The next two weeks are spent with the team all training, following leads on Hydra but getting nothing. I've been on only one of the missions, the rest is usually just Clint, Steve, Nat and Tony. Wanda and I haven't spoken a word all week. Every single time I see her she ignores me, or leaves a room the second she sees Nat and I together.

Speaking of Nat and I, we've spent nearly every single night together, trained together every morning. I've mostly been helping Bruce and Tony get any information they can get on Hydra. We work on my abilities, Thor helping me by actually training with me outside so we can use our powers. Tony joins every now and then but leaves to see Pepper. He has taken me to see her a few times. I have grown fond of the woman, very clearly understanding that she is the only woman in the world who could possibly put up with my jackass of a brother. I give her credit for that. Seeing them together, I just know that she's the one for him, which makes me happy that he is so loved by someone, and actually cares about someone other than himself.

Well Pepper and me, of course.

I'm running with Nat...well running circles around her. Perks of super speed. She curses me out every time I pass her.

"You're being a douche, you know!"

I do it again and laugh as I go for another lap but trip due to her sticking out her foot. I land on the grass with a grunt and she walks over to me with a prideful smile.

"What? You didn't see that coming?"

She winks and helps me up. I chuckle and shake my head as we walk back inside the compound.

"You know Romanoff, sometimes I think you just like to abuse me."

I spray my water bottle at her which makes her shriek, "Y/N STARK!" I giggle as I run away from her. I hear her chasing after me but I keep running around her, using my speed to push her onto the couch. She gasps when she hits the sofa, looking up into my eyes with nothing but bright sparks of joy in her eyes.

"You didn't see that coming," I whisper as I lean down and place my lips on hers. We kiss until Clint comes up, pushing me so that I squeal and fall onto the ground.

He just laughs as he walks away from us, "take the PDA elsewhere horn-dogs."

Nat helps me to my feet laughing and we head to the shower together. When we come out, Nat is called onto a mission with Steve and Sam. Tony leaves to see Pepper, Clint leaves to be with his kids, Bruce is with Helen Cho and Vision in the lab.

That leaves just me and Wanda. I walk into the kitchen where I see her cooking something.

"Smell's good," I say. She jumps in fear, clearly not expecting me to be there. When she sees it's me, she settles and nods gently, "thanks."

Swaying back and forth on the balls of my feet, I decide to just walk over and sigh, preparing myself for this conversation.

"Can we...talk?"

"What is there to talk about." She says blandly, not tearing her gaze from whatever she is making. She stirs a spoon in a pot, looking around at spices to throw in but I grab her hand to stop her. She turns to me, looking me in the eyes but averting her gaze quickly.

"Wanda come on. You've been avoiding me the past few weeks. The last time we actually were this close to one another you blasted me into a ceiling. What's going on?"

Her gaze falls and I can read her guilt through just her lips at this point. She turns her head and wipes at her eyes but shakes her head, focusing back on cooking.

"I'm sorry for hurting you. I lost control for a second. My mistake. But I'm fine, everything's fine."

She flashes what is probably the fakest smile at me. I can see right through it because it doesn't fully meet her beautiful emerald eyes, and her eyes are darker than their usual bright and joyful ones. She uses her powers to continue stirring as she opens the fridge to grab tomatoes, cutting them up.

"You're a really bad liar, you know."

I try to soften the mood but she doesn't buy. She still has her head looking down, forcing herself to focus. Hanging my head, I do the only thing I know will get her attention. I use my powers to lift a bag of flour from the cabinet and toss some at her. She gasps when it hits her face. Her eyes instantly turn scarlet as she grabs me by the throat with her powers, throwing me against the fridge.

"What the hell was that for?"

I gasp for air but manage to speak ever so slightly, "got your attention now."

Realizing that it was a trick, she releases me and wipes the flour off, shaking her head as she wipes her face off fully.

"Fine. You want to talk? Let's talk."

I smirk smugly as I fold my arms over my chest, "that's more like it."

