Just My Luck || Marvel

Steve can't cook to save his life (or anyone else's)

Tony's POV

"Hey, Tones?" I heard someone say, as I groggily looked away from the bed where the kid was lying, bound up in the most casts I had ever seen at once on a person

She really had a knack for almost dying

"Mhm?" I said, turning to see Rhodey leaning against the frame of the hospital room door

"You know that you can get some rest right?" He said, pointedly gesturing to the dark circles under my eyes, "The kid's not going anywhere, and you've been up for nearly two days"

"Did Pepper put you up to this?" I asked, raising my eyebrows

"No," he replied firmly, "I'm just a friend who wants his other sleep deprived friend to TAKE REST"

I chugged the rest of my coffee while looking him straight in the eye

"More espresso less depresso" I deadpanned

"You are such a child" Pepper suddenly cut in, appearing from behind Rhodes

"Knew it!" I exclaimed

Pepper's glare kind of muted my enthusiasm

"Anthony, you will go to bed now or I will make you" she said sternly and I knew she would make good on her threat

"Fine, but JUST an hour" I groaned, finally giving in

*Time skip of Tony only sleeping for a couple minutes cuz he's a stubborn tin can*

"I've totally slept for an hour" I muttered under my breath, trying to convince myself as I walked down the familiar hallways to the hospital ward, to which I had become very accustomed to seeing over the past few days

"Fri, are Pep or Rhodes anywhere near the hospital ward" I asked, trying to make sure the coast was clear

"Miss Potts and Colonel Rhodes are in the kitchen along with Capsicle and the other avengers"

Good. Now that Pep and Rhodey weren't there I could go back to the ward without them on my ass

I walked into the familiar hospital room and froze

Because where there was supposed to be a ten year old girl, there was an empty bed, with the medication wires all hastily pulled out

My eyes quickly searched the room, finally coming to land on a certain kid, who was supposed to be in bed, poking her head out of the stained glass window of the hospital room

"Y/n?" I whispered, so quietly that she possibly couldn't have heard it, but the kid spun around in surprise, her eyes sparking with what I hope was excitement when her eyes landed on me

"M-Mr. Stark?" She said, her voice cracking, "Holy cow! It's actually you! You are not going to believe what's been happening! Remember when I left the compound that time? Well something must've gone wrong, because I woke up and this vulture dude had kidnapped me. But this girl named Liz was there, right? And she helped me-"

I cut off her excited ramble by grabbing her in a tight hug

And being spontaneous had never felt so good.

Y/n's POV

I froze as Mr. Stark embraced me, encasing me in a warm hug

I slowly wrapped my arms around him, melting into the hug. I took in the smell of machine oil and cologne on his shirt as I buried my head into his chest

"I- I thought we weren't there yet" I mumbled into him

His only response was to hug me tighter.

"Don't worry" I joked, my voice thick with emotion as I felt his arms wrapped tightly around me, "Breathing is overrated anyways"