No bargain with death (MCU x reader)

17. resurrection

You went to bed early today, feigning a cough and a headache. Strange was very willing to believe you, told you, that it was your own fault and that you shouldn't have taken a bath in the damn fish pond. You acted like you were guilty and felt sorry, accepted a cup of tea, a hot water bottle and "get better soon" wishes from Tony and left them behind, feeling bad. Maybe it would have been appropriate to say a proper goodbye but you didn't want to appear suspicious.

You didn't want them to hold you back.

In your room you decided that curling up in bed wasn't the worst idea, especially because Tony tended to go to bed very late and you didn't want to just sit there waiting for hours. So a nap it was. And since your inner clock couldn't be trusted you turned to JARVIS for help.

"JARVIS?" , you asked, as soon as you were comfortably tugged in under your blanket, eyes half closed and the cup of tea resting untouched on your bedside table.

"Yes, what may I do for you, Mrs. (y/n)?" , replied the computer. You smiled, then hesitated. Would Stark know when you told JARVIS to wake you up? Probably. How would you do it...? You should have thought this trough before addressing the damn computer.

"Uhm... If I told you not to tell Stark what I am about to request from you, would you not tell him?" , you asked due to a lack of other options.

"As long as you are not planning on doing anything illegal, I'll not notify him" , Jarvis informed. You sighed. That would have to do.

"Would you be kind enough to wake me up when Stark falls asleep?" , you asked.

"I will do that, Miss. Do you require anything else?" , inquired the AI.

Well, that was surprisingly easy.

Did you require anything else? Probably, tons of things. Nothing he could give you though. Or?

"Actually, yes, JARVIS. I'll take a shower after waking up and I'd love to have a cup of coffee when I get down to the kitchen" , you stated, "So I'd really appreciate if you'd have a cup ready then and... Do we still have ice cream?"

"There is still ice cream left in the freezer. Would you like to know which flavours there are?" , replied JARVIS. Bright AI, good AI.

"Yeah, I'd love to hear which options I have" , you laughed.

"There is chocolate and vanilla ice cream left in the freezer in the kitchen of this level. Mister Rogers has some strawberry ice cream hidden in his room. Misses Romanoff and Mister Barten share their ice cream hiding spot and do have an impressive collection of flavours, including lemon, hazelnut and smurf ice cream. There are some unlabled ice cream pots in the downstairs kitchen which have been put there by doctor Strange" , JARVIS informed you.

Well, that was a lot of ice cream, you'd definitely find something worth eating then.

"Okay, thank you very much, JARVIS. Good night" , you said.

"Good night, Mrs (y/n)" , replied JARVIS and then you rolled over and tried your best to fall asleep.

It was a tough task and the knowledge that you would wake up early didn't help to make you go to sleep. Plus, there were other worries on your mind. For example the knowledge that this was the last night of your poor little life. Despite not really giving a damn about your life ending it felt like something special and yes, you were scared. There was no use in hiding that.

Whenever you were slowly drifting to sleep a tought made your heart race and you were back to being fully awake. It was horrible.

You didn't know how long you had been rolling around in your bed, unable to find rest, when you heard a move at the door. You froze, your heart racing in your chest, your eyes open wide with shock.