Title: don’t blame me.
Fandom: MCU—WandaVision.
Characters: Wanda, Pietro (Peter version).
Prompt: Clue.
Rating: PG.
Length: 200.
Content warnings: Referencing spoilers for Wandavision. Set sometime before or during 1x06.
Author’s notes: Also written for getyourwordsout’s "chirp". Title is from Taylor Swift’s "Don’t Blame Me."
Summary: Wanda asks Pietro how much older he is than her.


"How much older are you than me?" She rests her head in the crook of his arm, ignoring the way the chill on the grass seeps into the fabric of her shirt. His body is warm where she’s pressed against him. "I’ve forgotten."

His arm’s too long, fingers too strong. His shoulder doesn’t feel as it should. Wanda, of course, ignores it all.

"Hm." Even his hums are too long. "About… five minutes?"

At the shake of her head, he chuckles. "'Course I know how many minutes older I am than you…" His fingers scratch against her shoulder as if he’s trying to dig into her skin for the answer.

Waiting patiently, she counts twenty little stars in the sky before she realises she’s counted a couple three times. He’s taking too long, too slow to read her mind.

Turning to look up at him, he peers down at her. Her expression is too hopeful while his is confused.

"I know how much older I am than you, Wanda," he says, his American accent all wrong. He presses his lips together, trying to summon the number.

"Twelve," Wanda says quietly. Her face falls; his mirrors hers. "Twelve minutes older, Pietro."