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Today I did both my first pulmonary tumor resection and my first vascular anastomosis…
#also I did a gall bladder removal that went really well#it was a good day#I love my job#also now everyone is 100% confused as to what I might specialize in lol#which is kinda still terryfing me because I DONT KNOW#so many things are so cool#sigh#for now I’ll just enjoy the fact that all 3 subdivisions are making an effort to train me#resa does residency#medblr#surgery
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✧ ━━ the courts of switzerland present TERESA TRASTAMARA of SPAIN, the INFANTA of SPAIN. the TWENTY THREE year old had been CHARISMATIC and COMPASSIONATE before the break of war but have now become A HOPELESS ROMANTIC and COMPLAISANT. SHE is often remembered by their likeness to ELEANOR TOMLINSON and ROMANCE NOVELS HIDDEN UNDER HER PILLOWS, EFFORTLESS DANCES TILL DAWN, A PAWN WAITING FOR INSTRUCTIONS. the rumor mills of europe claim that her allegiance lies with THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE and that she is for PEACE.
BASIC INFORMATION
FULL NAME : teresa juana trastamara
MEANING :
Form of THERESA used in several languages. Saint Teresa of Ávila was a 16th-century Spanish nun who reformed the Carmelite monasteries and wrote several spiritual books.
Spanish form of Iohanna (see JOANNA), making it the feminine form of JUAN (1). This name was borne by Juana the Mad, a 16th-century queen of Castile
Unknown
name: teresa
middle name: juana
surname: trastamara
MONIKERS / NICKNAMES : resa (family nickname)
TITLE :
infanta of spain
GENDER & PRONOUNS :
ETHNICITY : white spanish
DATE OF BIRTH & AGE:december 15th 1535
ZODIAC SIGN : sagittarius
ORIENTATION : heterosexual, heteroromantic
MARITAL STATUS : unmarried
OCCUPATION : none? patron of the arts?
CURRENT LOCATION : castelgrande castle
BACKGROUND
PLACE OF BIRTH : royal alcazar of madrid
RESIDENCES : royal alcazar of madrid
RELIGIOUS VIEWS : roman catholic
EDUCATION : private tutoring befitting her status though she excelled more in her social education then her academic subjects (besides languages)
LANGUAGES SPOKEN : spanish (native), portuguese (fluent), italian (fluent), latin (proficient nearly fluent), french (proficient), english (proficient), arabic (conversational can’t read it), german (conversational, can’t read it)
ALLEGIANCES :
monarch house, if applicable ; trastamara
house of birth ; trastamara
FAMILY :
king alonso of spain (eldest brother)
duke tomas of barcelona (older brother)
infanta luciana (older sister, deceased)
infanta mariana (older sister)
OTHER FAMILIAL RELATIONS :
queen beatriz of portugal (sister in law)
manuel, prince of asturias (nephew)
infante christobal (nephew)
infante miguel (nephew)
infanta ines (niece)
infanta carlota (niece)
princess adalaide of masovia (sister in law)
APPEARANCE
FACECLAIM : eleanor tomlinson
HAIR COLOUR / STYLE : teresa has vibrant red hair that if she spends too much time in the sun with sometimes appears nearly golden colored. when not perfectly styled her hair can easily be described as a wild mane (especially after horseback riding) but in most social situations is perfectly styled in a fashionable updo.
EYE COLOUR / SHAPE : teresa was blessed with big round blue green eyes that you can see every emotion she has in, her eyes are truly the gateways to her soul
HEIGHT : 167 cm / 5′6″.
BUILD : teresa has never been able to keep any meat on her bones or muscle always looking more like a twig then anything else despite being in perfectly good health and relatively physically active
SPEECH STYLE : teresa has always been gifted with a skill for language and generally speaks with very little accent. her tone is almost always soft and she generally speaks at a calm and quiet voice. she has the sort of voice that you could listen to all day.
RECOGNIZABLE MARKINGS : though her wild red mane is her most recognizable feature, she does have a large birth mark on the right side of her hip
BEAUTY HABITS : hygiene is very important to teresa, she can not stand bad smells of any kind. is also a sucker for a red lip and is often seen wearing one
PERSONALITY
TROPES : beauty = goodness, indifferent beauty, spoiled sweet
INSPIRATIONS : allie hamilton (the notebook), rose (the titanic), and edith crawley (downton abbey)
MBTI : esfj
ENNEAGRAM : type 2- the helper
ALIGNMENT : lawful good
TEMPERAMENT : phlegmatic
HOGWARTS HOUSE : hufflepuff
POSITIVE TRAITS : loyal, compassionate, charismatic
NEGATIVE TRAITS : naive, complaisant, hopeless romantic
HABITS : when bored she tends to hum since she always have a song stuck in her head, when nervous though she fidgets a lot with her favorite ring she wears daily on her left pinky
HOBBIES : teresa’s two favorite hobbies are dancing and horseback riding. she will take any opportunity for either though she often wishes she was more skilled in the formal arts but she isn’t so she simply enjoys viewing them and being an active patron of various artists
USUAL DEMEANOR : teresa is a very calm person and her company is usually enjoyed because of her gentle demeanor. despite that she is definitely not a boring person and will do anything she can to make people happy and love to laugh and enjoy life making her very popular with most people.
HEALTH
PHYSICAL AILMENTS : thankfully is very physically healthy though she did catch two very terrible fevers as a child but they do not appear to have effected her long term
NEUROLOGICAL CONDITION : teresa is also blessed to have relatively stable mental health. she does have some anxiety about her unstable future but she is very private about it
PHOBIAS : autophobia (fear of being alone), claustrophobia (fear of small spaces)
ALLERGIES : a pretty severe allergy to peanuts, had a severe reaction as a child and her family became very protective keeping them away
SLEEPING HABITS : teresa has always been an early riser and loves watching the sun rise when possible, can not sleep when there are storms though
SOCIABILITY : the poster child for a social butterfly, not just because her social position requires it, she genuinely just loves being around people. almost never alone because of it and becomes incredibly anxious if left alone for too long. the only social situations she dislikes is ones discussing politics because she is not very politically minded.
ADDICTIONS : teresa has never used drugs and is not a big fan of the taste of alcohol. she understands drinking though is a part of socializing and will drinks when it is required at social events but generally is always sober
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Iron Legion (7/?)
Never let it be said that Tony Stark ever does things by half. He might have grown up with little family, but he wasn’t about to keep it that way.
Tony Stark was seventeen when his first child was born, and that was just the beginning.
For Masterpost, AO3, and Fanfiction
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Daddy's Home
Tony Stark was thirty-four when Iron Man was born.
