Pepper
When she came out of the bathroom, Pepper halted in her steps.
“You know, the other fish had no right to be this mean to the rainbow fish just because he didn’t give away his shiny scales. Maybe those were his armor. Can you imagine? The decrease of physical defense might be too high and next time he leaves his cozy coral reef, some stupid seahorse knocks him over. Or worse:” He made a theatrical pause. “a porcupine fish! ” The baby on Tony’s stomach patted her father’s cheek and gurgled in reply.
The book about the rainbow fish lay discarded on the night stand next to them while the genius, billionaire, ex-playboy, philanthropist and superdaddy discussed another side of social inequality with his infant.
“But after giving away his scales, the rainbow fish has so many friends. I’m sure they’ll protect him.” Pepper shot back with a smile and a wink while crawling next to her most precious beings.
“Don’t listen to mommy. She just wants daddy to be nicer to other people.” At her chuckle, he changed his voice to stage whisper which their darling baby-girl seemed to enjoy verily. “She just doesn’t know that all my niceness belongs to you.” He bopped his daughters nose while she used her hand to pat the blue glow of the Arc Reactor through the fabric of his shirt.
“Yes, that’s right, sweet pea. All my niceness for you is in there.”
“I think you will have to give her one of your spares once she gets her own room.” The woman with strawberry red hair chuckled gently stroking the soft down on her daughter’s head. “She always has a hard time falling asleep whenever her favorite nightlight is still down at the workshop.”
