Mini Stark
Beeps filled the small hospital room, Tony sat next to the bed and Sarah lay there, sleeping.
Pepper quietly came in and got Tonys attention. "PST! Tony, I need you"
He walked out after pepper "what?"
"Tony, she will be fine, you need to take your calls! And what am I going to tell the press? How am I going to cover this one up?"
"Pepper, please? I'm trying to be a parent for once."
The two talked at the same time so neither ones point got to the other.
Pepper rubbed her forehead a couple times, "fine, look, I have to tell them something…so…I'm going to say you all went for a drive and she broke an axle or something"
"That's why I love ya" tony said with a small smile spreading across his face.
He walked back into the room. It was cold and Sarah's brown hair dominated the pillow she slept on. Tony smiled at her while she slept.
The heart monitor kept a slow steady pace, "Good job Tony," he said to himself. "You get something great, and you blow it up".
"Seems as though…you do that every time you get your hands on something" a women's voice said from behind him.
He turned around and a woman in scrubs stood there with a clipboard in her arms.
"Jessica?" he stuttered.
"Um, yes? Ya know the women you had a one night stand with?" she said with a slight dagger in her voice.
"Look, I have changed; something new came up and changed my view." He explained.
"Like what tony? An STD?" she said curtly.
Tony paused and got a bit serious. "No, something not so negative"
"Then what?" she said with a hand on her hip. She stood next to Sarah's bed.
"A daughter…" he said smiling.
She went silent; for the first time in that whole time she had an expression that wasn't an unhappy one.
"a what?"
"A daughter…" he nodded his head toward Sarah in the bed.
"This is your daughter? What happened?"She said sitting next to her on the bed.
"This guy came outta nowhere and…" Tony paused "the axle broke in her car…"
"Oh my goodness Tony!" she said sitting on his lap.
Tony pushed her away and stood next to the bed. "Look I need to be there for her now, ya know. She is…sensitive"
"I'm sensitive now?" Sarah said giggling.
"Well, I uh…" Tony said
"Hello hunny! You're awake" Jessica said talking like she was 2.
"Yes hunny and I prefer to make this quick, I need to get home to Jarvis." Sarah said crossing her arms.
"Just like her father" Jessica said to Tony.
Tony smiled and looked at Sarah. "Well, jess, how long will she be here? We have a couple press conferences to appear at"
"Tony, she's hurt" Jessica pointed out; as if he could forget.
Sarah mocked her from behind her back. "Look toots I gotta blow this joint, capeesh?"
Tony laughed a little but hid it with a cough; he shrugged it off and pepper came in.
"Tony, can she be discharged yet?"
"Ms. Pepper Potts herself" Jessica said with a snide tone.
"Oh…Jessica right? Nice to see you on your feet…and dressed" Pepper retorted with a brief smile.
"Nice one Pepper" Sarah commented.
"Yes, she can be discharged" Jessica said before grabbing her clipboard and leaving with a slight brush against Tony's arm.
Tony smiled and threw clothes at his daughter. "Next time, stay asleep for a while longer".
"Why? So you can get lucky?" Sarah joked.
"Psh, you don't even know" Tony said back with a genuine smile. For the first time in a while, Tony felt like he had a purpose…but the thing was…Sarah didn't know who he is…the iron man…
