DADDY ISSUES ▷ Natasha Romanoff [1]

vi. the not fun birthday party

CHAPTER SIX:
the not fun birthday party
(iron man 2)

Malibu, California
(2010)

   It's been days since the attack at Monaco happened and still Harry couldn't forget the way the man looked at him. Like, it's all his fault. He can't sleep; he always can't sleep. He always have trouble sleeping at night because he always have the same dream. A dream, no, a nightmare that he cannot understand why he kept having it.

   It's always the same; every time he closes his eyes, he sees that.

   Harry seems to think that it meant something, that the nightmares he always had meant something. And it's not good. Because in that dream, he can see every little detail about how he would die.

   And it's been days—no, it's been months since Harry had a proper sleep. His struggles in sleeping started when Tony decided to tell the whole world that he was the Iron Man. And to think that even though he doesn't want to sleep, his body is too weak to fight the urge to stay awake forever, as he didn't notice that he fell asleep while getting ready for Tony's party.

   He's walking.

   Harry walked and walked; his legs were getting numb and weak for how long he was walking. All he sees is purple in his surroundings. He didn't even know why he kept walking. How did he even get there?

   Harry looks down at his hand before looking back at the road. He stumbles but quickly regains his composure and just walks straight to nowhere.

   He walked and walked until he saw a figure ahead of him. He squinted his eyes before the figure became clear. He sees a man with a black robe that looks like he's floating.

   He stopped.

    The figure slowly turns to face him.

   Slowly and slowly, Harry can finally see the unknown's face. The figure finally faced him.

   He stopped.

   Harry breathes heavily.

HAA...

Haa..

       HAahH

   He's scared... he think?

    The surroundings changed. He begun to fall. He keeps falling and falling into nowhere. He screams.

   He's panicking...