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Until it Sleeps

Tony Stark x OFC Soulmate AU

(Metallica Really? Part 8)

Summary: The aftermath of the Battle of New York

Warnings: Mentions of violence, cursing

Word Count: 2.3k

A/N: Sorry that it took literally a year for me to get this out. Writer’s block and having kids is no joke. 

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Tony ended up being in the hospital at the tower for one more day before he demanded to be let out. Stating that it wasn’t like he died or anything. You took a deep breath trying to calm down the tempest that was your emotions before deciding, screw it and letting him have it. 

“Actually,” you state your teeth and fists clenched trying to reign in your frustration, “you did die Tony. Your heart legitimately stopped, we still aren’t sure how long it was stopped but we know, for a fact, that your heart stopped. You were dead Tony, I saw you die, and yet here you are in all your arrogance stating that it wasn’t that bad. Well, dying may have been fine for you Anthony Stark but I don’t know what I would have done if the Hulk hadn’t acted like a giant green monster defibrillator and restarted your heart. You may not care about your health or life but I do dammit.” You take a deep breath turning away from Tony hoping that he didn’t notice the tears in your eyes before excusing yourself to go get a coffee without looking back at him.

You head to the cafe across the street for a coffee and some time alone to calm your racing heart. You also use this time to allow some of the tears that you had been holding back to fall, you have always hated being an angry crying but you can’t blame just your anger for these tears. The past couple of days had been some of the hardest most emotionally turbulent since Tony got kidnapped, but at least that time you didn’t see him get hurt or die right in front of you. You take another deep breath and allow yourself the time to think about everything that has happened and process all the emotions roiling around. Tony will survive without you in the room long enough for you to calm down and drink your coffee. As you sit in the cafe staring out the window you remember the burning you felt in your mark as his heart stopped. Fuck, you will never be able to forget that feeling and the accompanying sense of dread and despair at the thought of losing your soulmate, of losing Tony. You then begin to wonder when will be the right time to tell him about it, maybe you should just bite the bullet and do it. But if you do that then there is no guarantee that he will believe you and you might just lose him anyway. Wouldn’t that be just your luck… no you decide that fate has a plan for it. So, you should wait until his mark shows up since there is no other way that he would believe you. 

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Until it Sleeps

Tony Stark x OFC Soulmate AU

(Metallica Really? Part 8)

Summary: The aftermath of the Battle of New York

Warnings: Mentions of violence, cursing

Word Count: 2.3k

A/N: Sorry that it took literally a year for me to get this out. Writer’s block and having kids is no joke. 

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Tony ended up being in the hospital at the tower for one more day before he demanded to be let out. Stating that it wasn’t like he died or anything. You took a deep breath trying to calm down the tempest that was your emotions before deciding, screw it and letting him have it. 

“Actually,” you state your teeth and fists clenched trying to reign in your frustration, “you did die Tony. Your heart legitimately stopped, we still aren’t sure how long it was stopped but we know, for a fact, that your heart stopped. You were dead Tony, I saw you die, and yet here you are in all your arrogance stating that it wasn’t that bad. Well, dying may have been fine for you Anthony Stark but I don’t know what I would have done if the Hulk hadn’t acted like a giant green monster defibrillator and restarted your heart. You may not care about your health or life but I do dammit.” You take a deep breath turning away from Tony hoping that he didn’t notice the tears in your eyes before excusing yourself to go get a coffee without looking back at him.

You head to the cafe across the street for a coffee and some time alone to calm your racing heart. You also use this time to allow some of the tears that you had been holding back to fall, you have always hated being an angry crying but you can't blame just your anger for these tears. The past couple of days had been some of the hardest most emotionally turbulent since Tony got kidnapped, but at least that time you didn't see him get hurt or die right in front of you. You take another deep breath and allow yourself the time to think about everything that has happened and process all the emotions roiling around. Tony will survive without you in the room long enough for you to calm down and drink your coffee. As you sit in the cafe staring out the window you remember the burning you felt in your mark as his heart stopped. Fuck, you will never be able to forget that feeling and the accompanying sense of dread and despair at the thought of losing your soulmate, of losing Tony. You then begin to wonder when will be the right time to tell him about it, maybe you should just bite the bullet and do it. But if you do that then there is no guarantee that he will believe you and you might just lose him anyway. Wouldn't that be just your luck... no you decide that fate has a plan for it. So, you should wait until his mark shows up since there is no other way that he would believe you. 

Deciding to head back to the med level of the tower you also choose to grab Tony a coffee, it would be your way to apologize for yelling at him... even though it was justified. You walk into the room and notice that Tony is still laying in the hospital bed instead of running around like you expected him to be. 

“I thought you wanted to get out of bed as quickly as possible,” you state wondering what could have changed his mind. 

“I do,” He answers, with a small shrug not taking his eyes off of you, “but you and the doctor brought up some great points and I have agreed to be released in the morning on the condition that I stay in the Tower for at least a week before going back to California. For observational purposes. But luckily that will also give me time to fix up my suit and start talking to construction companies about fixing up the Tower.” You can see his new suit ideas swirling around in his eyes as well as the pad of paper that he has next to him that is full of building notes and to-dos. You allow yourself to crack a small smile at his antics and roll your eyes. Of course, he would decide to use the time he is being told not to work, to work, not that you were surprised.

“If you are going to spend the time looking for people to help rebuild the tower then maybe you can look at finding ways to help rebuild the rest of New York while you are at it?” You ask while handing him his coffee sitting back down in that stupid uncomfortable chair. You hear him 'hmm' to himself before listing all the pros and cons of your idea under his breath and asking JARVIS to remind him the next day to do just that. Grabbing your tablet you start getting some work done, you send a list of the approved contractors that initially built the tower to Tony, set a reminder to look into clean-up companies for everything left behind after the battle, and last but not least schedule a maid to clean Tony’s California house at the end of the week so that it will be ready from his return.

 When Tony leaves at the end of the week to go back to California, you decide to stay in New York for a little longer to make sure that the cleanup team created by Stark Industries is working smoothly. You also want to be available to make sure that there are no snags from the government being the government. Your planned upon two-week deadline flies past and there is still so much work to get done that it ends up being a full month before you are able to make it back to California and Tony.

After landing back in California you decide to stop by Tony’s house first before making your way back to your and Sarah’s apartment. Stepping into his mansion which is still too big but not nearly as clean as usual you realize that Tony might not be as fine as he told you. After searching throughout the house for him you shake your head at your own stupidity and make your way down to his lab, because honestly where else would he be? You find him slumped over a piece of a suit that you had never seen before, fast asleep.