Tony smiled as a chorus of voices answered his call. “Hey, kids, you all having fun in the country music state?”
“Have you been having fun?” Nebula asks with a knowing voice and Tony hates how much her and J.A.R.V.I.S. gossip. None of his kids needed to know what he does in his bedroom when they’re not home. Or who he does.
“Daddy! Daddy look! I had Harley and Valeria cut my hair!” Teresa said, stealing the phone away for herself so she could show him her new look. “I look just like you now!”
“Yeah, Tori sent me pictures, Resa,” Tony chuckled, remembering the panic-filled text that had come with them. Honestly, the kid was eight. If she wanted her siblings to shear off her hair, who was he to care.
“I’m taking her to a barbershop tomorrow to have them clean it up,” Nebula said, grabbing the phone from her sister.
“Nebs said they’ll make me look even more like you!” Teresa shouted and he could see her hand grabbing at the phone.
“I’ll have to show you how to style it right when I get back,” Tony said, leaning back.
“Is Uncle Rhodey there?” Harley asked, jumping onto Nebula’s back.
“Get off me shrimp!” the teen huffed, shoving him off, but not before losing the phone to her brother.
“Hey, I’m taller than Teresa!”
“Am not!” came Teresa’s argument.
Harley’s face appeared, far too close to the screen. “Is Uncle Rhodey there?”
“Well don’t I feel loved,” Tony pouted. “I call to talk and all I get are questions about Rhodey?”
“Yup.”
“You spend too much time with your mother. No respect.”
“Dad,” Harley whined, elongating the a.
“Nope. You can talk to him when we get back.”
That made the boy perk up. “You’ll be back in time for my birthday, right?”
“Of course! As soon as Rhodey and Dad are done playing with the new toys Rhodey’s friends are buying then we’ll be straight there.”
“Speaking of birthdays, what did you get Aunt Pepper for hers?” Nebula asked, shoving Harley’s face away and giving her father a knowing look.
“No idea, but I hear it was nice.”
“Daddy forgot again,” Teresa giggled and then all three of them were laughing at him.
“This is why Jay’s my favorite.”
“Thank you, Sir.”
“What are you all doing up? ” came Tori’s voice.
“Uh oh, someone’s in trouble,” Tony said.
“Yeah, you.” She took the phone and gave him a glare. “Do you know what time it is here?”
“Late?” Tony offered.
“Very. Kids, say goodbye to your father.”
“Bye, Daddy! Love you!” Teresa yelled while her brother shouted, “Bye, Dad. Tell Uncle Rhodey I said you guys need to hurry back!”
“I don’t have a bedtime,” Nebula pointed out.
“You do here,” Tori said, handing her the phone.
“I’m not a child,” Nebula huffed before turning to Tony. “Goodnight, Father.”
“Night, Nebula. Try not to drive Tornado too insane with your teenage angst schtick. That’s my job.”
Nebula snorted and shook her head. “Be safe.”
“Don’t worry. We’re just showing off the Jerico to the brass.”
“Tony!”
“Looks like we’re landing. I’ll call you when we’re headed home. Love you!”
“Love you too.”
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“Got a family?”
“Yes, and I will see them when I leave here. And you, Stark?”
A man with a heart of gold that had somehow managed to put up with Tony’s nonsense since they were teenagers. A bodyguard who put up a grumpy act, despite being rather soft. A woman that embodied the term mother bear. A fiery redhead that happily put him in his place. An alien who had recently taken to wearing a silvery-blue pixie cut wig and had hacked her mask so she could add dark makeup to the disguise. A pair of bots that were always in the way and never listened. A snippy UI that refuses to call him anything but Sir. A little girl that left LEGOs all across the house and wanted to be just like her daddy. A boy who was just as contrary as his mother. A little girl who wasn’t his, but that only meant he got to be the fun uncle instead of a responsible parent for once.
A whole group of people he would do anything to protect.
“Nothing.”
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“How are the kids?” Tony asked as soon as they’d left the base.
“They’re thrilled to know you’re back. None of them really handled your disappearance well. We kept them at Tori’s since Obidiah’s come sniffing around your house a few times. I kept him out since you hadn’t been declared dead, but we didn’t want to risk him finding them alone. Teresa and Nebula will be here tomorrow. It would have been sooner, but as I thought you would be in the hospital, I figured it would be better to wait,” Pepper said, her voice sharp at the end.
“I wanna talk to them.”
This, at least, Pepper didn’t argue.
“Keener residence,” a male voice answered.
“Hey, Richards. Where’s your cousin?”
“Shit, Stark, you really are still alive?”
“Nice to hear from you too.”
“Who is it?” Tori asked, voice distant.
“Stark.”
“What the- Give me that!” There was a shuffling sound then Tori’s voice came through clearer. “Tony, thank God you’re alright! How are you? I thought Pepper said they were taking you to the hospital.”
“She lied. I’m fine. I want to talk to the kids.”
“Of course. Harley’s at school right now, but the others are here. Frank, get the kids, please.”
“Cousin cowboy come over to complain about me again?” Tony asked, tucking the phone between his shoulder and cheek so he could adjust his arm into a more comfortable position in the sling.
“Oh shut up. You know Frank likes you, he just…”
“Thinks I should have married you instead of that trash you won’t let me track down.”
“You both need to let that go. I just want to forget about him.”
“But if we do that then Franky and I won’t have anything in common. It’s the only thing we agree on.”
“Why Mr. Stark, was that a proposal?” Tori sighed, exaggerating her accent.
Tony held the phone out to Pepper. “Give that back to me when the kids get on the line. I shouldn’t be dealing with this kind of emotional trauma after what I just went through!”
She ignored him, continuing to work on her phone to set up the requested press conference.
He put the phone back to his ear. “I thought I asked for my kids.”
“They’re coming. Frank had to go fetch them from the barn. Harley and Teresa have turned it into their personal workshop so Nebula and her have been using it for school time. It’s got the best internet speeds on the property. Hell, probably the best in the county.”
“I’m so proud,” Tony said, and he definitely wasn’t tearing up.
A loud crash sounded from over the phone, accompanied by, “DADDY!”
“Teresa, hold on and -” Tori cut off with a yelp.
“Daddy!” Teresa yelled right in his ear before continuing in a softer voice littered with sobs. “Daddy! Are you okay? Aunt Pepper said the bad guys took you and the news kept saying you were probably dead, but Aunt Tori said you were too stubborn to die and Nebs and Jay couldn’t find anything even when they hacked into Uncle Rhodey’s work computers and -”
“Woah, hey, Resa, it’s okay, baby girl. I’m alright. I’m here,” he said calmly, putting aside the fact that his daughter and AI apparently hacked into likely classified military files for the moment. “I’m okay. I’m with Aunt Pepper and Uncle Happy right now. We’re going to go talk to those mean news people right now.”
