deercountry | ( january catch all )

[ her answer should be "no". no, it wouldn't bother her at all. it's fine. everything is fine. having less of people is completely fine, and for someone well-adjusted it wouldn't be a bother. clearly.

she glances at him from her peripherals before she looks straight ahead and gently clears her throat. with a purse of her lips, she shrugs to maintain an air of nonchalance. ]

Maybe.

( huh. )

Oh.

( ugh god, he doesn't really know what to say to that. he's not good at all this. so, he just kind of stares at her.

like an idiot. )

[ glancing at him from the corner of her eye, wanda ignores how she flushes. "oh." a good "oh"? a bad "oh"? why hasn't she ever determined if amos saying "oh" is a good thing? ]

It can… not. [ with a purse of her lips, she shrugs and tries to quickly recover, ignoring the way she fumbles in doing so. ] It won't. I am a very busy person.

What? No, that's not —

( shit. he makes a face. )

Sorry, I'm just...surprised. Not too many people give me that much thought.

Is it because you don't let people get to know you?

[ she glances at him before she looks away. wanda ducks her head and shakes it. ]

Sorry. That wasn't fair.

It's more because a lot of people haven't wanted that.

( he shrugs. )

Been alone or left behind most of my life.

[ that rings true for wanda, too. although, to say that she had been alone for most of her life is a lie. she splits her life into two: with pietro and after pietro. the after has been the loneliest she's ever been. ]

Well… [ she clasps her hands together and wrings her fingers. ] I guess that's not true now.

[ wanda spares him a glance before she looks ahead and drops her gaze. she tents her fingers and relaxes them almost instantly. ]

I guess it's...not.

( which is a strange thing but...kind of nice. still, he doesn't put a lot of faith in it because he's a pessmistic asshole who thinks he'll be left behind. )

I guess you're not alone either.

[ glancing at him, wanda looks away and determinedly focuses on a building on the opposite side of the street. she's not used to anyone wanting to stick around. the last person had been vision, and if it hadn't been for thanos, she'd still have him.

but then she laughs and stifles it and shakes her head as she looks at him. ]

How is it that we have known each other for so long and this is what is most awkward to talk about? There were deer delivering the mail in our last city!

[ of course, she knows the answer to that. vulnerability is harder to talk about than acknowledging cats were on the police force. ]

I miss that place.

( he'd actually liked deerington a lot. trench wasn't terrible and it hadn't been terrible to him but still. )

And I don't know. I don't make talking easy. A friend of mine said that to me not too long ago.

Your friend is wise.

[ no offence, amos. ]

This place isn't so bad. [ wanda holds her hands behind her back as she looks around the abandoned city. ] I felt like something was sitting on me in Deerington. Here, I feel limitless.

[ and that in itself terrified her. but it was also freeing. ]

Really? I think I kind of miss Deerington.

( maybe it was because it was the first place and he hadn't had a bad time there. not always. )

I miss the weird shit. The weird shit that wasn't blood connected.

The blood thing is very weird.

[ it's the first time wanda's really admitted it aloud. it's a concept that's just strange. her blood is different? yet she doesn't feel any different. she wonders if amos does. ]

And the squid thing. [ she scrunches her face in distaste and looks at him. ] Do you feel like a squid? I don't. I feel more like a fish.

[ she's joking about the fish thing. ]

I feel like a lobster.

( does he know what that means? no. does he care? no. )

smells better than a fish.

[ she laughs lightly, delighted that he's even entertaining her. it's such a stupid conversation, but sometimes stupid conversations are much needed. it's made the humming go away for now. ]

Is it because of the claws? [ she snaps her fingers as though they are said claws. looking at his hands, she hums thoughtfully. ] You have big claw energy. I can believe it.

[ she smacks him. ]

But I do not stink!

I don't even know what big claw energy is.

( but that's her cue to tell him because she said it now. )

And you sure you don't smell?

[ this time when she shoves him, she shoves him hard. ]

I take it back. [ petulantly, she crosses her arms against her chest and tilts her chin upward to complete the look. though, she does her best to stop the corners of her mouth curve upward. (she fails.) ] You're tiny claw energy. Very, very tiny.

[ she does not smell! ]

You can't take it back. That's not allowed. Illegal.

( he's just making shit up now. )

You said it and now it's true forever.

But I'm taking it back, so how can it be true if I am saying it's not true?

[ she looks at him pointedly as though that's going to stop him from persisting this, but she likes that he is. amos rarely lets his hair down, and him joining her on this ridiculousness is nice. it's nice to know he has a sense of humour. ]

Because it's not true. The big claw energy. I lied!

So, now you're a liar?

( well, that's even worse than being someone who takes stuff back. )

Wow, that's...stunning. I'm stunned.

[ … damn it. ]

No!

[ this was like talking to pietro. always stepping on her own feet, shoving her foot in her mouth. ]

Yes! [ she huffs in aggravation as she laughs. ] I lied about you having big claw energy. I just wanted you to feel good about yourself when you have very, very, very small claw energy.

[ watch out, big dick energy. ]

Admitting your a liar again. I don't know how I can trust anything you say now.

( he tuts her. )

What a turn of events this is.

[ opening her mouth like a fish, she huffs again, irritated at him. but she finds it impossible to wipe the smile from her face. how can she when he seems to be in a good mood?

when she tries to think of a comeback, she struggles. so, wanda does the only thing she can do: she shoves him. ]

( amos is expecting a retort. he's waiting for it but instead, she shoves him.

she can barely move him but he takes a few steps back anyway. he looks down and then up at her. )

Did you just shove me?

[ she widens her smile as she cocks her brow. wanda rolls her shoulders back with pride. he'd stumbled, even if it was a pathetic sort of stumble. best not to think about that and question her clear win. nonetheless: ]

Yes. I did. [ pointing her finger at him, she informs him sternly, ] And I will do it again if you don't stop!

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