“Oh Tony,” you whisper to yourself before quietly making your way over to him. You crouch down and gently touch his arm and he startles awake flinging his arms out as if to ward off an attack. You take a step back to keep from getting accidentally hit. “Tony!" You call out, trying to get his attention. "Hey, Tony, sweetheart it’s just me Liza” You watch as he seems to shake himself out of his half-asleep state and try to focus on you.

“Liza?" he croaks out trying to get his eyes to focus. "You’re back?” Your heart breaks a little at the uncertainty in his voice. 

“Of course, I’m back," you say crouching back down next to him. "I'm sorry it took a little longer than planned but I was always going to come back to California.” You try to keep your concern for his current state out of your voice as you talk to him, slowly reaching for his arm. “Ok Tony, let's get you in bed to sleep.” You gently pull on his arm to get him to start standing up with you but he pulls back out of your grip and looks at you wildly. 

“No!" His voice is loud in your ears as he starts to ramble. "I can’t sleep I have to keep everyone safe, I have to make sure that everyone is safe..” He keeps murmuring about keeping people safe as he turns back to what he was working on before he fell asleep. You place your hands softly on his cheeks and slowly get him to turn his face to look back at you. 

“Tony," you state leaving no place for argument, "it is not your job to keep everyone safe, you can’t possibly keep everyone safe.” He cuts you off with his pleading reply.

“But I have to keep you safe, you have to be safe,” His eyes have taken back on the wild look as if he is desperate for you to understand. “You have to be safe. You and Sarah and Rhodey. It’s my job to keep you safe.” 

You start to gently rub your thumbs over his cheekbones trying to calm him down while keeping eye contact with him. As his rambling begins to taper off you are able to speak to him again. “Sweetheart, we are safe, I’m here with you, I’m safe.” You place his fingers over your pulse point, “Focus on what you feel, feel my pulse?” you wait until he nods before continuing. “Focus on my pulse, see I’m ok, I’m healthy and here, and you don’t have to worry about me right now.” You watch as the tension begins to leave his stance as he is able to pull himself back from his panic. Once you can tell he’s back and doing ok you are able to convince him to get some sleep, since, going by the size of the bags under his eyes, he hasn’t been sleeping much. You walk with him to his room and help get him into bed, before he is willing to let himself rest he makes you promise that you won’t leave while he’s asleep. You promise and once his breathing even out you begin looking at options for a therapist, knowing that you would never force him to go but you would still suggest it, maybe you could talk to them too. 

About an hour into his nap, Tony starts to whimper and move around, you reach over and grasp his hand giving it a squeeze so that he knows you are still there and he clams back down. About thirty minutes later he starts to thrash around and just holding his hand isn’t helping anymore. So you do the only thing that you can think of, You crawl into the bed next to him and pull him against you. Tony’s arms immediately wrap around you and pull you as close to him as he can before he takes a couple of deep breaths and relaxes back into sleep. You debate if there is any way for you to get back out of the bed without waking Tony back up but quickly conclude that it isn’t an option. Instead, you let yourself relax against him and lay your arm over him, it isn’t long before sleep takes you too.

Waking up in the morning you are a little confused since you are warmer than normal and there is a weight over your back and your pillow is moving. Then your pillow starts talking… "Well," you hear Tony's voice rumble through his chest, "this isn't how I expected to wake up but I'm definitely not complaining." You can mentally see the smirk on his face as he spoke and your eyes widen. You quickly push yourself off of your boss and out of the bed.

"Oh Shit, I'm sorry you were having a nightmare and it was the only thing I could think of to help.” You start to panic and can't get yourself to stop talking and apologizing until Tony cuts off your detrimental tirade and smiles at you. 

“Liza, thank you.” He says, stopping you in the middle of your sentence, shocked.

“Thank you?” you repeat, “Wha, wh, Thank you?” Tony smiles even more at your confusion.

“Yes Liza, thank you. That was the best sleep I’ve had in a month, it's daylight outside so that means I actually slept all night. So yes Liza, thank you.”

You blink at him a couple of times before slowly nodding and saying you're welcome. You start to move around the room looking for the shoes that you took off before getting into bed and continue to speak. “Well, I should probably be getting to my apartment, Sarah is probably worried since I told her I should have been there yesterday.” 

“Oh Liza,” Tony interrupts snapping his fingers like he just remembered something. “You and Sarah don’t have the apartment anymore, I had a house built, one for each of you but if you want to continue living with Sarah at her new house you won’t hurt my feelings.”

You stare at him for a moment completely at a loss. “You, you had a house built for me?” Your confusion is evident in your voice and the look on your face. “Why?” you ask honestly puzzled.

“Why?” Tony parrots, “Because, you are one of the most important people in my life and I don’t want you to ever have to worry about paying rent or making ends meet. I want you to be happy and taken care of.” He states, honesty painted on his face and in his voice.

You continue to stare at him for a little while longer trying to figure out what is going through his head. A smile slowly takes over your face as you stare at the man in front of you. You had always known that there was a softer side to Tony but sometimes he hides it so well. Then of course he had to ruin it. 

“I also can’t let people think I don’t take care of my employees especially not those that as close to me. Think of the press I would get for that!” You just snort at his antics before bidding him goodbye and telling him that you would check on him again either later that day or the next. Before you can get out of the room he calls out “Thank you, Liza. Oh, and can you have some Shwarma sent over?” 

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‘Till We Bleed Out Series - COMPLETED.

Vampire!bucky x reader AU

Run-through: Your car breaks down on a deserted road on a rainy night. You have no other option but to seek shelter from the nearest house you could find; the mansion, which happened to be the talk of the town for its mysteriousness along with its equally mysterious owner, Mr. Barnes. The universe can be tricky sometimes but the fact that you found yourself at that mansion’s doorstep at that time was no simple coincidence. That one night changes everything forever - quite literally. True love, past lives and creatures from folklore; turns out it’s all real. 

Themes throughout the series: Vampire!bucky, fluff, smut, angst

‘Till We Bleed Out: Completed. 

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pairing: bucky barnes x reader, social media au, sugar daddy au

summary: James needs something.  More specifically, he needs someone.  Someone he can take care of that’ll fill his daily quota of affection.  Who better than a college student whose heart is too big for her own good?

warnings: swearing, mentioned violence in later chapters, references to past abuse

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His Favourite Gal: A Bucky x Reader Mobster AU Fic Part 1

An eventual mob!Bucky x Reader fic 

Part 1  Part 2  Part 3  Part 4  Part 5  Part 6

The reader begins working as a waitress at Bucky Barnes’ favourite club in town. Little does she realise that working on mob territory owned by the infamous King of New York, Bucky Barnes, comes with it’s quirks as the reader is slowly pulled into the mobster life.  Warnings: None for this part, mostly platonic fluff. 

