MCU ⚡
In which a 10-year-old shows up on Tony Stark's doorstep, claiming to be his daughter.
[pre iron man 2 - civil war]
{the first book in the "Little Light" series}
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After being stuck back in the Avengers Compound Upstate New York for over in over, pacing in a certain part of the building, Nick had already changed out of her suit and into jeans and a t-shirt, as well as taken her hair out of the ponytail and brushing her hands repeatedly through it because she was waiting for news on Rhodey.
She wasn't sure how long she had waited in there pacing, but she was definitely nervous - and had to text Quincy back because she completely forgot that they had made plans this week to hangout after she got out of class, but obviously she didn't even go to school, and she wasn't sure the next time she would get to go to class with everything going on.
Another hour passed and she was getting frustrated with her hair, so she eventually pulled it up into a bun and took her phone out again, letting out a breath as she slid down the wall and pulled her knees up - texting the group chat because she just needed something to keep her mind off of everything.
MJ, Ned, and Harry immediately were going on and on about school, and apparently a showdown between Peyton and Mark - which clearly wasn't as bad as Nick and Peyton in class, but it was still surprising.
As Peter mentioned briefly how he had to stay home sick, because Aunt May was being a bit overbearing from a cough.
Which made Nick have to also make up an excuse as to why she didn't go to class, and said something along the lines of a family emergency, so she was hanging out in a hospital. And thankfully Michelle being, well, herself, she moved on the conversation onto something that immediately caused all the boys to basically argue with her about something.
Nick stayed there for a while because she wasn't allowed into the hospital wing, so when Natasha came in - Nick quickly stood up, putting her phone on the floor and completely forgetting it about it as she walked over, because that's when Tony joined them on the indoor balcony.
The girl nervously bit her bottom lip as she leaned against the railing on the other side of Natasha, as they all looked out the large windows.
It was about ten minutes before Tony finally spoke up, talking about Rhodes's condition. "The doctors say he shattered L4 through S1. Extreme laceration in the spinal cord. Probably looking at some form of paralysis."
Nick closed her eyes as she brought her hands up to her face, her heart dropping at the news.
"Steve's not gonna stop." Natasha spoke up with a shake of her head. "If you don't either, Rhodey's gonna be the best case scenario."
"You let them go, Nat." Tony said, causing Natasha to look at Tony. "We played this wrong."
"We?" Tony scoffed, finally looking at her. "Boy, it must be hard to shake the whole double agent thing, huh? It sticks in the DNA."
"Dad!" Nick looked to him with a scolding tone in her voice, as Natasha just looked to him, upset by his words as she shot back. "Are you incapable of letting go of your ego for one goddamn second?"
