Contains Infinity War spoilers and a character death warning.

Song: "Follow You Into The Dark" by Death Cab for Cutie.

Tony couldn't breath. He knew his chest was rising and falling, quite rapidly too, but he didn't feel like he had oxygen in his lungs. He was suffocating. There was no way to escape it. Everything was getting blurry, his face felt hot, and his nose tingled. He felt the tears only after they had dripped onto his hands, but didn't make a move to wipe them off. He didn't have the energy or strength in his body to do anything but stare at the ground beneath him. He couldn't even stand, his hands stretched out in front of him, empty.

"Stark?"

Tony wasn't sure which direction the voice had come from. He had barely been able to hear it over the blood pumping in his ears and the silence surrounding him. Maybe there wasn't a voice to begin with. He wasn't sure what was real anymore.

"I—he—"

Tony felt more tears fall from his eyes and he shakily stood up. He struggled to balance himself as he clutched his fists tightly, refusing to let go of what little he had left. The dust felt cold in his hands, but he wouldn't drop it.

"What did you do?" Okoye screamed, turning angrily at Thanos.

Tony opened his palms, looking down at the grey dust in his hands then closing them again.

"This is only the beginning," Thanos said. He began to laugh, looking down at the small team that was left.

Tony felt his blood run cold and he slowly looked up at Thanos. His tears blurred everything together, so he forced them back until he could clearly make out every detail of Thanos's face. 

He moved forward slowly. Steve could have stopped him easily, but he either didn't want to or was too busy mourning his loss to care what Tony did. It was unlikely he would have even let Steve stop him as he marched up to Thanos. The purple giant was easily twice as tall as him and Tony had to crane his neck up to meet Thanos's eyes, but he wasn't afraid. In fact, he was angrier up close than from a distance. He could do nothing but flare up at the giant that was slowly stopping his laughter. His smug smile stayed on his face, though, as he leaned down to look at Tony.

"Are you going to make me bring them back, tiny man?" Thanos taunted. Tony's eyes narrowed and he stepped closer to Thanos.

"I don't know what you did, but I'm gonna make you regret ever stepping foot on this planet,"  Tony said quietly.

Thanos continued to smile and Tony wondered if he was thinking about killing him too. Tony almost wished he would. The only thing that made him want to stay alive was the thought of making Thanos suffer.

"What are you going to do?" Thanos taunted gleefully. "Hit me with one of your dolls? You know you can never beat me."

"No," Tony agreed. "I can't beat you. But I will make you suffer and wish for death and I will not die until you regret your entire existence."

Tony paused to swallow the lump in his throat. More tears sprang into his eyes and he opened his fists to show Thanos what remained of Peter: grey dust that blew away in the slight breeze.

"Because that was my son," he said darkly, letting the dust fall from his hands as Thanos stopped laughing and watched the tiny man turn and walk back to his team.

Okay, don't kill me! I'm sorry. I hope you liked it though as best as you can. It was inspired by the song "Follow You Into The Dark" by Death Cab for Cutie. Go check it out!