Word count: Approx 2500

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Exiting through the doors of the bar you worked at, you trudged down the street. Putting your jacket hood up as the rain started, you began your cautious night time walk home. You’d had another gruelling day; your boss was relentless and you were close to quitting and finding a new job. Seeing a group of drunks ahead of you, you decided to take a different route that was slightly longer. It took you through mob territory, but at least it was owned by the King of New York, Bucky Barnes, who made it his objective to keep the people safe.

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Hi my love!!! I am so sorry that it has taken me so long to get back to you! I just posted two new chapters and I really hope that you like them. I am going to try to be better about posting I was just pulled into a Harry Potter fanfiction hyperfixation and discovered fanfiction.net so my bad.

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Hero of the Day

Tony Stark x OFC Soulmate AU

(Metallica Really? Part 7)

Summary: Now there are aliens attacking New York... Great.

Warnings: Mentions of violence, cursing

Word Count: 3.3k

A/N: Two chapters in one day!! No way! My parents are watching the girls today and I was able to pull out of my Happy Potter fanfiction hyperfixation long enough to write these today so please enjoy!! I also plan on going back through and checking over the point of view cause I think it may be a bit wonky, but I really wanted to get this posted.  

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In the time since the Hammer debacle life had calmed down… somewhat. Tony had been continuously tinkering with his Iron man suits and had publicly congratulated Pepper and Happy for their wedding. During one of your nights in with him and Sarah in the lab he had confessed that he only loved Pepper as family, someone he could lean on, and that he was so unused to having someone to love and care for he had mistaken it for a romantic type of love. Luckily Pepper had promptly set him straight. Your relationship with Tony had mostly settled back into its normal banter but now there was something more to it. You were not just his PA, not that you had been for years, but now you knew that you were truly someone he looked to for advice, someone he trusted.

His newest project was expanding the reach of Stark Industries by building a ridiculously large and ostentatious tower in New York as a new base of operations. You, of course, had been roped into helping him, your old duties having been delegated to Pepper’s new PA, as she now had Tony’s old job of CEO. Never one to limit his options, Tony decided to keep his house in Malibu as well as build a massive penthouse in the new tower. To your delight, the tower floor plans included two ridiculously large apartments for you and Sarah on the level below. You had watched with a warm feeling in your chest as every new iteration of the tower included a space for you directly adjacent to his, usually with your own library and balcony. You didn’t let Tony see of course how much it meant to you that he made sure to carve out a space for you in this new facet of his life. He hadn’t told you yet but while construction was happening at the tower he had also a house built in Malibu near his for you, and Sarah if you so chose, to live. Your friendship with Sarah deepened as you continued your self-defense and rock climbing classes together, or as you sat with her as she continued work on her motorcycle in your free time. Tony promised her that the motorcycle would move with her if and when she decided to move to the New York base.

Life was mostly quiet in the world of Iron man, besides the odd person trying to copy some of his tech and ultimately failing, The only person who had ever gotten close to succeeding had been Ivan and he had had the blueprints for the original arc reactor due to his father. You divided your time between the East and West coasts depending on where Tony needed you to be at any given time. You stayed in California working on setting up a couple of new divisions of Stark Industries while Sarah temporarily moved to New York in order to help Tony with a “top secret” project with Shield. Apparently, they were working on how to thaw a man who had survived being frozen in a block of ice since WWII, not that you knew anything about it. You spent the last month at the Tower with Tony as construction finished so that you were available to help out where needed.

You watched as Tony landed outside on the balcony, he had just finished doing some underwater welding successfully converting the Tower to run solely on Arc Reactor technology. You were pretty proud about being the one that gave him that idea. He had just handed you a glass of champagne when Jarvis came over the speaker saying that his programming was being overrun and Agent Coulson stepped out of the elevator.

“You’ve been ignoring my calls,” Coulson states not even bothering to say hi. You giggle to yourself, you’ve become friends with him over the last year since you were the main person that Tony would actually listen to.

“Hello Phil, it’s lovely to see you! I didn’t realize you were in New York.” You call, rushing over to give him a hug. Tony gives you a look that you aren’t able to decipher before giving Coulson an incredulous look.

“Phil?” He states pointing at Coulson and raising his eyebrow.

Coulson ignores Tony and continues to speak with you. “I can’t stay,” he says, Tony speaking over him in the background.

“His first name is Agent.” You just roll your eyes at Tony’s antics.

“You’re welcome here,” you say leading Coulson further into the penthouse, “ we are just celebrating the completion of the tower.” He gives you a smile before pulling out a laptop and heading over to Tony, holding it out for him to grab.

“We need you to look over this as soon as possible.” He states, Tony just stares at it with a disbelieving look on his face.

“I don’t like being handed things,” he says looking back up at Coulson you roll your eyes again, he really was too much sometimes. You step over to them reaching for the laptop.

“You’re such a dork sometimes.’ you say placing the laptop on the bar next to you while Tony says something about consulting hours.

“Is this about the Avengers?” You ask innocently, Phil gives you a hard stare. “Relax, Tony didn’t tell me about it,” you state with a wink “and anyway you know that I won't tell anyone.”

“The Avengers initiative was scrapped, I thought, and I didn't even qualify. Something about being volatile and not playing well with others.” Tony says walking over to the bar and pouring himself a tumbler of whiskey and opening the laptop.  You smirk, turning away so that Tony doesn’t see as he moves the holograms from the screen into the air. You stare in shock at the information being projected.

“You have homework, Tony” You look over at him as he absorbs the information displayed.

“You mean we have homework?” He replies looking at you out of the corner of his eye.

Raising your eyebrow you turn towards Tony, he looks at you pleadingly. “You know that I study better with you helping me.” You huff out a laugh while shaking your head.

“Fine,” you head over to the coffee maker. “I’ll help, but I’m going to need caffeine.”

As you fight to stay awake at 3 am you wonder to yourself if you will ever truly get used to pulling these all-nighters and why you subject yourself to them but watching Tony explaining some of what he is reading to you with excitement you know. At four in the morning your body gives in and you fall asleep leaning on the couch, Tony looks over at you, a small smile on his face and he pulls a blanket around you before going back to his work. The sun streaming through the window is what wakes you up in the morning, you start to move only to freeze when you realize what you are laying on, or rather who. Slowly lifting your head, you turn to look at Tony whose lap your head was resting to see that he was still asleep. You smile at the view of his head leaning back on the couch, his mouth wide open, small snores making their way past his lips.

