Summery: The eulogy when Steve Rogers speaks at Tony Starks funeral at the end of Avengers: Endgame. This one shot is from the POV of Steve Rogers.

It's a long walk from my seat to the podium. I stand as straight as I can. I feel like curling up in a ball and crying until the weight is lifted from my shoulders, I need something, anything to numb the pain eating me away. I look out, over the people looking up at me.

"Tony," my voice breaks. I bite back my tears. "When I first met Tony I judged him. I figured that the mistakes he made defined him. Just a rich guy in a suit of armor, but-"

I pause, a small smile spreading across my face. "I've never been so wrong. Tony Stark could fix anything. He could build anything. He was always making our equipment better, making us better. He once told me that he wanted a suit of armor around the world. He wanted to protect people because he knew that that fight up there," I point up, "he knew we would lose."

I pause again, my breath catching in my throat. "I once told Tony that he wasn't the kind of person to make the sacrifice play, but the truth is Tony was the bravest man I ever knew. He pretended that he didn't care, but he did. He saved me, he saved the team, he saved the world." The tears threaten to spill. "I'm so proud- I'm so proud to call him my friend."

I look into the faces before me, my eyes finding Pepper's, Morgan sitting in her lap.

"There are no words to describe Tony Stark. He was one of those people who could never be described by one thing. He was full of surprises, he always found a way to fix things. I don't know how we're gonna get on without him."

I sigh. "The truth is we won, but we lost. We lost brave people, people who died for us. People who didn't deserve what they got. I will always remember our team, our family. It's going to be hard to keep going without them, but they'd want us to. Because they were kind, selfless, courageous, people the least we can do is try to be a little kinder, a little more selfless, and a little braver. Try to live for them, this life we have because of them."

I sniff, trying to keep it together a little longer. "It won't be the same without them, Tony, Nat-"

My voice breaks again. "They were the best family I could ever ask for."

The tears fall, I try and get it together again. "They were good people, who did something so heroic that we will remember it for as long as we live. So thank you, Tony, for every time you called me 'old man', every joke you made at my expense, everytime you saved me."

The tears are falling faster now. "I'm gonna miss you, we all will."

I step down and walk back to my seat. Pepper gives me a sad smile as I pass. Morgan stands up and wraps her small arms around me as I walk by. I sink to the ground and hold her in my arms. She's so small, so sweet, I can smell a hint of Tony.

"Your Dad was so brave," I choke out. "I'm so sorry, I'm sorry."