Bruce sighed, standing by the computer they would use for the paternal testing. He held out a swab to Tony. Clint standing next to him at a distance. "Open up." Tony opened his mouth, letting Bruce swab it for DNA. He took the swab out, placing it in a bag, labeling it Tony. He got another swab, going to Clint. "Clint?" "Yeah..I got it.." Clint opened his mouth, arms crossed. Tony rolled his eyes. "Can you stop with the brooding already?" Clint glared , mouth closing once Bruce got his DNA, labeling it in a bag as he got the computer ready. "I'll stop this "brooding" once I find out that's my son." Tony glared. "And then what? You run away with him? Wither you like or not your living here and so is he." Clint glared before looking away. He knew Tony was right, even if it was his son, it's not like he's gonna leave with him. Stark Tower was as safe as you could get. Tony couldn't stop his mumble. "Wouldn't be in this mess if you could control yourself." Clint glared, turning. "Control myself? Your one to talk about control. Where exactly is the whiskey hidden this time?" Bruce and Clint both knew that was low soon as it left his mouth.
Tony pretended that didn't hurt, keeping his glare. "Wouldn't you like to know? Care to share some?" "Ok!" Bruce spoke up, looking tense. Tony didn't miss the way his eyes tinted green just the slightest. Bruce continued. "Right now your bickering like an old married couple, I need you to stop so I can concentrate. I'd rather not let the other guy out in Tony's lab." Clint scoffed. "Serves him right." Tony glared but stayed silent, letting Bruce do his job.
It was five minutes later that JARVIS spoke. "The results are ready Dr. Banner." Both Tony and Clint jumped, heads perking up with wide eyes. Bruce cleared his throat. "Continue JARVIS." "I've tested both DNA against the infants. The DNA match is Tony Stark." Clint felt like someone punched his gut, followed by his face. "Jay? Are you sure?" Clint asked, hating how his voice shook. "The DNA is a perfect match. There is no mistake." Bruce frowned to Clint, knowing this was hard. "Sorry Clint." Clint felt his eyes start to water, turning and leaving the lab quickly, going toward the garage. Once Clint was out of of sight, Tony sat down with shocked smile. "I knew it. I knew as soon as I saw him he was my son." Bruce smiled, clapping a hand to Tony's shoulder. "Congratulations on your son." Tony smiled. "Thanks. Kim and Katie will feel a hell of a lot better about this." Bruce smiled. "Why don't you go tell them the news. I'll be up in a moment." Tony nodded, getting up then suddenly hugging Bruce close. "Thank you Bruce, seriously. For everything." Bruce smiled, hugging back. "It's no problem. Your my family. Of corse I'm gonna help." Tony chuckled, pulling away. "Seriously, I owe you like the best house money can get along with any car of your-" "Tony! Calm down. I'm just happy to help you. I'm just thankful you've put that much trust in me. I mean, not meany would want someone prone to turning into giant green rage monster to deliver there children." Tony smiled. "Well I do. I'm gonna go tell them now then when you get your butt up there we are gonna have some sort of "thank-you-for-being-the-best-damn-doctor-and-friend dinner." Before Bruce could protest Tony was already out the door. Bruce chuckled, turning back to the computer, starting to clean up.
Clint got into one of the SUV's as soon as he could. Speeding out of the garage. He needed to be away from them today. He just can't take it. He cursed at himself, tears starting to freely flow as he drove down the street. He wished and prayed that was his son. He wanted it to be so badly. But now thinking back, there was no mistake that it was Tony's child. His hair was dark along with eyes to match those of his father. He was only kidding himself if he thought the kid was his after seeing him. Once he got to the bar, he parked in the back harshly, letting it all sink in. Before he could help himself he punched the steering wheel, over and over and over. He wasn't sure if he was able to stop.
Finally the steering wheel dented, making his hand slip and to fall face first into the dented round bar. He hissed in pain before breaking down into tears, staying laid over the dented steering wheel as he sobbed harder then he thinks he ever has.
