Tony's pov

"Jarvis pull up my personal arc reactor."

"Right away Sir."

As a blue hologram of the arc reactor in my chest appears in front of me I glance at the soldier to see him watching me. Deconstructing the holographic reactor with my hands I explain. "The arc reactor is a source of clean pure long lasting energy. I have one powering one of my facilities in California. But this is a diagram of the one in my chest. It powers my Iron man suits and is the only thing keeping me alive."

I tap my finger on the center of my chest, so he can hear the metalic sound it makes against my nail. He gives me a look that seems almost worried which throws me off track. 'He doesn't even know me he is just a jerk why would he care? Its all just in my head he is the reason my father treated me the way he did its his fault.'

"If you don't mind me asking. Why do you need this arc reactor to keep you alive?"

I look at Fury surprised that he hasnt told Steve what happened since I know that he already knows. I bet he knows almost everything about me considering he's consistent spying and bugging of my houses. Memories of my time in Afghanistan flash through my mind because of Steve's question. A mix of spite, anger and fear seize through me in a slightly tight and bitter voice. "Lets just say I have a heart condition. Why is a story for another time."

Steve's pov

Forgetting to introduce myself I hold out my hand and say. "Sorry for not saying, so before, but I am Ste-"

"Steve rogers."

Tony cuts me off suddenly in a harsh tone. "I know. You worked with my father."

Tony looks at my hand with distaste and folds his arms over his chest ignoring my invitation for a handshake. "But I must say."

Tony says as he looks at me up and down. "I'm slightly dissappointed."

"Excuse me?" I say.

"Not to be rude, but I expected a huge powerful man that could strike fear into all. Not the god loving jock that I see now."

I clench my jaw and retort. "Yes and I expected you to be more like Howard, but I guess we are both disappointed."

As we lock eyes and tension starts to fill the air as the silence drags out I notice a muscle in his jaw twitch. Tony is about to say something when Fury stops him. "Alright that's enough you two with the damn bickering. Now Tony continue explaining your arc reactor."

Tony turns down another glass of scotch and lets out a frustrated sigh. As he goes back to explaining I can hear the agitation in his voice, yet over time as he goes into detail little by little the agitation fades and turns excitement. Soon he is smiling as he talks more about the reactor. It's almost as if he has forgotten he is talking to someone he doesnt like. "You see the reactor in my chest is powered by palladium in its core. Palladium is a very rare type of metal that allows the reactor to create hot fusion which is used as a clean energy."

Although its hard for me to fully understand some of the things he says I smile as he explains. His excitement at with his work reminds me, so much of Howard. Maybe the apple really didnt fall too far from the tree. "This is what powers my suits and my heart."

I enjoy this until we all hear a man loudly yell. "ANTHONY EDWARD STARK!"

Happy winces slightly while Tony mutters under his breath. "Shit seems Obadiah found out."

When the doors burst open a mad bald middle age man with a beard comes storming in. Tony leans back into the sofa taking a sip of his fourth glass of scotch before looking at the man. "Obadiah is that a new suit?"

"Don't you even think about trying to talk your way out of this Anthony. Why did you end all of our weapon contrats with the government and military?"

The minute I lay eyes on him I feel something off about him. I dont really know why. 'Maybe a gut feeling?'

"Obadiah you know why I cancelled those contracts. I made a promise four months and I intend to keep it. If not giving the military and government weapons puts us on their bad side then, so be it. I'm not breaking this promise."

That's when I realize that they are talking about weapons. "Wait Stark industries manufactured weapons?"

They both look at me noticing my shock. 'Last time I talked to Howard making weapons was the last thing he was interested.'

Obadiah gives me a once over not realizing who I am. "Of course we do Stark industries has been the biggest weapons manufacturer in the world for 70 years. Which is why this Stark Expo is pointless Tony and a waste of money."

Tony notices the disbelief on my face and says. "What?"

"Sorry its just hard to believe that Howard made weapons for the military. Its not how I remember him."

As soon as I say that Tony's graze changes immediately. He glares at me in anger and bitter voice tells me. "Yes well people change and didn't he create you a super soldier."

His graze relaxes slightly as he turns back to Obadiah. "Obi you raised me since I was 16 after my parents' car accident. But even before they died I was following in his footsteps and I have done, so all my life and we both know what happen to me because of it. I am fully healed now and the world knows I'm Iron man, so it is time I start the promise I made last year. Its time for me to stop living in his shadow and make my own path. Which is why the Stark expo is back and going on for the whole year."

