Avengers Imagines Book

All I Wanna Say is Thanks

2008

You and your family never had an easy life. You lived in a pretty war torn region of Afghanistan, and had days where you'd be terrified you wouldn't live to see the next. It was hard, and you had to find a way to survive.

It got harder when the Ten Rings took over in the region. They were horrible, using illegally purchased weapons to murder hundreds in the area. You were scared that every day might be your last.

One day, it almost was. The Ten Rings came to Gulmira and started rounding people up. You thought this was it, this was the day you'd been dreading for years. Your father and brother were being taken away to be executed while you and your mother were going God knows where.

That's when Iron Man came. He saved all of your lives- not just your family's, but the whole village of Gulmira. Ever since that day, you vowed to make a difference yourself. And also to one day tell Iron Man thank you.

2016

After years of hard work, you managed to get yourself into a university, then you managed to get into an American graduate school for medicine. Your family was so proud of you. They saw how hard you worked after the day Iron Man, or Tony Stark, saved your lives.

You were smart enough in school to have plenty of options for hospitals to do your residency at. You picked one in New York City, not just because it was a great pick, but because it got you closer to your dream.

Okay, so your dream wasn't just to become a doctor and save lives. You also wanted to find Tony Stark and tell him to his face how he saved you and your family, and how you just wanted to thank him for it. Without him, you wouldn't be here now.

It was easy to find Tony Stark. Not only did the world love him, and therefore take all the pictures of him and with him, but he also loved attention. He flew around the city every now and then, just enjoying life. You couldn't blame him.

It was actually getting to Tony Stark that would be difficult. You already knew trying to reach him at the Avengers Tower or any of his office spaces like that would be impossible- security was tight, they probably wouldn't give you a nod just because you want to say thanks.

The answer laid in finding him out in public. That sounded easy, because he was always out, like you just said.

However, he was in and out pretty quickly most of the time. He loved the attention, just not a lot at once apparently. Which was fine, whatever. Just turned you into Tony Stark's number one stalker.

Whenever you could, you were out and trying to find Tony Stark. It was hard having to do this in your spare time, because all you really wanted to do was sleep when you weren't doing your residency.

However, at the same time, this was too important. You were going to make this work. Some how, some way. And it seemed to be approaching faster than you expected.

Right before work one morning, you were grabbing coffee. Last night, you maybe got three hours of actual sleep, so your coffee was your saving grace this morning. The barista handed you your cup and you gave her the best smile you could muster before turning to leave.

Except, you stopped in your tracks and gaped for a full two seconds at the amazing situation you just found yourself in.

"Holy shit," you said to yourself, finally regaining brain function.

Tony Stark had just walked in with a bodyguard in tow, and he was already being swarmed by other patrons.

You didn't want to be a sheep and do the same, and honestly debated waiting around until people left him alone. Except, you saw the time and had to get to work very soon, and this moment had escaped you too long for you to let it go again.