[ it might be a momentary thing, but it’s a terrifying, awful moment. steve feels his stomach tighten, his chest grow cold. for a brief second he’s somewhere else - shaking max’s shoulders, screaming her name, watching as she slipped further away and he didn’t know how to fix it and-
that’s when wanda stirs, and steve feels breath return to his lungs. she moves to push herself to sit up and steve pulls his hands back, hovering inches from her, afraid. because he is, he’s scared, and it keeps that expression there even as she says i’m alright. ]
Are you? Really? Because you just passed out, and… [ he reaches forward without thinking about it, brushing his finger under her nose. ] Is that blood? Wanda, what happened?
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that’s when wanda stirs, and steve feels breath return to his lungs. she moves to push herself to sit up and steve pulls his hands back, hovering inches from her, afraid. because he is, he’s scared, and it keeps that expression there even as she says i’m alright. ]
Are you? Really? Because you just passed out, and… [ he reaches forward without thinking about it, brushing his finger under her nose. ] Is that blood? Wanda, what happened?