Young Love

Flowers and Magic Butterflies

Tony's POV

Log No.21 (it's a recording)

I'm back at school now, and I finally tol-, well Stephen told me how he felt, well it wasn't how someone would normally ask someone out but the way he did it was beautiful. Right now, I feel like I'm dreaming, it doesn't feel like I'm dating him in real life. But the thing is I am. This is how it happened...

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"Well", Stephen said coming up closer to me, I looked into his pretty blue eyes. Is this it, is this the part he tells me that he lov- I mean likes me. His eyes moved towards my lips and then back into my own eyes. I felt myself blushing as his shaky hand met my cheek. I smiled as I kissed him feeling him kiss back there was a feeling I cannot describe, I felt happy, overjoyed and ecstatic although those mean the same thing. As we parted for air, he said to me, "I was going to tell you about I feel". I smiled but stayed silent as if I was waiting for the exact words I wanted to hear. "But I guess", he said before slowly creeping next to me again. "But this sums it up", I felt him kiss me on the cheek and I watched get up and walk towards the door, turning back to me. He winked at me before opening the door and leaving the dorm, he's probably going to the library.

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I sat there, shocked, Stephen just kissed me! I REPEAT, HE JUST KISSED ME, LEFT AND SAID SOMETHING AND NOW I'M SHOOK. Okay, calm down Tony, your alone in your shared dorm room with your...crush? Friend with benefits, wait no HE'S GONNA BE MY FUTURE BOYFRIEND? Um....what is he to me? I'd like for him to be my boyfriend, but I'm shy...Wait, no I'm not shy?!? I'M TONY FREAKING STARK. I'm supposed to be overconfident?!? Urgh, Stephen broke me.

I look over to my phone, well after building and modifying my little A.I. buddy I guess I could test it. "H-hey J.A.R.V.I.S.?", I call out expecting an answer. A minute pasted but my phone lighted up. "Yes Sir?", he said back waiting for a command. "C-could you text Bruce for", I said fiddling with my fingers as I got up to grab my laptop out of my bag. "Of course, what would you like me to say to him", J.A.R.V.I.S. said as I logged into my laptop. "Um, how about, Hey Bruce, do you mind coming over to my dorm for a sec, I need to tell you something?!", I say as if I was ranting at my phone. "One moment....message sent", J.A.R.V.I.S. responded as he sent the message. "Thank you J.A.R.V.I.S., you maybe go now", I said deactivating the A.I. as I started opening random project ideas, just to get my mind to think about something else for the moment.

As I looked over the ideas of things I could make, my eyes wondered to that suit idea I had. 'I mean, I already have an arc reactor keeping me alive, but no one needs to know, or else, people won't think the same about who I really am. I'm 17, and I improved my dad's arc reactor design behind his back, well I was kidnapped at the time. God, think about this just makes me wanna throw myself away where no one can find. I can hear the words of people who took me away from my dad, I nearly died, I met a guy named Doctor Yinsen, that bomb nearly killed me so Yinsen put an Arc Reactor in my chest. I mean I did have a suit that I escaped in, but watching Yinsen, I still feel guilty', I could feel these thoughts running through my head. I looked the suit design, I mean if everyone else in this school has powers, why don't make this, it's worth a shot. "Hey J.A.R.V.I.S., is this possible?", I said to him as he is also installed in my laptop, and I have a little earpiece for him too, just saying. "It is possible, Sir all you need is a large amount of scrap metal, preferably nitinol and it's similar to your car project but you might need to steal your father's jet engine blueprints to get an idea on how to make it fly", J.A.R.V.I.S. went on telling me on how to create this suit, well stealing my dad's blueprints might be the easiest part.

"Tony?", I heard Bruce say. "Oh, hey, you didn't hear J.A.R.V.I.S., did you?", I say as he looked at me then my laptop. "I believe he did Sir", J.A.R.V.I.S. interrupted as I started to create an excuse. "Tony, are seriously going to make that suit?", Bruce said worriedly, he knows about it, he did help on the design after all. "Listen Bruce, I'm tired of everyone having special abilities and I don't. Having this suit would make me fit in, especially in PE and training", I say as Bruce sat down in the chair next to my desk. "Go on", He said knowing what if he tries to stop me. "Bruce, this school is literally training us to be the next generation of superheroes!", his eyes furrowed as if he was annoyed. "The hulk isn't a hero, he's a curse", Bruce said irritated.