Marvel Universe Imagines

Not a project {Part Two} ~Tony Stark~

Featuring: They/Them Y/N
Love interest (if any): Tony Stark
Warnings: Swearing, angst, spoonful of fluff at the end
Summary: When Y/N comes out of Tony's room after the night before, they get ready for the day and find themselves trying to get Tony's attention about something important in his lab. He's working on an update for his suit and pays no attention to them, eventually getting angry and yelling for them to get out. Before they do, they yell something back at him, making Tony want to eat his words.
Word count: 1100

Y/N wakes up and rolls over, facing where Tony would be sleeping. They open their eyes to see an empty bed, and the covers tossed about. They get out of bed, find one of Tony's zip-ups and their own sweatpants, and put it on. They drag their feet across the room and out the door into the hallway. Making their way downstairs, Y/N bumps into Happy and Pepper. "Hey guys. Do you know where Tony is?" Happy says, "Yeah, he's in his lab." Pepper then says, "He's working on a new addition to one of his suits. It's probably best not to disturb him for about a good ten minutes." And with that, Y/N nodded, and went to go get breakfast.

They went into the kitchen and started making a cup of tea and a bowl of cereal. They took the mug and places it on the table when they saw Tony scurry into the kitchen, fumble through a drawer, pick something up and run back out. Y/N looked at the door where he left puzzled, but went back to making their breakfast. They took their bowl of Cheerios and a spoon and set it on the table, then sitting down to eat. They ate a few bites before Tony came back in, doing the same thing again. This happened once more before Y/N was fed up with it. They stood up from the table, and followed Tony back into the lab.

They stood in the doorway of his lab watching him work. He seemed to be tinkering with some sort of... nano tech. He looks Y/N's way and sees them in the doorway watching him. They smile, and give a little wave. "Hey Y/N. Sleep good? Oh hey, can you pass me that?" He points to something on the table in front of you and turns back towards his suit. You walk over and pick the small item up while saying, "I slept good. Here you go." They give him the object and he immediately places it on the suit. "By the way, thanks for helping me with my nightmare last night." He's hyper focused on his suit and barely pays attention to Y/N. "Yeah, sure, no problem. I'm kind of in the middle of something right now so if you could maybe head out?" He says to them.

Y/N tries to tease him a little. "What? No time for your partner anymore?" He starts to get a little frustrated. "It's not that I don't have time it's that I can't get distracted, or else I'll fuck this up." They see him getting frustrated and try to lighten the mood. "Well, it seems like your frustrated so why don't I tell you a joke? What do you get when you cross a rude porcupine and a rude hedgehog?" He tries to talk to them, but they cut him off. "Y/N, I don't have-" "One hell of a prick!" They laugh a little and say, "Oh hey, you have a piece thats-" but he cuts them off by yelling.

"I know! That piece is dangling! That's what I've been trying to fix but you won't fucking leave me alone and try not to distract me, like I've asked you to!" They were startled at first, but quickly retorted back. "Ok, yeesh. Just trying to lighten the mood a little." They turned to the door and Tony angrily says back, "But I'd already asked you to leave! God Y/N, can you think about other people for once?!" Y/N whirls around and says, "Yeah, I actually can! I was trying to make your mood better since you seem pissed. I was trying to cheer you up. It's not like you've ever done that, huh?! It seems like you go from cuddling with your partner one night to acting like their the most annoying person in the world! I'm not one of your fucking projects Tony. You can't fix me and make me yours. You have to find out what I need, and respect that I am my own fucking person."

They storm out, and leave Tony with his thoughts. They run up the stairs to their room and slam the door. As they pace around, they realize that their wearing his sweatshirt and sweatpants. They angrily take it off and throw it into a heap on the floor, changing into oversized pajamas and curling up underneath the covers on their bed, sobbing. After a few minutes, there was a knock on the door, and Y/N as glad they had turned the light off. They didn't say anything, but they heard the door open anyway. "What do you want?" They said, facing the opposite way. They heard Tony's voice say, "To give you this." He walks over, and places something on the bedside table. As it hits the wooden surface, it makes a clinking noise, so Y/N assumes that it's metal. They hear footsteps, and then they hear the door shut. They turn around to look at the table. There's a small red and gold wedding-band-style ring on the table. There's an inscription inside it that reads,

"For the project I'll never need to fix"

Y/N smiled, and put it on. It fit perfectly. They threw back the blankets and left their room, going to the first floor. They went into Tony's office and walked right up to him. He looked at them weirdly, saying, "Um... hi?" Y/N wraps their arms around him and hugs hug tightly. "I'm sorry for blowing up." He smiles, and says back, "Don't worry baby, it's ok. I should've paid attention to you." They looked up at him, and he looked down into their eyes. They two of them both smiled, before leaning in for a sweet kiss. When they pulled apart, Tony says to them, "I take it you like the ring?" Y/N smiles back and says, "Yes, yes I do."