Growing Up Iron
At 25, Tony Stark watched as the government found a lost icon, and reintroduced him to the world. At 25, Tony refused to join the Avengers Initiative, only stepping forward to help when the world became endangered. He'd used the suit he'd created to fly a missile into the sky.
At 27, Tony watched as the group of heroes turned against the government. He watched as they teamed up with a man formally known as James Barnes, and destroyed the system. Steve Rogers had come to the conclusion that if the world he’d woken up in was in chaos, then they would force it to run as they wanted. It took one year before the group had systematically taken over the world.
Tony didn't grow up into a playboy. He didn't grow up in the spotlight like everyone had expected. He grew up fast, and mostly alone. So when the former heroes took over the government, he and a small group of friends went into hiding.
“Stark, I’ve been looking for you,” the man’s grin was anything but kind. Feral. Steve tilted his head as he stared at the face plate that had slid over Tony’s face. “Do you know, you’re just as pretty as your dad was, and even smarter.”
At the age of 28, Tony Stark became the most wanted man on the planet.
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