Grace didn't wince as Bruce cleaned the cut underneath her eye.

He'd given her a punch to her left eye, and his ring had cut into her cheek. Her throat was bruised from the tight grip and she probably had a bruise on her upper arm, from when he'd grabbed her.

This was actually mild, to what he usually did.

"So let me get this straight. Not only did you not tell me about you having a boyfriend, you also decided NOT to tell me that he uses you as his personal boxing bag "Tony hissed.

The others had never seen the genius so angry before. He was livid, and without Pepper to calm him down…well, he was taking his anger out on Grace. When the Bruce and Tony had come from the lab, the pair, Tony had immediately rushed over, snatching Grace away from Clint. He'd been horrified, but after she had finally and reluctantly muttered what had happened and why…

Tony had snapped.

"That's about it "Grace murmured. "But I was handling it f-"

"FINE?! Yes clearly, you had the whole thing under control. It's obvious! "He drawled, sarcasm dripping from every word.

The other avengers, felt somewhat out of place, and they wondered whether they should be listening to this discussion at all. But they were concerned about the brunette who had quickly become like family to them, and they felt they needed to be there, at least to try and keep Tony under control.

"Grace "Bruce took a deep breath, willing himself to keep calm, the situation was bad enough, without him hulking out. The hulk had never actually met Grace, but he was angry, and he could feel him pounding in his head, wanting out.

"Why didn't you tell anyone" Grace bit her lip.

"Yeah Grace, share with the group why you decided that not telling anyone was a smart idea."

"Sir, I did advise Miss Stark to inform you" Grace narrowed her eyes. Of course Jarvis would rat her out. And was it just her imagination, or was he using an "I told you so" tone?

"Jarvis, you're not helping "She hissed.

"Oh, so you tell an AI but not your own father?"

"Sir, Miss Stark did not inform me of anything, her phone was receiving messages that were damaging to her emotional and mental psyche. It was Self-explanatory."

"That isn't the point here J. And you're not answering me young lady. How could you be so stupid?" Grace flinched at this.

"Tony, you don't have t-"

"Shut it Spangles! She is Stupid, she lives with a bunch of superheroes, and she could have told one of us"

Natasha noticed that Grace had tightened her fist, her knuckles white. And she realised that the girl was getting angry.

This wasn't going to go well at all.

"For god's sake Grace, I'm ironman f-"

"You're not iron man to me!" All attention turned to Grace who stood up, her brown eyes cold with anger.

Tony was stunned for a moment, which let Grace continue.

"You're not iron man to me! You're my dad! Do you think its easy admitting that because of my fucking poor judge of character, I ended up once again being beaten to a bloody pulp?"

Steve, and probably the others noted how she had said once again.

"Exactly, you're my daughter, you should have told me!"

"We don't talk about this sort of stuff remember, I keep my problems to myself. It's the way it's always been" She retorted "So what's changed?

Tony felt his self-control slip. She dared to ask what changed?

"You being attacked in the street and coming back with a black eye. That's what!"

Grace didn't answer to that.

Is that was then, ladies and gentlemen, that Tony made a fatal error.

At least that's what the other avengers thought.

"Just…go to your room Grace" Tony sighed, rubbing his forehead, feeling a migraine coming on. He needed time to think, and arguing with Grace wasn't solving anything.

Grace paused, and looked at her father, as if she couldn't believe what he was saying. Clint visibly winced, when he saw the small woman's face. And he realised where the saying "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned" came from.

"What? "She'd said it slowly, perhaps in her disbelief, or perhaps she was giving him chance to take back his statement.

Natasha slapped her forehead in annoyance at Tony's "solution" Steve shook his head in disbelief. And Bruce?

Bruce was just confused. Was the man really a genius? Because this was just stupidity. Telling a 19 year old, to go to her room.

Death sentence, were the words that came to mind.

"Just go to your room" he repeated "Just go calm down, and we can talk about it more lately"

"That's you're solution to this? You find out I've got a psychotic ex and you send me to my room for a time out! Oh, maybe to make it all better, you should arrange a playdate! That will bloody fix it Dad!" She drawled out

"Grace, don't talk to me like that! I didn't mean it like that. "He tried, but Grace was pissed, and he didn't know how to deal with this.

She had always been a quiet kid, and he'd never had to deal with teen trouble before.

"Tony how exactly did you mean it? Natasha asked. Tony shot her a look of "You're not helping"

"I knew you'd react like this "Grace snarled "Just because you go round flying in a suit doesn't mean you have to save me all the time! I'm capable of making my own decisions! I'm not a little girl anymore! I don't need you to protect me all the time"

"You weren't saying that when you came to live with me. Maybe I shouldn't have bothered at all "He snapped back. However the look on Graces face…He regretted it immediately.

She looked destroyed

"Grace i-"

"You r-really t-think that?" Her eyes became watery, and Steve was sure that the girl would break down into tears any minute.

"No! You know I d-"

"Do i? Y-you didn't p-plan for me! I-I was just a drunken mistake, r-remember?!"She cried out. "I-I'm nothing but y-your b-bastard c-child w-who you got s-stuck with! "She was crying now, her shoulder's shaking as she tried to keep calm.

Tony was about to speak when the elevator dinged, and in walked Pepper…

With Thor of all people.

"GREETING'S FRIENDS! "He bellowed, happily, unaware of the scene before him.

Thor grin started to fall from his face as he took in the scene before him…

It wasn't difficult to see that the Norse God was very confused…

Tony sighed heavily.

As if his day couldn't get any worse.

Finally got Thor in! :3 Thanks for all the support for this story guys, and don't be afraid to comment!