The room stills.
"Tony, you almost died."
He feels so guilty looking at her. Pepper, his rock. Always so straightforward and sensible, not one to let her emotions get the best of her. Seeing her like this breaks his heart more than he can explain.
He brings his left hand up to her face and rests it gently on her cheek.
"I'm sorry, I really am Pepper"
He wipes away a tear that was making its way down her cheek.
"I'm back now, and I promise you I am not going anywhere."
He offers her a small smile, and she returns it.
Shuri and Wanda stop the setting up of the equipment, not wanting to unduly disrupt them.
"Mrs Potts!"
The doctor colors pink again, realizing he interrupted something.
"I, uh, there's some people, here uh...to see Mr. Stark"
"I belive she told you it's Mrs. Stark. Or if you prefer, you can call me Mr. Potts, doctor..."
"Swift, the one responsible for failing to provide the proper care for my patient." Shuri walks over to the doctor.
"You sir should not be running this place you call a hospital. Is there a reason nothing I left orders for has been done?"
"He did not belive that Mr. Potts" Wanda smiles at Tony, before focusing again on the doctor "would regain consciousness. He is only doing this for the money, it makes no difference to him if someone dies or not"
The doctor squirms, and everyone present knows that Wanda is right.
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"And we'll have two cheeseburgers with chips for takeaway, thanks"
"That'll be 35 50"
Harley hands him a bill.
"You can keep the change man."
Harley looks at where Peter and Morgan are sitting as he steps into the collection queue. They are absorbed in their discussion so he takes his phone out again and frowns. There's no reply to the message he sent earlier. Of course it could be nothing, but then again what if it is something. Harley shakes his head and puts his phone back in his pocket.
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sorry this is such a short chapter, the next one will definitely be longer though.
To ThunderNinjaBird - Yup , I will explain it, and I think from this chapter you can kinda guess a bit of how he survived
Hope y'all enjoy the feels in this one
xxx