Rosalind Stark

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Author's Note: IACME is a made up name for a made up organization

Chapter Seven: The Other Side of the Story

"Since you're staying, can you answer some questions?" asked Darcy looking at the doctor on the couch.

"I suppose as long as nothing said leaves this tower," replied Vivian sitting up more to watch Rozz play hopscotch with JARVIS, Thor, and Clint.

"You trust us so easily?" Natasha asked as she sat down across from Dr Ewart.

"Tony trusts you, and that says more than you may think," Vivian gave the assassin a soft smile.

"Tony is a pretty decent guy deep down," agreed Jane.

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"What do you want Stark?" Fury glared at the billionaire.

"Have you been keeping tabs on Hammer since he got out?" Tony asked.

"You think we have time to be watching everyone," Fury scoffed walking back to his tasks at hand.

"I ran into him today," Tony followed the director.

"And?" Fury asked waiting for Stark to make his point.

"He baited me… I think Hammer and Doom are doing a duet," Tony explained in his more mocking tone.

"Hammer does have the resources to be an interest to Doom," muttered Fury. "We'll look into it, now get off my base," ordered Fury throwing a glare toward Tony.

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"Now for the big question, how did you and Tony get together?" Darcy smiled widely waiting to hear her story.

"We met at a college conference. Tony was the guest speaker," Vivian started.

"What conference was it? I don't see Tony being a guest speaker at any genetics conference," Bruce asked.

"Nope not a genetics one. It was IACME," she replied.

"What does IACME mean?" asked Darcy.

"International Association Collegiate Mechanical Engineers," answered Bruce.

"The real question is why were you at the conference," Natasha eyed Vivian.

"I was PhD acquiring, and school's expensive. IACME offers large amounts of scholarships and grants if you're willing to work for them," Vivian shrugged.

"Like how much?" asked Darcy.

"What is being my graduate assistant not enough?" Jane made a face at Darcy.

"Hey I just wanna make sure I'm not missing out," laughed Darcy.

"I was a graduate assistant, and I got a position with IACME to pay for my living arrangements and my research," elaborated Vivian.

"Then they pay a pretty nice amount, what position did you have with them?" asked Bruce settling in with the rest of the group.

"I ran their honors association. It was a comfy position. Most of the students you work with are either college seniors or masters degree students. That specific position was only required a high GPA and to be PhD acquiring," Vivian went on.

"Did Tony hit on you or how did that happen?" Clint asked gesturing across the room to Rosalind who was braiding a sleeping Thor's hair with a little help from Loki.

"It was pretty mutual actually. I stole a golf cart, and he didn't rat me out," laughed Vivian.

"No way are we letting you off that easy. Story time now!" demanded Darcy. Jane grinned supportively nodding in approval of her friend's demand.

*Flash Back/Story Time*

"Greg what are you doing," Vivian smirked stalking after a lanky brunette.

"I think that tour guide is going on break," he told her as they crouched in the bushes.

"So," she whispered already knowing what he was thinking as he watched the golf cart that was now unattended.

"You want to drag our bags all the way or steal a ride," smirked Greg as they rushed over to the cart.

"Just hurry," laughed Vivian pulling their bags on to the cart.

"Anything you say boss," he said as he started the cart and sped away.

Once they reached a large campus building Greg hopped of grabbing their bags. "I'll run drop off our bags and head to the assistants' meeting. You go return the cart or ditch it," he yelled as he rushed off.

Vivian scooted over to the driver's seat pulling away from the building. She sighed. No one was even looking at her, but she was nervous. Someone jumped in the front cart. She slammed on the brakes.

"What the hell!" she yelled at the man. He got in the cart. "Get out," she glared at the man.

"Babe, I only need a ride to my room. Come on, I'm Tony Sta," Tony gave her a charming smile as she cut him off.

"Well Tony, that's not going to happen, I have to return this cart," Vivian snapped before he could finish introducing himself.

"Do it then just drop me off on the way," he grinned settling further in to the seat.

"You're not going to get out unless I do, are you," she sighed hitting the gas.

"Good choice, I'm stubborn as hell, and I don't do the whole walking thing," smirked Tony.

"Great," muttered Vivian.

