bad liar - pietro maximoff
pair: pietro maximoff x female!reader
summary: y/n is the new addition to the avengers, she was introduced to tony stark by nick fury who had heard of her special abilities after she was seen saving a building of people from an attack. when she gets introduced to the team she is taken in immediately, but others seem to not be as keen to get to know her.
warnings: swearing, mentions of trauma
“right, y/n.” tony stark said to you as he led you up the stairs of the avengers tower, “there’s going to be a lot of people here, it might be overwhelming. try not to freak out.”
“i promise you i’ll be fine, it’s them i’m worried about. have you told them what’s wrong with me?” you replied, following behind him. he stopped outside a large foggy glass door.
“there’s nothing wrong with you. these guys are the freaks.” he joked with a slight grin. you rolled your eyes and shook your head. the bearded man, who you had already began to enjoy the company of, placed his hand on your shoulder. “come on kid, let’s make a good first impression.” he pushed open the door and walked in, you stepping in behind him.
the room went silent as the large group of people looked at you. they were sat on the two sofas, a few on the floor. you immediately recognised a few of them, steve rogers and natasha romanoff stood out amongst the crowd, you saw them on the news all the time.
“okay losers, meet y/n y/l/n. she’s our new recruit.” he announced as he clapped his hands together. they all stood up and approached you, you’re eyes widening. you’re eyes scanned the group, now seeing clint barton and sam wilson. standing at the back of the group were a brunette girl and a blonde boy and floating slightly to the left was a red man with a mysterious glowing gem in his head.
“you probably already know steve, natasha, clint and sam.” tony said, gesturing towards them.
“yep, you’re pretty famous round these parts.” you explained, causing laughter from each of them.
“nice to meet you, y/n.” steve greeted, putting out his hand for you to shake.
you glanced at tony before taking his hand and shaking it lightly. “very… formal.” you noted with a grin.
“he’s very traditional.” tony commented, his smile copying yours.
“who’s the red dude?” you asked. the group let out a collective chuckle.
“vision, but the red dude works too.” he said, lowering himself to the ground.
“at the back we have the twins. come on you two, introduce yourselves.” tony called. the two pushed their way to the front, the girl with a smile on her face.
“i’m wanda, very excited to be working with you.” she said. you smiled and looked to the scowling boy next to wanda.
“pietro.” he stated. he was wearing a pair of grey sweatpants and a tight fitting t-shirt that accentuated his arms and chest. he was very attractive.
“well, can’t please everyone.” you commented, noting his cold demeanour.
they all eventually made their way to the couches again, everyone wanting to get to know you. tony had gave you a coffee and you sat on the carpet with your back against the sofa. wanda and nat joined you on the floor and the rest sat on the leather sofas.
“so, y/n.” nat started, glancing around at the team. “what’s your special talent?”
“i thought you told them?!” you exclaimed at tony.
“i didn’t say that!” he replied, chuckling. you groaned and stood up, ready to showcase your “special talent”.
“i need a volunteer.” you announced with a smirk, “or multiple.” confused looks were shared between the team. “fine. i’ll choose. wanda, steve and mr grumpy over there.” you said, pointing at pietro. he seemed to clearly not like you, so why not annoy him a little.
the three of them stood up and you led them to a clear space in the room. “who wants to go first?” you asked. tony leant back on the char as steve stepped forward, ready for the show. “go on then captain, give me your best shot.” you teased, throwing your arms up in a fighting stance.
a smile grew on his face and he went to throw a punch with his ‘super solider strength’ but you caught his arm and spun him around, pulling his arm behind him. you felt his strength flow through you as you ‘copied’ his powers. your knee flew up and hit his back, causing him to grunt and fall to the floor.
“okay so what? you can fight, there’s plenty of people like that here.” pietro commented with a scoff. his sokovian accent was thick but his english was fantastic.
