Hey look I finally posted a chapter. I wrote this in under 24hrs and had it beta read by my amazing beta reader Tia, if it wasn't for her I wouldn't know how terrible these chapters would be. I don't know when I'll have the next chapter up, but hopefully, I'll be able to work on it soon. Hope you enjoy the chapter.
Monday came sooner than expected as Tony and Harry stood outside the doctor's office. There was a sign on the door that read Dr Irène Gotts. They both waited there for a while. Tony was still amazed at how the building he was currently in couldn't be seen by him until Harry had taken his hand and the building materialised. Filling up the empty space that had been there, not moments before. The door opened and they were met by a witch in her middle 40's. She wore a doctor's coat over a long dress, and had her brown, going grey hair up in a bun. She peered over her glasses to look at a file in her hand.
"Are you Tony Stark and child?" The doctor asked.
"Yes, we are," Tony said standing and Harry following his lead.
"I am Dr Gotts, why don't you come in so we can start this appointment." She said before turning around and disappearing into the room again. They followed her in and sat on the opposite side of the desk she was sat at. "So, what brings a muggle and his wizard son in today. It would also be nice to know the name of your son, but it is not required."
"I'd rather keep my child's name a secret if you don't mind, but if you must call him something, one of his names is Anthony. We are here today because I learned some interesting information at Gringotts. You see, I've only had custody of my son for about a week. Before then I didn't know his mother had died, as we weren't in a relationship when he was born, I agreed not to be in his life. But his caretakers, his Aunt and Uncle, were recently in a car accident, and from the news, I learned my son no longer had a place to go. However, if I had known beforehand that his mother had passed, I would have taken him in. Now while we were at Gringotts doing all the custody paperwork, I had a health check done to see if I was fit to take care of him. However, I am constantly on the verge of death, if it wasn't for the arc-reactor sitting in my chest, I would be dead right now. It acts as a magnet to keep shrapnel shards from entering my heart. I was advised to see a magical doctor as no normal doctor can remove them. As for my son, he has a few magical blocks placed on him. One on his magical core from his mother and adoptive father, which is blocked by 50%, as well as a few placed by another, one has broken, which was placed on his parselmouth abilities, and the other was a 100% block on his parselmagic. He also sustained a broken arm when he was in the accident with his relatives." The doctor stared at Tony and then Harry for a while before clearing her throat.
"The broken arm is easy to fix, the block placed by his mother is nothing to be concerned about. Parents will often place blocks on their child's core if it is large. Typically, if a child has a large core, which doesn't have a block on it, they often will experience setbacks, if its emotional outburst or failure to cast spells, however, with the block they are able to learn to control their magic and once they reach their majority, they won't face any problems. As for the other two blocks, we get cases like this sometimes, but not often. I will have to do a check to see if the broken block has done any damage, and for the other block, in my personal opinion, I would need to get in contact with a curse breaker that specialises in the medical field and have them remove it. As for you Mr Stark, I am not medically equipped to deal with that, however, I can give you recommendations of who to see, sadly there is no doctor in the U.K. that can help you. The doctors equipped to deal with this are either in the United States or in Japan."
"That's fine, I'm from America in the first place. How long do you think it will take before my son can get the block removed from his self, or can I get it done when we return to the U.S. later on?"
"You can get it done in America; however, I would advise you to do it before his majority, otherwise the block will be permanent. Now if you would allow me to fix his arm, we can continue on with the discussions."
Harry's arm was fixed, and the cast removed. Tony continued to talk with Dr Gotts, as Harry sat there quietly listening to what they had to say. Tony was given a list of names and locations of doctors in America that would be able to help him. Tony also got her to agree to have Harry remove the block in America, as Tony didn't plan on staying in London much longer. Maybe one or two more visits with the Grangers and then they would be off. Tony didn't want to be away from his business any more than he needed to be.
They left the hospital with their future looking bright. They returned back to the apartment, to find Steve in the lounge surrounded by the books they had been sorting. Tony had to admit that Steve looked good in relaxed clothing and surrounded by books.
"You know, if you didn't just stare at him, and actually asked him out, I'm sure you two would work out together," Harry said while grinning up at Tony. Tony just gave him a raised eyebrow.
"I would have to agree with young Harry on this one sir," Jarvis called out.
