Falling for a Maximoff

Chapter 37: Insecureties and love

TW: Body insecurities, mention of bruises and scars

Pov y/n

I wake up, feeling a warm body pressed against mine and smile.
When I open my eyes, I see Wanda's peaceful face nuzzled into my neck. Her breathing is calm which tells me she is still sleeping. I can feel her breath tingle slightly against my neck and her arm is securely placed over my hip to keep me close.

It feels great to wake up next to her and I wish I could wake up like this forever. She moves a little and some of her hair strains fall into her face.
Careful, to not wake her, I brush them out of her face. A small smile curls on her lips at my touch and makes my heart melt.

Being apart from her over the last few weeks, I realized how important she is to me and how much I missed her. We don't know each other that long but she became really important to me. She makes me feel comfortable and safe. Similar to mom but also different, in a different way. As soon as I look into her green eyes, I relax and a lot of times I get lost in them. They give me a feeling of belonging and being home.

Sometimes it scares me how much I feel for Wanda but only because it's all so new. And now that she's officially my girlfriend, I know for sure that she has feelings for me as well.
Girlfriend...just thinking about it makes my heart flutter a bit and I smile to myself. I am very lucky.

Lost in my thoughts I almost don't notice her shifting next to me. She preps herself up on her arms and her face hovers over mine. Her eyes still tired from the sleep but an adorable smile on her lips.

"Good morning." She greets me with her raspy morning voice that sends warm shivers down my body. I never really heard her voice like this but it's honestly pretty attractive.
"Good morning." I reply, lifting my hand to gently trace my fingers over her face, along her cheeks up to her forehead and down her nose, under her eyes, until I lay my hand on her cheek. My eyes moving from my finger to her green orbs that sparkle and her nose scrunches up. It's adorable and I can't help but to smile and lean my head towards her to place a soft kiss on her nose.

Her eyes stay locked with mine the whole time and I see adoration in them.
"You're so sweet and gentle with me. And I love it." She whispers, her words only meant for me.
"That's because you mean so much to me and I want you to know that." I explain, equally as quiet.

Her eyes light up even more and instead of an answer, she connects out lips in a sweet, simple kiss. Her warm, soft lips against mine.
I feel her lowering herself onto me and place one hand on her back to keep her in place. Her now free hands wrap around my neck and she starts to play with my hair.
When the kiss ends, she looks into my eyes and for some reason I get a fuzzy feeling inside of me at her intense gaze.

We eventually leave our moment and she rolls off me to use my bathroom. I get up and look around my room. I have the free will to decide what I want to wear today, which I hadn't in the Red Room.

Walking to my closet, I think about what I want to wear. Maybe just simple jeans and a t-shirt.
I pull the cloths out of my closet and quickly get dressed. When I step out of the closet, Wanda comes out from the bathroom and her hair looks less messy. I didn't mind her messy hair, it was kinda cute honestly.

She smiles at me and sits on the bed. I shortly smile at her before I turn back around to look into the mirror, I haven't done this in a long time.
My throat tightens a little as I look at myself in the mirror.

So that's what everyone has been seeing when they looked at me?
My face is bruised, especially my cheeks and my nose. A reminder how often I got hit. There's a small cut over one of my eyebrows that I don't remember from where it's from.
I try to take a deep breath but it's a little shaky. My eyes wander down my face to my upper body. There are minor bruises and wounds on my arms as well.