I do not own any of the characters from The Avenger movies or Dark Knight Trilogy. The only ones I do are the OCs sadly, Tony Stark isn't one of them but what can you do? LOL (;

This is a post Age of Ultron, post The Dark Knight Rises fanfic that takes place during Captain America: Civil War. However, this fanfic will not be completely based off of what actually took place in the movies. So if you catch anything different that's not accurate to the movies, just know I purposely made it that way based off what I hope this story flows and develops as.

Pairings: OC/Tony, OC/Steve, OC/Thor, Clintasha, BatCat, past implied Pepperony and past implied Steve/Peggy, past implied… maybe still Bruce Banner/Betty Ross but I'm not sure yet….. There may be more but I'll just play that one by year.

This is my very first attempt at a fanfic based on something from both Nolan-verse batman movies and the Marvel Cinematic Universe so please be gentle. Constructive criticism is ALWAYS welcome but don't be harsh about it pretty please and thank you (:

I'm ALWAYS self-conscious about my grammar and ability to have my stories flow nice and make sense in the way I am hoping to have the plot go so please REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW it helps me know how I'm doing. I also really really want to avoid making any Nolan-verse batman character and MCU character seem too OOC so REVIEWING and letting me know how I'm doing would help because I am always looking for improvement. Be nice about it though, please!(: It's enough I'm hard on myself already enough as it is with various things… that do not need to be mentioned because the last thing I want to be is an annoying burden on you all. I just hope you all enjoy this story (:

WARNING: There will be mentions of mental disorders such as PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), Self-Harm, bulimia, eating disorder, alcoholism and possible Body Dysmorphic Disorder (for those who do not know about that last one, it's basically when someone excessively things of themselves as ugly and imagines flaws that may not even be there.) If any of these things could be a possible trigger for you, I suggest either not reading this story or skipping those parts.

Rated: T possibly M in some chapters for mentions of said mental disorders above, substance abuse, violence, kidnaping, angst, sexual themes, flashbacks of child abuse and all around general bad parenting and torcher, etc.

*Chapters 1 and 2 have been revised*

Chapter 1: Two lost, misunderstood souls

Big, bright green eyes stared at the reflection in the mirror as Victoria Secret Angel Nikki Wayne looked herself over while she was preparing for her latest photoshoot. Nikki has gotten the bad rep of being the stuck up, self-centered, snobby, flirtatious spoiled bratty baby sister of Gotham's very own genius playboy billionaire philanthropist who's considered to be the world's greatest detective as well as fluent in multiple different languages Bruce Wayne by day, and the watchful protector, silent guardian, caped crusader, dark knight vigilante known as the batman by night. Of cores while her brother was well respected and showered with a combination of admiration and praise on a daily bases up until his apparent 'death', which now leaves her casted out in her big brother's shadow. Nikki was always the victim of TMZ, the tabloids attacked her so many times throughout the years that it was as if she was the tabloids personal punching bag… oh and not to mention all of Gotham feels as if she's so talentless and brainless that "sex" is the only thing she's good for because according to them, that's the one and only thing she can actually get right. People looked down at her with disgust while they looked up to her older brother as if Bruce was untouchable. Nikki laughed just thinking about it before shaking her head. It's funny because the very same people who not only kissed, but also practically made out with the ground Bruce Wayne walked on are the very same people who condemned him without even knowing that they were when he wore the cape and cowl. Sure, they had stopped casting out the batman ever since he flew that bomb out over the water past the bay. This was around the same time that they begin treating Bruce's so called 'resting place' as if it were some tourist area to take pictures of his grave site for a souvenir, which made her sick to her stomach. Kind of think of it, they didn't really care about Bruce Wayne either. They just pretended to be interested in his life for show. Which gave her all the more reason to loathe Gotham. The fact that very few people knew that Bruce Wayne and the Batman were one in the same did bother her. Although Bruce seemed to be the pride and joy of Gotham while she was condemned to be nothing more than a slut that parades around in lingerie all day. She didn't really give a shit that they felt that way about her though. She figured they were just jealous that she was hot enough to be chosen by Victoria Secret to model for their stores worldwide. Anyway, despite being the handpicked prince of Gotham, the press often gave Bruce Wayne a hard time as well. The media labelled him as nothing more than the airheaded drunken playboy billionaire who burned down his own house years ago involving his showdown with Ras Al Ghul and fight with scarecrow. If only they knew the truth. If only they knew that Bruce was truly the hero who saved a whole city from turning to ashes and dust. Only a select few knew that he was the batman. Those few people are commissioner Gordon, their family butler Alfred Pennyworth, trusted employee of Wayne Enterprises Lucius Fox, herself, and Gotham's latest watchful protector Night wing aka now ex detective John Blake.. Except his real name is Robin. However, her, Alfred, Lucius Fox and obviously Selina remain to be the only ones who knew Bruce Wayne was alive and well. She often caught the same ignorant people who condemned the batman to hell admiring the statue built in honor of his memory in city hall. She just scoffed at that and couldn't help but roll her eyes.

