Hey guys, thank you for your patience! Here's chapter 8, I hope you enjoy it! C: And thank you so much for the 80 plus follows and almost 60 favs! It means a lot!
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Penthouse
"Your late birthday present has finally arrived at the airport."
Draco looked at her for a moment, before his expression turned into a huge smile. "They found Dad?" Draco asked his mother with an excited tone, looking right over at her. Pepper gave her son a nod, "Yes. He just landed at the airport, and Happy is going to drive us there." With a big smile, Draco quickly put his tools down, quickly getting up and running up to his mother. Pepper smiled back at him, glad to see her son looking happy again for the first time in three months. Pepper walked out of the workshop, with Draco following behind her. She closed the workshop up for Draco, before she walked up the stairs with her son following behind him.
"Happy is waiting for us outside," Pepper said to Draco, looking over to him for a moment as they entered the main floor. Before leaving the Penthouse, Pepper made sure the Penthouse was secured before leaving, and that J.A.R.V.I.S. would notify them if anything goes wrong while they are gone. Once everything was secured, Pepper and Draco exited the Penthouse, walking up to the driveway. At the driveway was a black car, and Happy was standing outside, waiting for them. "Thank you for waiting Happy," Pepper said politely to him, as Happy walked over to the passenger seat side of the car and opened the door for Pepper. Pepper walked over and got into the car, buckling herself in. She looked over towards Happy before giving a nod in thanks.
Happy nodded back in return, before shutting the door closed. He opened the backseat for Draco, the boy running over and getting into the car. Once Draco was in and buckled up, Happy shut the door closed and walked over to the driver's side of the car. Happy opened the driver's seat and got into the driver's seat. He closed the door and buckled himself in. Happy started the car and put it in drive, before driving off away from the Penthouse.
Los Angeles Airport
Draco was at his mother's side, impatiently waiting for his father's plane to arrive. They were outside, standing right next to their car. Due to the Air Force bringing Tony home, they had to wait outside for Tony to arrive. But Draco didn't mind waiting outside, nor did his mother. Draco honestly thought no one minded waiting outside in the heat, it was worth it.
As Draco waited, he could see the aircraft being pulled in. He excitedly looked over at the aircraft when it came to a halt, the rear hatch beginning to open. As the rear hatch began to open up, he could see his father sitting in a wheelchair, with his Uncle Rhodey standing beside him. Not only that, but his father also had a sling on his right arm. Once the rear hatch was on the ground, Tony got up from the wheelchair and began to walk down the hatch, with Rhodey helping him.
Draco watched his father walk down the hatch, before he began to run forward, leaving his mother's side. "Dad!" The boy exclaimed as he ran up the hatch, tears of joy running down his cheeks. "Dad!" He said a second time, before wrapping his arms around his father. Tony hugged Draco back with his left arm, pulling the boy close. "Hey there kiddo," Tony said to Draco as he kept his son close, hearing the boy began to sob out of joy. "I missed you so much," Draco said to his father, choking on a sob. He missed his father so much, he was so glad to have his father back. "I missed you as well Draco," He heard his father say in return, "I thought about you everyday while I was there." Draco nodded, before letting go of his father. Tony walked down the rest of the hatch, with Rhodey on side and Draco at the other.
Tony walked up to Pepper, who had a smile on her face and red eyes. "Missed me, Potts?" Tony would ask her, noticing the tears rolling down her cheeks. Pepper gave him a nod. "Of course I missed you," She said with a warm smile, before hugging Tony. Tony hugged her in return, and after a few moments, they broke the hug.
After the three were reunited, Pepper, Tony, and Draco headed over to the car. Pepper got into the Passenger's seat, while Tony got in the back seat with Draco. As Pepper was buckling herself up, Happy, who was driving them, decided to speak up. "Where to, sir?*" He asked Tony, but Pepper responded instead. "Take us to the hospital, please." But before Happy could respond, Tony quickly intervened. "No, don't take me to the hospital, Happy," Tony said, grabbing the attention of Pepper and Draco. "No?" Pepper would say, being to sound shocked, "Tony, you have to go! Doctors need to look at you-"
"I said no, Pepper!" Tony cut her off with a frown, looking right towards her. "Pep, for the past three months, I have been in captivity. There are two things that I want," Tony said to her, "The first thing I want is an American cheeseburger. Two-"
"Tony… Enough of this…"
"...Isn't as bad as you think. I want a press conference."
Pepper looked over towards him, surprised at what he requested. "A press conference?" Tony gave her a nod, before hearing Pepper speak up again. "But what for, Tony?" "You'll find out," Tony said to her, before turning his attention to Happy. "Hogan, drive. Cheeseburger first.*"
"Yes sir," Happy said to Tony, before putting the car into drive, and putting his foot on the gas pedal. He began to press down with his foot on the pedal, driving off.
