Obsessions ⇢ Tony Stark

17 | Blood, Guts and Angel Cake

"Do you love me?"

"Of course I do! But-"

"Do you love your fiancee too?"

Tucker's head snapped to look at her in shock, mouth open slightly. "Wh- El, what are you talking about?" 

Eleanora almost laughed. "The lingerie, the toothbrush, the fact that you wouldn't give me a key to your place-" 

"You're being ridiculous, babe-" he tried to tell her. 

"I saw you with her!" Eleanora burst out, turning a couple heads of passers by. "Walking into a fucking wedding bakery!" 

Tucker let out a sigh and shook his head slightly, even having the audacity to laugh. "That's my cousin, she's getting married and wanted my opinion." 

"Do you usually shove your tongue down your cousin's throat?" 

He pressed his lips together before opening his mouth a couple times, struggling to come up with a response. "Ellie..." 

"For once in your fucking life, tell me truth..." she began softly. "Did you actually love me or were you just using me for sex?" 

"El..." Tucker faltered, reaching an arm out towards her, however she immediately stepped back, glaring hotly at him. 

"TELL ME THE TRUTH!" 

"I loved you, El, I still do, goddammit! I admit... in the beginning it was just lust, but then something changed in me and I knew that I loved you." 

Eleanora didn't know how to feel, other than sick. On one hand, if he hadn't truly loved her the entire time while she had given him everything, that would obviously be crushing, but if he really did love her, then how could have done this? The fact that he was claiming to love her while also planning his own wedding with another woman seemed to make the whole thing worse, and it made her feel nauseous. 

"And what about your fiancee? Do you love her?" 

Tucker hung his head. "...Yes." 

"Obviously not enough to remain loyal to her," she spat. "I cannot believe this after all the shit you gave me about spring break, when the whole time you were fucking engaged to someone else!" 

"I was just being protective-" 

"No, you were being possessive! You were being controlling and manipulative and a massive fucking hypocrite!" 

Eleanora's shouts were gaining the attention of other people in the park, and Tucker's eyes darted around nervously. 

"Come on, you don't have to make this into a big deal-" 

"Stop turning everything on me! Stop trying to manipulate me! Every time you do something wrong you twist it so that it's on me, and it's my fault for being hurt. You're a lying, cheating fuckhead and that is not my fault! So I will make as big a deal as I fucking want, you don't get to tell me how to feel about this! You fucked up, not me. So don't you dare try to tell me I'm overreacting. If someone tells you that you hurt them, you don't get to decide that you didn't! I'm so fucking done with this." 

Eleanora turned on her heel and started storming away. 

"Wait!" Tucker called out, making her freeze and swivel around furiously. "Can we talk later? When you've calmed down a bit." 

Eleanora blinked, blood boiling inside of her making her body tremble in rage as she stalked up to him. "CALMED DOWN? YOU'VE BEEN LYING TO ME EVER SINCE WE MET! NO, WE CANNOT TALK! IN CASE IT WASN'T ABUNDANTLY FUCKING CLEAR, WE ARE BEYOND OVER!"