“I thought Aunt Pepper said you were going to the hospital,” Nebula said with an annoyed growl.
“Stark, you better be on the way to a hospital right now!” Tori snapped.
“Resa, did you turn daddy on speakerphone?” he groaned, letting his head fall back.
“I thought you would want to talk to Nebs too, sorry.”
“Stark, if I call Pepper, she better tell me that you are either in perfect health or headed to the hospital.”
“I don’t need a hospital,” Tony said and Pepper looked up at him to give him a look before turning back to her work.
“J.A.R.V.I.S. and I saw your medical files,” Nebula cut in.
“Good, then you know the Air Force guys already fussed over me. Also, you two need to stop hacking the government.”
“Like you’re one to talk,” Tori snorted. “Who do you think taught them behavior like that?”
“Go to the hospital, Father. You are -”
“I’m fine. All I need is a cheeseburger.”
“I’m calling Pepper.”
Tony rolled his eyes and turned on the speakerphone. “Pepper, Tor-Tor wants to talk to you.”
“I tried,” she said before Tori could speak. “He refuses to do anything before getting a cheeseburger and holding a press conference.”
“Take him to the hospital after.”
“I’m fine! Can any of you hear me or am I talking to myself?”
“I can hear you, daddy!”
“Thanks, Resa. You’re the best!” Tony looked over to see them approaching Burger King. “Oh look, the cheeseburgers await. Nebula, Resa, I'll see you tomorrow! Give your brother my love! Love you, girls! Bye!”
“Bye, daddy! See you tomorrow! You better be there!”
“Father -”
Tony hung up the phone and handed it back to Happy.
A few minutes later Pepper smiled and showed him a text she had received.
⭐️Nebula⭐️: J.A.R.V.I.S is calling up the doc. If he wants to act like a child, we’ll get him a pediatrician.
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“So this is what you call fine?” Georgia sighed, staring at the thing embedded into Dr. Stark’s chest.
“No, this is what I call an antique.” He held up a device that looked the same. “This is an upgrade. I need some help putting it in. Since you’re here anyways…”
She crossed her arms. “You know that’s not why I’m here. I read the files Nebula sent me -”
“Yeah, yeah, send me the diet plan or have Pepper pick up the meds or whatever you all seem to think I need despite the fact I’ve said I’m fine over a hundred times. Now, can we do this? The kids will be here in an hour and I’d rather not have an empty hole in my chest when they get here.”
“I’m not that type of doctor.”
“Well, my hands are too big and I think Pepper might pass out if I ask her.”
“I might,” Pepper agreed, looking pale at the idea from where she was standing next to the door to the workshop.
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“Mom says you’ve got a battery in your chest! Can I get one too?”
“Why hello Harls. Yes, I missed you too. Sorry for missing your birthday. I love you so much.”
“Mom said you were fine. And if you’re really sorry, you’d put a battery in my chest.”
“I was kidnapped,” Tony said, and yeah that was probably not something to tell an eight-year-old, but Harley was tough and it wasn’t like he was going to bring up the torture. “Why do you even want a battery in your chest?”
“To charge things.”
“Yeah, ask your mother.”
“That’s what you say when the answer’s no, but you don’t want to be the one to tell me.”
“But if you know that, then that means I am telling you no.”
“Come on, isn’t it your job as an absentee father to spoil me?”
“Key word is absentee, meaning not there, which means no, an absentee father’s job is to not be in their child’s life at all. I’m in your life, so not an absentee father.”
“You know what I meant!”
“And you know what I meant when I told you to ask your mother. So how’s school going?”
“How’s the business going?”
“Fair enough. Want to play that online racing game you like?”
“You’re on!”
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“Daddy!”
Tony groaned and brushed fire retardant off his face so he could look up at his daughter. “Hey, sweetheart, what are you doing in here? You know to stay behind the glass when I’m testing things.”
“You hit a wall,” she said blankly. She reached her hand over and started feeling around his head. “I have to check for bumps.”
“I’m fine,” he sighed, but didn’t fight it. He knew if he did then she’d hold it against him the next time his clumsy girl fell and he needed to check her over.
Once she was done, she stepped back and tilted her head. “Why did Dum-E spray you with the foam? Did you catch fire again?”
“No, Dum-E is being silly.”
She crossed her arms and turned to Dum-E. “Don’t waste the extinguisher,” she reprimanded, slowly pronouncing the word extinguisher.
The bot’s arm fell as he gave a sad beep.
U rolled up, showing the camera they were still holding to their favorite sibling.
She smiled and patted their claw. “Good job, U.”
Smiling at his kids’ antics, he stood up and started wiping off the rest of the foam. “Alright, next time we need to start at a lower power. And stabilizers. Those would help.”
“What are you making?” Teresa asked, leaning over to look at the boots.
“Special secret project. Don’t tell Pepper.”
She nodded without question.
Why couldn’t all his children be so well behaved?
“Can I help?” she asked, bouncing.
He shrugged. “Sure. You and Jay can run some numbers while I work on the next piece.” Most of the equations would be over her head, but J.A.R.V.I.S. would give her a few that were her level and a few above for practice. The workshop was the best place to learn, in his opinion.
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“Careful, careful, and touchdown,” Tony cheered as he landed in the workshop.
“Very good, Sir.”
“Can I get one?”
He turned to see his daughters, the younger sitting on the back of the couch while the older was leaning against it. Teresa waved, her legs swinging, and Nebula studied him, her head tilted in that way it did when she was talking to J.A.R.V.I.S.
He lifted the faceplate and frowned at them. “What are you two doing in here? You know you’re not allowed in the workshop while I’m not here. Do the rules not mean anything anymore? Did Jay let you in?”
Nebula pointed a blue thumb at the missing glass wall.
“Right.”
“Daddy!” Teresa chirped, hoping down and running up to him. “You look so cool!”
“Thanks, Sunray. Now step back so daddy can change.”
She eagerly did so, gasping when the arms rose up to remove the suit.
Nebula walked around to face him, crossing her arms. “I thought Stark Industries was out of the military business.”
“We are. I was just… doing a bit of cleaning up.”
She hummed, but didn’t say anything and he caught her staring at the blast-mark on the faceplate.
“Nebula -”
“I want one of those,” she said, pointing at the repulsor on one of his gauntlets.
“Why?”
“Why not?”
The two stared each other down before Tony sighed. “We’ll see.”
One of the arms tugged a little too roughly on his leg.