“fine then, speedy. your turn.” you stated and steve stood up and laughed. “sorry captain, someone had to go first.” he retreated back to the group, taking his seat again. you took a step to the side, now standing in front of pietro who was glaring you down. you beckoned him with your hands and he cracked his neck before starting in a run towards you. you focused your mind on him and you mimicked his powers, running away at his pace. you ended up behind him and he stopped, confused. he turned around and you saw his eyebrows furrow. he ran towards you again but you sped towards him and grabbed his wrist from behind him, preventing him from moving any further.
“what the fuck?” he cursed, looking at you with anger in his eyes.
“aw what? mad that you aren’t the only fast one anymore?” you taunted, a dramatic pout on your face. he scoffed and ripped his hand from your grip, stomping back to the team. “i don’t think he likes me very much.” you could see tony’s amused face from where he sat, he sent you a wink and you turned to face wanda who was buzzing with excitement.
“is he always like that?” you asked, gesturing towards the blonde boy.
“only when he feels intimidated.” she replied, her accent similar to her brother’s.
“you ready?” you questioned.
“always.” she said, her hands glowing red.
you concentrated on her, absorbing her abilities. your hands began to glow the same red as hers and you flicked your hand towards her, lifting her from the floor. she retaliated by thrusting her hand at you, causing you to be thrown against the wall. you pushed yourself up and tossed her across the room where she landed at the team.
“ta-dah!” you said with a dramatic curtsy.
“copying people’s abilities. i like you kid.” sam announced, standing up and helping wanda get to her feet. he walked over to you and clapped his hand on your shoulder, “i think this calls for a celebration. after y/n gets settled in, let’s crack open the drinks!” everyone cheered in agreement.
“we’ll take you to your room.” nat explained with wanda at her side. you were shown to your room where all your belongings had been brought up.
your two new friends helped you choose an outfit for the night and sat with you while you got ready.
“don’t you two need to get ready?” you asked as you applied a thin layer of lip gloss.
“we don’t need to rush, steve and pietro take longer than everyone combined to get ready.” nat replied with a laugh.
the bar area of the tower was lit dimly and was filled with people you had never seen before along with your new team members. music played softly over the chatter of people around the room. you were wearing a black slip dress and heels, getting dressed up wasn’t something you got to do enough. you spot steve, sam and pietro at the bar, fixing your dress you made your way over to them.
“good evening boys.” you greeted, sliding in beside steve. he was wearing a blue button up shirt, sam a white shirt and black suit jacket and pietro was wearing a black shirt a few buttons undone, tucked into black trousers. his platinum blonde hair and bright blue eyes stood out against his dark attire. if he wasn’t such a moody brat, you’d maybe appreciate how attractive he was.
“hello, y/n.” sam said with a large smile.
“you look lovely, y/n.” steve complimented.
“thank you cap, shame you’re just a few hundred years too old for me.” you joked, placing your hand on his shoulder. the two let out a laugh and you looked at pietro, his eyes trained on you.
“hey grumpy, enjoying your night?” you asked with your eyebrows raised.
he rolled his eyes, “i was.”
you let out a gasp of shock, placing your hand on your chest. “i’m not entirely sure what i did to piss you off so much, pietro, but can’t you just reign it in for one night? i mean this is my night after all.”
he huffed in response. “is it because i embarrassed you earlier?” you taunted.
“no it’s because i don’t trust you.” he spat.
“ding ding ding! there it is!” you exclaimed. sam cleared his throat, signalling to steve that they should probably leave.
“we’ll go get you a drink kid, don’t go too hard on him.” he said, walking away. steve followed behind him.
“so, why don’t you trust me?” you questioned, leaning against the bar.
“i don’t trust many people.” he explained, taking a sip from his drink. he sat it on the bar before looking back at you.
“what about all them?” you asked, gesturing to the room. you took his glass in your hand and took a sip, seeing his looks of protest. “what? i don’t think they’re actually getting me a drink, they’re just not wanting to stand they’re awkwardly.”
“they saved my life.” he replied.
