Tony Stark

Tony walks up the glass stairs to the roof numb, Steve's words spinning in his head. And as much as he hates it, he knows Steve is right.

He walks onto the metal platform and watches Alex as she stands with her arms held out wide, the breeze threatening to untangle her brown hair. He watches her take a step forwards and watches her toes peak over the edge, his gut stirring at the thought of her falling.

And then she turns, and he catches her eyes.

And she falls.

"ALEX!" Yells Tony running to the edge, watching her fall towards the ground bellow, her hair untied and body limp, plummeting towards solid concreate.

"Friday suit now." Says Tony racing up to the small metal circle that he lands on usually, his armor coming up through the floor and wrapping around his body, snapping into place as he counts the seconds. With his helmet snapped onto his neck, he runs across the rest of the roof and dives off the building. His helmet snapping over his face as he searches for Alex.

He finds her, her grey hoodie and jeans rippling in the air. This can't be happening he thinks, watching her plummet towards the ground, each second, she gets closer and closer.

"Alex!" He yells again and watches as her body turns mid air.

His daughter, falling to her death.

He watches as her body spins and spins, rippling through the air.

But then he watches the grey and blue of her clothes disappear, silver and gold replacing the spiraling colours. "Friday, give me a visual." Tony commands and a feed of Alex appears on his screen.

He watches as metal molds its way around Alex and he's worried that the magicians in New York have finally found her, locked her up in one of their spells. But when she turns and faces him, it's then that he realizes. She's not in a spell, or locked in a magic charm.

She's in a suit.

An Iron Man suit.

"Tony, hello? Can you hear me?" He hears Alex's voice and his heart races.

"What the hell do you think you're doing!" He yells still racing after her.

"I built a suit." She replies out of breath. "Just give me a sec." She mumbles, and he watches as she spins around in the air, her thrusters not working, lighting and then diminishing just as quickly.

"Just hold on Alex, I'll catch you." Yells Tony, pushing his boosters to full blast, steaming after her, only a few floors from the ground.

Alex Green's - POV

And just like that. After seeing his face, hearing his yell. I don't want to gamble my whole life on a coin toss. And I realize that learning to walk is a much better idea then starting to run.

"Grayson." I say, finding it hard to breath, the air moving past me too quickly. "On it." He says, and I look down at my watch, I run my fingers around the ring and strike down. I watch as the metal climbs up my arm as I spin.

I catch flashes of red and gold above me, but are too focused on my suit. I feel the metal climb across my chest, then my legs, my feet and then finally my head. I feel the helmet snap on and air fill my lungs.

"Call Tony." I gasp and I hear the dial. "Tony, hello? Can you hear me?" I wheeze, my vision blurred as I try to stabilize myself, not being able to tell what's the sky and what's the ground.

"What the hell do you think you're doing!" Yells Tony back at me and I smile hearing his voice. I look at the stats on my screen and find I have enough power to start the thrusters, so why aren't they firing?

"I built a suit." I say with a small chuckle, wanting to lighten the mood before I die.

"Just hold on Alex, I'll catch you." I hear Tony say and I realize the flashes of red and gold are him above me.

I punch one of the blasters on my hand and feel the blaster light up, I fire it suddenly and I hear the crash, and feel the glass hit me in the air. I flinch out of the way propelling myself faster towards the ground.

"Grayson, thrusters please." I say out of breath, thrashing around trying to figure out which ways up.

"I did warn you." He says, and if he wasn't a robot I could have sworn I heard sarcasm.

"Grayson!" I yell and I see the stats come up on my screen, bars and numbers, and then a small number counting down towards the side of the screen.

"One hundred feet and counting." Grayson says, and I start to panic, I reach down and rip at each leg thruster as I see flashes of Tony above me.

"Tony." I say, my voice wobbling as I try not to freak out.

"Yeah kid keep breathing for me." He says and I can hear the fear in his voice.

When the fuck did I think this was a good idea?

"The thrusters... There not working." I stutter, kicking my feet together as Grayson reboots the systems, running all power to the thrusters.

"Fifty feet." Grayson says and I feel my chest tighten.

"Tony!" I yell and feel one of my thrusters ignite, the other still dead.

"Hold on I'm nearly there!" I hear him yell and I see him closer now, almost there.

"Ten feet." Grayson says and I shut my eyes, the thruster that was just working cutting out again, the blasters on my hands cutting back in, slowing me down slightly.

"Five feet." Says Grayson and even I can hear the fret in his voice.

"Thank you for everything." I say, my stomach a not, and my heart now only a deep hole. "Thanks for being the best father I've ever had." I say, Tony still on the other line.

"No, Kid hold on!" He yells after me and I close my eyes, the flashing lights and numbers becoming too much, the world now only a swirling mess.

"Two, one." Says Grayson, and I relax, maybe it wont hurt as much if I relax, try not to fight it?

But I never feel it, well I do.

But it doesn't feel like I've hit the ground.

More like fallen into a pair of arms.

I open my eyes and are met with Tony's brown ones. I take a breath and realize I had forgotten to breath.

"Kid, Alex are you there?" He asks panicked and I open my helmet. I smile at him and I feel him put me on my feet, I step down but don't have a chance to do anything before Tony's hands are attacking my face. Checking my eyes and watching them dart from his hands to him.

"I'm OK." I say my voice shaking, I nod furiously, ignoring the forming crowd around us, the camera flashes.

"I'm OK." I repeat this time not so sure. "I'm-" I sob and I crash into Tony's chest, his arms clamp around me and I rest my face on his armor.

"What are you doing Kid?" He asks softly, and I sigh, tightening my grip.

"I just wanted to impress you." I sob, my voice breaking. "I wanted to be like you." I say pathetically.

I step away and gesture down to the gold and silver suit, Grayson still running stats inside my helmet.

"You could have died." Tony says softly placing his arms on my shoulders, rubbing a tear away form my cheek with his thumb.

"I just kinda went for it." And try to smile. He nods at me and tries to smile as well.

"Alex, all systems ready, thrusters ready." I hear Grayson say and I look up to Tony, looking around at the rest of the press. I snap my helmet over my face and I catch the attention of Tony who does the same.

"Am I grounded?" I ask and don't get an answer straight away.

"You are more than grounded." Tony replies back and I sigh, my heart aching slightly. His voice tired and not the normal tone I am so used too.

"What if the suit would have worked?" I ask hoping for a way out of voice still shaky and my movements slow and cautious.

"If that suit had worked-" He stops talking and goes to lead me inside. I stop and pull back, staying where I am. The outside of Stark Tower around us, the doors to the front of the lobby only a few feet away. Shattered glass at out feet.

I activate my Thrusters and feel them jolt me up into the air. I watch Tony look at me and the rest of the crowd. I smile and know that if Grayson was real, I would tackle him in a bear hug. I hover slightly and find it easier than I expected.

"Race you to the top." I say and blast straight up into the air, the ground disappearing bellow me as I shoot into the sky.

"Your still grounded." I hear Tony say through my earpiece and I smile, spinning in a spiral leading higher than Stark Tower.

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