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Elena was pretty sure she broke at least ten different traffic laws on the drive back to the mansion. She didn't even bother driving to the garage as that would've taken more time. Elena pulled up with a screech as she set her parking brake in place, she quickly unbuckled herself and Remy from the car. With Remy following behind her, Elena ran through the front door yelling "DAD!" trying to gauge if he was still awake. She stopped for a moment to see the shatter remains of the grand piano before sprinting down the stairs skipping two at a time.
She found herself sighing in relief as she made it down the stairs to see Tony standing up with a big of ice to his head. She walked in, "You trying to give me a heart attack old man?" She gasped out. Her anxiety mixed with the fact that her lungs still hadn't fully recovered from her workout with Frank earlier was making it difficult to catch her breath.
He looked over at her in confusion, "I told you I had a crash landing."
She gestured up and over to the hole in the ceiling, "You didn't say you crash through the roof!"
"Eh semantics." He brushed off as he sat on one of the stools wincing as he did. "Okay Doc, check me over," He allowed.
She quickly ran over to her station and grabbed a kit she had been working on, grabbed a device in one hand and her penlight in the other. She walked over to him and without a word grabbed his hand and suck the small thermometer device on his pointer finger. He hissed as it pricked him. "What's that for?" He asked a little put out about not being warned about the prick to his finger.
"Vitals," She said briefly, "I need you to look at the light and follow it." As he did so she began to ask, "Any sensitivity to light, any nausea, and did you lose consciousness when you landed?"
He looked at her bemused, "No to all three, I especially remember Dummy dousing me with the extinguisher when I landed." He griped, glaring over at the drone.
"I don't see any signs of concussion, but I would feel better if you went for a CT. My portable one is still too early in the works to test on you." She said as her tablet dinged, and Jarvis's voice spoke, "Mr. Stark's vitals are in and I will upload them and the results from the flight test to your tablet Miss Stark." He sounded almost as exhausted as Elena felt at that moment.
"You're working on a portable CT scanner?" He asked amazed, as he began to rub his left arm.
"When I have a minute yes. Is your arm hurting you?" She asked as she moved his hands away to begin checking on his sore arm. She was moving it for him and testing his range of motion while looking out for any signs of discomfort.
"I think I just landed on it weird. The armor seemed to take most of the impact away from my body." Tony explained as Elena massaged the area more.
"So not everything's broken then?" She asked with half-smirk crossing her face.
Motioning for him to stay where he was, Elena grabbed her tablet and headed over to the freezer in the corner of the lab. She began to check his vitals while also grabbing a freezer pack and some medical tape. Never once looking up from her tablet, as she made her way back to him. Without missing a beat, she began to tape the icepack to his upper left arm over his t-shirt. "You most likely have a deep muscle contusion from the impact of the fall, we need to rotate ice on it for 20 minutes at a time for the next few days. Try to keep it elevated above your heart when you can, and if you notice any discoloration or a lump in the area tell me immediately." She said sternly, while she wrapped him and flipped through his vitals.
"Also, your red blood count is down, not sure what from. Up your iron intake, like maybe keeping up on drinking your green juices," She threw him a knowing look.
"Hey, I'm being healthy." He defended himself. "Yeah how much of a regular diet and sleep have you been getting since you've been back?" She asked already knowing the answer.
"In my defense, I wasn't great with that stuff before I went missing." He joked.
"Ha ha, well now I know about it, so now you will have to be," Elena said as she turned to upload her info to her desktop computer.
"Whatever you say Dr. Squirt." Tony joked.
Elena scrunched her face up in displeasure, "Ew, that does not sound appealing whatsoever, please don't say that again." She begged hoping this would not be one of the nick names he allowed to catch on.
"Yeah, I heard it as I said it." Tony grimaced as well when he realized how unpleasant that name sounded.
Elena was looking over the reports Jarvis sent her and turned to ask him, "Hey why was there an icing problem? Last I checked it was pretty nice out."
Tony scratched the back of his next with his right arm, "Uh yeah, I was testing some limits when I discovered the icing issue. Went too far trying to beat the SR-71's record."
Elena turned to him with wide eyes, her tablet dropping to her lap, "Altitude!? Are you planning on going to space in that thing too?" Her face matching her tone at the displeasure of that idea.
"You never know. Besides I thought you loved space?" He asked trying to deter her attention.
