Hello dear my dear readers!

Happy New Year guys, may this year bring us everything we want.

Now this chapter guys, this chapter is The One You Have Been Waiting For.

Hope I managed to deliver ;)

- Alex

And who'd have guessed They'd come together on their own?

It's so peculiar

We'll wait and see

A few days more

There may be something there that wasn't there before

You know perhaps there is something there that wasn't there before

There may be something there that wasn't there before

- Something There, Beauty and The Beast.

When Tony landed a stretcher was immediately waiting for him and doctors ushered Alexandra inside quickly, Tony stepped out of his armor and was joined by, a still crackling with energy, Thor. They sat in the living room while the doctors worked and were quickly joined by Pepper, Betty, Rhodey and the rest of the Avengers, while the Carter-Souza clan kept calling Tony every once in a while.

Dr. Helen Cho walked out of the medical rooms first and Tony stood.

"How is she?" he asked, Helen patted his shoulder.

"She will make it, he was injecting her with hyoscine-pentothal, thankfully he didn't overdose her, and since she lost so much blood the after effects of it will be minimal, her wounds have been all treated, but we will need a blood transfusion to keep her stable, her body seems to be much more resilient than most, so that's good" Dr. Cho explained, Tony nodded.

"I will donate," said Steve standing, Tony looked at Steve then at Dr. Cho.

"Could it work? Steve's blood, could it help her heal completely?" Tony asked; Dr. Cho seemed uncertain.

"Her body could repel it, but we can try" she said.

The next few hours were spent in waiting, Steve had donated two pints of blood to the cause, while Thor and Tony were hovering by the door of Medical. Natasha was sitting with Pepper, Betty and Maria, who had arrived; while Steve, Rhodey, Bruce and Clint sat by the bar talking in hushed tones. Finally, Dr. Cho walked out followed by a nurse and Dr. Halen.

"She's awake now and her body accepted the blood, we shall keep her in observation to see any developments, please do not swarm her, if you go in pairs or alone, it will be better" Dr. Cho explained, everyone nodded and Thor and Tony looked at each other before Tony walked into the room.

Alexandra looked even younger laying on the hospital bed, dressed in a white hospital gown, her hair fanned around her, a dark bruise across her face, her eyes lit up when Tony walked in.

"Oh, kid, I'm so sorry baby girl" Tony said going to stand next to her, pressing a hand gently to her forehead, she smiled at him.

"It was not your fault Dad," she said softly, voice raspy. Tony's eyes softened and he bent down to press a kiss to her forehead.

"That psycho wanted to hurt me kid, and he did and I don't even know who he was" Tony said, she looked at him confused.

"Did he escape?" she asked, Tony smiled and shook his head.

"I blew him up" Tony said, Alexandra grinned.

"Good" she said and Tony laughed, eyes watery.

"No one will hurt you and live to tell the tale" he promised and pressed another kiss to her head, Alexandra managed to move and hug him, Tony hugged her back and choked on a sob "I thought I was going to lose you, you don't get to scare your old man like that" he said, trembling slightly, Alexandra's own tears were already falling.

"I won't, I promise, I... you won't lose me, never" she sobbed against Tony's shoulder, "I was so scared daddy" she whispered and Tony hugged her tighter.

"Shhhh… its okay, he's dead, I'm here now" Tony said into her hair.

"It hurt so much, I wanted him to stop, but I wouldn't beg, I couldn't" she kept sobbing, Tony kept on holding her tightly, "He wanted me to talk so I wouldn't, so he made me scream, I wanted you to come"

"I did come baby girl, he's dead and you're safe with me, look at me" Tony said, he grabbed her face with his hands tenderly, his eyes finding hers "Look at me, I'm here, we rescued you, me, uncle Bruce, Thor, Natashalie, birdbrain and the Capsicle, we went there and got you, you're safe now, kay?" she nodded at him and he pulled her into his arms again.

He heard something by the door and turned to see Thor hovering awkwardly by the door. Tony sighed as he let go of his daughter. She looked at him confused until she noticed Thor, who as soon as Tony moved, had Alexandra engulfed in a hug, Alexandra completely concealed by Thor's bigger frame, Tony nodded at the thunderer before walking out of the room to get Pepper.

Thor breathed in Alexandra's hair as he held her in his arms, his little wife, who's will hadn't been broken completely by the crazy midgardian, she seemed somehow smaller and much more fragile in his arms like this, he smiled at her and got a small shy teary smile in return.

"I am sorry Alexandra" Thor said wiping away her tears.

"Not your fault" she murmured and Thor could only hold her tighter, if Tony hadn't blown up the midgardian Thor surely would have slain the man himself.

The god of thunder pressed a kiss to Alexandra's hair and held her for what seemed an eternity, the rest of the Avengers visited her and Thor didn't move from his position next to her on the small hospital bed. Pepper visited her next morning carrying pancakes and other comfort breakfast foods. Thor only stepped aside when Pepper ushered Alexandra into the bathroom and helped the Stark girl into a pair of Iron Man pj's. After Pepper left Alexandra huddled up to Thor on the small hospital bed and the god didn't move for the rest of the night as she restlessly slept, nightmares waking her up at several hours of the night.