"What's the big deal on returning the cart?" asked Tony raising an eyebrow at the woman in the drivers seat.

"Well I kind of stole it," she mumbled looking almost embarrassed. Tony laughed.

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"Stark's is attending the meet and greet tonight," commented Greg working on his hair.

"Is he who you're getting all fixed up for," snickered Vivian.

"A man can dream can't he," laughed the brunette.

"Please tell me he's gay, or are you that pathetic?" Vivian asked rolling over on his bed.

"He's plays for both teams," grinned Greg.

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Vivian wore a low cut blouse and a pencil skit. Greg had ditched her to make his rounds.

The man from earlier walked towards her with the chair of IACME.

"Hi Tony," Vivian greeted him not thinking anything of it.

"Vivian, I wasn't aware you knew Mr Stark," the chairman looked between the two. The color started to drain from Vivian's face.

"We met earlier today. Isn't that right, Viv?" Tony wore the same charming smile that he wore during their first meeting.

"Yes," she answered simply.

"Were you lost or why would you have been conversing with Miss Ewart?" the chair asked still seeming interested in their relationship.

"I had a little trouble getting to my building, but Viv was very helpful," Tony explained.

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Tony pulled a flask from his jacket when he thought no one was looking and took a swig.

"You didn't rat me out," Vivian stated eyeing the billionaire.

"Nope," he smirked taking another swig.

"Sneaking in alcohol," she observed. He nodded. She stole the flask from his hand. He started to protest until she took a drink herself. "I don't blame you, they ban all the fun," she handed the flask back.

"Pepper said no booze, what are the other no no's?" asked Tony putting the flask back in his jacket.

"Alcohol, drugs, and sex are the three no no's," she snickered when he made a face at sex.

"Well this conference will be boring as hell," groaned Tony.

"I take that as an insult," she crossed her arms. He raised an eyebrow at her. "Oh you hadn't heard. I've been assigned the job of entertaining you," she smirked.

"Why? Because of earlier?" he asked.

"Not really, everyone's scared you'll black list them in the engineering world if you don't like them," she shrugged.

"And I don't scare you?" he asked looking interested in the woman.

"Not at all, I'm not an engineer," she snickered. Now that made more sense. He had heard of everyone else on the board other her.

"Somehow I'm not surprised you don't give off the engineer vibe, definitely science though," he observed his charming smile back for the third time that day.

"Genetics," she smiled proudly.

"Want to go break the rules?" he asked pulling the flask back out from his jacket. She left with him.

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Around two in the morning Tony was redressing in her room.

"That was fun," she laughed not bothering to put her earlier clothes back on. Instead she pulled on a large oversized band tshirt.

"It was, you up for it again tomorrow? I mean you were assigned the job of entertaining me," he asked giving her a devilish smile.

"The ride that good?" she asked a smirk on her face.

"Definitely," he grinned stupidly at the thought.

*End Flash Back/Story Time*

"Twelve weeks after the conference, I got in touch with him, and papers were drawn up," her smiled slightly faded with that statement. Steve watched her curiously.

"So you never dated Tony?" asked Jane looking shocked.

"No, we were just conference friends with benefits," Vivian's smile returned looking over to see that Rozz had now fallen asleep on Thor whose hair was perfectly braided.

"Does Rosalind realize you and Tony were never together?" asked Steve. He thought Rosalind seemed to love Tony, which seemed a bit odd for her situation with her parents.

"Yeah, she isn't at all bothered by it. Some people call me a whore for being a single mom. Some call Tony a deadbeat for not marrying me. She always just says 'Mommy and Daddy are friends, and some times friends have babies together,'" Vivian explained her smile growing larger.

"She's adjusted well to her situation," commented Loki now full joining the group since Rozz and Thor were asleep. Vivian nodded.

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Peter and Ned walked down the crowded hallway.

"I can't believe we are going to Tony Stark's house!" Ned whispered excitedly.

"Be cool Ned. We're technically visiting Rosalind," Peter didn't want Ned getting too worked up since he wasn't sure who would even be at the tower.

"Losers," Michelle stopped them in the hall.

"Hey Michelle," Peter greeted her.

"Are you two really visiting the little girl from the fair today?" she asked giving them a stern look.

