Electric Love || Bucky Barnes X OC

Chapter 68

When I decided to ask my dad to go to therapy with me, I didn't imagine how awkward it would be. Now here Tony and I are sitting next to each other on a couch and staring at the therapist who definitely needs a raise after this. "So who would like to start?" She asked

"Well, where do we even start?"

"Mia, why don't you tell me why you wanted your dad to come with you to therapy?"

"I guess because we've had a rocky relationship since my brother died and I don't want it to be like that anymore. But anytime we try to talk it kind of just turns into a fight. We've been better since I came back but I know at some point that'll go away. I want to have a good relationship with my dad and I want him to accept me."

"Why don't you try saying it to your dad instead of to me."

I huffed at her but shifted to look at Tony on the couch. "I want to have a good relationship with you and I want to you accept me but that means every part of me from powers to my relationship and everything else."

"I do accept you and I'm on board with the powers and even the relationship so I don't know what you mean."

"I mean that sure you're putting up with those things but you still don't like them. You'd change them if you could. So that's not really acceptance is it?"

"I don't have to like it to accept it and I can wish things were different."

"Sure of course you can but my point is in order for me to actually feel accepted by you, I need you to not want to change things about me. While the way I got my powers sucks, they don't and they have helped me protect myself and save others. I don't hate them and I know if Jeremy had lived then he would've accepted them too. He would've encouraged me to use them even. Jeremy would love Bucky even if it was only because he loves me and protects me. You tolerate Bucky for me and I know I'm asking a lot but I need you to at least learn to like him."

"You are asking a lot."

"I know, trust me I know that but I'm assuming you want my forgiveness for everything that has happened."

"Of course."

"Do you not think that that is asking for a lot?"

He sighed heavily and took a moment to think about it. "Yeah, it is. I see your point."

"So Mia, you want your dad to accept everything about you and your life and Tony you want Mia to forgive the things you've done?"

"Yes." I answered

"Tell me more about what you need to forgive?"

"Well after my brother died in an explosion in Tony's lab, he left and only showed up on a rare occasion but he left me with my mom. Which you'd think sure, my mom probably took care of me but you'd be mistaken about that. All of my needs were met and Tony's child support paid for me to go to an expensive private school. I mean I would've been smart without it but it definitely helped to have private tutors and enough money that I could do whatever I wanted. Mom pushed me hard...too hard to be a genius because she wanted me to achieve what she thought Jeremy would achieve. Which is messed up because we all knew that he didn't want to be a genius and he didn't want to be a scientist or engineer. He loved art and he wanted to pursue that but was afraid to disappoint Mom. So she pushed me to do what she thought he would have but she wanted me to do it faster and go farther. Nothing I did was enough for her, nothing. I was never enough. On top of that, Tony was always my favorite parent. I followed him around like a puppy when I was little, it was me who dreamed of being able to follow in his footsteps. My mom was a certified boy mom and it showed because she never fussed over me like she did him."