Tony walks in the Avengers Facility, plastering a fake smile on his face as he carries a small present he had for Rhodey.
Smile.
Something he did not want to do but was forced too.
"Hey Rhodes," Tony flipped open his sunglasses and approach his best friend who was on a wheelchair.
Rhodey raises an eyebrow at Tony, looking down at the package he held. "Please tell me you got me an electric wheelchair."
Rhodey gestured to the manual- wheelchair he was sitting on and Tony grinned, holding up the long metal briefcase.
"Something better."
Tony set to work in putting the new parallel bars on Rhodey's legs.
This would hopefully have him walking around normally in no time.
They took to the handle bars by the entrance and Rhodey had one hand on Tony's shoulder, the other on the bar.
"Its just the first pass," Tony gestured, mind thinking about seven different ways he could upgrade the design.
"Yeah?" Rhodey smiled, patting his best friend's shoulder.
"Give me some feedback. Anything you can think of. Shock absorption. Lateral movement. Cup holder?"
Rhodey and Tony made it down the bars and Rhodey laughed, feeling Tony's tech working. "You may wanna think about some AC down in-"
His hand slips from the bars and he falls to the ground, flat on the surface.
Tony immediately squats down next to him, worried and regretful.
"Let's go. I'll give you a hand."
"No, no, don't. Don't help me. Don't help me." Rhodey waves Tony's hands away and rises to his hands and knees, turning over so he sits on the floor beside Tony.
The two of them lapse in silence and Rhodey could sense Tony's uneasiness.
"A hundred and thirty eight." He tells him out loud, making Tony frown. "A hundred and thirty eight combat missions. That's how many I've flown, Tony. Every one of them could've been my last, but I flew 'em."
Rhodey wanted Tony to brightened up. This wasn't the end of the world for him.
Neither was it the end of everything else.
What happened was simply too fresh and needed time to heal.
Tony, needed time to heal.
"Because the fight needed to be fought. It's the same with these Accords. I signed because it was the right thing to do. And, yeah, this sucks." He pointed to his paralyzed legs.
"But it could've been worse if Lorelie didn't step in."
Tony's mood reached and all time low and even though Rhodey doesn't mean to bring up her name, he has too.
To let his best friend know that she would've never wanted him to continue on like this.
Tony's emotions faltered.
Rhodey was right. Blues saved Rhodey's life and as much as he wished Blues caught Rhodey in time, that still doesn't change that he lived because of her.
Everybody made mistakes, why does he find it so hard to believe, his Blues, made mistakes too?
Rhodey sighed tiredly and wiggled his legs, the machine making it easier to move.
"This is... This is a bad beat. But it hasn't change my mind. I don't think."
Rhodey gave Tony a crooked smile and for the first time in days, Tony felt his spirits lift slightly.
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The Dark Witch: Fallen (Avengers Fanfic)
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