I am upset with how Tony snapped at me, but I also become curious as I listen to him talk. 'He had been wounded. How? What happened? Is it the reason he has an arc reactor in his chest.'

Obadiah lets out a sigh and rubs his eyes. "I can't say that I agree with you Tony. The whole company would be losing a lot of money. On top of that none of the board of directors will support you and that's just going to make it harder on you to go through with this."

"Screw the board all they care about is making the most money they can which is my money not their's."

Rubbing his head Obadiah lets out a groan and says. "You give me headaches you know that. Also hurry up here, you have people to entertain and stop staying up for days on end its catching up to you."

"Alright 'dad' I'll be right there, so go enjoy the Expo."

Obadiah chuckles at Tony's teasing dad comment before fixing his suit and leaving. Tony gets up to leave when Fury stops him. "Stark..."

"Yeah yeah I know I'll get the facility ready for them."

"Actually I was going to say that Rogers will be staying with you while the rest of the team gets ready along with the facility."

Stopping dead in his tracks Tony turn to glare at Fury and says. "You're kidding right."

Walking up to Fury I barely hear him as he whispers. "You do know that i hate him right, so why would you think that I would let him in MY HOUSE."

I can tell Tony isn't happy as he rolls his eyes and lets out groan. "Fine lets go Captain Sparklers."

Ignoring the nickname he gives me I get up and follow him. We head out to the expo and Tony immediately heads to the bar to get his fifth drink tonight. Thinking to myself I make a mental note that Tony might have a drinking problem. Deciding I want to get to know him I decide to join him.

Tony's pov

Out of the corner of my eye I can see Cap approaching me. Stopping next to me he just stands there until I glance at him. "You're underdressed?"

He looks at me suprised and confused by what I mean. So I gesture to his wardrobe. "You're underdressed for an event like this."

He gives me a 'are you serious look', but I am not phased by it. I chug my drink down and raise an eyebrow at him. As I smile from behind my glass as I think to myself. 'Lets see how much I can mess with captain sparkles until he looses his cool.'

As I put my empty glass down some reporters walk up to me. As they approach us I can't help but let an annoyed groan making Steve look at me in confusion. "Reports lets go."

I wave down happy and as Happy aproaches me he notices the reporters. Without being asked he already knows what to do as he pulls out his cell and calls for my car to pull up. Cap, Happy, and I exit through the back entry way and get to the car. As we settle down into the car Steve asks. "So how far is your place?"

I pour myself a glass of scotch from the selection of alcohol in the limo and take a drink. I lean back and smirk. "You might wanna get comfortable pretty boy. Its not close."

A silence fills the limo and I keep my drink and the view to keep my mind off the fact that I'm in the same car as the man I hate. As the car drives us through the lively city of New York I look out the window at all the lights. I like it here. There is never a time of darkness or silence. The lights are always on and there is always people out. Even if its a hooker on the street. It shows that theres actual life here. Before I know it the car comes to a stop. "That was faster than I expected" Steve pipes in.

I chuckle as I open my door and slide out my seat "Oh that was only a fraction of our trip."

I walk out onto an empty lot that is only occupied by a few people who work for me and my private jet which is ready for our trip. I start to walk up the stairs to the jet and half way there I hear Steve "Uh Tony....how far do you live?"

"Far." I say without stopping or turning to him.

"Where exactly?"

Annoyed I stop and turn to him. "Malibu California now do you wanna actually go or do u wanna play 20 questions, so the press can catch up to us by all means you can stay if you really want." I snap and turn right back around and make my way into the jet without checking if he will follow.

I honestly wish he wouldn't. It would save us the trouble of interacting. But knowing him he would wanna follow Nick's stupid orders like the good patriot he is. I sit down and pour myself a new scotch and drink it. As it slips down my throat i close my eyes and enjoy it until I hear a shift infront of me. 'Of fucking corse he just had to actually come. Fucking goody two shoes patriot.'

As soon as we take off Happy hands me my bottle full of green slug that helps me hide my symptoms. Glancing up at Captain Sparklers I find him asleep in a nearby seat. Letting out a sigh I start working on one of my many projects.

A/N

Hey guys sorry for taking so long me and my editor had different schedules so it made it hard to work on all the editing but here it is I hope you guys love it please comment vote and share.