Jarvis
Everything was quiet in the large lounge room where Jarvis sat in an arm chair, catching up on the news before getting on with the rest of the day's work. The young Miss he was looking after was playing with a couple of toys on the floor near his legs; she was only making soft noises so when she spoke Jarvis found himself almost jumping in surprise.
"What's a good boy name?" Jarvis stared at the five year old girl sat in front of him.
"What do you mean, Miss Stark? A good boy name for what?" Jarvis asked, glancing down at the toys she was playing with, "I thought you named all your figures?" Antoinette sighed.
"Not my toys; you can't rename Captain America," she said holding her favourite toy to her chest before looking up at Jarvis, "A good name for me, silly."
"But you have a name already Miss Stark, a very pretty name." she frowned and cross her arms.
"Dont tell my mother and father but I dont want it."
"You don't want your name?"
"No. I do not want it, I want a new one."
"And you want it to be a boy one?" she smiled and nodded her head enthusiastically.
"I do!" Antoinette felt excited, "Whats a good one?"
"Why dont you like your name?" she rolled her eyes.
"It doesnt suit me. Too girly." Jarvis could see where this was going and didnt bother saying 'but Antoinette, you are a girl.' he could see the desperation in her eyes, he folded over his paper an put it on the table beside his chair.
"So a nice boy name? What about... Anthony?"
"Anthony?"
"Yeah, after your father, his middle name is Anthony." the young child fiddled with her toy.
"Am I worth it?" Jarvis' heart broke, no child should ever think they weren't worth their fathers name.
"Of course you are, you're smart and brilliant and maybe even a better man than he is," he watched the way the little girls eyes lit up at that, "You are worth so much, that name included."
"I like it," she said, "Its better then this stupid name I have now."
"Does this mean I should call you Anthony and Sir now?" she nodded happily and then suddenly stopped, "What is it?"
"Not in front of my parents though please... Not yet, they like my girl name."
"Of course, sir." He saw the way Anthony's eyes light up and he couldn't help but notice how easy the simple word fell from his tongue.
"Thank you." Jarvis just smiled.
"Now Sir, your parents are away for the weekend. How about we find you some more suitable clothing?" Anthony pulled a confused face and then looked at his red poppy dress and then back at Jarvis.
"But all I have are these dresses?" he said, "Mom hates me wearing jeans, she thinks im too pretty for them." He stuck his bottom lip in a pout, "I dont want to be pretty." Jarvis shook his head and smiled.
"I, for one, think you are a handsome young boy," Jarvis stood up and left the room for a moment before quickly entering with Anthony's coat, "And I believe we should go find you some suitable clothes." the young child seemed hesitent at first but Jarvis stayed with a smile.
"What about dad?"
"Who says he has to know everything, sir?" Anthony quickly got up from the floor and ran over to Jarvis who helped him put on his coat. He knelt down and fastened it up, when he looked up he saw Anthony was fiddling with his Captain America toy again, "What is it sir?"
"Can... Can I choose what we buy?"
"Of course."
"Can... Can I please..." He bit his lip and worried it between his teeth, Jarvis wanted until he was ready to talk again. Anthony sighed, "Can I please get a Captain America shirt? Rhodey's mom got him one and my mom Wont let me."
"If you'd like a Captain America shirt, then of course you can get one. You can get as many as you want, sir."
"Really?"
"Yes, you may choose whatever it is you want, Sir." Jarvis stood up and looked at the smile on Anthony's face, he felt a sudden swell of pride as he saw how happy the child was for the first time, he'd never seen him smile like this before.
Anthony grabbed Jarvis' hand, he squeezed it once.
"Thank you."