𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐦𝐞? [𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐱 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫]

[twenty]

I walked up to Tony's bedroom; Peter and I's hands intertwined. I've never been in there before, but Pepper said there was something I needed to see.

There was an arc reactor sitting on his bed. I walked over and lightly grazed my fingers on it. This caused a hologram of Tony to appear next to me.

"Don't be sad about this," it said. I jumped back and looked at it in shock.

"This isn't real," I mumbled to myself.

"I made this for when I inevitably passed on. Just so people can have one last piece of the all mighty Tony Stark," the hologram said. Tears started rolling down my eyes.

"I have a message for everyone. Move on. I know, I know. You don't want to. It's what I want. I don't want people wallowing in their own sadness over me. Don't forget me, of course, but don't dwell on this for too long," he said.

"Shh. It's okay," Peter said, rubbing my back.

"And for you, miss (Y/n), you especially. I really hope you're watching this right now, or that would've been super awkward. You especially deserve to live a good life. You've shown me so much in my lifetime, and I hope I've shown you something too," hologram Tony said. It was like he was looking directly at me. Like he knew.

"You have," I whispered.

"Don't let anyone get to you, kid. You're way too strong for that," he said. I could tell that this was hard for him to make.

"Do you want me to turn it off?" Peter asked quietly. He saw how distressed I was. I slowly nodded as he got up, making the hologram go away.

I'll finish it one day. Just not now. It was too hard.

"Pepper," Peter called quietly. Pepper rushed into the room.

"Did you finish?" She asked.

"Yeah," Peter said, handing the arc reactor to her. She shook her head.

"He made a couple for certain people. That one is (Y/n)'s," Pepper explained. She took the reactor from Peter's hands and walked over to me.

"It's mine?" I asked as she handed it to me.

"Yes. He loved you like a daughter. Even if he didn't always show it, he did. He'd always talk about you when we were together. He was so proud of you. He still is," Pepper explained.

I've never been close to Pepper. Hell, I've only met her a couple of times. This bonding moment was nice. I felt like I knew her well.

"Thank you," I said. She pulled me in for a hug, and we hugged for a couple of minutes. She lead me out the door to Peter. We walked downstairs to see that everyone, including the Guardians and Carol, were still here.

"Hey kid. We just met, but I hope you're okay," Carol said. Thor walked up behind her.

"Yes, (Y/n). We love you. Carol, you have some competition," Thor said with a smirk. Carol gave him a confused look.

"What?" Carol asked.

"Well, for the spot of the strongest Avenger. It's clearly (Y/n)," Thor said. My eyes widened.

"No, Thor. It's either you or Carol. Or maybe even Chaz," I said.

"I'm not just talking about powers. You've gone through more than any of us have. I think that earns your spot as strongest Avenger. I mean, come on. You're worthy!" Thor said.

"Thor, I've told you before. I'm not worthy, I'm just strong," I said.

"Mjolnir doesn't work like that. It doesn't matter how strong you are. It matters how worthy and true-hearted you are," he said.

"But I've killed people," I said quietly.

"The hammer knows. Now, Carol. Let's see if you're worthy," Thor said.

"Oh, you're on, Thunder Boy," Carol said. I giggled as they walked off, probably to do a hammer lifting challenge.

"That means, technically, you rule Asgard now," Steve said, walking up next to me. He was holding a Capri Sun packet.

"I won't let Thor know that. Wouldn't want to ruin his ego. Question: why are you drinking a Capri Sun?" I asked.

"Bucky likes Capri Sun. He stocked the entire fridge full of it, and there's nothing else to drink," Steve said, sipping from the skinny yellow straw.

"Sounds good. I'm going to go get one," I said. Steve laughed as he walked over to Sam. I quickly made my way to the kitchen, only to run into Bucky raiding the fridge.

"Oh my god, (Y/n). You scared me. I was putting more Capri Sun into the fridge, and I thought you were Steve coming in here to bust me or something," he said.

"Give me a (f/flavor)," I said. Bucky tossed me a package and I walked out of the kitchen.

Wanda was stumbling down the stairs, her hair and makeup a mess.

"Bro... do we have any... Capri Sun?" Wanda asked.

"Kitchen," I said. She ran into the kitchen, earning a scream from Bucky.

"So, (Y/n). Since we're the strongest- well, and Thor- I think we should keep in touch," Carol said, holding a device.

"Of course. But, what the hell is that?" I asked.

"A pager. What? Are pagers not a thing anymore?" Carol asked.

"Nope. This isn't the nineties," I said with a laugh.

"Crap. I haven't been down here since 1995. Well, phone numbers still work on this thing. Fury upgraded it," she said, handing it to me. I put my phone number in the weird pager device and handed it back to her.

She thanked me as we went our separate ways.

Sure, I was still terribly depressed over what happened with Tony. However, I was coping. I had incredible people around me to help me cope.

And I was extremely thankful for that.