AN: Enjoy!

After deciding to take a chance on Ralph Bohner's job, Vision programmed his coordinates into The Side of Life's autopilot system, then headed to the ship's Kitchen/Mess Hall area to let Wanda know of the new plan.

Vision mused, as he stepped inside, that it was a lot messier than it had once been. Wanda, in the various locations in which she and the twins had been imprisoned, had not had much need, or in fact any need at all, to clean up after herself following meal times, and was taking some time to get in the habit of it. This meant Vision was often left with clean up, but he didn't mind.. The mess in the Kitchen, and elsewhere, a growing scattering of toys and clothes, meant he was not alone anymore.

Wanda, it seemed, had already left the kitchen. She had also left her dirty dishes, from some sort of soup-noodle dish, which Vision stopped to clean, chuckling. Hearing the sounds of the twins giggling, Vision came to the conclusion that Wanda had gone to tend to them after they had woken from their nap, so he headed to the sleeping quarters, knocking on the door.

"Come in, Vizh '' came Wanda's cheerful reply.

Vision opened the door, and froze. Wanda was, in fact, tending to the twins.. But she was also wearing nothing but her undergarments.

"Oh.. um.. I'm sorry.." Vision tried to scramble back out of the room.

"Why? I'm not naked" Wanda replied confused, and Vision was reminded of how, despite how far she had come, her sense of modesty was still quite skewed.

"Um, well, y-your clothes.."

"I spilled soup on them" Wanda bent over to retrieve a toy Tommy had dropped.

"Right.. Yes.." Vision was trying to look anywhere but at her, but he had seen enough, and what he had seen, coupled with the fact that she had been kissing him not long before, was causing heat to creep over his synthetic skin, followed by an odd stirring in the lower regions of his body that he had not experienced before.

"How's the job search going?" Wanda continued, oblivious.

"Oh, quite well. I have a Bohner.. I mean a job, with a Bohner.. A Mr. Bohner. Ralph Bohner.." Vision almost squeaked.

"Are you okay,Vizh?" Wanda frowned. "You're sounding a little weird.."

She took a step closer to him, and Vision scrambled backwards away from her.

"I'm fine! I need to go get us to Bohner.. the job with the.. bye!"

He hurried away, leaving a very confused Wanda behind.

–

Vision raced back to the cockpit, then paused, taking a few deep but shaky breaths, as he willed his new little problem to go away.

He knew what was going on, at least in theory. Knew the concepts of attraction, arousal, desire. He was aware of the fact that he was capable of feeling these things.

But actually feeling them, the heat in his skin, his body actually reacting.. That was new, and a little overwhelming, especially because everything between he and Wanda was itself so new.

Vision could not tell her about this, not at all, because he did not want her to feel awkward around him, or scared, or for her to feel pressured into something that neither one of them were really ready for.. and now he could hear her footsteps, so would this damn thing just go down already?

Apparently not. As Wanda stepped into the cockpit (which seemed an unfortunate name for the space at that point in time), Vision hurriedly crossed his legs to hide himself from her.

"Vizh, are you sure you're alright?"

"Oh yes" Vision turned to face her, relieved to see that she was dressed again, and smiled just a little too widely. "Perfectly fine."

"Sure about that?" Wanda raised an eyebrow, slightly skeptical.

"Of course. You should go be with the twins.. In fact, get them ready for an outing" Vision was speaking rather fast. "The planet we are visiting seems to have a rather nice shopping district. You should explore it with the boys while I deal with Mr. Bo.. with Ralph.

"Vizh, the whole point of you getting back to work is so we don't have to worry about spending too much of your money.."

"Well, you could always just browse. That would be fun, wouldn't it?"

"I guess.." Wanda frowned.

"Perfect. You can browse while I speak with Ralph.."

"Okay, I'll go get the boys ready then.." Wanda paused, hesitating, as she turned to leave. "Are you really sure you're okay?"

"Of course" Vision grinned his too-wide grin.

"Alright.."

Vision breathed a sigh of relief at Wanda's departure. Now, he could take a moment to focus on the business of banishing his very stubborn erection.

There was one obvious way, but he did not feel comfortable doing that when Wanda and their.. Her children were just a few rooms away, possibly close enough to hear him, or worse, wander in and see. Instead, Vision tried closing his eyes, and thought back to a time when Quill and Kraglin had tricked him into walking in on Yondu in the shower.

