To Infinity and Beyond ||Tony Stark|Iron Man||

I'd Come For You

Tony's POV*    

I can't sleep. Alli's screams wake me up in the middle of the night. My mind keeps racing. I can't stand the thought that Brent is still out there and there is nothing I can do, but wait. I can't stand the feeling of Alli not next to me. She decided to sleep at her place tonight. I can't stand the thought that I cannot be the hero Alli needs. Everything is my fault. Brent is looking for me and that's what he's gonna get. I sit up on my bed and run my hand through my messy hair. A tear escaped my eye and rolls down my face. Everything is my fault. My parent's left because they didn't love me, it was my fault. I was 17 when I became a mixed drink of 1 part left alone and 2 parts tragedy. And grew up believing that no one would ever fall in love with me, that I'd be lonely forever. Life was a battleground and I found myself outnumbered day after wretched day. I still live like the uphills are mountains and the downhills are cliffs. Because how am I supposed to hold my ground when everyone wants to bury me beneath it. I grew up in the belief that no one would love me for me, and then I met her. I met Pepper and I saw her die. I saw her die with my own eyes. And it was my fault. I trusted the wrong man, I didn't make it in time, that I let her fall in love with the monster I am. My life is a soundtrack of loneliness stuck on repeat. After Pepper's death I tried to feel nothing because I killed a man. I killed a man I trusted my life with, but he stabbed me in the back. But it was not him who destroyed my life, it was all my fault. I let myself turn into a monster of drunkenness and loneliness because to this day I still can't get over the fact that nobody loved me. And now I let another girl fall in love with a monster. I don't have a heart, in it's place is a black hole of pain and loneliness. And not only did I let this girl fall in love with the monster, I let the monster fall in love with her. And with her the monster goes away. With her the cuts and bruises of my past heal. With her the black hole closes and is replaced by a heart, a heart that loves only one girl. This one girl's name is Alli Frost. But I don't deserve Alli because all I give her is pain. And even though I try so hard to save her how can I when I can't even save myself? But I'm selfish, so I continue to love her. And through this selfishness I've become the happiest man on Earth. Because through her I forget my past. And because of this selfishness I will make sure that Brent does not lay another finger on her because she's mine. Yes, I'm Tony Stark and I'm happy. I lay my head down on my pillow and let my eyes close, but I still can't sleep. My phones starts to ring and I see who it is, Alli. I answer the phone even though it's 1 in the morning.

"Hello?" I ask sleepily.

"Hey, I went for a walk.." She starts.

"Why the fuck would you go for a walk at 1 o'clock in the morning?" I interrupt.

"Tony he's after me." She finishes. I sit straight up.

"Fuck. Where are you?" I ask worriedly.

"Corner of West Blvd. and North Shore Ln." She answers.

"Okay, I promise that I will not let this son of a bitch hurt you anymore." I tell her.

"Just hurry. I love you remember that." She said right before hanging up.

"I love you too." I say to a dead line.

I head down to my lab and assemble the suit. I fly out the tunnel and went to go find Alli and to go kill Brent. By the time I get to her I broke my promise. I was too late. She was on the ground weak, but alive. Brent was pouring gasoline on her and on the floor. I land next to them.

"Tony Stark I'm going to burn down your life just like you burned down mine." He said taking out a match.

"What did I ever do to you Brent?" I ask truthfully. He turned around and the sight of his face made me flinch. No wonder Alli had nightmares about him every night.