Johanna Reid nay Stark
A/N So I'm starting another o/c fic even though I really should finish my other ones but this has been bugging me so here we go again. I plan to include all of the Avengers as well as Peter Parker in this story, other characters from the MCU may be mentioned but they'll be the main ones. By the way this is going to be set in a bit of an AU where the events of civil war didn't happen and the avengers are still living in avenger's tower in New York but Peter is about where he is post Civil War i.e. Tony knows about him and has given him the suit but the rest of the world doesn't know who he is including the other avengers, hope this makes sense. Oh and JARVIS is still around as an AI so no vision as confusing as this all is but it's my story so I'll do as I please
Prologue
Sandy was in a bar in Manhattan in December of 2000 when she met him, he barged in at about 1:00am stumbling around loud and demanding a drink. She never normally would have even thought to go near a guy like him but she'd just broken up with her boyfriend of 3 years and she was angry and more than slightly drunk herself. She walked straight up to him an asked if he wanted to dance with her, something fast-paced was pouring out of the stereo in the corner of the room and she was feeling bold. He looked her up and down in a side glance and put his drink down on the bar extending his hand to her, they walked to the centre of the room and joined the other people already dancing and danced around laughing together losing track of time.
By 3:00am the bar was emptying and it was clear he wanted to leave, so after a moment's deliberation clear on his face, he asked her if she wanted to come with him. She didn't even hesitate before grabbing her jacket off the stool by the bar and taking his hand, they stepped out into the freezing night air and he quickly walks over to an Audi parked illegally on the curb. They got in and he drove her to a hotel that she could never possibly afford normally, he parked at the entrance and instantly someone stepped up to take his keys which he simply tossed in their direction. She scurried after him feeling distinctly out of place and starting to wonder just who this man was, she didn't recognise him but then again, she didn't really keep up to date much with news so he could be famous for all she knew. He strides past the reception and none of the staff bat an eyelid at this man walking into their hotel without warning at 3 in the morning followed by a nervous looking woman, they get in the elevator and he leans over kissing her on the neck. She jumps at first but relaxes soon and even returns the kiss on his cheek. The door to the elevator opens into what must be the penthouse and she stumbles in shock, everything in the room looks like it would fund her for the rest of her life. She steps in carefully now feeling completely out of place but he pulls her towards the bed, already undoing the back of her dress.
When she wakes up in the morning she can't remember anymore after that point but she can fill in the blanks since she wakes up naked in the bed still in the penthouse, feeling the other side of the bed, she finds it empty and knows that he's gone already. She sits up and notices a piece of paper on the bedside table next to her, to her surprise it has her name on the front; Sandy Reid. She picks it up and unfolds it.
"Sandy,
Thanks for an amazing night but we could never take it further. I'm sorry.
From
Well, you'll figure it out."
She re-folded the note and put it back down, what the hell had she gone and done?
6 Weeks Later
Sandy looked down at the little blue plus sign and sighed, now she was really done for, no boyfriend, minimum wage job and now she's pregnant. She could have an abortion but she had been raised Christian and even though she didn't really hold onto all the aspects of it, she just couldn't bring herself to go and get the abortion. Her parents had died years ago and she has no family left, this child could give her the family she had wanted so desperately for years. So, she made the bravest decision of her life and kept the baby, she worked hard looking for jobs wherever she could and saving money so she could be ready. It wasn't until late one night when she was watching the news rubbing at her 8-month pregnancy bump that she saw him again and realised that the father of her child was the one and only Tony Stark.