"Of cores, they finally show that they care when they think the batman's dead and can't see it for himself how much they love and appreciate him." Nikki thought out loud with venom in her voice and she spat out every word.

Of cores, this doesn't excuse what her older brother put her through. Despite being a hero to everyone else, Bruce Wayne was just the batman to Nikki. Dressing up as a giant bat every night wasn't enough to make him a hero to her, not after all the shit that he's put her through. While he was enjoying himself in Florence with Selina Kyle, who's alter ego is 'cat woman' acting as if nothing happened, Nikki spent her days mourning him, crying over his grave on sleepless nights until the Wayne family butler Alfred who also served as a father figure to both her and Bruce ever since their parents were tragically killed when Bruce was 8 and she was 5, practically had to drag her inside. Nikki couldn't sleep, couldn't eat… it was so bad that Alfred threatened to shove a feeding tube down her mouth himself if she didn't at least take a few bites of the meals he'd prepare for her. Nikki mentally cursed Bruce for putting her through all that pain after Alfred had gotten back from his trip to France and told her the good news about Bruce Wayne being alive. She didn't know whether to be happy that Bruce was still with them or angry at Bruce for not writing, calling or even texting her to let her know that he survived the blast. Kind of think of it, Bruce hasn't even bothered to contact her at all for the past 3 years. The last time she has ever heard from her brother was before the explosion. The only person who would hear from him from time to time is Alfred. Nikki doesn't even bother asking Alfred anymore if Bruce has asked about her lately because she knows the answer is probably no. She's come to the conclusion a long time ago that Bruce could care less about her. For all she knows, Bruce cares more about Gotham, a city that at one point, wouldn't think twice to dose his mouth with hose if he were drowning, than he cares about his own flesh and blood. Despite her conflicted feelings and complicated sibling relationship with her brother, her views on Gotham remains the same. Bruce being alive and well still doesn't excuse the fact to her that the god forsaken city of Gotham waited to show their love and appreciation for the batman when it is believed that he's dead so that he can't even be able to see that they care. Nikki scoffed at that thought. She hated Gotham… mainly because of how unfairly they mistreated her brother when he was the batman. One thing she can relate to Selina Kyle about is the subject of Gotham. Thinking about cat woman suddenly brightened up the darkness of her mood a little. A small chuckle escaped her rosy lips as she recalled the moment Bruce had first described to her of how they met. However, after all the shit that went down afterwards, whoever thought Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle would end up together? Two completely different individuals… yet at the same time, relate to each other in more ways than the average couple. Despite how she currently feels about her brother selfishly erasing her from his life to begin a new one with the cat burglar, she had to admit they were perfect for each other. Nikki would be lying if she said she wasn't happy for Bruce. Despite steeling from their family, and the cold, distant front Selina was putting on, she could see clearly that cat woman had developed strong feelings for her brother. Selina Kyle had fallen in love with Bruce Wayne. Whenever Selina tried to deny it, it only made it that much more obvious that her heart belonged to the caped crusader. It was refreshing to see someone cared that much about Bruce Wayne. Especially after all he's been through from losing Rachel Dawes to taking the fall for the murder of Gotham's precious white knight, the district attorney Harvey Dent, which was later discovered that Harvey, who actually turned out to be 'two-face' wasn't exactly the saint that everyone thought he was and batman only did what was necessary to save Commissioner Gordon's