Avengers One-Shots

Infidelity (4)

"Six months, peanut." I muttered, looking in the mirror and poking my belly.

"You look wonderful and round." Wanda smiled, placing her hand and looking for a kick.

"Supersoldier baby, who for some reason doesn't wanna move." I complained.

"The baby is moving, don't say that." she scolded me.

"Moving but not kicking, I want kicks." I pouted.

"Understandable, when is your next appointment?"

"Tomorrow, James is going if he's here."

"His first one, right?" Natasha asked as she walked over to us.

"Yeah, every other appointment he's been on a mission. It's very frustrating for him, I told him I'd change them but he didn't want me to. He said he didn't want me to have to mess with the routine and schedule because of him."

"We haven't asked because we know you don't want to talk about it but how are the two of you?" Wanda asked.

"We're ... dealing. I've been talking to the therapist and he's gone to a few sessions. I don't know that I'll ever forget what he did but I have to forgive him." I said, rubbing my belly as I felt the baby flutters.

"You don't have to do anything." Natasha quickly argued.

"I do though, for me and for this baby. Holding onto this resentment and anger isn't good for me. I'll never forget what he did but I'm working on forgiving him because hating him is making me unhappy."

"You're a great person, and this is a good thing." Wanda said.

"Meh, I wouldn't mind you being mad at him forever. Watching you blow up on him multiple times has been a thing of beauty." Natasha countered.

"It was though." Wanda agreed.

"Has he apologized to you?" Natasha asked.

"He has, but in all honesty, I don't know how authentic it was. The therapist is the one who brought it up and he did it but ... I don't believe it. Steve has apologized, and I do believe him, it's like being mad at a Golden Retriever." I complained.

"Yeah, being mad at Steve Rogers isn't easy." Wanda chuckled.

"We have dinner plans tomorrow too."

"The three of you?" Natasha asked.

"Yeah, they invited me over for dinner after the OBG-YN appointment."

"Can you do that?" Wanda asked, worriedly.

"I can, I miss him ... I miss them," I sighed. "I miss my friends."

"They miss you too, but they do understand what they did wrong." Natasha said.

"Do they? I mean hell, I know that Steve does, his apology was sincere, I could see it in his eyes and I heard it in his words. James? I don't know that he realizes just how much ..."

"He realizes." Wanda interrupted.

"Wanda ..." Natasha said.

"He knows how much he hurts you. I've seen it in mind, heard it in his thoughts. When we're all together and you're there, he thinks of you, remembers the good moments and ... he still has feelings for you." she admitted.

"Wanda, please." I scoffed.

"I know what I see. I also know it's not what you want to hear but if you're going to spend any time alone with them I figured you need to know so that you can prepare yourself mentally. He still has feelings for you, Bucky still loves you. If I'm being honest, I think Steve has feelings for you too. He's getting better at keeping things from me." she said, leaving me gobsmacked.