Don't Lose Hope - Tony Stark x Reader

1. Shwarma

~~Your POV~~

Is it 9:30 pm yet? I ask myself. I pause wiping a table and turn around to check the clock. Really? It's only 9 pm? Ugh... It's Friday night and I had to work the second half of the day. So basically my shift ends at 9:30. I'm extremely tired today because I barely slept at all last night because I was reading (fav TV show) fanfics until 4 in the morning. I love my job here at the famous Shwarma restaurant in New York, but the costumers make me want to punch them sometimes. My best friend, (Bff/N), also works here. I don't know what I would do without her. (Bff/N) walks into the dining area and starts cleaning some other tables with you.

"Oh my God (Bff/N). Can we just close already? I wanna go home and sleep!"

"Girl I know. I wanna do the same." We both start laughing. To help pass the time, we make the stupidest puns.

It's about 9:20 and I hear the door open. Seriously! We're almost closed!

"Are you guys still open? I need Shwarma stat." I can tell it's a man but I'm not sure who.

"Yes sir, but we close in 10 minutes." I respond calmly trying not to show that I'm mad. I look over to (Bff/N) to see her jaw drop. I turn around and there he was. The man I never thought I was ever going to see again.

"Tony?" I asked for confirmation, even though we all know that he was indeed, Tony Stark.

"(Y/N)? Is that you?" Tony squints and he asks.

"Ye-yeah! You remember me! Wow I'm shocked. " I really am shocked. We went to the same college together. We used to be tight. But we lost touch once we graduated and then he became this playboy, billionaire, man who turned out to be Iron Man.

"Yeah I remember you. You were the nerdiest friend I knew. Plus I was your personal tutor." Tony responded with the same cockyness he had years ago.

"Don't remind me." I bury my head into my hands due to the pure embarrassment.

"(Y/N), you never told me you used to be friends with THE Tony Stark!" (Bff/N) asks with the look of betrayal. (We all know that face our friends give us😂)

" It just never came up in conversation." I'm not lying, but that's not the only reason why. She would explode out out jealously, want us to get together, and other best friend nonsense.

"Well, I see you're closing soon so I'll come by tomorrow. But before I go, here's my number. We should catch up sometime." Tony hands you his business card before heading out the door. "Cya later nerd."

"Dork! " I yell at him as he exits the restaurant. I look at his business card and a goofy grin appears on my face. I tried to hide it but (Bff/N) noticed it.

"You liiiiiike hiiimm. Don't you (Y/N) ?" (Bff/N) drags on her question. Before walking off, she pokes my side.

"What? No I don't. I'm just glad I might get an old friend back. That's all." I lied. I always had a crush on him. Even when I was dating other people.

"Whatever. Just you have to call him when we get home." Of course, but that's what best friends and roommates do. They do everything together.

"Fine. But come on, it's 9:30. Let's get this place cleaned up so we can go home." I shove Tony's card into my pocket and continues cleaning.

(Bff/N) and I spend the next half an hour cleaning up. It usually takes us longer, but it was surprisingly clean today. "Cya everyone. (Bff/N) and I are leaving." I say my goodbyes and we head home. (Bff/N) went straight to her room and crashed. So I did the same. I dropped my purse in the corner of my room, kick off my shoes in my closet, and peel off my clothes. I grab a Twenty One Pilots t-shirt to put on, and climb into bed. I lay there for the next 15 minutes thinking about Tony. Will we reconnect? Will something blossom? Oh God. Even the thought makes me blush. I eventually roll over and turn out the light.

~~Tony's POV~~

"JARVIS? What time is it?" I'm laying on a creeper working under one of my many cars.

"It is 9:05 pm sir."

"What? Is it really?" I roll out from under the car and sit up. I've been down here working on my suit and cars all day, I forgot to eat lunch and dinner.

"Should I order some Shwarma sir?"

"I'm good. I'll go down there myself. But thanks JARVIS." I really need some fresh air, plus I have this weird urge to go myself.

"Alright sir."

I stand up and walk over to my desk. God Dammit. Why is it always so messy... I think to myself. I clean off the oil that's on my hands and tuck my shirt back in. I look good enough... I lock up my lab and go to leave.

I get to the Shwarma restaurant at 9:20. "Are you guys still open? I need Shwarma stat." I walk into the restaurant not really caring if it might close soon. I'm Tony Stark and I want my Shwarma.

"Yes sir, but we close in 10 minutes." The worker cleaning tables responds with a dead tone. Does she know who I am? How dare she speak with that tone.

"Tony?" Wait... I know that voice. Is... Is that...

"(Y/N)? Is that you?" I squint at her to make sure.

"Ye-yeah! You remember me! Wow I'm shocked. "

It really is (Y/N). I haven't seen her since College. We lost touch and I never bothered to try and get back in touch. "Yeah I remember you. You were the nerdiest friend I knew. Plus I was your personal tutor."

"Don't remind me." She buries her head in her hands. Awww. She's pretty cute when she's flustered. Wait, what am I thinking? I haven't seen her in years. That's rude of me.

"(Y/N), you never told me you used to be friends with THE Tony Stark! " Her coworker asks (Y/N).

" It just never came up in conversation." (Y/N) replies to her coworker like she's covering something up.

"Well, I see you're closing soon so I'll come by tomorrow. But before I go, here's my number. We should catch up sometime." If (Y/N) wasn't working here, I would probably demand for Shwarma. But I wanna be nice to my old friend. Before I go I hand her my business card. "Cya later nerd."

"Dork!" (Y/N) yells back at me as I walk out the door. Man, it feels good to have met her again. Maybe that's why I had a weird urge to go myself to get the food.

I arrive back home and head back down to my lab to start working on my car again. "JARVIS, order some Chinese."

"Right away sir. Number 7 with extra meat?"

"You know me so well."

Great thanks to anyone reading this! This is my first fanfic ever. Let me know some suggestions and I'll try and incorporate it! Give me feedback and let me know if I made any spelling/ grammar mistakes. Love ya all! 😘 ~Sunshine Child