family. Speaking of Rachel Dawes, Nikki had to admit it was nice to see someone like Selina, who actually returned Bruce's feelings and didn't beat around the bush about things like she did. Rachael merely played with Bruce and used his love for her to drag him around like a doll on a string. Don't take any of this the wrong way, growing up, Nikki and Rachel, along with Bruce were practically inseparable. Nikki, Rachel and Bruce shared a bond that put the three musketeers to shame. The three of them did everything together. Sadly enough though, as time went on, her and Rachel slowly drifted apart. Though Rachel and Bruce remained good friends, even for them, it wasn't the same as before. At one point Rachel even admitted so to Bruce. Although her and Rachel were pretty much strangers leading up to the time of her death, Nikki was still saddened by it. Rachel's passing hit Bruce a hell of a lot harder though. Nikki went through the whole grieving process like anyone else would with someone they knew their whole life. However, it didn't take Nikki nearly as long as Bruce to grieve. In truth, up to this day, Nikki never fully understood why it took Bruce 8 long years to finally recover from Rachel's death. Nikki missed Rachel too but to take THAT long to get past the same woman who intentionally played with his heart by giving him false hope that they'd be together all the while getting cozy with Harvey Dent is a bit much in her honest opinion. Rachel didn't deserve to die for it, but still. Nikki will always be grateful to Selina Kyle for, though it wasn't initially part of the cat burglar's to do list, pulling Bruce out of that downward spiral of his. Ever since meeting her for the first time, Bruce had done everything in his power to hide the fact that he returned Selina's feelings but Nikki and Alfred could see right through his excuses and so called reasons not to care for the thief. The only thing that Nikki held against cat woman was the fact that she had stolen her mother's pearls. The very pearls that are Nikki's birthstone… the very pearls she had hoped would be passed down to her as a family arum. Nikki was extremely close with her mother Martha Wayne so it would have been an honor for her. Of cores, from what she gathered from eavesdropping on Alfred's occasional phone conversations with Bruce, she had learned Bruce himself decided to give Selina those pearls as a gift despite knowing how important they were to Nikki for them to be passed on to her. Then again, that didn't surprise Nikki. Bruce Wayne has always put his sister last so she's used to it. Selina Kyle had no say in the matter so it really wasn't her fault. She also couldn't blame Selina for taking a liking to the pearls. She liked Selina. She pretty much idolized Selina's style, her ability to kick ass with such elegance all the while remaining graceful and looking good when doing so. Not to mention, it was Selina who truly understood her brother better than anyone and saw past the mask he wore. Not the cowl, no, the one he wore for the public when he was being the eccentric playboy billionaire Bruce Wayne. Albeit, Selina didn't exactly have a conventional way of showing it, she grew to care deeply for Bruce. Cat woman just had her own kind of twisted way of showing batman how much she truly loved him. That being said, Nikki couldn't hate Selina Kyle if she even wanted to. Overall, Nikki was quite the 'the bat and the cat shipper'. While other girls want a love like Romeo and Juliet, Nikki wants a love like batman and cat woman's. She wants someone who could understand her the way her brother Bruce understands Selina and vise versa…. She wouldn't really care if she and her significant other didn't always see eye to eye, but at the same time, her ideal dream guy would be someone who could be her equal, understand the "arrogant, smart mouthed, flirtatious filthy rich spoiled rotten, attention seeking baby of the Wayne family" front she puts up to hide who she really is and that's a deeply insecure little girl who suffers with anxiety, self-image issues and other related mental disorders who just wants to be loved.

