#“sit down legolas ' but you know that man was blushing and twirling his hair on the inside

[butadailovehim]

I cannot in good faith laugh at jokes about Legolas jumping out of his chair and declaring Aragorn's whole lineage to everyone at the council.... because in the books Aragorn does it every five minutes? To anybody that is slightly looking his way?? Like I'm pretty sure more people knew him as Aragorn Son Of Arathorn than Strider at some point. There had to be conversations that went "A ranger? In these parts? No, no rangers here. Ahh this guy over there? That's just the heir of Isildur, heir to the throne of Gondor, actually. Don't know about any Strider though, sorry."

[cottontail20]

The Domestic Life Of The Vision And His Witch, Chapter 16: Lost Boy

Summary:  At Tony's wedding reception, Wanda finds herself watching over Harley Keener.

Ao3 link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/18461504/chapters/47522368

The assembled guests turned, almost as one, to watch Pepper Potts begin her journey down the aisle. She looked beautiful. The dress was elegant, but nothing too over the top, true to Pepper's nature. Wearing a beaming smile as she walked down the aisle towards Tony.

As she watched her, Wanda felt a sense of.. something there seemed to be a radiance around Pepper, an extra special glow. A familiar sort of glow.. Wanda was distracted from whatever she'd been thinking by Scott Lang, a couple of rows behind her, waving cheerily at her with a goofy grin plastered on his face. Hope, sitting beside him, rolled her eyes. Wanda just chuckled and waved back, grinning when Billy cooed and waved as well, a happy smile on his little face.

"Yes, dragul meu baiat" said Wanda quietly, "There's Uncle Scott and Auntie Hope!"

Hope's minor annoyance with Scott instantly melted away at the sight of Billy's smile, and she softly smiled back. Wanda grinned, then turned around to watch Pepper take her final few steps to meet Tony at the altar. Tony's earlier nerves seemed to have completely disappeared as Pepper reached him. He was completely besotted, the goofy smile of a man very much in love.

As the guests were welcomed and the Wedding ceremony began, Wanda found that, despite their somewhat complicated past, she was genuinely happily for Tony. The past was truly in the past now. There was no reason to cling to unpleasantness any longer. Misdirected hatred was a poison she could do without.

Tommy squirmed slightly in Vision's lap, but Billy nudged his brother, as if telling him to be good. At some point, Vision reached out to hold Wanda's hand. She turned to look at him, seeing him rather entranced with the the unfolding ceremony. Then he smiled shyly at her, and knowing his plans, Wanda's heart skipped a beat. It might not be too long before it was the two of them standing at the altar. Once again, Natasha cast a suspicious in their direction, and Wanda quickly looked away, just in time to see Tony and Pepper pronounced man and wife.

A cheer rose from the crowd as Tony kissed his bride. --

Soon, while Tony and Pepper were having pictures taken, all the guests headed to the large function room next door for the reception. It didn't take Wanda, Vision, and the other Avengers long to find their table. Aside from the fact that it was the very large one near the head table where Tony and Pepper were going to sit, it was also the only table with two high chairs.

However, actually working out who was sitting where took a little longer, as Tony had apparently had some fun with their place cards.

"Who the hell is Natalie Rushman?" asked Sam, confused.

"That would be me" Nat sighed. "And he's put me next to.. Legolas. Clint, you're over here."

"Uh.. we have a seat for a 'mysterious super glowy woman'?" said Bucky.

"I'm guessing that's me" Carol raised an eyebrow, "And I'm sitting with.. Which one of you is 'Point Break'?"

"Me.." Thor raised a hand, looking annoyed.

While the others slowly worked out where they were supposed to sit, Wanda and Vision settled the twins in the high chairs and took the seats beside them, labelled 'Little Witch' and 'Robo-Son'. As the other seats at the table filled, Wanda noticed one last empty one beside her, marked with Harley Keener's name. She looked up to see the sandy-haired teen looking rather lost and a little bit confused as he searched for his seat. Wanda checked that Vision was alright with the twins for a moment, then got up to fetch the poor lost boy.

"Harley" she called as she approached him, offering her hand and a warm smile. "You are over here with us again, Draga."

"Oh" Harley blushed, but took the hand Wanda offered. "Okay, thank you. I'm a little surprised, I wasn't really expecting to sit with the important people.."

