It was the middle of February and Katie was on the phone with Steve. He was on a mission along with her dad. She was walking down the hall. "Think you'll be back before valentines day?" "I don't know yet but I'll sure try my best." She smiled before stopping, hearing something from Clints room. It sounded like moaning. She blushed. But she raised an eyebrow. That voice sounded familiar. She spoke into the phone. "Babe,hang on a minute. I need to check something." She pressed the phone to her shoulder, going to the door, grabbing the knob and gently cracking it open. She had to keep herself from gasping. There was her mom and Clint. Clint had her flat on her back, fingering her and not to gently. She suddenly slammed the door, feeling sick. Not from the sight but the thought her mother was cheating her her dad. They were so perfect. She nearly ran back to her room, closing the door. She heard Steve worriedly in the phone. " Katie? Sweetheart? Is everything ok?" She leaned against her door, struggling not to cry, wiping tears away. Her voice wobbly. "No. everything is not ok. My mom.. I just caught her in bed with Clint..." She sobbed, thinking of how this would break her fathers heart.
Steve gasped. "What? Really? Oh shoot, this is bad. Want me to leave you alone for now and check on you later? Seems like a lot to take in." She nodded, then speaking, remembering he wasn't there in the room. "Y-yeah. I love you, I wouldn't do that to you, you know that right?" He smiled sadly, he wished he was there but Fury had Sent nearly all the Avengers overseas to handle some drug-lord. A drug-lord with some pretty powerful weapons. "I know, I love you to and I wouldn't anything like that to you. I'l call you when I can." She hung up after that, curled behind her door, letting it all sink in
Quinn was in the lab, working on her suits diagrams when she sensed the heartbreak. The crayon in her hand falling onto the floor as she sniffled before wiping her eyes. Coulson was in the lab with her, choosing to stay behind as an extra hand at Stark Tower. He walked over, kneeling down to her, petting her hair gently. "Hey princess, whats wrong?" She sniffled, trying not to cry but her voice was so wobbly. "I d-don't want b-birdman to take m-mommy away.." He was a bit confused but he knew about her gift and knew she must be sensing something he couldn't. He only could hold her close and hope it soothed her.
Kim was dressed and at Katie's door, knocking. "Katie, sweetie, please, lets talk about this." "No. I don't want to talk to you." She sighed, her eyes watery. "Please, Katie I just want to talk." Her lip started to tremble when she got no reaction but was startled when the door open suddenly. If she felt guilty before, it felt like her heart had been ripped out. Her daughters eyes were red and puffy from crying and tear stains covered her face, she went to reach for her. "Oh I'm so sorry-" Katie pushed her hands away, almost gently as she started to walk past her. "How could you do this?" She turned to Kim. "How could you do this to dad? To us?" " It's not like I had planed for it to happen." " No but your letting it happen. Please, answer me this: Who do you love more?" Kim hesitated, not expecting that question but Katie took her silence as her answer, glaring. "That's what I thought. You don't know, your being just as fickle as a school girl." A few tears fell down before she turned sharply, going down stairs.
Kim stood there in shock, tears continuing to fall. Her hand went to her mouth when a sob escaped her. Clint heard everything from the door way and even thou he was angry at Katie for confronting her mom like this he knew she was right. His eyes watered, feeling Kims pain radiate off of her, walking over, wrapping his arms around her waist. She turned around suddenly, hiding in his chest, crying hard.
Steve was on the Hellicarer, currently stationed in Tahiti. They were being briefed, again on the situation. They couldn't let this drug lord know there there or else he could blow the whole damn island. He couldn't help looking over at Tony every so often. What Katie told him running thru his head. He knew Tony would be devastated. From what he's read on the file and just from knowing the guy, this was the first real family he's ever had. He hated to see it come down this way.
Tony had flask in had as he half-listened to fury. Don't let them know where here. Got it. Now he was bored out of his mind and wished he was home. He wanted to discuss the wedding with km, he had a Christmas plan for it. Right on top of the tower. He must have been off day dreaming as Fury yelled his name. "Stark! Are you listening to anything coming out of my mouth?" He looked up. "Unless whats coming out of your mouth is where the closest Starbucks is then no." Fury groaned and Steve couldn't help but glare. He loved the guy and he hoped he would be his father-in-law someday but damn he could get on his nerves. "Tony, this is importance. Peoples lives are at stake." Tony just gave him that look that said he was right. "Peoples lives are always at stake with us. Where the goddamn Avengers." Steve noticed the angry tone Tony had and wondered just how much of that flask he had today. Fury glared to Tony. "Which is why you need to listen to the briefing. Unless you would like to get more people killed with your recklessness in the field." Tony wasn't going to show how that hurt but he could feel the guilt bubble back up as he smirked before sighing. "I'l be in my room." He said as he stood up. "Call me if you actual need me." He walked away, out of the room. Fury just shook his head. Steve watched in mild shock as Tony walked out of the room.
