Tony gracefully allowed Rhiley to stay in his home and in one of the dozen of bedrooms that she, realized, probably remained empty most of the time. She didn't have much stuff, except for her duffel bag and she realized this was her life.
She'd settle down, slightly and something would come along and mess it up leaving her with a bag of items. Nothing else but her memories.
At least she had a bed again.
"Stark International: I've got onerecommendation. Ready? SEELLLL!Abandon ship! Does the Hindenburgring any bells?"
The TV from the front room blared into Rhiley's bedroom. She grumbled and left the safety of those four walls and headed outside.
Peggy got to the TV first and turned it off, "You're a Goddess." Rhiley smiled, seeing Peggy on the phone, she smiled a thank you. She clicked on her headset.
"Yes. I remember." Peggy didn't seem all that interested in the call, "What can I do for you?"
Rhiley listened to Peggy's side of the conversation as she made her way to the kitchen. She grabbed a piece of bread and waved on in the air. Peggy declined it with a shake of her head, so Rhiley put one in the toaster and the other back in its bag.
"I know this is a priority for him.The next few weeks are a bit up inthe air and I can't setappointments without speaking withhim first." She rolls her eyes. "Not sure."
Rhiley grabbed the toast the moment it popped out and didn't even flinch with how hot it was. "Pepper?" She almost dropped it at the sudden intercom announcement, "How big is your hands?"
"I really have to go. Let me get back to you later." then she hung up.
"Was it that Agent guy again?" Rhiley knew exactly who it was. S.H.I.E.L.D was still trying to get to Tony through different channels if she didn't work out. Even now, they didn't trust her with this mission.
"Uh, yeah-" She looked up, "What?"
"How big are your hands?"
"I don't under-"
"Just get down here -- and bring Rhiley just in case things go wrong."
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The two women walked into a dim and unsettling atmosphere. Pepper is the first to find Tony shirtless in a chair, sees the chest device for the first time, and steels herself. "You get used to it," Rhiley reassures Pepper as she passes her and Tony.
"Show me your hands," Tony asked Pepper a second time.
"What?"
"Just show me your hands."
"How about you get to the point of it, already?" Rhiley cut into the conversation.
"I can kick you out of my house."
Tony gently grabs Peppers's hand and smiles, "Perfect, they're small. I need youto help me."
Pepper was too focused on the heart, "So that's the thing that's keeping you alive?"
"That's the thing that was keeping me alive." He continues, "It is now an antique. This is what will be keeping me alive for the foreseeable future." He holds up the newly fabricated, higher-tech replacement piece.
"I helped make that."
Tony laughed, "She got electrocuted the first time she tried to help, and after I banned her from touching any of the equipment."
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Radioactive | Bucky Barnes
Fanfiction"I want to go back to the time you first told me your name." Rhiley, the twin sister of Howard Stark, finds herself wrapped up with the one and only James Barnes. The next time she sees him is on her new assignment with the 107th Infantry Regiment...
