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

Pictures of You

*Tony's POV*

I have no tears. It's just pain. She won't remember me. She won't remember the way our hands fit perfectly together, like they were meant to be. Like us. She won't remember us. She won't remember our late night conversations. Lazy days together, doing nothing but cuddling on our couch. She won't remember the I love you's and the I'm sorry's. She won't remember my terrible cooking or my awful singing. She won't remember the interviews and the dinners. Birthdays and Parties. Charity events and dates. She won't remember the times that I saved her. She won't remember the real me. Phone calls and text messages. She won't remember our kisses and our heated make-out sessions. Or how many times Rhodey's seen them. She won't remember meeting me or our first pizza date. She won't remember talking on my couch. Her feet on my lap my arm resting above the couch. She won't remember playing with my arc reactor. Outlining it gently with her fingers on my bare chest. She won't remember me proposing to her, the best day of my life. When she said yes. She won't remember that I'm her knight in red and gold armor or that she's my infinity and beyond. She won't remember any of it. She won't remember the best memories of my life. And if I got the chance to go back and do it all over again. I wouldn't change a thing. This is all I've been thinking about for the last 3 days, Stuck in an uncomfortable waiting room. I haven't slept in 72 hours, afraid that if I let myself slip into unconsciousness that I'll forget the memories. They're the only thing keeping me sane right now. I haven't been able to talk to Rhodey. In one day I lost everything. My girl, my best friend, my life. My world seems to be collapsing around me right now. It's like I'm drowning, but I can see everyone around me breathing. I've lost everything. I lost my mom, my dad, Pepper, Obadiah, Rhodey, and now Alli. I rest my head in my hands, thinking about why I'm no good for Rhodey and Alli. Now, I'm afraid that without Alli I'll become the monster I once was. The monster I created when Pepper died.

"Mr. Stark?" The old women at the front desk asks, pulling me out of my thoughts. I stand up and slowly trudge over to the front desk. 

"Your friend, James Rhodes, dropped off something for you while you were deep in thought over there boy." She explains. She hands me a cardboard box and looks up at me. Her face falters when she notices the state I'm in.

"Honey, you look horrible. Get some sleep." She scolds me. I smile for a split-second, she reminds me of how my mom used to be.

"I can't go to sleep ma'am." I tell her politely. She looks up at me in shock, studying me through her thick glasses.

"Why not?" She asks, clearly confused.

"Because if I go to sleep I'll forget the memories." I answer. She looks at me like I just said the dumbest thing ever.

"Honey, You can't just forget memories." She states, clearly proud of her advice. 

"You can if you have amnesia." I mumble just loud enough for her to hear. 

"Oh, poor baby. Grab a chair." She insists. I grab the nearest chair and sit down facing her. 

"I'm Annabelle Green, just a by the way, but you can call me Belle." She states.

"Anthony Stark, but you can call me Tony." I reply sticking out my hand, she gladly takes the opportunity to shake my hand.

"Y'know you are less bitchy than people say you are." She says. I laugh at the way she says bitchy.

"Yeah, I haven't had the best reputation, but this girl changed it all." I explain, rubbing the back of my neck. 

"Tell me about this girl, y'know, she's pretty lucky to have you. You've sat here in the same seat for the last 3 days. No food, no sleep, no nothing. You just wait. That's commitment." She states, giving me a pat on the back.