“Careful!”
“Apologies.”
“Hey! Ow!” Tony said, giving a yelp.
“Ooh. It is a tight fit, Sir.”
He let out a hiss, pulling away from the one yanking on his arm. He saw Teresa take a step towards him, but Nebula stopped her.
“Sir, the more you struggle, the more this is going to hurt.”
Tony considered making a joke, but thought better of it when he remembered Teresa.
“I designed this to come off, so- Ow! Hey!”
“Please, try not to move, Sir.”
“What's going on here?”
The three turned to see Pepper standing just inside the workshop.
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Nebula frowned when her music suddenly cut off. She tapped her head with a frown. “J.A.R.V.I.S., what’s going on?”
There was no response.
She tried to reach out to the intranet, but only received static. She narrowed her eyes and quietly slipped off her bed. The only reason the intranet would be down is if someone was using something to disrupt the signal.
She slipped her mask on and activated it so she could see, but didn’t bring up the disguise. She snuck out of her room and to Teresa’s door. When she opened it, her sister was curled up, half asleep.
“Nebs?” she yawned. “I’m s’eeping.”
“J.A.R.V.I.S. isn’t responding. Go into your closet and seal the door. Take your phone.”
Her eyes widened and she stumbled out of bed. “Daddy?”
“I’ll find him. Just go.”
She bit her lip, but nodded and grabbed her phone off her nightstand. Nebula waited until she heard the locks in the closet door engage before continuing down the hall. Her father’s room was empty so she headed into the living room.
“I wish you could've seen my prototype.”
Nebula frowned at the voice that was both familiar and not. She knew of Obidiah Stane, but they’d never met and she had never planned to do so. She wasn’t fond of how he tried to control Father’s life, to say the least, and she certainly understood Father's reasoning to keep her and her siblings a secret from the man.
“It's not as, uh — Well, not as conservative as yours.”
She peeked around the corner and her fists clenched.
Stane sat on the couch next to her father, one man with a briefcase on his lap and the other with a whole in his chest.
She had never wanted to put her assassin training to use on Terra before.
This man changed that, with his next words only increasing that urge.
“Too bad you had to involve Pepper in this. I would have preferred that she lived.”
Her arm let out a series of clicks as it shifted to reveal the repulsor Father had placed inside it “for emergencies only.”
She stepped out as the man walked away from Father and took a shot. Unfortunately, she wasn’t expecting the recoil and the shot flew high, just missing the man’s head.
“That was a warning shot,” she bluffed, taking aim again. “On your knees and I might not tear you to pieces.”
Stane stared at her with shook. “Well now, Tony. It seems you’ve been hiding more than I thought. And what does he call you? You’re certainly a step up from those rust buckets he insists on keeping downstairs.”
“On your knees.”
“I don’t think so.” He pulled a gun out from behind him and she froze as he pointed it at her father. “You lot have one thing in common, you won’t let any harm come to your creator. That bit of his neediness always comes through. It’s pathetic.”
Her fingers twitched to wrap around the man’s neck, but she let the repulsor tuck away and dropped her arm. “You will die for this,” she growled. “Enjoy what little life you have left.”
“I think you should be more worried about what little life he has left.” Stane slowly made his way out of the room, keeping the gun pointed at Father the whole way.
When he slipped out the door, she ached to take chase. She resisted though, rushing to her father’s side. Her hands hovered over the place the arch reactor was meant to be uncertainly. “What do I do? How do I help you? I don’t…” She looked around for the reactor before realizing Stane must have taken it with him. She reached for her arm. “Will the mini reactor work?”
“Nnn,” he slurred. “D’ns’s.”
“What did he do to you?” she hissed. He shouldn’t be this out of it this quickly just from having the reactor removed.
Carefully she picked him up and carried him down to the workshop. Immediately U and Dum-E were at her side, beeping frantically. With the intranet still disabled, though, she couldn’t understand them.
“Stane attacked Father. He removed the reactor. We need to figure out how to help him.”
U went to a bench to clean it off for her, but Dum-E went crazy, spinning around and chirping before darting away. Ignoring her brother, she went to the bench and gently set him down.
Suddenly Dum-E was at her side, shoving a glass case in her face.
“Stop it, you -” She cut off as she realized what was in the case: her father’s original reactor that Dr. Jenkins had removed with the words Proof Tony Stark has a heart carved around the rim. She laughed and pressed her forehead to her brother’s claw before smashing the glass between her hands.
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“I’m coming with you!”
“No, you’re not.”
“He attacked you!”
“Which is why you’re staying here. Protect your siblings.”
“But -”
“Take care of Teresa. Rhodey, keep the skies clear.”
“Father!”
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“The truth is… I am Iron Man.”
Teresa didn’t hear Nebula groan on the other couch or Harley start yelling on the phone. As the reporters on the tv started shouting, all he could do was stare wide-eyed at his father with pride.
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5 Reasons Why Saying NO to Home Staging is a Huge Mistake
Is Home Staging Worth the Cost?
Talk to any real estate agent and they will tell you that STAGING COSTS ARE NOT AN EXPENSE, THEY ARE AN INVESTMENT.
Talk to some “old-tyme” homeowners and they will tell you that HOME STAGING ISN’T WORTH THE COST.
In this article, Maria Saverino from Milagro Interiors schools us all about the Top 5 Mistakes you are making by not staging your home for sale.
There are no home sellers who have staged their properties with a certified stager and lost their money.
Staging is one of the best investments you can make, and the upshot is tangible, straightforward and immediate: Stage your home well and you will incite the best first impression, your property will sell faster and you will maximize your selling price, ensuring the best Return On Investment (ROI).
Think of home staging as loaning out some money and receiving it back with interest in a very short time!
According to the National Association of Realtors (NARS), for every $100 invested in staging, the potential return is $400.
A considerable number of sellers that I have encountered have shared certain assumptions about staging:
it is too expensive,
it’s just decorating or filling a house with “pretty” furniture,
it takes too much time and it is not worth paying for.
As a stager with years of experience and direct knowledge of the benefits of staging, I would like to explain why these assumptions are worth reconsidering. Staging is Marketing! Your property becomes a product like any other product.
When it comes to staging a property, you are trying to sell your home, and you want to do it quick!
Your home becomes a potential purchase for every buyer that walks through your door, and it is about showing the potential of your space to attract buyers to achieve the optimum sale. The stagers do all the work, and in many cases, it could take as little as a day, depending on the size and scope of the project; larger spaces require more time and effort, but in all cases, stagers work very efficiently and have the best insight to showcase the property in a way that appeals to buyers’ emotions.
