People were turning to dust in front of everyone's eyes. Bucky, Groot, T'Challa, Wanda, Sam. Chris clung to Steve to make sure that he didn't fade away like the others.
"Gabe," Chris said and looked at Steve.
They both started running towards the tower together. They climbed the stairs as quickly as they could and ran into the lab.
"Shuri." Chris said running over to her as she kneeled on the ground.
"He's gone. I don't know what happened. He just faded away." Shuri said and looked around in confusion.
"No." Chris said and fell to her knees.
"I'm sorry, Chris." Shuri said.
Chris didn't say anything. She sat there and cried as she stared at the floor. Steve knelt behind her and placed his hands on her shoulders.
"No, no. Not my baby." Chris cried and leaned back into Steve. They cried together in each other's arms.
Shuri wanted to comfort them but didn't know how to. They were devastated. Sobbing into each other's arms.
A few days had passed, and Natasha was taking care of Steve and Chris. Chris had locked herself away in their bedroom and just laid in their bed. Steve would come out and grab water and food and try to take it to Chris, but she refused to eat or drink. Steve ate small meals and then slept with Chris. Chris didn't speak or sleep or anything. Steve would sometimes get her to drink a little bit of water, but to no avail. Natasha spent her time cooking and cleaning for them. Whenever Steve wasn't in their room he was in Gabe's room. He would sit on the bed and hold his teddy bear or grab his blanket.
It was heartbreaking. Losing a child all because you couldn't stop one man from wiping out half of the universe. Half of your world.
Shuri was running what was left of Wakanda. She spent every second she could in the lab with Bruce trying to find someway to reverse what had happened. Some way to bring everyone back.
Steve began to panic when Chris wasn't in their room. He looked all over and finaly found her in Gabe's room. She was sitting on the bed with Gabe's teddy in her arms.
"Chris, we need to do something." Steve said sitting on the bed next to her.
She didn't look at him. She just sat there staring out the window.
"What?" Chris asked. "What can we possibly do?"
"Well, you should eat something. Maybe take a shower."
"Gabe is gone. I can't keep going like nothing ever happened." Chris said finally looking at him.
"I'm not saying that. I'm saying we need to find a way to bring them back. We need to find Thanos, get the infinity stones and get them back. Get our son back."
"You don't get it, Steve."
"I don't get it? I lost him too, Chris! He was my son too! We both loved him! He was our angel! Do not act like I am not hurting from this. I am broken, and my wife has completely shut me out in this time when we need each other. We need to lean on each other right now. I need my wife!"
Chris was rattled. All this time she had only been thinking about herself, but she had not thought about her husband. The father of the child that they had both lost.
"I'm sorry." Chris said quietly.
"We both lost him." Steve said.
"I just want him back." Chris said and hugged him.
"I know, so let's do everything we can to get him back." Steve said in her ear.
Chris nodded and clung to him tighter as he hugged her back. Tears began to fall from his eyes.
"I love you, baby." Steve said to her.
"I love you." Chris said and kissed him.
Steve and Chris laid down on Gabe's bed and held each other.