Avengers Imagines

It's Always You - Avengers

A/N: i saw a post on insta the other day that pretty much said, "not to be that person but tony never probably got to hug pepper, or reunite with steve or make it back to earth" so that's where this came from

ALL angst, NOT a fix-it

Description: When I drift off, I will dream about you. It's always you.

Warnings: language, angst, endgame trailer spoilers, IW spoilers, major character death

there aren't any specific ships but i mean if you wanted to try to argue this is stony i wouldn't be mad about it

ALSO this is NOT an endgame spoiler !! 1) i haven't even seen it yet 2) this is a headcanon 3) i will not be posting spoilers unless explicitly stated so no worries there !!!

Word count: 1750

i've been overwhelmed this week that is my only excuse for this angsty imagine

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It's classic, really. There are only a few things that Tony Stark fears: large amounts of water, Pepper Potts and space. Of course, that's where he'd end up. In space. Alone. Well, not alone. He has Nebula, but how much can he trust a former self-proclaimed daughter of Thanos?

They've been working on the ship for what could be weeks, maybe months. Tony can't keep track of the time in space-- it seems like it doesn't exist at all. That's why he's taken to keeping track of the things that did exist, even if with every day they become a bit harder to remember.

1. He is Iron Man.

2. His best friends are James Rhodes, Pepper Potts and Steve Rogers.

But that can't be right, can it? Didn't Steve leave and take the rest of the vigilante Avengers with him? Siberia. Right, Siberia was a thing.

3. Steve chose Bucky Barnes.

4. Steve put his shield in my heart.

5. Steve is gone.

6. Peter is gone.

7. Who isn't gone?

The list gets old fast and Tony isn't sure if he can bear making it back to earth only to find out everyone he once cared about is gone, turned to dust at the snap of some alien's fingers. He doesn't have the effort to tell everyone he told them so, barely has the effort to keep his eyes open.

Everything is darker, or maybe that's just how it looks in space. He just wants to close his eyes because he's so hungry and so tired and can he just catch a god damn break? And, sure, maybe his head feels fuzzy but that's nothing that can't be solved with some sleep, right?

So with one last glance at the bleak walls of his spaceship-home, Tony lets his eyes fall shut into the darkness.

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When Tony wakes, it's to a strong jolt shooting him across the floor of the ship.

The ship.

He's on his feet faster than he should be as dizziness overtakes his vision. Even as he calls for Nebula, he notes that everything looks the same. It's dark and there are stars— so space. Great.

"Nebula?"

"Tony." Her voice is as stoic as always but after spending time so close with her, he hears the tone for what it is— relief. "Tony, we made it."

And, at second glance, it is dark but not normal space pitch black. And there are stars but Tony doesn't think he could touch them if he stepped out of the ship— they're too far away.