Avoid falling into the trap of false assumptions and overall, avoid falling into what I call “the Top 5 mistakes” for not staging your property!
MISTAKE #1 – YOU’RE LEAVING $$$ ON THE TABLE!
If you do not stage, you risk maximizing your profit and putting big bucks into your pocket! Having a well-staged home will make your property look functional, aesthetically pleasing, inviting, and well cared for. It will turn your home into someone’s dream home, making the buying process quick; a well-staged home will peak the emotional experience for the buyer, helping them envision themselves living in your property, and arousing the desire to buy the property. It will justify your asking price and may also get you over asking.
The latest 2018 Home Staging Resource (HSR) study showed that 85% of staged homes sold between 6% to 25% more than their un-staged neighbours and a survey conducted recently by Home Gain, with more than 2000 realtors, found that investing in staging can generate up to 556% returns. So, rest assured that your house will be sold much quicker and for top dollar if you hire a certified home stager.
( Received top dollar for above picture)
MISTAKE #2 – MORE DAYS ON THE MARKET!
If sellers don’t stage their properties, they are putting their investment at risk of sitting on the market. This means fewer potential buyers willing to visit the property; few or none interested in buying the property and few interested in buying it for less than the asking price. To sell your home faster, it must stand out from the competition. A survey by Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corp. found that staged homes spend half the time on the market than non-staged homes. In addition, a recent study from the Real Estate Staging Association (RESA) stated that professionally-staged homes spend 72% less time on the market.
With every extra day that your property spends on the market, questions begin to arise. Buyers begin to wonder why the property has not been sold, such as:
Does the property have structural damage?
Is the house old or not well maintained?
Is the asking price too high?
Are the sellers hiding something? etc.
Don’t take the risk of putting these messages in your potential buyers’ minds. When it comes to selling, you never get a second chance to make the best first impression. So remember, when you’re out on the market you’re hot, and you don’t want to lose the momentum.
MISTAKE #3 - BIG PRICE REDUCTIONS!!!
Having a well-staged property will attract more potential buyers willing to pay the asking price or over asking. If you don’t stage, you are lost in the crowd and risk having to lower your price to get some activity. The National Association of Realtors survey found that the longer a property stays on the market, the further the price of the property drops. This means that homes that stayed on the market for 13-24 weeks sold approximately for 6.4% less than the originally listed price, while those that stayed on the market for 4-6 weeks sold for 5% less than the originally listed price. Although it’s clear that staging yields considerable returns, most sellers don’t understand or perceive the huge benefits that staging offers during the selling process.
MISTAKE #4 - NOT MAXIMIZING YOUR PROPERTY’S STRENGTHS and minimizing its weaknesses!
When you hire a Certified Stager you’re increasing your chance for a more profitable and faster sale. Only 10% of home buyers can envision the potential of an un-staged home. We bring out the home’s potential and increase the property’s value. The objective is to maximize a property’s strengths and minimize and disguise its flaws, giving it the best first impression to incite an emotional connection with potential buyers. According to NARS, almost a third of Buyers will overlook property faults when a home is professionally staged. Most buyers also have great difficulty in getting past the sellers personal decor and visualizing the potential of the property. The way we live in our home is not how we market our home. As stagers we understand the importance of furniture placement, creating good traffic flow, colour theory, de-cluttering and de-personalizing. We identify and highlight the focal points and we provide solutions!
( Above picture received offers on the second day!)
MISTAKE #5 - NOT OUTSHINING YOUR COMPETITION, (it’s a competitive market)
As a seller, you have a lot of competition and you can bet that potential buyers have already seen other properties and are willing to visit more. Stagers understand the psychology of buyers. If you want to stand out from your competition, you need to make your property look stunning or you need to lower your price. Let’s face the hard facts: No seller is willing or will want to lower the price of their property, which makes staging the ideal solution for securing a more attractive sale price! So if you are selling your property, staging is the best way to go to secure a better return! Real Estate is a time-restricted market, you don’t want your property to linger on the market, you want to be hot and you want to stand out!
These are just the top 5 pitfalls for not staging, there are definitely more. Understanding the benefits of staging will help you better understand the added value that staging brings to the sale of a property to maximize your ROI as a seller. Including a stager as part of your selling strategy, will yield quick results and much quicker benefits. Your home is your biggest asset, so why not do what you can to increase your investment? Your chances of having a greater number of potential buyers willing to accept the list price or bid over asking are greater, and the likelihood of closing the deal right away is much higher!
About the Author
Maria Saverino is the founder of Milagro Interiors.
She is a Certified Ultimate Stager, Professional Photographer, Graphic Designer, and a wife and proud mom of two beautiful boys.
Her big skill set is a huge asset for her clients; helping them to sell their properties efficiently while maximizing the equity OR providing home styling which allows them to live in a comfortable and functional way. Maria’s keen eye for design and passion and exceptional quality service exceeds her clients’ expectations which makes them return continuously. Clients become family!
Maria will efficiently walk through your home to fully assess and provide you with detailed advice on how to best prepare to make a successful staging process. She is a natural and true designer at heart! Maria understands that home is where love resides, memories are created, friends always belong, and laughter never ends.
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Resa‘s Residency Adventures - 12 Months Update
It‘s official - I made it through PGY-1!!!
This is completely crazy, I have absolutely zero idea where all this time went.
It’s been a wild ride for sure - mostly in the best sense.
Yupp, the first 2 or 3 months were rough. But somehow, I made it from baby doctor to decently functioning resident.
I never thought I could handle the kind of situations that I have. Obviously there‘s still a long way to go, but every day challenges me and makes me grow into a better doctor.
I have done 56 call shifts and more than 109 operations, which - again - is completely crazy. And some of those were far beyond of what I ever dreamed of operating as a PGY-1.
I had no idea how much I could learn and grow in one year, and that gives me a lot of hope, that in another 5 years, I might become a somewhat decent attending.
For now, PGY-2 will be centered around my 7 month ICU rotation, which obviously triggers surgical FOMO because I won’t operate, but also I always loved the ICU as a student and I’m certain it’ll make me a better doctor.
So yeah, cheers to PGY-2!
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It’s 5 pm, I’m on call, the ER is empty, the wards are quiet, there are absolutely no operations on the horizon.
All my OR reports are written. I am fed.
Also: I. AM. TERRIFIED.
