𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐈𝐆𝐘 | steve rogers [1.1]

-- PROLOGUE

PROLOGUE

[too good to be true]

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The moment Tony Stark held his baby girl in his arms for the first time was the best moment of his life. He sat at the bedside of his long-term girlfriend, Sophie Cress, looking down at the beautiful little girl. Wide eyes gazed up at him silently and all he could do was smile.

The twenty-year-old genius had never thought he was going to be a father so early in his life. He was young and still reckless and now he had the responsibility of taking care of a tiny human being. Tony was terrified at the thought of being a father, especially since his relationship with his own father was so strained. He was scared of failing his baby girl.

All the worrying thoughts about being a new parent faded away though as he held his daughter in his arms. Glancing up at Sophie, he saw a tired, yet happy, smile grace her features.

"She's going to look like you," Tony said. Sophie laughed.

"I don't think so, Tony. If anything she'll be the perfect mix of each of us." Tony started to laugh as well, shaking his head.

"What? Beautiful and kind like her mother, and a smart ass like her father?" His girlfriend laughed harder before sobering up some.

"No," she stated simply, "And watch your language, we have a kid now."

Sophie was always the more mature out of the two of them. She was a little older than Tony was, but only by a year or so. The couple had met while Tony was attending his last year at MIT. Sophie attended the university as well though she was just a freshman when they met. Tony was intriguing to her. Someone only a year younger than herself was getting ready to graduate from the prestigious university while she was only beginning her time there.

The Cuban beauty had wandered into one of the labs to work on her midterm project when they had first met. Tony was well... himself, but Sophie did not back down. She was a formidable opponent when it came to battles of wit. That was what drew Tony to her, challenging him to get to know her better. Well, that and her accent which Tony found very attractive as well.

Sophie continued her previous thought, "Our daughter will be beautiful and kind and courageous and ridiculously smart like her parents. She will be everything we ever dreamed of and she'll have two parents who love her very much." She smiled at her daughter who had drifted off to sleep in Tony's arms.

Tony met his girlfriend's eyes and leaned in to give her a chaste kiss. "Well what are we going to name our perfect daughter then?" he asked looking back down at the bundle in his arms. Sophie chuckled.

"I was thinking that we should name her after our mothers. Anabel Maria Stark." Tony's gaze shot up to hers again. His eyes glistened slightly, tears beginning to well up. Less than three months prior, Tony's parents, Howards and Maria Stark perished in a car accident. While his relationship with his father had not been the best, he loved his mother very much. Sophie's mother, Anabel, had passed away as well around two years before their daughter's birth and Sophie never knew her father.