The Yellow Eyes in the Closet

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3rd person's point of view

As Leya slept in bed, Peter stood next to her bed. He wore a black leather jacket, dark blue jeans and his blue shoes.

He sets a necklace on Leya's nightstand. Peter walked out of the room. He walks toward the elevator, but stops when he hears a voice behind him.

"Peter".

Peter turned around to see Tony. "Hey, Mr. Stark. I was uh, grabbing some laundry. It's laundry day", Peter said.

"Kid, you're a terrible liar", Tony said. Peter sighed. "Did you talk to her?"

"She was already asleep. She's always asleep at this time", Peter said.

"Which is why you came", Tony realized. Peter nodded.

"I just need more time, Mr. Stark. Look, there are people out there who plan to hurt Leya. I can't let them hurt her. I can't come back yet", Peter said. Tony looks at the very caring teenager. He walked towards Peter and put a hand on his shoulder.

"She thinks you hate her because she didn't tell you she loves you back", Tony said.

"I was upset about it for a few days, but I did break my promise that we were going to take slow. I kind of deserve it", Peter said.

"Look, in my opinion, I think she just loves you too, but she doesn't know how to tell you", Tony said.

"I could never hate her. I love Leya", Peter said. "I don't want her to know the truth. Not yet".

Leya's point of view

I woke up in the middle of the night. I saw a necklace on my nightstand. I knew it didn't get there by itself and I recognized it.

"Peter", I said softly.

I heard noises from my closet. I looked at my closet. This time, I saw someone hiding in it.

I jumped out of my bed and ran out of my room. "Dad!" I shouted. I ran through the hallway until I ran into someone.

The person held their candle close to their face. I saw Loki standing in front of me. "Dad", I said as I stood up. I wrapped my arms around him.

Tony got out of his room. He walked towards us, wearing his bathrobes. "Leya, what's wrong?" Loki asked.

"I heard something in my closet. But it's different from the last times. I saw someone. They had yellow eyes", I said.

I felt a gush of wind. I turned around with a startle. I calmed down when I saw Pietro.

"I heard shouting. What's wrong, Leya?" Pietro asked. Remember when I told you about Pietro and Wanda being a older brother and sister to me. This is an example.

"Leya saw something or someone in her closet", Tony explained. Pietro ran away, using his superspeed. The rest  of the Avengers came out of their rooms. Tony and Loki explained the situation to them.

I hung onto Loki as if I was a 5 year old who was scared as hell. I wasn't 5, but I was scared as hell.

Pietro came back with Wanda. "We didn't see anything, but if Leya says she saw something, I believe her", Wanda said.

"Me too. I know this has been her fear for years, but in this crazy world, no, universe, maybe Multiverse, that we live in, you can't imagine a person with yellow eyes, standing in an empty closet", Pietro said.

"Well, you don't have to convince me that she's telling the truth. I believe her too. Saying she hears something is one thing, but saying she saw someone is totally different. We're not even sure if it's a someone. It probably is a something. Maybe it's an alien", Tony said.

I looked at Tony with an uneasy look. "What?" I asked. Tony looks at me.

"We won't let anything hurt you", Tony says. "Leya, why don't you sleep in your dad's room tonight".

I grabbed Loki's hand. We walked into his room. "Get into my bed", Loki said. I got into the bed.

"Where will you sleep?" I asked.

"Don't worry about me", Loki said. He lays next to me. I scooted closer to him and held onto his arm. "There's no need to be afraid, Leya. We'll protect you".

"We don't know what you're protecting me from. All we know is that it's a person from the closet. And that scares me", I said.

"What do you do when you're afraid? What do you do to calm down?" Loki asked.

I thought about it. I'm not easily scared so I wasn't sure how to answer that.

Then, I had an idea.

I started humming. Then, I started singing. I slowly began to calm down. After singing, I laid my head on my father's chest and slowly fell asleep.

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