[Wanda's reaction is everything Pietro wanted, and even though he complains about her tight hug, there's quiet laughter in it.]
You're going to crush my spine.
[He makes no move to let go of her either, holding her almost as firmly. Pietro's gifts have never been things he'd truly put much thought into, as neither of them cared enough about material objects over the meaning behind gestures, not since that day everything changed irreparably and all they'd had left was each other. It's why he steals mostly for other people and not himself, not things that aren't essential. They'd gotten by with almost nothing sometimes for years in a row and that had always been okay, because they were together.
Only now, they're living more dangerous lives, have done things they can't come back from, involved themselves in serious and risky endeavours, and it's hit him that it might not turn out well. HYDRA experiments could have gone terribly and fatally wrong, and had for everyone else. Separating them had done nothing but fuel more possessive tendencies in Pietro, knowing Wanda was right there on the other side of that wall, so close and he was unable to touch her or even look at her see for himself that she was alright.
Every moment has become more important, and he wants to make her smile like this whenever he can, allow her every back-breaking hug she wants, give her something special on their birthday because maybe they won't be together for the next one. He can't give her a field of sunflowers to look down on instead of the dirty snow out in the street, but Wanda has a vivid imagination and can do the rest herself.]
I'm glad you like it. It was a lot of work.
[For Izak, but Pietro had gone glass hunting for him and technically helped, so he's sure to make it sound like it was a personal effort.]
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You're going to crush my spine.
[He makes no move to let go of her either, holding her almost as firmly. Pietro's gifts have never been things he'd truly put much thought into, as neither of them cared enough about material objects over the meaning behind gestures, not since that day everything changed irreparably and all they'd had left was each other. It's why he steals mostly for other people and not himself, not things that aren't essential. They'd gotten by with almost nothing sometimes for years in a row and that had always been okay, because they were together.
Only now, they're living more dangerous lives, have done things they can't come back from, involved themselves in serious and risky endeavours, and it's hit him that it might not turn out well. HYDRA experiments could have gone terribly and fatally wrong, and had for everyone else. Separating them had done nothing but fuel more possessive tendencies in Pietro, knowing Wanda was right there on the other side of that wall, so close and he was unable to touch her or even look at her see for himself that she was alright.
Every moment has become more important, and he wants to make her smile like this whenever he can, allow her every back-breaking hug she wants, give her something special on their birthday because maybe they won't be together for the next one. He can't give her a field of sunflowers to look down on instead of the dirty snow out in the street, but Wanda has a vivid imagination and can do the rest herself.]
I'm glad you like it. It was a lot of work.
[For Izak, but Pietro had gone glass hunting for him and technically helped, so he's sure to make it sound like it was a personal effort.]