Just a quick update because I feel bad for not updating often. School sucks, needs to be beated.
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Sometimes Maria acted like a child Tony had never seen before; he knew this creature wasn't his daughter, because his daughter was sweet, caring, and almost an exact copy of him. He would never figure out where Maria had learned this behavior but he assumed it was something she had seen when she was living with her biological Mother, and she just didn't remember.
He would always hope that she would never remember anything about her former living arrangements, and if he could convince her that she never met her biological mother he would. No child, he had told himself, should have to live through what his daughter experienced. Tony watched his monster of a daughter scream and throw things from a distance. He and Pepper both sat in silence with their lips tightly pressed together, they had no idea what had happened that had made Maria so angry, and they couldn't get her to calm down long enough to talk out her emotions.
"The doctor said we should wait until she calms down before stepping in." Pepper reassured Tony, who was extremely upset that he couldn't help his daughter. If he had complete control over the situation he would have made his daughter feel safe, and happy. But as a parent, he had learned that you couldn't always make your child happy with the flick of a switch, sometimes you had to wait for them to figure it out themselves.
"I know, but I'm scared she will hurt herself." Tony said chewing on the corner of his lip. He was fighting the urge to run over and grab his daughter, which would probably end up in someone getting hurt.
There was a sudden final screech that came from Maria before she collapsed on the ground unmoving. The sound was such a shock to Pepper and Tony that they both ran over to Maria who was panting in frustration. Her face was red, and a collection of tears stained her cheeks. A tired look passed Maria's face as she looked up at her parent's concerned faces. She still looked very unhappy, but the anger had left her system. Tony's hands shook as he slid his hands under her armpits and lifted her off the ground. She was unresponsive with his actions, and simply allowed him to pull her close to his chest.
Pepper absentmindedly chewed on her finger nails as she watched Tony try to speak with Maria. Maria angrily huffed at her father and turned her face away from him as she tried to ignore him. If he wasn't worried about his daughter, he would have been frustrated with her actions. "Maybe she needs a nap?" Pepper asked shrugging her shoulders. As soon as the words left Pepper's lips Maria started to struggle in Tony's arms. A panicked look crossed Tony's face as he crouched down to let go of her, out of fear of dropping her.
"NO!" Maria started screaming as she tried to push her father away from her. He didn't expect her reaction to be instant, normally Maria didn't complain about naps until he had her tucked in. Usually she convinced him; he had to stay with her in order for her to fall asleep. Maria didn't have yet to understand that Tony would curl up with her if she asked; she didn't have to convince him.
"I think you're right." He murmured grabbing Maria and securing her to his side. Pepper quickly plugged her ears at the scream that that passed Maria's lips. Tony on the other hand couldn't block Maria's banshee shriek from his ears so he simply cringed. When he finally got Maria in her room, he didn't bother changing her clothes; he knew it would be an unnecessary struggle. He put her on her bed, but when she jolted for the door he had to quickly grab her and pull her back. He fought with her for a few minutes, and she finally realized she wasn't going to win she pouted and allowed him tuck her in. A small yawn escaped her lips; he couldn't help but run his fingers along her forehead.
"Do you want me to stay with you?" He asked, Maria sharply nodded her head no. He tried to hide the surprised look on his face. "How come?" He asked, watching her eyes start to flutter shut; it wouldn't have mattered if he stayed with her or not because she was falling asleep at such a quick rate she would be out before he reached the door. "Ihate you." She murmured falling asleep; Tony frowned when he heard her say she hated him. She had never said hated anything before, she 'didn't like things' but she never hated something.
Tony brushed a few strands of hair out of her eyes, reminding himself that he had to get her bangs cut. She liked going to the hairdressers, so maybe if he sent her out with Pepper later in the afternoon it would cheer her up.
Tony tucked the thick blankets under her chin, kissing her forehead before he left. Quietly he shut the door behind him, knowing it wouldn't matter how loud he was because Maria was out like a light, and would be for a few more hours. Pepper was sitting in the living room; she was on her laptop happily typing away. "How did it go?" Pepper asked, she didn't look up from her screen completely involved with what ever it was she was doing.
Tony sighed lying on the opposite end of the couch covering his eyes with his arm. "She fought me, but she seemed to fall asleep fine after she told me she hated me." Pepper stopped typing and looked at Tony, "What?" she said shocked not believing what Tony had said. Tony grunted in response to Pepper's question, he was too tired to respond properly.
"Don't worry about it Pep, I told my mom I hated my dad all the time." He yawned; Tony was in fact worried about what she had said. Tony hated his father, and he didn't want Maria to hate him. Tony hadn't realized he had fallen asleep until something heavy climbed on top of him. He jumped pulling his arm off his face to see what had curled up beside him. When he saw Maria trying to pull the blankets around her, as well as himself his heart melted.
She was talking to herself, and hadn't noticed yet that he was awake. Tried, he gently moved to help her, he was surprised he hadn't scared her when she turned around and smiled at him. It only took him a few seconds to wrap the blanket around himself, and Maria. When he was finished he pulled her into his arms holding onto her softly as she settled down beside him.
"I love you Daddy." Maria yawned tightly holding onto his shirt, her other hand by her mouth. Tony nodded his head in agreement, kissing her temple. "Love you too." He murmured to her, falling back into his slumber with his daughter at his side.
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