Y/N sat alone in their room, sitting on their oversized bed, taking the same cone of sight in for however long it had been, since Wanda had for a glass of water. Just as Y/N began to feel the heart palpitations subside, Wanda re-entered the room, with a glass in hand and a face full of concern.

"Here," she stated simply, but with kindness, handing Y/N the glass.

Looking up for the first time since Wanda had come back, Y/N shakily took the glass, drinking it slowly.

After finishing about half of it, they looked up and simply said, "Thank you, Wanda."

She smiled and took Y/N's glass, setting it on the nightstand, before she moved to sit down on the bed, next to her partner.

"Wanda, I er want to talk about what happened."

Disguising her immediate shock at Y/N's willingness, she replied. "Don't feel you have to if you're not ready, I won't force you."

"I don't want to, but I think it'll help."

"Who do you want to tell?"

"Well, obliviously you, and I-I erm think Steve and Natasha should know, after all, they found me earlier. I want to speak to everyone eventually but I'm just not ready to tell them all yet."

"That's understandable, do you want me to get them now."

"Yes please."

"Ok, Y/N/N, I'll be back soon." Wanda said, kissing Y/N's forehead, before looking up, "JARVIS?"

"I'll keep you informed regarding Dr L/N." the AI spoke, the title causing a flinch from Y/N that didn't go unnoticed by the Avenger, who eventually decided it best not to bring it up just yet.

~~~~~

Journeying down to the communal floor as per JARVIS's direction of where the Super Soldier and Assassin were, Wanda felt the elevator begin to slow down and stop a lot sooner than it should have. As the elevator doors broke apart, Wanda was treated by Tony Stark, head down, arms full of papers. Looking up when he entered, the billionaire smiled at Wanda, dropping it when he noticed the concern in her eyes.

"I heard what happened with Y/N, how are they?" he said, as the elevator finally neared its original destination.

"What do you mean?" Wanda said, initially confused, as both left the elevator and walked into the shared living area. As she caught on to what Tony was implying, she turned angrily towards him.

"Stark you didn't, Y/N is going through a terrible time and the last thing they need is you checking the cameras and watching them!"

"You did WHAT Stark?" and turning Wanda and Tony saw the voice's source, Natasha Romanoff, and a stern Captain America, arms crossed, behind her.

"Hey, hey, hey, you've got it all wrong. After we rescued Y/N I installed a protocol to alert me if they were in any kind of discomfort. When they had that anxiety attack, it triggered the protocol."

"Why?"

"Wanda, I've worked with them for years, no doubt they're a brilliant scientist, but Y/N's also my friend."

"Why didn't you go up to them, then?" Steve asked.

"I was going to, then J said you and Natasha were already there, so I knew they would be in safe hands, I was on my way up when I met Wanda in the elevator. Which reminds me of my earlier question, how are they?" Tony Stark finished, directing his last sentence at Wanda.

"That's actually why I came down, Y/N wants to talk to me about what happened, no one else at the moment, but because Natasha and Steve were there just now Y/N thinks they should know too."

"I think that's probably best, I understand Y/N's your friend Tony, but they don't know you saw what happened." Steve finished, stopping Tony from what he was sure was an insistence that he go too.

"Yeah, you're probably right, let me know how it goes." He said, falling back into an armchair. The other two nodded, while Wanda apologised for her outburst and thanked Tony for how much he'd done to help Y/N without anyone knowing. Tony waved it off, saying something about how anyone would have, as the other three walked back into the elevator.

~~~~~

Y/N was still on their bed, the only difference was that they were now lying on it, and it felt that Wanda had been gone for hours. Y/N lifted themselves onto their elbows, just as Wanda, Steve and Natasha entered the bedroom.

"Hi, guys." Y/N said, immediately hating their carefree opener, given the inevitable conversion topic.

"You know you don't have to do this, if you're not ready to Y/N/N," Wanda said, as she moved over to the bed and sat down next to them.

"I need to if I want everything to be fixed."

Possibly because they were feeling slightly awkward by the personal exchange they were witnessing, Natasha said, "Tell us as much or as little as you want, Y/N." As she motioned to Steve to sit down with her on the bed, with Steve giving Y/N a sympathetic nod at Natasha's words.

Letting out a tired sigh, Y/N began their story. A story of how their capture had given them nightmares and worsened the weird social stresses they had felt since their teenage years, and how their self-confidence and esteem had been totally crushed by the whole experience. But also, how they had refused to give any SI &/or Avengers information away, no matter what HYDRA had done to them. When Y/N finished, Wanda hugged them, repeating over and over how sorry she was that Y/N had to go through that, her eyes were wet. Steve was looking down, his fists tightly clenched around the bedsheets, while Natasha looked eerily calm. She smiled softy when Y/N looked up at them all again.

"Is that why you panicked earlier in your lab?" Steve asked.

"It just reminded me of when they came... And all my projects were destroyed, so now I'm behind on everything - SI and Avengers."

"Y/N/N, I didn't know you worked on Avengers stuff too?" Wanda said.

"Tony's always so busy, so I thought I'd help him out a bit."

"A bit? How much is a bit?"

"A few, five at most, maybe six."

"Y/N, none of us want you to overwork yourself," Steve said, after a moment of silent shock at Y/N's workload, before their HYDRA capture.

"JARVIS how many SI and Avengers projects was Y/N working on?" Natasha asked.

"No wait, I'm fi-"

"Dr Y/N L/N had sixteen Stark Industries projects and eleven Avengers projects in progress, Miss Romanoff, of the total 27 projects, eighteen were damaged and four destroyed completely in the attack. Of those damaged, I was able to stabilise and save three myself."

"Thank you, JARVIS."

"Why did you take on so many of Stark's Avenger projects, Y/N/N?"

"He's my friend Wanda, it's the least I could do."

"Sometimes you're just too pure for this world Y/N," Wanda said, pressing a kiss into their hair.

"Y/N, what you've been through is horrible, worse than horrible even, if you need to talk we're all here for you."

"Thanks, Steve, um JARVIS."

"Yes Dr Y/N L/N?"

"Er first off can you drop the Dr Y/N L/N thing, it's what they called me, just Y/N or Mx L/N is fine."

"Of course Mx L/N."

"Oh, and can you stop the recording, and send it to Tony, Clint and Bruce, oh and Thor when he gets back, please?"

"It's been sent."

"Why were you recording?"

"I knew I wouldn't want to explain it again to them, so I thought this would be easier, Nat." She simply nodded in understanding.

Y/N smiled, and then laughed when Bruce, Clint and Tony all but skidded into their bedroom.

"Y/N, you and Wanda should come to stay at the farm for a bit and relax."

"I think you may have some form of anxiety, Y/N, I can recommend some great therapists that have helped me."

"Y/N I'm taking on all of your projects, and I'll get Pepper to give you a week off, Wanda and you can holiday a few months at my house in Australia."

"Guys, guys, too many voices." Y/N said raising their hands, causing them all to immediately stop, and speak their apologies in unison. Y/N motioned to Tony, to hear him out first - all the while Wanda was calmly circling her thumb across their palm. Y/N knew then that, with the support of their girlfriend and friends, they were going to get through this.