Katie groaned, waking up to her phone ringing. She looked at her clock,moving her curly red hair out of her eyes. It was 11AM. Right, she stayed late with Steve. She looked at the caller ID. Skye. After her father's brush with death with a rocket launcher in February they had stayed close since then, texting and talking over the phone. She picked it up. "What is it?" "Did you see the entertainment news?" Katie raised an eyebrow, starting to sit up with a yawn. "No. Just because I'm a Stark doesn't mean I know the color of 's thongs." Skye sighed but couldn't help but laugh. "Damn, Katie this is serious. It's about your mom. You said she was having an affair?" Katie tensed. "Yeah..." "Well check out the tabloids, there all over it. He took her out and some paparazzi was following them." Katie sighed, turning on her TV to the entertainment station.

Skye was right, is was all over it. In big bold letters too. "Stark Affair with Bodyguard." She sighed. "Shit." "uh yeah.. I figure you would rather find out from me then some awful tabloid." Katie sighed heavily. "Yeah, thanks. I am sorta glad I found out this way." "You gonna be ok? Want Coulson to drop me by?" Katie frowned."No, I'll be ok. I don't want you going out of your way for me. I'm sure you have some awesome mission in some weird country we've never heard of." "Ok well call me then if you need me." "ok. I will. Bye." Katie hung up, sighing, feeling her eyes water. How could her mom do this?

Tony had been awake most of the night, just holding on to Kim who had fallen asleep in his arms. He saw it was around 11 so he should probably start coffee. He knew Quinn would be in her room, living room or lab. She never traveled far. He kissed Kims head before he got out, putting his shirt on. He looked over with a smile at her desk. The flowers and custom necklace he made her was there for when she woke. As he walked into the hallway, closing the door softly, he spoke. "Jay, is Quinn awake." "Yes sir but she is not happy. She has been in her room since yesterday afternnon. She has been refusing nourishment." Tony's eyes widened in worry, going right to her room, lightly knocking. "Princess? You ok?" He saw her sitting on her bed, hugging her Iron Man plush.

Her little cheeks stained with tears. She spoke, sounding small. "I'm ok daddy. Are you?" He walked over, seeing her look up at him. He knew she must be sensing what was happening. He sat on her little bed. (they switched out her crib for a small twin bed, finding it pointless if shes just gonna keep escaping) he brought her into his arms and lap. "You can feel it, can't you?" She paused before her little eyes watered, nodding, her lip trembling. "Why doesn't mommy love you anymore?" He let out a shaky sigh at the question, putting a little bit of her hair behind her ear. "I don't know princess." "But you know everything..." She sniffled, wiping her eye. He smiled sadly, kissing her head. "Not everything princess. Lets go get your some breakfast ok?" She pouted. "But I'm not hungry." At that moment, her stomach growled loudly, giving her away. He chuckled, holding her as he stood up. "Com'on princess, food it is."

He walked in the kitchen, seeing Katie as he Put Quinn in her booster. "oh, hey sweetie." He went over to her, kissing Katie's head but he sensed something off with her. He was at the coffee maker, he turned to her. "Katie? Everything ok?" She sighed. "No. everything is not ok. Were still here. Your still with mom." He sighed, turning to the coffee maker. "Were not discussing this. Not again." She stood. "But dad-" He turned, the coffee maker now on. "No buts Katie. I've already said what I said last night. It's done." She glared, bringing out her phone, bringing up the news story. "Call this done?" Quinn pouted, watching them, already starting to move tiny hands to her ears. Preparing for a screaming match. He looked at the phone, feeling his heart break even more then it already was.

There was pictures of Clint and Kim everywhere, kissing, holding ends. He looked away, handing her the phone back before turning and pouring himself coffee, even if it was just to hide his watering eyes.

Katie went to her sister with a frown. "Dad...if you need to be alone it's ok, you can go to the lab, just don't go into alcohol poisoning, ok?" He did need that. He turned, looking guilty at them before sighing. "Jay, send Kim down to the lab when she's awake." "of corse sir." He breathed in and out, gathering some composure, sipping his coffee. "Katie, make sure this one eats and keep her away from the lab until I say so." Katie nodded, getting up to make Quinn a bowl of cereal.

