An amusement park?
He had dreamed of going to places like that as a child, only to be disappointed again and again.
Despite being the heir to the renowned Stark Industries, a boy genius who never lacked spending money, he had never been to an amusement park.
No, to be precise, he had gone once.
After his father broke another promise, a young Tony Stark had angrily run off to an amusement park, determined to have a full day of fun on his own.
Even without him, I can have a great time!
But once he entered the amusement park, everywhere he looked, he saw happy families. Not a single child had come there alone. An even deeper loneliness engulfed Tony. He stood in the liveliest, happiest place imaginable, yet felt as though he had been abandoned in a world of ice and snow.
When a young woman passing by finally approached and gently asked whether he had lost his family and needed help, Tony suddenly broke down. Without even explaining himself or thanking the kind woman, he hurried away.
He fled in a panic.
Even after Tony learned that his father did love him and simply struggled to express it, that loneliness remained branded deep in his heart, impossible to forget.
Perhaps that was why Tony had never considered marriage or children before he felt capable of meeting a child's needs. He refused to let a child who shared his genes experience what he had gone through.
Only after Tony fell in love with Little Chili Pepper, Ms. Pepper, did he first consider spending his life with someone.
*If it were with Pepper, perhaps having a child wouldn't be so bad? A sweet, adorable daughter who would call me "Daddy" in a sugary little voice and feel like a