If You Were Tony Stark's Daughter

♡ 16th Birthday

Requested by sophi-e
Age: 16

It was the sweet morning of an occasion every girl dreams about, your 16th birthday. You woke up with a large smile on your face, and you were accompanied by the sweet smell of pancakes and chocolate. You hopped out of bed and rushed to the kitchen to find Tony struggling to flip a pancake.

"Why won't this stupid thing flip?!" Tony shouted as he angrily scraped the pancake vigorously before you cleared your throat. He turned around and gave you a big smile. "There's the birthday girl! I was just in the middle of making breakfast, and-"

"You got into a fight with a pancake?" You interrupted. Tony nodded, hugging you with all of his strength. "Happy birthday, Pumpkin" he pressed a soft kiss to the top of your head before you released a small gasp. "I have an idea!" You exclaimed. "Ice cream for breakfast?" You offered, watching the frown form on Tony's face. "Alright, only because it's your birthday" he mumbled as Happy and Pepper walked through the door.

"She's awake?! I thought we were going to surprise her!" Pepper sighed while Happy carried a large box and dropped it at your feet. "What is that?" Tony questioned as Peppers eyes widened. "The dress!" She exclaimed. "What dress?" Tony asked as you looked at him with a big, excited grin. "My sweet 16 dress!" You exclaimed as Pepper opened the box and revealed the dress to Tony.

His eyes were as wide as they could go and his mouth almost dropped to the floor. "I-It's beautiful! But why does the top cut so low? And where are the straps?" Tony was obviously upset, and you couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness in your chest as well. "Dad, you don't like it?" You softly asked. Tony looked at you, going to say something he knew he would regret before Happy kicked his foot to stop him, causing Tony to yelp in pain.

"Why don't I go and help you try the dress on?" Pepper offered, and you quickly scurried off to your room with her.

After a long 20 minutes of struggling to make the dress look perfect, Happy had sat Tony down in the living room, as Pepper presented you to your father. He was stunned at how grown up and mature you looked, and he couldn't bear with the emotions he had that were fighting like a war inside of him.

"So?" You began softly "What do you think?" Tony stood up from the couch, Pepper and Happy watching like hawks to see what Tony would do. "You're gonna wear a sweater to cover up your shoulders right? I don't like the strapless display of your shoulders. It's inappropriate for a woman of your age" Tony murmured.

"Tony, that's ridiculous" Pepper scoffed as Tony shot her an annoyed glare and looked back at you. "I don't want you wearing that, you either change the dress-"

"But dad!" You cried.

"-Or the party is off" Tony shouted.

"Tony!" Happy and Pepper yelled simultaneously as you stormed off to your room, slamming the door. "What's up with you?" Happy asked, looking right into his friends' eyes. "I am fine, I just don't want to see my daughter wearing dresses like that! They're inappropriate!" Tony crossed his arms, and slouched back down onto the couch like a child.

"Your actions were inappropriate. She has been looking forward to having a sweet 16 for years, you know that! You need to stop acting like a child and go apologize to her, now!" Pepper exclaimed. Tony bit his bottom lip and looked away from her. He gathered himself and trudged to your room, gently knocking on the door before entering.

He could see the dress was on the floor and you were back in your pajamas, huddled at the corner of your bed with your earbuds blasting. You looked up at Tony and rolled your eyes. "Are you here to tell me more about my terrible dress?" You muttered, pulling the earbuds out of your ears.

Tony sat on the edge of your bed, and took your small hand and intertwined it with his. "I'm gonna tell you a story," Tony began, listening to you groan.

"It's about a guy who had his life changed; completely flipped upside down, when the most precious thing to ever enter his life helped him. He was known as this big-shot jerk who was terrible at keeping a girlfriend, but he was rewarded with the gift of such a beautiful human being. He took this human being and made her his little sidekick, he hated leaving her anywhere by herself. What he hated most of all, was how she was growing up so fast, and he can't handle it"

Tony looked at you, tears threatening to spill from his eyelids. "Oh, daddy" you whispered, wrapping your arms around him and squeezing him. "I'll always be your little girl, dad. You don't have to worry" you spoke, rubbing his back while he weeped into your shoulder.

"I just lost it when I saw you in that dress, you looked so beautiful and mature, I-I got scared! This is all new for me, I still see you as this little girl who used to steal Pepper's high heels and somehow break them" Tony said, causing you to laugh at the funny memory.

"Just promise me that you don't grow up too fast, allow me to catch up at least" Tony said. You nodded, giving him one last hug before he released a large sigh.

"And one more thing, if Parker thinks he's doing anything with you tonight, I will be supervising."