Chapter 2
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A scream pierced through the silent Stark Tower.
Tony shot out of bed and ran down the hall to Madison's room.
Madison was lying on her side screaming.
Tony ran over to her and said, "Madison! Wake up!" Tony reached out and placed his hand on her arm.
The screaming stopped.
Madison opened her eyes. "Tony?" she asked.
"Hey, you were screaming", he told her.
Madison's eyes filled with tears. "I'm sorry", she said softly.
Tony scooped her up in his arms and sat down on the bed with her.
This was the nightly routine.
They would go to bed, Madison would have a nightmare, and Tony would comfort her.
The next morning, Peter came over after breakfast.
"Hello Spidey", Tony said.
"It's nice to meet you too Mr. Stark", Peter said.
Bruce came over and introduced himself. "I'd like to run some tests, if you don't mind", Bruce said.
Peter looked at Madison.
"Told ya", she said sipping her coffee.
The four went down to Tony's lab.
As Bruce drew Peter's blood, he looked over at Madison.
"Are you okay?" he asked her.
"Hmm? Oh yeah. I'm fine", she told him.
Peter knew there was something wrong with her.
She looked tired and pale and she was on her 4th cup of coffee. She talked quietly with Tony while she worked on her arrows.
"Do you still have nightmares?" Madison asked Tony.
"Of course I do. I think we all do", Tony said.
"I thought the drugs were supposed to help", she said.
"Have you thought about talking about it?" Tony asked her.
"To who?" she snapped.
Tony looked over at Peter. "He obviously cares about you…" Tony said.
"But…?" Madison urged.
"I can tell part of you still loves Steve", Tony said, "Most nights you wake up screaming his name".
"Wow Stark, sounds like it's time for you to be a father".
Madison spun around and saw her father standing there. "Daddy!" she yelled and hugged him.
"Hey Baby Bird", he said.
Clint's eyes fell on Peter.
Madison let go of her father and walked over to Peter. "Daddy, this is Peter Parker", she told him, "Spider-man".
"Well he's an improvement on the last one", Clint muttered, causing Tony to snicker.
Bruce pulled the needle out of Peter's arm and put a bandage on his arm. "Now, your arm may bruise", Bruce told him.
"I doubt it", Peter said, "Spider abilities and all". Peter walked over to Clint and shook his hand.
"What are your intentions with my daughter?" Clint asked him.
"Merely to be her friend for now", Peter told him.
"Your dad is kind of scary", Peter told Madison that night.
The adults had gone to bed.
"He's really not that bad. I think he likes you better than Steve", she told him, "Did you mean what you said?"
"What?" Peter asked her.
"When you said you only wanted to be my friend for now", Madison said.
"You went through a tough breakup. I don't want to push you into another relationship", Peter said.
"You're amazing. You know that?" Madison said.
Peter looked at Madison and started to lean in.
Madison sat frozen.
Suddenly, they heard a knock.
They looked up to find Clint leaning on the wall of the hallway.
"Time for bed Madison", Clint told her, "It was nice to meet you Peter. Have a safe trip home".
"I'll see you later", Peter said and got up.
Madison watched him walk over to the elevator and got in.
"C'mon Baby Bird", Clint said.
She glared at her father as she walked to her bedroom. She once again went into her bathroom and swallowed her pills, but before going to bed. She went to her closet and pulled out one of Steve's shirts.
He had left it the day she kicked him out.
She brought it to her nose.
It still carried Steve's scent.
She slipped it over her head and climbed in bed. She didn't have a nightmare that night.