𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚 [robert downey jr.'s daughter] - discontinued

003 - malibu? yes, no, maybe?

Trigger warning: Mention of sexual assault/rape

The next day Dana met Robert for lunch in an Italian restaurant. They sat down and the waiter came to take their orders.

Robert ordered a pepperoni pizza and a glass of water and Dana ordered spaghetti Napoli and a sprite.

"I'm glad that Germans being alcoholic from the age 16 up is just a rumor." She laughed.

"People only think that because we are allowed to drink so early and, well, some are. Most are just normal drinker. But I don't drink." The girl answered.

He hummed. "Why? I mean, I can only approve of that decision but why?"

*flashback*

The world turning. His hand on her. Trying to take of her clothes. His hands between her legs. Her begging and screaming at him to stop. His tries to keep her still and silent. Charlie barging in and saving her.

Her breaking down. Her crying her soul out in the shower, trying to get the filthy feeling off her body.

*flashback end*

Dana gulped.

"Because I know what it does mentally and how people act under the influence. Also one of my dream jobs is becoming a surgeon. So I know exactly what it does to your body and I just don't like to lose control, too." She answered matter-of-factly, trying to get the pictures out of her mind.

"You're smarter than I was." "I think you weren't less smart. I think it was the circumstances. Your first joint was when?"

Robert looked out of the window. "At age 8. First: Did you google me? Second: Could we change the subject?" She studied his face. She saw how uncomfortable he was and there was something in his eyes, she couldn't quite indentify it. Maybe shame or pain. "What are other dream jobs?"

"Yes, I googled you and yes. You're gonna laugh." Dana answered. "Acting."

He grinned.

While they waited for their food to arrive, they decided to play '21 questions'.

"When is your birthday?" "Katherine didn't tell you the birth date in the letter?" The girl asked surprised.

"Nope." Robert answered."In the letter were only the fact that you existed, your name, not even your middle name, and the address of your adoptive family." "10th April 1999. Are you a morning or a night person?"

"I'm definitely not a morning person, but also not a night person. Maybe a day person? So, Team Cap or Team Iron Man?" Robert asked.

Dana laughed. "Team Iron Man, of course. I actually don't like Cap. He's too patriotic. Ironically, Tony is one of my comfort characters." She answered and he smiled. "What are your guilty pleasures?"

"Uhm, coffee and probably my Nicorette gums." He answered. "What about you?"

"Probably also coffee and Vinegar chips. I eat them a lot." She stated, withholding the shared liking for nicotine. "What's your favorite color?"

"Teal."He answered."What's yours?"

"I don't know. I think I don't have one." She answered. "What are Exton, Avri and Indio like?"

Robert smiled at her question. "Mmh, so Avri is definitely more open than Exton; he's a little bit shy and reticent. But he can also have an attitude that reminds everyone that I am his dad. They are both very excited to meet you. Indio is a mix between them both. He just laughed and was happy. He always wanted a sibling that was age wise closer to him."

Dana looked at Robert surprised. "They know of me?" He laughed. "Of course. What did you expect? That I will keep my 'sinful love child' under covers?" He drew quotation marks in the air.

She looked at her hands, fumbling with her napkin.

"Dana Ophelia, I didn't come into your life planning to hide you." She looked up at the use of her full name to see gentleness and affection in his eyes.

"Sorry, it's just you are Robert Downey Jr and I am Dana Goldberg..."

"..Downey, my daughter that I'd love to show to the whole world." he finished her sentence. "Discussion over...So, the doodles on your arm. What do they mean?" He pointed to Dana's left forearm.

"Oh uhm, ok, so AMORE ETERNA means eternal love in Italian. I'm a hopeless romantic ...who will probably end up alone with 8 cats; anyways it's in Italian because my mom is Italian and when I was a child we would always go to Italy on holidays. Next to it is smoke. I don't know; I just kinda thought it was aesthetically pleasing and I love what smoke looks like." Yeah, sure Dana."Next is the moon which is just there because I love the moon. Then there is the Aries sign because that's my zodiac sign. The plant...I don't know; it should be an olive branch as a sign for peace but it doesn't really look like one. The word 'boundaries' is there because I learned that it's important to have them and respect them. The 'surprising, shocking, chaotic, beautiful' is also because I am romantic as fuck." Robert looked at her, his eyes scolding her choice of words."It's actually how Tom Hiddleston described falling in love in an interview and I thought it sounded beautiful."

"And the smileys?" Robert asked. "The one that is smiling and the one that is sad?"

"Those are kinda my feelings sometimes. I can be happy one moment and sad the next or both at the same time. Or nothing at all." She added. "Okay, so it's my turn. What's your favorite food?" She asked quickly to change the subject.

"Ice cream. Or cheeseburgers with bacon and a lot of cheese on it. I might even put some Mulberry Street Pizza oil on it." Robert rambled. "But if I could eat whatever I wanted every day, I would have Domino's pizza with pasta carbonara inside every slice."

"Ok, EWWW, that's gross!" She exclaimed. "You love food so much, it's getting weird."

"That would be heaven! Anyways, so..." He thought about a new question, when the waiter came with our food.

They ate their food as Robert came back to the topic. "So, next question. Could you ever imagine moving to Malibu?"

Dana choked on her spaghetti. "What?"

"I asked if you could imagine mov-""Yeah, I heard what you said, but what?" She interrupted him.

"I'd understand if not..."

"I actually could imagine moving to Malibu." She said."It's just I wanna finish my school here. It's only two months, three written exams and two oral exams left. Here are all my friends. Also, I kind of just met you yesterday. But I could totally imagine visiting on holidays. I want to meet Susan and Avri, Exton and Indio." She smiled at the thought of her siblings.

Robert grinned excited. "Okay, when are you next holidays?"

Dana laughed at his enthusiasm. "In about three weeks."

Word count: 1127

a/n

the description about Robert's favorite food is actually what he really said on that topic :)

i am currently in Italy (living my live hahahah), so this chapter is only poorly edited, sorry.

~snax