bracing herself against the wall outside his room, toni pressed the heels of her hands into her eyes. everything was so fucked up. the avengers were basically broken, her family torn apart, the world looking for answers. everything was weighing on her shoulders. it wasn’t the first time, nor would be the last, but her family was part of the weight this time.
and that made all the difference on weather she could storm this or not.
sighing, she pushed herself off the wall. popping her neck, she made her way down the hall, back towards the living room. the windows were covered with steel - part of the lockdown that would keep them safe.
“ friday, did you find anything? ” there was a pause before her ai spoke, a touch of guilt in her voice.
“ nothing, boss. my search for information about the gun or the bullet also came up with nothing.”
“ bastard is cunning, i’ll give them that. send everything to my lab. i’ll be down there for the rest of the night. ” spending her nights in the lab weren’t as common anymore, but she’d do it if she had too.
when the sun came out, friday alerted her. rubbing her eyes, she made a quick visit for coffee before going back to steve. she had to look away from seeing him use the inhaler.
When he’s finally breathing normally again, he groans as he pushes himself to sitting up, looking over at her. “I wouldn’t call it sleeping....” he murmurs softly. “Passed out is more accurate... only thing keeping me asleep was blood loss, exhaustion, and the drugs....” he murmurs.
It takes him a long time to look over at her, but when he does, he’s a bit shocked. “Jesus.... I’d forgotten what it was like to be color blind....” he murmurs. A bony hand runs down his face and he keeps on struggling to sit up. “I... I can be out of here as soon as possible....” he says before coughing a little. He assumes she wants him gone, why on earth would she want to care for him?
He assumed most things said toward the tail end of the night were out of fear, had the threat of him dying not been there, how differently would things have gone?
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