Love in the Dark

If Only

No smut in this chapter. Just a little bit of brooke and tony.

I recommend listening to someone like you by Adele.

It's been a few days since steve announced our relationship to the team at breakfast. It was a quite interesting breakfast that day, everyone saw bucky washing dishes for the first time, earning applauses from sam and pietro, as sam records him with his phone, earning a plate thrown at him, thankfully he ducked.

Bucky has anger issues

It's a work in progress

I spent almost all day gossiping with nat and wanda, answering all their questions they had for me about steve, nat's was mostly no not mostly ALL sexual while wanda's was more sweet and bubbly like her.

After hours of answering yes and no questions, steve came into my room, kicking the girls out, with nat giving me a wink and a smirk on the way out, as he walk towards me, undressing me, ripping my lingere again.

Dammit

As he took me in my bed with such passion. I've been waking up to him, and it's been amazing, i haven't been to his room, but he tells me i have a better bed, whatever that means. I don't want to push him on when i can go to his room. I can wait till he's ready to show me his room.

Tony wasn't seen all the rest of breakfast. Actually, i still haven't seen him since then. I wonder if that look he gave me during breakfast is why he's acting weird with me lately.

Well we're about to find out

I walk into the lab with an americano in my hand, granted it's 2 p.m. but i needed an excuse, i take advantage of talking to him alone right now that bruce went to a meeting in D.C. with Nat and steve. I see him working something on his suit. I go over to him as i set the coffee down on the desk, i know how he takes his coffee by heart. Well, i should hope so since we get each others orders for 4 years now. He stops on what he's working on and glances at me then at coffee, he kinda gives me a shy smile. But i can tell something is bothering him.

"Hi, i thought i brought you your usual coffee since you always hand me one." I'm not the best at making conversations.

"Thanks," He tells me.

"I haven't really seen you since breakfast a few days ago.. is everything okay?" I ask bluntly.

"Yea, everything is good. I've just been working." Tony says as he motions his hand around the lab.

"Oh okay, yea of course, i just thought maybe i did something wrong, i thought maybe you were mad at me for not telling you guys about my relationship with steve, you've been so nice to me, i didn't want you to think i'm taking advantage." I tell him as i hung my head down low like a shy kid.

He looks at me with widened eyes. He walks towards me and puts both hands on my shoulders as he shakes his head.

"Oh God, no brooke, i'm not mad at you at all, and i know you're not taking advantage, i'm just going through some... things." He assures me, giving my shoulders a squeeze before he lets go.

Whew

You were just overthinking

like always

"Pepper?" Fuck did i just say that out loud.

Yes, yes, you did

"Um no actually me and pepper remained friends after our mutual breakup, she and rhodey are together now." He informs me

"Oh, uh is that what's bothering you?" I don't open up to people, but tony always expressed concern for me, so it's my turn to be there for him.

"Oh no, no, i'm happy for them actually. They live in a cabin. I visit them sometimes." He chuckles nervously

"Oh well, that's good, I'm glad you're happy for them, so if it's not pepper bothering you.. what is?" He just looks at me, and now i'm regretting my words. It's obvious he doesn't want to confide in me.

"Sorry it's none of my buisness, it's just you're always there for me and i figured i could be here for you, but it's obvious you don't want to talk to me and now i'm rambling, which you should probably stop me- "

"Hold on there, speedy gonzalez." He chuckles as he puts his hand up.

"You just took me by suprised that's all, i appreciate you getting out of your comfort zone to be here for me, i know how hard it is for you to open up to other people besides clint. so thank you." He tells me

"You're welcome," I say to him after catching my breath.

"It's a project i'm working on. I can't seem to figure it out. It's been eating me alive, so i've been here in the lab more." He says kinda uncertain, but gives me a weak smile.

"Oh sorry, well i'm sure you'll figure it out" I tell tony confidently, the man is a genius, of course he'll figure it out.

He only smiles at me

"So uh since when did you and cap became a thing?" He backs away leaning against the table with his hands resting on it.

"Oh well, we just put a label on it recently but we've been seeing each other for a year now, i guess it first started when you guys went to that mission in russia. " I wasn't going to tell him we were only sleeping with each other so seeing sounded more fitted. His eyes fall sad to the ground when i mentioned the mission in russia.

"Are you happy?" His eyes fall back up to meet mine.

"Yes" I love steve, and that makes me happy.

"Good, cause you deserve to be happy, you know that right." I had to choke back a sob.

Don't cry... don't cry

No one has told me I deserve to be happy. I guess I always thought I wasn't worthy, but trauma will do that to you.

"I do now, thank you, tony, not just for the compliment but for everything you've done for me. And you should know you deserve to be happy too, and you will be. You'll find someone when you least expect it, i know i did." I'm not lying. tony does deserve some good qualities. I'm positive he'll find the right girl one day. Steve was unexpected. I never saw it coming.

"Thank you, brooke, no need to thank me, it's my pleasure, i'm glad you came into our lives." He tells me whole-heartedly.

"I'm glad too." I smile at him.

"Okay, enough of this icky stuff, i don't want my heart to grow two inches." He waves his hands around as i let out a laugh, and he smiles at me.

Okay Grinch

"Okay, um, well, i'll see you at dinner then, we're having pizza night, and before you ask, yes, i will order you a cheeseburger pizza." I say in disgust, but he chuckles at my expression. Well, i can't judge. i order pepperoni and mushroom, so i guess we both have weird tastes.

He gives me a thankful nod, and i turn to walk out of the lab, leaving tony to go back working on his suit. I'm relieved that he wasn't being distant because of me. It puts me at ease. I don't want to cause a problem. These people are all i have.

Tony's pov

My heart breaks as i watch brooke walk away. My mind plays back to what she said.

"I guess it first started when you guys went to that mission in russia."

Those words cut me like a knife

If only

If only she knew

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