#either this is gods way to punish me and my senior resident#(because we’re both probably a little too eager to operate)#or#(and I have a feeling that’s the more likely scenario)#all hell will break loose as soon as the sun sets#wish me luck#resa does residency#medblr#residency#surgery
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Did my first robotic surgery simulations today…
#it was sooooo cool#freaking awesome#I love my job#why does this make me so happy?#resa does residency#surgery#medblr
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In light of some „one does not get to do that as a junior resident (and I’m not interested in training people anyways)“-attendings I wanna give a huge shout out to all the „I see you and I challenge and promote you“-attendings out there…
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Y’all… this girl just got an offer for her top choice residency program 🥹
#i don’t think I’ve fully realized it yet#*screaming internally*#i had such a busy day that I couldn’t even process the news#so now that I’m off it’s starting to sink in#resa does residency#asdfghjkl it feels unreal to even type that#(I still need to pass step 3 and get my license after all)#but anyways#this is crazy#I’m over the moon#medblr
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Which field of surgery you‘re specialising in? 🙂
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I‘m specializing in abdominal surgery, but my department also has a vascular and a thoracic surgery division, so I’m learning a lot about that too.
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Intern Year - Week 38
I‘ve got a residency interview!!! At one of my top 2 places! I’m full on freaking out!
They also invited me for 2 days of shadowing, which I’m really excited about.
I‘m also low-key (read: extremely) scared that I’ll make a fool of myself, so I’m studying, which is also a great start for my step 3 preparation.
Meanwhile, I think my motivation for intern year might have reached an all-time low. Maybe it’s just too hot (missing the OR with AC here lol), but I just can’t get myself to produce any excitement anymore. Or maybe IM just isn’t for me. (Surprise…)
So therefore I’m really excited to get out this week, and for something as exciting as getting to know the department that I might possibly work at! Also I’m really looking foreward to going back to the OR, even if it’s just for a couple of hours.
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Intern Year - Week 36
I just sent out my first residency application.
Now somebody has got to stop me from checking my emails for responses every 5 minutes...
It’s so nerve-wracking, I think I re-assembled the pdf file about 5-6 times because I still found tiny mistakes. That is after I had several people proof-read lol. How am I going to survive submitting my thesis?
Speaking of, my thesis advisor offered me a post-doc contract :O It came completely out of the blue and I’m incredibly honored, but though I have to say I was temted for a split second, there is no way I could combine it with surgery. And right now I want to focus on my clinical education before I get into research again.
Meanwhile intern year is dragging along without much of note. I’m halfway through with cardiology and there isn’t a lot of variety in the cases.
I kinda wish I could have another shorter rotation in another medicine sub-specialty, but I guess you can’t have it all...
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Intern Year - Week 34
First of all, I just typed out the phrase “application as resident physician”, and I am f****ing freaking out. This feels sooooo surreal. Also, I’m stressing so much about all the formalities and what to write, it’s one big hole of anxiety. After all, it’s my first actual job as a doctor :O
I survived my fist two weeks of internal medicine and I don’t hate it? The team is super nice, it’s a good mix of supervision vs. things I can do on my own and actually help with.
After most of the attendings ignoring us for most of my anesthesiology rotation, it’s super nice to work closely with the attendings again. It’s such a great chance to learn.
I got to electro-cardiovert a couple of times. I mean, in the end is just pressing a button, but as you think about what you’re doing there, it’s pretty crazy...
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Intern Year - Week 32
I finished my anesthesiology rotation!
My last day was more emotional than I would have anticipated. I had some really sweet moments with some residents that I closely worked with, and especially some of my co-interns.
One of the senior residents also gave me a farewell present in form of a big induction including an art line and a central line that I got to do on my own, which was pretty cool.
I also got to shadow the EMS docs for 3 days this week, which I absolutely loved. It was a great experience because it's such a different work style and I definitely want to get emergency physician training as soon as I'm eligable.
And finally, I got to spend one last day on the ICU, which was absolutely lovely. I know why I missed it so much. Also I saw a patient that was still there from when I had been there weeks ago, and they were doing sooo much better, which was amazing to see.
Even though I had a really amazing last week, I'm glad to be moving back home for my final intern year rotation, internal medicine! (I'm not so much excited about the subject as just being back home :P)
Starting tomorrow, I'll have two months of cardiology and then one month of endocrinology.
Also, I really want to start working on my residency applications now, which is exciting. Or terrifying..
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Iron Legion (4/?)
Never let it be said that Tony Stark ever does things by half. He might have grown up with little family, but he wasn’t about to keep it that way.
Tony Stark was seventeen when his first child was born, and that was just the beginning.
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Boy Wonders, Part 3
Jennifer Walters was a mousy girl, a bit nervous but with strong morals according to his research. The Los Angeles law firm she worked for was small, though it was not from lack of talent but lack of resources and connections. She also had all the right schooling for criminal law as well as civil, but had landed on the civil side; if from preference or her nervous tendencies acting up, Tony’s research couldn’t tell. The girl was smart too, maybe not on the level of Tony or her cousin, but definitely smarter than average.
Her cousin was the thing that sealed the deal, though. Dr. Bruce Banner was one of the few people on Earth Tony could consider an equal in intellect, even if he hadn’t had the chance to meet the other man. And she had spent every summer with him growing up.
If any lawyer would be able to keep up with Tony, it’d be her.
“Ah, Ms. Walters, have a seat!”
Grey eyes took in the room as the small girl shuffled over to the seat in front of his desk. They finally landed on him as she sat down, meeting his own for just a second before dropping down to around shoulder level.
“It’s a, uh, pleasure to meet you, Mr. Stark. Or do you prefer Dr. Stark? Sorry, I know they usually call you Mr. Stark on, well, everything, but I also know you have quite a few doctorates to your name. I couldn’t find anything in my research that suggested which you would prefer so I figured… I’d…” she trailed off when he raised a hand. “Sorry.”
Tony just gave her a smile and leaned forward. “Call me Tony. You researched me?”
“Yes? Sorry, it’s just that I always do a bit of research on my clients. Not that I think someone like you would want to be a client of someone like me! I know Stark Industries has a whole battalion of lawyers on call. I just, you know, like to be prepared. Sorry.”
“It’s fine. I did a bit of research on you, too. You’re right, Stark Industries has plenty of lawyers. However, I need a lawyer without a connection to the company. If I use one of them, then my business goes on the books and I’d rather avoid that.”
She twitched. “Mr. Stark, perhaps you weren’t aware, but I’m a civil lawyer. I know I have the training, but I like civil law so if you need some… off books help then -”
Tony laughter and shook his head. “Woah, okay, maybe that came out wrong. I’m not dealing under the table, Ms. Walters. A civil lawyer was what I was looking for. I just want someone I can trust won’t accidentally leave the wrong document on their desk so the office gossip pool can pick up. My people are good people, but they’re also corporate guys. Family stuff’s out of their experience.”
