Alright so first, thank you guys for all the favorites and follows. There are now 118 people following this story, which just amazes me. You guys are great. Also, thanks to DC-Mythology-Lover, candycrum, sbrock777, IceSnowQueen, Metriqs, ramen-luver101, That Other Coin, AriellaSerenity, and Goldenfightergirl for reviewing.
Now to answer some questions that came up in reviews:
When will the team find out about Elli? So I have a bunch of plans floating around in my head about when and how the team will meet her, none solidified yet but she will meet them in the next few chapters. I'm thinking 2-3 specifically.
Will I include Agents of Sheild? Unfortunately, I have yet to get around to watching the series. It will happen someday soon. I am a champion binge watcher. Despite that, I do enjoy fics where the agents make an appearance so I might have them show up just for a little bit of fun.
As for the pairing, I have been thinking about the suggestion for Bucky and Tony. The more I think about it, the more and more excited I get about all the ideas that keep popping up. So it is definitely leaning towards Bucky/Tony right now. BUT, I'm terrible at writing romantic relationships (even more so being in them, lol) and so it will be in the background, brief mentions of them getting closer kind of thing. It will definitely be there, just not the main story line. If anyone is dying for more, after I complete this story I might make a oneshot where it is a bigger part of the plot.
Sorry for the super long author note. I had a lot of stuff to get through. As always I do not own Marvel movies or characters. All rights belong to marvel and Disney.
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If Tony had known what the day would entail as he got Elli ready for school that morning, he is pretty sure he would have gone back to bed and dragged his daughter with him. After handing the perky munchkin off to Happy, Tony had every intention of collapsing on the couch with a gallon of coffee. He had been swamped with paper work and meetings non-stop for the past two weeks since the invasion. While he could be on the street clearing rubble, Tony knew he could do a lot more from the background. He was doing everything in his power to get additional aid sent to New York, having doctors and supplies flown in daily. Tony had also been pulling favors left and right to get donations and volunteers in addition to SI's resources being open to public. Along with that, he also had to deal with the damage done to the tower. He and his daughter lived in it, after all. Almost everything in the penthouse had been fixed—except, of course the Loki shaped hole in the by the kitchen. He wanted to hang on to that one for a while.
He had just fallen to the couch, his body sinking into the plush cushions, when his phone began to ring.
"Sir, Fury is on the line."
"Tell him to fuck off," Tony groaned as he turned to lay side ways and hide his face in a pillow.
"He said no, Sir."
"Stark."
Tony sat up as he tossed the pillow off of his face, glaring at Fury on the screen that hung on the other side of the room.
"Hey! I gave you the override code to Jarvis for emergencies only. EMERGENCIES NICKY! I have the right to not answer the phone!"
"Tony, I need you to come in," by the looks of Fury's face, the genius knew wasn't going to be able to get out of it. He missed the days before moving to New York. He and Elli would sleep till 9, she didn't leave him for half the day, and there was a pleasant lack of aliens attacking the city they lived in.
"I swear to Thor, if his brother is back, I am taking Elli and moving to Antarctica," no people, no aliens, just a shit-load of penguins. Sounded like a good idea to Tony, except for the whole freezing tundra thing.
"Quit being a drama queen and get here Stark," Fury couldn't help but be a little amused by the man's antics. He wondered if Howard and he could've been friends if the man had been more like his son. Too bad he was a raging alcoholic for the second-half of his life.
"I'll get there when I get there," but Tony was already up and moving toward the window. The genius may sass everyone constantly but he never skirted away from responsibility.
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Tony Stark was the most irresponsible man Steve had ever met. The whole team was out on the streets, busting their asses while he was high up in his tower looking down on everyone struggle to get their lives back together. The war hero regretted ever having any positive thoughts toward the man. The self-sacrificing play with the nuke had made Steve rethink the billionaire's true character—but he was wrong. Tony Stark was a selfish, impulsive, playboy who refused to get dirty with his team and clean up after the damage they had helped cause. He probably just used the nuke for attention, he loved being spotlighted in the media after all.
"Cap, we were going to take a break and get some food. Do you want to come?"
Steve looked to see Natasha walking up, Banner and Barton following behind her. Banner had been assisting in giving medical attention to those who needed it, while the pair of assassins had been on the street with him, clearing rubble and repairing buildings. A glint from the 'A' hanging off of Stark Tower caught the corner of the Captain's eye. He glared at the building as though it were the man he was beginning to loathe.
