Daniel stirred and shifted in his sleep. He tossed in turned side to side. His eyes began to move under his eyelids. He slowly began to open his eyes. The white light of the room blinded him for a moment but soon he began to look at his surroundings.
He turned to his right and saw an amazing view of New York. He saw as the people and traffic moved at such a rapid pace but what held his attention was the skyline. It was dusk and saw how the sun was slowly going away. The rays were gently touching Daniel's face until the sun left.
He turned to his left to see himself connected to a cardiac monitor. He lifted his left index-finger to see a finger clip on it. He sighed. He saw that the clock read 8:06p.m.
Great, He thought to himself. He began to take off all of the machinery on him and got up to use the bathroom. He entered to see his clothes folded neatly on a chair and a plastic bag. On top was a folded piece of paper that read:
Got your stuff from the Hotel. When you wake up take a shower 'cause you smell like shit.
P.s. Put on the bag to protect your cast.
- Brother dearest.
Daniel muttered "fucker" under his breath and began to undress. He gently took off his clothing which was a simple hospital nightgown and a pair of boxers, but it was difficult considering his cast. When the gown fell to the floor, Daniel began to inspect his body in front of the mirror. Large purple marks marked his upper torso and sides. He turned to see his back bruised badly from getting ejected from the car.
He turned on the shower and set it to hot. Daniel took off his last piece of clothing, put on the plastic bag and stepped in. He was instantly met with the scorching hot water. He just stood there and let himself to relax. His skin began to turn slightly pink because of the hot temperature.
After a minute or two, he began to clean himself.
On the other side of the door, Tony sat on the chair and waited for his brother to come out of the shower. He was looking at some Iron Man blueprints in his tablet. He was making adjustments to his new suits until he received a text from his girlfriend, Virginia "Pepper" Potts, asking if his brother was alright. That started a whole conversation between the couple. Tony soon forgot about his previous task as he began to tell his significant other about his brother.
That conversation lasted more than expected. They've been talking for about half an hour before Daniel came out of the bathroom in his pajamas.
The younger Stark was drying his hair with a white towel. He was dressed in a simple white T-shirt and a pair of grey swear pants. He stopped when he saw his brother on the tablet completely engrossed with what he was doing. He didn't notice Daniel until he clear his throat.
Tony jumped at the sound. He turned to see his brother standing there looking at him. Tony sent a quick text to Pepper saying that he'll talk with her later. He put his tablet down and was completely focused on his brother.
"Take a picture it lasts longer "Daniel broke the silence as he went to put the towel on a rack in the bathroom.
"Why would I need to? I have you right here" Tony retorted. He stood up and went to get a closer look on his brother. " How bad is the damage?" His voice was laced with worry. He grabbed his brothers head and began to inspect every little cut that was there. He moved his head side to side to check if he was alright.
Daniel pushed him off with little bit of force. "Nothing serious. Only a couple of broken ribs and broken arm. The rest are just bruises that will heal with time" he said as he went to get his phone from the bedside table. He saw a couple of missed messages from Mozzie and one from a unknown number.
"Nothing serious?! Dan you could have died!" Tony couldn't believe how careless his brother was. He saw him looking at being in his phone. Why is he checking his phone? I'll have to look through it later, Tony thought to himself.
"But I didn't. Look I know it could have been worst. I get that, but we shouldn't dwell on the past" Daniel flatly said to his older brother. He was reading the texts that he missed. Mozzie's texts said that he changed locations and that they should begin to make a plan. Daniel answered them with "we'll meet soon". When he checked the text from the unknown number it said:
You ran away from me once darling but I always get what I want. You know that better than any one else. I'll see you soon, Danny.
- W.J.M
Chills ran down Daniel's back. He was hoping that he wouldn't hear from him this soon, but it appears that he was in trouble. His mind began to cloud with fear. A emotion that he wasn't very fond of. He was broken from his thoughts when Tony began to wave his wands in front of his face.
"Dude, can you hear me? ", Tony continued to wave his hands in front of Daniel until Daniel blinked. Tony sighed,"Did you hear what I said?"
"No. Sorry, what were you talking about?" Daniel asked. He knew that he had to make a plan before he would catch up to him, but he had to do it later,somewhere private.
"I asked if you wanted to meet the team?" Tony put his hands in his pocket waiting for his brother to respond.
"Yeah sure" Daniel shrugged. He had to leave soon, yet he was curious about his brother's teammates. He knew that Tony wouldn't let him leave willingly so he had to pay attention to his surroundings.
"Are you just going to stand there or are you going to follow me?" Tony turned back to his brother as he was about to leave the room. It appears that Daniel keeps getting lost deep in thought.
The team were unaware of the younger Stark coming to meet them. All of them were sitting down on the couch watching a movie. The lights were off and the sound of the TV filled the room. They didn't notice when the Stark brothers walked in. Daniel looked at the TV and saw that they were watching Prometheus. A film that Daniel liked.
Without hesitation he sat down with them and watched the film silently. He already knew what was going to happen, but Daniel guessed that this was the first time the team was watching it.
"I told you guys to wait for me!" Tony whined. He sat next to his brother and grabbed the bowl of popcorn from Bruce, who was clutching it like his life depend on it. He glared at the billionaire when he stole his popcorn but was soon distracted by the blue-eyed Stark.
"Hey guys, since when was Tony's brother here?" Bruce asked the group. Everyone turned to see the Daniel sitting next to Tony watching the movie while eating the popcorn that Tony had.
"About two hours ago" Tony said as he began to shove a handful of popcorn in his mouth. Daniel nodded mindlessly as he admired the sexy human android from the movie. If he met someone as beautiful as Michael Fassbender he would never let them slip from his fingers. He could imagine how he would be in bed. How his body would clench at his orgasm or how he would call out his name in pleasure. He was so into his fantasy that Tony had to smack him in the head to get his attention.
"Ow! What the hell?" Daniel turned to Tony.
"You can fantasize later about the android. Steve just asked you a question" Tony said as he continued to watch the movie. He grabbed anotger hand full of popcorn and stuffed it in his mouth.
Daniel turned to Steve waiting for him to repeat his question. Blue eyes met blue eyes and Daniel notices a twinge of green in Steve's eyes. He blinked and listened to the question.
"How are you feeling?" Steve asked. Steve was focused on the younger Stark. He was just interested in him, he wonders how similar he is to Tony.
"I'm fine, nothing that I couldn't handle" Daniel smiled cheekily to the super soldier.
"What were you studying in France?" Bruce was next to ask Daniel. Bruce was sure that Daniel was as smart or more than Tony seeing as he is a Stark.
"Well... I studied medicine when I was eighteen after that I studied astrophysics, English Literature and Art. Currently I'm studying computer science." Daniel answered. In the beginning he would go to the campuses and listen to the lectures but after a while he began to take his classes online. Obviously, Tony doesn't know that he does his classes online but Daniel uses that as an alibi so that he could continue his scheming.
"Guys, I know that he's new and all, but are we going to continue watching the movie?" Natasha has been trying to watch the movie as they talked to the youngest Stark, but they weren't making it easy for her.
"Yes we are!",Daniel replied for all," I want to see if they die" he grabbed Tony's popcorn and began to snack on it.