"Who am I kidding? No guy would ever fall in love with me. No guy is interested in a serious relationship with me. They all want one thing from me for one night then forget about me afterwards. I'm nothing but a good fling in all men's eyes. I'm not worthy of anything more."

Nikki hurriedly stopped a tear from escaping her eye, training herself to get herself together, forcing her mind off her thoughts. The last thing Nikki needed was to ruin her professionally done make up right before getting in front of the camera that so adored her. Sighing heavily, she trained her hair to stay in the one spot her personal hairstylist fixed up for her before bringing her attention to the slight scar on her upper left thigh gently tracing it with her finger. She shut her eyes tightly as she let out a deep shaky breath accompanied by a heavy sigh. Nikki used her best efforts to block out the horrible memory of how she received that scar. She quickly applied a special kind of blush that matched her skin color to cover up the scar. After she finished, she quickly looked herself again once over before heading out of her dressing room prepared to get started with her latest shoot.

Elsewhere,

Genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist, Tony Stark, skilled inventor and CEO of Stark Industries, the invincible ironman himself was currently…. Not being any of the above. In fact, in this moment one might say a toddler was being better behaved than he was at the time being. In his defense, it was for a pretty damn good reason.

"Look Nicole, I already said I won't do it. Now if you don't understand what no means there's this nice little invention called the dictionary that you can look up the very definition of NO in. Or if you're like me and have better things to do than spend all day tirelessly flipping through pages, there's always Siri. I mean, granted she's no JARVIS but let's be honest here, not everyone can have someone as awesome and helpful as my AI. Let's face it, the best things in life belong to the best, which would be well, me of cores!"

Tony paused for a second with a smug smirk forming on his lips before continuing, "Then again, you have no life anyway except for sitting on your lazy ass as the director of SHIELD shouting off orders getting others to do your dirty work risking their lives… doing stuff like flying a nuke into outter space which everyone seemed to forget about the moment I created Ultron. Because if anyone bothered to remember my little one way field trip to outter space, carrying a nuke on my back that would explode in a mere matter of seconds, you'd all see I intended to do something good. However, like always, I screwed up…."

And I lost the woman I love as a result…. That alone is a punishment in itself… I don't need anyone else's input on anything they think they have the right to judge me for. It's always just my da- Howard's words paraphrased back in my face anyway one way or another. Nothing I haven't already heard before. And honestly? I agree with every single degrading word that anyone and everyone has ever said about me. They're all right. There's no other way to put it. The truth is the truth. While my fath- Howard was the world's greatest businessman who helped defeat the Nazis, never stopped searching for the perfect, Captain America… the hero a zero like me will never be, I am and always will be a fuck up.

Tony thought to himself as he brought the glass of scotch that he had been nursing with his hand to his lips. The liquid quickly easing the emotional pain away the second it hit his mouth. Soon enough, his typical 'cocky genius' attitude returned. Thus masking any real emotion he may be feeling deep down inside.

"But I still recommend Siri over using a dictionary for your sake…. She's most likely going to be the only 'woman' that will ever give you the time of day in your miserable life anyways." Tony couldn't help but let out a chuckle. Jenny, Tony Stark's sassy younger sister gave him a look that screamed 'DO YOU WANT TO GET KILLED?' Tony just brushed it off.

"What? What the fuck can Nick Fury do to me over the phone? He can't do shit but curse up a storm like he always does when he gets all pissed off and whiny like a little sissy when he doesn't get what he wants. Even if we were in the same room. He's all talk, no action. He wouldn't hurt me….. Not that he can, anyway." Tony spoke to Jenny in a very 'Stark' like manner removing the phone from his ears until Nick Fury was finished throwing the F bomb. Tony had always found it amusing how everyone else was so intimidated by Fury and his temper. To Tony, watching Fury go through his little temper tantrums was a hell of a lot funnier than any comedy he has ever seen or possibly will ever see in the near future.

"God damn it Stark! I'm not asking you to create it I'm ORDERING you to! And stop calling me that!"

"What? Isn't Nick just supposed to be short for Nicole? Beside the point, you should know I don't take orders from anyone! It's just not me. Also, I am well aware that you're not asking. Asking isn't your thing. You just demand everything."

"I'm afraid you have no other choice! And to answer your question, NO!" Nick fury seethed.

"Of cores I do! Do you even know who you're talking to? There's a reason why I don't play well with others. I'd be surprised you haven't figured that out by now but then again you don't have the IQ I have. As a matter of fact, you don't even have the IQ of a 5 year old! You just have the temper tantrum of one whenever you don't get what you want!" Fury was clearly getting on Tony's last nerve….

"Watch your mouth Stark! If you're not careful your ego can become your downfall." Tony can practically feel the death glare Fury shot him through the phone and couldn't help but snicker.

"Is that a threat, Nicole? Because if it is…. You're going to have to try harder because guess what? I've fought guys scarier than you. I've even went as far as threatening a terrorist on live national television! I'm not afraid of a guy who looks like he's trying too hard to cosplay as captain Jack Sparrow from Pirates of The Caribbean only to look like a bald headed eyepatch dude who just… well sucks so bad at cosplaying he takes his frustrations out on successful people like me."

Nick Fury just sighed now just simply stating, "You can take it however way you want. Just do as I say, Stark." He sighed.

"And I already told you, no."

"God damn it Stark! You WILL create the mother fucking Robot for SHIELD and you will do it NOW!"

"mm no I'm not. Right now I'm actually getting ready for a date I have with not one, but two wom-"

"I don't give a damn to hear about your playboy habits! All I care about is that you get started on creating that robot I want you to create!" Nick Fury said beginning to lose his temper again.

