Bring Him Home (Morgan Stark Fic)

Chapter 1

-Morgan-

Ughhhhh. Why, why, why, why, why, why, why? I just want to leave. All I want is to go back to the comfort of my lab and be by myself. I don't want to be at this stupid engagement party for my mom. Don't get me wrong, Adam is a good guy and all but he's not my dad. He never will be. It's been 11 years since my dad died. I've accepted that he's gone, but it still sucks. It always will suck that he's not here. With everything that's been discovered in this world over time, and especially in these past 25 years, I can't help but wonder if there's a way to possibly bring my dad back. It's a stupid hope I know, but I can't help but look into it every once in a while.

Adam's been in my life for the past two years or so. But my mom has known him for a lot longer than that. He's a S.H.I.E.L.D. doctor who took care of my mom when she had cancer, but I wasn't around for that. A few months before I turned eight my was diagnosed with cancer and put into the hospital. She was too sick to take care of me so I was put into the foster system. I had no other living blood relatives and all of my parents close friends were either dead or associated with S.H.I.E.L.D. so the government decided they were not qualified to provide me safe living conditions. I was in the foster system until a week after my thirteenth birthday. I was moved from home to home while my mom was constantly being moved to different hospitals so I was never able to keep in contact with her. I didn't see her for five years.

Those homes really messed me up. Every foster parent was just as bad as the last. They were all cruel and abusive. They left scars both physical and emotional. They've done things to me that I'll never be able to forget or move on from. I'm sure I need professional help but I don't want my mom knowing what happened. Sure I was trained in self-defense, I had been trained by S.H.I.E.L.D. since after my dad died. I'm basically a miniature spy, but there was still only so much I could do to defend myself. As much as I wish my mom wasn't getting married at least I'm back with her and she's happy.

I don't really know half the people here. Most of these people are Adam's family and friends. My mom was the only child of two only children. She has no real family besides me. Her only friends were dad's and well most of them have been gone for a long time. Cap went back in time, Buck and Sam are off as duo working for S.H.I.E.L.D, Nat... well... she's... she's gone too, and Peter... well, I haven't heard from him since I was seven. Losing my dad took a huge toll on him. He used to visit me every once in a while until he finished high school and I only saw him twice while he was in college. After that, my mom handed Stark Industries over to him and retired. I haven't him since I was seven. That was eight years ago. I don't blame him. My dad was the third father figure that he lost. That could not have been easy. Still, sometimes it hurts that he's not around.

Anyways, Clint is here with his family, and Bruce and Rhodey showed up. Oh and Happy. But Happy's always here. I've seen Happy every day of my life for as long as I can remember. I swear that guy has never taken a sick day!

"Earth to Morgan!" huh? I was snapped out of my thoughts by Nate, Clint's son. We've been dating for four months now, but we've known each other since we were kids. Technically he's seven years older than me, but because of the snap he's only two years older than me. "What? Sorry," I say shaking my head trying to clear my thoughts. "You okay?" he asks. "Yeah" I say nodding. "I'm just tired." He leans and gives me a kiss. "I think it's almost over, but if you can convince your mom I'll drive you home now,"

I nod and smile getting up from my seat to go find my mom. I spot talking to some of Adam's friends on the other end of the room. "Hey mom," I say getting her attention. "Whats up Morgs?" she asks. "Um, well... I um... I'm getting kinda tired, and I've got school tomorrow, and I was just wondering if I could go home early? Nate offered to drive me."

"Of course," she says. "I'll see you in the morning," she hugs me and kisses me on the forehead. I hug her back before saying goodnight and going to meet Nate. "Ready?" he asks. I nod and he puts his arm around me and we walk out of the building to his car.

"Get some sleep Mo," he says after he walks me to the door. "Yeah I think I'll just fake sick in the morning. I haven't pulled that stunt in a few years. I just need a day to myself. I got ahead on my schoolwork anyways." I say laughing a little. "Alright well I'll come see you after school tomorrow. We can go grab dinner of something." I nod. He leans in and kisses me. I kiss back wanting it to last forever. "I love you," he says pulling away. "I love you too," He gives me one more quick kiss before heading back to his car. I watch him drive away from my living room window before heading to the garage/lab. I didn't know what I was going to do but I just felt like being there.

Being in the lab always makes me feel close to my dad. I really needed it tonight. With mom getting married in a few weeks everything has been kind of difficult. Adam's moving into our place so I promised Mom I would clean space in the garage for his stuff. We had a huge fight about it. We finally came to the agreement that I could keep all the equipment but most of dad's inventions would be moved to storage at the tower. Peter bought back the tower after taking over S.I.. We also agreed that most of the old paper work containing his studies would be moved there.

I started pulling out a bunch of boxes of papers to start going through. My dad stored boxes of papers in every nook and cranny he could find in this place. I grabbed a cardboard box from underneath one of the many lab tables and opened it to start going through it. Most of his studies were saved through F.R.I.D.A.Y., but most of his math and other notes and calculations started on paper. The dates on the paper caught my attention. They were from a few days before my dad left to fight Thanos. I could tell they were rushed and unfinished. I sat down to start reading them.