Disclaimer: I do not own anything! Only my OC! As much as I would like to own Iron Man, that honor remains with Marvel, who I give thumbs up for the Avengers movie!

Authors Note: Ok so I've had this idea for years and the only way to get it out of y mind is to write it. If I stick with it them I plan to make this a trilogy from Iron Man 1, Iron Man 2, and Avengers. I will warn you people know I have horrible grammar and I will try to fix my mistakes. Also I will try to make my character Mary Sue free as possible (but come on most super heroes are border line Mary Sue haha) also sorry if I get information about characters in this story… But here I go….

Prologue

Everyone knows about the Stark family: Howard, his wife Maria, and their son Anthony. What most of the world did not know was that there was another son. Dante Stark was four years older than Tony. The press never paid any attention to him because he never compared to what Tony did. Living in the shadow of his younger brother, Dante took a career in photography. While Tony was in college at MIT, Dante was and attending Cal Arts. At this point in his life, Dante went off on his own. It was clear that he did not want to work with Stark Industries and told his father to have Tony inherited it. After graduating college, Dante spent some time in Europe working some jobs where he met his future wife Jemima, an aspiring dancer and singer. The relationship between the Stark brothers was close, and after the tragic death of their parents, their bond became stronger. Tony still lived the crazy life he did while trying to run the company (enter Pepper) and partying almost every night. However, Tony still made time for family. Though Jemima did not always see Tony as a role model for Irene…

(Ok now we have that background information)

"This is Vicky Meda from channel 5 news. I'm here at Stark Industries where it has just been confirmed that Dante and Jemima Stark have been murdered late last night. Dante had stayed well out of the eyes of the public for years and it might have seemed like he did not exist. Our sources tell us that Dante, Jemima, and their 12-year-old daughter Irene were driving home from Irene's dance recital when a truck rammed their car. The driver, from what witnesses saw, exited the car and shot the two adults then ran from the scene… When the police and the medics arrived at the scene, Dante and Jemima were dead on arrival, and Irene was sitting on the sidewalk with witnesses. Police have taken Irene to her uncle where many people are questioning if he is fit to take care of his niece. From wha-"

Tony turned off the T.V and looked over at Irene who was sleeping on the couch next to him. He promised his brother that if anything was to happen to him that he would take care of Irene.

'Don't worry Irene, I'll make sure nothing happens to you' he thought.

Tony knew he wasn't father material but he was going to try. However, he was going to do it his way.