"Yeah, we are after school today," chimed in Ned still wearing a mile wide grin.

"I'm coming with," stated Michelle before walking off. Peter stared after her confused.

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"Now my question, why is Loki her favorite?" asked Clint glaring at Loki.

"Her cousins love to play Avengers. They are all older and boys, so they call who they are playing fast. Collin always picks Iron Man. Gavin always picks Thor. Aiden always picks Captain America, well now he is starting to like that new Spider-Man guy. Rozz would want to play too, but they would say she had to be Black widow because she was a girl. Which would lead to a fight," Vivian sighed at that.

"A fight, one of the boys hit her?" Steve looked sickened. Rozz was so small.

"There have been several fights. I haven't seen who starts them, but I have seen Rozz give out a black eye and a fat lip," she seemed proud.

"Small Lady Stark is a fighter," chuckled Thor his hair still braided from earlier.

"Yep, in an effort to stop the fighting, we had a talk about who she wanted to be when they played Avengers. She ended up picking Loki. She even went as Loki for Halloween. It was so cute. I got her magic daggers," she laughed.

"Magic daggers?" asked Bruce looking a bit concerned.

"Like the ones for magic shows, where the fake blade slips into the handle when you stab someone," she tried to explain.

"That sounds so cute! Please tell me you have picture," Darcy gushed.

"On my phone, but that was lost that during the fair attack," she grumbled.

"Mommy, is Daddy going to be home soon?" asked Rozz bouncing back into the room.

"Tony said he'd be back after lunch, so I think so," Vivian pulled her into a hug.

"Do you think Daddy with show me his suit?" she asked looking excited.

"If you ask really nicely, I'm sure he will," she snuggled her daughter in her arms.

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Tony walked in to the tower expecting chaos, but instead found everyone watching Scooby-Doo. He started to sneak back to the elevator once he had changed clothes, but was caught.

"Daddy! Can I see your suit pretty pretty please," she hugged his legs tight.

"Uh, my suit is in the lab, and it's dangerous down there," he stammered.

"Stark, Rozz has already entered your lab once during her visit," Loki reminded him. That was true, but she had broken in.

"Please Daddy I won't touch anything unless you say it's safe," she puffed out her lip and stared at him with big eyes.

"Fine, but after you see the suit you have to come back up here," he caved. She gave him sad eyes. "Don't you want to see Peter?" Tony asked trying not to completely cave. She bounced excitedly when reminded of Peter's visit.

"Peter?" Vivian repeated the name.

"He works for Daddy!" giggled Rozz now running in circles around Tony.

"He's Stark's babysitting intern," announced Clint perching himself on the back of the couch. Vivian snickered.

"Daddy come on," Rozz was now pulling him toward the elevator.

"Okay, okay," groaned Tony. "You coming Viv," called Tony.

Vivian looked a little surprised. "I'll be there in a few. You two go ahead," she waved them on. It would take her a bit to hobble over to the elevator.

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Steve and Bruce helped Vivian to the lab. When they entered they found Tony wearing the suit. He opened up the face plate.

"Tony, what are you doing?" Steve questioned him.

"Daddy is showing me how the suit fits," announced Rosalind holding a metal hand of the suit and looking at the joints and contours of the suit.

"The suit makes you look taller," Viv commented with a smirk.

"Very funny," he shot her a look. "The suits pretty awesome huh kid?" he gloated slightly waiting for conformation from Rosalind.

"Yeah!" she cheered. Dum-E rolled by chirping and beeping. "Daddy how are you controlling him?" she asked running over to Dum-E.

"I'm not. He's programed to be helpful, though he isn't always helpful," he gave the bot a disapproving look. Dum-E chirped back an almost sad noise.

"Daddy you hurt his feelings!" she hugged the bot.

"He can be very helpful on certain occasions," Tony admitted rolling his eyes.

"Sir, you could be nicer to Dum-E," commented JARVIS. Viv snickered. JARVIS and Rosalind were ganging up on him.

"Daddy can I build something?" Rozz now asked looking around the lab.

"I don't think I have anything quite your speed," Tony told her with a charming smile. Rozz looked disappointed shuffling her feet.

