*Age 6*
This can't be happening, this can't be happening, oh my God this is happening. Tony's panicking, scratch that he's freaking out, he's beyond freaking out.
"Margo, Princess, what's wrong? C'mon Princess, tell Daddy what's wrong." Tony begs the little girl. One minute everything was fine and the next she'd erupted into tears and Tony has NO idea what to do. He'd left her alone for forty-five seconds, only forty-five (he counted). Before that forty-five seconds she was fine, giggling happily as she played with some of her toys on the coffee table, after that forty-five seconds she had started balling her eyes out and Tony can't figure out for the life of him what had happened.
Margo continues to cry, long streams of tears running down her face, and the sight alone breaks Tony's heart. Tony pushes some hair away from his daughters face, and brushes the tears away with his thumbs. Tony still has no idea what to do because Pepper's out of town on a super important business trip so he can't call her. Part of the great Tony Stark wants to do this himself, show Pepper that he has what it takes to be an excellent Father, after all he is Tony Stark and he does love to prove others wrong.
A shrill cry comes from the crying girl in front of him and Tony panics again, what should he do? What should he do?
"If you stop crying Daddy'll buy you anything you want." Tony offers, voice pleading that maybe, just maybe she'll stop. Unfortunately Margo continues to cry and Tony tries the next thing that comes to mind. "I'll buy you a pony Margo, I know how much you love ponies." It's true, Margo loves ponies quite a bit but even the promise of her own pony doesn't do anything to the crying mess in front of the genius.
Tony seats himself next to his daughter, pulling the small child into his lap and cradling her in his arms. "Hey, no need to cry." Tony cooed in her ear, arms wrapping tight around her. He has no idea what possessed him, but whatever had, it worked. Tony began to softly sing into Margo's ear, rocking the child back and forth as he did. "I could lie awake just to hear you breathing. Watch you smile while you are sleeping. Well you're far away and dreaming." Tony feels Margo begin to relax, the stream of tears no longer running down her face. Tony kisses her cheek and continues to sing. "I could spend my life in this sweet surrender. And just stay here lost in this moment forever. Well, every moment spent with you is a moment I treasure."
Moments after he's done singing Tony hears soft snores coming from Margo and he smiles, kissing the top of her head. Tony lifts Margo in his arms and places her on the couch, laying a blanket over her and tucking her favorite teddy bear beside her. Tony places one last kiss to Margo's head as he heads to the kitchen to grab a cup of coffee. Tony yawns and thanks God for finally letting Margo stop crying, and prays that that never happens again, because the sight of her crying broke his heart.