A few days later, you could already move around the house and go out of your room. The only people you saw, though, were Tony, Natasha, Wanda and Maria, and Steve, but only sometimes.
That day, you walked down the stairs and caught glimpse of Carol walking away and you felt your whole body freeze just as you were about to come down the last stair.
You didn't know how much time you just stood there, frozen in place, but you jumped up when a hand touched your shoulder. You turned your head, only to see Wanda smiling at you.
"Hey. Why are you standing there?"She asked.
You shook your head and put on a convincing smile on your face."Nothing. What's up with you?"
"I finished my job for the day, so I was going to go relax in my room." Wanda said. "But I ran into you now. Wanna go relax at the garden? Tony had a swing placed there."
"Sure." You smiled at her.
"You need help walking?" Wanda asked and offered her hand to help.
"I'm good, I got it." You told her. Wanda understood and let you walk on your own.
You spent a lot of time with Wanda there. The fresh air was good for you and you talked about various topics, even gossiping a bit.
You saw Tony's car park in front of the house and you turned your head to watch him as he came out of the car and loosened his tie.
You couldn't hear Wanda's voice anymore as you watched him.
Wanda's fingers snapped in front of your eyes. "Girl, are you listening to me?"
"Sorry, Wanda." You gripped onto the sides of the swing as you got up."I need to ask Tony something."
Wanda rolled her eyes before yawning."Just don't be too loud when you have sex, I need to sleep."
You gave her a weird look before you followed Tony inside the house. You walked up the stairs and were thinking of going to his office, when you saw Steve getting down the stairs, no doubt just leaving Tony's office.
"Steve." You said as you rushed over to him.
He grinned when he saw you. "Hey. How are you feeling?"
"I'm good, thanks." You said, placing your hands in your back pockets as you spoke to Steve. "Is Tony upstairs?"
"I think he went to his room." Steve said.
"Okay, thanks."
"I need to go now, though. See you later." He said and you offered him a smile before he walked away. You looked down the hallway and rushed towards Tony's room.
You knocked on the door and you heard Tony saying to come in.
You opened the door and stepped inside, only to see Tony's upper half of the body naked. Thinking he was fully naked, you placed a hand over your eyes and closed them. "Shit." You whispered to yourself. "Sorry."
You heard Tony chuckle and you opened your eyes to look at him through your fingers. "Hey there, beautiful." He said and winked at you.
You realized he still had his pants on and put your hand down. You couldn't help the way your eyes moved down to his chest. You saw several tattoos on it and bit your lip. "Your tattoos look nice." You said and immediately bit your tongue. You did think they looked nice and added even more to the dark aura surrounding him.
"Thank you." He poked his inner cheek with his tongue as he looked you up and down. You were wearing jeans and Tony was worried they were pressing into the wound that was healing on your stomach. "Did you come here to look at them?"
"No." You immediately responded.
Ton clicked his tongue. "Shame." He took a shirt and put it on before he gave you his attention. "What did you want?"
"I want to talk about Carol."You said.
Tony furrowed his eyebrows."Did she tell you something, or do something to you?"
"No, well... not recently."You said and mumbled out the next part. "I keep seeing her everywhere around the house."
Tony raised an eyebrow.
"And I can't help but remember what she did to me. Every time I see her. So, I don't think I can stay in the same house as her."
"What?" Tony asked.
"Look, I know she works for you and I'm fine with that. I want you to move me somewhere else, or something. You decide."
Tony's face now turned serious and he looked you up and down, making you uncomfortable.
He nodded his head in the end. "I'll think about it."
"Really?"You smiled.
"Yeah." Tony said.
"Okay, I'm gonna leave you to work now. Thank you for listening to me."You quickly said and walked out of the room.
Tony sighed and sat down on the bed, rubbing his hand over his face, thinking what to do.
It was past midnight and you couldn't sleep. You kept turning and tossing around in the bed. At the end, you turned on the light and sat up in the bed.
You heard a knock on your door and Tony peeked his head inside. "Hey, Princess. Can't sleep?"