You stretch as you walk into the kitchen to make some coffee, noticing that Tony had absolutely nothing in the fridge. “Hey Jarvis?” you whisper trying not to wake Tony. Jarvis answers in an equally soft tone.

“Yes, Miss Martin.”

“Could you please order us some breakfast for delivery? Something with French Toast and over-medium eggs, you know how he likes those when he has had a long night.”

“Yes, Miss Martin, I will have one of the security members bring it up when it arrives.”

“You are the absolute best J,” you reply smiling.

“I am sure you say that to all of your AI’s” You snort out a laugh shaking your head as you head back to the living room. You check to make sure that Tony is still asleep before taking your coffee and the notes that you were taking last night outside. Trying to figure out why they were bringing this back to his attention now. You notice in the file about a god named Thor that they have now discovered that there are in fact alien species. So maybe this is a just-in-case type of situation. This seems like the answer until you stumble across the information that is included about something called the Tesseract. You decide to head inside and see if you can find out any more information.

You spend the rest of the morning researching with Tony once he wakes up as the food arrives. The smile he gives you melts your heart and he walks over and gives you a kiss on the cheek in thanks. You have to try way too hard to hide the blush painting your cheeks. You are sprawled out on the floor next to Tony when Jarvis comes over the intercom telling Tony that he is needed in Germany as quickly as possible. You give him a small sad smile.

“Duty calls.” you mummer he sits up and reaches for you, you slip into his arms and hug him. “I’ll be ok, I’m more worried about you, you’re the one who will be in danger.” you say pulling back to look him in the eyes “Just,” you close your eyes and take a deep breath before meeting his. “Just, promise you’ll come back to me, ok?”

“I promise.” He replies, the tilt of his mouth and look in his eyes could only be described as soft. Tony leans forward and brushes his lips across your forehead before getting up and rushing to get suited up and flying off.

“Jarvis!” you call out

“Already pulled up the feed in the living room, miss” you run to the couch and watch until you know that he is out and safe, it honestly doesn't help your anxiety much, but Tony calling you as soon as he made it to wherever they were keeping him did.

An agent from Shield came by a little while later and collected some of Tony’s belongings since he would not be coming back to the tower yet. You decide to stay at the tower for a couple more days in case he gets to come back. The next morning you are surprised when you are put on a four-way call between Tony, a man you recognized as Bruce Banner, and Sarah. During which Tony describes what happened in Germany and what they know about the tesseract and the scepter that they got from Loki.

“It’s a little concerning that someone would come all the way from another world in order to get this thing, isn’t it? I mean this man must have a plan and I doubt he was the only one involved.” A man in red, white, and blue barges in as you are speaking, “Tony, I bet this man has a plan A, B, and C, please don’t let your guard down, cause I don’t think you will like what he has planned next.” you trail off as the connection is lost as something is slammed down onto one of the tables. You stare at the empty space in front of you where Tony’s face had just been, a sinking feeling in your gut. You answer the incoming call from Sarah grateful that she wants to talk through everything as well.

“Sarah, I really don’t like this. I have a feeling that this guy has a bigger plan and that Tony will be right in the middle of it.” You start to pace as you speak, unable to stand still.

“Liza, He’s Iron Man he will always be in the middle of it. As much as he postures he can’t just stand to the side and let someone else get the glory.” You roll your eyes at her attempt to make you laugh, the knots in your stomach not loosening.

“I know Sarah, doesn’t mean I have to like it.” You give her a small smile that was more of a grimace.

She tilts her head at you for a moment like she is debating whether or not she should ask what’s on her mind. “Have you told him yet?” You look at her with a raised eyebrow and shake your head. It’s her turn to roll her eyes at you, “you have got to be kidding me!! It’s been over a year love, you need to tell him!”

You laugh a derisive sound. “Tell him what exactly? Hey, I know you don’t believe that you have a soulmate and you don’t have a mark but I do and I think that it points to you. Would you like another coffee, sir?” You shake your head, “not happening.”

Sarah just watches you, used to your dramatics when it comes to Tony. “Whatever girl, you’ll have to tell him at some point and I just don’t want you to wait until it is too late.”

“I know, I know, I won’t but it’s just not the right time yet.”

“Yeah, Yeah, yeah keep telling yourself that. Go to sleep love it must be getting late there and I know you didn’t sleep much last night.” You smile at your friend, you really don’t know where you would be without her.

“Night Sarah.”

You were in the Tower the next day when what would later be known as the Battle of New York began. You ran throughout the building getting people to take shelter in the middle and lower floors, doing your best to keep everyone calm. Luckily for you, even with it being in the middle of the action it was one of the buildings that were mainly left alone. You would later discover that that was in part to do with the fact that the portal originated from the Tower so it was the one building being guarded by the invaders instead of attacked. You stood near enough to one of the windows to see a little of what was going on, hoping that Tony was ok and that he and the rest of the Avengers would be able to stop the aliens from taking over the city.

You are pulled out of your observation by the sound of your phone ringing. Pulling it out of your pocket you rushed to answer when you saw that it was Tony.

“Tony! Where are you, are you ok?” your words are a little garbled due to how quickly you spoke.

“Liza, thank God you’re ok. Ok sweetheart I need you to listen to me for a moment, please don't interrupt.” your heart stutters at the urgency in his tone.

“Ok, but I don’t understand…” You notice something heading towards the building fast, you startle a little when you recognize it as Tony.

“The council that runs Shield decided to send a nuke into New York and I am currently redirecting it into the Portal and I don’t know what will happen when I do,” You watch as he forced the nuke up right before they both slammed into the tower, heading straight up towards the portal, “But I had to talk to you first. I had to … you …know that I … Liza…” The tears fall in earnest as the connection glitches out and the line goes dead. You run down the stairs and outside as the aliens around you collapse. You watch in terror as the portal starts to close, Tony nowhere in sight. Please, Please, Please. Your mark starts to burn and throb as you see him slip through falling through the clear blue sky. “No” you whisper, running in the general direction that you see him falling. A hand grasps yours and you turn to see Natasha pulling you along towards where she knows Steve is. You look at the falling figure of Tony in time to see a large green blob catch him from the sky and slow his descent.

You rush to his side ignoring the people standing around him. “Tony!” your voice is hoarse as you shake his shoulders and fight with his mask.

“Fuck no Tony! You promised you would come back to me, you promised.” you are pulled away from him and into two rather large arms as, what you now recognize as the Hulk, rips Tony’s mask off and screams in his face. Your whole body collapses as he takes in a huge breath and opens his eyes, your mark returning to normal as Tony spouts some shit about shawarma before passing back out. You turn your face into the chest behind you, not caring that you are absolutely fucking losing your shit sobbing on a stranger. You hear the rumble of soothing yet confusing words as you begin to calm down. Wait a second did he just call you maiden? You pull back and look into the face of a larger-than-life god of a man, before pulling completely out of his arms embarrassed.

