I almost feel like this is just a little too much. Hmm...

- Love-Me-Some-Pie

*Age 16*

Margo coughs loudly, catching Tony's attention as the man turns to her. "Dad, you need to stop."

Tony raises an eyebrow. "Stop what?" He asks taking a swig of the drink in his hand. He downs the rest of the glass in a few seconds and pours himself another glass. "I don't get what you mean."

"You're drinking problem Dad." Margo states, tugging the bottle of Scotch from Tony's hands.

"Drinking problem?" Tony laughs, downing his second glass. "What drinking problem?" He goes to grab the bottle of alcohol from Margo but the girl moves away from him.

"You've already had too glasses of this stuff and it's not even noon Dad." Margo says, taking the bottle and pouring the rest of the contents down the sink.

"That was my good Scotch!" Tony whines, watching as the amber liquid falls down the drain. He glances at Margo. "Don't you have school or something?"

"It's Saturday Dad, and don't even think about changing the subject." Margo warns, grabbing another bottle from Tony's hands. "Dad, seriously, this isn't healthy, what if you get consumption?"

Tony laughs again. "That'll be the day."

"What that day's today?" Margo asks, removing yet another bottle of clear liquid from Tony's fingers. "What if you die of consumption Dad?"

Tony shakes his head, it was going to take a lot more than alcohol to kill his ass. "It's going to take a whole hell of a lot more than alcohol to kill me Princess."

"What if it doesn't?" Margo asks, voice pleading. "What if this problem you have kills you? Dad, no matter what you think, you aren't invincible, you can get hurt."

Tony shakes his head, tugging the Vodka from Margo's fingers. He's never been much of a Vodka person, especially straight Vodka, but considering his daughter poured his preferred drink down the drain, this'll have to do. "Nonsense." Tony knows he can get hurt, he isn't stupid (he's definitely not stupid) he knows that this can hurt him. He pours a glass of the clear liquid and places it on the bar. "That's nonsense Princess."

Margo grits her teeth and swipes her arm across the bar, effectively pushing the glass and bottle of clear liquid into the floor. "This isn't nonsense Dad!" Margo's angry, angry at him for thinking he can't get hurt. "I...I can't..." Margo chokes on her words, tears threatening to roll down her face. "I...can't lose another Dad." A single tear rolls down her face. "Not after the other one just walked out on me! He left me there, he didn't care! And I'm not going to have you leave me too!" Her eyes are stinging and her throat is dry from trying to hold back tears.

Tony stops and looks at Margo, eyes softening, she never talks about her real parents.

She might have been too young to remember everything, but certain things are embedded in her memory. "I can't Dad...I can't lose another Dad." She finally can't take it anymore and she lets the tears roll down her face, viciously wiping them away. "I'm not going to stand here and let you kill yourself. If you want to do that, that's your problem, but you are not doing it while I live here."

That is an ultimatum, and Tony knows it. Either he stops drinking like he does, or Margo leaves. He doesn't want Margo to leave, after all, she's his Princess. Tony wraps Margo in a hug, petting her hair and cooing in her ear. "It's alright Princess, I'm here, I'm not going anywhere."

Margo hits him, it's not a hard hit, but all the same she hits his chest, repeatedly. He lets her, this is her way of letting off steam. "If you want to drink yourself to death that's your problem Dad, but don't hurt me."

That sentence is the finally stab to Tony's heart, how could she think he would ever hurt her? He never will, at least not on purpose, the last thing he wants to do is hurt her. "Margo, look at me." She lifts her had off his chest, tears still dripping from her eyes. He rubs the tears away with his thumb and smiles softly at her. "The last thing I want to do is hurt you Margo. You know I'll never purposely hurt you."

"Then stop drinking like you do." She whispers.

Tony nods, smiling at Margo. "I will, I promise. I'll stop drinking like I do, I'll cut back."

"Promise?"

"Will this make you happy? Is this what you want?" Tony asks and Margo nods her head. "Then I promise. I promised a long time ago that I'd do anything to make you happy and give you whatever you wanted."

Margo smiles and hugs Tony. "Thanks Dad."

Tony sighs, he knows this is going to be harder than he thinks, but he'll do anything to make Margo happy, even stop his little problem.

A/N:

I really really think this is too much, is it too much?

- Love-Me-Some-Pie