Running Fearless ( Avengers Fanfiction)

Chapter 21

For the first time in a long time Katie woke up first. It wasn't because of morning sickness or anything. It was simply because she couldn't stand being in her self-conscious. Her head was filled with the horrible possibilities that were all so possible just because of who she was. She glanced over to Clint who still snoozed, his hand lazily hanging over her stomach. Her lips placed the softest kiss to his lips before subtly slipping from his grasp and out of bed. As quietly and quickly as she could, Katie slipped on some clothes before stepping out of the bedroom.

"JARVIS, if Clint asks where I am, let him know that I'm down in the lab working." Katie said walking toward the door.

"Yes, Katie." JARVIS answered and with that Katie was off to Tony's lab. The tower was unusually quiet. With as many people living here, she expected more noise. The lab was no different. She figured it was still too early. She stepped off the elevator into the dark lab before lifting her head. She opened her mouth to order for the lights to come on when they suddenly came on by themselves.

"Cool." Katie muttered as she glanced around Tony's lab which again had been redesigned since she was last here. Everything was just so shiny and new. Well there was something that didn't change. The freaky kitten mural on the back wall hadn't changed one bit. She chuckled lightly before heading over to see what they'd been working on. There was Bruce's device that looked slightly different since she last seen it.

"Do you need to de-hulk, because if you do, that won't work." A voice said from behind her that made her smile. Katie turned to see Tony, who looked suspiciously sweaty. But from the workout clothes and the water bottle, she figured she was the one just jumping to conclusions.

"Why are you up so early?"

"Oh, well I run now." Tony said before taking a long gulp from the water bottle. "My current goal is to keep up with Capsicle."

"That's impossible. I mean he is an artificially, amplified specimen." Katie said walking over to him. "Just stick to what you're good at, looking good and keeping your mouth shut, sugar."

"Good looking, huh?" Tony says, choosing to ignore the insult. "I always knew you had a thing for me." Katie laughed before grabbing his nose and giving it a slight jiggle. He pushed her hand away.

"Annoying, isn't it?" Katie said before turning to a massive lab. "So, do you always come down to your lab after a workout?"

"Yep, all the time. I mean there's nothing like pushing your body to the brink and sweating like a whore in a church to make you want to do science." Tony said making Katie laugh.

"So JARVIS told you I was down here?" Katie asked.

"Well yeah, but I like my answer better," Tony said looking over to her. "You look better this morning."

"Yeah last night was just a bug," Katie said clearing her throat before turning back to the lab. "So I know what Bruce has been working on, what about you?"

"Well me, me not much." Tony said walking over to the holo computer and pulling up images of prospective Iron Man suits. "There's these, plus two others." he turned to Katie. "There's this peacekeeping program that—" Tony noticed her eyes glazing over. "Am I boring you, kitten?"

"No, I'm trying to distract myself, and I thought coming down here and surrounding myself in this utopia would help." she turned back to him and shook her head. "But it's not. I keep seeing myself happy, grocery shopping and then there's people shooting at me. I guess my life is still kind of-"

"Unexpected," Tony said.

"I was going to say fucked up, but hey your answer is good too." Katie said walking up beside Tony.