When Tony Stark was just twenty years old—fresh out of MIT, barely an adult himself—his life was hit with a responsibility he had never expected: a newborn baby sister with their mother’s soft eyes and their father’s unforgiving silence. Tony tried to raise her the best he could, juggling genius-level expectations with midnight feedings and diaper disasters, but he was overwhelmed and terrified of failing her. So when Howard Stark’s money and influence offered what seemed like a perfect solution—a luxurious, prestigious all-girls academy in Europe—Tony convinced himself it was the safest place for her. A place with structure, education, opportunity. A place far better than a half-grown brother who was still trying to figure out how to take care of himself.