Marvel Imagines

Worth It [C.D.] 🌨☀️

Carol Danvers x GN!Teen!Reader

Summary: Carol takes you in, but when you try to prove that her choice was worth it, you get seriously hurt.

Warnings: angst, you kind of die for a second (but you're okay), happy ending

Word Count: 1.2k

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When Carol found you sleeping on a bench in a park on Earth, she decided that she would try to help you. Not to her surprise when she woke you up, your fight or flight instincts immediately kicked in. The thing that surprised her was when you used just your mind to throw the closest thing to you at her, which happened to be the very bench that you had just been sleeping on.

After you realized that you had just launched a bench at an Avenger, you apologized profusely. Carol had just smiled and told you that no one had ever thrown a park bench at her before which had made you laugh nervously.

After talking for a few weeks, meeting up in random places, Carol offered to train you and give you a home with her on her ship. You eagerly accepted, jumping at the chance to not only finally have a home, but have one with your hero.

Living with Carol was easy, and you finally felt like you had a family and someone you could rely on. But what comes with not having that feeling of security for so long is the nagging doubt that it could get taken away at any time. You lived with the fear that Carol would get tired of you, or that she would find you useless and kick you back onto the streets.

Because of this fear, you constantly made an effort to make life as easy as you could for Carol, and to try to prove your worth to her every day. You would do your assigned chores as well as some of the older blonde's, you would make meals whenever Carol even just hinted at not wanting to, and you trained harder than you ever have to hone your powers and prove that taking you in wasn't a mistake.

After much begging and pleading, Carol finally relented and let you join her on a mission. When the two of you landed on the planet that you had gotten a distress signal from, you tried to shake off any remaining nerves. This was your big chance to prove yourself.

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When Carol knocked out the last attacker, she called out for you. Having lost you in the scuffle, she wanted to make sure that you were okay. When she didn't get a response, a sense of panic began to fill her chest. She whipped her head around, hoping to spot you upright and okay. Her eyes passed over an unnatural lump, but she didn't process it for a second. When she realized that the lump is your unconscious body, she flew towards you as fast as she could.

The blonde superhero collapsed on her knees next to you. She shakes you, gently at first, but then more aggressively when you still don't react. She felt tears begin to well up in her eyes, but she knew that if she lost it now, there was surely no hope for getting you to where you need to be. She picked you up, holding you in a bridal carry as she flew back to her ship. She gently placed you down on her bed as she frantically called Fury.

When he picked up, he immediately recognized the panicked look on her good friend's face as well as spotting your limp stature in the background. He quickly sends over the coordinates to the S.W.O.R.D. Space Station, and Carol desperately found the nearest jump point.

After she hurriedly docked her ship, the tall blonde practically sprinted towards the medical center of the space station. Any person who got in her way was faced with the deadliest glare they had ever been on the receiving end of in their life.

When Carol bursted into the center, the medics got straight to work. They took you out of her arms and began to run tests on you. You seemed to be stable, filling Carol with short-lived relief. Suddenly, the heart monitor you had been hooked up to started beeping rapidly before going completely flat.

The doctors jump into action, calling out all different codes and getting the crash cart ready to revive you, but when Carol sees them shock you for the first time she instinctively tries to run towards you. When she tries to move, someone is holding her back. She fights with everything in her, kicking and yelling for them to let go and let her go to you, to let her go to her little one.

At some point she realizes that it is Fury himself holding her, and she finally lets herself break down. She turns and sobs into his chest, prompting the taller man to wrap his arms around her and hold his friend close.

He lets Carol cry into him until she can calm down slightly. Fury rubs her back comfortingly, the two sitting in an anxious silence. Carol sits up quickly when she hears the medical center doors open, and she watches with worried-filled eyes as one of the doctors comes towards the pair.

"She's still unconscious, but she's stable." This news is enough to make Carol burst into tears again, except this time they were tears of relief. The doctor gives her a second before he softly asks, "Would you like to come sit with her?" The blonde nods, still wiping the ever-flowing tears from her cheeks. Fury guides her up and into the room, where Carol unceremoniously collapses into the chair next to your bed.

She grabs your hand and squeezes gently, firmly promising, "I will be here when you wake up."

It's quiet for a while, and the tall blonde begins to drift off. She jolts awake when she hears your voice, rough from not speaking, rasp out, "Carol?" You groan in pain when she pulls you into a tight hug, and she pulls back quickly, apologizing softly.

You look into her eyes for a second before you burst into tears, causing Carol to panic again. "What? What is it? What hurts?" You just shake your head, trying to gasp out an apology but your sobs restrict you.

You take a while to calm down, but when you do, you quietly say, "I'm sorry. I failed you. You shouldn't have taken me in in the first place, I'm useless." You keep your eyes trained on your lap, not wanting to meet Carol's own eyes.

Carol feels her heart clench when she sees how small you've gotten, and she quickly climbs into the bed next to you. She puts her hand under your chin, tilting your face up to meet her eyes. "I am not mad at you. I wouldn't have been able to complete that mission without you." She pulls you into a hug, this time a lot more gentle. "Taking you in was one of the best things I have ever done. You don't need to earn a home with me, okay? You already have one."

You nod into her shoulder, finally letting yourself accept that you had found your family. When Carol pulls back, she takes your face into her hands. "Let's let the doctors take a look at you one last time, and then we can head on home." She smiles at you, and you can't stop your lips from ticking upward. Home. You liked the sound of that.

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