Unknown to SHIELD, Bruce Banner keeps in contact with his nephew while on the run. Mostly, it's through anonymous chat rooms, but once in awhile he can send a letter to let him know that he's okay. It's weird to think that of all his family, he is especially close to Artie. Maybe it's because he can kind of understand what Bruce feels about the other guy. Artie has his chair, and Bruce has the Hulk. In a strange way, they understand each other. Both feel limited by their burdens to bear, but are trying to move past it. Whenever he moves to somewhere new, Artie gets a postcard. The last one was from India. Then New York happens, and Bruce wasn't able to contact Artie for awhile. When he does, Artie tells him that he was worried about him and would like to see him.

"Tony, can I ask a favor of you?" Bruce asked Tony when they were working in the lab at Stark Tower.
"Sure thing."
"Do you think you could get me to Ohio? Quietly?" Bruce asked.
"What's in Ohio? An old flame?"
"Not exactly. My sister and nephew live in Ohio and I wanted to see them, and since I'm back and more in the open, I thought now would be a good time."
"Of course. But I'm going with you. No arguments."

Three days later, Tony and Bruce found themselves in Lima.
"So where are you meeting your family Bruce?"
"My nephew told me to come visit him after school. He said something about the choir room."
"Choir room? Crap."

"Artie? Why are you so excited?" Blaine asked as they were packing up in the choir room.
"My uncle is coming to visit today. He should be here any minute now...Uncle Bruce!"
"Hey Artie! It's good to see you!" Bruce said as he hugged his nephew. Artie was so excited to see his uncle that he didn't see who he was with. The same could not be said for Blaine, who stared slack-jawed at the other man.
"T-Tony Stark." He stuttered.
"So I am, kid. The one and only."
Their exchange finally alerted Artie to Tony's presence.
"Damn! Tony Stark! I'm a big fan!"
While Artie talked to Tony, Bruce took the time to watch Blaine. He was staring at Tony like he knew him. Bruce was about to start talking to him, but just as he was about to speak, Blaine muttered a quick "bye" and ran out of the choir room.
"Hey, why did Blaine run off so fast?" Artie asked.
"I don't know. One minute he was looking at Tony and the next he was gone. I don't know what happened," Bruce said.
"Strange," Artie replied. "He always talked about how great he thought Tony Stark is. I would have thought he would have wanted to hang around."
Bruce thought he saw something then, but decided to ask Artie about it later.
"So why are we in the choir room?" Tony asked, changing the subject.
"Oh, I had glee club as my last class today, so I thought I'd meet you here so I could show you the room," Artie explained.
"Glee club? As in show choir?"
"Yeah. There are 15 of us. We perform and compete against show choirs from other schools."
"That sounds..."
"Tony."
"Exciting?"
Artie showed Bruce and Tony the room and the various trophies that the club had won. When they were through, Artie told them that his mother was expecting them.
"You know, she really wants to see you uncle Bruce. She's been so worried."
"Yeah Bruce! I'd like to meet this sister of yours. I bet she would tell me embarrassing childhood stories about you!" Tony exclaimed.
"You know what my childhood was like Tony."
"Yes, but there might be something!"

After dinner at the Abrams house with promises to Artie that they would be back for breakfast the next day, Bruce and Tony return to their hotel room.
"So, Tony. What did you do to Artie's friend that made him run off?"
"Nothing. He just stared at me."
"Did you meet him before? It looked like he knew you."
"I doubt it. It's not like I make it to Ohio very often. Though there was that one time like 17 years ago that I got stuck here for a day. My flight was delayed so I hit the nearest bar and hooked up with someone. But the kid is a teenager, so I don't think he would have even been alive then..." Tony babbled on. Bruce had a thought then, but decided he would tell Tony when they got back to New York.

"Blaine, are you okay? You ran out of the choir room pretty quickly," Artie asked when he called Blaine after dinner that night.
"I'm fine."
"If you're sure."
Artie could sense that Blaine didn't want to talk about it anymore, so their conversation over on to glee club and what they thought about Shue's latest assignment. Blaine went quiet after awhile and just as Artie was going to check that the call hadn't been dropped, Blaine mumbled something into the phone.
"I'm sorry Blaine, I couldn't hear you. What did you say?"
"I'm not okay. I'm sorry for running out today, but I was surprised. You know how I told you that my dad is actually my step-dad?"
"Yeah."
"My mom married Harold when I was five. I kept on asking her who my biological father was, and she finally told me when I was ten. I've never met him. Artie, my dad is Tony Stark."
"Wait what?"
"He doesn't know. No one knows but me, my mom, and now you. You can't tell anyone. Especially your uncle. Please. Not even Kurt knows."
"I won't tell anyone. You have my word. But whoa! Tony Stark is your dad. Man, that is so...I don't even know."
"I know."

The next day, when Tony was busy on the phone with Pepper, Bruce quietly asked Artie about Blaine.
"Hey is your friend Blaine okay?"
"He's fine. He's just dealing with some family stuff right now. He actually met his biological father recently and he's working through that," Artie said coyly.
Bruce didn't respond but Artie could tell that his comment had him deep in thought.