“There is nothing to be embarrassed about, little maiden, he is your life mate is he not?” you look at the man, who you now recognize from the portfolio as Thor, in shock before slowly nodding. “Then your reactions are to be expected.”

Another Adonis of a man walks up to you, “We are going to take him to a hospital. Would you like to come with us?” you stare at him a moment before recognizing him as Steve Rogers. You nod again before finding your voice.

“He has a full medical staff at the Tower, the power is still operational and the tower is still largely intact. It would be easiest to take him there.”

It has been two days since the battle and Tony still hasn’t woken up, not once. You have spent the entirety of those two days in an uncomfortable armchair next to his hospital bed. During those two days, a multitude of people have come by to check on him including Director Fury who in a move totally unlike himself told you everything that had happened including what had happened to Coulson. His reasoning for telling you was that you would hear it anyway, whether from Tony or finding your way onto the Shield mainframe. His last words are accompanied by a raised eyebrow, you were not intimidated in the least and gave him your most innocent-looking face before telling him that you have no idea what he was talking about.

You are wasting your time by sketching a picture of Tony lying in the bed when a voice hoarse from disuse calls your name.

“Liza, what are you doing?”

Your heart jumps in your chest, but you feign indifference.

“Sketching, I had to figure out something to do in this dreary room, and baking wasn’t an option.” You finally give in to the voice in your head and look over to him. He is staring at you with a soft smile and something in his eyes that you aren’t quite able to name.  You disentangle your limbs from the lounging position with your legs flung over the armrest, it had become a favorite of yours considering it was the only way to be remotely comfortable.

“I didn’t know you could sketch.” He states not looking away from you. He drags his eyes up and down your body as if he were making sure that you were alright.

“There’s a lot you don’t know about me, Tony.” You reply breaking eye contact and looking down at your lap. You aren’t usually this shy but there was something about the look that he is giving you that is making you blush like a schoolgirl.

“That’s a mistake that I have every intention of rectifying.” You roll your eyes at him, refusing to rise to the bait before pushing the button to call in the nurse that was on duty.

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Nothing Else Matters

Tony Stark x OFC Soulmate AU

(Metallica Really? Part 6)

Summary: Tony’s POV Chapter 5

Warnings: Mentions of violence, cursing

Word Count: 3k

A/N: Yes, I have finally posted a new chapter!! I am so sorry it has taken so long. Life is crazy, I work full time and have a two year old and 7 month old at home so I write when I can. Please enjoy!!

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Tony doesn’t enjoy fighting. Which is kind of ironic considering that he is seen as a hero that has to fight the bad guys for the greater good. But as much as he dislikes fighting he knows that ever since Yensin he can’t just stand by the side he has to help people and Iron Man is one of the only ways he knows how.

Flying to confront Ivan and Hammer was not how he wanted to spend his evening. In fact, he really wanted his evening to consist of eating crappy take-out and watching a movie with his personal assistant Liza. Is that weird? No, she’s one of his closest friends. Hell, the only reason she is still his personal assistant is so that he can have her around all the time, plus he would be lost without her. He tries not to dwell on the pit that opens in his stomach when he thinks of her leaving again. Tony is wrapped up in his thoughts the whole way to Manhattan, he is hoping that he will be able to reason with Hammer, but he has a sinking feeling that he won’t. That feeling is confirmed when Hammer acts like he has no idea what Tony is talking about. But it’s when Rhodey’s suit takes aim at him along with all the drones that everything goes to shit.

Tony flies away from the crowd, all of the drones and Rhodey following after him. He calls for Jarvis to break into Rhodey’s suit so that they can get back control but nothing is working. So, Tony does the only thing he can do: he fights. Luckily Natasha is able to override Rhodey’s suit and give him back control. They spend too much time arguing about who should have the high ground that they are suddenly surrounded. Having each other's backs they fight and destroy all of the drones. But as Tony is learning, nothing is ever easy and Ivan has outdone himself with the new electrical whips. Using the move that ended up mainly destroying his mansion, Rhodey and Tony fire their repulsors at each other, the resulting black fatally wounding Ivan. Before dying Ivan looks at Tony with a smirk. “You lose”

The drones begin to flash and all Tony can think about is getting everyone including Pepper out safely. Luckily Pepper is clever and had called the police when everything had started meaning almost everyone had already been evacuated. Everyone but Pepper who was standing right next to a drone. Barreling towards her as fast as possible, Tony gets ahold of her right before the drones detonate. Flying her to a roof out of the blast radius he sets her down.

“You just had to be a hero and stay back didn’t you?”

“I had to do something Tony you know that.”

“No wonder Happy is your soulmate, you are both way too self-sacrificing.”

“Tony”

“No you don’t get it Pep, I love you. I will always love you. But I don’t get to be with you just because some arbitrary higher power says you should be with someone else?” He is yelling now, angry at her, angry at himself but most of all angry that he will never get to have a soulmate. That he will never have that kind of love. A change in the display on his helmet distracts him. “Jarvis, what was that light that just went off?”

“Miss Elizabeth was watching from the house to make sure you were ok, she just cut the feed.”

He doesn’t have long to wonder about that bit of information before Pepper calling his name pulls him back to the conversation at hand.

“Tony, I know you love me. But it’s not romantic love, I have always been there for you and you have equated that devotion to love. But you don’t love me that way, not really.”

“How do you know that?”

“Because for a genius you’re an idiot. I’m not going to spell it out for you Tony, you will have to figure it out for yourself. I’m not the one for you, and who knows maybe one day you will get your mark and find the one. Just, don’t give up on love just because I don’t return your feelings ok?” Tony just nods, too tired to say anymore, too tired to think anymore. All he wants is to get back to his house and make sure that Liza is ok.

The whole way back to his house he is on autopilot, not really paying attention to anything around him. As always his thoughts are going a million miles an hour but the common denominator throughout is you. Tony tries not to think of the implications. Arriving back at the mansion Tony calls out for you as his robots remove his suit.

“Jarvis is Elizabeth here?”

“No sir, Miss Martin left shorty after cutting the feed to your suit.” Tony’s stomach drops. You left, again. Why would you leave? Did he do something wrong? You were watching the feed, did you leave just because you knew he was safe? Or did you hear what he said to Pepper? He shakes his head at that thought. Even if you did hear it shouldn’t be a reason for you to run away again right?

“Do you know where she went?”

