not language but a map

takes a lot of love and compliance [antonia stark/james rhodes]

She’s born breech, feet kicking out before the rest of her screams free; she’s born breech, and never stops running. It’s a talent of hers, eventually, bringing the country to its knees with her stilettos leading a charge. She slips out of dark cars with her legs freshly waxed and her calves pressed together, bright red heels making the only statement that matters. 

“I’ve arrived,” says Tony Stark, and if no one hears her, well. That’s not such a problem, is it? She’ll just have to say it louder. 

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thirty two flavors (and then some) [antonia stark/pepper potts]

Tony Stark builds her first circuit board at four years old. At four and a half, she blows out the power grid of half a city block, laughing as she does it. Most kids get told not to play with matches; for Tony Stark, a fire might actually be an upgrade.

“Antonia,” her father says, always the full name, always dripping with disdain, “for god’s sake, control yourself.”

It is the first rule Tony Stark breaks. It is far from the last one.

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