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It was an ominous night. Wanda saw the lightning flashing, could hear the thunder rumbling and the increasing pitter patter of raindrops on the window. She continued to pace restlessly around the bedroom. Stephen had told her he would get back late from the mission and asked her to not stay up for him as she needed her rest. She fondly reminisced of their missions together for a brief moment until she felt her nervousness creeping back. With the twins tucked in and fast asleep for some time, she half contemplated going over to Kamar-Taj and inquiring of Stephen's whereabouts.
She completed another round of restless pacing when golden sparks appeared, materialising into a portal, through which Stephen stumbled in looking a bit worse for wear. Wanda moved towards him, making a quick note of the cuts on his face and tugs him in for a hug. Stephen melts into the embrace and buries his face in her neck. He could feel the day’s tension and excitement fade away leaving him feeling extremely tired.
The Cloak of Levitation, not wanting to miss out wrapped around them. Stephen could hear Wanda’s muffled laugh and a muffled “Good to see you too Cloakie.”
“Are the boys asleep?”
“Yep. Tucked them in a few hours ago.” Wanda leaned back and looked at him. “I would have tagged along to help you if I knew the mission would be this bad.” She motioned to the cuts on his face.
“It’s nothing severe. Just some cuts and a couple of bruises. You know I will not risk you and the little one.” Stephen placed his hand on her baby bump and like clockwork their daughter obligingly kicked. His lips curved into a smile.
“I think I might have scarred Billy and Tommy by eating pickles with ice cream.” Wanda sheepishly admitted with a giggle. “The look of horror they gave me was priceless!” Stephen wrinkled his nose, still finding it disgusting which Wanda found extremely amusing.
“Go shower. I will get you a cup of tea.” She gave him a quick kiss and walked to the door.
She returned within a few minutes with a steaming cup of tea, and handed it to a grateful Stephen. Wanda sat in front of him and gently cupped his face with one hand and brought the other over his wounds, Wisps of red magic materialised from her hand and began healing the wounds.
Stephen stared at her with so much love and adoration that Wanda felt her heart skip a beat.
“You are amazing darling. My beautiful amazing wife.”
“Thank you Stephen. Now off to bed with you. I will join in a moment.” She gives him a dazzling smile, red dusting her cheeks from Stephen’s heartfelt compliment.