Requested by baker_and_fangirl (Ao3).
It's probably not exactly what she wanted, but it was the best I could come up with...

She asked for people's response to Tony's suicide.

It's super short, but I tried.

God bless,
Jamie

~TH~

Rhodey
Rhodey woke up suddenly. Immediately alert, he cautiously crawled out of bed and worked himself into his leg braces.

"Tony?" He called out, his hand holding a gun. "Tony, where are you?"

Rhodey felt sick but he wasn't sure why. "Tony!"

The door to Steve's old room was open.

"Tony?" He stepped in and felt the gun fall from his hands. "Tony." He whispered, standing over the lifeless body.

He was too late.

Pepper
She was on a flight back to California when her phone began ringing. She picked it up, not looking at the Caller ID.

"Hello?"

"Pepper," the voice was quiet.

"Rhodey? What's wrong, what happened?" She could feel it. She could feel deep in her soul something was wrong. "Where's Tony?"

"He-he's dead."

"What?" She whispered. "How?"

"The same way. The same exact way."

A sob made its way out of her throat.

"Ms Potts? Is everything okay?" A flight attendant asked her.

She shook her head. Nothing was okay.

Natasha
Natasha knew before anyone. Steve had left some things at the Tower. She intended to get them. What she found instead was a dead body.

She gently closed Tony's eyes before letting silent tears fall.

No one knew she had been there.

Sam
Sam found out through a newspaper. After his death, Captain America's team had been pardoned. He hadn't left Brooklyn.

The newspaper said in bold letters: TONY STARK COMMITS SUICIDE AFTER FUNERAL OF CAPTAIN AMERICA.

Sam grabbed it, absentmindedly paying for it.

He had never actually blamed Tony, now he was dead. Iron Man was dead.

His friend was dead.