Disclaimer: Hey! I don't own Tony Stark from The Avengers or Blaine Anderson from Glee.

a/n: just a little baby drabble. anderstark. angst. fun times.


When the first call to Pepper didn't make it through, Tony Stark called the only other person he had cared for in his whole life that wasn't himself. His son.

The phone rang five times before the teenager finally answered with a breezy hello.

"Hey, Blaine," Tony greets, voice cracking.

"Hey, dad, what's up?" Blaine asks conversationally. Tony closes his eyes as he continues flying upwards.

"You watching the news?" Tony swallows.

"No, I'm over at Kurt's house." Blaine answers, growing concerned with his father's tone. "Why?"

"Don't turn it on." Stark orders his son, finally letting a tear fall down his cheek. "Just stay with Kurt and tell him I say hi."

"Dad, what's going on?" There's a rustling sound on the other end as he imagines Blaine sitting up from his boyfriend's bed, leaving a confused Kurt behind.

"Nothing, kid." Tony tries to say nonchalantly, but JARVIS interrupts with a warning.

"Sir, you'll be entering the portal soon and we'll lose phone service." The AI informs, and Tony nods to himself.

"Dad, what does JARVIS mean by 'portal'. Dad, tell me what's happening." Blaine pleads. There's a gasp from another voice, and suddenly Tony can hear a reporter talking in the background. There's a sound of an explosion from a television and Tony winces as he hears Blaine whimper. Then, a reporter talking about something called The Avengers.

"The Avengers Initiative? That's what this is?" He asks his father and Tony sighs.

"I told you not to turn on the TV." Stark states, swallowing the lump in his throat.

"Dad, is that you? Flying into the sky?" Blaine questions, already knowing the answer. Tony closes his eyes and then opens them again, seeing how he's grown closer to the portal.

"Listen, bud, I gotta go." Tony chokes out, tears flowing down his cheeks.

"No, dad, don't go please," Blaine begs, tears clouding his voice and muffling his pleas. Stark hears Kurt in the background, telling Blaine it's all okay. There's another rustling of clothes as he imagines Kurt hugs Blaine tightly to his chest.

"You can't." Blaine whispers into the cell phone, then sniffs.

"I love you, Blaine." Tony promises.

"Dad, no, you don't have to-" Blaine's voice cuts off as he enters the portal, suddenly in deep space. It's utterly silent, the vacuum of space swallowing every single sound.

"Blaine?" Stark whispers, letting another tear roll down his cheek. Then he's throwing the nuke at the alien ship and watching as it blows. He closes his eyes and lets himself drift backwards, feeling the air leave his lungs as space consumes him.


a/n: wow that was fun and not at all angsty, right? review, please!

lessthanthree, max.