Tony stark.

Billionaire, Playboy and philanthropist, hadn't been expecting much from the visitor that had demanded he take time out of his busy schedule. He had been planning on ditching the meeting, but his personal assistant, Pepper, had put a stop to those plans. What he hadn't expected to see that beside a stoic woman. She looked like your typical business woman with, her brown hair in an uptight bun and emotionless dark eyes. Next to her though, was a small girl in a red long sleeved dress with black tights adorned her thin legs. Her head was facing the ground, leaving only her brown locks on show and she held a medium sized bear almost as a shield as she held it to her chest. He grinned, thinking that the girl belonged to the unimpressed woman

"What? Did you want to ask me to babysit?" The girl tensed a moment, before the woman looked at him clearly not amused

"No, Mr stark" The woman spoke. "I'm here to get you to sign away your parental rights of your daughter." Tony blinked, for once speechless and pepper was the first to speak

"Excuse me?"

The woman didn't seem bothered by either of their reactions.

"DNA testing has found that you are this girl's biological father Mr stark, her mother being a Miss Anna Charlotte Holloway." Tony vaguely recognised the name, and he realised that the little girl was more likely than not a result of that one night.

"In case my word is insufficient, here is the documentation to verify this" She handed the paperwork to Pepper, who after reading the document, looked at Tony, and solemnly nodded. The genius was in a state of shock, she believed. However, Pepper frowned slightly in disproval at Tony's careless actions, but she couldn't find herself the will power to be angry at the little girl who seemed so very afraid of the world, and hadn't even looked at Tony, despite him being her father.

"So" The woman continued "We will be out of your way when you sign your parental rights away, I understand that you being a busy man, you wouldn't be able to-

"What's your name kid?" The small girl, was startled that this man, her father was actively speaking to her. She lifted her head, her chocolate eyes meeting his as he had bent down to be at her small level. Her face was bruised, with a black eye and a bandage on her left cheek. It wasn't what Tony had been expecting when the girl had lifted her head, and her hair had moved away from her face. Her eyes met his in fear, and Tony noticed how hollow the girl's eyes were. It was a look he had more often than not, seen in his own eyes.

"Grace" She finally muttered softly, her grip on the bear tightening. She looked at him with caution.

Tony smiled softly at the kid, surprising Pepper, who had yet to see such an expression on her boss's face.

"Nice name, I'm Tony." She nodded slowly, though she was confused. The woman, had bluntly told the girl that her father wasn't the sort of man that liked children, and though it upset her, she knew that he wouldn't want someone like her. None the less, she had least wanted a glimpse of the man, who she should knew now to be her father.

However he had interrupted the woman, and was in fact talking to her.

She didn't understand. Perhaps her confusion was evident on her face, as Tony looked at her with a frown.

"What's wrong kid?" Grace averted her eyes from his.

"I… I was told t-that y-you didn't l-like k-kids" She stuttered, and Tony eyed the woman with annoyance.

"Why are you telling my daughter stuff like that?" Grace blinked, stunned as she found herself in the arms of Tony, who was strangely gentle as he held her protectively against his chest. She tried to not wince as her bruised body made contact with his chest.

"Next, you'll be telling me that you told her that I didn't want her" When nothing but silence followed, Tony narrowed his eyes.

"You told her that?" He snapped, though when he felt the girl tense, he tried to calm himself down.

"I don't know who you think you are lady, but damn you and you're paperwork. I'm not signing over MY daughter to you or whoever you work with!" the woman stared blankly at the fuming billionaire.

"Mr stark, Grace has been through a considerable amount, we just felt that she shouldn't have false hope, and we thought it was best that-

"What? That you put her in the foster care system?" He turned to Pepper "Pepper show her out"Pepper, who had been transfixed

"No Need, Mr stark. If you wish to have guardian ship over Grace here, I need you to sign these forms here." Tony, whilst still holding the small girl, signed the forms, though he didn't stop to think about why she would have these forms with her. Once this was done, the woman was about to leave, when Grace spoke.

"W-wait!" The woman paused, and grace lifted her brown bear in her arms.

"Do I have to say goodbye to Phil? The woman stared at the small girl, and smiled slightly. The girl was smart as she asked her question, she knew that the small girl wasn't talking about the bear in her arms. She tried to not smile as the girl looked at her doe like eyes.

"No, He'll keep an eye on you" Grace knew as well as the woman that they weren't talking about the bear, and a soft smile graced her cute, petite face, and she nodded her thanks. The woman looked at the annoyed stark.

"Goodbye Mr Stark" She nodded to Pepper "Miss Potts" And with that she left Tony, Pepper and Grace.

Tony looked at still a stunned Pepper.

"Well…I guess I'm a dad huh Pepper?

Grace looked at pepper in awe

"Y-your names Pepper?" Pepper narrowed her eyes at Tony, who was laughing.

"It's a nickname kid" Grace nodded in understanding. But then looked around awkwardly, still in Tony's arms, not quite sure what to do with herself.

"Um…T-thank y-you f-for t-taking me in" She stammered "I-I'll try n-not to be a b-bother m-mr stark" Tony frowned, and for a moment she thought that maybe she had upset him, so when his hand reached out towards her cheek, she automatically expected the worst. Tensing and closing her eyes she waited for the blow to her face. However when she simply felt his hand, resting on her uninjured cheek, she opened her eyes to meet the concerned eyes of Tony Stark.

"Grace, you will NEVER be a bother to me, okay? And you better call not call me Mr Stark." Grace blinked in confusion.

"But then what do I call you?" Tony smirk arrogantly

"You call me Daddy of course!" He grinned at Pepper

"Now then Kiddo, let's get to know each other what do you say?" Grace looked at Tony with a glimmer in her eyes that actually made her look younger, and she smiled happily

"Okay… Daddy "And that ladies and gentlemen, was the day that the presumed heartless tony stark lost his heart to his daughter, who after that day was known as Grace Tonya Stark.

The woman slammed the doors to the jeep and picked up her phone that had begun to ring.

"Status report Agent" The woman, Agent Maria Hill, smirked slightly into the phone.

"Reverse psychology Phil, Who knew it worked on a genius like Tony Stark?".