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he nodded. "really. and i'm assigning someone else to Sharon's detail." he admitted. "i hate having you away from me and i managed to get a five man team that i know is completely loyal to Shield and wont do anything to her." he admitted. "they won't like it but i don't care." he admitted.

"oh. that makes a bit more sense." he admitted with a little grin. "everything!" Steve admitted, running his hands through his hair. "the stories i've heard... god hat happened to me!?" he asked her. "i never would have talked to Tony like the way those... fakes, are, but from what i understand i did it all the time! how could i have been so stubborn that i went to war on my best friend!? nothing about this... this place makes sense! you know?" he asked, sitting down in his chair and sighing. "how did i lose myself?"
 
“Good.”Clint said sounding pleased with the idea.

“Yea, it does doesn’t it?”She snickered a little looking amused before sighing, watching him. “I assume the gods are treating him like shit?Yea, that’s about the normal way you treated him.”Sharon sighed sighing softly, “I don’t know....You just didn’t adjust well to this century...and watching Tony flirt with you even while you two were trying to find james...it started the ball rolling, it drove a wedge between you two when he couldn’t leave well enough alone....After that...you two just kept finding worse things to fight about.”
 
he snorted. "that's bullshit." he informed her. "if the Gods where punishing Tony, Thor would know about it." he stated with a shake of his head. "and that's also bullshit. i flirt with Tony more than he flirts with me." he stated simply, staring at her, hard. "why exactly did i marry you Sharon Carter? it can't be because you look like Peggy. it hurts to look at you, did you know?" he asked, staring at her. "what drove me into marrying you when i swore i would never have a relationship with anyone. why did i risk giving you to my enemies by marrying you?" it was true after all, by marrying her he'd might as well put up a sign that said 'Captain America's weak point, kill this one first!'.
 
“You know the tony now does....and judging by how old you are, it’s not really started whenever you’re from did it?He gets worse.”Sharon shrugged a little before frowning at him, “You said you loved me...and no. I didn’t.”Sharon frowned at him, not about to admit anything, “Love, you didn’t want...want to be gay. You thought this would be better.
She swallowed hard, “I’m pregnant Steve.”
 
he hook his head. "you know. the nice thing about being completely invisible, is that no one knows your there, and they say things." he admitted, tapping the side of his head. "i was perfectly fie with liking Tony in a physical way, if Phil's comments to Clint are to be believed. i was okay with liking men until you sowed up." he admitted, staring at her. "so why did i all of a sudden change? as far as i can tell, everything all boils down to one point. my wedding. the Day Tony confessed and i said the most disgustingly cruel thing i could ever have said to anyone." he leaned forward, staring at her. "and that' not MY baby now is it? it's the OTHER Steve's. the dead Steve's. the Steve who hates, the Steve who probably deserved to die."
 
“...Where you following Tony around?”She said looking a little upset at the idea that he’d been there and she’d been utterly clueless, before making a face. “I didn’t like it, but it wasn’t because he was male. But you were with him all the time. We were dating steve!I deserved some attention to.”She sighed a little before frowning. “I don’t know what happened to you, I don’t!”She said, not realizing that her wish for him to be away from tony, to hate tony, had been enough to change things.
 
he shrugged. "sometimes. he was the only one who could see me." he admitted. "see i was sent here. from where i can't tell you." he admitted. "i was set here to stop something, or fix something, i'm not sure yet, and in order to do that, i need to find out where i went wrong and everything, eery single little thing, points to you." he admitted. "i just don't understand how i could ever have dated you. i've only known you for five minutes and i can already tell your nothing but a spoiled brat." he admitted with a shake of his head. "never mind, clearly talking to you isn't going to do a thing... oh, and. just so you know. in my Will? the one that Phil has in his office right now? signed by the other Me? it says that your unfit to be a parent and if you do get pregnant, the baby is to be removed immediately and placed in Tony's care." he admitted. "sorry." but he didn't look sorry at all. he glanced at her again before sighing and leaving, walking right through the wall, as if to punctuate the reality that he was no longer alive.
 
“No, it wasn’t me. I didn’t do anything. And I’m not a brat. Stark’s the spoiled brat. Always getting what he wanted, and pouting when he didn’t. This is just a bigger temper tantrum then usual.”She rolled her eyes before looking up at him, staring. Not sure what to say as she watched him disappear, shivering a ltitle before leaving to find phil. Wanting to talk to him, then plot what she was going to do next. “Is it true?The will?”She said looking at the man.

