You hesitated slightly before entering your bedroom. Looking back over your shoulder, you see Nat disappear into the other room. When you enter, the room is dimly lit by the read light beside your bed, you see Wanda has fallen asleep while reading her book.
You quietly creep around the room to get your pyjamas, checking again that Wanda is sleeping before underdressing, you are pulling your pyjamas bottoms up when you lose balance and crash to the floor,
"Shit" you half whisper, half shout,
"Are you okay?" Wanda says half asleep, getting out of the bed almost immediately, you see her eyes go wide at you in your underwear, before you see her try to hold back her laughter,
"It's not funny" she tried to convince herself,
"Are you sure" you say getting up and pulling up your bottoms in the same motion,
"You are the most clumsy person I know" she laughed, handing you your top,
"Thank you" you say grabbing it from her, you both head over to the bed, and instinctively she puts her arms around you while you cuddle into her, you noticed she smells like you,
"I used your perfume earlier, I forgot to pack some" she said, you slowly tilted your head to look at her,
"I did it again" she realised,
"Yep"
"Are you annoyed?" she asked,
"No, sometimes it's nice not having to talk" you said, resuming your place on her chest, you relaxed as her chest moved up and down,
"How are you feeling about tomorrow?" she asked,
"I'm trying really hard not too" you respond,
"It will not be an easy day, but we are all here for you" she squeezed you tighter,
"Thanks for being here Wanda" you say, your thoughts go to your mum, and how she was upset earlier,
"I think your sister is having a sleepover with your mum tonight" It made you feel better that she wasn't alone.
*
You didn't realise you had fallen asleep until you heard the knock on your door, you reached out to Wanda to find that she was no longer in the bed,
"Morning y/n, how did you sleep?" Wanda asked as she came through the door,
"Surprisingly well" you respond, knowing that she was the reason you had slept well,
"I thought I would make some breakfast this morning, give you all a bit of a break" she said,
letting you know it would be ready in 5 minutes.
You make your way out to the kitchen to find almost everyone at the breakfast table, you see your aunt and uncle talking to Nathan and Peter, while the girls are having a conversation of their own.
Wanda was just finishing the eggs, so you helped her bring the plates over to the table.
"Thank you for making breakfast Wanda, we all appreciate it" your mum said, you smiled at Wanda and she smiled back, telling your mum that it was no trouble.
The rest of the morning becoming a became a bit of an out of body experience, you went through the motions of getting showered, dressing in black, and straightening your hair, but it isn't until the funeral director and pastor are in the room going over everything that you start to realise what is happening.
During the private family service at your house, a wave of emotion overcomes you, and you start to silently cry, you try to look up to stop the crying, but can't, as it hits you that this is really happening. Your sister puts her hand on your back, her eyes also filled with tears, she extends a hand to your mum to offer her support.
The rest of the service is a blur, your ears feel like they are blocked, you watch as your uncles and cousins take turns carrying the coffin out of the house and to the funeral car, you walk slowly behind them before they put the coffin into the hearse. A separate car follows the hearse and you and your family get in.
You stare blankly at the road, your sister comforting your mother as she slowly weeps. The service was in a church, and it was like white noise, and you couldn't focus on the kind words that were being said about your dad. You follow your family's lead, standing but your legs feel like jelly. You followed your family out of the church and watched as your dad's coffin got lowered into the ground, again the minister was giving a small sermon, but you couldn't hear anything. Then, you felt someone stand beside you, they softly touched your hand with their pinky finger, you looked down and then up to see Wanda had come beside you, you held her hand and then realised you had been crying, a ringing in your ear before everything started to come back into focus. It's when you start to focus and look around that you see Tony, Bruce, Peter, Yelena and Nat have come to your dad's funeral to be with you. Nat offering you a soft smile.
After the service, your mum had planned a small gathering back at the family home, she had planned food and drinks for everyone to tell stories about your dad.
You were sitting with Wanda, hand still tightly holding hers, as people took turns to get up and speak about your father, the stories making you both laugh and cry with happy memories. It also made you happy how many people had such good things to say about him, that he impacted so many people positively during his time in the world.
You recounted how he tried to make you play golf at every stage of your life. How he taught you how to kick a football and skip rocks at the beach. How he would put you on his shoulders when you were out for the day, and when he taught you how to play lara croft on the playstation and how he always let you win when playing board games together. You remember singing old songs with him in the car, and all the different holidays he took you on around Europe when you were younger. But mostly, you let everyone know how much you missed him, and how you were sorry that you couldn't save him.
You started to tear up when Nat came by your side to bring you back to your seat. Everyone telling you how nice your speech was. Your mum had planned one more thing, and she brought you all out to the garden. You saw the Chinese sky lanterns sitting beside her,
"Thank you all for coming today. I know Henry is looking down on us all right now, laughing at the stories we told. I want you to join me in writing down a wish for your future, one that whoever is looking down on you can help you achieve."
You all made your way over, taking a lantern and a pen. You thought for a while what you might wish for, before writing it down.
