RECONTINUED- Helmut Zemo x reader

What's getting you down?

The past few days had been quite tough. After your little tiff with Wanda, Helmut had been taken in for a re-evaluation. He had been moved to another part of the building, rumoured to be close to your own room but you were yet to find out.

Whenever you walked into a room where the team was, there was a lot of tension. Steve, Sam, Wanda and Clint would send you harsh glares and the rest of the team just ignore you. One member's face that you were always glad to see, however, was Bucky's. He would always smile at you and laughed when the team were being particularly ridiculous towards you. Despite the small amount of kindness that the assassin showed you, you only really spoke to the old S.H.I.E.L.D agents that remained in the building.You weren't too sure of their names (or their roles in the compound) but you appreciated how they tried to involve you in everything that they did, whether that be missions or days out in the city.

•*•

"You know, she's one of the worst British people I've ever met" you hear Sam say to Clint and Wanda as you walk into the lounge. "And I've met a lot of British people".

You roll your eyes and make your way to your usual sofa in the corner of the room. As you sit down, you pull out your phone that, only minutes ago, was alive with notifications.

Scrolling through, you see one that sparks your interest.

Nat added you to the group chat 'Avengers'.

You find yourself quickly going into the group chat. Scrolling back to the top of the conversation, it seems as though this group has been active forever. Once you reach the top, you begin to scroll through slowly, reading each and every message. Most of them were complaining about daily tasks, mainly the meetings with Fury that seemed to 'drag on'. As you continue your search for anything remotely interesting, you see where the newer members had been added to the chat. They were discussing the pain of having to wake up as early as they do. One message, from Wanda, then catches your eye.

Wanda: is it me or is there something 🐠 about (y/n)?

Clint: I agree, she's weird. There is definitely something off with her

Nat: guys come on, you don't even know (y/n). She seems nice to me

At least Nat's got my back.

Steve: SHES NOT RIGHT, SHE WENT IN MY BRAIN.

Oh shit. Steve's going to snake you out!

Tony: if she could go inside people's minds she would've told us

Nat: and even if she does have mind powers, why would it matter? It's not like we're all normal human beings

You re-read Nat's message.
Does Nat know?

T'Challa: lol what?

You chuckle at the last message and lock your phone. As you stand up, you notice Wanda staring at you deeply.

"Um, are you alright?" you ask her.

She stomps towards you and suddenly uses her powers to hold you against the wall by your throat.

"Hey! Stop!" you half-shout. You feel it getting harder to breathe and squirm, but Wanda's strange grip only gets tighter.

"Only when you answer my questions" she demands.

You stare at her in silence and begin to absorb all of her anger.

One aspect of your power that you didn't use as often was the physical parts. When you absorb a lot of a single emotion, it gives you a kind of superhuman strength.

Wanda gets angrier while you don't respond, only strengthening your own powers.

As she begins to talk again, you use all of the angry energy and throw her to the other side of the room.

Catching Sam's attention, he turns his head. His eyes dart between Wanda and you, curiosity causing him to stand up.

Before anyone can say a thing you've legged it out of the lounge and towards your room.

As you run down the corridor, you hit something fairly solid but quite soft. Assuming that you've run into a guard or something, you look down at your feet.

"(y/n)! Where are you running off to?" you here a familiar voice say in a playful tone. You look up in surprise and smile wildly at the sight of Helmut. Practically throwing yourself at him into a hug, he lets out a chuckle as your eyes start to well up. Before you've even realised, your crying into his chest.

"(y/n), what's wrong? Let's not cry in the hallway, I'll take you to my room." Helmut says soothingly as he gently picks you up.

He sits you down on his bed and let's you curl yourself back into his chest.

•*•

After several minutes of crying, Helmut decides that he wants to help you and pulls himself away from the hug.

"What's getting you down, (y/n)?"

Sorry I haven't updated in a while, I'm in the midst of moving house!