A real family (Pt 1)
Summary: Robert Downey juniors teenage daughter lives with her mum, after her parents divorce. Robert doesn’t get any access to see her, and knows nothing about her life. After her abusive step dad goes to far and puts him in hospital, can Robert save her before
Basically I’m going to take on the evil step sister approach but make it male version. But whilst adding in physical abuse
Warnings: abuse, depression, hospitals.
“Y/N” your dad screamed from the kitchen. You couldn’t remember a time your dad hadn’t been screaming. Your house echoed so much you could have sworn that half of the bloody town could hear your mums shreak.
“I’m comming” you yell from your room. Big mistake. But it was to late now. You should have just kept your mouth shut, but then again, that outcome wouldn’t have been any better of an outcome.
You slowly make your way down the stairs into the kitchen where you see your two step brothers, and step father sitting around the kitchen table. You know sneaking in unnoticed isn’t an option so you except your defeat.
“What have I told you about yelling” says your stepfather in a sturn voice. You don’t reply, instead you keep your head down and look into your lap
“WHAT HAVE I TOLD YOU” he screeches at you throwing his plate at your shoulder causing it to shatter and cut into your shoulder blade, making you wince
“Answer me you worthless piece of shit ” he screames at you and you can see your step brother preparing to throw their plates
“Not to do it” you mumble.
“ WHAT WAS THAT” he roared at you, slowly raising from the table, causing you to fall back off your stool and against a wall.
“Nothing sir, you told me not to do it” you say clearly with the small bit of confidence you have left. Suddenly a sharp object collides with your eye and you feel a stinging, painfully burning sensation. Your chew down in your lip to not make a scene.
“Was that talking back” you hear your oldest step brother say, whilst slowly decreasing to ground between you.
“ANSWER US” you hear your brother screech throughout the ringing in your ear.
“I’m sorry sirs, it won’t happen again” you say hiding your face in your hands.
Suddenly a foot collides with your tiny figure and you feel a snap, you know you’ve broken your second rib in a week, but there’s nothing you can do.
“I have heard that excuse far to much Y/N, I think you deserve a punishment” said your father breaking the ground between you and the group of towering men.
You wished that your mum was still alive. Maybe everything would be peaceful if your mum was still alive. If you hadn’t caused her death, as your father said.
“Please no” You beg, before you were sudenly shoved against a wall hearing even more bones crack.
“No more talking back” said your step dad dragging you by the hair up to stairs and into his bedroom door, locking it after being followed by your “brothers”. You closed your eyes as tight as you could, trying to ignore the horrendous pain that littered your body, and distract yourself from what you prayed would never come.
The screames of protest and pain that came next could have woken up the whole country if anyone listened hard enough, however living in a very remote part of the town meant no one could hear the cruel ness that your “family” was subjecting you to.
Xxxx
Robert was trying to sleep, he had to be up early for filming tomorrow, however there was something else on his mind. You. You were officially turning 16 tomorrow, and for a parent that is a very scary time, however this birthday was fillled with sadness and regret.
He had fought long and hard for custody over you for two years untill the court concluded that your mum could take better care of you. The last he ever saw of you was a seven year old little girl crying because she would never see her father again. Your mother would not let him ever speak to you, no matter how hard he tried, and he could not find you on any social media. He wished you were safe but something in his gut was telling him that something was wrong.
He couldn’t act on his feeling however as he was not granted any access to see you, therefor he would be breaking the law.
The last he remembered of you was your long ( hair colour) hair, and smiling face ripped away from him. He was sure you’d grown up by now and had changed physically greatly. However he wished you remembered him. He wished you and his current family could live together happily celebrating big milestones together.
“Can’t sleep” said a voice from behind him. Robert hadn’t noticed he’d moved from the inside of his trailer to the outside seating area.
“Umm, I’m just thinking” he said
“I’s this about Y/N ?” Said Chris Hemsworth taking a seat next to him.
“Yeah” said Robert sadly.
The entire avengers cast new about You. It had come out on a drunk night on the town, however no one had seen it effect him this much... ever.
“It’s her birthday tomorrow, her 16th” he said sadly.
“I’m sorry mate, I could never imagine not seeing one of my children, even living without them for that fact” said Chris trying to console your father to the best of his abilities.
“Something just isn’t sitting right with me, i know somethings wrong with her” said Robert.
“Have you tried getting custody again, even just visiting rights” asked Chris
“The case is to small, It’ll just be dismissed” said Robert sadly
“Keep your head up mate. Not long untill she leaves home , and then I’m sure she’ll want to meet her father” said Chris
“I guess your right” said your dad sighing in defeat”. However he still couldn’t shake the feeing something was wrong. He’d been feeling it a lot lately, and a fathers gut is never wrong
Xxxxx
“Y/N, pick up the pace” said your gym instructor. Of course today was the day you ran the mile. Every bone in your body was aching, and you were sure your body was running on adrenaline. You couldn’t get the disgusting feeling of betrail, and violation off you. You remembered every moment from the previous night, from the almost shattered shoulder bone, to the moment you were violated and entered. It made you want to cry however crying was a weakness. Crying was more reason for them to beat the emotion out of You.
