Best of both worlds

Part 17

'Nat.' You whimpered, you hated labs and doctors. 'I know baby it's okay. I'll protect you.' You felt her squeeze you tighter and it filled you with warmth. You were safe.

'Bruce is my friend okay? He's really nice, you won't even need to talk to him. He'll understand and if we need to I can talk for you. If you want to say something just tell me or Wanda and we will help you.' You nodded allowing her to carry you inside.

'Hi Bruce don't say anything okay just let me explain.' Bruce turned to Nat and nodded. 'Y/n fell and hurt their knee, they don't want to talk right now, and they have a pretty low pain tolerance, and they are really scared for obvious reasons but can you help?' Bruce nodded. 'Just place them on that bed, you can sit next to them if you want.' Nat placed you on the edge of the bed before sitting next to you, her hand resting on your back.

When Bruce went near your leg you pulled it away in fear, whining in the process. 'Okay that was my fault I'm sorry.' You looked around the room not appreciating the fact that you were in a lab. However something in the corner caught your eye. Wanda was there but she had her head down squeezing bear bear, was she scared of doctors and labs too?

"I need to ask y/n one question but I need them to answer." Bruce looked at you, Nat nodded. "Y/n can you talk to Bruce for me?" You shook your head. "You only have to say yes or no." Bruce said quietly and Nat gave you an encouraging look. You hummed in approval. "Thank you. I wanted to ask are you okay for me to tell you about all of this with Nat and Wanda here?" You nodded Bruce gave you a look and you built up the courage to speak. "Yes." You said quietly. Nat and Wanda smiled at you.

You on the other hand we're not happy with the situation. You were holding back tears. "Bruce can we just step out for a minute?" Wanda asked so quietly you could barely hear. Nat picked you up and the three of you went outside. "Alright let it out baby we're here." You instantly started crying into Nat's neck.

"You say no talk." You sobbed Nat nodded rubbing your back. "I know I did, I'm sorry I didn't know he would need to ask you anything." Nat felt horrible, she promised she would do all the talking but instead she made you do it when she knew you were too scared. How were you going to trust her now?

"I'm sorry will you forgive me?" You nodded. "But I no talk more." Nat nodded. "Alright baby you don't have to talk it's okay." Nat gave you a chance to calm down before taking you back inside. "Sorry we're back now." Nat took a seat on the bed next to you.

"Alright so y/n has fractured their kneecap it's a pretty bad injury but it shouldn't need surgery providing it's well taken care of." Nat nodded. "What kind of things do we need to do?" You gave Nat a worried look but she squeezed your hand and you settled again. "Nothing too major but you will need to ice it for the first few days, I'd say ten minutes every two hours or so. No longer than that because it can damage the tissue. And we will need to cast it. But there's two options. We can put a full length bandage cast on it or we can go for a brace."

Wanda and Nat exchanged looks. "I think a brace would be better because they can take it off for a bit." Nat stated and Wanda nodded in agreement. "I do think a brace would suit y/n best but then there is a responsibility to keep it on for the majority of the time. They can take breaks if they are sat watching a movie or something but they must wear it to bed." Bruce explained. "We can do that." Bruce added. "You're gonna love this y/n, they're probably going to struggle with walking for the first few days if not weeks so I think they need a lot of carrying and cuddles." You couldn't help but smile. "See it's not all bad right?" Nat chuckled giving you a side hug. She continued to hold you as Bruce secured the brace to your leg. "How does that feel?" You nodded.

"Great, I will let fury know about the situation, looks like this one won't be going on a mission for a while. Other than that here's some painkillers and you're free to go." Nat thanked Bruce, even you gave him a small nod and wave bye. Maybe he wasn't so bad after all. "Alright come on let's get you all comfy on the couch." Nat picked you up being cautious of your leg. Nat gently laid you down on the couch making sure your leg was propped up enough. "I'll get you some ice."

Nat went to the freezer and grabbed an ice pack. "Natty!" You whined from the couch. "Just a minute baby, do you want some juice?" You gave a whine of a response Nat wrapped the ice in a cloth before making you a sippy of juice. "Here you go baby." Nat handed the juice you took grateful sips whilst she gently placed the ice on your knee. "Col' Natty." Nat sighed, 'I know baby it needs to be cold to help with your owie." You shivered it felt like the cold absorbed into your body you were freezing. Soon enough your duvet was laid on top of you by red magic. "Here sweetie." You soon saw bear bear floating towards you. That sight brought back sad memories so you saved him from the mean magic and gave a warning look. That's what you would call it at least, Nat would have said it was snatching him and being mean to Wanda.

"Baby be gentle that's not nice. Wanda was trying to make you feel better." You scoffed at the irony, you got bear bear taken for trying to do that. If she wasn't being so grumpy and mean none of this would have happened in the first place. You couldn't help but be a little bit mad at Wanda. Okay a lot mad. You knew she didn't mean to hurt you but she did and she hurt bear bear.

"When someone does something nice you say thank you, or at least give them a smile." You smiled at Nat. "Tanks Natty." You took another sip of your juice. "You're welcome?" Nat sighed and threw her arms up she couldn't make you thank Wanda. Nat gave Wanda a sorry look but Wanda shook it off. "It's fine, I better go finish that report anyways have fun." Wanda quickly scurried out.

"Alright do you want to maybe watch a movie?" Nat asked making you nod, she put on your favourite kids movie and sat on the couch next to the one you were currently sprawled out on.