"Pietro is...he's..." Wanda stiffens, pales, and glances away. Oh, Loki...but of course she wouldn't know. Wanda just wishes she didn't have to tell her right now, before they're home and properly safe. She doesn't want to taint their reunion with sadness, especially now that she's gotten a real smile out of Loki, but lying is absolutely out of the question. She just...she can't.
Wanda bites her lip, tries again. "He didn't make it. It's just me now."
The smile falls away, her eyes closing and her lip going between her teeth. "I'm sorry," she says softly, her voice gentle. "I--I didn't know. I thought he would...I thought I would get to meet him."
Her eyes open again as one hand reaches out, touching Wanda carefully. "I wish I could give him back to you."
"You're here," she says softly. "I was afraid I would never see you again." It's not the same and they both know it, but Wanda's still relieved beyond words that they've found Loki alive. There are still many things that weigh heavily on her heart but with one of them gone, finally she can relax a little. And so she lets her head lean forward to rest on Loki's shoulder.
There's nothing to do but wait for the others to come back and take them home so Loki can get some proper medical care.
Wanda wraps an arm around her and stays like that until the others come back. Even then, she only raises her head a little in greeting before settling back against Loki's shoulder. She's not moving for anything or anyone, not until they land back at the compound, and no one tries to disturb them. She'd already told them about Loki when they'd first begun raiding HYDRA bases.
"Come on," she says softly, rousing herself after the Quinjet's door folds open. "We need to make sure you're all right. The doctors here won't hurt you and I can come with you if you want."
Loki is quiet on the trip back, just enjoying the feeling of Wanda close to her again. It's a comfort she didn't think she would be getting back and even now, she's waiting for something to take it away.
Opening her eyes, she looks around them as the doors open and Wanda stirs next to her. "A doctor," she says carefully. "I'm fine, I am. I don't need to see anyone, no one needs to see me. I'm seen enough, too much, too many people are already there, too much as been seen."
SHe presses herself into the chair a little, not away from Wanda but away from doors and anyone else hwo might come close to them.
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Wanda bites her lip, tries again. "He didn't make it. It's just me now."
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Her eyes open again as one hand reaches out, touching Wanda carefully. "I wish I could give him back to you."
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There's nothing to do but wait for the others to come back and take them home so Loki can get some proper medical care.
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Knowing that Wanda has had a chance to be happy, it fills her with a joy she doesn't remember ever feeling.
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"Come on," she says softly, rousing herself after the Quinjet's door folds open. "We need to make sure you're all right. The doctors here won't hurt you and I can come with you if you want."
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Opening her eyes, she looks around them as the doors open and Wanda stirs next to her. "A doctor," she says carefully. "I'm fine, I am. I don't need to see anyone, no one needs to see me. I'm seen enough, too much, too many people are already there, too much as been seen."
SHe presses herself into the chair a little, not away from Wanda but away from doors and anyone else hwo might come close to them.