Reading problems..mind reading problems
Previously *
Nat shuddered at the memory of that. They’d almost lost y/n to her mistake. She’d spent the week in the hospital recovering from all the blood loss.
Now there was a hidden sheath attached to the headboard between the mattress for both her gun and a different knife (she couldn’t get rid of the sullied knife fast enough) so that the protection would still be there without the potential harm to the ones she was trying to protect in the first place.
Y/n had healed without a scar and had never held the incident against her, but she never failed to forget it. She hated this room.
Now*
Wanda was in the exam room bath room washing her hands when the scene before her changed in an instant….
her hands were still in the water but now they were stained crimson beneath her and her heart was doing everything in its power to escape the very confines of her chest as she scrubbed frantically at the red covering her shaking hands.
Red. Why was she always covered in it ? Why was her ledger always dripping with it ? She scrubbed, but it was a useless battle she was practically caked in it . It was on her hands on her arms covering her shirt. And with every pass of the water over it the smell of her mate’s blood wafted anew, flooding her senses, clouding her mind and misting her eyes.
Her shirt, which was once the same temperature as the rest of her, was cooling her skin with every second the air conditioning in the medical floor chilled the wet splotches they had acquired in an attempt to get her mate help. Yet at the same time, each of those cool wet patches burned her skin and seared her mind.
This was proof of her failure as an alpha. She couldn’t do this, how did she let this happen? Wanda gripped the sides of the sink in front of her, doubling over in self disgust at her ineptitude and failure with herself.
Looking up into the mirror Wanda saw red hair and desperately sad green eyes staring back at her…. She wasn’t looking at herself, she was looking into the haunted eyes of her mate Nat. And her memories must have such a hold on her alpha that she’s unwillingly reliving this memory along with her all thanks to her magic.
In that instance of realization her point of view shifted once more as it was now her turn to relive her own memories….
A few months ago *
Wanda watched as the doctors took y/n away and out of exam room 9. Y/n needed surgery to repair the damage she’d managed to sustain in her sleep.
Wanda was a mess and everything was too much, but today she had to be the strong one, she had to be solid. Today she had to take care of her mates while they broke down and got better. It was her turn to be their rock.
She could hear her alpha’s negative thoughts coming from within the exam room bathroom where Natasha was spiraling. She decided to start there. She wasn't a doctor so she couldn't help y/n right now but she could help her Detka.
When she got to the bathroom, Nat was starting at herself in the mirror, too lost in her thoughts to even register that her may was there. When wanda had placed a comforting hand on her shoulder the widow had startled.
Now face to face The brunette cupped the alpha’s face “ Detka, this isn't your fault, everything is going to be okay, you got our omega help in time. You saved her Tasha.”
Wanda remembered how her red head had crumpled in her arms releasing a wave of he stressed pheromones in the privacy of that bathroom. She remembered the tears that had been shed. And she remembered the words that they had shared. “ this is all my fault Wands! How could I have let this happen” tearfully the widow had looked down and brought up her stained hands between them. Then she'd looked wanda in the eye, “ look at me Wanda. I'm covered in blood. Y/N’s BLOOD!” Defeated, she sank to the floor with wanda and let her head fall on her shoulder. “I'll never be rid of it” she'd whispered. “I'll never be good enough for either of you. I destroy everything I touch”
Wanda had held her close as she released her own comforting pheromones and looked her in the eye “ Detka you are not what they tried to make you. You are the best and only other mate of y/n and I. You protect us and you love us like no other. Remember what y/n said?” wanda asked bringing up nat’s sullied hands for both of them to see. “ all this blood that you think is on your hands and in your ledger, it's not” with a red wave of her hand, all the blood on her clothes, body, and hands disappeared making her mate suck in a stuttering breath “ it's not there, and it's not on you, it's on them, and this, this was all an accident. You didn't take that knife and drive it into her.”
Wanda had kissed Nat’s head and cupped her face again after that “you saved y/n today. You SAVED her. Thank you for keeping her with us Tasha.”