"Tony is there anything she could mess with, that's not a weapon of course?" she asked giving him a glare. It almost sounded like an order.

Tony started removing the suit as he was looking around the lab. He found an old stark pad. "Here you can take this up stairs and play with it," he handed it to Rozz. She grinned looking it over. "Now I think we had a deal," Tony reminded her. She nodded hugging his legs.

Bruce, Vivian, and Rozz reentered the elevator. Steve stayed behind to talk with Tony.

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"Bruce do you have a screw driver?" asked Rosalind once the door to the elevator closed.

"Yes," he smiled. "Would you like me to go grab it for you?" asked Bruce.

"Yes please!" she wore a wide grin.

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Tony went back to his project halfway ignoring the super soldier.

"Tony, you should spend sometime with Vivian and Rosalind," announced Steve.

"Because?" he glanced up only slightly.

"Because their your family," Steve stared at him. "I know you said Vivian had papers drawn up to keep you away, but I think she regrets it," Steve informed the genius.

"And why Capsicle would you think that?" he tossed his tool down with a bit of anger.

"We asked her about how you two met. She told us they story. At the end she seemed sad when she mentioned the papers," explained Steve.

Tony looked bothered. "I need a drink," he muttered.

"I hope you'll come up to spend some time with them," Steve left in the elevator not feeling the need to stop Tony from drinking.

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The old stark pad was now in pieces. Rozz hummed happily.

"Did you teach her how to do this?" asked Bruce watching the little girl work.

"Nope, definitely not my area. I taught her about genetics, but her interest in that is limited," admitted Vivian.

"Then how did she learn how to do this… I'm pretty sure this isn't normal," grumbled Clint watching.

"Reverse engineering," she answered simply. Bruce nodded as though it made perfect sense.

"More of and explanation please?" Clint stared at the two doctors.

"She takes things apart, and puts them back together to learn how they work," Bruce answered him. Clint looked a little surprised.

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Peter and Ned headed to the front of the school. Happy was picking them up.

"Should we go find Michelle?" asked Peter looking around for her.

"I'm not sure," shrugged Ned. Michelle had invited herself.

"Not like I need help," growled Michelle setting a box down next to them.

"What's that?" asked Ned trying to open the box.

"Not yours," she swatted his hand away.

Happy pulled up hopping out to grab the door. "Come on kid, boss told Rosalind you were coming over," Happy attempted to hurry Peter into the car.

"Ned and Michelle are coming too," Peter informed him with a nervous smile hoping he wouldn't be mad.

"Fine get in," he motioned for the other two to get in. Michelle picked up the box and started to get in. "What's with the box?" he asked.

"It's for the Rosalind, I think," Peter answered. Michelle rolled her eyes, but nodded.

"Alright," he took the box and put it in the trunk.

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"Mr Hogan has arrived with Mr Parker and his friends," announced JARVIS.

"Friends plural?" asked Natasha looking slightly annoyed.

"Two Miss Ramonoff," answered the AI.

The elevator opened to the common area. Happy and three teenagers entered the living area. Peter was carrying the box.

"Hi Peter," Rosalind greeted him putting the now reassembled stark pad back on the coffee table. He sat the box down as she ran over to hug him. Ned waved. Michelle gave her a half smile. "You're from the fair," she grinned at Michelle.

"Yeah, I actually brought you something from the fair," Michelle moved to open the box. Rosalind peered in excitedly.

"My bots!" she yelled. Michelle helped her remove the two little robots.

"Dear god, she even talks like Tony," groaned Clint loudly.

"Thank you for getting those back to her," Vivian thanked the teenager as she hobbled toward them on her crutches.

"No big deal. I helped with clean up, so I boxed up everything from your table," Michelle pushed the box toward her.

"Hey my phone and wallet!" Vivian exclaimed leaning down to pick them up forgetting about her crutches. She nearly fell into the box.

"Vivian," Steve had managed to catch her. She blushed awkwardly still being held by her waist. He helped her back on her feet with her crutches.

"It was nice of you to do this," Ned commented.

"Yeah, Michelle. Thanks for doing all this," Peter agreed.

"Whatever I should go," announced Michelle heading for the elevator.

