Was wondering if youre still open to do reqs
But maybe a Peter Ballard x reader where the reader has like powers too but her powers are kinda like wanda maximoffs/the scarlett witch and she gets used while trying to use them since she doesnt know how to yet and Brenners been pushing her to her limit? You can also do gender neutral if youre more comfy with that!! (Established relationship plz)
i'm always open to requests! well, right now I'm hella sick but writing keeps me awake so it's pretty cool! i tried to match your request as much as i could, i won't lie but i've only seen the scarlet witch in doctor strange 2 so i looked up her powers on youtube... i hope it's fitting and that you like it!
there's spoilers about peter's backstory aswell!!!
summary; you have strong powers but doesn't know how to use them well. papa decided that today was the day you would control them, and peter's not here to help you this time.
pairing; peter ballard x gn!reader
warnings; mentions of violence, deaths, animal abuse
you never entered a room this big before in the Lab. looks like papa really wants you to practice your powers right now. you were unplanned in their program. you were not supposed to have these powers but you somehow grew them, and now, you were used as a puppet for papa and the doctors, hidden behind the glass. but today, it was different. no orderlies, it meant no peter to look after you during the experience.
peter is your boyfriend, you've been dating in secret from papa for a while now, and it seems to work quite well. he sees you like no one else does. powerful even though you don't really know how to use your powers. but when he's in the room with you during experiences, his presence makes you feel more confident and you actually do some things.
today, yes, it was really different. a table was in the middle of the room, with multiple things, like a can of soda, a teddy bear and a cage with a rabbit inside. you were really scared on how papa wanted you to use these with your powers, but you waited for him to talk. the doctors were moving a lot, back and fourth, bringing papers to each other.
"Number 015, today is a great day for us all. You will be able to use your powers, I'm sure."
he was talking with his hands on your shoulders, it made you sick, you wanted to push him and leave the room, but you just couldn't. you're like a bird in a cage and you hate it.
"Now, try and use your capacities on this soda can."
"Yes, Papa."
he put a bit of pressure in his grip before releasing you from his hold and walking towards the glass, with the other doctors. you look at the can and close your eyes to try and focus. you remember a memory of you and peter, after the last experience. you were quite disappointed that your powers weren't working again. he took your chin to make you look at his beautiful eyes and told you a secret.
"You know, when I was able to use my powers, I had to control them. I knew how to use them since what happened back home..."
he paused as he didn't want you to remember what he had done to his family, he didn't want you to leave him because he was a monster. but you wanted him to continue his story. you wanted to control what you had.
"I always used to focus on one memory. For me, it was a bad one."
"which one, Peter?"
"My father and my mother, acting like everything was normal. They always presented our family like loving and sweet, like they never treated me like a monster and left me alone so many times. Use your memories, sleepyhead. I'm sure you will figure out how to control yourself, you're stronger than you thought."
at the moment, the only memory you could think of was Papa. He treated you and the other children like everything was normal, exactly like peter's family, and you were tired of playing dumb around everyone. nothing here was normal. you lifted your hands and felt a warm feeling inside your palms, indicating that it was working, but you couldn't get so excited now. then, a vague shake all around your body made you open your eyes for them to widen.
"no way.."
the can was lightly flying around you, a slight red aura around it. you closed your hand and the can crashed into a ball, perfect to throw against the glass. this action scared the doctors, who backed away a little. the ball exploded in millions of small particles, all over the floor. you turned your gaze to the poor teddy bear who was about to get crushed into the wall. you ripped his head off and gasped. you had no idea you could do that. you're not even scared of yourself, you're amazed of what you can do. the moment the teddy's head hit the floor, it disintegrated, but his body was still against the wall. but you weren't used to your powers, so you fell on your knees and felt your whole body burning.
"You have to keep trying, 015, you've done a lot of progress. You're almost ready for something bigger."
You got up and looked at the rabbit, it reminded you of peter's story. he told you that he captured a rabbit, and entered his mind, until he became insane. you didn't want to kill this rabbit, but you could try something else. you unlocked the lock of the cage and bent over to the rabbit height. you stroked the animal's head before murmuring something in his ear.
