"The sandwich was fair, the spring was a little rusty, the rest of the materials, I'll make do. By the way, when you said your sister had a watch, I was kinda hoping for something a little more than that." I look down at my pink Dora watch as we walk through the town.
"She's six! Anyway, it's limited edition. When can we talk about New York?"
"Maybe never, relax about it." I look away.
"What about The Avengers, can you talk about them?"
"I don't know, later. Hey kid, give me a little space." I sigh as we stop and look at the remains of the local explosion site. "What's the official story here? What happened?" I ask.
"I guess this guy named Chad Davis, used to live roundabouts, won a bunch of medals in the army. One day, folks said he went crazy and made, you know, a bomb. Then he blew himself up right here."
"Six people died, right?" I ask.
"Yeah."
"Including Chad Davis?" I ask, looking at the shadows.
"Yeah."
"Yeah. That doesn't make sense." I sit next to Harley. "Think about it. Six dead, only five shadows." I point.
"Yeah, people said these shadows are like the mark of souls gone to Heaven. Except the bomb guy, he went to Hell on account of he didn't get a shadow. That's why there's only five."
"Do you buy that?" I ask.
"That's what everyone says. You know what this crater reminds me of?"
"No idea. I'm not...I don't care." I shake my head.
"That giant wormhole, in um...in New York. Does it remind you?"
"That's manipulative. I don't want to talk about it." I look down.
"Are they coming back? The aliens?"
"Maybe. Can you stop? Remember when I told you, that I have an anxiety issue?" I ask
"Does this subject make you...make you edgy?"
"Yeah, a little bit. Can I just catch my breath for a second?" I ask, my chest starts to close up.
"Are there bad guys in Rose Hills? Do you...do you need a plastic bag to breathe into? Do you have medication?"
"Nope." I shake my head.
"Do you need to be on it?"
"Probably." I nod.
"Do you have PTSD?"
"I don't think so." I shake my head.
"Are you...are you going completely mental? I can stop, do you want me to stop? Do you want me to stop?"
"Remember when I said to stop doing that? I swear to God, you're going to freak me out!" I quickly get up, "Ah man, you did it, didn't you? You happy now?" I ask I run off.
"What did I say? Hey, wait up! Wait, wait." I stop running and fall to my knees and put snow in my face. "What the hell was that?"
I look up and throw snow at his face, "Your fault, you spazzed me out. Okay, back to business. Where were we? The guy who died...relatives? Mom? Mrs. Davis, where is she?" I ask.
"Where she always is." He points.
"See, now you're being helpful."
I walk alone toward the bar, accidentally bumping into a woman.
"Sorry." I say, seeing the woman drops something as she walks away. "Lady, this uh..." I give it back to the woman.
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Iron Woman - (Fem Iron man X Pepper)
FanficWhat if Iron man was actually....Iron Woman. Y/N Stark had grown up in a strict household, it was never easy being the daughter of Howard Stark. You constantly searched for his approval, Just wanting to be loved. But everything you hoped for...was...