"I'll give you a ride," Happy followed.

"I can take the subway," she replied.

"If I don't give you a ride, I'll have to stay to watch Peter," Happy shot back. Michelle gave a half laugh and accepted his offer of a ride home.

Once Happy and Michelle had left, Vivian turned toward Peter. "How long have you two been dating?" she asked.

"Me and Michelle?... We're not dating. I think she might hate me," Peter stammered.

"She doesn't hate you," snickered Vivian.

"She does, but it's no big deal she hates everyone," chimed in Ned.

"She likes you. Some girls are mean to the guys they like. I was in high school," she laughed.

"Really?" Peter blushed.

"Yeah… One time I broke a guy's nose," Vivian smiled staring off into space.

"Wow you must of really liked that guy," commented Ned.

"No he was a jerk," she gave a slight laugh.

"She's insane," muttered Clint to Natasha.

She smirked at him, "I'm starting to like her."

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Peter, Ned, and Rosalind were working to see if they could build a third bot from the spare parts that had been in box.

Tony rejoined the group in the common area. He watched Rozz build and work happily on her bots. He took one of the two completed bots and was looking it over.

"This is pretty impressive. She may end up being as smart as I was. What do you think Jar?" Tony asked his AI.

"By my observation, Miss Stark is already at the level you obtained by age nine," announced JARVIS.

Tony's eye twitched. He turned back to look at the little girl. "She's smarter than I was?" he whispered feeling a mixture of pride and shock.

"Yes sir," JARVIS confirmed.

"She can't be that smart," muttered Clint wandering over to Rozz and the teenagers.

"Hey Rozz what's fifteen times twenty-seven?" he asked.

"Four hundred and five," she answered not looking up. Clint typed on his phone's calculator.

"She's right…What's thirteen times fifty-six?" he asked already typing his to check her answer.

"Seven hundred twenty-eight," again she didn't look up. Clint made a grumbly noise before stomping off. Bruce chuckled at the archer.

"Where are Thunder Thighs and Rudolph?" asked Tony glancing around noting that the gods were missing along with Jane and Darcy.

"Jane had something to attend and took them along with Darcy," explained Steve.

The third bot now sped around the common area while Peter and Ned laughed. It was off kilter and had trouble staying upright since it was made of spare parts. Rozz looked intently at the bot seeming bothered by it not working to her liking.

She pulled on Tony's shirt to get his attention. He looked down at her. "Daddy I need more parts," she told him still looking very serious.

xxXXxx

Peter and Ned left after a while. Rozz was now focused completely on fixing the bot. She had grease smudges on her hands and cheeks.

Thor, Loki, Jane, and Darcy returned to the tower.

"She really is just a tiny Tony," laughed Darcy.

"Oh you should see the picture of her all covered in grease in my Black Sabbath t-shirt. She's the cutest thing ever. Tony where do you keep the pictures?" Vivian asked looking around from her seat.

"What pictures?" Tony asked looking confused.

Vivian's happy attitude disappeared. "You better be joking Tony. I swear," she was getting upset.

"I don't have any pictures," Tony was still confused but getting close to angry. The one picture he had was still hidden down in his lab.

"Does she not want them in the house?" Vivian was now getting in Tony's face. She was only partially using her crutches, likely using her anger to power through the pain.

"I have no idea what you're talking about Viv. You only ever sent me one picture," he spat back.

Vivian swung a crutch at his head. Natasha and Steve worked to separate the two.

Loki, Bruce and Thor were working keep Rosalind from noticing her parents' fight though she had yet to pull her attention away from her creation.

"Calm down," Steve had taken Vivian who was surprisingly feisty for her injured state. Natasha worked to keep Tony from escalading the situation by running his mouth.

Once the two were calm enough to be civil, they were allowed to speak again.

"How could you say you only got one picture?" Vivian asked not meeting Tony stare.

"I only ever got one picture," Tony repeated his earlier statement.

"I send you at least four packages a year," Vivian met his gaze.

"Well I haven't gotten them," his stare didn't let up. "What address did you send them to?" he asked.

"To the lawyer Tony. Like it says in the agreement," she answered. Tony froze. After a few moments, he silently headed for the elevator.

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