There they stayed in each other's arms until a nurse had come to take them to the room y/n was to recover, leaving exam room 9 behind them.
The week that had followed what been one of the hardest they'd faced. It had been the second time u/n was in medical while in their care, but the first time they were there to witness it firsthand. Last time had been when Y/n had first arrived after being rescued but back then she was still too afraid of alphas for them to be close.
Y/n had gone through surgery just fine, but the blood loss had been extensive so they were forced to wait for y/n to wake.the whole pack had been worried for them. They hadn't slept, hadn't eaten, they hadn't even left the room.
The day they’d been told their omega was going to wake they’d been over the moon. Wanda hurriedly made some broth for y/n as per the doctor's orders, while Nat had gone and purchased cookies and donuts.
Wand had been in the room when the redhead had returned with her bounty in hand “ nat what is that” she'd asked as shed pointed to the box.
The window lifted the lid to the box.“ cookies and donuts”
Wanda lifted an eyebrow “Nat she can’t have that, she hasn't eaten all week, it will make her sick”
“ we haven't eaten all week and we don't have to eat broth. A cookie won't kill her, it will make her happy” the widow grabbed a cookie out of the box and…. It flew out of her hands “hey that's for y/n”
“No, the doctor said only liquids today” wanda flew the cookie over to the trash can and… A small knife impaired it to the wall before it could be thrown out. “...did you just-”
Natasha's eyes opened wide and guilty “....maybe”
A few minutes later y/n woke up to what she thought was the strangest dream ever. There was a cookie floating mid air encased in a red bubble over her head. She looked around and discovered many red balls each with their own cookie or donut floating inside and all along the walls and on the furniture there were skewered or webbed cookies and donuts too. And that's when she saw it..
Natasha was on the floor with Wanda’s head between her thighs and the box of cookies held high and away with her hands. Wanda couldn't get out of the widows hold on her but she was able to float way a cookie or two only for Nat to thwart her plans and knife the treats wherever they landed.
“How many knives do you have!”
“As many as I need!”
Y/n couldn't help but watch on with a smile on her face.
“Ha! you ran out didn't you?”
“No! I can make my own webs remember? I'll never run out!”
“Ha !Youll run out of donuts and cookies soon!!”
“Shit! I'll just go get y/n more! Ha!”
“No! She needs soup”
The two alphas continued to struggle on the floor as y/n silently ate her soup watching with amused eyes as they continued to act like children and then discreetly stuck her hand inside one of the red bubbles and ate the cookie that had been trapped inside. She tried her best to stay quiet as she ate her cookie but it was so good she moaned as she bit into it.
Two pairs of eyes snapped in her direction as her eyes went wide at being caught. Both alphas talked over each other.
Nat grinned, “ y/n you're awake!”
“Y/n drop the cookie!”
“No! It's my cookie!” y/n was about to put the whole cookie in her mouth before it started to float away. “My Cookie!”
Thinking fast Nat tickled wanda into submission rendering her powers useless and sending the cookie back onto y/n’s hands.
“ hahaha okay okay hahaha I give up you win!”
“Victory!!” the widow yelled with her hands in the air. Only for wanda to snatch the last cookie out of the box and put the whole thing in her mouth “Defeat!”
Wanda and y/n’s laughs had hung in the air around them as the widow had pouted. Wanda had smiled before kissing her soundly and floated all the bubbled confections back into the box. Then wanda and Nat launched into the bed with y/n and shared the treats together as they cuddled.
Now*
Wanda came back to her senses as she came back to the present moment. They'd had some hard times together in the past just as they were right now with their names on the news. like back then they'd get through the bad times together, they'd already been through worse together than tackling a bad news day. They'd get through this together, and when they did they'd reach another happy time. They were going to have many more happy moment together. Of that she was sure.
Wanda went back to trying to wash her face. She didn't know how long she'd been lost in her thoughts but she didn't want to keep Nat waiting too long.