He made his way into the lab before slumping against the lab door. He felt so numb, so dead. He didn't even feel his eyes water anymore. He was out of tears to cry. He felt too much damn pain, he was glad at this moment he was glad he had gone numb.

Kim started to wake, looking around. Tony was missing from the bed, that made her worry but while looking around she saw a bouquet of wild flowers with a small box. She smiled softly, reaching over to open the box, sitting up. It was a necklace but not just any necklace, it was one of his reactor, set in diamonds and sapphire and what she hopped was unbreakable glass. She touched the glass, it lit up. It took her a few minutes but it was pulsating, just the slightest. She smiled, putting it on. It was on a long chain, easy to put on. While moving her hair over her shoulder, she reached for the note., reading it.

Angel,

I've been up for close to 20 hours so bare with me.

Believe me when I say you are the best thing to ever happen to me.

Without you I wouldn't have anything to come home to, anyone to come home to.

I wouldn't care if I lived or died. In fact I'd probably prefer the second.

But what I'm saying is that I'm one hell of a hot mess that your fully willing to stay with

and I Love you for that. I love you for loving me.

A lot of people ask "what would you die for?"

but not ever "what would you live for?"

You.
I live for you.
Your whats keeping this reactor of mine from falling out.

Your hand (both metaphorical and physical) stays over my "Heart".
Keeping it there, making sure I live.
I love you angel and I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with you.
Tony.

She had to wipe away the tears, a hand over her mouth to keep from crying. Once she calmed, JARVIS spoke. "Mam, Sir requires you in the lab." She nodded. "Thank you JARVIS." She started to dress, in a little blue dress. She was half way down the stairs when Clint was walking up them. He saw her. "Hey.." She smiled. "Hi." He smiled back, seeing how happy she was. "Whats got you so happy now?" She smiled, feeling the tiny electric hum of the necklace. "Tony and I in a way made up." He nodded, putting on his ow weak smile. "that's...that's great." She continued to walk to the lab. "He wants to see me to." He jumped at the chance. "I'll take you there." She smiled and he felt his heart break a little more. He didn't put that smile on her face. He put the numbers in for her, letting her go in. she walked in but then stopped dead in her tracks, seeing Tony slumped over his desk again. She swallowed, letting go of the necklace. "Tony?" He sat up, not even saying anything. "Tony, what is it?" He sipped his coffee, handing her his phone, showing her the news story.

She took his phone, shaking in her hand as she saw the story. "Oh God..Tony...I'm sorry.. I didn't kno-" "What? Didn't know they were there? If you wanted to be alone with him we have plenty of our own rooms." Clint stayed back but couldn't help the small smirk. Tony was finally getting a back bone, he was gonna dump her. She shook her head, tears already falling. "No, that's not what I meant. Tony, I'm sorry." He stood up, looking to her. His eyes dead, not single tear in them. "You love him. I get that. What I don't get is you not getting rid of me to go with him. I mean lets stop fooling ourselves for a sec and realize that I am Tony Stark and Tony Stark has done too much shit to this world to deserve someone as wonderful as you." She sucked in a breath, she went to hold him but he shrugged her hands off, gently pushing her away, speaking quietly. "No. just..I just need to be alone.." "Last time you were alone you tried to kill yourself." He snapped, looking to her. "Last time you were alone you slept with our bodyguard." She stepped back, feeling like she had been slapped. Tony turned. "Go. Your free, you can be with him." his hands fisted,resting on the desk. "Just let me see our girls every once and a while ok?" Kim stepped back, and continued stepping back, struggling to breath, wanting so badly to curl into a ball and sob and cry. Clint put his hand on her shoulder. She looked in surprise, her lip trembling. He spoke softly. "com'on, JARVIS will watch him." She nodded, not knowing what else to do.