"Tony put you there for a reason. You must be special to him."

"Maybe.."

Harley's shyness touched Wanda's heart, and she made it her mission to make him more comfortable. --

"So" she asked him a little while later, after the first courses had arrived, "How do you know Tony, Harley?"

"Oh, well, a few months after the battle of New York, he kind of crashed near my house" Harley began. "I helped him, and since then we write to each other a lot, and email, and he set up this mini lab for me to work on stuff.."

"Really?" Peter piped up. "That is so cool!"

"Yeah" Harley smiled. "The first thing I built was a high tech potato gun.."

Wanda smirked, quite satisfied with herself. --

A short while later, Harley switched seats with Sam so he could sit by Peter and show off some of the gadgets he had built. However, before Sam could take the now empty seat beside Wanda, Natasha beat him to it. Sam was a little confused, but shrugged, sitting beside Clint.

"Okay, you two" said Nat to Wanda and Vision, "Spill."

"Spill what?" Vision, halfway through feeding Billy, asked, confused.

"Just an observation.. is there something you need to tell us?"

"I don't think so.." Wanda frowned.

"Oh?" Nat raised an eyebrow. "No one's asked any big questions recently?"

"No" said Vision. "Well, not yet."

"Not yet?" The Black Widow's brow crinkled. "What do you mean by that?"

"Simplu" Wanda replied. "He means not yet. We've discussed it, but, not yet.." she glanced over to the head table. Rhodey was preparing to deliver his best man speech, while Pepper was sipping a glass of orange juice. "While we're all being observant, has anyone noticed that Pepper isn't drinking?"

"Huh.." Nat's attention immediately moved to the head table. "That's strange.." --

After Rhodey delivered his speech, Tony and Pepper took to the floor for their first dance as a married couple. Soon after, Natasha offered to watch the twins so Wanda and Vision could have a dance.

"You're getting good at this, Vizh" Wanda giggled, as Vision twirled her around the floor. "Have you been practicing?"

"Not recently" Vision grinned, "But I had a wonderful dance teacher. Beautiful, and talented."

"Ooh. Should I be jealous?" Wanda teased.

"I do not think you have to be."

"Good to know."

After a few more dances, the couple were beginning to think they should head back to Tommy and Billy, when Vision felt a tap on his shoulder.

"Mind if I cut in there for a second?" came Tony's voice.

"Oh.. uh, of course.." Vision stepped aside, a little confused.

"Give me a little dance, Vision?" Pepper offered him her hand.

"If you like, Miss.. Mrs. Potts."

As Vision and Pepper danced away, Tony took Wanda's hand and laid his other hand on her waist, beginning to move around the dance floor with her.

"Miss Maximoff, you are looking especially lovely Today."

"And you are looking quite handsome, Mr. Stark" Wanda raised an eyebrow, puzzled. "But why.."

"We're friends now, right?" asked Tony. "Can't a guy dance with his friend on his wedding day?"

"Well, yes. But.."

"I know, still a little weird, specially since we've been baby-stepping this thing so far."

"Yes. So.. Explain" Wanda prompted.

"I just wanted to thank you" Tony explained.

"Thank me for what?" Wanda frowned.

"Harley" said Tony. "I knew I'd probably be too busy to welcome him, so I needed someone who'd be nice but not overwhelm him too much. For some reason I thought of you."

"Me?"

"Yeah, and I knew he'd probably get along with Peter, but you know how teenagers are.. can't force it. So, I just had to sit Harley with someone I knew would look after him and just hope he and Peter hit it off on their own.. it seems like they have."

They glanced toward the table. It looked like Peter and Harley were exchanging numbers and social media profiles, although regularly cast suspicious glances at his Aunt May, dancing with Happy Hogan.

"I'm happy I could help" Wanda smiled. "Harley seems like a good kid."

"He is. Great kid actually. First kid that made me not so afraid of kids, which is especially important now that I'm going to.." Tony froze.

"Going to what?" Wanda smirked.

"Forget I said anything. Really. I'm not allowed to talk about that for.. eight more weeks, I think? Oh, Pepper's going to kill me.."

"Congratulations" Wanda chuckled. "And don't worry, your secret is safe with me."

Notes:

Translation:

dragul meu baiat: My sweet boy

Draga: Sweetheart.