"Banner? What was that?" Steve said confused. Bruce's face scrunched up as he stood pacing the floor. "That was Tony….This here is Tony…OH!" He quickly ran to the Tony lying on the floor. "Tony you amazing bastard!" Everyone just stared at Bruce confused .After a moment he looked up from examining Tony realizing they were all waiting. "Guys, do you know how to remember something, you have to think about it? Your mind conscious has to go there? Well with Tony, he's a genius, so his subconscious mind is always thinking of something else he needs to be doing or working at the same time, which is why he can have the calculations done on one project while working on another and etc. Loki had to trap Tony's conscious mind here, so we could see the memories and Tony couldn't wake up, but didn't think his subconscious mind was powerful enough to be a my guess, is out there somewhere else in Tony's head, his subconscious mind is trying to get Loki out of his head, and by extent, us. My bet is we just heard him."
Natasha's eyes lit up with understanding. "Oh shit, that's…"She stuttered not sure what to say. "Fuckin awesome." Clint finished for her, but no smile on his face. Everyone was silent for a few moments taking in everything when Steve, who was running his hands through his hair obsessively, finally stopped and looked up. "Did anybody…Pepper…did anyone knew Tony…tried to… commit suicide?"
Pepper's head slowly rose and she sighed. "I did. I knew about Peggy because he told me, and his suicide attempts because I had to handle his medical records." Her voice was tired and she ran her hand over Tony's face nervously. "I thought knowing would help with seeing it, but it doesn't. I never knew he hated himself even back then, I thought it was probably just pressure."
Thor spoke up surprising everyone. "Lady Pepper, you say attempts, and that he you didn't know he hated himself back then, how many times has Man of Iron tried this?"
Pepper gulped and looked at her hands. Thor's hard expression faded and he crossed the room towards her wrapping a comforting arm around her shoulder. "Lady Pepper, please?" Pepper's red eyes met Thor's and then drifted to the res tof the group. "Five times. That I'm aware of." Steve's eyes grew horrified and Clint tightened his hold on a paling Natasha. Bruce just closed his eyes listening to Pepper and waiting for her to continue. Pepper took a deep breath. "The first time was just then, when he was second time he was 22 he tried to jump off a building, but Obie found him. The third time was when he was 34 and I found him playing Russian Roulette. The fourth time was after Afghanistan, and Obie, he tried suffocation. The last time…the last time was right after The Battle of New York. He pulled his Arc Reactor out."
