Anthony sighed as he looked at the unconscious form of his Father on the non existent 'floor'.
"what happened father? what could control you of all of the gods, you are the most stubborn-"
Anthony sucked in a deep shuttering breath, before bending down and picking up his father, cradling against his chest, and concentrated on the Avengers meeting room in the helicarrier where he could sense the life force of all the Avengers including Thor.
His uncle.
Wow, this is gong to be hard to explain to the team.. Anthony thought dryly.
Twitching his pinky finger (yes, he does have more power in his pinky finger than the whole team of Avengers, minus Thor, put together. who do you think made up the saying? Loki.) he opened up a rip in the void, and stepped through the Hole, remembering at the last second to hide himself from their sight by delusining himself with a invisibility charm, the first spell he was ever taught.
He walked into, surprisingly , a dead silent room.
But what made him feel so guilty, was the looks on all their faces.
pure, utter betrayal. even 'Tasha, who started to get close to Anthony, looked betrayed.
Fury's eyes were wide with disbelief, as it seemed like the pocket they were in made time so much slower. they were gone for half an hour, but it had only been a minute for them.
"why-?" Fury choked.
Ah. It seemed like Fury cared about him more than he let on. he could see, the watery eye that the man sported, that nobody else noticed in their shock.
It wasn't well Known, as Tony had made sure that practically Nobody knew, becouse if it got out to the wrong people, they both agreed that it would be dangerous for both of them. Anyways, it wasn't well known, but Nikolous Fury was Tony's GodFather, and he Practically raised him. his father was to drunk or busy to take care of him ninety percent of the time, and his mother too busy with friends , galas, and parties, as well as cleaning up howards mistakes in public, (reminds him of Pepper actually) to care for him. not like she wanted too. like either of them did... Well, it left Nick to take care of him, raise him, take him to school, comfort him, discipline him when he was bad, get him to eat, and go to his graduation from high school at fifteen, even if nobody else saw him there, Tony did. but when his parents died in the car crash, Tony started to change. he wasn't the fun loving, energetic , hyper boy he was before. and as he watched their coffins be lowered into the ground, and as everybody left, one by one, Tony changed. he grew up, and realized that his kid days were over. no matter how many times Nick tried to snap him out of it, he wouldn't budge.
he was only Seventeen.
Then Afghanistan happened.
when he was being tortured, he realized what growing up really meant, it meant that he would eventually grow older, and eventually die. but with the way his capture was going, the constant water invading his lungs, trying to get even one breath past his lips before they shoved his head back in, the shock from being electrocuted with the car battery attached to his chest , he did something he never had done before.
He prayed.
he prayed that he could , would, make it out of this alive, and that when he did, he would set up a meeting between himself and his last remaining family, and apologize, make up for what he did.
And thats exactly what he did.
when Coulson came to the Fundraiser and saw him, he gave the hidden signal, calling him Agent, that he made up years ago when they first met, that meant he wanted to see his GodFather, Not Directory Fury of SHIELD, Nick Fury, Pseudo Father of Tony Stark.
Coulson was one of the handful of people to know that his boss was Godfather to Tony Stark, and as such needed a secret signal that nobody would guess.
when he walked into his house and saw his Godfather standing at the window, his breath caught, and when Nick turned around, he rushed into the open arms, and broke down. he gave good on his promise, he apoligized and caught up with what was going on in both their lives.
Since then, their relationship mended. in public, they hated each other , out of public, they were father and son.
And now the look on his fathers face was heartbreaking.
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