She relaxed. “Family stuff?”
“Yup. Won’t say more until I know we’ve got the whole attorney-client privilege thing going on. You in? I think it goes without saying I can pay your fees, and I can throw in some recommendations too. Help you move up to the big time where you belong.”
“I like small cases.”
He shrugged. “Then I can make sure you’ve got everything you need to do all the small cases your heart desires without having to worry about funds for a while.”
She looked away, contemplating. “Nothing under the table?”
“Promise. We can even add it to the contract if you want. Anything starts sounding iffy and you can back out without jeopardizing anything.”
She bit her lip, then nodded. “Deal.” She held out her hand then immediately tried to pull it away.
Tony took it before she could. “Deal!”
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Jen looked over the mansion as she got out of her car. “What have you got yourself into? God, this place looks like it costs more than my entire apartment complex. Doubled.”
Briefcase in hand, she approached the door.
“Hello, Ms. Walters,” a voice said before she could ring the doorbell. “Sir is expecting you. Please have a seat in the living room. He will be with you in a moment.”
She stared around her incredulously, but she heard the door click a second later and it was unlocked when she tried it.
Figures someone with Stark’s wealth would have someone to remotely answer his door for him.
If she had to describe Stark’s living room with one word, she’d have to use bland. Modern might work too, but that was probably too generous.
The long couch was pale brown, the walls were a slightly different pale brown, the chairs were dark brown, the shiny floors were yet more shades of brown, the lounger was tan, and the tables were glass on dark wood. It might have looked nice if there was any character to it all. The walls, couches, and tables were all bare while there wasn’t so much as a throw rug on the floor.
Honestly, it was kind of disappointing. Jen was expecting paintings worth thousands of dollars, statues that probably should have been in a museum, and maybe some gold-plated or bejeweled something or others. Instead, she got… nothing. The only accent to the room was a pink blanket with tigers on it, which only seemed out of place as a result.
There was also a pair of folders on the table in front of the nearest couch, but she assumed those were for her given the note on top that read, For your lawyer. Don’t lose them, Tony. - Happy
“Sir, as I have been trying to tell you -”
“Don’t make me mute you, Jay,” came a harsh whisper and Jen turned to see Stark marching into the room. “I need to get Resa down before -”
Stark cut off as he saw her and she gave him a nervous wave.
“Mrs. Walters has arrived.” The voice from the door (Jay?) somehow managed to sound both devoid of emotion and completely exasperated.
The man shot the ceiling a glare. “Jay, for future reference, the next time you let someone in the house without asking me first, you are completely at liberty to cut me off, preferably before I walk into the same room as them with Resa,” he said, voice still low.
“Understood.”
“Mr. Stark, I’m sorry. I was told to come in. I didn’t mean to intrude,” she said quietly, eyeing the child nuzzling up against his chest.
He waved her off. “Tony. And it’s fine. Jay’s still learning, and I did technically give you permission. Just, you know, some warning would have been nice.”
“I did try to warn you, Sir.”
“When did you get so snippy. You’re still a baby, you’re not allowed to be snippy,” the billionaire muttered, marching over to the couch to grab the blanket. “I’ll be right back, Jen. Just need to put the princess down for her nap.”
She watched him disappear back the way he came before saying, “Huh, so Stark has a kid.”
“Indeed.”
Frowning, she turned her gaze to the ceiling. “So, um, Jay, right? What do you do for Mr. Stark?”
“I take care of many functions within Sir’s residence, including such things as running the security system, assisting Sir with making or ignoring calls, and, as of Miss Teresa’s arrival, acting as a baby monitor.”
Her eyes widened. “Just that much alone sounds like a lot of work for one man.”
“It would be, yes, but I am not a man. At least, not a human one. I am a natural-language user interface computer system designed by Mr. Stark.”
Jen… didn’t know how to respond to that. He — no, it — was a computer, and yet it had sounded so animated. Especially while bickering with Stark. Heck, just the fact that the computer had bickered was shocking. Stark had clearly done a lot of work on its programming for it to have responses like that.
“You may sit if you would like. Sir should be back shortly. Miss Teresa usually takes to her naps easily.”
“I’m surprised he doesn’t have a nanny or something,” she said, continuing to converse with the computer without thinking.
“Given how public Sir’s life is, it would be too suspicious to have someone showing up to care for Miss Teresa, and even more so if they were to live in the mansion. Sir wishes to keep Miss Teresa out of the limelight for as long as possible. It has been difficult making sure she is cared for as a result, but we have managed between the six of us.”
“That was a really elaborate response for a computer.”
“Okay, let's get one thing straight,” Jen turned to see Stark glaring at her from the doorway, “we do not use such offensive words in this house. J.A.R.V.I.S. is a good boy, tied for best boy with his baby brother. He’s a highly sophisticated artificial intelligence program and should be treated with respect.”
Jen gaped at the man, even as the now named J.A.R.V.I.S. said, “Should Dum-E not also be considered best boy?”
“Not after what he did to my crowbar he shouldn’t,” Stark huffed, all evidence of anger gone in a flash.
“Dummy?” she asked as Stark came to sit next to her on the couch.
“Dum-E. A helper bot. One of two. You probably won’t see him. He’s shy and prefers the lab. You’ll see his twin, U, around, though. They’ve decided to switch their designation from lab assistant to babysitter, apparently. They follow Teresa everywhere.”
“They adore their baby sister,” J.A.R.V.I.S. agreed.
“How many AIs do you have?” she questioned, trying to wrap her mind around the fact that Stark not only had multiple AIs around his house, but he treated them like children, which in turn meant they treated his actual daughter like a sister.
“Just the twins and Jay,” he said, as if having three separate AIs was nothing. “But you’re not here for my older kids.” He grabbed the folders and handed them to her.
She opened the first to find a copy of Teresa’s birth certificate, but was surprised to see her parents were listed as Mary and Richard Parker. That was alleviated somewhat by the paternity test results and partially signed custody forms that followed.
“Teresa’s mother is giving you full custody?”
Stark snorted. “If that’s how you want to phrase her showing up at my house to drop a two-week-old on my couch and leave without a second glance, sure.”
Jen was appalled.
She knew Stark wasn’t a bad man — she wouldn’t have been there if he was — but he also wasn’t exactly the most stable person. Sure, he was rich, but he was also famously known as a disaster; taking woman after woman to his bed, drinking and partying night after night, and otherwise being a social hermit who locked himself away in a lab for an unhealthy amount of time before emerging with some new device for the military to blow things up with. As much as Stark was the brains behind the company, most knew it was actually Obidiah Stane who was running Stark Industries by this point.
