Avengers Hopelessness

Ch. 9 "Touch"

Spencer POV

It has been a few days since my little meltdown with Tony,

I haven't been sleeping too well, I just I have bad feeling something bad is going to happen, I thought

I am sitting at my desk in the lab, When James and Steve come in carrying a injured Tony,

I stood up quickly,

"What Happened?" I asked walking over to them,

"Let's just say, HYDRA has good defenses on guarding their facility," Tony mumbled

"Sit on the table," I said grabbing the gloves, and supplies, I put the gloves on my hands, laying the supplies on the table,

I pulled up his shirt, checking his injuries,

"Spencer don't get fresh with me," Tony said jokingly

I glared at him as I touched his injury making him groan in pain,

"OW!" He yelped,

"Don't be cute," I said

I heard a chuckle behind me,

I cleaned his wound,

"Uh, your going to need stitches," I said

"Are you qualified?" He said smirking knowing full well that I am,

I sighed,

I pulled out the stitching squeezing his cut together making him yelp again,

"Jeez I was just asking," He said

"No, you were trying to be a smart ass," I said quietly

"Ooh, better watch your mouth Spence, Cap might just spank you," Tony said

I felt myself turn red, I forgot that they were still here,

"Just be quiet," I mumbled finishing up stitching him up,

I wrapped gauze around his stomach,

"There," I whispered,

"Thank you Spence," He said kissing my cheek,

Tony does get into his playful moods sometimes, I sometimes forget about that, I thought as I cleaned up the supplies,

I turn around to see Steve and James,

Steve had a Cut on his bicep and James had a cut on his forehead that ran from his temple to his eyebrow,

"Let's get you two cleaned up," I said motioning for one of them to sit on the table,

Steve was first,

I cleaned up his wound,

"It doesn't look too deep," I said quietly

"I didn't think so," He said chuckling,

I put a liquid bandage spray on it, then wrapped it in gauze,

"Thank you sweetheart," He said

I nodded,

"I'll see you later Buck," Steve said leaving,

"Yeah," James said,

Thank goodness I went with Heels today, wouldn't have reached his forehead otherwise, I thought

I was cleaning his wound,

"How are you settling?" He asked,

"I'm fine," I said

"Is that what you tell Tony or yourself?" He asked

I looked at him a little shocked,

"Trust me doll, I can tell when someone is lying to me," He said

I nodded,

"I know he's trying to help," I mumbled

"But?" He asked

"It just feels odd," I said as I started stitching his wound,

"Odd how?" He asked

"Not walking on eggshells, or looking over my shoulder," I mumbled

Why the hell did I just say that?

"That's not how your supposed to live, tense like that isn't good," He said

I nodded,

"It an adjustment that's all," I said

"Is that all?" He asked

I just shrugged,

He cupped my cheek with one hand, his fingers lightly running over some of the cuts and bruises that were on my skin,

I made eye contact with his blue eyes, so blue that remind me of the ocean,

"No man should hurt something so beautiful," He whispered

I didn't exactly know how to respond to that,

"I forgot my shield," Steve said walking in,

Then James pulled his hand away like my skin wall on fire,

Steve looked at us,

"Everything alright?" He asked

"Yeah, fine," James said standing up,

"Thank you for patching me up doll," He said smiling at me,

"Your welcome," I said still kind of in a daze,

They both walked out,

I watched James's back,

What the hell was that about? I thought

I touched the cheek he had his hand on, thinking of his warm touch,

I shook my head and started cleaning up the trash, from the supplies,