"And if I don't?" Tony replied nonchalantly

"Then there will be hell to pay." Tony couldn't help but laugh out loud at Fury's response.

"Want to know what happened last time someone threatened me into slaving for them, Nicole? It happened in Afghanistan. A group of terrorists threatened to kill me if I didn't create some type of Jericho missile for them. Did I listen? Of cores not! Because no one and I mean no one tells everyone's favorite genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist Tony Stark what to do! So instead of doing what THEY practically forced me into doing which they failed miserably, by the way. I built myself my first iron man suit and let's just say the ending result wasn't too pretty for them. I fried their sorry asses…. Literally. Now if that's not enough to convince you that threatening me into being ordered around would NOT end in your favor then I'm afraid you're going to have to learn the hard way! And trust me Fury, you do NOT want to go there with me. I've said it before and I'll say it again I WILL NOT BE CREATING ANYTHING ANYMORE! Not for SHIELD, not for you and certainly not for the avengers either, got that Nicole? I'm DONE!" Tony snapped suddenly having enough of this conversation with the SHIELD director. His sister Jenny couldn't help but jump a little at the amount of venom in his voice when he mentioned his now ex-teammates. The amount of sudden…. Dare she say, hatred in Tony's tone was even enough to silent Nick Fury… which really says a lot because normally nothing can get past that man.

After what seemed like forever, a much softer, feminine voice could be heard on the other line.

"Mr. Stark, please just do it?"

Tony felt a playful smirk reach his lips losing the hostility he felt moments before replacing it with his 'playboy billionaire' persona, "Well hello SHIELD Agent Heather! To whom I have the pleasure of speaking to. I'll gladly oblige...Where at? My place or yours? Entirely up to you but I suggest my beautifully rebuilt house right here in Mali-"

"I didn't mean THAT you dirty little man whore!" Heather raised her voice in annoyance before quickly taking a deep breath and putting herself together again in an effort to remain professional. She let out a heavy sigh as she continued in a much calmer tone, "Don't let this get to your head because well…. It's huge enough already and the last thing anyone needs is for it to grow even larger but… no one else has the geniuses you have to build such a machine. And contrary to popular belief Mr. Fury doesn't want to take any drastic measures to get you to cooperate but there would really be no other way around it…."

Tony rolled his eyes, "blaaa bla bla bla bbbbblllllaaaaa this conversation is getting really boring and I am too tired to argue any longer. And it's getting way to exhausting to always come up with a witty reply to Nicole over there….. Agent Heather, I'm just going to say this one last time in the nicest way possible, I refuse. If Fury wants it THAT badly tell him to go create it himself. Okay? Do you people not remember what happened the last time I went and created something similar to want Fury is aski- oh I'm sorry, DEMANDING me to? Because if not, allow me to refresh your memory for you. I invented a robot with the intention of creating world peace, right? So that whenever a new problem arises, everyone's favorite boy band the avengers can enjoy life more instead of consistently always having to fight off new threats constantly because life's way too short to not take a breather once in a while. Now keep in mind, I'm not a psychic, I can't see into the future. Okay? SPOILER ALERT, despite what everyone believes, Tony Stark is only human, okay? Even I'm not conceited enough to believe that I'm perfect because any norse god from ASS-guard knows I'm far from it. So when that said robot named Ultron decided to become a heartless, murderous killing machine despite what everyone likes to think, that definitely WASN'T my doing! Because mark my words Agent Heather, if I knew that the very piece of garbage I was creating was going to go on and plan to destroy the whole human race, kill that scarlet bitch's brother, who by the way SHE'S the one responsible for fucking with my head in the first place but NO somehow I STILL get all the blame but whatever oh and most importantly, Ultron killed the one and only woman who ever meant any damn thing to me besides sex! Do you honestly think I would have done what I did if I knew that would happen?! That woman… the love of my life is dead because of something I built! You belong in a mental institution if you honestly expect me to make the same mistake twice! Because the next person that it could cost me is yet another one of my closest friends. There's no way in hell I'm losing Happy or Rhodey on top of Pe- her." Tony let out a shakily breath he held in for the longest time, swallowing the lump that formed in his throat shutting his eyes tightly for a moment stopping the sudden tears that came without warning from escaping his eyes. He could hear the newly hired agent fresh out of college sigh on the other line before finally replying.

"Tony, please no one else has the ability you have… You got a gift with that. Regardless of what you choose to believe, we're actually trying to help you. Our goal is to help you redeem yourself. We liked the idea you had before by creating a robot who can aid in world peace. Things could be different this time…." Heather said softly.

