"Sooo....... You are a witch."
"Wizard, the term is wizard."
"Like......like Glinda and Gandalf"
"....Who are they?"
"..What...whAT? YOU DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE?" Clint was livid. "WHAT KIND OF WITCH ARE YOU?"
"........"
".....You are.... the Flying brooms and cauldrons and magic wands type of witch."
"Yes. And its wizard. The term witch is used for females who use magic."
"......And you are saying that that orange and red flame-throwing chicken is a phoenix."
Tony was tired. He really needed a drink, or a shawarma.
"Don't insult Fawkes like that. He saved both of our lives. Show some gratitude." Harry huffed. Fawkes just stared at Tony menacingly and continued to groom his feathers.
"I know everything about me can be absurd for someone like you who believe in the science behind everything. But you can't ignore the existence of magic, especially after meeting Loki."
Tony hummed, and continued his questioning.
"You said you didn't know who I am until the previous year."
"Yes, and it's true. I really didn't know anything about you."
"Were you living under a rock or something? How in the world did you managed live without hearing anything about me? ME? or about the Stark industries? Or about Iron man? You can't tell me you didn't know anything about Iron Man. I refuse to believe this bullshit!"
Tony stood up and began to pace back and forth.
Harry felt like battling voldemort was way too easier than the confrontation with his soulmate. He really needed Ron. Or Hermione. Bloody hell, he even wanted Malfoy-of all people-with him for solving this particular situation. He watched the room and found that the rest of the Avengers except Thor were trying to hold back their laughter. And Thor was simply watching their interaction with utmost intrest.
Harry took a deep breath, and continued.
"I can't exactly tell you about everything happened in my life. But I will tell you some of it. There are communities who can use their innate magic with the help of a wand . Even if we are born with this ability, we need to train this to completely master our power. And since non magical people are afraid of things they can't explain, we magical people or wixes as we call ourselves isolated from non mages and built our own places and government.
Most of the countries in our world contains various wizarding communities, and British magical community is one of them. We have our own ministry and laws. Here , in USA , there is MACUSA , the government for magicals. Our magical government works along with non magical government to maintain the peace.
Our existence is hidden by the statue of secrecy. So only the higher employees of your government and the SHIELD employees knew about us."
Harry nodded towards Director Fury, who was listening to him.
"What he says is true. It will end in the extinction of an entire race if the information about them got leaked." He paused. "Even though, never in my life I thought I would see the boy-who-lived in flesh."
Harry hissed angrily while the other occupants of the room perked up at Fury's words.
"Boy-who-lived? What kind of moniker is that?" Tony asked.
"I can't tell you about that, at least not yet. And please director Fury, I will be very relieved if you kindly shut up."
Fury raised his hands in a surrender motion and gestured to continue the tale.
"And due to some unfortunate circumstances that I can't currently explain, My father and mother died , and I was raised by the muggle side of my mother's family. And let me tell you, they weren't fond of anything abnormal. And they didn't hesitated to show it . They didn't beat me, but there is more in abuse than physical beatings."
He stopped for a moment.
"Anyway, I wasn't allowed to watch tv or read news paper. that's why I didn't know about you. Hell, I thought my soulmate was a wizard since I couldn't feel any emotions through our soulmark. And its only last year that one of my best mates told me about you."
Tony was silent for a long time.
"Then why didn't you come to me after finding me? You knew I couldn't find anything about you. Why did you wait this long to meet me? Or did you wanted to meet my disfigured corpse or something?" His tone was strangely calm while his team mates sensed the danger. And they managed to quietly flee the room, leaving Harry and Tony for themselves.
"...I..that.....I-I thought you had enough problems in your life, and I didn't wanted to add mine to it." Harry mumbled.
Anthony Edward Stark saw red.
"YOU DON'T GET TO DO THAT! He exploded . YOU DON'T GET TO DECIDE WHAT I DO WITH MY LIFE! YOU DON'T GET TO DECIDE WHAT IS GOOD FOR ME! FUCK I wanted this. I wanted you. I wanted you with me even if you were a fucking terrorist. I longed for you. Even before I got my soulmark, I WAITED FOR YOU. AND YOU, YOU JUST DECIDED TO ABANDON ME JUST BECAUSE YOU FELT LIKE YOU WILL BE A BURDEN TO ME! WHAT ABOUT ME? WHAT ABOUT MY FEELINGS? DID YOU EVEN ONCE THINK ABOUT ME? DID YO-"
What ever Tony was going to scream was stopped by a small body launching right to his arms.
"I-I am s-so sorry!" Harry wailed . "I am sorry, I didn't want to bother you. Everything I touch will only wither away. There is no permanant happiness for me. I don't want you to be affected by my cursed life.There were people who always hated me. I didn't want them to find you. I love you to the moon and back Tony. please don't be angry at me. Please don't hate me!"
Tony struggled to calm down. He just couldn't find himself to be angry at Harry. Surely, there must be something that prevented Harry from reaching out to him. So Tony just stroked his fingers through Harry's unruly hair while both of them cried their heart out. Their emotions-the happiness, sadness, fear and hope flowed through their soulbond. They sat in the middle of the destroyed penthouse. Others giving them the privacy they needed
"There are a lot of things I didn't tell you." Harry began after sometime. "About my life, about my school, about my parents death, about my moniker." He paused. But a finger on his lips stopped him from continuing.
"You can tell me everything when you feel like it Harry."
Tony smiled and hugged him closely. "Now just stay with me for the time being."
"I know... I know I am not ready yet, But I want you to know. There.... there was a war in our society. And I was a frontline fighter. You can say that I was the leader of a faction. And the leader of the opposite faction tried to kill me in various ways. And it was my responsibility to defeat him. Even after his death, his supporters decided to wreck havoc in our society. So we had to eradicate them.
My godson, Teddy was orphaned due to the war. He was only 5 months old. So I had to look after him too... I had to raise him properly. That's why I decided to stay away from you. And I thought you would hate me if you know about my situation. I am sorry. I just assumed my own. Just... Just please forgive me.. ."
"It's fine my Tesoro.. there is nothing to forgave... I still don't know anything about your life. But just remember, I will always be with you."
Harry smiled. Feeling safe and content in the arms of his soulmate. Above them, Fawkes let out a soothing melody , lulling both of them to sleep.