Peter glances at a simple black metal bracelet sitting on the workable and he tilts his head. It looked very similar to Tony's chest piece and Peter's own bracelet which only meant that it was nano technology. He just didn't know who it was for. Tony was still pretty uptight about making nano suits for anyone other than himself and Peter, so it begged the question.
Whose suit was it?
The teen picks up the bracelet and Tony looks up from his own suit. "This is a new suit right? Who is it for?"
Tony actually squirmed in his seat. Not only that but he looked uncertain. Both sent Peter's head spinning. The engineer was always proud and confident about his work to the point where he was already working on a new upgrade just after sending one of the Avengers off with one. Everyone barely had enough time to test the new stuff before Tony was throwing something else at them. All but Stephen of course. He didn't have anything for Tony to upgrade, and the engineer constantly complained that the sorcerer's robes weren't adequate enough protection-
Oh.
OH.
Peter smiles at his father and Tony raises an eyebrow. "It's for Mom isn't it?"
Brown eyes widen and the owner coughs. "I was bored. It's only going to collect dust."
The teen frowns. "You don't know that."
Tony ignores him and turns back to his nanotech suit leaving Peter to study the bracelet. He knew the man wouldn't give it to Stephen under the impression that it would be rejected, so Peter would take it upon himself to do it for him. He might get yelled at later, but it would be worth it. He was fairly certain Stephen would actually be grateful that Tony thought of his safety.
So he slipped it into his pocket while his father was focused on making adjustments to Bleeding Edge.
"I'm gonna make myself a couple of sandwiches. Want one?"
"Turkey."
Peter bounds out of the lab and rides the elevator up to the floor he shares with his parents and finds Stephen in the kitchen. Making sandwiches. Either he was going to force feed his family (Peter and Tony had been in the lab all day) or FRIDAY told him that Peter was coming up to do just that. The teen's stomach growls loudly as he slides onto a stool across from the sorcerer and the elder man chuckles at the sound.
"I was told you were coming up to make yourself lunch. I figured I would make sure it wasn't just a bag of chips." The sorcerer pushes aside a completed turkey sandwich and starts on a couple of roast beef for Peter. "New project or just upgrades?"
"Oh, just some repairs and upgrades. Speaking of new projects..." Peter pulls the nanotech bracelet out of his pocket and holds it out to Stephen who regards it curiously.
"What's this?"
"So uhh...Dad has no idea I'm giving this to you but I know he won't do it himself so I'm doing you both a favor."
Stephen raises an eyebrow as he takes the offered bracelet and puts it on. "That didn't answer my question."
Peter leans across the countertop and taps the surface in experimentation. In response, nanites cover the sorcerer's body until a suit looking a cross between Tony's and Peter's forms itself. It was a dark blue, almost black, had the flexibility of Peter's suit, and the protection of Tony's. Most importantly it was form-fitting. The hands weren't bulky so Stephen could still use his sling ring, and there were small grips on his shoulders for the cloak. Of course, the symbol for the Eye of Agamotto was displayed on the chest and Peter wondered if Tony designed the suit to actually place the relic in place of the symbol. Probably.
The cloak itself noticed its master's new outfit and settled itself on his shoulders...rather happily. Stephen's masks crawls away and he stares down at himself for a few moments before looking back up at Peter.
"He made me a suit." The man's voice cracks with suppressed emotion.
"Yeah. Mostly for protection. He's always complaining about your robes not being enough...and it looks like he made it so that one of us can activate or deactivate it too. Like ours in case of an emer-" Stephen's suit recedes back into the bracelet and he makes his way over to the elevator. "W-Wait. Where are you going?"
Peter abandons the counter and follows the doctor into the elevator and down to the lab where his heart drops into his stomach. Stephen didn't look happy or mad but Peter felt like everything was backfiring. The sorcerer was probably going to confront Tony and ohmygodohmygodohmygod. This was a terrible idea. Now his parents were going to fight, Tony would hate him for going behind his back, and Stephen would yell at him for interfering.
Stephen punches in the code for the lab and practically glides in and right over to Tony who looks up at him in surprise. Peter shrinks in on himself when the sorcerer grabs the engineer's face and kisses him-
Kisses?
The surprise was stronger than his disgust because there wasn't any yelling.
Tony pulls away with an inquisitive look. "Not that I'm complaining but what was that about?"
"You made me a suit."
Tony's mouth open and closes as he looks at his work table to find the bracelet gone, and then glances at Stephen's wrist. Peter never thought he would see Tony Stark speechless. He assumed that if he did, it would be because of a spell that Stephen cast on him for at least two minutes of silence. It was a viable threat that he made often to both Tony and Peter.
"...yes?" Tony responds carefully.
"Thank you. It's perfect."
The engineer sputters. "You like it?! I know the AI is male-"
"Wait. What AI?"
Peter finally finds his voice. "He didn't complete the activation."
Tony nods and motions toward the bracelet. "Turn it on again."
Stephen taps the bracelet and waits for the suit to form again, only this time lights flash on and multiple screens pop up.
"Hello Doctor Strange."
A male voice reverberates not only in his suit but also throughout the lab so Stephen allowed the suit's mask to ebb away once again. The AI seemed to have an English accent.
"My suit has an AI."
Tony laughs. "He's your personal AI. Like Peter has Karen and I have FRIDAY. He needs a name though."
"Victor." Stephen spits out almost immediately and it makes Tony pause.
Stephen hardly spoke of his siblings but he knew enough to understand the significance. "Victor is connected to Karen and FRIDAY so as long as one of us is wearing something connected to our AI, we'll know if something happens."
Stephen nods but frowns when he turns to look at Peter. "We didn't get anything from Karen when Peter was kidnapped.
Peter cringes at the memory. "She wasn't connected to my watch yet. Dad fixed that as soon as he got home."
"Good."
Tony grins mischievous. "Don't tell the others about the suit, but wear it to our next mission. I want to freak them out."
Peter mimics the engineer's expression as Stephen sighs heavily (but fondly) and deactivates his suit. He loved that Tony designed the suit to his fighting style and magic, but it wouldn't be used all the time. He figured if things got dire or if an enemy was a heavy hitter, that would be the ideal time to use it. But he would humor his family in the next mission. He kind of wanted to freak out the other Avengers too. They might think there was another Iron Man.
"Tony..."
"Yeah babe?"
"Thank you."
Tony pecks him on the cheek. "Anything for you and Peter. Except right now Peter is in trouble."
The teen squawks. "No way!"
Stephen rubs Tony's back. "He meant well."
Tony visibly deflates both at the touch and his boyfriend's words. "I guess I can let it slide but don't do it again! I could have been saving that for a birthday!"
"You don't hold onto something that could save someone's life."
Tony folds his arms. "Which reminds me, where's my sandwich?" Peter perks up at the mention of food. "Yeah. Go. Daddy wants his lunch."
The teen scampers out if the lab to retrieve their lunch and Stephen raises an eyebrow.
"You know I could have just used a portal."
"And lose out on a couple minutes of alone time with you?" Tony mock gasps.
Stephen smirks. "I see our time in bed means nothing to you."
"I was referring to time spent less primal Stephanie."