The showers are supposed to end with April

https://archiveofourown.org/works/82475856 by WhovianDragon There is lightning in his arm, fireworks bursting in colors across his irises, the stench of his own smoking flesh, the pressure of his thumb and finger against one another right as he snaps. For May, it starts like this: they are nine years old. Tony Stark had a nightmare, and he ran away from home, and May thinks a nightmare is a stupid reason to run away even if it was really bad. Especially if you’re rich, because who’d run away from being rich? But Tony ends up in the small, ugly courtyard of her apartment building, and he asks May for help. Words: 3885, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Categories: F/M, Gen Characters: Aunt May Parker (Marvel), Tony Stark Relationships: Aunt May Parker & Tony Stark, Harley Keener & Tony Stark, Aunt May Parker & Peter Parker & Tony Stark, Peter Parker & Tony Stark, Pepper Potts/Tony Stark, Uncle Ben Parker/Aunt May Parker (Marvel) Additional Tags: Aunt May Parker-centric (Marvel), Tony Stark-centric, JARVIS the AI Lives (Marvel), Tony Stark Dies, Tony Stark Lives, Time Travel, Tony Stark Has a Heart, Tony Stark Acting as Harley Keener’s Parental Figure, Civil War Team Everybody Deserved Better Than This Movie, No Character Bashing, Ho Yinsen Haunts the Narrative read it on AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/82475856