She sent him an unamused look, "You know I think space is creepy and way too vast. Don't change the topic. Are you planning on taking this suit to space?"
He shrugged, "You never know. I wouldn't mind it being a possibility one day."
"Well for my health and yours can we try just keeping it to our atmosphere for right now?" Elena pleaded with her father.
"I'll try. Hey, I notice the wheezing when you got down here. Your lungs acting up again?" This time successful in turning the topic away from him and his invention.
She waved him off and said, "No just an intense work out earlier. Plus, the rush here had me a little winded no big deal." She turned away to avoid looking at his face since it had given her away to Frank earlier that night.
"Just remember that if it goes by unchecked, and you have an attack, your rescue inhaler might not work. Then we will have to go to the hospital, and you know how much you love that." He snarked, knowing that his daughter could be as hardheaded about her health as he could.
"Hey who's the one with the medical degree here?" She asked her tone slightly offended that he was lecturing her on her health.
He raised his hand in surrender, "Just checking. I know how you can be."
"Let's not fight over who can be more stubborn, because I guarantee we could be here all night." She quipped, officially ending that conversation.
She went to walk over to her first aid station to move some of the ice packs into the freezer for Tony so they could be on a constant rotation. As she was cleaning up, she looked over to see a glass box with something silver inside of it. She walked over to see it was her father's old arc reactor with a frame around it reading, Proof Tony Stark has a heart.
Elena's smile was so big over this trinket, that she knew Pepper had to have made.
"Hey Old Man," She called out as she gently put the case down, "Have you talked to Pep about all of this?"
She walked over to him and saw he was shutting down everything, as Jarvis began to have the droids start construction on new parts of the suit.
He shook his head, "Nah let's no worry her with this, besides it's just a prototype right now, we are a few weeks from full function I think."
"So, you'll tell her then?" She asked hoping she wouldn't have to keep anything from Pepper.
"Yeah sure." He said quickly, leading Elena to believe he had not initially thought about telling her at all.
He walked over to her and slung his good arm around her shoulders. "Let's get some rest Squirt." She nodded and walked with him, as Remy followed behind them.
The rest of Elena's week was mainly helping Tony with his suit design. She was also busy organizing her move to New York and working out by herself, or with Happy as a sparring partner. She also had decided to start organizing medical packs that Stark Industries could donate to her old teacher's medical volunteer program. She had sent some emails to Dr. Palmer inquiring if, at some point in the near future, she could take a week or two to visit one of the volunteer hospitals in Calcutta or Brazil.
After finishing a video conference with her teacher and the head doctors of the volunteer hospitals, Pepper walked into the living room with a smile on her face. "How's your day going?"
"Pretty good, I've got the list of materials I need our medical department to donate." Elena said as she tried to control her curls with a hairband.
Pepper smiled proudly at her, "Okay get me the list and I'll have it come from your father, so the shipment will get sent out faster." Pepper already writing a note to get those distributed by the end of the week.
"Thanks Pepper! Also, I was thinking that the packers could send most of my clothes to the apartment sometime in the next week." Pepper nodded in confirmation and made a note on her palm pilot.
"Oh, don't forget about the Fireman's charity tomorrow. I booked you an appointment for hair and makeup. They should be here at 5 function starts at 8." Pepper informed as she got a message on her Blackberry.
"Food?" Elena asked not really interested in another charity function. Pepper laughed and looked up at her amused, "Hors d'oeuvres at the most."
"Got it. So, I'll have Happy stop at Taco Bell on the way there and then have him have Wendy's waiting for me when he picks me up. Can I bring Remy so he can scare off the people I don't want to talk to?" Elena asked sending Pepper a pleading look.
Pepper gave a look to Elena that portrayed that she was not amused, "Your father's not coming to this one so you will probably have to mingle more than usual."
"Boo, if he gets to stay home why can't I?" She argued not wanting to face the mindless ass kisser by herself.
"Your father has been through a traumatic experience I think he gets a pass." Pepper responded, not budging an inch.
"So now I have to go through a traumatic experience. This is child abuse Pep!" Elena exclaimed, dramatically falling to her side on the couch.
"You're a doctor with her own apartment over the age of 18, stop being so dramatic. Now did you pick out a dress yet?" Pepper implored already knowing what the answer would be.
"I was just going to wear the dress I wore to the last event. Don't see a need to have the paparazzi invade a store because I'm there." Elena grumbled.
