New York, 2012. It changed everyone somehow.
It changed Steve Rogers. It changed Tony Stark. Most of all though, it changed Aurelia Stark.
When nothing in Aurelia's world is what she thought it was, how will faces from her past change her whirlwind...
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In the eye of a hurricane There is quiet For just a moment A yellow sky -Hurricane, Lin Manuel Miranda
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December 23rd 2012 Tenessee, United States
Dad has the car on autopilot, as I sit back with my feet up on the dashboard and he just stares at me. I glance over, "What?" I snap.
"Nothing."
There's silence for a few moments before I decide to just blurt out what I've been wanting to say for months, "Look, can we just talk about what happened in New York?"
He breathes in through his nose, "What's there to talk about?"
"You know what!" I yell exasperated, "Every single time! Problems don't just go away when they're out of your line of sight! I can't just sit here and play the damsel in distress. I can't act like I'm not a... like I'm normal!" He doesn't say anything, just stares at the open road ahead, "For god's sake, Dad! I know it's hard! Believe me, I do. But don't you think this is a lot for me too? It's my life!" I sigh and run my hands through my hair, "There's no denying that things are different now. But this is difficult for me as well, and... and all I need is my dad. I just need you to be there for me. Please." I beg, my voice trembling. "What about this is so difficult for you that you don't dare even acknowledge the subject?"
He turns his head to the side, before exhaling loudly and looking at me, "You don't need me.", he admits, "For twenty-two years I've been there for you, and you've needed me. You needed me to protect you; to keep you safe. But looking at you back in New York, even just there, you could do more than me, you had to protect me. I mean, Loki brain-washed you, and I didn't do a thing. I didn't even find out until two days later." he rubs his face, the grey bags beneath his eyes sticking out like a sore thumb, "Gods, aliens, flying armies, I mean that was totally out of my depth, but you... I didn't see you panic once, you looked like you were having a good time and... I couldn't help but feel that I needed you more than you needed me. And- And if I can't protect you, who can I protect?"
"Seriously?" I scoff, "Dad, every single time I have any little issue, I run to you. The amount of stupid shit I've done over the years that should have got me kicked out of school or worse that you've got me out of. And when you became Iron Man you very literally save my life at least a dozen times. There's never going to be a day when I don't need you. You're all I've ever had."
