Stolen - Tony Stark

13.

New York, 2016

"So why this fancy dinner?" Kass asked, facing Tony in an Italian restaurant.  "You know I'm totally good with just a hot dog from a stand, or a burger and fries."

"Me too, but I wanted it to be a special evening. Did you see what I did? Italian in New York? Combines the place we met and the place where we had our first mission together." He smiled proudly.

She smiled back.  "Look at you go."

"Now, see where the pattern's going?" He asked when they returned to the Tower, now standing on the balcony.

She leaned against the railing and grinned.  "Uh huh. Where we shared our first kiss."

"Which led to the first of other things."

"Oh, yes." Both chuckled and shared a kiss. "So what's this all about?" 

"Well, all those firsts were the start of great things. So I thought maybe we could add another..." He reached into his pocket, withdrawing a little box, and kneeling down before her. "Kazimiera Konstantin, will you  marry me?"

Her face fell. "Oh, Tony..."

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One month later... 

Kass had just packed away her gadgets and gear after the mission. She was all cleaned and bandaged up, recovering. 

That had been one hell of a mission.

As she was heading down the hall, Tony was coming from the other way. 

"Hey."

"Hey."

Barely an  acknowledgement.  

"How was the mission?" he asked. Of course her bruises and bandages wouldn't go unnoticed by him. 

"Okay... We got hold of the package, but made a pretty big mess. How'd your presentation go?"

"Good."

"Then why do you seem upset?" Of course, him trying to hide how he felt wouldn't go unnoticed by her. 

He sighed. "Just a reminder that the work we do isn't heroic to everyone."

"We got that reminder too. I'm going to go see Wanda - she's  pretty upset."

"And where are you when I need you?" His words stopped her.

"For once, try not to make everything  about you."

"I think you just like running from problems."

"And I think you're selfish."

Glad to leave him behind, she headed through the facility and tapped softly on Wanda's bedroom door.

"You can come in, Kass."

Wanda's powers still continued to startle her. They were unsettling, how she could just know things. But that was her perspective as an outsider - she couldn't imagine what it was like for Wanda to actually have that ability.

"You okay?"

"Not really."

"I thought so. I also thought you might want to talk, Sokovian to Sokovian."

 "I don't really want to talk to anyone, but thanks. I appreciate it."

"Yeah, I get it."

"You're distressed as well," Wanda observed, reading Kass's state through her powers. "I've noticed for a while now."