Warning:
-Sad
-Kinda spoiler but not even really at all for EG so read at your own risk
-Language! But it's Tony...
Wake Me Up When It's All Over
Tony sank down in his chair as though every fiber in him had died and his soul had been left back on that goddam planet. Steve reached out to him but he shoved the soldier away, too ashamed and too afraid to allow his barriers to be broken now after he had worked so hard to build them up.
"Please Tony. Just say something. Anything to let me know you're alright." Steve tried once again to reach out but was denied, and this time he took a step back and stayed there, patient and waiting.
"I lost the kid."
Tony's eyes were red and dry as he stared down a man he once called his friend. No grief was present, but that's how Steve knew exactly what Tony was thinking. His heart shattered into a million pieces at the confession, but he stayed where he was, choosing instead to reach the hero with his words.
"We all lost someone Tony...I know he meant a lot to you but- "
Steve nearly jumped as a tight fist slammed against the hard wood table, the sound breaking the heavy silence that had just previously choked the room's occupants.
Something pressed impossibly heavy onto Tony's chest but he was unable to relieve the pain. His breathing strained, he replied, "That kid meant everythingto me!" The super soldier's eyes grew wide, but he watched Tony carefully, silently, waiting for him to continue, and after a few moments, he did.
"I lost my son only days ago and you want to try and goddam relate to me?"
Tony stood then, too hurt and too damn raw to do anything else but throw that hurt back at someone else.
"I lost my family Rogers." Tony collapsed against the west wall with eyes closed and a hand to his temples, tired anger running through him as he delivered the final blow.
"You can't relate, Steve, because you didn't have any fucking family to lose."
A deafening silence then, neither man daring to breathe, and in that moment Tony knew the damage he had just caused, and the friendship- possibly his only remaining one- he ruined. And Steve- kind, honest and sensitive Steve- just gave Tony a small, defeated smile of grace, and walked out of the automatic glass doors without a rebuke or look of hate.
And when it was all over, Tony sat back down in his chair, alone for good this time, and cried.
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Hey guys so super short IW aftermath / EG fic featuring our favorite duo. Sorry for the language, but it seemed fitting for the situation and character. This won't be continued unless you guys just like, freak or something. So. Let me know by reviewing please you don't even know how good those make me feel. Did you guys like EG? Hate it? Let me know!
Love y'all!
-me