Tony Stark is known to be a lot of things; no one would ever image that being a father was one of them. Before he was Iron Man, and before he was CEO of Stark Industries; he was just a father to his little girl.
Briana Stark has always been the lig...
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A GROUP OF THE REMAINING AVENGERS rushes out onto the front lawn. AJ jobs quickly beside Natasha at the sight of Captain Marvel carrying a massive spaceship through the dark night sky. She can't help but hope that her best friend... Briana Stark. AJ can't help but hope that Briana's come back too. She just wants to know her best friend's safe, that she's still here, and maybe she finally has the chance to apologize for what she did the last time they seen each other.
But destiny has a funny way of toying with her.
Pepper Potts stands in front of the rest of the Avengers with a hesitant smile, hoping that both her soon-to-be-husband and daughter were safe.
Carol carefully eases the Benatar onto the brilliant green grass and slowly the bomb bay door slides open. Nebula and Cat helps Tony walk down the metal staircase, then Steve quickly runs over and helps Tony Stark down the ship's last few steps.
And as he stumbles across the lawn of the old Avengers Compound, Tony breathes out, "Couldn't stop him,"
Steve sighs back, "Neither could I,"
"I-" Tony chokes, his feet freezing him in place and his expression breaking, "I lost my kids,"
And with those words spoken, Steve knows exactly who he means. Peter Parker and Briana Stark. He knows that they must have gotten dusted, he knows that the only people Tony Stark has left is Pepper Potts and the girl he considered a second daughter, Catherine Parker. But Steve Rogers didn't know how he was gonna break the news to his own daughter of her best friend being gone.
With an aching expression, Steve pulls back for a long moment, "Tony, we lost,"
"Is-is, um," he grapples for the right words.
But he doesn't get the chance to finish because Pepper hurriedly runs for him, stopping just before him with wide eyes that quickly look him over. Tony draws back a little, letting out a soft gasp that sounds far too close to a sob. Then Pepper pulls him tightly to her. Both of them knowing what they lost.
They weren't parents anymore.
They lost their baby, their precious little girl.
Briana Stark was dead.
Catherine Parker simply closes her eyes as tears threatened to fall. She was pleading to herself so quietly that her aunt wasn't gone, then maybe... she wasn't alone.
And back at the Benatar, the only remaining guardians sit side-by-side. Rocket slowly rests beside Nebula, gently taking her hand.
