AaliyahCohen-Stark
Avery Zhang was born in 1976. At just fourteen years old, she began attending MIT in 1990, where she met fellow prodigies Tony Stark and James Rhodes - both born in 1975.
The three formed a fast friendship during their time at MIT from 1990 to 1993, bonded by brilliance, ambition, and the shared understanding of what it meant to live several steps ahead of the rest of the world.
After graduation in 1993, Avery vanished.
Tony never saw her again - but he never stopped hearing her name.
Over the years, she built an extraordinary career at NASA, quickly rising through the ranks to become one of their top scientists. Then, in 2005, she reappears without warning at Stark Industries' doors - newly dismissed from NASA and in need of a job.
Tony offers her one.
And just like that, gravity pulls them back into each other's orbit.
Timeline: Pre-Iron Man through Avengers: Secret Wars
Pairing: Tony Stark x OC
Book 1 of the Avengers Series
Disclaimer: Iron Man, his massive ego, and the Avengers belong to Marvel/Disney. I'm just playing in their multi-million-dollar sandbox - not profiting from it. Avery Zhang and all original characters are mine.