Soon as the lab door closed tony let out the sob he had been so determined to keep hidden. He cried hard. He thought last night was the hardest he's cried. No. He was wrong. He thought he was going to pass out, his breathing becoming more shallow. An anxiety attack. He knew this, he just didn't care. He sat at his desk, hands curling around his ears and into his hair. He wasn't sure he could live without her.

Clint got her around the cornor before she collapsed into him, crying hard into his chest, her mind going a mile a minute, thinking over Tony's harsh words. It was a few minutes when realization hit her.

He was terrified.

Terrified he would always end up alone.

So he made sure he did.

Her lonely genius.

stuck in his tormented mind.

She pulled away from Clint, looking up at him sadly. He raised an eyebrow. "What is it?" Her lip trembled, knowing this would hurt him. She kissed him softly. "I'm sorry.." She ran back to the lab. Clint's heart break. She was going back to him. He lost her. He lost. He shook his head of the tears forming, making his way upstairs. He had packing to do.

Kim ran fast as she could to the lab, putting in the numbers quickly. Seeing Tony curled by his desk, hands fisting his hair, sobbing into his knees. She quickly went to him. "Tony!" He didn't look up, thinking it might be a hallucination made by his mind. She quickly grabbed his face, kissing him, hard. He paused, feeling her lips on his. Within moments he melted, calming, wrapping his arms around her. She started to deepen it, he happily let her. Before it could go deeper she pulled away, holding his face in both her hands. He spoke quietly. "You...you came back." She smiled softly. "Yeah, I did." He smiled weakly. "Just like that?" "Just like that." He smiled, crashing his lips to hers, bringing his arm around her waist, standing with her. She opened her mouth to his, he happily deepened it. She moaned, gripping his shirt. He smirked into the kiss, picking her up, carrying her over to the bed. He started kissing down her neck. "Jay, soundproof and lock down."

He heard the soundproof go down with a soft click. He started ravaging her, kissing and suckling her neck, his hands roaming up her body, starting to take the dress off. She panted beneath him, starting to help take his shirt off, feeling his softly defined abs. He moaned softly, taking the dress off quickly. He was achingly hard. It had been while since he had been with her. He had a lot of pent of energy that had to be released. He quickly took her bra off, throwing it on the ground with the dress, taking a breast in hand, suckling on the perk nipple. She moaned, arching into him. "ooh yes..." He started to take his pants off, never once stopping his teasing, licking over said nipple with a smirk. She blushed, seeing him smirk up while he licked her. It was a sight she never wanted to forget. Once he threw his pajama pants to the ground, he straddled her, gently grinding into her. He could feel she was already wet. He kissed down her body, biting here, suckling there, licking the rest of the way down. She panted. "Ooh...your such a tease." He smirked, licking her clit, feeling her nearly jump. "oh Lord! Tony!" He chuckled before latching himself to her, licking and suckling every bit he could. Every fold before thrusting his tongue in and out.

She was a moaning, writhing mess, gripping the sheets. "oh God...Tony!..ahh.." He moaned into her, licking up every bit of her juices. Once she started gripping his hair, he groaned, pulling away and quickly taking her hips to his, thrusting in quickly. She gasped, wrapping herself around him. "Oh God...Tony...more..please.." He moaned, thrusting in and out of her, hard as he could. He bit he neck, holding on for her. Between the roller coaster of emotions he's had the last day and a half and not being with her in a while, he was damn sensitive. He held off for her. "Oh god..Kim mmm...Gonna come for me?" She nodded, panting and whining. "Uh—huh..please...I need you.. ahh..." He reached down, feeling her clit. He felt her tense, coming hard around him. He groaned, biting her neck, coming hard inside her. "ahhh.." He panted, coming down from the sexual high. He hid his face in her neck, feeling tears start to fall and shoulders to heave. She gently turned them over, making sure he pulled out gently as they did. She held him close as he cried, holding her tightly, kissing his head. "shh it's ok. I love you. I promise, I will do everything I can to prove that to you. I'm never going to leave you to fight off your demons alone." He cried into her shoulder, slowly calming down before falling asleep on her shoulder, having cried himself asleep. She held him tightly, never once letting go until he woke to face the rest of the day.

AN: Damn! Please read review :)