"My lady, you are safe" Thor said holding Alexandra close to him as she sobbed; she had woken up from a nightmare, the fifth of the night.

"I know, this is stupid, I'm pathetic" she said in between sobs, Thor sighed.

"Alexandra" he said sternly "You are far from pathetic or stupid, you were taken and tortured by a mad man, no one will think less of you for dealing with what you went through, you are a strong young woman" he said, eyes locked onto hers, she huffed and he pulled her into a hug pressing his lips to her forehead.

They didn't move for a while, Alexandra taking in Thor's presence, she was safe, that much she knew, Thor was with her and he would not let anyone harm her, not anymore, not like Zeke had done, Zeke was dead, Tony had blasted him, no one would hurt her. She breathed in Thor's scent and sighed.

"I wanna go to my room" she said softly, Thor looked at her and nodded before standing and gathering her in his arms.

She didn't protest as he carried her up to their apartment, which was strange enough as she hated when she was picked up by anyone, but she just stared silently ahead, which really worried the god of thunder. And he could only hope that her spirit wasn't damaged beyond repair. When they got to their apartment and subsequently their room, Thor placed her on the bed while he went to fetch water from the fridge knowing that should she wake from another nightmare she would ask for it. When he returned to the bedroom she was already dozing off on his side of the bed and he guessed that she wanted his presence. Thor kicked off his shoes and carefully placed himself next to her on the bed, she cuddled up to him immediately and he placed a hand on the back of her head, caressing her hair softly as he lulled her to sleep.

The next few weeks were hard on Alexandra as she rarely went out of her room, and the times she did were to get her checkups or to talk to her therapist. Steve's blood was healing her nicely and most of her scars would vanish in time, that according to Dr. Cho. Thor remained by Alexandra's side, as she tended to get antsy if she was alone for long periods of time. Pepper and Tony had partially moved to New York to be close to her too and the Carter-Souza bunch had taken to visit every Sunday. Maria Hill stepped up to her plate and was handing the SI-SD as Alexandra recovered, most agents had sent Get Well Soon cards and boxes upon boxes of chocolate.

"Alexandra are you okay in there?" asked Thor from the doorway of their bathroom, Alexandra was currently eyeing her Jacuzzi warily, since her abduction and subsequent torture she had stuck to taking quick showers as water now made her uneasy.

"Yeah, I'm fine" she said dipping a finger in the warm water; she was clad in a flowery bikini as she knew that Thor could enter the bathroom at any moment. As if reading her thoughts, Thor stepped in and gave her a curious look.

"What are you doing?" he asked, she eyed the tub before answering.

"This whole thing is stupid, I want to enjoy my baths again but every time I try to get in I panic and it sucks, so I'm trying to battle my fears" she explained, Thor raised an eyebrow but shrugged and removed his shirt and pants keeping his boxers on, he was already barefooted and stepped into the big Jacuzzi, water sloshing as he did so.

Alexandra kept her eyes on his body as he moved comfortably in the water, he then extended a hand to her, an encouraging smile on his face, she bit her lip as she considered her options, the logical part of her brain knew that water by itself couldn't hurt her, and Thor would be there with her, since her abduction he always seemed to be there with her. She placed her hand on his, carefully and took a step into the Jacuzzi. She almost flinched as she came in contact with the water but Thor's presence was comforting and calming, he kept on smiling at her as she stood in the Jacuzzi, water reaching her belly button. She was tense but Thor kept holding her hand, he carefully pulled her towards him.

"Nothing will hurt you" he said softly, Alexandra was looking up at him and nodded. A smile blossomed on Thor's face as he pulled Alexandra down with him, she briefly panicked but Thor soothed her panic away pulling her onto his lap and holding her tightly as they both sat inside the tub.

"Is this weird to you?" she asked after a while, water was up to her collarbone as she was sitting on Thor's lap, said god shook his head.

"You are my wife Alexandra, my Queen, my friend, I would do this and more to see you back to yourself again" he explained, she smiled at him.

"Thank you" she said and pressed a kiss to Thor's cheek, Thor closed his eyes and basked in her closeness.

Things were rarely as easy as they seemed. Alexandra looked at Thor and knew that she didn't want to further whatever this new closeness of them was to go further, not while she was damaged, not while she couldn't find it within herself to be whoever she was before she had been captured and tortured by Zeke. She didn't want her relationship with Thor to change based in her fears, she wanted to go back to herself, to be easygoing and carefree, a place in her mind in which her only concern was being married to a god. But she was broken, she had been broken, even though most of her scars had healed her mind hadn't and she knew that whatever she could be feeling for Thor at the moment was a byproduct of his ever constant presence in her time of need rather than her own feelings for the god, but in matters of love, things were rarely simple.