"Let's talk to the doctors, shall we."
he turned to see the doctors and slowly made his way to them, jumping from the table. you were so impressed by the capacities you had, you didn't hear Dr. Brenner coming out of the glass. you looked up at him and moved your finger to bring back the rabbit next to you. you didn't want him to get hurt. it felt so wrong for you.
"You have to kill it 015. You're almost done." he's lying, he won't let you catch a break after that, but you couldn't do anything else to get out of this room. you lifted your hand and the rabbit to your head's level. he's squirming all over to try and get away, but you can't let him go. it's your freedom for his.
you leave the room with papa and the doctors, living the rotting corpse of the rabbit on the floor, slowly decomposing into the air in red particles. you're exhausted but you hear the adults talking about how you're not ready to get to the next level yet, but papa stopped them.
"She's more than ready. She's a miracle and I can't waste a second of it."
you enter a room without any lights in it and stepped back a little. Papa pushes you in and closes the door behind you, leaving you alone, afraid. you knock on the door, trying to push it with your powers but you can't do anything, you're stuck here and your only way to get out is to focus.
With your eyes closed, you see Papa and the other children, making fun of you while peter's away. saying that your powers are useless, and that you're far away from being miraculous. but the moment you feel the warm in your hands, the souvenir won't go away. they kept laughing and pointing their stupid finger at you. you got stuck in your own reality.
"Stop it !"
you fall on the ground, creating a shock wave all around the room. you're thrown against the wall and hit your head. you can't see anything anymore except red crimson and dust. all around you, there's fire and corpses. your anger was so violent that you caused a massive massacre all around you. you felt like you can't move, there's a red illusion all around you, protecting you and the others from any other destructive movement. you lift a finger at the little red dot, familiar as a camera and murmur something.
as the exact same moment, your illusion ended. papa opened the door and let you out, but you fell on the ground and fainted of dizziness and exhaustion. when you open your eyes, you see the white curtains of the infirmary around you and a familiar silhouette next to your bed. your blonde lover is looking down at the floor, his hand crumpling the sheets. you put your hand on his and his head tilt up, surprised.
"-Oh my love, I thought I had lost you forever, your heart was beating so slow.
-I'm right here, don't worry about me, I'm stronger than you think." you wink.
he smiles and his gaze meets yours. his blue hypnotic eyes look tired and anxious, like he had spent the last month waiting for you to wake up, without any food or rest. but you're here and that's what's the most important.
"-They went too far on you this time. They did not even let me know that they were going to do that, maybe because it was too confidential for an orderly to know that. But i'm not any orderly, I know better than anyone that it's no good to push such a sweet soul like yours to their limit. if I knew, I assure you that I would have never let them do that to you.
-I know, Peter. Look at the good part of it, I can control my powers a little bit."
and as you say that, you don't even have to concentrate for your hand to warm up a little, a light slightly coming out of it. you both look at it and peter gasps. he doesn't want you to get hurt but he also wants to see how powerful you can get.
"-Don't mess yourself too hard [Y/N]. You just woke up.
-Look and stop talking."
you look over at the table, next to your bed. there's a little vase with a rose inside, almost dying. you didn't even know you could bring life into this joyless lab. you turn your fingers a little bit, and the rose starts to slowly rise up, looking as good as new. you turn your eyes back to peter that didn't leave his gaze out of you, hypnotized by the power you hold. you clean the blood from your nose and wait for him to get out of his admiration.
"-How does such little things can turn out to be so talented and interesting.
-Am I the little thing ?"
he doesn't answer, but he takes your chin between his fingers and brings you closer to him. you're just about to kiss but he stops and smiles, looking over your features. then he finally closes the small gap between you, putting his lips on yours. you let yourself appreciate the soft moment he offers you and put your head back on the pillow, falling back to sleep again.
"Enjoy your rest, [Y/N], you need it. You can do so much to change our world. We will do so much together my love, I can't wait to have my powers back."
