Love everlasting - Avengers fanfic

Darkness beneath the surface

Thor had once again returned back to Asgard hoping to find out more about your legacy. You still remained in the tower. It was extremely uncomfortable to say the least. Tony ignoring you completely, Steve visited some times, but nothing truly felt like it used to, it was hard to fall right back where you left things, you loved him, lost him, mourned him, finally got close to moving on, and now he's back. Loki wouldn't even look you in the eyes let alone say a word to you. It was complicated.

You walk down the hallway to the kitchen, it's awfully quiet this morning, which means it's probably just you and Tony around. And as long as you're alone together he stays down in his lab all day.

"Jarvis is Tony here?" You ask as you sit down.

"He's in the laboratory, do you want me to give him a message miss Jones?"

You consider it for a moment but he would probably ignore your attempts.

"No that's okay" you say quietly as you walk to the fridge looking for something to eat, then finally you get an idea.

"Jarvis has he eaten anything today?" You ask.

"Not that I'm aware of"

You grab some ingredients, growing together a bowl of pancake batter, scrambling it until it looks cooked. You plate it with strawberries, and some syrup. Then you head down the lab, he's blasting back in black on the speakers. Still working on improving his suit. You enter the passcode as the door opens.

Tony turns his head to look at you, he sighs heavily before turning down the music.

"I made breakfast" you smile awkwardly. As you clear out some space, setting his breakfast down.

"Not hungry" Tony scoffs, continuing to work on his suit, barely looking at you.

"You should really eat something" you say quietly.

"You should really learn to respect my privacy, but clearly both are not happening, go make yourself useful somewhere you're wanted" Tony says firmly, slamming his fist against the table. You flinch dropping your cup of tea. His expression softens as he realizes.

"I'm Sorry.. I'll clean it up" you stammer, as you rush to the sink grabbing some paper towels.

"Don't you'll just make a bigger mess by cutting yourself" Tony sighs, grabbing the paper from your hand.

You stand in silence looking down as he cleans another mess up after you. "It looks good" you say looking over at the suit.

"Thanks" he mutters coldly.

"Have you thought about making it accessible to other people?" You ask, mostly to fill out the awkward pause, but you also missed working with him on projects.

"What do you mean?" Tony questions.

"What if you could manipulate it remotely with subcutaneous chips implanted on your arms so that you could control the individual parts that assemble, one by one, around you body. This feature would also allow you to lock the suit onto another person" you explain studying the bracelet he has made for himself. Tony looks at you shockingly. "What I know stuff" you smirk subtly.

"That's actually not a horrible idea" he says, as he stands beside you looking down at the paper as you sketch a prototype. You try to hide your smile, but this is exactly what you missed about him, the constant inspiration you gave to one another.

"And over time you could possibly have a whole army of suits, all controlled by you. Just by the use of a simple headset. That way you wouldn't even have to be there to fight" you say enthusiastically.