"And if there are any side effects or complications you let me know soon as possible." Bruce said as he gave Quinn the bottle of Anti-Anxiety medication. She let out a breath. "Yeah. Just hope they work." Bruce smiled. "There a low dose so it should be enough to calm your nerves and manage on your own." She smiled weakly. "Good. I don't like the idea of a medication taking over me." "Neither do the rest of us. Now I think someone is waiting for you." She looked thru the lab doors to see Gage thru the glass, looking like a scared puppy. She rolled her eyes, signaling that it was ok to come in. He put the numbers in, walking in. "So...how did everything go?" Bruce smiled. "You don't have to worry so much. It's the lowest dose I can give her. Should be enough to calm her nerves but she should be able to manage the rest." He nodded. "What about side effects?"

She handed him a thick folded paper full of words and warnings. "Here. Bruce just told me the common, non-threatening ones." Gage nodded, starting to pull the paper open, reading it. Bruce spoke. "The most common would be headaches, nausea, vomiting. But thats mostly from your body adjusting to it. Once it' adjusted you should be just fine..."Bruce trailed off, seeing Gage wasn't listening. Both Quinn and Bruce looked over at him reading the paper before reciting some worse side effects. "Possible addiction and withdrawal,cognitive impairment,sleep-driving, sleep walking, amnesia,depression,hallucinations and delusional thinking, abnormal behavior,suicidal thoughts or behavior,violence and hostility, agitation and birth defects. Oh also death." Gage gave them a blank look but Quinn could see the worry clear as day. She took the paper away from him. "Never should have given you this paper. I'll be fine. It's not a strong medication and it's low dose. So stop worrying, ok? Just be ready if I'm sick." Gage gave her a look but he saw the look Bruce and her were giving him. "Fine. I'll try not to worry but...it's hard not to. I don't like not knowing whats happening." Bruce smiled. "I promise she'll be fine. Those warnings are mostly for high dosages. I recommend you take it with food, at least until you know how you'll react to it." she nodded. "I'll go get you a sandwich." Gage said, kissing her head before walking out of the lab.

Loki was on the back balcony, looking over the afternoon sun over the ocean. It was beautiful and peaceful and he was still terrified. Terrified one day this would all end and Odin would come down for him and take him back, lock him away and torture him for what he did. He was enjoying a glass of water when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He jumped then calmed, seeing TJ. "Oh...hello." TJ smiled weakly. "Hey, you ok?" Loki nodded. "Fine. Just adjusting." He looked out to the ocean again. "We don't have vast oceans on Asguard. Nothing like this. Theres the occasional small pond or lake but this...it takes your breath away. Its...terrifying. So open and large. You could get lost so easily." TJ smiled, sitting next to him. "Pretty deep for a God of lies." "That is a false title. My father put it on me." TJ frowned. "I'm sorry." Loki shrugged. "Not your fault. My father wasn't the nicest man. Nor was he my actual birth father. But that is a story for another day."

Loki smiled sadly to TJ, wanting to reach out, to hold his hand. Run his hands thru his dark hair. "Was there something you wanted?" Loki asked. TJ let out a breath. "Just wanted to spend time with you. I mean if thats ok." Loki smiled. "Of corse it's fine. I love to spend time with you." Loki suddenly noticed how nervous TJ was which was so unlike him. "Well then...how about a date? I know a great place to eat room for dancing, good food-" "TJ.." TJ stopped talking. Expecting rejection. Loki smiled weakly. "I would love to. Should I...should I change into female for it?" He suddenly saw the confusion. Loki smiled, closing his eyes and transforming before him, turning into a gorgeous young woman with long dark hair and slider arms and hands and...TJ was in utter shock. "You...You...you can do that?"

Loki smiled weakly. "Odin took most of my power away but left just enough for transformations. If you wish I can go with you as this. I do not wish for people to hate you because you are romantically involved with...with a man." TJ gave him a look. "I don't give a damn if people hate me if I do. And my family doesn't give a damn either. It doesn't matter to me wither your male or female. I just want to treat you like you should be treated." TJ reached out, holding his...her hand now. Loki swallowed the lump forming in his..her throat. "And how should I be treated?" He said quietly. TJ brought her hand to his mouth, kissing it gently as he held it in both hands. "Like the royalty you are." Loki felt her eyes water. Transforming back into his normal form. A few tears falling down his face from the gentle affection TJ was giving him as his hand was held. "When is this date?" TJ smiled softly, kissing his hand again. "How about tonight? If you feel up for it." Loki nodded. "Tonight is fine."

Tony sighed, looking at the medal of honor Coulson had left for Quinn. He knew his daughter deserved it and wished she would accept it but he understood why she didn't. Hell if he got awarded it for the Battle of New york he probably would have told them to fuck off as well. He felt a hand on his shoulder, he turned, seeing Kim. "Oh..hey angel." She smiled sadly, looking at the medal. "She deserves this." "I know. I just don't know a way to get her to accept it." Kim gently trailed her finger down the medal in his hands. "Have you talked to her? I mean really talked to her, father to daughter?" Tony smiled. "Not yet. Kinda working up that courage. She just started her medication earlier. I was gonna wait, see how she handles it. Id rather not talk to her if she has a super bad side affect like...hostility. " Kim let out a breath. "Last I heard from Gage she was just a little sick to her stomach but other then that shes fine. Bruce says it should pass within the week, so long as she takes the medication regularly." Tony nodded. "If she comes down for dinner I'll pull her aside then."