“so for you to trust me i need to save your life?” you said, turning to face him.
“yup.” he stated, popping the ‘p’. he took his glass back from your hand.
“oh come on.” you groaned, “there’s nothing else i can do? i mean we’re even matching outfits tonight! i think that means we are immediately friends.”
he looked between the two of you, his eyes glancing up and down your body. “he so we are.” he chuckled.
“see! you’re already warming up to me.” you teased, taking his glass again and gulping down the drink.
“you wish.” he replied. you scoffed and gave him the glass back.
“so, what’s sokovia like?” you asked, trying to get to know the mysterious man.
“well now, nonexistent. but from what i remember it was… home. i mean, i only got to experience it for a short amount of time before hydra took us.” he explained.
you sighed, “i heard about that. that sucks. well if it makes you feel any better after my parents found out about my abilities, they locked me up and stopped me from leaving so i couldn’t hurt anyone.”
“yup.” you replied, mocking the same way he answered earlier. “wow look at us, trauma-bonding. i’m telling you, warming up to me!” you said in a sing-song voice.
“oh shut up.” he laughed.
“is that a laugh i hear brother?” wanda called as she approached them, followed by other members of the team.
“wow kid, you really know how to get people to like you.” tony said.
“i can’t help it. i’m just so charming.” you replied.
the team stayed with you for a long time, everyone talking and laughing. an hour or so passed and everyone had made their way to the couches they found themselves on not long ago. this time you were sat on the couch instead of the floor, the cool leather against your legs. you were sat in the middle of sam and pietro, enjoying watching the team tell stories of their battles. they eventually made their way to the topic of the battle of sokovia that they hid recently been through. you felt pietro tense next to you- he clearly didn’t enjoy hearing about his near-death experience.
“hey, do you want to get some fresh air?” you whispered into his ear. he nodded slightly and you stood up, reaching your hand out for him to grab. you helped him to his feet and announced that you were going to get drinks.
you led him out of the warm room and up to your room which was equipped with a balcony. you pushed open the glass doors and felt the cold, fresh air fill your lungs.
“much better.” you stated, leaning on the railing. “are you okay?” you asked, feeling pietro’s presence behind you.
“i am now. i’m just not ready to talk about it yet.” he explained, “thank you.” he muttered.
“what was that?” you queried, looking over your shoulder at him.
“no. i heard a thank you!” you declared.
“nope. you did not!” he exclaimed, his eyes filled with mischief.
since the night of the party, you and pietro have been inseparable. you guys train together, eat meals together and you introduced him to all your favourite films. the rest of the team were sick of seeing you guys with each other. no one could get a minute alone with either of you.
“i can’t believe you hated me when i first arrived.” you said, throwing a piece of popcorn at his hair. you two had been watching the maze runner films, as per your request, and were midway through the scorch trials.
“seriously? it’s been 6 months and you’re still not letting that go?” he joked, throwing it back at you.
“nope. you hated me. just because i ran faster than you.” you bit, a sly grin growing on your face.
“you did not! how dare you y/n!” he growled.
“i did! but since you’re too proud to admit it, let’s try again.” you suggested. he raised his eyebrows.
“are you sure you want to test me, princessa?” he questioned, his nickname for you that had become a recent thing. you absolutely adored it when he spoke sokovian. you adored many things about him, his cheeky comebacks, his sarcastic humour, his laugh, his eyes, okay so a lot of things. you had been pushing down any possible feelings towards him, there was no way he felt the same for you.
“oh i do.” you replied, placing the bowl of popcorn on the table, pausing the film and standing up. he followed suit and walked closely behind you as you led him outside.
“what’re you two up to?” cap asked when you walked past him.
“proving to him that i’m faster.” you answered.
“my money’s on y/n!” clint shouted from the floor above.
“same!” chorused nat, sam and tony.
“same!” she said, peering over the railing. you let out a large laugh as you saw his shocked expression.
you walked out to the courtyard, the sun beating down on your face. pietro stopped very close behind you, his breath hot on your neck.
