( the earnest urgency that surprises him surprises wanda, too, leaving her, to an extent, unsure of what to say to that. this relative stranger wants to help her? wanda doesn't know him, even if he expresses knowing about her. for a moment, anger bubbles inside her, because it's the audacity of assuming that she needs help, like she's some broken tool in the shed, and with what purpose? what will he want in return?
that same anger almost does boil over when he states that he knows how she feels. so stuck in her own prism of pain and regrets, wanda cannot see how anyone else could ever be able to compare their circumstances with her own. how long she's been burdened with this chaos that reigns inside her, unable to do anything but mistakes?
but — she bites her tongue (more because of a queasy feeling, more so than an ounce of sobering insight), and she gets to hear stephen speak of her powers in a way that she has put into words before, feels so much of, a truth that feels like a brand, the fear of hurting people.
her hands ball up into fists at her sides, flexing them to release some of the tension she feels already gripping at her shoulders.
the question she asks next is, perhaps, not one stephen might expect, voice tight. )
Is this not already a bad timeline for Wanda Maximoff?
( in the infancy of her powers, she does not see how anything but the loss of her family, her home, her place with the avengers can be worse. this, to her, is as bad as it gets. )
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that same anger almost does boil over when he states that he knows how she feels. so stuck in her own prism of pain and regrets, wanda cannot see how anyone else could ever be able to compare their circumstances with her own. how long she's been burdened with this chaos that reigns inside her, unable to do anything but mistakes?
but — she bites her tongue (more because of a queasy feeling, more so than an ounce of sobering insight), and she gets to hear stephen speak of her powers in a way that she has put into words before, feels so much of, a truth that feels like a brand, the fear of hurting people.
her hands ball up into fists at her sides, flexing them to release some of the tension she feels already gripping at her shoulders.
the question she asks next is, perhaps, not one stephen might expect, voice tight. )
Is this not already a bad timeline for Wanda Maximoff?
( in the infancy of her powers, she does not see how anything but the loss of her family, her home, her place with the avengers can be worse. this, to her, is as bad as it gets. )