Liar: Day One

There were days when it was rough, and he barely felt like fighting at all. When all he could think about were the lies and the pain from his past. There was a time when he thought the world was good and he had loving parents. Until that day. He was five years old walking down the street with his parents. They had told him they were taking him to a summer camp, and it would be fun. They had told him it would only be for a week, and that they would come get him. They dropped him off at a building. It was black and red, with silver accents. He was surprised he remembered it. When they went inside he was still naive enough to think that it was a summer camp. Then his parents left. He soon found that this was not a summer camp at all. He would train or he would be punished, so he trained his hardest to be the best. A year later he met Christina, his light in the darkness. They escaped five years after they met. He wondered where his parents were. What they were doing. So he researched them, and with the help of Christina and Tony he found them. What he found hurt. They were Hydra agents who had willingly given him to Hydra. He wasn't just taken by accident. They lied to his face, and as far as he could tell they had no remorse. He went downstairs and found Christina. He really didn't want to go anywhere, but they had school today. If he didn't get moving they would be late. She was standing at her dresser debating on what to do with her hair. He went and stood behind her putting his arms around her waist and resting his head on her shoulders. She looked up at him.

"You've been dwelling on it again haven't you."

"It's hard not to. I feel like I must have done something wrong to make them give away like that. Was I not good enough for them?" Damian replied.

" No Dami, they weren't good enough for you. They left you, it is their own fault not yours." Christina said, standing up and tilting his chin up to look at her.

"You are amazing, wonderful, trustworthy, my soulmate, my best friend, and technically my husband. Therefore no more putting yourself down. I love you. You're way better than they'll ever be."

Damian smiled,

"It's a good thing we found each other then, but today is just one of those days. School is going to be rough." He said. He started braiding her hair, and when he was done they walked out the door. They arrived at their school thankfully on time. Flash is still going to school even though he is still being sued by them. His ego is the only thing bigger than his attitude.

"If it isn't the little Parker and her orphan boyfriend. What happened? Did someone else leave you?" Flash asked, stepping closer to them.

"Flash stop, I just can't today." Damian replied, trying to deescalate the situation.

"What, did I hit too close to home? Oh wait, you don't have one do you." Flash taunted.

"For your information, Flash, he has a home. He lives with me at Stark Industries. He is, after all, my soulmate and fiancé. He also has family, so take your nonsense somewhere else." Christina interjected, Damian grabbing her hand for comfort. He was that close to flipping out and having a mental breakdown. Of course, Flash couldn't take the hint.

"Oh poor little West needs his girlfriend to stand up for him." Flash continued, ignoring the static growing in the air, and the storm clouds growing outside, As well as the fact that Damian's eyes had lightning crackling in them. He also ignored the frost on the windows, the temperature dropping, and the icy stare Christina threw him . Peter walked into the room as this was going on.

"Flash, I'm going to say this once. It takes a lot to make my sister angry. It takes even more to make her boyfriend this angry. You might want to run. What did you say?"

Flash being Flash thought Peter was actually asking him what he said, opened his mouth and repeated what he said. That was a horrible mistake. Flash started talking trash about Peter. He was still blissfully unaware that he just angered a fire-wielding spider-powered superhero who had a flaming temper, pun intended. He also infuriated a water- and ice-wielding spider-powered superhero, and her fiancé, the heir of Asgard, a lightning storm spider-powered superhero. The only good thing for Flash was that the spiders were not allowed to fight him back. If they did, they could give him wiggle room to escape getting sued. If they caused an elemental storm, it could be disastrous. Christina was looking for a way out and to their place, so she could calm Damian down before he accidentally electrocuted something. Finally, Flash was distracted, and she pulled Damian away down the hall. She walked into her Aunt Carol's classroom. Carol took one look at them and dismissed her class to the library.

"Need help, Chrissy?" She asked,

"Yeah, Aunt Carol, Flash is running his mouth about Damian's family. He was already upset about it before we got here, and Flash just made it ten times worse." Christina replied.

"Alright, well, try to calm him down. I'm going to excuse you from Mr. Harrington's class. Is MJ here today? Peter is probably going to need her after he finishes his chat with Flash." Carol asked

"Yeah I'm pretty sure she's here. We're going into the safe room and enabling the soundproofing. If you need to talk with us, use Korean please. He probably is not going to understand, but it's better than the class understanding us. He's been speaking Italian, so you could use that instead." Christina said.

"Why is he using Italian?" Carol asked.

"He goes all angry-Italian-Hebrew when he's mad. It's adorable under other circumstances. He even does the Italian hands when he's ranting." Christina laughed.

"Got it, see you later." Carol replies, as Christina opens the safe room door. Christina nods and drags Damian through the door. Once they enter the safe room Damian walks over to the punching bag. After he's sure the sound proofing is enabled, he punches it. He gets most of his anger out, and now he's just sad. His parents were liars. He was so sick and tired of it. Now other people were lying to him. Flash included. It hurt him. Why did the two people who raised him til he was five turn out to be liars? He hadn't told Christina yet, but someone had reached out to him asking to talk claiming she was his mother. She said his father died in a Shield raid, and that she regretted giving him away. What if she was still a liar? What if he got close to her and she lied again. Damian was fully sobbing now. Christina was the only one who ever saw him cry. She was the only one capable of calming him down. He hadn't realized he had been talking out loud until Christina put a hand on his back and said.

"Dami, look at me. Your mother may be a liar, and if she lies to you again I will personally put her in jail myself. But you deserve to at least have hope that she isn't. If you want to meet her I will set it up, okay?."

"I want to meet her, Ari. I really do, but I'm scared that she will lie to me, and then leave me again." Damian said, He had finally calmed down enough to speak. All the anger was gone, only the hurt remained.