“The location on her phone suggests that she is back at her apartment sir.”

Hearing that Tony’s heart rate slowed back down to a more normal speed. You hadn’t run away again you just went home. You must have been tired. But then why didn’t you just stay in the guest room here instead of driving all the way home? He would call Sarah in the morning to make sure that you were ok. Stepping into the kitchen he notices that there is food in Tupperware on the counter. Opening it he sees some jambalaya and cupcakes. You must have made them while you were watching what was happening. He sighs, why didn’t you wait for him to get back. He knew he wouldn't sleep well without the answer so he warmed back up the jambalaya and headed down to his lab to work out some of the kinks on his suit.

Tony’s first thought as he came back to consciousness was why the fuck does my back hurt so much? Followed quickly by my bed is way more comfortable than this. Prying open his eyes he realized that he must have fallen asleep at some point in his lab. Taking his time so as to not aggravate the crick in his neck that was making itself known, Tony slowly sat up. Wiping a hand at the drool that had collected around his mouth he took stock of the room around him. There was the barest bit of pink showing through the windows so it was still very early. The piece he had been working on had fallen off the table at some point during the night. He could feel a screwdriver-shaped divot on his cheek from where he had placed his head and his whole body ached.

“I really need to get into yoga or something if I’m going to keep this shit up.” Tony takes a moment to stretch out the knots in his back. “Jarvis, what time is it?”

“It is 5:30 am sir, you were asleep for 3 hours which is 30 minutes more than yesterday.”

Tony snorts at the extra information. Leave it to Jarvis to try to guilt him into sleeping more. Walking up the steps towards his room he starts to think out a plan for his morning. It’s too early in the morning to call Sarah yet and ask about Elizabeth, so I will need to waste a little time.  

Tony spent 30 minutes in the shower staring intently at an inconsistency in the tile before he was able to shake himself from his thoughts. Washing his hair quickly he stepped out, wrapping himself in a towel he walked over to his closet. Deciding on a Black Sabbath t-shirt and a pair of jeans he grabbed his phone and dialed Sarah’s number. He knew for a fact that she would be awake considering she needed to be at work early that day to put some finishing touches on the project she had been working on. Sarah answered on the second ring.

“Hey Tony, I was wondering when you would call.”

“Then you know why I’m calling.”

“Of course I do, you’re worried that Elizabeth ran away again and whether she is ok or not,” Sarah states as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.

“And?” Tony’s impatience starts to show through his tone, no matter how much he was trying to hide it.

“She’s here, sleeping still, she had a long night.” She reassures, knowing that he won’t calm down until he knows that you are safe.

“I’d like to come by and talk with her.” Tony is pacing now, he’s not sure when it started but he isn’t sure that he will be able to make it stop. All he can think about is how much he needs to see you, to make sure with his own eyes that you haven’t left again. He is pulled out of his thoughts by Sarah’s voice through the speaker.

“Sure, I won’t be here though, I have to get to work, but I’ll leave a key under the mat. You should wait at least an hour before heading this way, I doubt she’ll be waking up anytime soon.” With that, the call disconnects after a hurried thank you.

Tony decides that he can’t stay at his house any longer all of his nervous energy is making him restless so he does what he normally does when he feels this way, he goes for a drive. He is able to distract himself for exactly 30 minutes before he decides to head to your house, grabbing you your favorite muffin and coffee on his way as a peace offering. Walking up to your apartment he takes a deep breath, he can’t remember the last time that he was this nervous but he doesn’t allow himself to dwell on why before finding the key and letting himself in. The size of your shared apartment is the first thing that he notices, it is much too small for you and Sarah especially when you do so much for him. He starts a list in his head of everything he needs to do in order to build the two of you a house closer to him and closer to Stark industries. It would have to have a large garage for Sarah and an equally large library for you, with a large window seat for you to read in. With his plans firmly in mind, he sits down and starts writing emails and looking at available properties. After all Tony Stark is nothing if not efficient.

He has just finished with one of his emails when he hears you start moving in your room. He forces himself to relax on the couch and school his face to disguise his nervousness. The door opens and he decides that this version of you has just become one of his absolute favorites. You are in a too-large t-shirt and comfy-looking short shorts, he may check out your ass for a moment too long, the shorts don’t help. Your hair is piled up in a bun on your head, little pieces escaping and framing your face. He can’t help the smirk that graces his face when he realizes that you haven’t seen him yet.

He watches in amusement as you step out of the bathroom with your toothbrush hanging out of your mouth before your eyes land on him. He can see the exact moment that you noticed him when your whole body freezes. He chuckles to himself as you let out a squeak and rush back into the bathroom, the water running as you clean out your mouth. He watches you closely as you step back into the living room, trying not to frown at your withdrawn body language.

“Mr. Stark, what are you doing here?” He isn’t able to hide the frown at the coldness of your voice or the fact that you didn’t call him Tony. He decides that being blunt is the best way forward.

“You left me.” He hears himself say, he is glad that there is no trace of how upset he actually is. He watches the confusion cross your face as you state that he left you first. He has to reign himself in from saying that it wasn’t the same and how much he wanted to see you when he got back.

“Yes, but I had to and when you told me to come back to you I thought that you would be there when I did, but you were gone.” He knows that you will be able to see how upset he actually is no matter how much he is trying to hide it but he can’t seem to let himself be that vulnerable right now. Not when he wasn’t sure how you would react. He tries not to get annoyed at the obvious lie in your answer, your bed at his house is just as comfortable, in fact, you had mentioned to him multiple times how much you preferred your room at his place. He hears the pleading note in your voice and decides not to call you out on it too hard.

“But you stayed long enough to make me dinner and cupcakes?” He raises his eyebrow and studies your reaction, his voice is taunting but he can’t seem to stop it.

“I stress bake.” is the too quick reply, followed by a small amount of truth, “and anyway I stayed until Jarvis told me that you were ok… I thought you would appreciate getting home and being able to go home… not worry about me.” He hears only part of what you say watching instead, the way that you are fidgeting and pulling at your fingers. He hears a trace of melancholy in your voice at the end of your sentence. Wait, you thought that he wouldn’t want to see you, that he wouldn’t want to see that you were safe. Oh no that just wouldn’t do.

“Sure I was tired but I definitely wanted to see you first.” He doesn’t back down, you have to understand how much you mean to him. He can’t help but feel a little agitated at your responses he can tell that you are lying to him but why? You never lie to him, you never hide from him like this so why start now?

He can hear the anger and sadness in your voice when you ask why it was so important for him that you were still there when he got back. His resolve begins to slip at this, why couldn’t you see that after the worry and adrenaline he had dealt with that night all he wanted was to see you?

