Chapter 6
The next day Pietro was woken up by a hard hit to his head and some harshly whispered words. It took him a while to wake up enough to understand what was happening and when he did his eyes fixated on Wanda who stood over him and if looks could kill.. R.I.P Pietro Maximoff.
“Wanda what-” Pietro started but was immediately interrupted by his sister.
“What’s the meaning of this Pietro.” She asked, gesturing towards the speedster himself. “I thought you knew better than this, we still don’t know who he is and you’re just.. i can’t even understand why you would..”
Ignoring his sister who had gone into ramble mode Pietro turned his gaze towards where she had been gesturing and was meet with a cascade of silver hair. Peter was lying beside him with his head resting against Pietro’s chest, still sleeping peacefully despite what just happened. Yesterday's evening came back to hims and he smiled. He was glad Peter had been able to sleep despite his homesickness, the younger speedster probably needed it after everything that had happened in the last couple of days.
“Wanda please be quiet.” Pietro interrupted his sister who looked at him like he had grown a second head. Pietro should know better than to interrupt her while in her ramble mode but right now he really didn’t care. “You’ll wake him up if you talk so loud.” He answered her questioning gaze before pulling the light blue blanket closer around the other, thoroughly enjoying the small whine escaping Peter’s muth and the way he snuggled closer to Pietro.
“I can’t even..” Wanda mumbled before quickly turning towards the door. “Fine, if you want to take a complete stranger to bed and probably be killed in the process be my guest, breakfast’s ready if you don’t feel like starving.”
Pietro should probably be offended or hurt by her words but he didn’t find it in himself to care right now. He had never really had anyone who understood him, except Wanda but even then she didn’t truly understand how the world felt like for him, how slow everything was but Peter could. Even though Pietro knew Wanda had a point and he wasn’t sure exactly who Peter was he still cared for the other speedster because finally he had found someone who could see the world like him and he wasn’t going to just let that opportunity go.
It didn’t take long before Peter started moving, his eyes fluttering open and a look of confusion flashed on his face for a while before his gaze landed on Pietro. For a couple of seconds the two just looked at each other before Peter’s face turned bright red and he quickly got out of the bed, not looking back at the other.
“Did you sleep well?” Pietro asked, already missing the other.
“Yeah.. I..” Peter mumbled before letting out a loud sigh and turning to give Pietro a bright simile. “Thanks for.. you know..”
“Anytime.” Pietro smiled back before getting out of bed as well. “Are you hungry? There’s breakfast in the kitchen.”
“Yeah..” Peter nodded. “Breakfast sounds nice right about now.”
After they quickly got change Pietro led the other down to the kitchen where loud voices could be heard. It seemed like the whole team was currently in the kitchen and Peter quickly stepped so he was walking slightly behind Pietro. Tony and Bruce were sitting across from each other by the table, clearly having a very interesting discussion. Cap was standing by the stove flipping something in one of the pans. Clint was sitting on one of the counters talking quietly with Natasha. Thor was sitting by the kitchen island, shoving food into his mouth.
“There’s food on the table.” Wanda said without even looking at the two speedsters and it was clear to Pietro that his sister was mad at him.
“Good Morning.” Cap said as he flashed them a smile but his eyes immediately locked on Peter and it was clear that even the super soldier didn’t trust him.
“Morning..” Pietro said as he ushered Peter inside the kitchen and towards the food.
“This is a lot of food..” Peter mumbled, looking over all the different foods on the table. “How many people live here?”
“Why do you want to know?” Natasha asked, looking at the speedster with a blank face.
The kitchen fell silent as they all looked towards either Peter or natasha. It was pretty clear that none of them really trusted Peter and for some reason that made Pietro’s blood boil. Sure he hadn’t expected them to just accept the other speedster but was it really necessary to treat him like he was a criminal.
“I.. Maybe i should just go to my room..” Peter said, looking towards Pietro for help.
“No.” Pietro said, his voice a lot more harsh then he had intended. “You don’t have to go anywhere.”
“And why shouldn’t he go to his room?” Wanda asked. “I’m still not sure why he was allowed to leave it in the first place.”
“Wanda!” Pietro “Perestanʹ hovoryty!” (Stop talking)
“Perestanʹ buty durnym Pʺyetro!” (Stop being stupid pietro!) Wanda yelled back.
Pietro was just about to respond when an arm on his shoulder stopped him.
“It’s okay Pietro..” Peter mumbled, his voice shaking slightly. “I’ll just go to my room..”
Before Pietro could protest the other speedster ran out of the kitchen.
Pietro turned back to look at the people in the room, his face clearly showing how he felt as some of them looked away.
“Was that really necessary?” He asked, voice cold. “What was even the point of that?”
“Pietro..” Wanda said as he stood up but her brother didn’t let her finish.
“No Wanda.” He interrupted her. “He’s already feeling like shit so do tell me dear sister what is the point of making him feel worse?”
The kitchen was silent and Pietro took this as a sign to continue.
“He’s scared and alone in a strange world he doesn't understand. He misses his home, his friends and family. How would you all feel if it was you? In a strange world, no obvious way to get home and everyone treats you like a criminal!” Pietro was strangely satisfied when some of the people in the room looked guilty. “I don’t expect you to trust him just like that but at least treat him with some human decency!”
“Your right..” Cap said. “That wasn’t the best way to go about this.”
“Innocent till proven guilty.” Tony nodded as he looked at the tablet he was holding. “Alos, the ‘He’s from another dimension’ theory is looking pretty plausible right now though I would like to run a few more tests just to be sure.”
Pietro looked at Wanda, he needed her on the same page right now. For a second it looked like she would protest but then she just sighed and nodded.
“Prekrasno” (Fine) She said and Pietro gave her a small smile.
“If you would go and get him we will try this again.” Cap said, looking towards Pietro who nodded before running out of the kitchen.