a future buried in silence.
Relationships: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark.
Characters: Steve Rogers / Tony Stark.
Tony Stark had been pregnant in Siberia. One loss, two kinds of pain. A life he might have had, and a life he once dreamed of with a man who turned away from him. Tony Stark suffered a loss, rebuilt himself, found light again—and then lost his way in the wreckage of everything that followed. Steve Rogers has lived, has felt, has carried the weight of every choice…And now he knows he cannot exist in a world where Tony Stark no longer breathes.
AVENGERS COMPOUND — TONY STARK’S WORKSHOP.
James Rhodes had seen Tony Stark in every possible state over the years—bruised, brilliant, unbearable, exhausted, ecstatic. Too many versions to count. But nothing, absolutely nothing, prepared him for the photo Tony handed him inside the workshop.
Rhodey went blank. Perplexed. Speechless. And, somewhere beneath all that, undeniably impressed.
“You’re serious?” he asked, staring at the small print in his hands. The edges trembled a little between his fingers. He didn’t really understand how this was happening—yet he did.
Tony stood across from him in his grease-smudged workshop clothes, nodding once, twice. “Serious, Rhodey. This isn’t like college. Not a prank. Not me trying to see your face.” His voice carried a gravity Rhodey rarely heard from him. A half-smile curved his mouth, soft but real. “It’s true. Look at the details.”
Rhodey did. Anthony Edward Stark. 15 weeks.The label alone grounded the entire situation. Made it real—too real.
He swallowed, glanced up, and only then noticed things he’d missed: the faint fullness in Tony’s face, the subtle shift in his scent now that he paid attention, the stash of food scattered around the workshop… and above all, the quiet glow that others had been whispering about.
a future buried in silence.
a future buried in silence.
a future buried in silence.