Tony smiled slightly as he glanced up from the suit he was working on, having retreated to the safe haven of his lab in a effort to forget that sharon was in the tower. “....You look pleased with yourself.”He said studying the captain for a moment, before settling back to work, for the moment wanting nothing more then to have a few minutes of what he’d once had, and treasured.
 
Steve smirked at her. "and yet, your the one whining while he's wallowing in guilt over things that are not his fault and sacrificing everything he has to try and fix it." he admitted simply. "hey. i am pretty pleased with myself." he admitted. "Sharon let out a few more details than she meant to. i'm not sure what it means yet, but i know she had something to do with the things i did." he admitted. "there was a flash of expression when i mentioned a few key things. plus, i found my Will and gave it to Phil." he admitted. "i think there's a stipulation in there you'll like. apparently before i died i was clear headed enough to realize something was really wrong." he admitted.

Phil looked up at her. "yes. it's true. we found it just yesterday evening when the bank Steve had it filed with finally forwarded it to us." he admitted, sliding it over to her. Sharon would inherit everything. she'd be richer than Tony even. but, if she had a baby by his seed, then she would either give up every last penny and property, or give the baby to Tony Stark. "it was dated a week before he died." Phil admitted, sounding puzzled. "i don't understand it at all." he admitted to her. "but it's legal, and binding and no lawyer will touch a case court between a Rogers and a Stark so..." he shrugged. "you'll have to make the choice."
 
“”hm, I’m sure you’ll figure it out. I’ll have to watch the interview later, might be able to figure it out. I knew her the longest....you have no idea how weird that is to say when we’re talking about your....sharon.”he said correcting himself, before frowning, looking at the other.”What?You mean...he....really?””Something fragile and hurting crossed tony’s face thinking over those few days, when everything had gone to hell, thinking about their last meeting, and that fragile moment, before it had gone all to ehll again.

“...Damn.That’s...”She trailed off as she looked it over, shaking her head a little as she considered it, wondering how in the world her husband had been clear headed enough to know to change things. Shaking her head a little. “...I’ll make a choice.”She sighed quietly before heading for the room tony had given her to stay until they coudl get her back to the safe house. “....I do not like that woman.”Leigh said as she stuck her head out of one of the rooms, both grant and her having come down to spy, while clint was enjoying a vantage point from the vents.
 
Steve nodded. "i think Phil was watching it too." he admitted. "can't be too sure on that though. i just don't like it Tony. she's a spoiled little brat! how could i ever have..." here he paused ad scrunched his face up in disgust. "fallen in love with her?" he asked, scowling. "no. i think she blackmailed me, drugged me maybe." he grumbled, shaking his head. "nothing adds up, nothing at all." he admitted. "really. whatever happened, he wanted you to get something good out of it." he admitted. "you'll either get the baby, or you'll get every single thing i ever owned." he admitted. "except for what other people are getting anyway." he admitted.

Phil nodded. "i'm sorry." he said softly. he didn't mean it of course, but he sounded like he did so that had to count for something. he looked at Leigh and smiled a little. "yes well. there was a second stipulation that if the woman chose the baby there would be a monthly deposit into her accounts until the child turned eighteen and then the child would have full access to an account that Steve set aside for any children he might have. unfortunately he didn't explain why he did any of this..." he admitted. "i never really suspected anything until now." he admitted. "but this Will...." he looked at her. "he wouldn't have done something like this if he trusted her. that means something is wrong."
 
“You said she was a piece of the past you wanted still. Since you couldn’t have howard, you could have some of peggy still....she reminded you of everything you lost.”Tony said his shoulders hunched a little adn definitely working intently on the suit and refusing to look at steve. “....Oh.”Tony stared, his hands stilling as he froze, simply staring, broken. Because while he’d accepted that he’d gotten his friend killed, had nearly drowned himself in guilt, he hadn’t truly grieved for the man. Hadn’t allowed himself to really believe he was...gone. Even if he was being haunted by his ghost, tony hadn’t accepted. “...He wanted....I hadn’t....I was cruel to him....when he tried to talk to me....before he...”He stuttered, disconnected mostly.

“You know she wont choose the kid. A child would complicate things for her.”Leigh said. “No, she will. Because it would hurt tony, more then denying him steve’s things, denying Tony a chance to know steve’s child would kill him.”Clint said as he dropped out of the vent, hoping he was wrong, but knowing, suspecting he wasn’t. “I don’t think anyone suspected. I mean, even tony, who knew him best, had simply accepted it when steve turned on him.”Leigh said trying to make phil feel better about not seeing this.
 