Quinn groaned. She felt so nauseous. Bruce said it would pass so long as she took the meds. That after a week if shes still getting sick to talk to him about a different one. Right now she was laying on her bed, curled in a blanket, a glass of ginger ale on her desk. There was a light knock on the door as Gage walked in. "Hey baby.." He walked over slowly, not wanting to overload her vision with movement for fear of making her more sick. She rolled over enough to see him, she smiled weakly. "Hey.." "How you feeling? Ginger ale helping?" He sat down next to her, petting some hair away from her face. She shrugged. "A little bit still feel like I'll be sick if I move too much." He smiled sadly. "That's good. Least it's helping. Even a little. Maybe Bruce can get something for your stomach." She shook her head gently. "I don't want to bother him if I don't have to. Just keep feeding me crackers." He chuckled, kissing her head. "Dinner will be ready soon. I'll make sure you have crackers and toast." "Good."

after a bit more time she was able to walk without feeling too sick. Making it to the kitchen with Gage close by. Tony saw her as he was just stirring a sauce. Clint was reading a book, he saw Tony look over at Quinn before standing. "Go tony. I got this." He walked over to the sauce. Tony smiled. "Thanks." He walked over to Quinn. "I'd like to talk to you. In the living room." Quinn rolled her eyes. "Oh God...am I grounded for...something?" Tony chuckled. "Not at all. Just...com'on." He gently lead her into the living room. Kim and Gage both watched hem walked away. Gage smiled weakly. "So he gonna try to get her to accept that medal?" "Yep. Thought a one on one talk might work better."

Tony sat Quinn down, sitting next to her. She let out a breath. "I feel like I'm five again. Your not gonna take the lab away again are you?" Tony smiled weakly. "No..nothing like that. Just..." He sighed. He want sure how to do this. "You deserve this medal. Not because of the safety council, not because of the avengers. But because you deserve it." Quinn swallowed, feeling like she wanted to run. He continued. "We could have lost you. We almost did. And I could not have been more proud to call you my daughter." She felt her eyes water, looking away a moment. "I didn't do any of that because I had to or had a duty. I did it for you. For mom. For TJ and Gage and Clint. I did it for you guys." Her eyes watered. "I couldn't stand the thought of losing any of you." She took in a shaky breath. "When you took the nuke to space who did you think of?" He frowned, feeling his eyes water. "Same. I thought of all of you. You were only a year old or so when it happened." He took her hands, putting the medal in the middle. "But this is why you deserve it. You took that nuke without a second thought and even thou you were terrified you still carried that nuke." He could feel his daughters hands shaking in his. Tears started falling down her face. He brought his arms around her, kissing her head. "Think of it as a gift from dear old dad." She laughed lightly, watery as tears continued to fall down her face. Once they both calmed they walked back in, ready to eat dinner. Quinn tried to ignore the knowing looks she got from her mother and Gage and everyone else.

Gage wasn't on patrol tonight, that was Clint. But he was somewhere between sleeping and nightmare. His hand fisted his pillow, small whimpers and groan escaping him. Then suddenly there was an alarm going off. He jumped,grabbing his gun and pointing it at the dark wall, panting. Then JARVIS spoke. "Sir, I apologize to wake you but Quinn needs woken up. Her nightmares have started." He took in a deep breath, trying to get his nerves under control before he checked on her. He put his gun in the back of his sleep pants before leaving the room. "Thanks jay."

He walked to her room, walking slowly. Her hands were gripping the blankets and she was nearly sobbing in her sleep. He rushed to her. This was a bad one. He gently shook her shoulders, being careful for when she woke, ready to hold her arms from flailing, if she did. "Quinn! Quinn! Wake up! Your safe. Your at home." She finally woke, gasping, half sobbing and looking confused as she looked up at him. "Gage?...Oh...God..." She sat up quickly, feeling all over his chest, feeling up his shirt, at his chest, feeling at his stomach and chest. He could tell this was the frantic-worried touches. He gently took her hands. "Quinn! Calm down. I'm ok. Were ok. Were safe." She calmed, slightly, staring into his eyes. Before suddenly looking away, nearly jumping off the bed as she ran for her personal bathroom, turning the light on before kneeling to the bathroom, vomiting into the toilet. Gage was at her side, holding her hair back as she emptied her stomach. Once she was done, she got her breathing under control as Gage got her a glass of water, sitting next to her. "Care to tell me what this was about? It seemed pretty bad. More so then usual."

She looked up at him, her eyes red rimmed and watery. "It...it was a vision. It all went by fast but...I got taken by this man a...a General Black...and you came for me and...oh God.." he tensed. She dreamed of his father. He was gonna take her. She looked away. He held her arms, wanting her to continue at her own pace. Pushing down his own anxiety. She did. Her voice breaking. "He stabbed you. I could feel your blood on me, leaking on me. I tried to put pressure on it but...it wasn't working just...so much blood." He tensed. He was gonna come back. Probably soon. And kill him. He held her close, kissing her head, his own eyes watering in fear. He didn't want to die. He didn't want to leave this amazing family and his girlfriend he loves more then anything. How would he protect her if hes gone?

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