You weren’t the slowest runner, actually you were quiet good, that’s why your gym teacher was so tough on you, she knew you had potential, if only she knew what was going on at home.
You finish the Lap slower than your usual time, however you could feel your body start to shut down.
“Everyone go get a drink.... Y/N not you, I wanna talk” said your coach watching everyone leave. You could see your vision start to loose focus, causing you to reach for your bottle, and chug half of it down.
“Honey, what’s going on. Your average is dropping, I’m getting worried”
You couldn’t reply, your ears started to ring, and your long sport top was causing you to sweat and fall of the seat, onto the floor, hitting your head. You could hear the distant ringing of your name however your to far gone. You feel your body start to go limp, and everything to go dark, you start to fade out of consciousness and the last thing you heard was screaming to call 911.
Xxxxxxxx
Robert had just finished filming and it was lunch time for the avengers crew. Almost all the crew members were there today, it was a big day for shooting and very busy, so getting to finally eat lunch was a blessing.
He took a seat around a table seating, Scarlett, Mark, Jeremy, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, and Tom hidleston. They were all in the middle of a conversation when they saw Him sit down.
“Hey, you doing alright” said scarlet dropping the previous discussion.
“Peachy” he replied taking a bite of a sandwich. He suddenly saw one of the producers running up to the table with a frantic look on him face holding the main phone.
“You need to answer this. It’s important”the feeling of dread once again sat in the bottom of his stomach. he instantly answered the phone, his face Pailing almost imidiately, causing the other members of the cast to drop their food and commence worry.
“ I’ll be there as soon as I can” said your dad hanging up the phone.
He looked towards the manager receiving a nod.
“Take all the time you need, we’ll rearrange the schedule, let us know how it goes” said the director taking back the phone.
Robert quickly took of from the set, already on the phone to his wife.
“Honey I’ve got to go to Arizona, Y/N’s in the hospital
Xxxxxxx
You could feel your head pounding. The beeping around you didn’t stop. The fact that you couldn’t move your body didn’t help much either. The black vision slowly started to become brighter causing you to squint your eyes in pain. A forced wince came out of your mouth. Slowly you opened your eyes and started to see the white hospital room around you.
You could see the countless wires connected to you and the beeping of the heart monitor, was ringing in your ears. You tried to sit yourself up but you found that your body was restricted, and you were struggling to sit up.
“That’s not going to work honey, you’ve cracked your ribs, and we can’t risk them breaking again” said the nurse walking in.
“Oh” you say in a quiet voice resting your head back on the pillow.
“How are you feeling honey” said the nurse bustling around the room.
“I’m fine”
“Sweetheart, I’ve had my fair share patients. And the lies I’ve heard... I can’t help you unless you tell me the truth” she said
You sigh and look down to your lap.
“Everything hurts” you say in a quiet voice, trying not to gain any attention
“I suspected, your not afraid of needles are you” asked the nurse kindly.
“Not really no” you say.
“Y/N, You have to be honest with me. I’m only trying to help you” said the nurse politely.
“Umm.. I haven’t had a needle since I was 7. I’d have no way of knowing” you say as honest as you could.
“It’ll just be a pinch, you’ll be fine”. Said the nurse.
Suddenly you feel a pinch in your arm. You’d been through much worse, this felt like nothing.
“All done” said the nurse putting a plaster on your arm.
“Can I ask you a question”
“Go ahead”
“What’s going to happen the them” you ask.
A small sigh left her lips. not knowing if you were ready for the news she hesitated...
“All three of them are missing. Found out you were in the hospital and did a runner. The police have locked down the surrounding boarders to try and find them” said the nurse.
You sighed and nodded your head.
“Why are they taking such large measures” you said.
“Y/N there’s some things you haven’t been told... how much to do you know about your father. Asked the nurse with a smile on her face.
“Mum never talked about him. I haven’t even heard him mentioned since I was seven. I didn’t think he’d want anything to do with me” you say slowly lowering your head towards your lap.
“I can assure you hon he wanted so much to have you in his life. He’s right outside that door and he wants to see his little girl”
“What do you mean” you asked.
Suddenly there was a nock on the door, and In walked another woman, in a very fancy dress suit
“Hello Y/N” said the lady taking a seat beside the white framed bed.
“What’s going on” you asked sinking deeper into the sheets of the knitted white sheets.
“ I have your father outside this door as I’m sure you’ve been told... and he’s very keen to meet you... how would you feel about meeting him”
You didn’t get to sat another word before a medium sized man walked into the room. You couldn’t believe your eyes... the world had to be playing tricks on you... there was no way.. no way at all.
“You have to be kidding me”
To be continued