Toni POV

When I woke up later that morning, something felt different. The first thing I realised was that I was strangely cosy. I also heard is weird hum in the left ear.

Last thing I remembered was that I had been adopted and taken to my new home. But by who?

I turned my head to see this blue light shining in my eyes.

Through the light, I saw the famous Tony Stark.

This was who adopted me? This was a lot more than I expected.

I realised that the hum and blue light were from his arc reactor.

Question: Why was I so close to him? I could feel him breathing and everything.

I shifted to get more comfortable, that's when I realised that I was laying in his arms!

I had just met this guy!

I managed to escape Tony's embrace, he didn't wake up much to my relief. I looked around the house. It was still dark but from what I could see it was really nice. Much nicer that the orphanage. I was going to live here now.

I found a set of stairs, I'm guessing led to the bedrooms. I went down a dark hallway and found several bedroom doors. All of them were shut, except one.

I peeked inside, and found a sign on the night stand that read: "Reserved for Toni"

This was my new bedroom. It was huge! I had my own bathroom, T.V, stereo system, everything I could ever want. I might be happy here.

It climbed into bed. The bed was really cosy. I am going to love it here. My friends are going to be so jealous.

Tony POV

I woke up later that morning, kind of dazed. There was a blanket on my lap, I never slept with a blanket on the couch. Why was it here? I was guessing Pepper put it on me. But what was I doing that I ended up falling asleep on the couch?

I saw my bag by the door, it had papers sticking out of it, probably for work. But when I looked at them, they definitely were not from Stark Industries.

They said: "Home for girls adoption file."

Home for girls? That was an orphanage. Why would I have these?

I read further and came across a girl named Antonia Maria Stark.

Great name, but she couldn't have been mine. I don't have any kids.

Below that said: "Legal guardian: Anthony Edward Stark."

So I did have a kid. A daughter. I must have adopted her and totally forgot.

I went upstairs to the bedrooms, one of the doors was open a crack. I peeked in and saw a girl sleeping in the bed, covers pulled up to her chin.

This had to be her. That meant she was my daughter.

I walked over to the bed an gently kissed her. She moaned and stirred a bit in her sleep.

I looked at the clock, 7:30am.

I had a meeting to attend in about an hour. I went to go get dressed.

Pepper was already up and dressed by the time I got to our bedroom.

"How is she?" Pepper asked after we had our "Good morning" kiss.

"She's still sleeping." I said as I changed into my work clothes.

"Hey Pep"

"Yes" she said, turning to me.

"Do you think that we could Skype them meeting today?" I asked

"What. Why?" She asked very confused.

"I don't...think it would make a difference. We're there either way" I said shrugging my shoulders.

"What is it?" Pepper came over to me. "What's the matter?"

She had her way of getting answers out of me, I had no way around it.

"I don't want to leave Toni!" I exclaimed.

"She'll be just fine, the team is here, and J.A.R.V.I.S. She'll be safe as the president" Pepper said gleefully.

She clearly did not understand.

"Don't tell me your that attached to her already!" She could read me almost as good as Natasha.

"OK. If you say so" I had brought my daughter home only a few hours ago and I did not want her to be alone.

But Pepper was right, she had plenty of people here for her.

But there was one person we had forgotten about.

"Well you two are certainly in a worrisome mood today." a voice from the hallway said.

We both turned to see Pepper's nineteen-year-old nephew, Jason, standing in our doorway. After his parents died when he was six, Pepper took him in. He's been like a son to me.

"Hey Jason. I'm sure you heard that I adopted a girl. And Pepper and I have meetings to attend to and I was kind of uncomfortable with the fact that I was leaving her home." I said quickly.

"Don't worry, she'll be just fine. I won't let anyone hurt her." Jason said

I felt a bit better about leaving Toni home. But what would she think when she got up and found that she was home with a teenage boy?

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"Tony!" Pepper called from downstairs, "We're going to be late!"

I was in Toni's room, kissing her goodbye. I left a note for her on her nightstand.

"I'll see you later baby." I said softly before I left the room.