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As a child, and even as an adult you hated thunderstorms. You loved to watch the rain and see lightning flash across the sky, but thunder scared you. You didn’t know why you didn’t like it, but something about it just made you scared. You look over at Natasha.
“It’s going to rain,” Natasha says.
“No it’s not, I will not allow it,” You say.
“Babe, you can’t stop the weather,” Natasha says back.
“Oh yeah, I bet I could with my powers,” You say.
“You’ve only unlocked two powers, one of which is fire and the other is some kind of electricity thing,” She says.
“Exactly. Electric and lightning are the same thing,” You say. Natasha shakes her head with a smile. She holds out her hand and you grab it sitting on the couch with her.
“Don’t worry baby, I’ll protect you,” Natasha says as you lay your head on her shoulder. You sigh and hear Wanda come in. She has a bunch of grocery bags in her hand. You and Natasha get up to help her.
“It looks really bad out there guys. I think it’s going to thunderstorm,” Wanda says. You freeze at her words.
“Oh, Y/N, I’m sorry. I totally forgot, are you okay?” Wanda asks, coming over to you. You are staring at the floor even as Wanda comes near you. Wanda touches your arm and your head snaps up.
“Mama?” You ask her, wondering where she came from.
“Hi baby girl, are you okay?” She asks, a little concerned. You shake your head and look over to Natasha who was watching you.
“Mommy?” You say.
“Yes baby girl?” Natasha asks.
“Pretect me?” You ask her.
“Yes baby girl, Mama and Mommy will protect you,” Natasha says to you. You smile up at her and grab Wanda’s hand. You lead her back into the kitchen to view what goodies she got from the store. You find out that she got you some Skittles and you squeal in delight and go to hug her.
“Fanks Mama,” You say, hugging her.
“You’re welcome baby girl,” Wanda says back. You try to open the package of skittles by yourself while Wanda goes back to help Natasha put away the groceries. You pull on the package as hard as you can, but nothing budges. So you try harder. It doesn’t open. You whine and sit on the couch with a defeated look on your face.
“Mommy can you hel me?” You say.
“Yes, baby girl,” Natasha says, taking the package from your hands and opening it without any effort. She hands the package back to you, you take it and eat the least favorite flavor skittle working your way down to your favorite. You have a few more skittles left of your second favorite flavor when you hear rumbling. A deep rumble that chills you to the bone. You look outside and it’s so dark that it looks like it’s night time - it’s not - it’s only 12:30 in the afternoon. The rumbling stops as soon as it starts and you go back to eating your skittles. You start to hear the pitter patters of the rain on the roof. It starts soft, but soon it turns into a constant noise on the roof. Wanda and Natasha join you on the couch and put on SpongeBob SquarePants. You are watching the fish hook episode, one of your favorites. Wanda had gone up and grabbed the love blanket and Bunny for you. That’s where you find yourself now, snuggled up in the love blanket with Wanda and Natasha on either side of you and with Bunny with you.
You are enjoying the show laughing along whenever Wanda or Natasha laughed. You always loved to see them laugh, it always made you smile or laugh too. The rain being drowned out by the cartoon.
BOOM!
You jump at the sound and start to tremble. Natasha is quick to hold you close to her chest. You shake in her arms while Wanda rubs your back comferently.
BOOM!
You jump again and tears start to well up in your eyes.
“Mommy,” You say quietly.
“It’s okay sweetheart, you’re okay,” Natasha says. You only cry harder, your tears soaking Natasha’s shirt.
“You know what makes that big noise, baby girl,” Natasha says. You shake your head not knowing. Natasha’s eyes go wide.
“You don’t know? But everyone knows,” Natasha says, getting you to stop crying. You look up at her.
“Mommy tell me,” You say to her.
“Well, alright I guess I’ll tell you. But you have to promise to keep it a secret, okay?” You nod your head with big eyes.
“Okay,” Natasha says in a whisper. “There is this bunny, called Mr.Bunny, that comes around sometimes. Mr.Bunny is big and grey and he likes to hop around, and that’s what we hear. Those big booming sounds are Mr.Bunny hopping around trying to get places,” Natasha says to you, shaking her head up and down. Your eyes grow wider as you hear the thunder outside.
Boom!
“Oh, did you hear that baby girl? That was Mr.Bunny,” Wanda says. This time you don’t shake or tremble but you smile.
“Where is Mr.Bunny going?” You ask them.
“Well Mr.Bunny has a lot to do. He goes to different places, and if you’re lucky he’ll leave surprises,” Natasha says.
“Wut kind of pwirzes?” You ask her.
“Puddles,” Wanda says enthusiastically.
“Pu’les?” You ask.
“Yeah baby girl, puddles are so much fun. You can jump in them, just like Mr.Bunny jumps, and splash around,” Natasha says.
“I wanna jump in pu’les,” You say. “Wanna jump like Mr.Bunny,” You say to them.
“Well, we have to wait till Mr.Bunny hops away. You can count the seconds in between each of his hops as he gets further and further away,” Natasha says to you.
Boom!
“One, two, three,” Natasha and Wanda start counting.
“‘Our, ‘ive, six, ‘even, ate, nine, en,” You count with them. You count all the way to 15 before you hear Mr.Bunny hop again. You count with Natasha and Wanda until you don’t hear the thunder anymore. You go back to watching your show waiting for the rain to stop so you can go jump in the puddles.
When the rain stops an hour later you rush to the window.
“Mommy, Mama, can we go out now?” You ask, seeing a huge puddle.
“Yes baby girl, let’s get your rain boots on,” Wanda says. You run over to her and she helps you put on your colorful bogs. You are in a simple tee-shirt and shorts. After Wanda helps you put on your boots you start running for the front door where Natasha is waiting for you. You wait impatiently for Wanda to come and join you. When she finally does you walk outside to feel the humid air hitting your face. You walk around the building and spot the puddle you saw from earlier.
“Ooo, Mommy, Mama! Wook at dat one!” You say pointing to the puddle that was as big as you. You look up at them with questioning eyes.
“Go on baby girl,” Wanda says. You let go of their hands and run up to the puddle. You poke at it with your boot expermently. You take a step back and look over to see if Natasha and Wanda are watching. When you see that they are you crouch down and spring up and forward. Your feet hit the puddle and water splashes all around you. You giggle and start jumping up and down repeatedly. The water splashing everywhere and getting you wet. Wanda and Natasha watch you lovingly as you play in the puddle. You jump in the puddle so much that it starts to turn muddy. As you jump, mud and dirt splash up onto you. You spot another puddle near you and race over to it. You jump in all the puddles you can find in the yard, a muddy mess by the time you are done.
“Baby girl, you are gonna need a bath,” Natasha says. You giggle as Natasha starts walking towards you. When she’s within five feet of you, you take off running laughing all the way.
“Hey!” Natasha says with a smile, taking after you. Natasha chases you around the yard getting muddy herself. Wanda watches Natasha chase you rolling her eyes at your childishness, but deep down she thinks it adorable. She watched you for a while until she uses her magic and soon you are surrounded by red wisps of magic. Wanda floats you into her arms and peppers your face with kisses.
“Mama,” You say through giggles.
“What, I’m just loving my baby girl, can I not do that?” Wanda asks with a fake hurt expression.
“No Mama, no sad, more kisses,” You say. She goes back to kissing your face.
“Looks like Mommy needs a bath too, huh baby girl?” Wanda asks you. You nod your head with a smile. Natasha kisses your cheek and you three walk back into the compound. You are no longer frightened by thunderstorms, knowing that Mr.Bunny is hopping around and that he leaves little presents for you.