Although, he’s been pretty absent the past few months, which would certainly be explained by the child sleeping somewhere in the house. Which means Stark could step up when forced, but still…
“Why would anyone just leave a child with someone like you?”
Stark raised an eyebrow.
Jen blushed as she realized she’d said that aloud. “I’m so sorry! I didn’t mean it like that!”
Stark stared her down for a moment before he burst out laughing. “It’s fine,” he said once he’d calmed some. “Heck, it’s true. I thought the exact same thing when Mary dropped her off. Still do, honestly, but I’m not about to just toss her out into the system and hope for the best.”
Relieved that she hadn’t just angered her client, she took a closer look at the custody papers. “So you want my help filing the custody papers?”
“Yep, preferably as quietly as you can. I can handle making sure they stay nice and classified once they’re in, but the fewer people that know, the better.”
She tries not to think about the legality of what he just said. There are a lot worse reasons Stark could be using his hacking skills for than protecting his daughter from the paparazzi and would-be kidnappers. She thinks back on J.A.R.V.I.S.’s earlier comment and asked, “Who all knows about her?”
“Besides her siblings and myself, there’s also my bodyguard Happy, my best friend Rhodey, and my tormentor Tori.”
Based on her research, she assumed Happy must be Harold Hogan, the boxer turned bodyguard who’s the only one on the Stark Industries security detail Stark has allowed into his personal space since he took over the company. In the same vein, Rhodey was likely Major Rhodes: a former classmate, notable confidant, and the liaison between Stark Industries and the United States Air Force whenever Stark was personally involved, well on his way to being their official liaison. The name Tori didn’t ring any bells for Jen, though given the fondness in his voice, she assumed the title of tormentor was meant to signify some sort of playful antagonism that wouldn’t jeopardize Teresa’s safety.
“And there’s you, now,” Stark continued on. “As well as a pair of doctors professional and well-paid enough to know to keep their mouths shut. Oh, and the two listed on her birth certificate and their CIA commanding officer.”
“CIA?” she choked out.
“Do you require some water, Ms. Walters?” J.A.R.V.I.S. asked as she coughed and she shook her head.
“Yeah, Mary was spying on me the night it happened. Don’t know why. I tried calling her up shortly after Teresa was dropped off, but her and her hubby were on a mission so I talked to her CO, Everett Ross, instead. He let me know they kept everything off books given both Mary’s status and mine.”
Jen supposed she shouldn’t be as surprised as she was about the kinds of people Stark just happened to know.
“Are you sure you do not want something to drink?”
“N-no, I’m fine. Thank you, J.A.R.V.I.S.” Deciding to focus on more familiar territory, she turned back to the custody forms. “Right, well, Mrs. Parker left most of the forms blank, only marking that you’ll have full custody before signing and witnessing the form. That honestly gives you free rein in deciding how you want it all to work.”
“What do you mean?”
She pulled a pen and a clipboard out of her briefcase. “Well, you’ll need to decide on custody rights and visitation.”
Stark’s face went blank. “I think Mary made it clear she didn’t want to be apart of Resa’s life.”
“Then sole physical and legal custody for you, with no visitation for the mother.” At Stark’s nod, she made a note of it and continued, “There is also child support, though…”
“I don’t exactly need it?” Stark offered with a smirk.
“And it wouldn’t be worth the hassle of trying to get it, since it could attract public attention,” she agreed, noting it down. “We can also put in for a change of name?”
Stark slumped slightly and shook his head. “Considered it, but it’s not worth the risk. Once she gets into school, having the name Stark would be flirting with disaster.”
“What about your mother’s maiden name?”
“Carbonell might not be as well known as Stark, but it would still be too much of a bullseye to the right crowd. Parker’s generic and doesn’t have any ties to me. I think it’s the safest bet.”
Jen gave him an understanding look. “I’m guessing you want to keep the rest of her name too then.”
Stark looked surprised before turning away. “We’ve all gotten used to her being Teresa, but… her middle name, can we change it to Ana?”
“Of course,” she said, curious about the choice but staying quiet. “I can get the paperwork in then drop off the updated birth certificate and social security card personally so no questions are asked. I’m guessing you’ll want to leave the listed parents as is.”
“Read my mind, Genevieve!”
She blinked at the nickname, but shook it off quickly. She double-checked that everything was now filled in on the forms before turning them so Stark could sign. As she filled in the witness portion, she asked, “Was there anything else I can assist you with?”
“I did give you two folders, didn’t I?” he teased.
Jen blushed and put away Teresa’s folder before opening the one she’d forgotten about.
She really should be getting used to being surprised by this point, but she was still shocked to find another birth certificate copy in the folder. This one was for a boy named Harley that was a month or so old with the only parent listed being a Victoria Susan Richards.
Tori.
She flipped through the folder to find more paternity tests, a letter from Ms. Richards dated months earlier, and another set of custody forms, these ones completely filled in and simply waiting for Stark’s signature.
Seems Stark really has been busy the past few months, which explained why he’d fallen out of the limelight.
She frowned as something occurred to her and looked up at her client. “Can I speak frankly, Mr. Stark?”
“Tony, and please do,” he said sitting back with curiosity dancing in his eyes.
“Is this,” she gestured at the folder, “why you’ve suddenly gone dark on the party scene lately?”
He frowned, still curious, but a bit of confusion peeking through. “Yeah. Need to step up and be a bit more responsible. Resa and Harls need a bit more upkeep than their older siblings, after all. Can’t exactly go out partying while being a dad.”
“Yes, you can. And you should.”
Shock colored his face and he leaned forward. “Well, you're the first to share such an opinion. Care to explain?”
There was a hint of threat in his voice that had her shrinking in on herself, but she pushed on. “M-Tony, I may not be in with celebrities and the like, but I’ve read enough gossip mags to know how this kind of thing works. You’re a public figure, and when public figures suddenly change behavior with no warning, people get curious. They dig around until they either find out the truth behind the change or find enough breadcrumbs to come up with their own ideas, which can often be worse. If you don’t want someone to turn up the wrong stone and figure out what you’re hiding, you need to stop acting like you’re hiding something.”
Stark hummed and sat back. “Good point. Knew I picked the right person for the job! So, what do you suggest?”
“I, um, well, uh,” she stumbled before clearing her throat. “If-If you’ve got a project ready to be announced — something big preferably — you should announce it soon, then immediately get back on the party scene. I’m not saying you should get drunk all the time like before, but you need to fake it. Let everyone think it’s all just been an extended version of your working binges. Once everything’s calmed down, then you can cut back, gradually. Maybe you could…”
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Final part for the boys' arc. Next Arc: Star Child
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