BROKEN LULLABY

❝ Hush, little baby, don't you cry. Mommy loves you, and so do I ❞

Tony Stark was trying his best. His family in shambles and Pepper still needing her space, he tried to make the most what he had left, putting all of his focus on his company and the new facility, trying to keep a watchful eye on a teenage web-slinger and his ex-teammates that were scattered about the boroughs in hiding. He might have made amends—to an extent, at least—but things were never going to go back to the way they were.

So he moves on with his life, going to much needed therapy, hoping that he'll find something along his long walks through the city as he reflected on the even longer conversations he never would have. And, in a way, he did.

In a whirlwind of events, Tony finds himself reconnecting with Birdie Walsh, an ex-nurse turned defense attorney who struggled to make ends meet as a tired single mother. A woman he had met briefly, years ago, but with whom he had made a quite lasting impact, if the excitable eleven-year-old she called a son was any indication.

Suddenly, Tony finds himself playing the role his father never had, trying his best to find his place in the broken family of the Walsh's. It started out as a favor, but turned into so much more.

CAST

rashida jones as birdie walsh

❝ I can't do this again, Tony. I can't do this, not to myself, not to him. not again. ❞

jack dylan grazer as remy walsh

❝ you're a pretty great dad, Mr. Stark. I mean, I've only had one, but I like you the most. ❞

caleb mclaughlin as ethan kennedy

❝ I don't care how much money you have, you hurt either of them and I will destroy you. ❞

diane kruger as jayne taylar

❝ I was your maid of honor at your first wedding, I should reprise my role for your second. ❞

colin farrell as mark walsh

❝ you never loved me as much as I loved you, and that's just the way it is ❞

jeremy jordan as nicky green

❝ you deserve something good in your life, Tony, this is it ❞

STATUS

started: 12.14.17

completed: 04.25.18











AUTHOR'S NOTE

Do we like how the quote at the top can either be for Remy or for Tony? Anyways, here we are, folks, a Tony Stark fic. I gotta say, I never thought I would ever write a fic for this man, but here I am. I really hope I do it justice, because I really do think Tony deserves all the love, and I'm surprised it took me so long to get here.

This takes place after the events of Spider-Man: Homecoming, and will be an AU portion, bridging the gap between Homecoming and Infinity War.

【 This takes place in my Hero of Heroes series and while you don't need to have read the other fics in the series to understand what is going on, you can if you so wish as characters from this fic may appear in others and vice versa 】

This is dedicated to tinkertaydust and peggyscarter because they're the two that really had me thinking about why I didn't love Tony as much as I should have, and here we are now, so thank you for that, Infinity War is going to be a lot harder now.

A special thanks also goes to lokidyinginside merryspidermas starfragment JustSav latte-to-go lsvrsclub yoassbutt SinnofKnowledge for being such bros, thank you for putting up with my ridiculous self I love you guys!

EDIT (12/17/17): A big, big thanks to tinkertaydust for helping me redo Birdie's story line and add another layer of depth to this story, I really appreciate it and am thankful that you were so kind and understanding

EDIT (7/22/18): This story was published and completed back before Jack Dylan Grazer's homophobic DM's were brought to my attention (as they were only released recently) so I want everyone to know that I don't condone anything he does, but the actor and my character are two separate entities so please acknowledge that while reading this

I really hope this goes well, because I'm really excited about expanding this universe, so I hope you enjoy!