Miss You 3,000

And

I walk into the room, my eyes red rimmed and swollen and my feet barely able to steer me. I plop my backpack beside me and fall onto the velvet couch, waiting for Happy

As soon as he walks through the door, it feels like everything inside me is pounding behind my eyes, trying to force itself out

"Hey kid" he says, fixing his tie and taking a seat next to me

"I saw your name on the list of people im supposed to meet with and i figured it was important... whats up?" tears sting my eyes as I attempt to hold myself together

"I'm just looking for a job... to keep my mind off of stuff after school" I say

all the hurt seems to disappear. I feel like an emotionless shell, hollowed out and empty. My heart doesn't ache and neither does me head, they've both lost feeling

"Peter, you're a really smart kid, Tony would have given you a job in a heartbeat-" I wince and look away

"What happened to visiting Morgan after school?" I shrug, not allowing my head to turn towards him

"I wish you would spend more time with her... you need her just as much as she needs you"

My hands begin to shake and my mind clouds. I can barely hear Happy's voice as i'm enveloped in a fog of regret

I can hear Happy saying my name over and over but its so faint, like he's just an illusion. Tears drip down my cheeks one by one

My heart sink deeper and my mind drifts further. How could he do this to me? How could Tony leave?! He had a daughter, a family, something to live for! I loved him, i can barely move sometimes, like the sorrow cripples me, surely this can't be what he wanted

I feel Happy's cold hand on my shoulder as I shake my mind back to reality

"Peter, like i said before; Tony knew what he was doing, he would have done it a hundred times over because he knew it would bring you back"

Those words ring in my ears

"Its my fault... Morgan could have been happy, she would have been.... If i hadn't-"
"Hadn't what? Mattered to Tony? You were just some kid from queens, given powers well before you were responsible enough to use them properly, he believed in you, you could never have changed that"

After a few seconds of silence, Happy speaks up

"Look... I know it hurts to be around her Peter, trust me. But her smile, her eyes light up when you are around her. She barely knows you but she knows how important you were to him. Instead of paying you to work here, im going to pay you to be with Morgan"

"Happy-"

"Peter, im serious"

"I'm not a babysitter"

"You're right you're not, your a.... Brother"

"Happy-"

"Peter you don't need to be blood related to be her brother, i think you qualify more than someone who shared her genes"

"Why because we both lost our father figure? The only person in our lives that believed in us? The reason we saw the world the way we did? Our hero?" I intensify and stand up

"He was my hero happy! My idol! I'm not his son, I can't even imagine how hard it is for Morgan! You can't sum up what he was to me"

"Please, be with Morgan after school, everyday, just an hour, she needs you. Pepper has been distant lately, im the only person in Morgan's life that cares what's happening to her right now and she deserves so much better'' I wipe the tears from my face and sling my backpack over my shoulder