After the debriefing Widow stopped by Tony's room, lightly knocking. A few moments later he answered with that damn smirk of his but she could see behind it. "Why..Natasha what brings you to my humble abode?" She kept her stone face as she spoke. "I need to go over the mission with you. Fury said you had walked out." He shrugged, walking back inside the small room, letting her in. "Maybe, not like I didn't know the mission." He sat down, pouring some whiskey into a tumbler glass with ice. She noticed it and noticed how is behavior wasn't exactly normal. It was more reckless then normal. "For you to be apart of this mission it's required-" "yada yada , don't get caught or let them know where there, yeah I know, I got it. This is why I walked out." She threw the file onto the bed. "You should read that file. It was the blueprints to the drug-lords territory. You can program that into your suit can't you?" She smirked weakly. He smirked back , picking it up and looking at it. "Your smooth agent Romanoff." She smirked. "You have no idea how smooth." He smirked weakly, feeling guilty again. It might seem like harmless flirting but he couldn't help but think of Kim and the broken hearted look on her if she knew how he was acting. He smiled weakly. "Thanks Agent Roampff. I'l go over these now." He noticed she seemed to deflate but nodded before walking out of the room
It seemed like house but was only a half hour before kim made her way downstairs to the kitchen. She saw Katie and swallowed the lump in her throat. Katie had tea in her hand and her cell in front of her, waiting for Steve to call. Katie looked over at her but glared and looked back to her phone. Kim swallowed. "Sweetie-" "Don't call me that." She paused before speaking, eyes watering again. "You know dads been drinking more? Now I know why." kims breath hitched. "He's always had drinking problems." Katie got up, glaring as she walked to her mother. " Yeah and this certainly isn't helping him." She looked away a moment before speaking. "He probably knows, he's a genius, he can read in-between the lines and subtle changes we couldn't pick up. If something happens to him, if he dies because of this it's on you." Katie shook her head, walking out of the kitchen.
Tony and the rest of the team were flying to this drug-lords base. He was flying high above the Quinnjet, giving them cover if needed. He wasn't sure what happened or how it happened but they must have known they were there or just had really good eyes in the sky as they started shooting from below. Tony cursed, flying quickly to cover the jet, shooting at them from below. He dodged a few good shots that would have done him in. He heard Steve in his comm. "Stark, we need cover!" "Yeah, working on it." He flew quickly to the front, targeting the men below, shooting quickly with the repulsers. This gave the jet enough time to land. Tony kept cover for Steve and Natasha. Hulk was rambling to the large guns, ripping them out of the ground. It was chaotic and went by so fast. Tony didn't even see the rocket from the rocket launcher. He flipped over before falling to the ground in a heap of metal. Steve saw it first, running over to him, yelling at him in the comm. "Stark! Stark do you read me?!" Steve was getting more and more worried at the lack of response.
Steve knelled down fast to the heap of red and gold metal. The faceplate had been blown off. There was various cuts and bruises on Tony's face. He ripped off enough metal around his neck, able to feel his pulse now. He breathed a sigh of relief. "Fury, we need out of here now. Tony's badly hurt." He gave the order to retreat as he carried Tony easily into the jet. Natasha was in the pilots seat but looking back every so often in worry at Tony. Steve Held him, keeping track of his pulse. It was weak and growing weaker.
Kim was in the living room, drinking tea. She didn't want to be around Clint right now. She wiped a few tears from her eyes when she felt her cell start ringing. She picked it up. "Hello?" "Mrs. Stark! It's Steve." She frowned. "Steve, whats wrong?" "It's Tony, he's in bad shape. Were on the hellicarrer now, I can come get you." She gasped. "Oh my God, what happened?" "Someone took us by surprise, had a damn rocket launcher and he was prepared for it." she felt the lump in her throat forming. "Please, come get me. I want to see him." "Right away." He hung up and she was left in shock. She quickly got up, going to the lab, were she knew she would find Coulson and Quinn. She came into the lab, with tears going down her face. Coulson saw her, holding Quinn still who was still crying quietly into his shoulder. " , whats going on?" She walked over, taking Quinn, holding her close. "It's Tony, he's in really bad shape from the mission" Quinn cried into her mothers shoulder. "Daddy's dying." Kim shushed her gently. "Shh no, he isn't. He's going to be just fine." Coulson lead them out of the lab to the living room. "I'l go find Clint and Katie."
In no time at all The were rushed to the hellicarrer. Coulson Kept watch of Quinn, her mother not wanting her around Tony at this moment and he understood that. He didn't mind watching her. Steve went to Kim, hugging her. "I'm sorry, I did what I could to protect him out there." She sniffled. "I know you did, now please, take me to him." He nodded, he saw Katie, a few yards behind Kim and knew what it was about. He would talk to her but not now. He lead Kim to the medical rooms, leading her into Tony's. He had a breathing tube down his throat and a few other wires hooked up. Bruises and cuts were all over him and bandaged and his pulse was steady, for now. She brought a hand to her mouth, going over to him, holding his hand. "Oh God, Tony, Baby.." She cried quietly, petting his hair with her free hand. Steve closed the door quietly, going to Katie who was leaning against the wall, fighting off tears. She looked up with watery, green orbs and he hugged her. She hugged him tightly, crying into his chest, hard, gripping the blue spandex-like martial on his back. He kissed her head, wishing he could do more. Clint was in the mess hall, having a strong cup of coffee. He debated calling his brother but he didn't want to bring him into this shit if he didn't have to.
Kim stayed by Tony's side the whole day and he has yet to wake up. She was talking him about the wedding and her ideas when his heart monitor started to slow to a flat line. She gasped, pressing the call nurse button and running out of the room. "Help! Please! He's flat-lining!" She was shaking as the doctors rushed by her with the defibulator. She watched as they tried to revive him. She struggled not to break down, watching. Clint rushed to her, hearing the commotion. Soon as he was next to her she clung to him, crying into his chest. She heard the doctors. "Clear!" Nothing. The doctor cursed. "Clear!" Nothing. "Dammit! Clear!" After the third his heart started to return to normal. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank God. Thought we lost him." The doctor walked out, going to Kim. "Mrs. Stark, he's fine, for now." She nodded, still in Clint's embrace. "I understand. Will he wake up?" He sighed. "At the moment, unlikely but I don't believe he is in a coma, not a true coma. a temporary one. Now, I'll leave you alone." She nearly ran back into the room, holding Tony's hand, sitting by his bed and petting his hair. "Oh baby...I'm so sorry.." Clint hated himself as he watched. He wanted him to die just so he could have kim alone and to himself. How selfish was that?
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