[The sad truth of the matter is that Wanda's used to shouldering the heaviness of her life. The trauma of losing her parents and the effects of it she's felt for years. The daily stress of never knowing if she would die as quickly and unexpectedly as they did, or if Pietro might. Losing Pietro, losing the city after everything they'd dreamed of and hoped for...in some ways it had been the hardest blow. It hadn't made her stronger but it had cut free the last of what she'd been clinging to that mattered to her.
If she shows ease with such things...it's only because that's the only life she's ever known. To endure it. To expect it all eventually.]
Maybe I will, if you're sure you wouldn't mind.
[Not that it's what she wants tonight. Not right away, not when he looks like he needs some care first. The mugs come out of the microwave steaming, and Wanda immediately begins mixing in the powder. She stirs it in swiftly with the first mug, and rather than hand it off to Dick right away, she tosses the marshmallows in and then offers it up.]
But the same goes for you. Whenever you want or need.
[That said, she prepares her own cup of cocoa, watching him all the while to see if he likes his.]
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If she shows ease with such things...it's only because that's the only life she's ever known. To endure it. To expect it all eventually.]
Maybe I will, if you're sure you wouldn't mind.
[Not that it's what she wants tonight. Not right away, not when he looks like he needs some care first. The mugs come out of the microwave steaming, and Wanda immediately begins mixing in the powder. She stirs it in swiftly with the first mug, and rather than hand it off to Dick right away, she tosses the marshmallows in and then offers it up.]
But the same goes for you. Whenever you want or need.
[That said, she prepares her own cup of cocoa, watching him all the while to see if he likes his.]