A/n: He had to tell her how it was, and that it was never going to change. But she didn't care, it was the right thing.

Final chapter.

Epilogue at the end.

The Darkened Night Sky 07

Love and Trust

It just started with everything going downhill for him when he was young. Not loved, his parents dying, being treated like a doll by his father. He hid it all away behind a fake personality. No one noticed, no one seemed to care. Only one person seemed to crack the shell with one question, but even then, it was hidden away…but the darkened night sky was evident enough to tell them all something was wrong. What could bring light back to the darkened night sky? Steve/Tony

"Pepper..." Tony trailed off as he watched her, her face changing emotions for a good three minutes before she closed her eyes slowly. "P...Pepper." He was almost afraid to talk to her at the moment. She looked so damned pissed off at him and Rogers at the moment. Then again...could he blame her? She loved him, and he had...well he had... Yeah, that was where he had to leave it really. He couldn't say how he felt because he couldn't understand it now.

Rogers took a deep breath and kept his arms around the smaller man, looking at Pepper. Well, he never expected this to go well, and so far, it wasn't. He closed his eyes for a moment. All he had to worry about was some kind of fight breaking out between the two now. Or worse, if that could happen, and it probably could very well happen.

"I understand." Pepper finally said and took a deep breath. She glanced at Rogers and smiled weakly. "You know, maybe this is for the best. You did something I know I could never have done. You actually have turned him into his normal self… For once. I haven't seen him like this in a long time."

Alright, relief.

"Though Rogers. May I speak with you?"

"…Ah yes of course."

Rogers sat down across from Pepper in the living room of the Avengers Mansion. "Now, Mrs. Potts what did you want to talk to me about?" He asked and leaned back on the couch.

"I just…wanted to understand some things. How did you… How did you manage what I could not?" Pepper asked and took a deep breath. She hurt, but she understood at least. She understood a lot of things when it came to Tony, and this was just one of them of course. "I mean, I could never make him that happy. Seeing his eyes full of light…"

"I know… It… It was hard. He didn't want to trust me at all. He tried to push me away, even fell into the darkness in order to get away from the fact that I loved him. And yet, look what happened. I did manage to save him, bring him back to feeling better. I'm glad that I could as well. I know it must be-"

"Don't Rogers. I understand it." She smiled at him. "I really do understand what happened, and I don't regret it either. As long as he is happy. Then I am happy. You brought light back to his eyes, back to the darkened night sky."

Epilogue:

I love you.

Maybe those words had a greater meaning than Tony had thought at first. After all, now he was perfectly happy with the man he loved. Those words had started it as well. Now he couldn't be happier with what happened between them. Maybe it was wrong, and many people saw it that way. But to them, there was nothing wrong with it at all. The team was fine with it. Fury eventually got over it.

But then again, there were issues.

More so now.

The issues were high between the two of them. It wasn't the fact that it was not 'right'. It was the fact that Rogers still loved Peggy, and he would never get over it. It was that that was causing the issues. Because Tony knew, he would never mean enough to him to replace her. He would never replace her in his heart. He would never mean that much to him, no matter what he did.
Maybe.

It was supposed to be that way.

Maybe.

He wasn't supposed to love him.

Yet, he tried to ignore those thoughts and think about the future they had.

Think about all of those nights he loved so much.

"Anthony…" His soft voice stirred Tony from his sleep and he looked over at his lover. He smiled weakly and snuggled into the open arms of the other. "I'm sorry for how things have been…" He began and Tony sighed, cutting him off with a loving kiss before any more words left the super soldier's mouth. That really did shut the other up and the kiss was willingly returned. He smiled softly at the smaller male and took a deep breath. "Alright, I won't talk about that ever again."

"Hn. You better not or I might just leave you." Tony replied, it wasn't a true threat of course. The soldier looked upset, but it was fake hurt.

"You better not." He pounced on the smaller male and pinned him down, kissing him deeply on the lips. Tony groaned and kissed him back willingly, wrapping his arms around the taller ones neck. These were the moments that broke his shell. These were the moments that brought light back to the darkened night sky.

These were the moments that Tony wanted to remember forever.
And he would.

He would forever be with his solider.

He would forever love him.

No matter what happened to them all.

You brought back my light. I'm glad to be your light...Rogers.

A/n: Yup, this was the final chapter. Didn't turn out like I wanted it too, but this was better than how the first three tries came out. I might re-write this later, who knows.

You know, I do like this couple, but I don't have any ideas for them.

Now I have finished all of my Avengers fanfictions so I do need some ideas for stories... I have oneshots, not stories. Then again, I have my GrimmIchi fanfic and my two AkuRoku fanfictions to think about... As well as my X-men but some of those I am stuck on at the moment. So who knows when they will get updated. Anyways I will take ideas for a new fanfiction for Avengers if you think of any.