Maximoff Twins Headcanons (Pt 2)
Pietro watching the news and whenever they mention Stark suddenly shooting towards the screen and punching it over and over until the screen cracks and breaks. Wanda calmly waiting a few seconds for this to be over and then repairing it again without a word.
(Everyone thinks it is Wanda that was effected the most by those two days under the rubble, people say it drove her ‘mad’, made her unstable. Only Wanda knowing truly that it was Pietro that was damaged beyond repair).
Pietro, at ten years old curled under the bed with Wanda in the ruin of their apartment building wishing more than anything he had been quick enough to grab his parents too, to get Wanda out. If only he’d been faster.
Wanda, at ten years old, curled under the bed with Pietro in the ruin of their apartment building wishing more than anything that she was strong enough to move the rubble, that she could lift the bricks crushing down painfully on her adored brother’s legs, that she could somehow move the Stark bomb without having to touch it. If only she’d been stronger.
Pietro wishing he was like their father who was kind, generous, and provided for the family. (Really being more like their mother; loyal, protective, a worrier).
Wanda wishing she was more like their mother, who was resourceful and hard-working. (Really being more like their father: boundlessly optimistic, compassionate, gentle, hopeful.)
Wanda’s deepest most secret desire being stability, a home, a family, domesticity, peace.
Pietro’s deepest most secret desire being to protect his sister at all costs, be that giving his own life if necessary. To never be helpless again. (He has no real future goals, he can think only in the moment).
Wanda being a very good dancer, but shy. Pietro being a very bad but enthusiastic dancer. He’s certainly not shy about it.
Wanda wondering if maybe one day she and Pietro could adopt some children, maybe some little twins, so they could bring them up happily, and finish what their mother and father started. She imagines one as a shy brunette, one as a cocky silver haired terror. She imagines enjoying Shabbat together with them. She imagines teaching them to cook. She imagines Pietro taking them to the park. She keeps this dream fiercely private as she knows Pietro would only laugh at her. After all, whoever heard of a brother and sister bringing up a family together?
Pietro getting rather concerned when at thirteen Wanda starts developing crushes on other boys and vowing never to let any of them lay a hand on her unless he’s absolutely 100% certain they aren’t going to hurt or let down his beloved sister. (Which rules out Wanda dating for a loooong time).
Pietro not having any time for crushes whatsoever because they are silly and childish and anyway he has a job, there’s only room for one woman in his life and that’s Wanda Maximoff.
Wanda cutting Pietro’s hair for him when it gets too long because he is very particular about it and trusts nobody else with it. (He still fusses as she works).
Wanda passing out from lack of food as children as they wandered Sokovia, homeless, and Pietro realising he’s going to have to steal them food. He feels dreadful about it because his father always believed in being fair to people and supporting Sokovian trade, in community. Pietro therefore only stealing enough for Wanda and letting himself get very hungry indeed.
The twins always spend Shabbat together. They refuse to use their powers unless it is absolutely necessary to their safety. (This is the time when Pietro gets the most agitated and restless, and ends up staring at the picture of his parents who should be there to spend the day with them).
Wanda lighting the Sabbath candles and smiling at Pietro as she does so, because it fills her with peace and reminds her of when her mother would do the same. Pietro smiling back but feeling, deep down, very distressed that it is only the two of them left now. That they do not have a home. That they are cold. That Wanda is in danger. That they are like children playing pretend with no fixed place in the world.
The twins praying three times a day, desperate not to compromise their faith, using this time to draw strength, to be calm.
Pietro being unable to trust because his family were torn from him at such a young age. Wanda being far too trusting because she has always been cared for, first by her parents, and now by Pietro.
Pietro’s music taste being absolutely terrible. He loves cheesy Europop. He sings it in a very high pitched voice. Wanda’s music taste being slightly alternative. When she dances she twirls her hands and wrists gracefully. Pietro likes to watch this sometimes.
Wanda being startlingly feminine and Pietro starting to understand that femininity does not equal weakness, because his sister is the strongest person he has ever known.
Wanda knowing that she could never love any man more than Pietro. Which is why when she first sees Vision she is confused at how she feels that she trusts him, that she likes to hear what is in his mind. Then it makes sense to her. He can never replace Pietro truly because, after all, Vision is not a man, not really.
Pietro first seeing Vision and hearing him talk and thinking: “Oh no, he is exactly Wanda’s type, this is exactly what I did not want to happen, my little sister will not be dating a robot thank you very much”, and then going out of his way to try and make Vision say/do something bad (which does not happen and Pietro gets frustrated).
Pietro asking Wanda her opinion on Vision, very casually, a little too casually. And Wanda looking like she’s suddenly been filled with all the happiness, goodness and optimism on God’s earth. Pietro sulking and deciding he does not like this Vision character one bit. Telling Wanda, in an indifferent sort of voice: “I suppose he is okay for a robot.” Wanda either ignores or does not pick up on that massive hint.
Wanda picking up English very quickly and helping Pietro to learn it too. She is very patient and understanding, even though Pietro gets frustrated with pronunciation and finds the dialect difficult.
Pietro still struggling slightly with his English and Wanda getting furiously angry at anybody who mocks him for his ‘broken English’, and demanding; “Oh, and how many languages do you know how to speak? It is one. And even then you do not understand courtesy or respect.”
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