PARADOX

Weeks later after our "dinner", Tony hasn't been at the tower much. He was at his house working on Mark 42. I offered my help, but he wanted it to be a surprise. And today he said it was nearly finished. So, I decided to surprise him myself. I'll show up uninvited. Driving to his house was a long way, it was away from the city's voice. Which had cars, honking, people talking, sirens, and many other noises that wasn't here. I arrived and found Tony at his door step in his armor.

"So this is Mark 42? Impressive." I said as I stepped out of my car.

"Its not complete, but, it's developing." Iron Man spoke. He marched to where my feet were and looked down. I knew he wasn't in the suit. Tony loves to play around and right know, he thinks he's fooling me. I walked into the house and walked straight down to his lab. As I suspected, Tony was sitting there smirking up at me. "How's you know?"

"I just do." I wandered up to him and smiled brightly. I was glad to see his face again. All I did at the tower was organize his suits and fix up small things. I had no one to speak to, but JARVIS can be a great person-- system to talk to. We spoke of Tony and why he continued his work. I learned many things about a man who I thought was just a stuck up rich guy.

"Mark 42, can't believe I've made more than 40 suits." mark 42 walked down the stairs and into the room. It's heavy feet stomped to Tony and shut down. Tony then walked over to me and held my hands. "I couldn't have don't it without you." I smiled at the connections our hands had and gripped his harder.

"All because of your attitude." I chuckled. Tony laughed and pulled me into a hug. I was debating if I should return it. My hands slowly touched his back and a loud crash came from upstairs. Tony and I quickly ran upstairs to see what it was. A group of men in black came through the hole in the wall. They were armed and heavily armored.

"Could of used the door." Tony spoke as he nudged me closer to him. A man in a black coat and black eye patch walked through the men. Behind him was a man who looked awfully familiar.

"Dad?" I muttered. The man looked at me and through his (E/C) eyes, i knew it was him.

"(Y/N) (L/N), we've come to take you to SHEILD." the man in the black coat spoke. 'My name is Nick Fury, director of SHEILD. You have been under Tony Stark's protection for many months. We would of found you sooner, but you were off the grid. We have your father here with us and his wishes are to have you aboard with us."

Millions of questions raced in my head. I was under protection? All the memories I experienced with Tony was all fake? Was it all just a cover? Tony knows these people? Are these the people who took my father? Why? What's happening? I--I thought Tony really liked me! It was all a lie...

"If I go with you, what will I be doing?" I asked trying not to cry.

"You'll be trained to become a SHEILD agent and assist in your father's labs." Nick explained.

I wanted to be with my dad again. That's all I ever wanted ever since he disappeared. After all these years, I finally get to see him. But at the same time, I wanted to yell at him and throw punches. I wanted answers to my questions.

"Tony, may I have a word?" I turned to Tony who was spacing out. Nick nodded at Tony and I pulled him into the lab. I then punched his stomach. tears were flooding my eyes and I couldn't hold it in anymore. "You knew! You knew if my father was still alive. You knew where he was! All the time we spent together, I knew you knew something about my father. Whether it was good or bad! You idiot!" Tony blocked my punches and tried to calm me down.

"I'm sorry." he whispered as he pulled me into a tight hug.

"Do you even have feelings for me?" I spoke into his ear. My tears were soaking his shirt and my hands clenched into fists. "Was all the time we spent together just a cover? That night, where we almost kissed, I--I liked you! Were you paid to 'woo' me? well it worked!" My voice was raspy and his grasp became tighter. "All of this was a lie. A big ass lie. And I thought I was better than this." Tony's grasp loosened and his hands cupped my face. His thumbs wiped away my tears and his lips locked onto mine. My tears wouldn't stop streaming down my cheeks. All I could think about right now was how much I liked Tony. Tony's lips were soft and heated. The passion was spread through our lips and I wasn't fighting back. I wanted to do this to him so much so he would shut up.

Tony pulled away and wiped away my remaining tears. "All I had to do was keep you out of trouble. But I didn't know I would like you this much. I've waited forever to kiss you. I'm sorry I didn't tell you. I couldn't." he pressed his forehead against mine and closed his eyes. "I'll miss you. I mean it." My eyes widened at his last sentence. If i went with my father, I'd have to give up my relationship with Tony. I wouldn't get to work with him anymore. I wouldn't be able to tease him everyday.

"i'll miss you being a pain in my ass. I'll miss dealing with your attitude." I spoke as I cleaned myself up. I gave him a weak smile and a last hug. My arms wrapped around him tightly and kisses his forehead. "Be a good boy." I left and headed back to Nick Fury. "Let's go."

TONY'S POV

"You'll have to let her go." Nick walked in. I was sitting at my desk staring at (Y/N)'s desk. I then gazed at one of the suits she worked on. It wasn't as good as mine, but impressive. "You won't see her again anytime soon."

"There's always a way, Fury. And I'll find it."