-When you awoke, you were in your room at the cabin, the blanket was pulled over you, and a heavy weight laid next to you. As you slowly opened your eyes, you expected to see Sam, however instead you were met with the familiar sight of Pookie, and a mess of wild brown waves, her soft snores filling the room as you forced a smile, and placed a hand on her hair. Her small frame stirring at the touch as she whispered your name, "Yeah Morgan?"
"Is this a dream?"
"I'm afraid not, but you know what? We are gonna get through this because we have each other, and mommy, and Peter, and all of our superhero family."
-She curled more into you, and soon she had fallen back to sleep, of course a few tears were shed, but as you watched her drift back into dream land you couldn't help but smile, as you thanked Tony for giving you the support system you needed to mourn him.
-Once she was asleep you pulled yourself from bed, and stumbled downstairs to see Pepper sitting in the lab, a cold cup of tea on the table as she stared at the wall. Your shoulder leaned against the doorway as you whispered, "Can't sleep?"
"As soon as I told her, the first thing she did was run to you, because she wanted to make sure her older sister was okay." Pepper whispered, "My daughter just found out her hero isn't coming home, and yet she..."
"Acted just like you would." You smiled, "Tony told me how you always made sure he was okay before yourself."
"What can I say... the man was a train wreck."
"Yeah, but he was our train wreck." You chuckled, "Oh my gosh, do you remember the time we were both sick, gosh I think Morgan was two, and we were so scared to give it to her we ended up isolating ourselves in my room, and Tony had to take care of her all by himself."
"Meanwhile we watched all of Sex in the City in a week, and ate our weight in chicken soup just so that we would get better before he accidentally lost her." Pepper chuckled
"Wasn't that the time he also did accidentally lose her in the house?"
"No, that was when she was just learning to run, and while his back was turned she raced out into the yard."
"Just as you and Happy were pulling into the driveway." You smiled, "Gosh, where was I?"
"In the Mirror Dimension, making sure that Steve was okay."
"Come to think of it, where is everyone?"
"Sam and Peter wanted to stay, however Steve and Rhodey thought it might be best that they all go stay in the motel five miles away, said that we should have our time together to properly absorb all of this."
"He would." You chuckled, "How's Happy?"
"He's sitting on the back porch, said he wanted some alone time." Pepper replied as you sat on the floor, looking at her, "Hey Pep, did you ever keep track of how many times Tony accidentally bought you Strawberries?"
"Before he was the man in the suit, 138 times. After, never." She smiled
-That's how you two spent the rest of the night, just reminiscing on a time where Tony Stark was there to brighten your lives.
-Before going to bed you stated, "Oh I almost forgot, Tony wanted you to see this."
"What is it?" She asked as you produced his helmet, "It's the helmet he was wearing with the suit when he was in space. He said he recorded two messages there, one was from five years ago... and the other... Well,the other he told me to play at his funeral."
-You both went to bed finally at 5am, you were rummaging through your pajamas, looking for a comfy pair. However you stopped when your hand brushed over a grey tshirt, the fabric was soft, and stretched. Pulling it out you looked at it, and held it close to your chest.
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The Strange life
FanfictionWhat would your life be like as the daughter of the most arrogant neurosurgeon? What would it be like to live under a different identity? What would it be like to date an avenger? What would it be like to be best friends with the Genius, billionaire...