Elena bringing her phone to her face because she had received a text from Frank, missed Pepper's eye roll, "You know I can have options sent here." The woman explained.
"That seems so high maintenance when added to the personal beauty staff," Elena grumbled as she opened the text and sat up.
"Elena, you are the partial face of a company, you need to present a proper front to the media and to the board. You want to make sure you are being taken seriously? This is a step in that direction." Pepper reprimanded knowing that while Elena never was against being girly, she hated the front she had to put on in front of the media.
Elena once again flopped dramatically across the couch, Remy quickly coming over to give Elena a lick on the cheek in comfort, "Ugh okay can they come today? I want to try to work on a few more projects tomorrow if I can." Still looking at her phone, Elena saw that Frank was asking if they could meet up just to talk. Elena figure he was pissed about her continuously canceling or cutting her sessions short.
Quickly, Elena puller her face out of her phone and looked up to Pepper, "Hey Pep, I'm all alone,"
"You will not be alone, I'll be there" Pepper interrupted.
Without missing a beat Elena continued, "And since this is a Stark even can I invite someone last minute?" She asked looking hopefully up at Pepper.
"I don't see why not just give me the name, and I'll add to the list. Is this person allowed a plus one?" Pepper asked trying to gauge if this was a possible love interest.
"Yeah that would be nice, I'm not sure if he has a significant other, but if he does, I'm sure he would like a nice night out with them." She replied quickly sending the information to Frank saying they could talk at the party and to bring a guest with him. Maybe if he was there Elena could have someone to talk to for a portion of the night, that wasn't just faking being polite to her because of who she was. Frank didn't want anything from her but her business and sometimes her friendship.
Pepper smile fondly at Elena, "Okay I'll get right on it and dresses will be here at 7. Please be nice to the buyer, don't make them cry like the last one." The personal assistant implored.
"Hey, that woman told me I needed to lose more weight to fit into her dress, which is not cool by the way. Not my fault she didn't like my response." Elena defended herself. Pepper tried to hide her amusement, "Still be nice."
Elena nodded quickly and saw another call from a New York number. She answered it thinking it may be Dr. Palmer getting back to her about her missionary plans. "Elena Stark here."
"Yes. Hi, this Josh Hartwick calling for Elena Stark. I know she's about to be a very busy resident, as am I, so I thought instead of waiting for her to tell me when she was free, I could just pencil in a meeting with her now." The voice over the phone proposed.
Hearing his formal introduction, Elena tried to hide her smile while biting her bottom lip, "And what would this meeting be about Mr. Hartwick?" She inquired taking on a very posh tone.
Pepper stopped what she was doing, when she heard Elena's response. She looked at Elena in confusion and slight worry. People usually make an appointment for Elena through Pepper, if it is anything regarding her work life or company business. It was concerning to Pepper that someone may have gotten Elena's personal number.
However, the smile on Elena's face told Pepper she may not need to be all that concerned.
Elena tried harder to hide her smile and hold in a laugh as she heard Josh's reply, "Uh this meeting involves a very strictly business dinner. I have been personally tasked with making sure Miss Stark has a nice time in New York and I take that duty very seriously. So, what time would best for her, for this business dinner, which has no hidden agenda what-so-ever."
"Hmm, I think Miss Stark may be free Friday three weeks from now around 8 o'clock. She prefers her business dinners to be held in quite locations, nothing too busy or popular, so of course it won't interfere with the meeting." Elena joked in her posh tone, while casually stroking Remy's back as he sat with his head in her lap.
"I think that can be arranged. Will Miss Stark need a ride, or will she be able to procure her own transportation?" Josh asked, not breaking from his bit.
"She will find her own way there, thank you, Mr. Hartwick." Elena said, while her smile spread across her face.
"Do I need to call the week of to reconfirm?" He asked, politely.
"No, if Miss Stark's plans change, she will let you know." Elena voice taking on an airy tone as if this was a usual occurrence.
"Thank you very much, and please relay to Miss Stark how eager I am for our meeting and I hope she has a good day," Josh said politely.
"I will make sure she receives your message. Have a great day Mr. Hartwick and thank you for calling to set up this meeting." Elena said gently towards the end of her statement.
With one more goodbye, they both ended the phone call. Elena had a huge smile on her face as she put her phone down and stretched her hands above her head. Pepper who was still in the living room looked over at Elena with a knowing smile. She may have only heard Elena's side of the conversation; however, she could easily figure out that someone had asked Elena out on a date.