"Traitors the two of you."
"I've also seen him looking at you, so I don't think it's one-sided."
"Where does a 12-year-old get these ideas from? You shouldn't even know about this stuff." Tony felt like a hypocrite saying that, but he didn't want Harry to already be thinking about that."
"When you spend almost all the year at a boarding school, as well as around the biggest prankster twins… you learn… things." Harry grinned up at him before he ran off into the lounge and jumped onto Steve, who caught him and prevented him from falling off the couch. The two settled into the couch as Steve pointed out his fixed arm, before he went back to reading, with Harry reading with him. Tony shook his head as he continued on to his lab. He was able to record a few samples of magical signatures while they were out. He wanted to run some tests and see if he could create a device to find magical people and beings, maybe even see if a few magical people worked for him back in the States. Tony was interrupted by his thoughts by his phone ringing.
"Sir, Ms Potts is calling."
"Patch her through."
"Hello, Tony."
"Morning Pepper, shouldn't you still be asleep."
"Tony, how can I be asleep, when I have just been notified of pictures being taken with you and a child, who looks oddly like you."
"Pepper, I was going to tell you but-"
"So, you're telling me that he is your kid?!"
"Pep, I've known about him since he was conceived."
"Tony, what do you mean by that?"
"It's a long story, I will tell you the whole thing when I'm back, but for now let me give you the shorter version. Basically, about 13 years back, I met this couple at a gala, and they couldn't have a child because of the husband, so they asked for my help, which I did. We all agreed that I would only meet the child when he was 21, however unknowingly to me, they both passed away when the boy was one, so he went to go live with his mother's sister, not more than 2 weeks ago, they were in a car accident, the uncle passed away, and the aunt is in ICU. They were abusive bastards, but regardless Harry was without his parents, so it should have fallen to me to look after him. For some reason, I wasn't even notified about their death. I'm going to look into that, but I've just gotten custody of my child and in the next few weeks we will be coming back to the tower. I've got Steve with me, so I do have some help."
"Tony, I don't know what to say, I'm angry that you kept this from me, but I'm also so happy for you. You finally have someone in your life that is proper family, and this kid is going to be good for you." While Tony and Pepper continued talking Steve and Harry had been talking ever since Tony had been out of hearing range.
"Harry, I know you haven't known about your dad for long, and I know you are probably scared. I've seen you start to call Tony dad. You don't have anything to fear, even if it has only been a week, there's that bond between the two of you. He fully thinks of you as his son and would never be angry at you for calling him, dad." Steve said while the kid rested against his shoulder.
"I… I want to call him dad, but I've never really had one. I don't care that's it's only been a week; he has been more of a parent than any adult has been in my life. I just don't want this to feel like everything is being rushed, and I'm scared that I would just wake up from a dream. I don't know what to do, I want to call him dad, he is my father, but I don't want this to end." Harry said starting to panic.
"Harry, I'm not saying you have to do it right away, but you don't need to be afraid. Now that Tony has you in his arms, I don't think he is ever going to let you go. Don't rush, but just think about it, alright?"
"Okay." With that, Harry turned back into Steve's chest as the two continued to read the book about magical fairytales in front of them. Tony finished up his conversation with Pepper, sent off a message to the Grangers about meeting up again before he turned his attention towards the data he had collected. Tony proceeded to spend the rest of the day in his workshop, while the other two occupants of the apartment continued about their day. Harry was also starting to converse more and more with Jarvis and felt as if the AI was more like a brother than a butler. Jarvis would also be there to give a helping hand, but he also joked with Harry, and even agreed to help him get his dad and Steve together. Steve's thoughts were still brewing on the fact that Bucky was alive, and that Harry was even related to him, though distantly. He wanted to find Bucky right away, but there were no leads, and the Goblins, said they could locate him, eventually.
Not so far away from the apartment, a grim hound growled as it saw the front page of a newspaper. Why was his godson hanging around this stranger of a man, and why would it lead them to be in the news? He had to move, quickly, before anyone caught onto him, not that they knew to look for a dog. He needed to find the rat and Harry, he needed to set things right, fix his mistakes. Yes, that's what he needed to do, and if the Weasley's had the rat, he knew exactly where to go to fix everything.