When he opened his eyes, Vision looked down at himself and breathed another sigh of relief. That did the trick.

–

Despite having dealt with his not-so-little problem, Vision still felt embarrassed in her presence, so when The Side of Life landed, he was maybe a little too happy to usher her and the boys off the ship and point them in the direction of the Market.

"There, you three go and browse while I take care of business."

"Okay" said Wanda, "But.."

"I shouldn't be much longer than an hour" Vision continued, cutting her off. "I know you're worried about money, but take my Currency Card in case you or the twins see anything you really want, and a communicator, in case you run into trouble, or just want to contact me. I'll be at the Tavern just over.."

"Vizzy no come with us?" Billy looked up from his hover cradle, confused.

"Well.. no" said Vision gently. "Not this time."

"Why?" Tommy asked, bouncing in his cradle..

"Vizzy needs to do a little job, so he can make money and buy you nice toys" He gently ruffled the little boy's hair, then turned his attention to Wanda. "As I said, this won't take too long. I'll call when I'm done?"

"Okay.."

"Good.." He turned to leave.

"Vision, wait!" Wanda called after him.

"What?" He looked back at her, hoping he did not sound too frustrated, but after earlier events, he needed some distance from her, just for a little while.

"Just.. be careful, okay?"

Vision immediately softened.

"I will."

–

Once he reached the Tavern, it wasn't all that difficult for Vision to spot Ralph Bohner. Even without already having seen his picture, Bohner stood out.. And in so doing, showed his inexperience as a Hunter. A good Bounty Hunter should remain as inconspicuous as possible until their target was well within reach.. Advice that Vision could pass on.

"Mr. Ralph Bohner?" He approached the table. "I am.."

"Vision! Nice to meet ya.." The young man grinned maybe a little too wide, and Vision tried not to be unsettled by this, shaking the hand he offered. "Take a seat, man.. You need a drink, some snacks?"

"I do not eat or drink" Vision sat down, "But thank you for the offer.."

"Synthezoid, right" Ralph returned to his own seat. "That's good. Better, even we can get right down to business."

"Of course. One thing I noticed when I arrived was..

"So" Ralph continued as though Vision hadn't spoken, "I'll just give you the info on this target we're gonna nab together.."

"Hang on" Vision cut him off, frowning. "I'm just supposed to be giving you advice, you never said anything about actually participating in a hunt.."

"Yeah, but that was before you took the job and I found out what an awesome Hunter you are.. I figured you wouldn't mind a little tweak of the terms."

"I do mind. This wasn't the job I agreed to."

"Aww, come on, man. It should be easy for someone like you. The Target's already on-world. We grab her, I get street cred to get into the guild of my choice, and you get a nice little payday" Bohner grinned. "It's win-win!"

"I'll have to let my traveling companions know I will be longer than expected.."

"Of course."

"Well.." Vision thought of Wanda and the boys, of everything he wanted for them.. As much money as he had saved over the years, his resources were not infinite. He sighed, relenting. "Alright. Who's the target?"

Smirking, Bohner activated a small hologram, revealing his hoped for Bounty.

"Some SHIELD agent, here on a mission.."

Vision was surprised to realize that he recognised Bohner's intended target, but that wasn't what troubled him most.

"Ravagers don't accept bounties on SHIELD Agents.." His old guild often worked at the edge of the law, but never openly against it.

"You'll notice I never mentioned Ravagers" Bohner grinned wickedly. "I said the guild of my choice.."

"You want to join HYDRA.." HYDRA were a guild of the very worst criminals. In fact, Vision had a strong suspicion they were somehow involved with the experiments on Wanda and the twins. He stood, prepared to flee. "I'm sorry, Mr. Bohner. I'm afraid I cannot help you after all."

"That's a shame.. See, if you don't help me, I'll be forced to call the Ravagers to come collect their bounty on you and that nice little family of yours.. I've done my research on you, Vision, in case that wasn't obvious."

If Vision had blood, it would have been running cold.

"Why not collect our bounty yourself?"

"Getting into HYDRA is worth more to me in the long run" Bohner shrugged. "So.. is our job back on?"

"It is.." Vision reluctantly sat down, however, he was already forming a plan.

Ralph Bohner wasn't nearly as clever as he thought he was.