It kind of amazed Tony how quickly time flew by. Only a few months ago, Peter entered his life, and now, today he was exactly 6 months old, rolling around the common floor area, trying to get away from an amused Pepper who held his Jumper in her hands. "Not so fast mister." She scooped him off the floor and grinned at him when he squirmed in her hold. Recently, Peter disliked wearing any sort off clothing and it was funny to see him struggle to try to take his shirt or onesie before giving up with a soft whine.

Tony also loved how Peter was never a cryer. He would whine or whimper but never throw a tantrum even at night. He grinned when Pepper passed him his kicking baby and Tony held his still so she could quickly dress him up. Once fully clothed and sitting in his mini pillow fort next to Rhodes until his parents were back, Peter looked around for his small teddy when Rhodes handed it to him and before he could take it, pulled it away from his reach. They played for a while until Peter giggled and clapped his hands when Rhodes finally gave him his bear.

The elevator door opened and Natasha and Clint came in with quite a few bags in their hands and moved straight towards Peter. A sweet kiss from Aunt Natasha and Peter smiled at her, showing her his almost out, front teeth. Clint scooped him out off her hands and threw him up in the air making him squeak and giggle and caught him when he felt a light slap on his head.

"Do Not drop my little boy, Barton or i will throw you out off the window." Pepper glared at him, taking Peter out of his hands and hugging him close to her. Clint grinned at her and raised her hands in surrender. Tony entered the living room with a small milk bottle in his hand and a blanket. It was always a sight for them to see Tony carry baby products and be such a dad rather than the alcoholic, playboy superhero he used to be.

" Alright then. Pepper, Rhodes, Steve and I will be talking with the press and the rest off you will be taking care off my son. Please, for the love of god, make him sleep during his nap time and if he is to agitated, just ask JARVIS to play his song. " Tony watched as Peter quietly feeds from his bottle, playing with Pepper's loose hair.

"We know Tony. You guys handle the press, we take care of your son. Bruce, Thor and Sam are on their way here so don't worry." Natasha assured him and watched Tony drop a small kiss on his kid's forehead before he, Pepper and Rhodes finally left.

Once the Elevator door closed Peter watched the two adults, confused, who grinned at him.

"Right. Now we are going to make the biggest pillow fort and watch too many Disney movies." Natasha cooed at him making the little baby smile.

Tony knew that this was a very important yet dangerous step he was going to take, but it was necessary. Pepper held his hand and Tony tried to smile but he was actually nervous.

A word had spread out that Tony Stark had a child and it had become such a huge rumour that none of the Avengers could go anywhere without being attacked by tons of paparazzi who were hell-bent on finding out the truth. The situation got a little out of hand when someone dressed as a delivery guy tried to take photos off the young Stark when Tony decided Enough was Enough.

So he had Pepper Arrange him a press conference where only selected group of people were invited. Rhodes and Steve were accompanying them for support and in case anything got out off hand. Right now Pepper kissed him on his cheek before entering the stage and straight towards the podium, ignoring all the shouting reporters and camera flashes.

"Good morning to everyone." Her professional smile never slipped as she spoke. "I am sure that every one of you is eager for answers but i must request you to maintain the decorum of this press conference and to wait for your turn to ask questions. Some of them, Mr Stark may choose to answer and some he might not. If anyone is out of their place in terms of manners or talking then they will be shown out of this room." Tony grinned at the threatening tone Pepper had in her voice. She was really good.

"Now that we have established a few things, Mr Stark, Colonel Rhodes and Mr Rogers will be joining us on stage." Claps filled the room as all three of them entered the room, paparazzi smiles on their faces and Pepper took a seat next to Tony who already seated, had a microphone in his hand.

"Alright then. Let's get this thing started." Tony looked around the room and cursed mentally seeing one familiar face in the crowd, Christine Everhart. Clearing his throat, Tony for the first time felt nervous.

"I am sure, that many of you have questions and are very curious to know whether the rumours you heard are correct or not. I am going to get straight to the point and say that... Yes, they are true, i do have a kid." His speech was cut short when multiple questions were thrown in his direction.

" Listen, people." Tony sighed, already feeling the headache build up. " I will be very clear over here. I am not my father and i will Not! under any circumstance bring my child into the spotlight until my kid is old enough to handle the attention. You must understand that it was important for me and my team to take this decision to tell you about my child but it is equally important for us to make sure that my kid is safe. There are people out there who need a chance to hurt us and tamper with the lives of the people in my team and me having a kid, makes things a bit more serious where security is concerned so no, you will not be getting a name, gender, age or any description about what my kid is like." Tony took a deep breath and motioned for one of the reporters to speak who had raised their hands, wanting to ask a question.

"Is you kid adopted or is the kid a result of one of your flings?" Tony felt is jaw tick at the question but he knew this was going to come.

"The kid is mine, biologically, so yes it is a result of one of the Flings as you mention it, but i don't regret this fling thing because i really love my kid. And before you ask, No the mother does not take money from me because i knew her a while ago and she was dropping off my kid at my place to attend a conference when she died in a plane crash." Tony felt Pepper put her hand on his and he smiled at her.

"Is your child going to be the hire of all your possessions?" The question was asked by Christine and Tony sighed. " My kid will be the hire to my wealth and my earnings and part of the profit that my company earns if he or she is not the genius to take over Stark industries, then, someone who the board, Pepper and Myself think is smart, creative and intelligent enough to manage the technology and the innovations will get the half ownership of my company." Tony let his smile slip as he answered this question.

"So, if your kid is genius like you then the entire empire is his, correct?" Christine said as she wrote down his answer in her small notepad. Tony just nodded and waved his hand for the next person to ask the question.

"Will you kid be the next Ironman or Ironwoman, Mr Stark?" Rhodes almost chuckled at the question and Tony and Pepper both frowned, imagining Peter in his Ironman suit and to be honest, that picture was not pretty.

"Well... I hope not. Suddenly as a parent your thinking about many things... change and i am sure as hell i don't want my kid to fight bad guys and terrorists and aliens and whatnot, but if my kid thinks that he or she has the ability and the resources to help then who am i to stop him. And anyway, there will always be the whole team ready as backup, to help in training so while i will be getting grey hair with concern and worry i am sure that being able to take care of themselves is not going to be a problem. But, i will actually want my kid to have a normal, safe life as long as i can convince the kid too."

A few more questions were asked before Pepper decided that it was time to finish the conference and was about to thank them when Tony spoke again.

"I usually don't ask for much from the press or Media but i really do have a request. I may be new to parenting and i may not know many things about being a father yet but i want my kid to be safe, so consider this as a warning a request or whatever but, don't come close to my kid until introduced to the public. And believe me, if anyone even thinks about touching a hair on that little head, i will actually go IronDad on you." The comment did make a few people laugh but the seriousness of the warning was well understood by everyone.

Everyone present or the ones watching at home may know him as ironman but they could already see that Tony Stark was a great father.

When The four adults finally stepped out off the elevator a chuckle escaped their mouth, seeing the state the living room and the people in it were in. The floor was covered with pillows and blankets and bowl full of popcorn as Peter sat in Thor's lap, alert, eyes stuck to the T.V screen watching Aladdin fly around on the magic carpet. Tony kicked off his boots and shruged off his jacket and joined the team on the floor before picking up Peter who had seen him and smiled at him, raising his hands, wanting his father to pick him up.

Peter buried his head in his shoulders and yawned and Tony smiled lovingly.

He did, very much love his son.