Perks of being Tony Stark's son

Chapter 1

Chapter 1

36 hours earlier

“Tony Stark. Visionary, Genius, American Patriot. Even from an early age, the son of legendary weapons developer Howard Stark quickly stole the spotlight with his brilliant and unique mind. At age four he built his first cirquit board. At age six, his first engine. And at 17, he graduated summa cum laude from MIT. Then, the passing of a titan”.

I sat there in silence as I watched my father's backtory with interest, as he did not talk about it a lot, especially about his father. I wonder why.

“Howard Stark's lifelong friend and ally, Obadiah Stane, steps in to fill the gap left by the legendary founder, until, at age 21, the prodical son returns and is anointed the new CEO of Stark Industries. With the keys to the kindom, Tony ushers in a new era for his father's legacy, creating smarter wapons, advanced robotics, satellite targeting. Today, Tony Stark has changed the face of the weapons industry by ensuring freedom and protecting America and her interests around the globe”.

By the end of the presentation, everybody started clapping as Rhodey walked to the main stage to present dad with an award.

“Ladies and gentlemen, it is my honour to present this year's Apogee Award to Mr. Tony Stark.”

Everybody started clapping again, waiting for my father to go up there and receive his award. I started looking around for dad, realizing to my “surprize” (note the sarkasm) that he wasn't here. Rhodey called my father once again before turning to us and receiving a look from Obie, tellimg him he wasn't here. After a few minutes passed, I decided to go and receive the award on dad's behalf.

“Apparently, I'm not my dad.” I joked “But if he were here, he would tell you what an honour it was to receive this award. Well the best thing about dad , and some would say it's also the worst thing, is that he is always working.” I finished trying to hide my disbelief, knowing exactly where my father would be right now...

At a casino...

I got in a cab, after Rhodey's orders, while he was going to bring my father home. After I got off the cab a few blocks away because I didn't want to run out of money on cab rides, I walked the way home and when I got there, I greeted J.A.R.V.I.S., ordered him to notify me when dad came home and went and fell to my bed in my comfy room.

I didn't realize I fell asleep because when I woke up the next morning, I heard Pepper talking to somebody, apparently a girl my father brought home last night. After I heard the front door opening and closing furiously, I walked into the living room finding Pepper, dad's assistant, and her sister Amy who was my best friend since we were little.

“Thank you Pepper for taking out the trash, otherwise I don't want to know what would wake up to.” I said, earning soft giggles from both Pepper and Amy.

“I'm glad to help Damian. Now, where is your father?”

“I think he's downstairs”

“Thank you. I'll go get him to the airport. In the meantime, why don't you kids have some breakfast!?”