Tony got to the living room, smiled, seeing Kim holding TJ in her arms. It felt like a dream he was just born yesterday. Quinn was next to her, looking over her new baby brother with curiosity, petting his hair. He felt his eyes water at the sight. He was Tony Stark. He was never suppose to be a family man, a father, a husband. He was always supposed to be a playboy, a drunk, a lonely genius. Kim looked over, smiling, signaling him to come over. He walked over, sitting next to Kim, he wrapped his arm around her while the other gently caressed his sons tiny hand. Kim saw the tears in his eyes and frowned. "Oh no..is Clint.." Tony chuckled before sniffling. "No...he's not. This is our son. " It took a moment before it sunk in Kims head before she smiled, kissing him. Tony smiled, kissing her softly before pulling away, looking down at the blue bundle in her arms. Quinn then spoke up. "Can...Can I hold my brother?" Kim smiled. "Yes you may but you have to stay seated, ok?" Quinn nodded as Kim started to move TJ into her waiting arms. Tony moved over so he could make sure she didn't accidentally drop him.
Once TJ was safely held in her little arms, she looked over him curiously. "This is my little brother TJ?" Kim smiled. "Yep. We named him after daddy. Why don't you talk to him?" Quinn nodded, before looking at him again. "Hi little brother. I'm your big sister and I love you and I'm always going to protect you." It was a few moments as silence before TJ started wiggling in her arms, a whine starting. Quinn looked a little panicked. "Mommy..." Kim and Tony chuckled. Tony took TJ , being closest. "I got him princess." Tony stood up with TJ in his arms as he started crying. Kim smiled weakly. "He must be tired. I just fed him and changed him." Tony nodded. "I'll put him to sleep then." Tony started to rock him gently as he made his way upstairs. As he rocked and spoke soothing things to him, the more he started to calm. He debated on singing a lullaby but by the time he got to the baby's room his son was asleep in his arms. He smiled, kissing his head, putting him in his crib. "Good night my little man. JARVIS, keep a constant watch on him. If anything seems off, even his breathing, or the way he moves-" "Yes sir. You have my word I will watch over him and alert you to any form of distress." Tony sighed. "Thanks Jay." He leaned down, kissing TJ's head before leaving the room.
Once he got downstairs, he noticed how zoned out Kim seemed to be. Quinn must have made her way to the lab and is most likely keeping the good doctor from coming up by trying to work with him. And Gage not understand them at all. Tony sat next to his wife, putting his arm around her shoulders. "You ok angel?" She looked at h im. "Oh..yeah..I'm..." she sighed. "No. I'm not. How...how did Clint take it?" Tony frowned softly. "Not well. He left the tower for a while but he'll be back. " She nodded with a frown. "I'm sorry, if I would have just kept my distance from him-" He gently tilted her face to him. It broke his heart seeing tears form. "Hey, shush. If none of that happened, we may have never gotten our son. I would go thru all the heartbreak all over again for that little man upstairs." Kim smiled weakly, a few tears falling "Really?" He smiled, gently kissing her. "Really."
Gage was in the lab, watching over Quinn, Bruce helping her with some larger stuff. He watched amused. He loved how happy she was down in her lab. He looked at his phone. It was going on 3PM and he hadn't seen any sign of Clint since this morning with the tests. He mentally cursed to himself. He already knew Tony was the father, he knew Clint was taking this hard. He must have gone away for a while.
