Apex Avenger: Till The End

Ch 4

Few Days later

"She won't come out and eat, she doesn't leave her bed." Steve sighs shaking his head as they are all in the kitchen except for Apex.

"Well can you blame her Cap? She lost her fianceé and we can't find Tony." Rhodey says.

"She needs to eat. I can't lose her." Pepper whimpers emotionally at the end.

An old Apex suit, with a sweater and now slacks steps away from the stove, Harry.

"I'll talk to her, see if she'll come down." Harry says making his way to Apex's room.

"Wait, you really think this will really get her to come down?" Bruce asks motioning to the food.

"...I hope." Harry answers before leaving.

I'm laying in bed motionless staring at Natasha's ring between my fingers. A soft knock is heard on the door but I don't answer, ignoring whoever was on the other side.

"Y/N/N it's me Harry, may I come in?" I hear.

Silence.

The door slowly opens and I hear footsteps.

"Hey kiddo." He greets softly.

"Come down and eat." He offers.

"I'm not hungry." I rasp.

"You haven't ate, Y/N. You can't do this to yourself." He tells me.

I don't say anything.

"I made a traditional english breakfast for you." He says and I finally look over to him.

"Come on, lets go eat and we can go to the lab after and I'll help you find Tony." He says.

"O-okay." I slowly agree, sitting up slightly.

I get up and we make our way downstairs to the kitchen and I see the others there.

"Hey little cuz." Rhodey greets softly and I give him a small wave.

"Here, sit down." Steve says pulling a chair out for me and I take a seat.

"Thanks." I rasp.

Harry brings over a plate in front of me and I start to eat after a minute a tear slips down.

"I know I haven't cooked in a while but I didn't think it would be that bad." Harry tries to joke.

"No no, it's, the best. It's just, she would've loved it." I rasp wiping my eyes.

The others share sad looks between one another.

"I'm sorry guys-

"Hey, you don't have to apologize for showing your pain. This has been hard on all of us too." Steve tells me softly and I nod.

"Has there been any word on Clint?" I ask poking at my food.

"Um, No. We've been trying to track him down but haven't gotten a hit." Bruce says and slowly nod.

"Eat for now, Y/N. We can handle work after." Harry tells me as I try to eat comfortably, but the pit in my stomach makes me feel sick.

I eat about half until I get full and head to the lab. I stumble upon the Golden Trio Video Diaries and I just start watching one after the other while trying to find uncle Tony until it's very late at night.

"You should get some rest, Y/N." Harry tells me.

"I can't, he never gave up on me and I'm not giving up on him, ever." I sniff frustrated.

"You're not giving up, you're getting sleep. Something everyone needs to function properly." He says softly.

I then look over at the video that was playing, the three of us happy, smiling.

"The Golden Trio, it was us against the world. Things, were finally falling into place." I shake of my head with a bitter chuckle.

"Don't worry, Tony is out there. We'll get him back." Harry tells me.

"I know we will. Becuase I won't stop till he's back, safe." I say determined.

"And I'll be here for you. Always." He adds placing a hand on my shoulder.

"Thank you Harry." I sniff.

"I remember when you first met Anthony, you weren't very fond of him." He chuckles and I crack a small smile.

"Yeah, who knew how much we were going to change eachothers lives." I say my mood slightly lifting.