Monster? (2)
Black OC x Tony Stark(past relationship)
Summary: Tony finds out the truth and Steve has a bad feeling.
Warning: Mentions of abortion, angst, cursing.
A/N: At long last! I thought I’d complete this before I turn in a paper. Enjoy and feedback is always welcomed! I’m also tagging people who showed interest in part one.
"You fucking monster." Tony's fists were clenched at his sides as she spit his venom at Cleo through clenched teeth.
"Tony. Not now, okay? She's in pain and needs to see Bruce." Bucky clutched Cleo tighter to him and stepped to the side to move past Tony but was blocked.
"This is how you get back at me? You fake a pregnancy AND an abortion. I'll admit the way I ended things between us were cruel but this is a whole new level." Tony scoffed and looked at Cleo with disgust. It made her want to disappear.
"Shut up, Stark. You have no idea what you're talking about, okay?" Bucky pushed past Tony and began walking to the elevator. Tony didn't let up and followed.
"Cleo, come on. I'm sorry, okay? Is that what you wanna hear? You don't have to go around lying to the team you were pregnant just to make me out to be the bad guy!"
The elevator finally opened and Tony continued to follow.
"Get out, Stark," Bucky growled with his teeth clenched. If it wasn't for Cleo being in his arms, Bucky would've pushed Tony out and sent him back to Pepper with a black eye.
"No, Cleo and I are settling this now. Why won't you talk to me, huh? You had so much to say when we broke up. Now that I've called you out on your bullshit, you wanna be mute?" Tony scoffed throwing his head back. "Unbelievable. I never took you for this type of person, Clo."
"You have no right, Tony." Cleo's voice came out hoarse due to the pain. "You have no fucking right."
Cleo's head started to throb and her cramps grew stronger. If she wasn't in so much pain, Tony's pants would be on fire by now. Bucky felt her body heat up in his arms and called out to F.R.I.D.A.Y.
"Fri! Please notify Bruce and tell him to meet me half way!"
"Certainly, Sergeant Barnes."
When they finally reached the floor for Bruce's lab, Bucky sprinted down the hall and Tony couldn't keep up.
"Tony!" Steve caught up to them and tried to rectify the situation for now.
"Stop it, okay? She's clearly in pain and she wasn't lying. Buck and I saw the pregnancy test for ourselves and even took her to the clinic for the abortion today. She needs to rest and you are not helping. You two do need to talk about it, but not like this." Steve placed a hand on Tony's shoulder to try and calm him down.
"If she was pregnant, how come I never heard about it? We were together I should've been the first person to know!" Tony shrugged off Steve's hand roughly and began to stomp his way down to Bruce's lab with Steve in tow.
"She was going to the day you broke up with her. Had the ultrasound picture ready and everything." Steve reached into his back pocket and pulled out a folded picture, handing it to Tony.
Tony unfolded the picture to see the ultrasound Steve had just mentioned.
He was ready to dismiss it all, that the ultrasound didn't show anything but then he saw that small image of an undeveloped fetus.
All the anger he was feeling was washed from his body and replaced with regret.
"How far was she?" His voice cracked as tears threatened to spill out.
"Eight weeks. She went so long without knowing it and then the day everything happened, she fainted and Nat forced her to go to Bruce. She was so excited to tell you, Tony."
"She could've told me afterward. We could've worked something out. Pepper, she would've-"
"Understood? Would she really, Tony?"
"No." Tony let out a dry laugh and shook his head.
"We used to talk about having kids. I told her how scared I was to be like my father but she assured me that I was nothing like him and that she would help me be the best father if the time ever came. The fucking time came and I wasn't there for her. I'm worse than my father." Tears ran down his face and fell on the ultrasound.
Before Steve had given him the picture, Tony was furious at Cleo about the baby he thought was fake. Now, he felt nothing but remorse and regret. He never imagined that their breakup would result in this. He would have never let Pepper slither back into his life if he did.
Steve comforted Tony as much as he could and watched as Tony quickly wiped away the tears. He flicked his wrist to show off the ultrasound and turned to Steve.
"You didn't have to break her heart like that, Tony."
"At the time, yes, I did. Pepper, she- nevermind. It's too late now."
"Tony, Is there something you need to tell me?" Steve questioned. If Pepper had a bigger hand in this, he needed to know now and figure out how to handle it later.
"Can I keep this? It's the only connection I really have to the baby and now that they're gone, I at least want to remind myself that this was real." Tony deflected. Steve could already tell that he wasn't going to get any answers now so he decided to let it go and try again another time.
"Sure, Tony. You stay here, I'm going to go check on Cleo and see if she's good enough to talk, okay?"
Tony nodded and watched as Steve jogged down the hall. When the captain was out of sight, he looked back down at the ultrasound.
"What have you done, Stark?"
When Steve entered the room, he sighed in relief that Cleo was wide awake sitting on the exam table with an IV drip attached to her and Bucky at her side. Bucky smiles at Steve when he sees his lover but Cleo was too invested in her cellphone game. Steve cleared his throat for her attention and laughed when her head shot up. her eyes wide to look at him.
"Good to see that you're doing better. Everything okay?" Steve leaned against the doorframe to examine her from a distance.
Cleo nodded her head and lifted up her IV arm a little.
"Just a bit too stressed out. Brucie is putting me on bedrest for two days after this drip finishes up." Her eyes rolled. Cleo hated being off duty for anything. Granted, she would have happily done so if she had continued with her pregnancy but only when she reached the end of her second trimester. Cleo loved to stay busy and hated feeling useless and dependent.
"I think that's for the best darling" Bucky chuckled. Steve forced a small smile as the conversation he had with Tony ran through his head. What would have really happened had Cleo told Tony about the baby? Would the baby still be here? Would Cleo still be here at the tower if she did keep the baby? Steve wasn't too sure about that at the moment. What he was sure of is that Pepper had something to do with Tony and Cleo breaking up and something tells him that she's going to hurt Cleo more than she already has if she finds out about her and Tony's would be baby.
So what is Pepper hiding? What hand does she have in this game?
Steve made it his mission to find out, for Cleo's sake.
Steve can't stand to see Cleo cry like that again.