wanda–maximcff:
“He did,” Wanda smirks, “No one wears him down into friendship like you do. He needs it. He is so focused on — you’re very good for him,” She says with a nod. Pietro needed someone who was just there for him, someone he didn’t feel responsible for.
“Tommy is here! We.. things are…” Wanda wrung her hands together and shrugged. “He’s a good boy,” She settles on. “And I love him very much, I am glad he is here. Billy is in New York with his family, but we keep in touch.” It hurt her that things were so strained between her and her children. She wanted nothing more than to repair those relationships but — it would take time. “Nice?” She quirks an eyebrow. “Do not lie to me, Clint Barton,” She says, clicking her tongue and shaking her head, curls going this way and that, as unruly as ever. “I like Downton Abbey,” She grins. “Pietro loathes it, but will watch it with me sometimes.”
“That’s what I’m best at, or so I’ve been told,” he said wryly.Â
“Well, you’ve got one of them at least. They’re pretty much adults now anyways, that’s when they like to get as far from parents as possible, right?” At least, he thought it was. He had run from his dad long before 18, but that was different circumstances.Â
“Downton Abbey, huh? I haven’t seen it.” He wasn’t big on the whole period piece genre. “I’ve mostly been watching those competition shows. Great British Bakeoff, Chopped, Project Runway.” Not that he knew anything about the subject matter, but he liked to pretend.
“They’re 17, yes. But it’s not as if I was around for them to get want to get away from,” she shrugs, picking at old nail polish on her thumb, remnants from her and Luna messing around. “I am grateful for what I can get, I suppose.” She nods.
“It’s silly,” She waves a hand. “Oh great brutish bake off is a good one!” She laughs, leaning back in her chair. “Would not have pegged you as someone who would be into it though. Always full of surprises,” Wanda said with a congenial smile. “So, now that you’re here. How long before you break the ban.” It wasn’t really a question. Mostly she just wanted to know what he was up to.