He quietly excused himself out of the lab, calling Clint. Clint,was drunk off his ass, parked near the local lake which was frozen over at the moment. He's sitting outside the car, hoping to die a death that looks accidental. He picked up, words slurred. "H-hello...?" "Clint? Where the hell are you?" Clint shrugged but it was jerky from the shivering. It was a brisk -20 right now in New York. Wind chill of -45. "I'm...somewhere..." "Gee what a great load of help that is. Are you drunk?" Clint hissed into the phone, ignoring his shivering body as the snow fell on him and soaked his cloths. "Of corse I am! Isn't that what your suppose to do when you find out your not the father! That some wannabe family man, drunkard, playboy is?! He doesn't deserve him! He doesn't fucking deserve anything he has." Gage sighed. "I'm coming to get you. Where are you?" Clint had nearly passed out, Gage's voice jerking him awake. "I'm by a lake..." Gage groaned. "I'll come find you. Don't move." He hung up, leaving Clint in his silence and self-loathing. He would be crying but the tears keep freezing onto his reddened face.
Gage went to Tony quickly in the living room. "So, good news I found out where Clint is." Tony perked up along with Kim. "Is he ok?" Gage shook his head. "He's dunk off his ass, I'm worried he's gonna get himself hurt. I gotta go get him." Tony shook his head. "No, I want you to stay here. I can go find him, you just keep a watch on the tower" Gage nodded. "Yes sir." Tony kissed Kims cheek. "I'll be back, gotta go save bird brain." She nodded with a worried look before he got up, going to the lab.
Once flying, he spoke to JARVIS. "JAY, start tracking Clint. Make it fast." "Yes sir." within moments of flying thru snow and flurries, there was a GPS on his HUD with a little red dot in the middle of the lake. He raised an eyebrow. "JAY, thats in the middle of the lake." "Correct sir. That is where his tracking beacon is sending from." It took Tony a moment to realize why he was out in the middle of the frozen lake. He flew faster. He finale got there, seeing the SUV and body of a man standing out in the middle of the frozen lake. He felt his chest tighten in fear. What the hell did bird brain think he was doing? He didn't care, he flew fast, going lower and picking him up and flying him back to the SUV, which was difficult with his struggling. "Let me down! Fuck you Stark! Fuck!" Once he as safely back on land, Tony let go of him, nearly causing him to fall in his drunken state.
Tony had his faceplate up as Clint started to yell and scream at him. "Why the hell are you doing this?!" Tony glared. "saving your ass. Excuse me, it'll never happen again. Why the hell were you out in the middle of that lake? You could have drowned, frozen to death." "Maybe I wanted to!" Tony glared softly. "You...what?" Clint huffed in his anger, slowly making way for the heartbreak underneath. "You heard me. I wanted to. You have the perfect life, perfect, wife, perfect fucking daughter. You always get what you want in the end you selfish, no good, drunken, man-whore! The one thing I wanted most in this life, ran away from me, back to you. Back to fix your fucking dumb ass then I find out that the kid shes carrying could be mine. I wanted that kid more then anything in this shitty world and you got it in the end again. Tony Fucking stark always getting what he wants." It took all Tony had not to blast him on the spot, to beat him or even scream back at him. He glared, keeping his voice a steady calm. A quiet anger radiating off of him.
"You call me selfish when your about to kill yourself out on that lake? It's true, I've done some stupid, selfish, shit my entire life. But I'm changed. I'm not gonna go kill myself because of some awful set back. So he isn't your son, big deal. Dosnt mean you should kill yourself. If you've forgotten, Your connected to Kim, she feels everything you feel right now. Because of you. And if you've also forgotten, were your family wither you like or or not. No matter how many times you fuck up, we'll be there to catch you when you fall."
He stopped his speech, seeing how trembling Clint was. He wasn't sure if it was from the cold or from the torrent of emotions going thru him. JARVIS suddenly spoke up. "Sir, we need him home now, his body is losing it's temperature at an accelerated rate. He may go into shock from the hypothermia setting in." Tony cursed, the faceplate going down just as Clint was starting to fall forward, catching him quickly. "Shit. JARVIS, whats his temperature?" "94 and dropping sir." He quickly got Clint secure in his arms as he flew, quickly back to Stark tower.
AN: Cliffhanger! Please review! :D