I'm Iron Man, And I'm Agent Coulson

Chapter 119 Libya and a Flesh Wound

"You look so much better, but again, why're you still laughing at me?" Steve asked as we idled in the air, till the Boeing landed at the nearly deserted Kufra Airport.
"Because you look more like a missionary, I need to take a picture before we get off the jet," I giggled, and looked through my backpack.
"I already took one, I'll send it to you, and he's right, you do look better," Nat added, and put the headphones on. She flipped open a screen and called in our approach.
"Where're the trucks we ordered?" I asked, and opened my phone.
"On the way, should be runway side in thirty minutes, I've ordered everyone stay on the planes till the trucks arrive, and our military escort's waiting two miles outside of town," she continued, and pushed some hair from her face, "it should take us about three hours to get to the first village a few miles outside of Sirte, then, if it's clear, we can leave half the volunteers, and move to the next one. Hopefully it goes smooth and we deliver our supplies."
"Relax cectpa, we should be okay," I reassured her, and slipped a foundation hat over my head.

As we loaded the supplies, and situated everything on the large array of delivery trucks, I used the noise to think about Tony.
The last couple of days had been nothing short of a dream, and he kept me from falling back down, with conversation and making love. He seemed so.. just so engaged in what we were doing, and invested in me, which is what I wanted, but I noticed the worry in his eyes, and it didn't seem to leave, although he laughed and enjoyed the down time.
We still had a lot to talk about, and things we needed to focus on, not only as a couple, but as we looked for more answers. Yet, I was too enraptured in his body, and his loving whispers as we layed in bed.
I was still upset about the time we missed these past few months, but he was also right when it came to the fact I should of told him. I was even starting to question my emotional maturity, and my knack for making things worse for both of us.
We had a long way to go in order to find some middle ground between his busy schedule, and my own work, but our time together, reinvigorated my ability to take on the world.
It was a little scary accepting the knowledge Tony had that ability, but we ran with it, and concentrated on what we had in front of us. I firmly believed he would help me, he already was, and would stand by me so we could figure out what was happening to me, but I was still wary of trying to find that middle ground, and what my abilities would mean to our future. In fact, when I woke up from a nap, he was in his lab pouring over my information, and talking to FRIDAY, trying to piece together what it could mean, and I had too admit it helped alleviate some of my worry.

"Enough daydreaming, we're loaded up ready to go," Rhodes remedied, "I'm taking the jet, and will follow you to the D.A., but you need to get a move on, we have about six hours before the sun goes down, Lieutenant Gonzales is already on stand by."
"Will do, Steve and I will hang in back, with the bikes, Nat's up front, and Wilson's with the doctor's, let's go," I shouted, and gave my hand a whirl.
"Copy that," Natasha answered.

Day Two

"Have you seen what the kids are doing? They're trading their Oreos for all kinds of things, along with eating them," Natasha sighed, and layed down in her hammock.
"I know," I relinquished, and propped myself up near the opening in our tent.
"(Y/n) with everything going on I haven't had the chance to ask if you're okay?" She asked, as I heaved a sigh and listened to the soldiers bragging about the pictures they took with us, "you didn't answer my calls while you were holed up with Tony," she added. Her voice was still tinged with anger, but I gave her a smile, and shrugged my shoulders.
"You sound bitter," I chided, and squatted down, waving at Cap as he started his rounds.
"Maybe a little, the last couple of months haven't been easy for you," she continued.
"No, they haven't, but I feel better, and we both know Tony's always been able to do that," I stated, and gave her a small smile, "I'm still freaked out about what's happening to me, he is too, but we're trying to figure things out, together, we just need to find some middle ground here. We both know our relationship is different, or at least we want it too be, but we both need time, even you said things aren't going to magically go where we want them too," I sighed, and wiped my face, "I should of told him cectpa, even now I still don't know why I didn't..maybe I didn't want to add to his list of things he was already doing, or maybe I just didn't want to admit that all this is really happening, but he knows now, and he promised he'd help me figure this out, we've spent the last few days going over everything, but I want to concentrate on what going on in front of us..." I confessed, frowning when she reluctantly shook her head.
"I guess you're right, but everything so far is going to plan," she responded through a yawn.
"No, I got that, I just didn't expect it to be this bad, not with a major city just a few miles away," I answered and waved a hand to the nearly destroyed village.
Most of the buildings had been shelled, and debris littered every street. Displaced refugees and civilians went through the wreckage, looking for anything they could use to rebuild their homes, but their resilience was eye opening, and forced my seemingly minuscule problems farther away.
It was still heartbreaking, but I helped where I could, and spent the last two days talking and offering supplies, and medical attention to whom ever needed it. I had half a mind to give them everything we had, and just come back later, for our second drop, but Rhodes denied the request, as did Tony. So I split up the volunteers, gave them their designated areas to start, and hoped for the best.
Most of the adults were wary, but I assured them we just wanted to help, and hopefully give them what they needed in order to finish what they'd already started. I firmly believed they would of succeeded in restarting, and rebuilding on their own, but repeatedly reiterated we just wanted to provide some extra help.
The first day was hard, especially after seeing the amount of damage, and the aftermath it had taken on the civilians, but after a few hours, the children became our bridge, and finally after another twenty-four hours the adults came around.
The doctor's were working in shifts, and hadn't stopped working, while the volunteers kept moving debris and handing out non- perishable food, and other items, but I was exhausted.
I had already video chatted with Tony three times since we started, but I ached to hear his voice, and his encouragement.
"Yah, you're never really prepared when you walk into places like this, but everything's good to go, and we should be leaving tomorrow, but we'll make a drive back through here just too make sure everything's still on track," she yawned, and closed her eyes, "now get some sleep."