It wasn't that long until they arrived at the main building of Stark Industries. They did stop at Burger King through the drive thru to get Tony a cheeseburger, but that didn't take long. Happy pulled the car up to the sidewalk, before putting the car into park. Outside of the car was Obediah Stane, with a crowd of people behind him. Draco watched his father open the back seat door, to be greeted by Stane. "Look who's back!" Stane said with a relieved tone, walking up to the inventor and putting an arm around Tony. Draco got out of the car after his father, closing the car door behind him. As he got out, Stane looked over towards him. "Ah, Draco, you must be so happy to have your father home," His uncle said to him, gesturing Draco to walk over. Draco complied, walking over to his Uncle, and standing next to his father. "How about we go inside?" Stane would ask Tony, "We have a press conference to start." With that, Stane began to lead Tony and Draco inside the building, the group of people following behind him.
As they entered the building, Draco noticed his mother was standing away from the crowd, watching from the sidelines. Draco almost went over to her, but then he saw her give him a gesture to follow his father. With a quick nod of thanks, Draco went after his father. Tony had sat himself in front of the podium, and Draco decided he would do the same. Draco sat himself next to his father, who was beginning to eat one of his cheeseburgers. He father put down the cheeseburger for a moment, before swallowing the food he had in his mouth. With a sigh, his father began to speak.
But before Tony began to speak, Pepper was standing at the sidelines, holding a notebook and a pen in her hand. She focused her attention on Tony, before a voice grabbed her attention. "Ms. Potts, may I have a word with you?" She looked over to her left, to see a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, more specifically Agent Phil Coulson. "Oh, sure," She said with a weak smile, looking over towards the agent. "S.H.I.E.L.D. needs to debrief Mr. Stark on his escape." Pepper looked over at him for a moment, before giving a nod. "I'll put something in the book.""Thank you," Agent Coulson responded, with a nod of his head.
"I never got to say goodbye to Dad. I never got to say goodbye to my father. There's questions that I would have asked him,*" Tony began to speak, Draco looking right over at him. Draco never had a chance to meet his adopted grandfather. His grandfather passed away years before he was born, his adopted grandmother as well. "I would have asked him how he felt about what this company did. If he was conflicted, if he ever had doubts. Or maybe he was every inch the man we all remember from the newsreels,*" Tony continued, before his voice going silent. For a moment, it looked like Tony was thinking of what to say. But then, he spoke up again. "I saw young Americans killed by the very weapons I created to defend them and protect them. And I saw that I had become part of a system that is comfortable with zero accountability,*" Tony said to the entire crowd, looking up towards them, with a serious expression on his face.
"Mr. Stark! What happened out there?" One reporter spoke up, raising his hand to grab Tony's attention. Tony looked over towards him, before answering the man's question. "I had my eyes opened. I came to realize that I have more to offer this world than just making things that blow up,*" Tony said as he stood up from where he was sitting. Tony looked at all of them, before speaking up again. "And that is why, I am shutting down the weapons manufacturing division in Stark International," Tony said, grabbing everyone's attention. All the reporters stood to their feet, asking tons of questions at the same time. Draco quickly stood up at the reporter's reaction, looking over towards his father. "Until a time I can decide what this company will be!" Tony said to the crowd, before Stane went up to the podium. "All we should think about right now, is that Tony is back and he is more healthy than ever!" Stane said, attempting to calm down the crowd. After no signs showed that the crowd was going to calm down, Stane escorted Tony and Draco out of the press conference.
Draco spent the majority of his day with his father, after the press conference. Draco hadn't seen his father in months, he wanted to have some time to spend with his dad. But it didn't last too long, because while he and his father were at giant arc reactor that ran the company, Stane walked in to talk with Tony. "Tony, do you really think this is a good idea, making Stark Industries produce something else other than weapons?" Tony looked over towards Stane, before giving the man a simple response. "Yes, I believe it's a good idea. I don't a body count to be our legacy anymore."
"But that's what we do, Tony! We are weapon manufacturers, we're iron mongers-" Obediah began to argue with Tony, but Draco decided to speak up and add in his two cents. "Let my dad make decisions on his own," Draco would say harshly to Stane, with a frown on his face, "The company belongs to my dad, after all." Stane stopped speaking, before looking over towards Draco with a smirk. "You wouldn't understand Draco," Stane would to the boy, "You're too young to understand the conversation I am having with your daddy."
But that was when Tony decided to speak up. "Hey, you better listen to him, Obediah. I am making decisions for my company. We don't have to make just weapons," Tony would say harshly, not liking how Stane was treating his son. Stane let out a sigh, raising his hands in the air. "Alright, what would we make?"
"I was hoping to look more into the arc reactor technology."
"The arc reactor technology? We built that thing to shut the hippies up, a publicity stunt!"
"It works,*" Tony said, before catching Stane's expression. "Could you have a lousier poker face? Who told you, Rhodey or Pepper?" "It doesn't matter who told me, just show it."
