Soulful | Book 2 of 2| Starks daughter x Natasha Romanoff

Chapter 30

2 days later

We were at the cabin, Tony's cabin. I sat in between Morgan and Happy while a hologram of Tony sitting in a chair played from his Ironman helmet, "Everybody wants a happy ending, right?" He started, "But it doesn't always roll that way. Maybe this time. I'm hoping if you play this back, it's in celebration. I hope families are reunited, I hope we get it back, and something like a normal version of the planet has been restored. If there ever was such a thing. God, what a world. Universe, now. If you told me ten years ago that we weren't alone, let alone, you know, to this extent, I mean, I wouldn't have been surprised. But come on, you know? The epic forces of darkness and light that have come into play. And, for better or worse, that's the reality Morgan's gonna have to find a way to grow up in, and Aj's going to have to find a way to thrive in. So I thought I'd probably better record a little greeting, in the case of an untimely death on my part. I mean, not that, death at any time isn't untimely. This time travel thing that we're gonna try and pull off tomorrow, it's, it's got me scratching my head about the survivability of it all. That's the thing. Then again, that's the hero gig. Part of the journey is the end," Tony got up and walked towards us, "What am I even trippin' for? Everything's gonna work out exactly the way it's supposed to." He leaned down to Morgan, "I love you 3,000." Then he looked over to me and smiled, "I love you Alexandria, and I'm so proud of you." The hologram cut-off tears fell from my eyes, we got up I grabbed Morgan's hand. Pepper carried a wreath with Tony's Arc Reactor outside, it said, proof that Tony Stark had a heart. The rest of the Avengers surrounded us. Pepper put the wreath on the water and it floated away.

I found Morgan and Happy on the porch I sat next to Morgan, "we're getting cheeseburgers later, do you want one?" Happy asked.

"Yeah," I said. I sat next to Morgan for a few minutes then I went over to Peter.

"How are you, Pete?" I asked.

"Ok, I guess, I miss him, and wish I hadn't missed out on five years with him, you?"

"It's hard, really hard, I miss Tony like crazy, and then Natasha too it's just I don't know, awful ." I talked to Peter for a bit longer then I walked over to May and Peter went to talk to Pepper.

"You know, seven years ago I told you that If something happened to me and my girlfriend I'd know who to come to," I smiled for a second then burst into tears. May gave me a hug.

"Aj," She sighed.

"I'm sorry," I cried, "it's just these last few weeks have been a lot."

"Don't apologize, Aj," May said, "You have lost two of the most important people in your life, crying and being upset and angry and just emotional is ok."

"She's gone, May, she's not coming back ever, and Tony, I, I've just always had him and I don't know what to do without him, I don't know what to do without both of them."

"It's ok, it'll take time, I mean you lost your wife and your father in like a week, you're not going to know what to do, it'll take time just be with people you love and don't keep all of your feelings trapped inside, talk, I'm here and the avengers are here and you have Pepper and Happy. It'll be ok. It'll just take time."

"Thanks, May," I said. I walked over to a boy that I hadn't seen in a while, Harley. "Hey Harley," I said. 

"Aj," he said, "It's been too long." 

"Way too long, you've grown up." 

"Yeah, not a ten-year-old kid in my garage anymore," he said. 

"How are you feeling?" I asked.