“Because I was worried about you!” He cringes internally at the volume of his words, he didn’t mean to yell but he just couldn’t see why you weren’t listening, why you didn’t understand. Your answering question just causes his voice to raise a little more as the words that he has been trying to keep back spill out of his mouth.

“Because I thought that you would leave again!” He stops himself for a moment taking a deep breath before continuing with a softer tone. “I was worried that I would get back and you would be gone. I was worried that you would leave again, that you would run away again. Then I wasn’t able to get ahold of you this morning so I called Sarah to see if you were ok.”

He watches as your body seems to deflate at his words, your head dropping, and your gaze on the floor. “I’m sorry, Tony. Truly. Something happened while I was waiting for you to get back and I needed to have some time to collect my thoughts. Coming back to my apartment seemed like the best way to do that.” Your words and tone soothe the ache in his chest that he hadn’t realized had been there until it was gone. You were still here, you were safe. He allowed himself to relax a little bit but he still hoped that you would tell him what was actually bothering you, but he could be patient, for you he could.

“I’m not going anywhere, Tony. You’re stuck with me.” Your voice saying his name again allows him to release the rest of the tension that he had been holding onto. He smiles and walks over to you, pulling you into a hug and holding onto you just a little too tightly to be strictly platonic. He grins when he feels you hug him back before pulling back and clearing his throat, trying to act like it wasn’t a big deal.

“Don’t scare me like that again,” he says completely serious. You let out a small laugh before asking whether you should be saying that to him. He allows himself a large grin before turning on his teasing personality.

“Nope, only I get to make that request.” He can’t but reach out and grab your shoulder, enjoying the momentary contact before heading towards the door, calling back as he leaves “Enjoy your day off, I’ll see you bright and early tomorrow morning. I hope that you start to feel better.”  

“See you tomorrow Tony, try to stay out of trouble for once.” You shoot back. He is unable to keep in a snort at your words before the door closes. He stands in the hall for a moment taking deep breaths, to calm himself before heading back to his car. Maybe he should just take the day off as well. This morning was enough for him to think about.

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(ʘ‿ʘ✿) “what you say ‘bout me”

(ʘ‿ʘ)ノ✿ “hold my flower”

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Disney’s Avatar: The Last Airbender

I’m amazed this actually worked. In case anyone’s confused - I didn’t make this from scratch – it’s actually a shot from Disney’s Moana which I simply modified in Photoshop, frame by frame. Lotta work, but a lotta fun, but I’m glad it’s done -u-;

Here’s a larger version: https://i.imgur.com/vfmHbsE.mp4

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I fucking found it!!! It wasnt on AO3 at all! No it is Feelings are fatal by the amazing @sunmoonandbucky ugh this fic kills me every time!!

Ok I need help finding a fic. It was on Ao3 and I'm not sure if the author took it down but it's stuck in my head. It's a bucky fic where steve leaves the reader in endgame. The reader is really close with Pepper and was in the red room with Nat who saved her. She and Bucky get closer until she gets captured by her red room instructor and you find out that Bucky had his old trigger words removed but had new ones put in so that the Soldat would protect the reader. Anyone know what it's called?

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As You Wish Masterlist

Hello Sunflowerverse

Summary:

In a world where everyone gets a soulmate tattoo when they turn eighteen, Steve doesn’t.

The Beginning (Part 1)

As You Wish (Part 2)

I'm Glad it's You (Part 3)

Moving Forward (Part 4)

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Metallica Really? Masterlist

Part of the Hello Sunflower Universe

Summary:

Tony Stark doesn’t believe in soulmates. Yes, he could admit that everyone gained a tattoo on their 18th birthday that supposedly led them to the perfect person for them but he refused to accept it. This mainly stemmed from the fact that when he turned 18 nothing showed up. Was he so unlikeable that not even the universe could find someone who would deal with him? So he did what any heartbroken person would do, he threw himself into his work and into the girls that he surrounded himself with.

Enter Sandman (Part 1)

I am Iron Man (Part 2)

For Whom the Bell Tolls (Part 3)

Cure (Part 4)

Confusion (Part 5)

Nothing Else Matters (Part 6) Tony POV

Hero of the Day (Part 7)

Until it Sleeps (Part 8)

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Confusion

Tony Stark x OFC Soulmate AU

(Metallica Really? Part 5)

Summary: Elizabeth hears something she probably shouldn't and drama ensues

Warnings: Mentions of violence, cursing

Word Count: 2k

A/N: bit of a filler chapter. I didn't want to write everything that happens in the battle so I didn't. I hope yall enjoy, please let me know what you think and requests you have.

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Watching Tony fight was the most nerve-wracking thing you ever did. Watching him fight Obadiah was one thing, but watching him confront Justin Hammer just to have to fight with hundreds of drones as well as the iron Patriot suit that contained his best friend was a whole new level of awful. But you watched, because you had to make sure that Tony was ok. You watched as he fought Ivan with his updated electric whips. You watched as he rushed to save everyone from the exploding drones, your heart racing. But it was when he saved Pepper and told her that he would always love her that you decided you couldn’t watch anymore.

“Jarvis, please cut the feed.”

“Certainly miss.” Turning away from the screen in the kitchen you look down at the chocolate cupcakes you were currently frosting. Furiously wiping away the tears that had sprung to your eyes at Tony’s confession you decided to finish the stupid cupcakes and head back to your apartment. Tony would hardly care if you were here when he got back anyway. Once you were done you set them in a container on the counter along with the chicken and sausage jambalaya you had made. You have a habit of cooking and baking when you are stressed, you blame it on your mom who is the same way.

Stepping into your apartment you are surprised to see that Sarah is still up. “Hey lovie, I thought you’d be asleep by now.” You spoke softly to the figure on the couch.

“I couldn’t sleep until you got home. I heard what happened on the news, is Tony ok?”

“Last I saw, yeah.” You can’t hide the sadness that crept into your voice, you never were good at hiding anything from Sarah.

“Ok Lizzy, I wasn’t going to pry but you ran away for 6 months and now look like a kicked puppy. What is going on?” You sigh and walk over to the couch from your spot by the door plopping down you throw your head back and look at the ceiling not wanting to see the look on Sarah’s face.

“Tony is my soulmate but I’m not his.” You say, feeling like it is better to get it out there, like ripping off a bandaid.

“I’m sorry what?” You breathe in deeply, turning your head to look at Sarah.

“Tony is my soulmate but I’m not his,” you repeat your voice wavering.

“That’s not possible, there has never been a case of a one-sided soulmate. How do you know that he is yours?” You sigh and pull up your sleeve to show her the music that wraps its way around your forearm. She looks at you quizzically.

