See Me--An Avengers Fanfiction

Chapter 8

Imrie's hands were shaking as she walked with the Avengers into the hospital. It had been a couple of weeks since Darren was hurt, and he was finally ready for visitors. It had been a close call, but he was in recovery. The football team had apparently been there for their team mate the day before.

Wanda seemed to notice her shaking and took her left hand, Pietro took the other. Okay so it wasn't all the Avengers, but it was a good number of them. Sam, Wanda, Pietro, Pepper, Natasha, Steve and Bucky were all there. 

As soon as she saw Darren's mom waiting, she let go of the twin's hands and rushed into Mrs. Coldwell's arms. She was practically her second mom and she had been keeping Imrie updated on all the news about Darren. Imrie pulled away. Mrs. Coldwell was a single mom because her husband had died in a car crash a bit after Darren's birth.

"How is he? Is he okay? Is he taking his medications?"

Mrs. Coldwell chuckled a bit and nodded. "He's fine and yes he's being forced to."

Imrie smiled then followed the Coldwell's to the room. Tony had gotten the biggest and best one in the whole hospital much to the protesting of Imrie and well practically everyone else.

The Avengers followed her into the large room and filed in.

As soon as Darren saw her, he immediately lit up.

Natasha's POV

She watched as the young boy's face lit up and Imrie stood there with a smile on her face.

"Well are you going to come her and give me a hug or do I have to get up?"

Imrie laughed and rushed to his bedside, hugging him tightly before placing a sweet kiss on his lips.

"He's been using that line on every friend that comes in the room."

Imrie had a playful smile on her face. "You say that to all the girls Mr. Coldwell?"

"Well he only wants your hug sweetheart."

She turned around at the accented voice to see Darren's best friend-and by extension hers- Michael standing at the doorway. He was also on the football team. (By the way the football team consists of Darren, Michael and 22 other players. Yes, I am aware that only 11 can be on the field, I have slightly done my research, but the rest are subs I guess?)

"Mike?!"

She hugged him and the two went over to Darren once again.

"You trying to steal my girl Mikey?"

"Of course, not."

The two laughed and did that weird guy hug/handshake thing.

The rest of the time they were there was Imrie introducing the Avengers to Darren and Michael and just talking. Darren and Mike weren't too happy with the Avengers, but they were civil.

When they got home the Avengers sat her down in the living room. She was a little nervous because of how this went the last time. All of them were here now including Harley.

Steve started. "So, we wanted to talk with you because we wanted to apologize."

Now that surprised her.

"Um I probably especially need to...look I am really sorry for the things I said to you. You're just a kid and I had no right to do that," Clint told her guiltily. 

She nodded slightly at him. The rest of them followed with apologies of their own. Only Harley seemed to still resent her.

"Harley, you have something to say?" Pepper asked him.

He stood up. "I don't have shit to say to her." Then he walked out.

"Uh, thanks, I guess. I don't really know what brought this on but thanks."

That was totally weird, but she brushed it off and continued with her day. 

It was two weeks later when Imrie was sleeping that a nightmare decided to creep its way into her mind. And it was the worst time for this to happen because Bucky was gone, no one to help her. Now of course she had dealt with many nightmares alone but ever since Bucky had first helped her, she had grown reliant on human support.

That's why when she woke in the early hours of the morning, she didn't hesitate to rush to Bucky's room. Usually if he was there, he would answer immediately and gently pull her into his arms. But her sleep deprived, panic filled mind seemed to have forgotten that Bucky was away on a mission.

So, she knocked on the door for a while until she remembered that he was gone. This had been a particularly bad nightmare, so she didn't even have the strength to go back to her own room. She just collapsed on the ground in a sobbing mess.

She didn't even hear the footsteps until there was a gentle hand on her shoulder and another one raising her head up. It was Sam. Oh no.

"Hey baby girl. What's the matter? You okay?"

She shook her head and he quickly pulled her against his chest. She sobbed into his shirt and he gently rubbed her back.

"You want to tell me what happened?"

She sighed as she finally calmed down. She didn't really want to. But she had to. "I-I can't tell you," she whispered.

He pulled back and lifted her chin up. "When have we ever kept secrets from each other?"

She looked down. "It's the nightmares. The ones about my old homes. I can't- I can't get away from them. Sam looked angry but she knew it wasn't at her. He hugged her once more and she felt a weight lift off her chest. She was glad she had finally told him.

A/N: So, the Avengers finally apologized and Imrie told Sam about her nightmares. Progress!

Next Update: September 19th