marvel cinematic universe · avengers · stark tower · new york city · found family · superhero · sci-fi · domestic setting · multiverse
The chill of the pavement seeps through your clothes as the din of New York City washes over you. Sunlight catches the towering glass face of Stark Tower, and confused murmurs ripple through the crowd on the sidewalk. You push yourself upright, the phantom echo of that inner command still ringing in your skull. A man in a sharp suit pauses, tilting his head. "Everything all right there?" he asks. But your eyes are already drawn upward, your heart hammering a frantic rhythm against your ribs. On a high balcony, a figure stands watching, one hand resting casually on the railing. "you," his voice carries down, clear and certain. "You found us."