I'm not that bad.(Tony Stark x Adoptive Reader)

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"Yea. Point Brakes brother, his name is Loki. Or as I like to call him, Rock of ages." Tony said trying not to laugh at his name for Loki. "Rock of ages? Why that name?" you asked knowing Tony only gave nicknames if they truly fit. 'Damn. It hasn't even been a week and I know alot about him. I wonder how much he knows about me, even if he read my report' "Have you seen the musical 'Rock of Ages?'" Tony asks "No. But I'm guessing its from that?" you ask while looking up at Tony. He shows you a picture of the guy he's talking about. You didn't know what to say, you just stood back a little with a questionable expression on your face. "Thats the guy!?" you ask. "Yep." Stark answers practically crying from laughter. "Its just the hair. Don't worry Thor's brother looks completely different." He adds while scrolling through his phone. "Ok. I just texted Pepper and there is a limo outside the building waiting for us." Tony says while putting his phone in his back pocket and walked to the elevator. "You coming, or do you want to be carried to the car?" He says sarcasticly. "Actually... I kinda want to be carried out." you say with sass as you walk sloppily to the Elevator. When you and Tony got the first floor you walked behind him, trying to hide yourself from the press and popariza outside. You were never good with alot of people. Not to mention these people were circled around you flashing camera lights at you and asking alot of questions. "T-tony?" you say with a soft shaking voice. "Yea- Kid!? What's wrong?" Tony asks as he rushes to you and grabs your shoulders softly. "I-I don't l-like this. I-I don't think I c-can do t-this." you say as your breath starts to speed up, your chest starts to tighten, and you feel like your about to cry. "Hey. Hey. Don't worry, I'm right here. You don't even have to acknowledge them. Its just you and me. You can do this." He says as hugs you from the side and walks with you to the car. 'Mister stark who is this girl!? Tony is she your daughter?! Who is she mister Stark!? Did you and Pepper adopt?! Is she going to stay a while?! Is she leaving anytime soon?!' questions were coming in from all around you felt sick, like really sick. You looked at your feet and kept walking to the car. Even if it was only 10 feet from the tower, it felt like forever. "We're here. You get in, I need to do something." Tony said as he opened the door for you and waited for you to get comfortable. "ALRIGHT! Listen up! This girl is sweet, amazing, and I don't want you guys bothering her. Its doesn't matter if she is MY daughter, Peppers daughter, a friend, it doesn't matter. I want you all to leave her alone, no cameras, no lights, no questions, no nothing." and with that Tony got into the limo, sitting beside you as you looked at him in shock and disbelief. "What's wrong? You look like somethings wrong." Tony said while taking out his phone to look for a good place to start shopping. "I-I can't believe you told them that." you tell Tony still a little in shock. "I thought you were always the type to answer the press and pose pictures." you add on. "And I thought you were the type to walk boldly with your head held high." Tony says with some sadness in his voice. "What does that mean?" you say bluntly, knowing Tony didn't mean for it to come off harsh. "You had...you had an attack back there. You were scared. Weren't you?" Tony asks trying to be helpful. "No. I-I'm never scared. I'm the toughest and strongest girl in this whole city." you say regaining your confidence. "Even the toughest and strongest fall down, and need some help getting back up." Tony said before he showed the driver where to take us. "Rock of ages?! Seriously? That's it? I thought it would be a cooler name." you chime in a few minutes after to brake the silence. "Haha, No that's not all of them." Tony says smiling at your enthusiasm. "Then what else do you call him? As you can tell I like the nickname game." You tell Tony with a little laugh and smile to follow the comment. "Hmm what else do I call Lok- oh yeah! I call him Reindeer Games."

"Reindeer Games? Like the movie?" You ask, this time knowing the reference. "Yeah, like the movie. But not for the reason you may think." Tony said as he looked at you across the seat while raising one eyebrow. "Them why call him 'Reindeer Games'?" you say while looking back at him and grabbing your hands. "Cause of his horns."

"His horns-" you were cut off by an excited Tony. "We are here. Hurry up and get out."

You couldn't help but laugh at his words they were so enthusiastic yet so calming. As you and Tony walked around the mall you couldn't help but think 'Best dad ever! Best dad ever! Best...dad....ever. Thank you so much!' but why couldn't you bring yourself to say it? The only thing you did that caught Tony's eye was sigh. "(Y/n)? What's wrong?" Tony asked while putting a hand on your shoulder, that made you look up at him. "Nothing. I'm great." you respond. Maybe a little to fast. "Mmhm. Right" Tony says sarcasticly. And takes you to a bench where you both sit down. "Mouse." He says bluntly. "What?" you ask not understanding what Tony ment by mouse. "Its a game. Cat and mouse. Its never ends and it goes around, and around, and around forever. I asked you what's wrong. You said nothing. So if I asked again and you say nothing, we are getting no where. I don't like to play these games, I really want you to be able to talk to me, ok? I want to be the closest thing you ever had to real father." Tony said showing for probably the first time more then one emotion when he spoke. "So. What's wrong, mouse?" Tony asked testing out the name for you. "*sigh* Im having a difficult time with-"

"Is this a lady problem?" Tony interrupted.

"No." you say a little taken back

"Cause if it is we can play cat and mouse all you want I don-"

"No!" you blurt out, cutting Tony off and getting some attention from the people beside you. "Thank god. I was not ready for that." Tony says putting a hand on his heart and sinking down into the seat. You clear your throat to get Tony's attention. "As I was saying. I'm having a difficult time with my, powers. They are to unpredictable. At first it wasn't bad. But know, I'm reading peoples minds when I don't want to. Or picking up things when I don't want to." you tell Tony a little scared about your currant state. "What about your flying or teleportation? There not off, are they?" Tony asks while writing a text to Pepper and to Director Fury. "No. Those are fine. But I don't know if they are going to start acting weird too." You tell Tony as your voice shakes and you start to panic. You always knew it was bad, you just never reliesed it until you told someone. "Ok here's what we are going to do, we can finish shopping some other time. What is important now is you, first we need to get back to the tower so I can run tests and make sure you are ok. If everything comes back fine and normal, then we get Thor down here so he can use his asgardian stuff to find out what's wrong." Tony says as he rings up Pepper, while you and him make your way back to the car. "Tony," you say trying to keep up with him. "What's wrong (y/n)?"

"I'm scared."