{Chapter 1}

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Harry's POV:

Sitting in the back of the black SUV, driven by my personal driver, I use this time to work on my newest project during the hour drive to my mother's house. You see I visit my mom, Anne, on the weekends, but spent the weeks with my dad, Tony. For almost every other custody case in the world it would be the other way around but since my dad is Tony Stark and he has the best lawyers in the country on speed dial, he won. Don't get me wrong I love my mother, but my dad and I are just too close for me to only see him two days a week. My mom and I like some of the same old sitcom shows, eating ice cream, cooking together, and talk about the guys I like. Yes, I'm gay. Dad and I though, we have so much more in common. We both love technology and robotics, we love the same franchise movies, working in the lab together is our favorite time, and I am the only other person than him that he will let touch his Iron man suit. The biggest reason of all I need to be at the tower more often is because my dad announced that I was the official heir to Stark Industries and need even more security then I already had before.

Most people around not only New York but also around the world just see me as a rich kid because they don't bother to look a little closer to see the truth. They see the designer clothes I wear to events but don't see the old t shirts and oil stained jeans I wear in the lab. They see personal drivers and body guards but don't see the paparazzi that are constantly following and harassing me while pushing me and shoving camera in my face since I was practically born. Some stuff like that I let just brush off my shoulder but there is one that I always am reminded of. They think I am some lazy teenager that is just going to step into being the owner of Stark Industries when that is the farthest thing from the truth, dad started training me to take over since I was ten years old and if everything continues the way it should I will be named official heir to the company at eighteen then be owner and CEO at twenty-five. I have already been working in the labs with interns since I was eleven, working with lead scientist on projects to be released to the public since thirteen, and been in board meetings with investors and members from other companies for the past year. Thankfully I got my father's brain and graduated high school at eleven and finished all college courses that dad wanted me to take when I was fourteen so I no longer have school to deal with anymore.

I get knocked out of the thought of my newest project by my driver opening my door for me to get out. I gather the notebook and file I was working in, nod my head at him in thanks, and grabbing my bookbag from the floorboard. I walk into my mom's house "Mom!" I yell as I close the front door. "In here!" mom yells back. I follow the sound of where her voice came from which turned out to be the kitchen since when I walked in and saw her stirring the spaghetti sauce. I kissed mom on the cheek and gave her a hug with her doing the same back. She told me that dinner was done so I went and dropped my bag and project stuff off in the living room before returning to make my plate of spaghetti and garlic bread and sitting at the dining room table. Mom and I went back and forth telling each other about the things we did during the week since we don't get to talk much during the week because we are both very busy. Mom told me about some of the patients she had during the week as a pediatric surgeon. Apparently, there were a lot of cases of hurt kids this past week that led to CPS being called at least once a day. In return, I told mom about how I blew up stuff in the lab twice this week by myself but working with the interns we managed to not blow anything up. I also told her about how I got assigned the job of working on the new phone that dad wants to have released by Christmas and I got chosen to be part of the team that is working on the first self-driving car. After we got done with telling each other everything mom said she had something important to tell me. "Honey, I'm getting remarried."

Harry's POV:

"WHAT?!" I yelled out. This was insane. She wasn't even seeing anyone, that she told me about. "Just listen please Harry" mom pleads. After a few minutes, I calm down enough to listen to what she wants to say. "I have been seeing a man by the name of Alec Tomlinson for the last six months. I didn't tell you because you are just like your father and would look up anything possible about Alec and even have people follow him. I love that you and Tony are still protective over me, but you guys go too far sometimes. I just wanted to find out for myself who he was and if I liked him with no 'help' from you both." What she said did hurt my feelings "We only do those things to protect you! You live in a house half an hour away and don't accept bodyguards to protect you. You don't seem to understand that a lot of people don't like dad and I or the company so those people can easily go after you. We just want you safe!" I ended up raising my voice at her a little bit with how upset I am. I look up from my plate to see my mom start to tear up because I yelled at her. I quickly put myself in check and stand up from my seat. I walked over to my mother and held her tightly to me, apologizing for losing my cool.

It took about ten minutes to get her back to normal. Once she was okay I went back to my seat. "If you're going to marry this guy I need to know about him" I tell mom as I look at her with a small smile on my face. Saying that made my mom look up from her plate with the biggest smile I have seen on her face in years. "Well, his name is Alec Tomlinson and he is thirty-five years old. He is an archeologist that works with Columbia University. He has a son, Louis, that is seventeen. His ex-wife abandoned Alec and Louis when Louis was only two years old. um, Louis skipped a grade so he is in his last year of high school. Alec never told Louis we were together either and should be telling him within the next few days. I think that is about it" mom tells me about all the important things there are to know about the man she has been seeing. We continue to talk about the dates and outings her and Alec have gone on then we talked about how I have a non-existent love life. Mom keeps telling me to get out more and meet people, but I prefer to stay at the tower during the week and work on projects with the other scientist. It was eleven o'clock when mom told me to head to bed and went to bed herself.

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