Forever

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Pietro is standing by the couches while Bree stands right beside him, holding tight to his hand with both of hers and leaning her head on his arm. The team is talking about a mission that they have to leave for soon.

"Does he have to go?" Bree worries.

"No." He looks down at her with a soft voice.

"No, he's not coming with." Tony shakes his head. "We're not leaving you alone, yet." He states and she nods a bit in understanding.

She turns away and a few stare at her for a moment before they too look away with sighs to continue on. Bree stands up straight and lets her hand free from Pietro's, just to be able to stretch. He checks on her for a moment before realizing her movements and turning away.

She lets her arms fall to her side before a heat soars through her head and neck and her eye sight goes black. She begins to get a bit dizzy and stumbles a bit. She quickly grabs his arm to wrap both of her's around his and try to steady herself before he can acknowledge any of it. She acts like all is fine, so no one can ask if they just so happen to take a quick glimsp in her direction.

She takes a deep breath with an exhale to really relax herself as best she can and moves his arm to take it's spot over and wrap her arms around Pietro's waist from the side. She buries herself in his shirt and he places his hand on the back of her head while rubbing up and down her arm.

"Pepper is with Morgan, so you don't have to worry about that." Tony stands as the others start heading towards the elevator and Bree nods. "We should be back later on tonight or tomorrow." He nods.

"Okay." She lets go of Pietro and he sits on the arm of the couch.

Tony sighs while staring at Bree for a moment before he pulls her into a hug with his hand on her head.

"I love you, Kiddo."

"I love you too." She stares at Pietro while he gives her a small grin.

He pats her back as he lets go and walks around her to take the stairs instead. She looks back at Pietro and he puts his hand out for her to take and he pulls her to stand in front of him.

"I feel bad." She states just above a whisper.

"I know." He nods. "But you don't need to. They're not mad or upset with you, they're just worried. We all are." He states while she stares into his eyes and holds his arm. "I have a surprise for you."

"Can I see it now?" She hopes softly.

"You can see it in ten minutes when I call you to the floor, because you're going to stay here while I get it ready." He stands and moves her to sit down.

"It's upstairs?" She watches him head towards the door.

"It will be." He nods before racing off.

She furrows her brows in confusion while turning forward and attempting to dig through her mind to find if she ever mentioned anything she wanted, but is struggling hard.

"Bree." Pietro calls through the comms minutes later. "Come up."

She gets up and decides to use the stairs to get there faster and see through the foggy window on the door that the room is a little darker, but there's clear lighting resembling fire.

She cautiously opens the door, only having to slow to a stop when her eyes find the blanket laid on the floor with just a round cake in the middle and a large bottle of wine. The fire she'd seen was the lighting from surrounding candles.

"Surprise." He grins softly beside her.

She looks up at him with tears in her eyes and her hand lightly covering her mouth. She reaches for him and holds his side as he pushes his fingers through her hair on the back of her head.

"Oh, my God." She cries tears of joy as he heads towards the blanket with a smile and his thumb nail between his teeth.

"Come here." He chuckles softly as she folds her hands together in front of her mouth.

She shakily moves closer and takes a steal his middle and ring fingers from his side. He tells her to sit down and she continues to hold onto him as she does as asked and he sits in front of her.

"I wanted to give you something that'd bring you more happiness than you're willing to give yourself for now." He pushes her hair behind her ear while she grins sadly at him. "You deserve it."

"Thank you." She whispers weakly.

He chuckles adoringly while wiping the tear from her cheek as she grips her sleeves in her fists on her lap. She stares at the objects in front of them and cups his cheeks while moving closer to hug his neck with her cheek on his forehead.

"You're so sweet." She states with a crack in her voice while he hugs her waist and thighs. "But you didn't have to do this." She lets go of him and scooches back to her spot.

"I wanted to." He shrugs and places his hand on her knee. "I should want to." He nods. "It comes with being with you, I want to give you everything I can and this is what I to give you."

He moves to lie down on his side and lean on his elbow as she just stays on her folded knees, just staring at him.

"What're you doing?" He breathes a chuckle.

"Nothing." She shrugs sweetly as the tears pool again. "I'm just feeling happy right now." She covers her mouth with the back of her clothed hand.

"Good." He nods softly. "That's so good. You're doing so much better already." He states and she takes a deep breath. "And that's not even all I have for you."

"What?" She squeaks while dropping her arm.

"I also want to give you this." He pulls a ring out of his back pocket and holds it between his index finger and thumb. "It's a promise ring." He puts his hand out for her to take with a tearful grin and slides it on her ring finger. "I need you to not break this." He holds her hand tight in his and she nods. "Because I've never needed someone more than I've needed you and I don't even want to know what kind of girls I would've met if I didn't have you." He jokes and she chuckles with a sniffle. "You promise me that you won't break this one, you'll be with me FOREVER and never let go?"

"I promise." She nods surely while holding back.

She bursts into sobs with a single laugh and hangs her head and he chuckles at the bright, genuinely happy smile on her face that makes his heart swell in his chest.

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