The beginning of the end
‘Daisy come home with us’
‘Our supply keeps running low but….. But you already have it, don’t you’
‘It’s Yo-Yo’
‘We’ve been out there, looking for you’
‘Why? Why are you doing this?’
‘She’s turned her back on us Mack’
‘We’ve all been through terrible things. All of us. And we’ve never turned our back’
‘And it still affects us’
The thoughts keep on running through Daisy’s head, when she goes to sleep, when she awakens, when she goes and brushes her teeth. Daisy wished she was still at the compound, a sting in her temples causes her to stand up from her chair. A worried face looks back at her.
When Nat had gotten a lead on some thugs she needed to infiltrate in LA, she and Daisy had made the decision to both go there. It wasn’t like Daisy hadn’t been spending more and more time herself there, so this was a good solution. They had had to move in some place less obvious, somewhere not noticeable, easy to lose a tail. Luckily, Tony still had a place here from when he lived in Miami and needed to shake reporters. Nat had been impressed with the amount of 1-day hairdye Tony still had available, even nowadays he still made sure at every place he went, there were at least two colours available. This one had even more. Especially the pink one had amused Natasha to no end.
She’d called Tony not long after, asking if he had pictures. When Tony had denied having them, Natasha had decided to make it her side project to hack F.R.I.D.A.Y. and find those pictures. (Maybe Daisy had given her a few tips.)
They’d been here a couple of days now, and they both had been busy. That clearly hadn’t stopped Nat from figuring out something was wrong though, as she was currently looking at Daisy with her eyebrows raised.
The younger woman took the bait. ‘When you betrayed my father, how did he forgive you?’
Nat seemed surprised by this question and thought for a second before answering. ‘I guess he understood why I had done it. Tony and I never were very close though, so it wasn’t really a betrayal that stung.’
Not like with her and her team, Daisy realised.
Nat must’ve seen the look on Daisy’s face though, as the look on her face softened and she quickly continued. ‘However, if you are worried about your own team, if they’ll forgive you. Don’t worry, if they truly are the friends you take them for, they’ll understand.’
If only. ‘I hope you’re right…’
‘Do you want to get some magazines?’ Natasha asked. They were in a grocery store, as they still needed food, and were almost done.
‘uhm..’ How to explain this…
‘I want some, it’s easier to fake being dumb if you keep up with the celebrities.’ Nat was already walking towards the magazine aisle, so the billionaire's daughter had to follow. Or rather… The playboys' daughter.
Because of course, half of the magazines displayed the newest rumour as to who Tony Stark was sleeping with. Daisy sighed. It was true that Tony and Pepper weren’t officially back together, but it was obvious to anyone who saw them that that would change. Daisy really hoped this was just a rumour and not her dad being an idiot.
Besides. She really did not need to know who her father was sleeping with.
It seemed like Natasha had reached the same conclusion as her eyes widened. ‘OMG Daisy, I’m sorry, I didn’t realise…’
‘No one really notices if it isn’t their family on there. It’s not your fault.’
‘It must’ve been tough growing up, constantly reading these rumours.’
Daisy rolled her eyes. It had definitely been awkward. ‘Don’t worry, there have been times it came to be my advantage.’
‘How so?’
‘When I first reached the age to go out, Tony was both overprotective and in denial of the fact that I was no longer 10. When he tried to prevent me from going to a club once, I got annoyed and remarked that if I survived seeing everything about his love life, he could stand letting me go to a club with friends. He didn’t bother me that much after.’
Natasha laughed. Daisy was just glad. After she came home when not returning during the blackout, the spy had been worried about her. The inhuman couldn’t blame her. She’d not planned on being away that long herself. Unfortunately, Daisy could just control vibrations and not the watchdogs or other assholes.
When Daisy had returned, there had been a few things Nat had to say, but it had seemed that there was even more she was biting back. Daisy had finally told Nat about how she had met up with Fitz and Mack, and later with Robbie Reyes at his house after getting hurt. Nat had told her about the undercover mission. They’d talked all night, but the worried look hadn’t left Nat’s face. When Nat went to sleep, Daisy stayed up for a little bit, reading up on the newest updates in certain coding languages.
When she did go to sleep eventually, she peeked in Nat’s room, this one didn’t have a lock on it. Nat slept so peacefully, it had made Daisy fall in love even more. Then she noticed how Nat had cuffed one hand to her bed and it had made Daisy’s heart ache. Just wanting to give Nat a hug. Daisy suspected this was a habit she’d picked up in the red room. The hacker wondered what else had happened there that the spy hadn’t told her. Daisy had to practically force herself to leave the door and walk to her own room.
Now Nat was laughing at Daisy’s story. She picked up a magazine for another mission and all Daisy could think of was how a mission like this must leave an impact on Nat. The overwhelming impulse to hug Natasha appeared again. Daisy grabbed ahold of the cart and pushed it towards the exit, just so she wouldn’t do something she’d regret. Even if not hugging the woman next to her was something she already was regretting, Nat wouldn’t appreciate it.