"Yeah, I'll be right there."
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"What the hell is this supposed to be?"
"I think it is relatively self-explanatory, Stark," Fury stood with his arms crossed behind his back looking into the medical room that the two of them were currently standing outside of.
"You told us—told me he was dead. Do you have any idea how shitty that was to tell Pepper?"
"He essentially was; however, our medical staff was able to keep him alive just long enough to get him stable. And with a little push…"
"Is that why they are here," Tony gestured wildly to his daughter and chauffer. The two were sitting next to the bed with their backs facing the window. Even from here, he could tell his daughter was chattering up a storm, "You do know she has school today. And I most certainly did not give you permission to kidnap my daughter and encourage her to perform miracles."
"She called me Papa when Happy brought her in," the hints of a smile showed on Fury's face as Tony rolls his eyes. How Nick Fury came essentially act as Elli's grandfather was beyond him. It just sort of happened. The two men walk into medical room to be greeted by three smiling faces.
"Mr. Stark," Tony grins back at the man laying in the hospital bed.
"Agent."
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On the other side of the world, one Pepper Potts is staring at the open file on the hotel desk. With in the file was a single piece of paper that confirmed what she had never thought possible. She hadn't thought it would come back positive, it was just to stop the itchy feeling in the back of her mind ever since Tony had designed the cloaking device for Elli. The brown hair and chocolate eyes had just made them look so alike…
A ringing from her purse startles her. Digging through her bag she almost wants to vomit when a picture of Elli and Tony in the kitchen, both covered in flour, greets her. She knew she had to tell him, would he react well? He would have to be happy about it, right? It explained a lot about the little Stark, but also added a million questions without any answers available to the always growing list. Would he feel guilty?
The phone stops ringing causing a strange sense of relief to flow through her. It doesn't last though as the ringing starts up again, pressuring Pepper into answering.
"Tony…I've got something to tell you."
"Oh, what a coincidence. I have something to tell you as well," Tony doesn't seem to hear the hesitation in her voice, but she can definitely hear the excitement in his.
"You go first," maybe she would wait till she got back. Tell him face-to-face.
"Alright…Phil is alive!"
"…what," Pepper's heart stops and she nearly drops the phone. But it was impossible, Fury had told Tony that the man was dead, a spear had gone through his chest, "I…I don't understand."
"Well turns out he was gripping to life with all of his agent might until Fury decided to kidnap Elli to revive him with that weird energy voodoo thing she does," Tony chirped from the speaker, "Get your butt back to the states, you lovebirds need to go on a date already."
Pepper can only blink at her friend's explanation before bursting out into laughter, tears dripping onto her pencil skirt. Of course Elli did that.
"Soooo…before I hand the phone off to lover boy, what did you need to tell me? Something good I hope—not as good as mine though. It'll be kind of hard to top that."
"Oh…no, it's nothing bad," she may have been nervous to tell Tony, but she knew he would be happy in the end, "So, I kind of had the labs run some DNA and umm, Tony I'm not sure how to tell you this…"
"Pep?"
"Tony," taking a deep breath the woman just let it out, "the results of the test were faxed to me this morning and they came out positive. I'm not sure how, but Elli is yours—not just legally. You're biologically related."
The silence on the other end of the line lasts so long, Pepper has to pull the phone down from her ear to check to make sure the call didn't disconnect.
"Oh…" Tony feels his brain crash as he tries to process what the red head had just told him, "…wait, what?"
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So this chapter isn't nearly as long as usual and the sequence of events is more consistent. To be honest, I'm falling asleep at the keyboard and I kind of needed this filler chapter to establish some tension between Cap and Tony (I love the Captain, honest, but I am slightly salty with the man after Civil War so I shall punish him with my fiction. Mwahaha), as well as resurrect Phil because who could kill off that adorable man, and introduce another little plot twist.
Hope you all enjoyed.
BTW, did you guys know that Black Widow was once a nanny and had a fling with the good Captain? Lol, it is a movie called The Nanny Diaries from 2007. I watched it the other day on Netflix. The movie itself is okay, but it is hilarious to see Scarlett Johansson and Chris Evans act together before the avengers movies.