"Can you promise me it wouldn't be another Ultron situation, huh? Can you, little rookie?"

"Um… I… I-"Heather really didn't know how to respond to that.

"You can't can you? Sorry, but I'm not gonna risk it. I'm not gonna risk losing anyone else that I care about due to my own hands." Tony emotionally said glancing towards his younger sister Jenny, who shot him a slight sympathetic smile. Normally, Jenny had a sassy vibe to her. Her main goal was to always one up her brother. However, being a witness to this whole conversation he's been having first with Fury then SHIELD's latest hired agent has her feeling really bad for him. The way the conversation was going she only knew it was a matter of time until the touchy subject of Pepper Potts came up. Pepper… it felt like just yesterday when Jenny, Tony, James Rhode's and the other avengers were partying it out. They were taking turns trying to lift Thor's hammer. Thor, her secret crush. Jenny tried lifting the hammer for the sole purpose to impress the demigod of thunder. Sadly, she failed. Then again, she was no Jane Foster so why even try in the first place? She's not stupid. She has overheard Thor praising Jane as if she was a goddess herself. While Tony couldn't stop raving over Pepper… Which reminds her back to the whole tragic story regarding Virginia Potts. As they took turns failing at lifting Thor's hammer, a scream was heard seemingly out of nowhere. The look of pure horror in Tony's eyes when they all recognized the voice that the scream belonged to. Tony's first instinct was to rush down to the lab. Before he could even get there however, Ultron made his presence known into the living room of the Avenger's tower. That was when Ultron spouted out something about how he's already killed somebody. Before anything more could be said, Tony dashed for the lab… the avengers following… Jenny was scared of what they may discover. Scared her brother would never be the same again because of it. Turns out she was right. Jenny slowly followed the band of superheroes from behind. Her own two feet forcing her to move though she was too frightened to even peak in let alone enter the half destroyed lab. She had to bite back a sob herself at what she saw. Pepper had not only been Tony's assistant turned girlfriend, she had also become her good friend. She didn't come by those too often. Right there in the wreckage caused by Ultron sat Tony surrounded by the other shocked, shaken up avenger with his bloodshot watery eyes cradling the strawberry blonde unable to except that she was gone and never coming back. Bruce Banner's eyes having a tint of green in them. Steve had a look of pure sorrow on his face. Barton looked ready to kill someone. That someone being Ultron because he was the one who took the very life away from an innocent woman who did nothing but go to check up on everything only to have her life ended for it. Even Natasha, who always had a cold, neutral look on her face looked as if she wanted to cry but held back. She developed a close bond with Pepper too during the time she worked for Stark undercover. However, nothing compared to the impact Pepper's death had on Tony. The fact that Thor grabbed him by his throat only made matters worse. What was with these norse gods grabbing her brother by the throat anyway? First Loki, now her crush. Surprisingly enough it was the Captain who made Thor let go of him. At least with Loki though, Tony actually fought back. With Thor, he just looked so…. Broken like he wanted to have the life choked out of him. Jenny would never forget the look of grief, loss, pain… (Were those even strong enough words to describe it) in his eyes that fateful night. The inventor was never the same again. Jenny feared he never will be as she continued to eavesdrop on their conversation.

"Did I forget to mention that I'm also not prepared to be condemned by the entire universe and beyond on top of dealing with the pain of losing someone close to me… wait" Tony couldn't resist the chuckle that escaped his lips all of a suddenly.

"I see EXACTLY what you and your band of misfits are trying to pull and yeah, hate to burst your bubble but yeah, it's not happening. You PURPOSELY want me to invent some type of robot secretly hoping that history repeats itself. It's all planned to make me look like the evil genius who messed up yet AGAIN while some thawed out 95 year old super soldier gets all the credit by fixing Tony's mistakes… because we all know Tony Stark is just one gigantic screw up while Steve Rogers can't seem to do anything wrong and there you have it! Iron Man becomes the hated villain while Captain America is the beloved hero who saved all of humanity! And to think you have the gull to lie and say you want to help me." Tony sarcastically snorted darkly.