"Who was that?" Pepper asked aloofly. Elena smiled over at Pepper, "A friend from med school who is now living in New York." She answered.
"Friend?" Pepper questioned.
"For now, yes, we will see how dinner goes. He's always been very nice to me and we have great chemistry. But you know there have been a handful of guys that acted nice only to want something from me in the end. Fame, money, a chance to brag that they have something over Tony Stark's daughter." Elena ticked off on her fingers.
"I hate that you have to be so conscious about people's motives to be in your life. But you handle it beautifully." Pepper prides.
"Thanks, Pep. You've helped me every step of the way. Could you imagine if we told Dad about that guy who asked me to his formal, just to post my photo all of the internet claiming he had slept with me." Elena asked still a little bitter about that situation.
"I impressed myself with how quickly we squashed that." She mused, with a slightly bitter tone. Never before had she wanted to send Happy after someone. Elena had called her in tears trying to make sure Tony didn't see the article the guy had falsely written.
"Good to have a connection in programming." Elena shrugged. "Anyway, Josh doesn't strike me as a fame monger, so I think I should be safe with him," Elena spoke honestly.
"Well, I'm happy for you." Pepper spoke, "Oh and before I forget, what the hell happened to the piano, and the roof?" Pepper asked looking over at the pile of rubble.
Elena shrugged, "Dad stuff, he said to have someone come out whenever. I guess I won't be playing anymore before I leave."
"I can have a keyboard sent over if you want one for the next week or so." Pepper offered.
"Only if it's not an inconvenience. I'm putting a piano in the new apartment so I can live." Elena explained.
Pepper nodded and began to take a business call, but before she continued, she held the phone away from her ear and looked at Elena. "Remember the personal shopper will be here in about 2 hours. Be nice" Pepper reprimanded, wagging her pointer finger at Elena.
"Always nice." She called out as Pepper walked away, probably heading back to the office.
Elena, knowing she had some time to kill, went down to the lab to see if she could help Tony work on the suit. As she walked down the steps, she noticed the lack of music playing in the lab. Cautious as to why, she walked in to see that her father wasn't at his usual station. Looking around she found him dead asleep on the couch. Knowing her father didn't keep normal sleeping hours she quickly backed up and left the lab as quietly as she could.
She sent Pepper a quick text to let the personal shopper know not to ring the doorbell and that she would just have Jarvis alert her personally when they had arrived.
After doing a few laps in the pool, Elena showered and got ready for the personal shoppers to arrive. When Jarvis alerted her that a car was pulling up the drive, Elena decided to put Remy outside so his barking wouldn't wake her dad. The girl seemed super nervous, no doubt because the last girl Pepper had sent had told her all about Elena's shouting at her.
"Good Evening Miss Stark I have the options for you in the back, I can start the set up whenever you're ready." Her voice was super soft, and she barely met Elena's eyes.
Elena nodded and explained to her that she could set up in her room, "Just take the stairs up, go down the hall, and the door has huge E on it.
Elena grabbed half of the dresses since the girl had a good handful in her arms and she also had a roller suitcase, no doubt full of shoes and jewelry.
Once they were set up the personal shopper, now known as Emily, went on to explain that Pepper had sent over a profile that included sizes, colors, and cuts for them to follow, so she wouldn't waste time showing Elena dresses she wouldn't be interested in.
Elena knew she didn't want anything too showy for this benefit. This was really the first time she had been out in public since her father's return, not counting the surprise press conference. So, she wanted to keep it low key, and not give the press anything to speculate on. Elena went with sleek black off the shoulder floor-length evening gown sent over from Alexander McQueen. It was form-fitting but still a little conservative. Emily recommended some nice sparkly Louboutin's along with some hanging diamond earrings to pair.
Elena liked Emily and made a note to tell Pepper that she would prefer her for events such as this. The last lady had thrown an attitude when Elena had rejected every dress, she had picked either due to size or fashion preference. Once that was over with Elena helped Emily pack up the rest of the dresses to have them returned to the designers and helped her load them into the car.
Tony had managed to sleep through the whole commotion or had just chosen not to come upstairs. Either way, Elena went to the kitchen and made a quick sandwich for Tony. She places a tray with the sandwich some fruits and a green juice in the elevator. She told Jarvis to have dummy take it and place it on the table in front of Tony so it would be there when he woke up.