Wanda sighs and looks at her hands, "I haven't been avoiding you, Y/N."

"Yes, you have. Every time I walk into a room it's like I'm invisible all of a sudden. And when you see me and Nat together you disappear."

She tightens her jaw at Natasha's name, to which I tilt my head, "Ah. I hit a nerve."

Tilting her head at me, she narrows her eyes into near slits but I don't let it intimidate me. I just walk closer.

"You hate Nat."

"I don't hate Natasha. I just-" "Hate seeing us together. You're jealous."

Opening her mouth, she widens her eyes in shock of my bluntness, quickly trying to turn away to hide her now reddened cheeks. I still caught her.

"I don't get it. Aren't you with the guy with wires for veins?"

Laughing she turns back to me, "Who, Vis? No. No we are just friends...I mean there was that one time" "Oh so there was a time," I state with a knowing gleam. She scowls at me, "the night you decided to jump Nat's bones drunk off your ass after using me to make her jealous? Yeah. Vision kissed me but nothing more. Can't say the same for you and Nat."

Okay so maybe Tony was right the other week, it did hurt her. She's pissed and she's jealous, but I still don't get it. Why didn't she just tell me?

"Look...I'm sorry about that night. What I did, using you like that, it was rude. And irresponsible of me. And I'm sorry for that. I just saw you with Vision and I guess thought that you didn't really care."

We are both silent for a moment before she makes her way closer, hesitantly stepping, afraid I may run or something. I can read the fear in her face, it's not like she's trying to hide it. Wanda closes her eyes, "okay. I'm going to say something now. And I need you to just...listen. And take it in whichever way you want but I..." "Wanda, spit it out." I laugh slightly, but stop it before I piss her off.

I can tell it's serious so I try to prepare myself.

"Look...I like you Y/N, alright? At least I think I do. All I know is that when we first met, I saw something in you. I instantly felt something, like we were supposed to meet. And when we talked about Pietro, I felt even more connected. Then your vision from the mind stone. Something about you just...it pulls me in, alright? The night we kissed, looking in your head, feeling what you felt, and feeling what I felt, I have never felt anything like that before. Helping you calm down from the breakdown, you helping me when I got hurt...despite how annoyingly cocky and sarcastic you are, even those parts of you I just can't help but adore. You bring this energy to me that makes me feel seen for a change. When I'm with you I feel safe and happy, I feel like I am finally living. You bring out this side of me that no one else has, not since Pietro. We are connected through the mind stone, Y/N. And I can't get you out of my head. And seeing you with Nat...it just makes me so angry because...crap."

She trails off, I see the tears building in her eyes and already sense that she's starting to shut down, realizing what she's doing. But I don't let her, I can't let her. I grab her chin gently and lift her gaze up to mine, "Please. Keep going."

Her eyes search mine and then she starts laughing, turning from me and walking around the kitchen, hands on her head.

"I just...you're with Nat! You're with Nat and I shouldn't even be telling you this. I shouldn't be talking about this with you, it's a terrible idea. It's horrible and stupid and wrong. God I can't be doing this, telling you shit like this."

She's rambling, panicking. "Wanda," I mutter carefully but it does nothing. I notice the sauce in the pot starts boiling over. I try to turn down the stove but it just makes it hotter. The cabinets start shaking and that's when I realize she's losing control.

"Wanda," I say again but she just keeps holding her head, shaking it wildly as she starts to hyperventilate. I rush over and grab her hands, lowering them so I can hug her.

"Just breathe, everything's okay. You're okay."

"This is wrong, I am wrong for this."

"Wrong for what? You didn't do anything."

We pull away and she stares at me. I can't read what she's thinking or what her expression even says, but before I can try to translate it more, she grabs my face and kisses me.

My head nearly explodes at the feeling. My chest bursts with fireworks, skin feels alight. She pulls away before it can go further and she whispers,

"Yes I did."

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A/N:

Finally :)