"That's not…. We're not even thinking like that!" Agent Heather defended obviously offended by how lowly the billionaire thinks of SHIELD…. mostly the Avengers, who were at one point not only his friends but mainly more like family. Of cores after everything that went down with Ultron it's not surprising that Tony had a huge fall out with most of the Avengers. Even so, from what Heather heard one would think him and Steve left off on a good note. Steve even told Tony he'd miss him. Heather was willing to bet that the billionaire didn't buy that one bit though by the way he was talking right now. However, that doesn't mean that the other members of earth's mightiest heroes completely hated him. In fact, they don't hate Tony at all for what happened. They just hate what he did that started all of it. Obviously Tony didn't intend for Ultron to become so evil. He actually aimed for the opposite. Even so, that still doesn't excuse the fact that it was solely because of Tony that Ultron existed in the first place. Heather did agree that Tony didn't deserve all the backlash he was getting because of it though on top of losing Pepper… That was a punishment all in itself.

"Bullshit! Besides, everyone sees the way YOU look at Spangles… you obviously have a thing for him so it's really not surprising if you'd be in on it to make Iron Man look bad only for Capsicle to look good!" Tony snapped gravelly.

"Jarvis, cut the call."

"Of cores, Sir." Came the slick British voice through the walls. Tony could have sworn he heard the young agent say something about how her relationship with Steve Rogers was strictly just business. That she was ordered by Fury to teach him about the 21st century…. Something like that but he was a genius and he knew the look she'd give the super soldier. It was so obvious she had it in hard for him. He sighed as he poured himself another glass of scotch and took a swing. It was then he felt his younger sister's eyes on him. Couldn't Jenny leave well enough alone? He thought.

"I don't want to hear it, Jenny. So if there's anything you'd like to say, just keep it to yourself."

"I wasn't going to say anything except… Are you okay?" His normally snotty sister Jenny asked with sincerity receiving a snicker from Tony.

"Am I okay? Well if you had a brain you'd clearly see that I wasn't. I will be though if you and everyone else would just let me be." Tony replied chugging the alcoholic beverage in his hands before pouring himself another one.

"Well forgive me for showing concern for my big brother!" Jenny felt herself becoming a bit agitated by his response.

Tony was beginning to feel a bit uncomfortable with his sister feeling sorry for him.

"Jenny, I prefer the sassy attitude you usually have towards me than your sympathy. Come on, instead of feeling sorry for me, insult me instead, I thought that was your favorite thing to do anyway? I much prefer that because at least that way, things still feel somewhat normal."

Jenny couldn't help but shake her head, "You can't keep pushing people away, Tony. Especially your own flesh and blood. Pepper wouldn't want tha-"

"Don't you even dare go there. Her name is off limits, got that?" Tony said going through another glass of scotch. He was about to pour himself another one when he felt it being yanked away. Sighing in frustration he tells Jenny, "Sis, you should know better that I don't like things being taken away from me. Give that back."

"Not happening. I refuse to sit back and watch my brother kill himself slowly with alcohol. How much have you had to drink anyway, Tony?" Jenny crossed her arms in protest with the already half empty bottle of scotch in one hand.

"I don't owe YOU any explanation. Last time I checked, I'm the older than you now hand over the fucking bottle!"

"No." Jenny stated boldly.

"JARVIS! Jenny took my scotch! Tell her to give it back!" Tony whined to his A.I. which caused him to receive an eye roll from Jenny.

"Stop acting like an overgrown baby! If you're thirsty, I suggest water or milk. I will not allow you to slip up and become an alcoholic again."

"I don't have a drinking problem, Jenny! I just need a little bit to relax. It's the only thing that makes me feel good these days." Tony replied with his eyes taking on a slightly darker shade seemingly offended that Jenny honestly suggested that he had a problem.

"No, you DO have a problem. You're just in denial. Most alcoholics are and you're the perfect example of that."

Tony only glared at her.

"JARVIS!"

"I'm afraid I'm going to have to agree with Ms. Stark's side on this one, Sir." Jarvis's stoic voice came in through the house causing an amused reaction from a smirking Jenny.

"Jarvis, let me ask you something, who created you?"

"You, Sir."

"Exactly, I'm the sole reason you exist. So I suggest you do as I say, got that?"

"But Sir..."

"Jarvis! I don't want to hear it. Not now, not ever. I swear on my parent's graves I will give you a permanent fixture if you don't do as I tell you. Jenny isn't the one that brought you to life, I am."

Jarvis remained silent for a moment before sullenly saying in defeat, "Ms. Stark, please give Sir back his beverage."

"Whatever, here." Jenny acted as if she was going to pass the bottle to Tony before dropping it instead causing a big mess as the glass shattered on the floor.

