- October 1988 -
"Hey," Tony called, making Anna turn her head in his direction as he sat on the couch by her side. "I found this on my bed."
She frowned.
For once, they were in his apartment. He was back from class and had stopped by to get her from work just one hour earlier.
"What's that?"
He didn't answer, sitting by her side and opening the large box.
"Clothes. Baby clothes."
Anna let out a groan.
Their baby already had more clothes and shoes and toys than she'd ever had in her whole life.
"Just put it in the closet, you have more space than I do."
He didn't move, though, taking things out of the box.
"I think that's from my dad," Tony muttered.
That made her raise her head.
"Did he sign it?"
"Not actually. It says Stark, but my mother always signs with her name."
ried not to show her surprise, though she was shocked.
A gift from Howard was more than a miracle.
"Well, now we can be sure he doesn't hate the baby," she Anna decided. "Much."
He didn't protest, as both of them knew it was a possibility for his father to absolutely despise the unborn child.
"Yeah, I guess," he pulled an embroidered blanket from the box. "Wow."
The two of them had recently chosen the baby's name. Sapphira if it was a girl, and Edward if it was a boy. The blanket, or two blanket sets actually, were in pink and blue, each blue one with the name Edward carefully embroidered, while the pink had 'Sapphira' in them.
"Those are beautiful," Anna whispered, reaching out. "And soft. Do you think that means he is coming around with the fact he's gonna be a grandfather?"
Tony's eyes roamed through the fabric as his fingers tested them and he brought them close to his face. They even had a soft baby smell.
"Yeah," he muttered. "He may be."