Tony Stark x Reader

Part 9

"Loki is your father? The man who destroyed New York? Are you kidding? Please tell me you are joking right now" he rambles, in complete shock.

"I wish I was kidding, but no. Loki is- was my father. I'll never get any answers, all I know now is that I was born from him, someone who killed 80 people in only two days and felt no remorse"

The two of us just sit there in silence as I struggle to come to terms with the fact that I'll never be able to get to learn about my father or my past, I'll never understand why Loki didn't know about me or why my mother never told me about him. Tony, however, struggles to comprehend how exactly I came from Loki, how someone who cares such much about everyone could be the spawn of someone so willing to kill hundreds.

Tony places his hands on mine and looks me in the eyes "Honey, it's okay. Whether or not he's your father, I still love you, and perhaps one day you we can get answers about your past, but we'll do that together, okay?"

With a sigh, I give a half smile and rest my head against Tony's "thank you" I whisper before planting a kiss on his lips and, for the rest of the evening, the two of us watch movies together until we fall asleep and the next day, I head straight back to work. Tony insisted that I take the day off, and that because I'm the boss I could just not show up, but I told him that I couldn't put off my job because I'd just fought a battle. Tony didn't like my answer but had no choice in accepting it because I was stubborn as hell, so I did my job as CEO whilst he stayed home and worked on his suits.

When the day was over and I returned home, Tony had a bunch of suitcases sitting by the elevator and I was immediately confused.

"Jarvis, where's Tony?" I ask, making my way around the tower.

"He is in the lab, would you like me to send for him?" Jarvis replies.

"Yes, immediately, thank you" I smile, making my way over to the bar and having a drink. It was only a minute or so before Tony came up and approached me with a smile, planting a kiss on my forehead "Tony, what's with the bags? Are we going somewhere?" I ask, taking a sip of my drink.

"Yes, we're going on holiday"

"Holiday? Now? I can't just abandon the company to go on a holiday with you"

"You're the boss, you can disappear to go on holiday whenever you want, that's one of the perks"

"I'm not gonna do that, the company needs me to help run things, I don't have a COO to run things for me whilst I disappear to another country"

"Then hire one"

"Tony..."

"We're going on this holiday whether you like it or not because we've been through a lot and you deserve a break"

With a sigh, I finish off my drink "fine, I'll get Happy to pick a COO and keep an eye on things while we're gone, but you've gotta give me an hour to sort everything out"

"Okay, great, I'll pack some more of your stuff and we'll meet back here in an hour"

"Alright, honey" I smile, immediately sitting in the lounge with my laptop and calling Happy on the phone "Happy, hi, how are you?"

"I'm good, what can I do for you?" Happy replies as I begin opening up documents on my laptop and completing the last of my paperwork.

"Tony, unsurprisingly, is making me go on holiday with him in an hour, so I'm gonna need you to hire a COO that can start tomorrow, and I'm trusting you to keep an eye on things whilst I'm away, okay? If anything goes wrong, you call me immediately" I explain, sending off all of my emails to Happy "I'm just sending you everything you'll need now, are you sure you can handle all this? Because if not, I'll stay, I'll tell Tony that I can't go"

"Of course I can handle this, I've been watching you and Tony run this company for years. I'll find someone to help run things while you're gone and I'll ensure that the new COO is perfect, I'll be running background checks. You just enjoy your holiday, I have everything under control"

"Thank you, Happy. This means a lot, I promise I'll make this up to you when I get back"

"It's no problem, Katie, enjoy your holiday" Happy finally ends the call and I proceed with finishing up the last of my paperwork and double checking that there was nothing else to email over to Happy. After everything was done, I quickly showered and changed into some clean clothes before meeting Tony at the elevator.

"You ready, honey? Our ride is waiting for us" Tony smiles, taking my hand in his.

"Sure, let's go. Where exactly are we going?"

"Prague" he smirks, leading me into the elevator and downstairs to a car waiting for us outside. The drive to the airport was maybe about an hour, then we climbed onto Tony's private plane and sat opposite each other with champagne in front of us.