"Ops"

Tony sent her a death glare, "You did that on purpose!"

"I only did so for your own good rather you chose to believe it or not." Jenny retorted.

Tony Stark groaned before looking at the clock… "Whatever, I don't have time for this, I got not one, but two hot dates. Must not keep them waiting." He said completely ignoring Jenny's last statement.

"I swear you're bipolar or something… no one can go from hostile to being a witty arrogant jerk all in one second like you do."

"Well I guess I'm just talented like that, aren't I?" Tony replied in a much more cheerful tone than the one he's been using with a giant grin plastered on his face as he looked in the mirror fixing his bowtie.

"Tony in all seriousness, you don't have to do this." Jenny sighed ignoring his narcissistic behavior that she's gotten used to.

"Do what, exactly?" Tony questioned slightly confused not knowing what she's trying to get at.

"Shit you don't really want to do just in the family name." Jenny hesitated.

"Who says I don't like a good party full of sexy women? I'll be fine Jenny… see you later… well, more likely tomorrow tending to my every need like the good little sister that you are as I get over yet another hangover?" Tony winked at her deviously.

Jenny sighed in defeat… she knew she wasn't going to win this one so she let it go.

"Have fun" Jenny replied to him sarcastically of course as she heard Happy pull up the drive way outside in a limo with the two women inside.

Tony shut the door behind him and immediately put on that empty smile he's mastered at faking for the public. He was such an incredibly gifted faker that he could have been an actor if he really wanted to be. He had them fouled. He had them all fouled. The tabloids… the media… the press…. Everyone he had everyone fouled. All the magazines and tabloids suggested that he's way over Pepper and throw himself at the first woman he's seen the second he had buried Pepper. The evil media couldn't have been more wrong. He'd see pictures of himself with a couple of movie stars on his arms wearing his trademark cocky playboy billionaire smile. It was headlines like those that made him so angry that even the Hulk would hide behind something just to get away from him. Pepper Potts was his everything, she was the center of his universe, if not, she was theuniverse. Anyone who failed to see that can go to hell for all Tony cared.

As Tony approached the vehicle, Happy greeted him, "Hello Tony."

"Happy, it's good to see you. Now who are these two lovely young women?"

"This is Vienna and Bianca." He introduced them as he opened the car door for Tony to get in, who just flashed the two his signature playboy smile. The women just giggled speaking a foreign language to each other… Tony figured it was French by the sound of it. The girls quickly made room for the billionaire as he sat comfortably in the middle of them wrapping his arms around them.

"So…. Let's get this party started, shall we?" He said planting a kiss on both their foreheads as Happy drove off to their destination. Tony never once taking off his mask… no, not the ironman mask. The genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist Tony Stark, the cocky, sarcastic, textbook narcissistic asshole mask that hid the real Tony... No, not Tony Stark just Tony, the neglected child of Howard Stark Tony, in Tony's true opinion of himself, the failure, a shattered man. He glanced at the two women on each side of him with that empty playboy billionaire smile whispering whatever he assumed they wanted to hear in their ears which got a squeal out of the both of them when in reality what he was really thinking was stuff like these women don't mean anything to me. The only reason I resorted back to my 'playboy billionaire' ways as you all like to put it is to distract myself from the guilt, pain, sorrow and loss I feel. Pepper was the only one I truly loved. I felt something special with her…. I'll never feel that way with anyone else ever again.

Little did Tony Stark know that even a genius like him could be so very wrong with that last sentence, because he would soon meet someone who was sure to snatch his heart out from under him... right when he least expected it.

Okay so there you have it! The very first chapter of my very first fanfic on here! Constructive criticism is welcome but please don't be too harsh! It's my first time writing a post dark knight rises/post Avengers: Age of Ultron crossover and as you already see it's with my own little twist on it! I've had this idea stuck in my head for a long time now. In this post AU fic, the events that happened in Age of Ultron is just like the movie except it included Pepper and I have it planned out with where I'm going with this so it would make sense that she died because of Ultron just so it flows with how I hope this pans out. Opinions on all my OC's are welcome… I hope you'll grow fond of Bruce Wayne's younger sister and future love interest of Ironman's Nikki Wayne too… I promise this will get better… at least, I'll do my best lol. Anyway, Nikki and Tony meet in the next chapter. Thank you to anyone for checking this out. (:

*Chapter revised on January 4th, 2016*