After working on some new designs for her first aid drones, an upgrade for the design she had made to help find her dad. Elena also had an idea for a software that would help translate sign language over video chat, she could thank Frank for that idea. After working on both of those ideas simultaneously, Elena decided to turn in kind of early.
In the morning Elena woke up, took her normal jog with Remy, and walk downstairs to talk with her dad who was still in the lab.
"Morning Old Man, did you get my care package last night?" Tony threw a deadpan look her way, "Dummy spilled the green juice on me to wake me up so I would eat. Was that by your direction." He asked with an unamused tone.
Elena burst out in laughter, "Not quite but he's doing his best."
"He's a pile of junk" Tony grumbled, "Is not!" Elena argued, offend by her father's diagnostic.
"Also, I wanted to run an idea by you for first-aid drones. They can deliver life-saving medical equipment or medicine to areas that can't be easily reached by humans either because of weather or destination." She explained a he looked over her design.
Tony looked over the plans and noted with some impression, "How are you going to keep the drones from being shot down?"
"I created a holo-camouflage projection that would allow the panels to reflect their environment until they want to be seen!" She explained pointing out her design.
"Oh wow, incredible yeah let's send this in to, R and D and try and get some prototypes up and running." Surprised by his immediate response "Really?"
"Yeah, we could sell this to the military to keep them off of our backs or for humanitarian efforts. There is a lot of potential here Squirt. Good job!"
"Thanks, Dad. I already have one that I created that you can look over. Oh, and I have plans tonight so you and Jarvis can work on the suit by yourselves." She explained.
"Thanks, I'll be cranking away down here so no need to worry." Elena nodded at him.
They spent the afternoon working side by side until Elena realized she needed to eat and shower before the beauty team would be over to poke and prod at her.
As Elena let the team in, she heard her father blasting his music from below, noting that he probably wouldn't be able to hear her beauty team over his music. Once everything was set up Elena was stuck in the chair for the next hour or two. The beauty team was nice, and they were open to having some conversations with her. Some beauty teams just came in, styled, and got out without ever saying a word to her.
Once they had finished their magic Elena ran upstairs to put on her dress and grab her shoes. When she came back down Happy was letting Remy out.
"Hey Happy, what do you think?" She asked moving in a twirl, with her heels still in her hand.
"Looking good Ellie," Happy said nicely. "I have some snacks in the back for you." He winked as she sat down to put on her heels, once she was done the crew came over and adjusted her makeup and hair one last time before she got in the car. She grabbed her silver beaded clutch and gave Remy one last careful pet so as not to get any of his hair on her.
Happy was waiting at the front door with his arm extended for her to take. As she did, he gave her a loving smile "You look great kid really, that team did a good job." He joked.
Happy walked them to the car and opened the door for Elena. Once they were on their way Elena, dug into the snacks Happy had left in the back for her. Careful not to smudge her makeup or to get any crumbs on her dress.
They arrive quickly at the Disney Concert Hall where the benefit was being held. As Happy was maneuvering the car through the crowd, Elena grabbed a mirror and made some final adjustments to her hair and face. "I'll be just around the corner waiting for your call Ellie, are we feeling Wendy's tonight?" Happy asked looking at her through his review mirror.
"Ugh yes! Large fry and a chocolate frosty please and thank you Happy." She called out as someone opened the door for her and the flashes of cameras started to blind her. Elena felt her fake smile pop up as soon as she heard her name being shouted at her.
As she made her way down the red carpet, she stopped to sign an autograph for a little girl in a lab coat that read Stark, crouching down to her level she joked, "Kept up the good work doctor." Elena winked at the little girl as she handed the book back to her. The little girl threw her a quick smile before falling back into the crowd. Before she could straighten up Elena was accosted by an entertainment program, "Miss Stark, I'm Zorianna Kit with Channel 10 News, care to make a comment about your family hosting the event tonight?"
Keeping the fake smile on her face, Elena gracefully stood up and said, "Of course, my father and I are always happy to host this annual event. The firefighter community has always been there for the people of California whenever they are needed so we are happy to be there for them and their families whenever they need. Tonight's proceeds will be going to fund renovations for the firehouses across the state, so the men and women have a comfy place to rest and recharge when they are in between calls. Also, I would like to personally say that my father and I will match all money raised tonight, so we can double the donation" She smiled gracefully at the reporter.
