Ayoo! So this was based on a prompt I saw on Tumblr, one of many reblogged by the fantastic AlexaNDYE, who you should go check out if you haven't. This will be set when Pepper and Tony are around fifteen and goes on from there in a back and forth kind of way. Each chapter will be either Pepper or Tony, maybe with a few special guest appearances, but feel free to hit me up with any requests!
October 12th 1989
To Virginia,
Hi, I guess. My name's Tony Stark, I'm fifteen and from Long Island, and I got your name out of a hat at school, so…yeah. I don't really know what to write.
Um, how are you? What's Connecticut like? Long Island is kind of hit and miss, we're like New York's little brother, and New York gets all the attention. I'm kind of like that too, except I don't have any older siblings, but I still get ignored.
Anyway, I'm in high school obviously, I'm gonna graduate soon, I'm kind of like a boy genius. I'm supposed to be going to MIT, like Dad did, and become an engineer. I like taking things apart and building stuff. I built my own robot last year, I'll send a picture with this letter so you can see. My hair doesn't look like it does in the picture any more, thank God. But anyway, when I graduate from MIT, I guess I'll go work for my Dad. He owns this company that, uh, makes weapons, which is kind of cool. He won't let me play around with any of that stuff, but I've seen how they're all manufactured and stuff, and I get to sit in on meetings sometimes. They're kind of boring. I think when I run the company, I'm gonna make it so I don't have to go to any. Maybe I'll just send my assistant. Or my assistant's assistant.
I can't really think of anything else to say, but if you've got any questions, go right ahead. My teacher says we're supposed to do this whole thing for a year, I promise my next letter will be more interesting.
See ya,
Tony Stark