“you ready?” he mumbled into your ear. his voice sent a shiver down your spine.
you cleared your throat, “yup.” taking a deep breath you turned around to face him. he was a lot closer than you thought. his blue eyes seemed even more beautiful in the sun. you took his wrist in your hand and felt power flow through you. there are many ways that you could copy people’s powers, most of the time when they are in front of you and are about to use their powers on you, you can just imitate their abilities. but you could also touch them and copy them that way.
“to the bench?” you asked, letting go of him.
“sounds good.” he replied, taking his place next to you,
steve and sam were stood at the door, watching intently at the interaction.
“count us down steve?” you called over your shoulder.
“you know piet,” you said, looking at him,.
“you have really beautiful eyes.” you added as you broke into a fast sprint, blue light trails following behind you. you heard his startled gasp before he ran after you. your plan to distract him had clearly worked and you got a head start. you stopped at the bench and plopped yourself down, a second before pietro.
“you cheated!” he complained.
“no, i played smart.” you protested. you stood up to walk away for dramatic effect but pietro appeared in front of you with a gush of wind.
“no. you cheated.” he said, taking a step closer.
“i didn’t.” you replied, “steve! sure i didn’t cheat?”
“don’t bring me into this kid!” he called back, him and sam leaving you guys alone.
“see, even cap thinks you cheated.” pietro stated.
“i can’t help that you got distracted by my charm.” you teased.
he groaned and suddenly bent down and scooped you up, over his shoulder. “pietro maximoff put me down!” you squealed, hitting your hands off his back. he ignored your protests and ran around, whistling a faint tune.
“piet please!” you begged, laughter straining your voice. he stopped and threw you off his shoulder but before you landed on the ground you grabbed his t-shirt and pulled him down with you. you landed on the grass with a thud and a wheeze as he landed on top of you. he went limp and let all of his weight lie on you.
“get off me!” you shouted, laughing heavily.
“i’m quite comfortable actually.” he said. his voice was muffled from his head being nestled in the crook of your neck. his breath tickled your neck. you brought your hands up and placed them in his hair, tugging him up so he could look at you.
“piet i’m going to kill you. get. up.” you growled. his signature smirk grew on his face, clearly trying to annoy you. your eyes fell to his lips but you blinked quickly and met his eyes. his smile grew even wider, he noticed your glance.
“looks like you’re going to have to kill me. i’m not moving.” he replied.
“god i hate you.” you sighed, rolling your eyes.
“no you don’t.” you said, pushing himself up on his arms so he was now hovering above you.
“yes i do.” you protested, folding your arms across your chest.
“i really don’t think you do.” he replied, lowering himself closer to you slightly.
you forced a frown on to your face and glared up at him, “fuck off.” you muttered.
he gasped, “fuck off? that’s not very nice.”
“you’re not very nice.” you retaliated.
“ouch.” he said, the smile still present on his face.
“can you get up now?” you asked.
“fine.” he replied, getting up and taking your hand. he pulled you up harshly and you crashed into his chest.
“you are pushing my limits today maximoff.” you said, pushing yourself free from his grip. but it’s never that easy with pietro, he grabbed your wrist. “what the fuck is wrong with-“
he stopped you from finishing your sentence by pulling you in and pressing his lips against yours. you immediately melted at his touch. his hands moved to your waist and yours moved round the back of his neck, into his hair. he pulled you closer, you felt his rough stubble brush against your face. you both pulled back, breathing deeply.
“still hate me?” he whispered.
“yup.” you breathed. you let out a laugh.
“now you’re the bad liar.” he said.
“tony! i’ll take that $20!” you heard sam shout. you both looked up to see him standing on a balcony.
“he made the first move? really?!” tony replied. he jogged out next to sam.
“proud of you speedy!” sam called.
“you better watch it bird man, i can be up there and you’ll be over the edge faster than you can blink!”