The Zorianna smiled at her, "Always so generous Miss Stark. However, I am wondering where your father is tonight this is his event as well." Her question though seeming innocent was definitely anything but, they were looking for her to say he was a mess.
"My father is currently busy at the moment and knew that I was perfectly capable of hosting this event myself, besides with him not here there will more food for everyone else." Elena deflected perfectly.
Her joke got a chuckle out of the crowd around her but the reporter in front of her persisted, "So there is no truth to the rumor that your father had been bedridden since his press conference and is not handling his recent time away well." She made sure to push her microphone closer to Elena's face as if to intimidate her.
"My father was held hostage not away on a trip," Elena bit out in his defense while maintaining her fake smile, "Also my father is perfectly fine. As usual, the company is his top priority, this is in no way the first event he's missed for work and it won't be his last I assure you." She said excusing herself with a head nod before the reporter could ask another insulting question.
Once inside Elena felt her smile drop for a second. She couldn't help but bot note how exhausting being on all the time was and she finished medical school in two years. Elena made her way around the crowd greeting people and encouraging them to add to the donation pile and bet in the silent actions. As a waiter walked by, he offered her some champagne. Thankfully, Elena accepted it, and gingerly sipped from the glass. Due to her career and mentality, people often forgot that she was technically underaged, but since she never over-indulged people tended to not bother her about it.
She was alone in the crowd as she looked around, taking in the people surrounding her. She noticed that Frank and one of the men she met at her Father's press conference were talking at the bar their backs facing the crowd. Elena began to maneuver her way through the crowd to get to Frank. However, since it was early in the night, there were a lot of people flanking to the bar. There were a few people in between them but she could overhear their conversation.
The man she met before seem to be talking hurriedly to Frank "Fury is not pleased with how close you have gotten to all of this. You were supposed to observe and report. Not interact with her." He reprimanded
Frank shrugged, "How else was I supposed to find out what I needed? She was spending every day inside until we met it's not like I could bug the house." Elena had a sinking suspicion they were talking about her, so she decided to remain on the other side of the person in front of them.
"You have gotten too attached to this Clint. Fury wants her brought in and you're dragging your feet on this because you care about her. Would you please stop becoming attached to your assignments, there's only so much leeway I convince Director Fury to give you?"
Elena was surprised to hear Frank be called another name but continued to listen. Shooing away someone who attempted to speak with her, "Elena is kind and gentle. She isn't ready for what Fury wants to throw her into. I guarantee he will scare her off if we approach this too quickly. I hadn't gained her trust she wouldn't even consider doing what ask. She trusts me, please just give me another week with her and I will bring her in. I still don't understand why Fury wants her so badly." He scoffed downing the drink in front of him.
"He wants a her on our side. Imagine what she could do for-" He voice was interrupted.
"Elena there you are, I've been looking all over for you. It's time to thank everyone for coming," Pepper's voice shouted into the crowd as she made her way to Elena. Before turning to look at Pepper, Elena made eye contact with a rather guilty looking Frank or maybe his name was Clint.
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Well I hope you enjoyed this chapter! It felt a little fillerish to me, but I was already 12 pages deep and thought it better to break this party up into two chapters. So, Elena is figuring out Frank is not who he originally says he was. He is Clint Barton and the part about him being deaf I took from a few different comic story lines. I want Elena to bond with certain member for different reasons, and I think Elena helping Clint with his hearing is a different angle. Again, thank you so much for your follow, favs, and reviews please keep them coming. Here are a few answers for what y'all have been asking me in reviews!
BeautifullySarcastic22 – Elena will have a reasonable response to him, I always hate when characters are disproportionally angry with someone. Clint will be a sounding board for Elena in the future on few things I imagine! Thanks for your feedback!
Famond- Well no I didn't mean to give away Frank in the last chapter, but the wrong version uploaded and you saw before I realized. Oh well best laid plans! So, in the MCU, no they haven't addressed if Clint has hearing issues, but in the comics they have so, I figured I would integrate a little. I'm still toying with the Stark Relief foundation plan and Elena's role with it! Thank you for ideas and feedback!
Lyanna Arwen Narsilla – Thank you so much, I'm so happy you are enjoying this story. It's something I have had in my brain for a long time and I can't wait to write it all out!
Cheshirekadi- Thank you very much! Yes, Frank is Clint! Later in another chapter I'll explain where he got his alias name. As for Josh you will just have to wait and see!