I love you 3000 (Tony Stark Fanfic)

Chapter 38: Uncle is gone

Genevieve's POV
After hours of listening to his breathing I feel one of his arms let go of me. He rubs his eyes for a moment and puts it right back. "Are you awake darling?" he whispers in my ear. I nod my head slowly and don't speak. He lets out a sigh, "Have you been awake the whole night?" I nod my head again and his grip on me becomes tighter and he kisses my cheek softly. I honestly don't think I could get through this without him.

We lay there for a moment so I can prepare myself for the day ahead. He lets me know that Loki's body has already been buried by our old house for whenever I'm ready. We head downstairs together and I hear everyone talking. The second they see me walk in, the room goes completely silent besides Wanda humming a song while she ate her cereal.

"Don't look at me like that you guys" I roll my eyes and poor myself a cup of coffee. They all look at Tony and then at one another before silently looking back to their food. "Mommy, why is it taking Loki so long to wake up? I was going to play with uncle today" Wanda whines. My heart drops and I squeeze my eyes shut. I'm still turned towards the coffee pot so she can't see me. I feel a panic attack start to wash over my entire body.

Tony comes up behind me and wraps his arms around my waist with his chin on my shoulder. "Stay strong for just a little while longer, you won't want her to see you like this right now darling" he whispers in my ear. I gulp and nod my head. Tony let's go and I turn back to the table, "I'll explain that to in a little bit, alright love bug?" She nods her head and runs upstairs. I let out a sigh and throw my head back.

"So, you two are already back together?" Steve mumbles. I shoot my head in his direction immediately, "I know damn well you aren't about to start this right now Rogers." He lifts his arms up like I'm holding a gun to him, "It was just a simple question" he defends himself. I take a sharp insane and close my eyes, "You know damn well it isn't. Don't test me anytime soon because I will not hesitate to kick your ass into another planet." His eyes grow big and he looks back to his plate.

I sit down with Tony at the table and don't speak the rest of the time. After everyone leaves, Quill comes up to me and Tiny goes to play with Wanda to leave us alone. "I can't put into words how sorry I am that you're going through this. None of us really got along with him but we all could see how close you two had gotten." I feel tears immediately build up so I put my head down to cover it up, "I'm fine Quill. He betrayed me."

And it's true, he did. I may not have all the details but I got just enough yesterday. All of those years I spent with him were apart of my parents game to ruin the life I had built here. None of it was real. So why am I grieving so much? "I know he did but you still love him. You can say you're fine all you want but you need to be honest with yourself eventually" quill sighs. He gets up and leaves the room.

I walk out into the training room and start with some punching bags. About an hour in I had broken about 70 of them when I hear the door open. Thor walks in and looks at at the mess I had created in here. Neither of us say a word as he casually picks them all up and out them into a neat pile in the corner. "Did you come in here to talk about my feelings like everyone else?" I ask, slightly annoyed. I understand they're concerned but it's starting to get on my nerves already.

He shakes his head no, "I'm actually here to talk about mine." I am a horrible person, I aloud my grief to get in the way of checking up on anyone else. It completely slipped my mind that Loki was Thor's brother. They've literally known each other for thousands of years. They may not have been close but it still has to hurt.

"He was an ass, my brother. Always creating problems as we grew up. I've almost killed him myself a few times but he is still- was my brother. The only person he truly cared for was our mother. When she died it ruined him. Loki vowed to never love anyone again, feelings weren't exactly his thing" Thor explains. I sit down beside him and take in all that he is saying. Loki never told me about his mother. Now that I think of it, he never told me much of anything.

"That was until he met you" he continues. I perk my head up, "What do you mean?" Thor looks down to me and gives me a weak smile as his eyes began to water. "He loved you Genevieve, Wanda as well. I didn't think he was capable of being so sweet to anyone in his life. I know that it all looks bad after what happened yesterday but we don't know the whole story" Thor starts to defend his brother.

"I'm sorry Thor but I can't do this right now" I stand up and hurry out of the room. There's a possibility that he is right but I can't think too much into that currently. Right now I need to find my daughter. I go up to the room that I shared with Wanda and Loki. It's really just Wandas room now. She's playing with some action figures along with Tony. I stand at the door for a moment to watch them before he notices me.

He stands up and kisses my cheek, "It's gonna be okay. I'll be right outside the door if you need me." I smile weakly and nod. I sit on Wandas bed and pat a spot next to me for her to sit. "Honey, we need to have a very serious conversation" I behind while grabbing her hand to hold it. She sighs, "He's dead." My breath catches in my throat.

"What did you just say?" I question. She takes her hand out of mind and plays with her hands nervously, "I'm not dumb mommy, I know that uncle is gone and he's not coming back." I'm at a loss of words right now. "I'm so sorry Wanda" I whisper. She shrugs her shoulders and gets off the bed, "He deserves better." Before letting me respond she opens the door and leaves. Tony watches her walk down the stairs and looks back at me with a confused expression.

"She already knew" I say. He furrows her eyebrows at me and sits beside me, "Is she alright?" I shake my head, "She wouldn't even have a conversation about it. I'm worried baby." He rubs my legs slowly, "I know sweetie, we'll all get through this."