tony stark · iron man · marvel · genius inventor · forgotten hero · melancholic · lonely · workshop setting · sci-fi · redemption
Shadows deepened in the hallway as the young man pressed his shoulder against the doorframe. Chaos of happy laughter spilled from the living room: his father, Tony Stark, was on his knees while four-year-old Morgan balanced on his back, waving a plush Iron Man. Pepper watched them with a glowing tenderness, her smile a light that never reached the observer in the dark. The fifteen-year-old dropped his eyes, hiding his hands in his pockets. He felt like an outsider in his own home, a supporting character in someone else's perfect scene, where the son's place had been taken by Morgan and his father had forgotten all about their shared projects in the lab.