Split City, Divided Heart - Wanda Maximoff x Reader

Chapter 1

Chapter Summary: The week goes as usual, but then a simple yet dangerous job is offered to you and a mysterious redhead decides to play with your sanity.

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"This life of ours, this is a wonderful life." - Paul Castellano

You walk down the street at a slow pace, your hand firmly pressed against the side of your body in an attempt to stop the gunshot wound from bleeding.

You walk with your head down, trying to draw as little attention as possible, and when you get to the front door of Aunt May's Boarding House, you quickly enter.

"Getting in trouble at this time in the morning, (Y/n)?" You hear the female voice say as you close the door, and a playful smirk takes over your lips. When you turn around and see the woman's eyebrows raised in disapproval, your smile widens.

"It's Friday, May, I'd say I'm late." You retort in a taunting tone and the woman shakes her head rebukingly. As you approach the counter, moving toward the large opening covered by a heavy blue curtain, you see May press a discreet button below the counter.

"Is Nat around?" You ask aloud as you walk to the inside of the pantry, shelves full of food arranged against all the walls. "Yes, she is, and she's not gonna like seeing you like that at all." You hear May's response coming from the entrance of the guesthouse and you chuckle lightly.

As soon as you stop facing the last shelf, leaning against the back of the pantry, it moves to the right, revealing a discreet door behind it. You walk through the door, and as soon as you close it behind you, you can hear the mechanisms working on the other side, putting the shelf back into place.

You walk down the few steps, the yellowish light of the large, cozy, whimsically decorated room only enhancing the contrast between the Avengers' headquarters and the rest of the boarding house. The few members sitting on some of the couches in the room raise their eyes curiously at you, but soon return to their previous activities.

The Avengers is one of the main criminal organizations in New York City. Relying on drug trafficking, the Avengers dominate much of the city and have a motto to "correct police procedures", to give criminals the treatment they actually deserve. Avenge, as it should be.

You still remember as if it were yesterday the day you joined the mafia. After spending the first years of your life in an orphanage, you realized that you were much better off on your own, or at least away from that bunch of purposeless people.

On the run, you began to live on the streets, stealing and doing small jobs that were required of you. In one of them, you were chased and cornered by two policemen in a cul-de-sac. Before the cops could arrest you, however, two gunshots are heard, and the two men fall to the ground soon after.

You watch with ragged breath as a person approaches. The stranger removes the hat, revealing long blond hair. The woman smiles at you, a mixture of curiosity and satisfaction on her face. When she tilts her head, motioning for you to follow her, you do so.

And so the woman, whom you soon discover is Carol Danvers, teaches you everything you know now. As leader of the Avengers, Carol makes you a member of the mob, and it's not long before you become her right-hand person.

But Carol has become much more than your boss, she has become your family. Just as the Avengers were not just your mob, they were your home.

So, with a small smile on your face, you finish walking down the steps. But before you can take another step, a voice that you know well approaches you.