*Occurs after Infinity War, Tony and Pepper are married, and all the avengers are FINE and NOT dead because they returned from turning to dust*

Tony Stark could be found working in his workshop tuning up his newest iron man suit. With the soothing background music of AC/DC blaring from nearby speakers, he let out a large sigh as some of the code he was using to reprogram the suit failed yet again. He was more than determined to get this kink out of the suit before he planned to take it out on a test fly at the end of the week.

"Friday, comense rescaning on Mark 147." He huffed out exhibiting his irritated mood, as he commanded his AI assistant to help fix the problem at hand. He then took a sip from the glass of iced tea and wiped the forming sweat off his brow as he awaited her response.

The Mark 147 was so important to Tony because it would be the first suit to run on clean, renewable, and sustainable energy which would pave the way with future technologies for Stark Industries.

"System currently at 90% successful readiness; however, I am detecting a small error in the landing protocol." The AI promptly replied.

It was as if a light bulb lit up in Tony's head as he sat up straight from previously slouching and rolled his leather chair closer to the computer monitor. Fingers rapidly typing on the keyboard, he quickly was able to locate and repair the code to get the landing systems back up and running.

"And that is how it's done!" He beamed proud of his work as he spun around in the rolly chair.

"Congratulations, Mr. Stark, the Mark 147 is complete and ready to fly" Friday responded, interrupting his celebration.

Tony was just about to get up from his seat and tell Pepper the good news until something else had caught his attention. A shrill buzz sounded from his iPhone alerting him that a new text message had been received.

Softly returning down to the chair, he pressed his thumb to the screen, displaying a picture of Pepper from their wedding day, which activated the phone's touch ID to unlock the phone, then he navigated his way to the messaging icon at the bottom of the screen.

The message read: "Amazing day today! I managed to get this cat out of a tree in Central Park and it was the first time my sandwich order didn't get messed up at the new deli I go to. Also, out of curiosity, when are the avengers going to assemble or whatever because I'm not sure I'm on the email chain or super secret group text or something."

Tony let out a small chuckle after reading the text.

"Oh kid, always wanting more I see" he said under his breath before responding back.

His message read: "Good work on keeping up with the whole 'Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man' routine, but I don't see any need for the crew to meet up just yet, thankfully since no big purple guy is threatening the universe anymore, but if something comes up I'll let you know. You're an Avenger Peter, don't ever forget that."

Tony decided after the whole ordeal with Thanos that Peter deserved to have more of him in his life and not just get short updates of Peter's doings from Happy anymore. He knew the boy looked up to him and was the closest thing he had to a father figure in his life, so Tony stepped up to be that person for Peter. Plus, Happy was complaining and getting more and more unhinged from the constant contact with the boy, so he took the reins which effectively increased Happy's mood further on.

He came out of his own thoughts and noticed that Peter was in the process of replying as the three grey dots were flashing back and forth. Expecting more protesting about any new Avenger's Initiatives, Tony was surprised to see what Peter had sent.

There was no physical text included as it was just a gif of a cartoon dog sitting in the middle of a burning room with a text bubble over his head saying 'this is fine'.

This response had thrown Tony for a loop. He did not imagine dealing with a teenager this soon in his life, but there he was trying his best to understand something that Peter had described as 'meme culture'. He would do almost anything to try to connect to Peter more, so if having Peter and his friends school him on social media and vine references, then so be it.

Tony hadn't had the best father son relationship in the past, as he could remember throughout his entire childhood that his dad never had said he loved him or even liked him, so it was a huge learning curve when first dealing with Peter. However, after some time and a galactic trip to Titan with Peter, where he had to witness the second most agonizing experience in his life after watching his parents murder...Peter turning to dust as he held him in his arms, Tony knew when Peter, along with the others, miraculously returned that he would never let him down again.

It was the hardest fight of his life knowing that Peter was what only seemed to be dead in Tony's mind, but the pain from losing Peter only fueled the fire to motivate him to defeat Thanos once and for all.

Tony thought long and hard about what to send Peter in response to the gif, but he eventually decided to just play along and sent an emoji of the OK hand gesture, thinking that would suffice with the teenager.

The sound of Pepper's voice traveled downstairs causing Tony to put his phone in his pants pocket and jump up from his chair to make his way to his wife.

