his eyes slowly in and out of sleep. Pietro sped silently back into the dark room holding a onsie with writing on it that said 'No.1 Stark', he placed the baby grow over William's chest and stroked his forehead with his thumb comfortingly.
"Just so we can officially say that William is the best Stark in the family" Pietro teased lightly patting my shoulder, "aside from Pepper of course" Pietro smiled sweetly at her winking my way. I shoved him playfully before giving him a sort of half hug. "Wanda's worried about her baby" Pietro voiced quietly-Pepper and I paid immediate attention along with everyone else in the room, "with Bucky's serum and her powers, she doesn't know what future he/she will have" Pietro
elaborated.
"Whatever it will be, we'll make sure its a lil ass kicker" I said with a small smile.
"Has she considered if it will be twins?" Natasha made a valid point, Steve chuckled shaking his head at the sleeping pair, "I mean twins obviously run in the family" Natasha continued waltzing around the room.
"Mamma always wanted Wanda to have twin girls" Pietro said fondly.
"Too many girls in this tower if you ask me" Clint retorted smirking at Nat's expression. "Laura said she'll be back down when they're awake. She's calmer now and not very upset anymore-took me ages just to stop the steam coming out her ears!" Clint rubbed his face tiredly. Natasha rubbed his shoulder with a loving smile then sat on Steve's lap.
"Nanny looking after the kids?" Shuri asked, hopping in with various teas, drinks and food. Clint nodded and as if on queue, a made-up woman walked in asking to take William to bed as she was looking after him. Pepper handed my little boy over carefully and the neat woman took him upstairs presumably with Clint's kids. "Wanda dinner, wakey wakey spidey!" Shuri said a little louder than before. Peter yawned stretching his limbs and Wanda sat up along with Buck who had come out of his hibernation it seemed.
"Wow, I didn't know bears came out of hibernation this early" I joked aimed at Bucky who smirked knowingly.
"You're just jealous that I have a beard and not that pencil thin douche-bag thing you have on your face Stark" Bucky jostled back shifting to get more comfortable in Wanda's temporary hospital bed. I grumbled a low laugh before switching the TV on and relaxing into my seat again.