You shook your head and Tony smiled at you. "Me either. What are you doing?" He asked and stepped inside your room.
"Nothing. Boring myself to death." You answered, making Tony chuckle.
"Come with me." He said, gesturing at you to follow him.
You were confused at first, but did as he asked. You got up from the bed and followed him down the stairs, and to the east wing.
"Where are we going?" You asked.
"You'll see." Tony said. "You up for watching a movie?"
"And you're taking me where exactly?"
"You'll see." Tony said again.
He stood in front of the door, which scanned his eye before allowing him to step inside. He placed his hand on your lower back and led you to the first door on the left side.
"After you." Tony said, opening the door for you.
You gave him a look before stepping inside. You were met with darkness. Nothing could be seen in the room and Tony blocked the only source of light when he stepped inside as well and closed the door.
"Shit." You let out when you felt your back slam against Tony's chest when you went to move backwards. "Sorry."
"It's fine, Princess." He said and turned the screen on.
You gasped when the screen that just turned on shined light on the rest of the room and you saw seats in front of the large screen, just like in the real cinema. "What?" You asked as you looked around.
"Do you like it?"
"I love it!" You said. You noticed the seats were a bit bigger than in the cinema and it looked like there were two connected into one. "You had this here the whole time?"
"Yeah."
"And you didn't tell me? You let me get bored?"
Tony laughed, "Sorry, sweetheart. Get comfortable, I'm gonna put on a movie. You want any snacks?"
"What do you have?" You asked and Tony opened up the cabinet, showing you every possible type of candy and snacks. Your eyes almost popped out of your head.
You picked some chips and went back to the first seat while Tony put in a movie. He came back and sat next to you, leaning on the seat and put his hand over the headrest, just next to your head. You looked at him with a raised eyebrow, but he just gave you a smile.
"Remember what happened the last time we went out?" Tony asked.
"You could've ended up dead?" You asked, not taking your eyes off the screen.
"I was thinking more of the kiss that happened during dinner." Tony said, staring at the side of your face.
"Why did you think of that?"
Tony shrugged, "I don't know. It just popped up into my head."
"Speaking of that night", you looked at Tony,"Why did you keep it from me?"
Tony knew what you meant. He closed his eyes and when he opened them, he found you staring at him, waiting for an answer. "It's not what you think. I wanted to protect both, you and Bucky."
"You wanted to protect the man who killed my parents?" You raised your voice.
"That's the thing. He didn't kill anyone willingly." Tony explained. "Hydra brainwashed him into killing for them. You should understand him."
"What?" You asked.
"It's true."
"You could've told me that from the beginning. There was no need to keep it from me."
Tony sighed, "I'm sure you wouldn't have listened to me and did the same thing you did, anyway."
"Maybe. Maybe I wouldn't. I guess we'll never know now, 'cause you decided to keep it from me and lie to me."
"Sweetheart-"
"Shhh, the movie is starting." You silenced him.
Through the whole movie, Tony didn't watch even a single scene of it. He spent the whole time looking at you as you argued with the characters, ranted and laughed.
The light from the screen illuminated your face and he thought you looked beautiful.
"What?" You asked, noticing Tony looking at your face. "I got something on my face?"
"Yeah, your beauty." Tony cringed at his own words, while your stomach fluttered.
You sank deeper into your seat and kept watching the movie. You noticed the popcorn on Tony's lap and reached out to take a handful of them, and noticed Tony's glare. "Hey, get your own, thief."
"You gotta let me take them." You said, popping them into your mouth. Tony raised an eyebrow and you smiled."I almost died."
He rolled his eyes and scoffed, "Is that gonna happen every time now?"
"Probably."You said.
Tony noticed how you kept turning around in the seat, uncomfortable. He grabbed your legs and you looked at him as he placed them in his lap.
"There we go." Tony smiled at you.
"Thank you." You whispered out.
Tony drew small circular shapes on your bare legs, making your body tense. You relaxed after some time and you and Tony kept exchanging glances.