“It’s the music for Black Sabbath’s song Iron man.”

Sarah can’t help but snort at that “Of course it is,” she pauses for a moment thinking. “What makes you think that you aren’t his?” she asks, truly curious about why you seem so sure.

“Tony doesn’t have a soul mark he told me one night while drunk.”

“Well that doesn’t mean you aren’t his soulmate, it just means that he hasn’t gotten his mark yet.” You roll your eyes at her, you had wanted to believe Jarvis earlier when he said the same thing but after what you heard Tony say you weren’t so sure.

“Yes it does, and anyway he’s in love with Pepper, always will be, he said as much tonight.” The last part comes out as a mumble and you aren’t sure if Sarah heard. She did.

“Wait, how do you know that?”

“Jarvis let me watch everything that was happening via Tony’s helmet display, including when he told Pepper of his undying love for her.” You murmur playing with the hem of your shirt as you speak, trying to keep yourself distracted from the lump in your throat and the prickling behind your eyes.

“ Oh, oh fuck.”

“Yup” Sarah looked at you for a moment before pulling you into her embrace, you had been so strong up until this moment but feeling her arms around you, you lost it. Great blubbering sobs left your mouth, leaving your body shaking, you are barely able to hear her softly cooing calming words in your ears. After minutes or hours, you aren’t sure which, you run out of tears, taking a minute to compose yourself you stay in Sarah’s arms sniffling. You finally take a deep breath in and break away from her, sitting up and rubbing your eyes. You hate how silly you feel, you haven’t cried like that in ages and it makes you feel a bit like a child. But looking over at Sarah you see no judgment in her eyes at how you broke down. Instead, she gets up and brings you a cup of water before taking her place back beside you on the couch.

“Thank you,” you croak out your throat a little sore from how hard you had been sobbing, “I’m sorry for crying and snoring all over you.”

Sarah just laughs and says “You would do the same for me.” She gives you a soft smile before standing back up, pulling you with her. “How about we go to bed? You’ve had an exhausting, stressful, emotional couple of days and you need a good rest. Don’t worry about work tomorrow, I’ll let Tony know you’re sick. Just get some sleep ok?” You nod at her words dragging yourself to your room, your limbs feeling like lead. Falling onto your bed without changing out of your clothes, you’re asleep as soon as your head hits the pillow.

The light filtering through your window is the first thing that you register as you start to wake, followed quickly by the feeling of sandpaper in your throat. Smacking your lips together trying to get the feeling of cotton out of your mouth you sit up and look around your room. You hadn’t been back since you left on your trip and it was weird to see it looking exactly as you had left it, even the half-empty water bottles by your bed. Man, you really need to clean in here. Throwing your legs over the side you stay for a moment giving yourself time to blink away the sleep in your eyes. Muttering to yourself about sleeping wrong you miss the other person in your apartment as you walk to the bathroom. Looking at your reflection in the mirror you wince at the bags under your eyes and the appearance of your makeup. Washing off your face and throwing your hair up into a messy bun you step out of the room heading to make a bagel as you brush your teeth. Stepping into the living room you choke on your toothpaste when you notice Tony sitting on the couch taking in your appearance and smirking. Rushing back to the bathroom you quickly rinse out your mouth mutter what the fuck and head back into the living room.

“Mr. Stark, what are you doing here?” Tony frowns at the use of his last name and the feeling of deja vu at the phrase.

“You left me.” He says as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. You furrow your eyebrows at him.

“Actually you left me to go confront Ivan and Hammer.” You reply confused by his meaning.

“Yes but I had to and you told me to come back to you but when I got back you weren’t there.” You can tell he’s upset but trying to hide it. His voice is just a little too nonchalant, his posture just a little too stiff. You debate with yourself on what to tell him, you can’t really tell him the truth, so you go with a believable lie.

“I haven’t slept in my own bed in months Tony, I was exhausted from the anxiety of the past couple of days and just wanted to sleep in my own room.” You realize a little late that you are pleading with him to believe you.

“And yet you stayed long enough to make me dinner and cupcakes?” Tony raises his eyebrow at you, his voice taunting as if he is challenging you to continue to lie.

“I stress bake,” you state a little too quickly, “and anyway I stayed until Jarvis told me that you were ok and then I went home. I just  thought you would appreciate getting home and being able to go straight to bed without worrying about me.”

“But I wanted to see you first,” Tony says not backing down, he is getting a little agitated by your calculated replies. You never lie to him, you never hide from him so why are you doing it now?

You’re getting exasperated by the conversation, not understanding why he was pushing it so much. “Why, why was it so important for me to still be there?” You are trying so hard not to yell or start crying, you hate it when you angry cry.

“Because I was worried about you.” His voice is a little raised and you hate how your heart skips at his words, he doesn’t mean them how you want him to.

“I was on the other side of the United States from the action. Why would you be worried about me?” You are so confused now, surprised by his anger and confused by the feelings swirling around in your gut.

“I was worried that you would leave again,” It wasn’t quite a yell but he immediately stopped after it came out, his next words are much softer and more resigned. “I was worried you would be gone. I was worried that you would leave again, that you would run away again. And then you wouldn’t answer your phone this morning so I had to call Sarah to see if you were ok.”

You feel all of your fight fade away at his words and tone. You had been so wrapped up in your own swirling emotions you hadn’t thought about how worried he would be when you weren't there. Your head drops a little bit and your graze is on the floor when you speak. “I’m sorry, Tony.” you move your eyes back to his face. “Truly. Something happened while I was waiting for you to get back and I needed to have some time to collect my thoughts. Coming back to my apartment seemed like the best way to do that.” You notice his posture starting to relax at your words. “I’m not going anywhere, Tony. You’re stuck with me.” At this Tony finally allows himself to relax completely and smile. He walks over to you from where he had been standing to pull you into a hug. You stand there for a moment frozen in surprise before wrapping your arms around his waist and hugging him back. After a moment he pulls back clearing his throat, surprised by his own actions.

He gives you a small smile before his expression turns serious. “Don’t scare me like that again.”

You let out a small laugh. “Shouldn’t I be saying that to you?”

“Nope.” He says popping the p. “Only I get to make that request.” He gives you a pat on the shoulder as if he can’t keep himself from having some sort of physical contact with you before pulling away and heading towards the door. “Enjoy your day off, I’ll see you bright and early tomorrow morning. I hope that you start to feel better.” You roll your eyes at the final jab, knowing that he is messing with you.

“See you tomorrow Tony, try to stay out of trouble for once.” You hear him snort at your words before the door closes behind him. That man is going to be the death of you.

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