CHAPTER 7:
Hawk and Dove.
Wanda

"So, you're Wanda Maximoff. The girl from the Circus," Dawn said as she handed me a cup of tea, and I cracked a small smile.

"Is that all I'm known for around here?"

"Trust me, you'd think so. Dick used to talk about you a lot, always saying he was determined to find you again. And he did."

I scrunched my nose as my hands rested on the warm cup, "I just don't think he expected me to be a wanted woman."

"I've seen the stories, but you were so young when everything happened. I know you don't want to hear this, but I know what you're going through. I. . .I lost my mother. It was a car crash and I was inches away from her when it happened," Dawn expressed, and I could feel her pain. Although I couldn't see Pietro when he died, I felt it and that pain isn't ever going to leave me.

"I'm guessing Hank doesn't like Dick too much?"

"It's complicated, but yeah. Hank should calm down once he knows Dick has a girlfriend though, and a pretty powerful one at that," Dawn smiled at me.

Oh.

She thinks. . .

"Oh, no, sorry. Dick and I only met a week ago, I'm just helping with Rachel," I quickly cleared up.

"You two have the same powers?"

"No, but both of our powers are based on our emotions. Hopefully, she can learn to control her emotions or separate her powers from them," I didn't want to say that Rachel's powers felt dark and they felt otherworldly because she's just a kid. She was sheltered from who she is, and as a result she's terrified of what she's capable of.

"I don't mean to pry, bu-"

"And what's an Avenger doing in our house?" Hank questioned as he walked to us on the couch.

"Hank," Dawn said in a warning tone.

"I'm sorry for the inconvenience, we're just trying to lay low for a bit-"

"I know about whatever Dicks got going on, but you're an Avenger. Why get caught up in Dicks life when you could have stayed in a nice little Avengers compound-"

"Hawk," I cut him off, alarming both him and Dawn, "I was taken to America and forcibly made a citizen. I was deemed a terrorist for trying to make the world better. You may not be fond of what they've done, but they'd tried their best. And I know you have too. So, if you'll excuse me," I set my warm tea on the coffee table and headed to the doves.

Wanda, why did you do that?

Now they know you read their minds.

I sighed as I stared at the birds, all minding their own business in this world and just trying to be happy.

"Wanda?"

My head whipped around at the sound of a woman calling out to me. It felt so familiar, and the voice sounded so loving and concerned, yet there was no one there.

"I'm going insane," I gasped.

"I don't think so," Dick came up, walking towards me, "I've seen insane, and it looks nothing like you."

"There's different variations," I whispered into the cold wind.

"Dick, if they decide that I'm too much of a problem that they need to capture me, don't fight them. I shouldn't even be here-"

"Wanda, you have us now. It's clear what they think about you, and giving up isn't something you do," Dick expressed, and I chuckled.

"And how would you know that? You met me a few days ago, how do you know that I'm still the same girl?" I challenged, and his face got closer to mine, wanting me to back down.

"Because experiencing loss doesn't change who you are, it makes you wake up to how fucked up the world really is. And if you give up to it because it asks, then you're only letting them think you're a monster. Wanda Maximoff is not a monster. . .she's a girl who just wanted a safe world with her brother."

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Sorry I haven't updated in a long while!! I've been busy with school and I just got accepted to one of my top pick colleges, so I'm trying to schedule everything and get ready to move to the dorms in a few months. Plus I've started working.