Tony sighed, before unbuttoning his shirt to reveal a miniaturized arc reactor in his chest. Draco looked over at the mini-arc reactor that was in his father's chest, looking amazed. "Wow, that is impressive Tony," Stane said to Tony, who quickly buttoned up his shirt. Tony looked over towards Stane, before saying, "It works.*" At with that, Tony left the building, with Draco following behind him.
Penthouse
It felt great to finally be back at home, he hadn't been home in three months. He had missed the Penthouse while he was gone, missing the times he spent with Draco and Pepper and the times he spent in the workshop. Tony walked down into his workshop, before entering the password and walking inside. When he walked in, he couldn't help it but notice that some of the projects that he left out were completed. Draco must have completed the projects, Tony thought to himself, before deciding to ask J.A.R.V.I.S. "Hey Jar, did Draco spend a majority of his time down here working on my projects?" "Yes sir, he spent the majority of his time down here." Tony gave a nod, "Thanks Jar." "Anytime sir. And welcome home, as well."
Draco was back at the penthouse, finally returning home. He was upstairs, before hearing his father's voice from downstairs. "Pepper, how big are your hands?*" That caught Pepper off guard, and she quickly stood up to her feet. "What?" "I said, how big are your hands? Just come down to the workshop." "Alright," She said with a sigh, before looking over at Draco, "Wait here." And with that, Pepper walked to the stairs, heading down them and entering the workshop.
Draco waited for a few minutes, but decided he wanted to see what his father wanted his mother for. Draco got up and headed to the workshop. When he walked downstairs, he saw his father on a seat, shirtless, with a shiny new arc reactor in his chest. Pepper was holding the old one, and she looked terrified. As Draco entered the password and walked in, he catching the end of the conversation. "Tony, never ask me to do that again. Anyway… What do you want me to do with this?" Pepper asked Tony, glancing over at the old reactor. "Throw it out, destroy it. I don't need it anymore." Pepper gave him a nod, but she decided in her head that she would do something else with the reactor.
After seeing his father get the arc reactor in his chest replaced, Draco decided to go back down to the workshop. He had left the workshop around an hour ago, and decided he would go back to Tony and spend some time with him. After all, Draco hadn't been able to spend time with his dad in the workshop for a long time, and he wanted to see what Tony was up to. The boy found himself going down the stairs, heading to the door of the workshop. Before he entered the password, he saw his father working on a completely new project. As he watched, his father had a 3D image of a suit of armor up. His father was fiddling around with it, removing parts of the suit and throwing it into a 3D trash can.
Deciding that he wanted to ask what Tony was working on, Draco entered the password to the workshop and then entered. "Hey Dad, what are you working on?" Draco caught Tony by surprise, the inventor turning around to look over at Draco. "Hey Draco," The inventor said, glancing over at the 3D image, "I am working on a new project." Draco nodded, before walking over and keeping his eyes on the 3D image. "That's cool! Can I watch you work on it?"
With a sigh, Tony gave a nod. "Sure, why not," Tony said, before looking right over at his son. "There is just one thing." Draco looked up towards him, "Yes?"
"You cannot tell your mother about this, am I clear?" Tony said to his son, who quickly asked a question in return. "Why can't I tell mom?"
"Because this is a secret project, Draco. I don't want her to find out about this project yet. If you didn't know how I escaped, I created something like this. I am recreating it, and it will be called Mark II."
For the next few hours, Draco watched his father work on a new kind of technology, which looked like a suit of armor. His father didn't get too far into the project, only getting as far as the boots for the suit. Once he created them, he adjusted them so he could wear them.
Draco watched his father put the boots on, before walking over to a platform. Tony walked backwards for a moment, before looking over at one robot he owned, known as Dummy. "Dummy, you're on standby fire safety." He next turned his attention to J.A.R.V.I.S. "Jar, roll it and activate hand controls." "Yes sir," The personal AI system responded, before beginning to film and activating the control Tony requested.
"Alright, we are going to start off real nice and easy," Tony said, as he got himself ready to take off into the air. "In three….. Two…. one," He counted down, before fire ignited in the boots. Tony quickly ignited into the air, barely having any time to control himself. Before he knew it, he smacked into the wall, and fell right down to the ground. As he fell to the ground, Dummy began to use a fire extinguisher on him.
At first, Draco was nervous that his father managed to hurt himself. But Tony got up, requesting Dummy to stop wasting the fire extinguisher. Draco couldn't help himself but laugh at what happened, watching his father walk over to him. "Okay, I am going to change that so that won't happen again," Tony said, before he took off the boots, and began to work on them some more.
Any line with an asterisk(*) is from the original Iron Man script. There are also lines that I paraphrased! And in this fanfic, Pepper and Tony will already know about S.H.I.E.L.D., since in the Iron Man movie, they didn't know of S.H.I.E.L.D. until Coulson introduced it to them. I hope you guys don't mind that they already know of S.H.I.E.L.D.!(In earlier chapters I had Tony mention S.H.I.E.L.D. so that's why they would already know)
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