• He buried his head in her neck breathing her in, Tony felt like his heart was going to fall any second, like he was going to wake up now. He clung to her body,
afraid if he let go
the dream was going to end. •
...
"Missing you comes in waves, tonight I'm drowning."
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I watched the TV with my lip trembling, trying to keep the tears at bay. The sound of my phone ringing brought me back up as I answered with my hands shaking. "Lainey."
"Tony oh my God are you alright? Please tell me you're not in there." I placed a hand above my chest praying to not get a panic attack.
"Yeah I'm fine, I just think we're gonna need to push our eight thirty res."
"What? Why?" I kept my eyes on the screen as it showed the ship in the sky disappearing over and over.
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"Just cause, I'll probably wont make it back for a while." My heart fell to my stomach. I felt sick, bile raising to my throat. Anything, everything can happen, but not this. I can't lose him. I'd trade places in a heartbeat, just for him to carry on.
"Oh no Tony you come back right now. Come back right now, or I swear to God Tony I'll blow up your garage." He kept mumbling 'I'm sorry' over and over until... "Tony?" the line went dead. "Tony!"
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I covered my mouth to hide a choked sob. The last thing I said to him was that I didn't want to do this anymore. I tried to calm myself. I hadn't told him, he wasn't in the right place. I wasn't sure if he'd be happy or drown himself again.
"Mom?" Teddy walked into the living room with Pepper behind him, she'd offered to go pick him up when the donut-ship landed knowing I was in no shape, I could barely walk let alone drive.
"Hey baby." I kissed his forehead as he wrapped an arm around me looking at the TV where a photo of Tony was displayed along his disappearing. "He's all right, he just called me." Teddy had grown tall so fast at only nine years he reached my shoulder. I knew he wanted to go after Tony since he built his own Iron Man suit, that was a very long debate. Ending in him only trying it around. I'd kill them both if he dared to become an Avenger.