Arriving upstairs to the foyer, his eyes were drawn to the ever so expanding bulge in Pepper's stomach. She had been pregnant for five months now, but Tony was always amazed at the beautiful life that was growing inside her.

He had stopped in his tracks to marvel at her, temporarily ignoring what she was trying to convey to him. All he could picture in this moment was being a father, and to be honest, he was extremely nervous about it. He could picture him and his son, whom he planned to name Morgan after Pepper's estranged uncle, in the yard playing ball or the both of them tinkering together in the workshop, but he was not confident on how to get to that point in his child's life.

His parents did not truly raise him, as he was handed off to nanny after nanny, and his only real relationship with a son is with Peter, but he had no part in raising him either.

Tony thought being Iron Man was a huge responsibility, but he was slowly coming to terms that being a father to his own son would offer an even bigger challenge.

He snapped out of his daze when he noticed that Pepper was literally snapping in his face. She must had noticed that he was not paying any attention whatsoever to their conversation and was sick of his lack of response.

"Tony, are you hearing anything I'm saying!" She blurted out after finishing her snapping storm.

Tony's eyes darted to hers and he straightened his posture as he fell to her attention.

"Oh yeah Pep, why wouldn't I be?" He lied in attempt to save himself from an impending wrath from his now seemingly angered wife.

"You know what Tony, I cannot believe you. We are now running twenty minutes late to the ultrasound just because you've been down in the workshop and now you're ignoring me." She ranted as she crossed her arms in disapproval.

"Oh shoot, the ultrasound! What are we doing standing around? Let's get going. Come on Pep. By the way you are looking especially beautiful today" He said as he urgently rushed her in the direction of the garage before kissing her quickly on the cheek.

Pepper smiled at the small affectionate gesture made by her husband to try to make up for his tardiness, but she made a mental note to make him pay for that later.

It was a quick car ride to the doctor's office, due to Tony's speeding, but the couple managed to get there only fourteen minutes late.

The bell chimed on the glass door, alerting the woman at the front desk of their arrival.

"Mr. and Mrs. Stark I presume. Glad you've made it. Doctor Pierce is ready to see you now, just this way." She greeted them and happily led them to a room labeled number four.

Tony was first to the door and, being the gentleman he was, opened it for Pepper to enter first.

Doctor Pierce was in the middle of setting various gels and instruments on the metal table before standing up to shake both Tony and Pepper's hands,

"It's so nice to meet you Mr. and Mrs. Stark, a pleasure really. I'm very honored to be carrying out this ultrasound and revealing the baby's gender as planned." He beamed as he finally let his grip go from Tony's grasp.

"Ah yes, that is quite the honor doc, you will be the first to learn the gender of the protege of Iron Man" Tony boastfully replied.

Pepper slapped him in the stomach to show her disapproval of Tony's ego on her way to the examining chair.

Tony immediately silenced and sat down on a chair next to her, not wanting this ultrasound to go down on a bad note. He wanted this moment to be perfect when he could finally see his son.

The doctor began to rub the gel on Pepper's stomach and booted up the rather large, boxy, white monitor.

"Just a few more seconds and you can finally meet your child" the doctor reassured them as he moved the probe around on Pepper's stomach.

The screen's static began to clear up and an image finally appeared on screen. At this moment Tony reached out to hold Pepper's hand making sure she'd know that he was there for her. This was their first child and they were taking a big step towards a huge milestone in both of their lives. They heavily relied on each other for support in this moment.

Tony teared up slightly when he gazed into the image of their child that he could not wait to start a life with. Pepper, on the other hand, was full out crying as she stared into the machine, not even looking away when Tony stroked her cheek in attempt to wipe away some stray tears.

"Mr. and Mrs. Stark, meet your daughter."

This statement immediately pulled both soon to be parents from their intense fixation on the monitor and towards Doctor Pierce.

Tony was the first to speak.

"Did you just say 'daughter'?"

Pepper now was the one reaching out to comfort him. She had known he was picturing a son since before she had even told him that she was pregnant, so this must have been a surprise for her husband.

"Tony, are you okay babe?" She questioned trying to gage his reaction to this news.

He paused for a minute before replying back..."I guess it's a good thing that Morgan is a unisex name then, huh Pep?"

And at that very moment, Tony was ready to suit up for fatherhood to welcome and raise his daughter. As long as Pepper was by his side, he knew everything would be work out just fine.