A/N: Time frame wise, this is set 8 years after Burning Curve, for reference. :)

So updates might be a little slow as I deal with some big personal stuff. If you're interested you can read about it at my Tumblr. megaranoelle . tumblr . com

The Avengers, Loki, Iron Man, or anything of the like. Just the thoughts inside my head. And taking some personal freedoms with mythology and lore.

"Anthony," Loki said, exasperated. "You act like our son has never been to another country before." He watched Tony as he double checked all of Tomas's traveling papers as he said goodbye to Melisande.

"But he's going to be Living in another country this time," Tony argued. "On an island, that's technically Spain, off the coast of Africa. That's a whole other continent!"

"He's 22 years old, Tony." Loki leaned against the wall. He heard Tomas and Sander talking as they came back towards the living room and turned his head. Tony had picked up Tomas's jacket from the chair and his eyes rolled up slightly as he was hit with an image. He saw one of the company cars driving down an intersection, he saw another car rip through the intersection before slamming into the black sedan. Tony's eyes widened a little and he took a breath.

"-come back and see that your apartment has turned into a mini zoo?" Tomas had asked Sander.

"Better his apartment than ours," Loki told them. He looked back at Tony and frowned a little, noticing his expression.

"I'll remind you that I am in the Doctorate program for Veterinary Medicine," Sander pointed out. "It is my duty to know about all animals."

"That doesn't mean you have to Own every animal," Tomas argued. "You're not the modern day Noah."

"And you're no modern day Copernicus," Sander pointed at his brother. They looked at each in silence for a bit.

"There no time for that, or else Tomas will completely miss his flight." Loki talked them while walking over to Tony.

"Hey, yeah, flight, why don't we reschedule it?" Tomas and Sander turned quickly to look at Tony. "Like, by a couple of hours, or something. I mean, I have a jet that can take you over there. We can do one last family thing, dinner, type thing, or some... thing..." He looked between the three men staring at him. "Okay, or not, that's okay."

"Right, Dad, Dad of my life," Tomas walked over and put his hands on Tony's shoulders. Tony raised his eyebrow at him. "It's not like I'm disappearing forever, just for a year. You let me go off to college for almost six years-"

"I'm not having problems letting go," Tony pushed his arms off. "You're not the first kid I've happily shipped off to school, knowing that they could come back at any time to visit and or live here."

"You just suggested that he wait and then take a jet," Sander pointed out. "Kind of sounds like-"

"I'm not, having, problems." Tony pointed at Sander first, then Tomas, then Loki, for good measure. "Just saying, it wouldn't be so bad to wait a little bit. Listen, I'll be right back, just wait for me before going, okay?" He turned out of Tomas's hands and walked around, heading towards the bedrooms.

When Tony was sure he was out of ear shot he spoke to JARVIS. "Hey, J, I'm gonna need you to have the driver outside to go ahead and head home. Tell him we'll pay him the normal rate for coming out, plus some, but we don't need him anymore."

"Are you positive, sir?" JARVIS usually didn't question his creator, but the request sounded odd even to him.

"Super positive. Just, please JARVIS? I can't explain right now, it sounds too weird, even to me, but it just needs to happen." Tony ruffled his hair a little as he leaned against the wall. "They're heading down aren't they?"

"Yes sir," JARVIS confirmed. "Master Tomas and Master Loki are in the elevator with his luggage. Master Sander has volunteered to stay in case Miss Melisande wakes up from her nap." Tony let out a breath and pushed himself up, heading for the stairs. He hoped that delaying them, even just a little, would be enough time. He wasn't sure what he saw, he wasn't even positive that it was going to happen now, but he couldn't take the chance, not when his son was involved.

He jogged down the stairs, suddenly regretting not just taking another elevator, but managed to make it to the street as Tomas hailed a cab. "What happened to wait?" Tony asked, taking deep breaths to catch his breath from the stairs.

"I haven't left yet, don't worry," Tomas said, throwing him an easy smile. Tony didn't miss the look that Loki was giving hi, promising a conversation later. "You'll have to call someone though cause the company car wasn't here when we got down here."

"See, even they don't want you to leave just yet." Tomas just raised an eyebrow. "Yeah, yeah. Alright listen, have fun, do work, don't let a hurricane wipe your island out, and watch out for pirates, those are still a thing in the ocean."

"Don't worry, if I meet some pirates, I'll just find one to bring back as a future spouse." He grinned at Tony.

"Don't joke, you Would do that." Tony smiled and hugged him tightly. "Seriously though, have fun, be safe, keep in touch." Tony stepped back, his mind going a mile a minute, as Tomas hugged Loki. He missed what they said to each other, and soon saw him get into the cab, starting to drive away.

"Tony?" Loki came up next to him as he watched the cab.

"Yeah, I'll tell you in a bit, just," Tony sighed a little then turned his head to look at Loki. "I just, I have this-" Tony's breath caught when he heard the sounds of car horns. He was sure that he stopped breathing when he heard the crunch of metal on metal. He turned around and saw the cab sliding across the road, another car slammed into the middle, pushing it and turning it, before both finally coming to a stop.

Tony took off at a run before Loki could grab him, and he was sure that he had slid across the hood of a couple of cars. He got to the cab and and pulled the back passenger door open to get to Tomas. There was a moan of pain and the flutter of eyelids and Tony could feel his heart start again.

"Hey, can you hear me?" Tony's eyes looked over Tomas, trying to asses damage. There was a gash on his forehead from impact against the seat in front of him, and it looked like his leg was trapped by the seat being pushed back as well. Tony didn't see a lot of blood and felt better.

"I think my head hurts," Tomas said slowly, letting his eyes open a little.

"Yeah, it probably does," Tony nodded. They could hear sirens coming down the street and Tony bit bite the feeling of deja vu. This was different, Tomas was going to be fine, This wasn't like the car accident that took his parents, or the one that took Nathan's parents. "I'm gonna need you to stay awake, okay? You probably have a concussion, and it's pretty important that you stay awake until the ambulance gets here."

"Speaking from experience?" Tomas let a lazy smile cross over his face. "I can't get my leg out."

"That's okay, don't try right now." Tony glanced over and saw the flashing lights. "I'm gonna be right here, but I gotta let the pros get over here to get you out." Tomas nodded once and Tony got up as a couple of men went over.

Tony jumped a little and turned to see Loki behind him, putting a hand on his back. He licked his lips a little and Loki's hand started to rub the back of his neck. "You're shaking," Loki told him quietly. Tony looked at his hand and blinked seeing the visible tremor running through it. "He's going to be fine." Tony nodded, hearing the confidence in Loki's voice at the statement. He didn't trust his voice now, just leaning into Loki's hands.