No-One But You (The Star Child's Eclipse)

Chapter 8: Sofia (Part 8)


A few things tagged along with the sudden "collide" that happened in a fancy nightclub, but Tony Stark's focus locked onto the smile he saw on Steve's perfect face.

It took Steve Rogers a second to register who he bumped into, and an enormous smile followed as soon as he recognized it was Wade Wilson.

Steve looked as happy as a clam in that moment, and Tony couldn't stop staring at his smile.

Wade friggen "bro'd" out in that moment too, and Ezekiel Stane's eyes locked onto his giant smile. Steve and Wade were way too happy to see one another, and their dates couldn't possibly be anymore opposite….

Ezekiel absolutely refused to look at either of them. In fact, he turned his face away from Steve and Tony entirely and he started staring at the material of Wade's shirt.

The Jackal hadn't seen anyone on his "Surveillant Council," or communicated with any of them since the incident at Battleworld took place.

That was months ago at this point in the story, and he didn't intend to re-open that door at all.

He didn't want to see them, or speak to them, so he started migrating even closer to Wade. Ezekiel was hiding himself against him, in a sense, and he started hoping that they'd die or disappear.

Wade was a little oblivious to Ezekiel's behavior, and he playfully hugged his quiet coyote against him as he loudly greeted Tony and Steve.

"WHOA, HI GUYS!…"

That's what the mercenary said, then he planted a warm kiss on the top of Ezekiel's fluffy hair. Oh, Wade was glad to see them, and he started talking about how much of a surprise it was.

Tony and Steve gave one another a certain look, then they both decided to embark on the journey of carrying on a conversation with the infamous Deadpool.

"Fancy meeting you here, of all time and places…"

For Tony Stark, it certainly seemed like a bizarre coincidence to bump into Wade and Ezekiel. The baby Jackal was clearly ignoring them, and it looked like he wanted to take off.

He wasn't going anywhere tho, and the brunette silently began to wonder why.

Ezekiel was simply pressing his face against Wade's shirt, and he started clinging to his protector like you wouldn't believe…

"Well, Shiny just told me that he owns this gig-AH! Hey… that tickles."

Wade's non-existent body fat was suddenly pinched, hard, so he quickly glanced back down toward Ezekiel's buttery soft, fawn-colored hair.

Wait, fawn was too dark… and Wade's crazy brain tried to calculate what color Ezekiel's hair actually was.

Uhh, the baby Jackal roughly pinched his skin again, because he needed his "date" to kindly wrap that random shit up…

Hmm… Tony caught what the mercenary said. So, the prince of darkness owned that snazzy nightclub? That was a good sign for Tony to make his fucking exit.

Steve just smiled through that information, because, truthfully speaking, he was happy to see the both of them.

The blonde absolutely hated what took place at Battleworld, and deep down he was glad that they both made it through what happened.

Ezekiel seemed very distant, and clearly all of the progress made by the Surveillant Council was long gone.

"It's good to see you, Ezekiel… and you as well Wade."

Tony saw that smile on Steve's face again, and he also took notice of the smile that formed on the person's face who reacted next.

The mercenary was practically giddy after Steve said what he did, and he almost hopped a bit more in Steve's direction.

The way the two of them reacted to one another was actually quite …adorable, and it almost warmed Tony's bitter-as-fuck heart.

So. Now what? Ezekiel's face started burning up after he processed what was actually happening.

Steve Rogers gave him a gentle greeting, but the Jackal refused to hear it.

He forced his eyes to close after he heard Steve's voice, and his grip on Wade strengthened up.

The thought of losing him again crossed his mind for some reason, or perhaps… thoughts of losing himself emerged as well.

He didn't want to go back to the way things were at all, and seeing Tony Stark and Steve Rogers in public like that reminded Ezekiel of what was possible.

His sense of "freedom" felt like it was in jeopardy, and Ezekiel began to think that his mind was about to be tampered with once again…

So, he held onto Wade as tight as he could, and he locked the two of them out of any sort of communication…

"Uhh, well, it's back to square one, for all of us…and I…"

Wait. Say what? Ezekiel's mind went off on an inward tangent, and he tapped himself back into the conversation just when Wade started saying something about him to Steve and Tony.

Oh wow, after all that random shit, the "quiet coyote" finally gave THOSE TWO a sharp look, because he didn't like the sympathetic looks they were giving him at all.

Something definitely felt…off. Ezekiel felt off, and he didn't know what to do. Well, all he wanted to ACTUALLY DO was carry on with his date, and just… be there, with Wade.

Why was this happening again? Oh man, the baby Jackal started feeling dizzy. Seriously. It felt like he'd been drugged, or something…


Chapter: END

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