'I wish to not break anyone else's heart'
Your mum offers you a lighter, and you smile at her before clicking two of your fingers together to spark a small flame, she laughs at herself. You, your mum and sister all let go of your lanterns first, watching as the rest of your family and friends let go of theirs, you watch as they drift into the night sky, as a small tear rolls down your cheek.
*
The next morning, you wake up with the light shining through the window, this time finding Wanda in the bed beside you, you lie on for an extra while, until Wanda starts to stir, she yawns, rolling over to face you.
"Morning" you say, shifting yourself so you are sitting upright, Wanda joining you after stretching, telling you she slept well.
You both make your way out to the kitchen, you see your aunt and uncle are leaving, and so is Nathan, you say your goodbyes, before sitting on the sofa to watch TV. While you were flicking through the channels, you felt eyes on you and when you look up, you see Nat, Wanda, Yelena and Peter all looking at you, you eyebrows furrow,
"Are you okay?" you ask them confused, and they all shift their weight and look towards the television,
"When was the last time we all did this huh?" Peter said getting comfy,
"Never" Yelena said, getting up, dragging Peter with her,
"Where are we going?" he asked,
"For a run" Yelena said back, you heard Peters protests until he was dragged out of the door, you chuckled to yourself.
*
Wanda and Nat had both been looking at you all day, waiting for your next move, you could barely go to the bathroom in peace. You decided you were sick of it, you found Peter and Yelena outside your house, and you sighed as you sat down beside them.
"What is it?" Yelena asked,
"Nat and Wanda" you said crossing your arms,
"What happened?"
"Nothing, they just keep watching me like I'm about to break"
"Do you need a drink?" Yelena asked, you probably shouldn't, given everything that is going on, but fuck it. You nodded your head, following Yelena inside, Peter followed close behind, muttering 'this isn't going to end well' under his breath.
*
You are sitting at the kitchen table with Yelena, a bottle of vodka between you both, when your mum comes in,
"I don't even want to know" she said, grabbing a bottle of water before heading out with your sister, you smiled at her as she left,
"Don't you guys think you should stop, I mean what is the goal here?" Nat asked from the family room sofa,
"You are so right Nat, we don't have a goal" you said to Yelena, you got up off your chair and dragged Yelena to your bedroom,
"Eh, Y/n I like you and all but not this much" she said from across the room,
"Jesus Yelena, don't flatter yourself" you laughed, heading towards your wardrobe,
"What are we doing in here" she questioned, moving to sit on the end of your bed,
"We are going out"
*
Peter had decided to join you on your night out, both because Nat and Wanda made him go with you, plus he had really bad fomo. You asked if Wanda and Nat wanted to go but they shook their heads, reminding you of the last time you and Yelena went out drinking together.
You were all queuing up to get into the club, Peter questioning whether his ID would work, the bouncer sized him up but let him follow you and Yelena in.
Half way through the night you are dancing with drinks in hand when all of a sudden Yelena stops, she whispers something to Peter before moving you in front of her, she puts both hands on your shoulders directing you towards the exit, in a hushed voice, she tells you to keep walking and don't act weird. The lights of the club flickering between different colours and darkness alongside the booming sound of the bass as the DJ continued his set, it was increasingly hard to focus, you started to feel your heart beat quicken, knowing something wasn't right. The club was packed and while Yelena kept her hands on your shoulders steering you towards the exit, you could see some men in black walking towards you, losing them every time the lights went dark, and that's when you noticed you couldn't see Peter.
When you arrive outside, two armoured trucks swung round to the entrance of the club, thugs dressed in black get out of the car, and you and Yelena immediately started fighting, you knock out the first guy by hurling a fireball at him, he drops his gun and you quickly throw it over to Yelena, at the sound of gun shots Peter immediately rushes out of the club, wearing his spiderman suit under his clothes, the three of you fight off the attackers, people had started to run away in a panic, in the hustle of the crowd you get knocked over, a woman stopped to help you up and that's when you see her steely blue eyes, but before you can react she whispers something and it all goes black.
Nat POV
"Hello? Yelena slow down"
"You need to come right now, Y/n is out of control"
Me and Wanda both share a look before running to the cars, Yelena was still on comms telling us the situation from behind a car, she was out of breath and crouched down, she tells us that Y/n was lost in the crowd for a moment and then boom, she threw a fire ball right at her.
When me and Wanda pull up to the scene, Y/n was the one causing the scene, sending fire straight into cars, people barely escaping with their lives. This then starting a chain reaction of cars exploding in the middle of Dublin.
Peter tried to stop a car from going into a building by catching it with his web, but it accidentally swung round hitting a bus, I saw people frantically leaving the bus before running away from you all.
I tried to get people to safety and that's when Wanda took over trying to stop Y/n, it didn't take long for her to get in Y/n's head, Y/n was in the air at this point as a fiery ball, and then her light went out and she fell onto the ground. Wanda grabbed her head in pain, and Peter and I ran over to Y/n, while Yelena tended to Wanda.
When we got to her Y/n was passed out, we carried her into the SUV and sped off before anything could be done. Once in the car, Wanda was feeling better,
"What was wrong with her?" I asked
"It wasn't her Nat"