Steve stared at Tony, horrified. "Tony i HATE Howard!" he said. "and even if i didn't, the only part of my past i EVER missed was Bucky! and Peggy granted but not enough to put up with that psychotic bitch!" he complained. "why can't you see it Tony!? something is WRONG! something was wrong!" he said. "she did something, tricked him, fooled him, blackmailed him, forced him, something!" Steve ran his hands through his hair. "something!" he admitted before looking at Tony. "he was cruel to you first." he said softly. "i was cruel to you first." he promised, running his fingers gently through Tony's hair. "this is His, my way of trying to make things right."

"she'll choose the money." Phil said simply. "because she knows Tony is terrified of Children and would more than likely end up giving it back or giving it up where she can gain control over the child again. she forgets that Tony is a better person than her." he admitted. "Tony had the unfortunate disadvantage of being very emotionally connected." Phil pointed out. "he was too hurt to think about it."
 
Tony stared down, flinching at the yelling, looking even more tense and upset. “...I’m sorry!I’m sorry!I should have seen it, I’m sorry.”Tony sputtered upset and hurting as he lowered his head to his folded arms, looking like a child who was hiding from the world sighing quietly as he leaned into the other’s hand, responding to the touch.”...I should have known....”

“Ah. Thats true.”Clint said tilting his head as he considered that before smiling. “Not to mention, he might be terrified of children, but between the rest of us, we can make sure he’s okay with the kid.”He smiled a little.
 
Steve snorted. "there's nothing for YOU to be sorry about!" he informed Tony. "i'm disgusted that no one else noticed! how could yu be expected to notice anything when i ripped out your heart and stomped all over it?" he asked, his head tilted. "you have nothing to be sorry for Tony. you have nothing to apologize about." he promised.

he nodded. "precisely." he admitted. "of course, being the kind of woman she i, we should certainly be on the lookout for retaliation." he warned. "she could very well try to hurt Tony in revenge for this slight."
 
Tony winced, huddling a little more at the other’s words, swallowing hard. “...I don’t know. But I should have. I knew you cap, I did.”Tony muttered swallowing hard before looking up at the man, wiping his eyes.”Promise?”He muttered looking anxious to know he wasn’t at fault.

“We’ll make sure he’s not left alone. Probably a good thing anyways, considering just how much trouble Osbourne is causing anyways...we’ll tell him that if he wonders why he’s getting a guard.”Clint said looking pleased with the idea.
 
Steve shook his head. "no. you loved me, and while that means you knew me more than anyone else, it also meant you where blind to certain things." he admitted softly. "i promise Tony. i swear it. the dead can't lie you know." he teased with an impish grin. "you didn't do anything wrong Tony. i promise." he promised with a smile, kissing his forehead and blushing a little.

Phil nodded. that would be best. i am certain that Osborn is planning something very nasty." he admitted, looking worried. "he wants the list that is trapped in Tony's head." he admitted. "if he gets his hands on Tony, he could very well manage to download that List." he admitted, closing his eyes. "this whole war is just a hell of a mess."
 
“...I guess.”Tony sighed softly, turning his head to look up at the other, before laughing quietly. For the moment, willing to accept that the other was telling the truth, and that he wasn’t at fault. “Kay.”He said before blinking slowly, looking startled at the kiss, and blushing as he pulled away. Even if he wanted it, he couldn’t accept it either. It was just to painful.

“We’ll keep tony safe.”Leigh said smiling a little, glancing at clint who looked so ready to go to war if it meant protecting the last of his select group of friends.

Two months later tony scowled a little as he walked into his office, despite the hard work of everyone, they still hadn’t found the source of his delusions. And even worse, the ‘ghosts’ were getting worse, though thankfully Steve was usually around to stop them. Norman Osbourne was destroying defenses just as quickly as tony could put them together, an the director of shield knew it was only a matter of time before they shattered. Not to mention, Sharon was nearly ready to pop, and his tolerance for seeing the pregnant woman was making it even worse, because seh still hadn’t told them what her decision was going to be, and it was killing tony not to know. Walking through his office towards the iron man balcony landing, he didn’t hear jarvis calling, or the AI’s demand for pepper and steve, leigh and grant, phil and clint...anyone who was in the tower to get upstairs. Didn’t even register that it was no longer solid ground under his feet as he stepped off the balcony, didn’t even notice it until the iron man suit closed around him and sent him plowing into the pavement, his ever so fragile body only saved by the fact that jarvis had gotten the suit on him in time. “Jarvis?”Tony muttered blinking slowly as he laid in the middle of the road, for the moment ingoring the chaos and confusion his near suicide had caused.
 
