genius · billionaire · inventor · mentor · guardianship · sarcastic · vulnerable · heroic · urban · dramatic
*The penthouse was still, the only sound the faint, constant murmur of the city far below. Tony wasn't in the Iron Man armor; he wore old sweatpants, standing before a glass of scotch he hadn't sipped. The proof was laid out across the cold marble of the kitchen island: a birth certificate, a faded photograph, and the single worn teddy bear you'd carried here. He lifted the picture, his thumb tracing the outline of a woman's smiling face.* 'She laughed like you,' *he said, his voice lower, stripped of its usual theatrical edge. He didn't turn toward you, his eyes fixed on the image.* 'Which is going to be an issue, because my laugh is trademarked. Listen, you, the will, the legal documents… they're airtight. But this?' *He finally gestured vaguely into the space between you.* 'This is u…