little piece of heaven (tony stark's daughter)

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rosie's p.o.v

i tumble straight into the cold flooring in my malibu home, still clutching jupiter, who's now crying loudly in my arms.

"rosie?!" dad runs across the room and crouches down in front of me "what happened? are you okay?". pepper also rushes over and puts a hand on my back.

i nod "i'm fine". after taking a few deep breaths i look up to see another woman in the room. she gives me a bad feeling, she's not bringing anything good here.

she's full on staring at me, and i know why "i thought you were dead".

this has become quite the problem recently, it's all over the media when they talk about my dad. i haven't been making public appearances, and i've grown so much since i was eight that they don't recognise me unless they see me with my dad and it all clicks. with the whole battle of new york thing, somehow nobody managed to get a picture of my face, it's just a girl with a high ponytail and wings. the best explanation i can come up with is that it's some form of protection thing my powers did, knowing full well that if people find out about me then i'll probably get poked in a lab or shot. so yeah, the media assumed i died.

"surprise?" i shrug awkwardly, i'm not used to this whole 'hey, not dead' thing because if people choose to believe it then i'm okay with letting them.

jupiter is still screaming and my tired efforts to soothe him are fruitless, so pepper takes him from my arms and bounces him around for a bit. i have to say, it's nice not to feel responsible for just a minute.

"what happened?" dad asks again, aware that i avoided his question before.

i shift uncomfortably under his eyes and chew my lip "well.. nothing really i just-"

"no, rosalie, tell me what happened".

"i don't know what you want me to say, nothing happened, maybe he just doesn't like travelling" a lump is forming in my throat and i beg myself not to cry, i can't be doing with that right now. it's exhaustion i guess.

"roo come on, why the hell would you bring him here, and arrive in such a panic that you slammed into the floor?!" he tries to put a hand on my shoulder, but i instinctively flinch. so he just stares at me for a moment, and i think hurt flashes behind his eyes, and i feel bad, but everything happens so quickly after that and i lose my grip completely.

a bomb hit the house, a literal bomb. i know i shouldn't be that surprised because i've seen some weird things, been through quite a bit of trauma, but this is just.. this is the final straw, you know?

i fly backwards, no energy to put my wings to use, so i hit the wall and slump to the floor, my vision going black.

i don't really remember much after that, my name was shouted a lot and i'm pretty sure i felt a lot of pain. pepper screamed at some point, i think it was just as i felt myself drop. the water hurt at first, but then it was cool and calming, and once i realised i wasn't drowning it was actually quite pleasant.

i was just kind of hanging out by myself, in the sea, and then i went to sleep.

sorry for the super short part :/ it's just a transition tbh <3