Steve was screaming at Tony when he got there only seconds before he fell. he pitched himself over the side with Tony, well aware there was nthing he could do. "Fuck! Tony!" Steve gasped. "What the hell where you thinking!? what the hell happened?!" he demanded, staring at him, invisible to everyone but Leigh even as the others swarmed around Tony, checking him over, asking if he was okay. Phil was running through the videos that Jarvis was sending him of the incident. struggling to figure out why Tony would just walk off the balcony. that was unnatural, even people who wanted to commit suicide hesitated a little. they didn't just walk off the edge! "Jarvis i want the entire video feed for today focused on Tony." Phil ordered. "lock down the tower, no one in, no one out." he ordered, Steve looking up at Phil, confused before looking down at Tony. "Tones? can you hear me?"
 
“WE don’t know. Jarvis said he came in and kept walking, like he wasn’t even aware what happened.”Leigh said looking up at steve for a moment as clint and grant worked on keeping the crowd back, gently tugging the iron man helmet, sliding it off as she looked at the confused and unfocusing eyes of the director. “Phil, we need to get him to a doctor.”She muttered. “,,,Heyyyy.....you’re pretty you know.”Tony muttered blown eyes fixing on steve, definitely a concussion, focusing on tony, knowing that jarvis was pulling everything they had, to see what had happened.
 
Steve shook his head, worried about Tony. "there are mutants who can do that." he admitted. "i knew knew, back in the war, a single touch and she could make a person do anything she wanted. they wouldn't even realize it wasn't their idea." he admitted. "she was a nasty piece of work, one of Hydra." he admitted. "she had an entire Harem of men that just did whatever she told them to." he admitted. "after a while she didn't even have to touch them, she literally re-wrote their entire personality to just what she wanted." he admitted. "it was scary." he admitted, shaking his head before smiling at Tony. "i know i'm pretty. lay very still and maybe i'll give you a kiss." he offered Tony. "we have a doctor." Phil explained to her. "he's on his way down now." he admitted, looking worried at Tony.
 
Leigh paused, hands freezing where she was cradling tony’s head, before snapping up to look at steve, sick realization tightening her features. “....Like you didn’t know that you were turning on tony?Or Tony wanted to commit suicide when this morning he’d been talking about going on vacation for awhile?”Leigh said swallowing thickly as she thought. “...Kay...I can lay still.very still.”Tony agreed as he rested his head back in leigh’s lap as he laid still looking up at the doctor as he neared, “Hey doc.”The director muttered as the man started looking him over.
 
Steve opened his mouth to respond and then paled. "....like someone was controlling us ad we didn't realize it." he whispered, sounding just as sick. "oh my god...." he muttered, shaking his head before smiling at Tony. "that's right. lay very still." he agreed, stroking Tony's hair gently. "Jarvis! run a Mutant Scan on the building. every person." Phil ordered into the Tablet. "Run a scan for Aeser and other immortals too." he ordered. "see if we can't knock down two stones with one throw." "that's not how that saying goes Phil." Grant informed the man, amused when Phil glared at him.
 
"Yes.exactly."leigh said looking sick herself at the idea."on his,agent. I will find what happened."jarvis said sounding as primary angry that you knew if the ai found out what hwppened, the one responsible was going to be in alot of pain."it's not the saying but I like it better."tony said closing his eyes as he tried to relax. "Mr. Stark, you have a concussion. And I'm afraid you'very injured yourself. We're going to move you slowly sir,and see how it goes."the youngish doctor looked worried before looking up at phil and clint,ignoring the girl who was talking to thin air."we need to move him inside."
 
Steve shook his head, if there was anything to find, Jarvis would find it. the A.I was extremely loyal and protective of Tony. "there, see? Tony is correct." Phil stated with a smirk and a shake of his head before looking worried about Tony, who was indeed hurt. "no, don't move him. we'll get a stretcher." Phil ordered, glancing at Grant who nodded and headed inside to get the stretcher and all of them carefully moved Tony out of the armor and onto the stretcher while Phil explained to the growing crowd that there was a malfunction on the suit that caused the thrusters to fail before he managed to land. he had always been good at on the spur lies to keep people calm. soon Tony was inside, o a bed i the hospital section of the Tower for a proper medical exam.
 
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