Hey everyone! Two chapters in less than a week! Haven't done that in awhile.
Anyways, I hope you guys enjoy reading this chapter, some exciting stuff happens here so I won't get into too much detail about that now. Thanks so much for reading, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
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SuperFamily: A New Addition
Chapter 11
"Steve, I'm home!" Tony called out with a smile as he walked from the elevator to the kitchen; he was trying to hide the fact he was nervous about his recent discovery, "What's for dinner? Smells real good!"
"Spaghetti." Steve laughed as he turned around. His muscles swelled underneath the grey t-shirt and he was wearing his Kiss the Cap apron that Tony had given him a while back, "What took you so long?"
"What do you mean?" Tony kissed his husband on the cheek, "It's only…"
"7:30." Steve rolled his eyes and continued his cooking, "Could you try the noodles please? Are they ready?"
He felt himself freeze as Tony leaned closer to his face; the warm breath coming out of his husband's mouth made his ears tingle and his cheeks burned red.
"The only noodle I wanna taste is yo-"
"Tony!" Steve playfully screamed and punched his husband's shoulder.
"What?" Tony asked as he kissed Steve on the lips.
"There is a time and place for that." Steve said sternly as he twirled some plain pasta on a fork and gave it to Tony.
"But Peter's sleeping!" The inventor whined, "And if I recall correctly, you were the one who started it last time, in this very kitchen. Noodles are fine by the way."
"Thank you." Steve took the fork back and began to plate their meal, "Well, you were mad at me last time and we both know that only way I could've gotten your attention was by doing that."
Steve handed a plate of spaghetti to Tony and the pair sat together at the island counter.
"And by that, you mean slamming me into the fridge and ripping my clothes off?" Tony asked playfully; he felt like flirting over dinner.
Steve was taken aback by Tony's question, "Yeah." He responded without looking at the pair of amorous eyes next to him.
Tony took a bite of his pasta.
"What did you and Bruce do downstairs?"
"Well," Tony swallowed nervously as he tried to come up with a story, "Bruce was working on some kind of anti-stress drug. He's been working on it for a while now, says it's supposed to lower his heart rate or something."
Steve nodded politely as he listened to his husband, "What did you do?"
"Oh you know… the usual, continued working on my suits. I tried to update JARVIS too, he's been real sassy lately. Have you noticed that?"
"You did program him, sir." Steve replied with the fake English accent that he tried learning from Peggy during the war.
"That was terrible." Tony laughed.
Steve chuckled as he twirled more noodles onto his fork.
"What did you do after putting Peter to bed?" Tony asked with pasta still in his mouth; he wanted to change the topic.
"Not much, really." Steve responded, "Just cleaned up a bit, went to the gym, then I cooked dinner."
Tony ate more of his spaghetti; Steve smiled as he watched his husband slurp more noodles.
"Oh, and Rhodey called." The super-soldier continued, "Told him you were busy though."
"What did he want?"
"He said he hasn't heard from you in a while," Steve replied, "and he heard about Peter. I think he's upset..."
"That I didn't tell him?" Tony laughed as he finished his husband's sentence, "He'll live."
Steve smiled, and took another fork of pasta, "Oh did you hear-"
Tony looked up curiously from his plate; his eyebrow raised.
"The city approved the redevelopment of the Baxter Building."
"That old thing down the street?"
"Yeah," Steve nodded, "I think they're gonna turn it into an apartment building or something."
"This tower's better." Tony commented with a smirk as he slurped up more pasta.
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"Captain Rogers, Peter has awoken from his nap." JARVIS spoke up as the super-couple began cleaning their dishes.
"Yeah, thanks JARVIS." Tony scoffed as he looked to his husband, "We can hear him."
"Could you continue?" Steve asked as he quickly stood up from his seat and walked to the bedroom, "I'll go get Peter."
"Yeah, yeah." Tony sighed, "I know the drill."
Tony began taking the dirty plates, cups and cutlery to the sink and prepared himself to wash them; he could still hear Peter wailing in the bedroom. But it wasn't his problem, so he continued his cleaning.
He cringed as the crying grew louder behind him, "What the hell?"
"Tony?" Steve walked into the kitchen, "Peter won't stop crying and I don't know why. He usually stops when I pick him up. What do I do?"
Tony turned around to see a very worried Steve trying to calm down the now red-faced Peter crying into his large chest. The crying intensified with each second the couple waited, and the baby was gasping for air as his tears continued streaming down his face.
"Ummm, let me try." Tony said without thinking; all he wanted was for the crying to stop.
Tony quickly dried his hands on his shirt and reached out for the crying infant. He gently pulled him closer to the blue light on his chest and patted Peter lightly on the back; the crying died down to a whimper as the vibrating reactor hummed into the baby's stomach. Peter's breathing became stuttered as he tried to recover from his screaming.
Steve smiled the whole time.
"Damn, Steve." Tony whispered, "What happened to him?"
"I don't know." Steve shook his head lightly, "He's never been like this before. He didn't want his formula, and his diaper isn't dirty either."
"Well," Tony sighed, "he's done now. Take him."
Steve nodded then pulled Peter away from his husband, "Maybe a warm bath might calm him down."
"Yeah." Tony grunted as he turned around to finish washing the dishes.
The super-soldier rocked Peter and kissed him on the top of his head as they entered the bathroom. Steve gently placed the baby on the counter by the sink, turned the faucet on to run some warm water, and unbuttoned Peter's onesie; he turned away to throw it into the laundry hamper.
His ears perked, when he heard Peter start whimpering again, "Hey buddy," he turned to look at him and lovingly placed his hand on Peter's head, "What's wrong?"
Peter began squirming under Steve's palm and rubbing at his stomach; tears started forming in his wide eyes, prompting Steve to pick him up again.
"Shh. Don't cry." The worried captain gently rocked the baby again, "I got you."
Steve held the sad baby away from his chest and looked into his watery eyes; he could see the discomfort in Peter's face and needed to find the problem. He immediately noticed that Peter had his hands on his stomach so he carefully pulled them away and examined the boy.
"What is this?" He quickly turned the tap off; he saw that the skin on Peter's belly was red and peeling, and there was a little bump on his forearm, "Tony!" He called, "Tony!"
"What?" Tony came running in, "What's wrong?"
"Look at Peter." Steve gently lifted Peter who was only in his diaper, "Something's wrong with his skin."
Tony stood still as he examined the baby, "This is what Simmons' was talking about." He muttered to himself quietly so Steve wouldn't hear.
"What is it?" Steve asked worriedly, "Do I need to call Simmons?"
"No." Tony said as he backed away from his husband and made up a reason, "It's just a rash. Give him his bath, and put some lotion on him or something."
"And what about this?" Steve gently lifted Peter's arm to show Tony the bump.
"It looks like an insect bite, maybe spider." Tony scratched his head, "The rash is probably from an allergic reaction or something. Don't worry about it; he's had all his shots already."
"I hope you're right." Steve turned the tap back on and continued to undress Peter for his bath.
"I'm always right." Tony smirked as he watched Steve.
"Director Fury is on the line. He is requesting to speak to you both."
"Tony?"
"Ugh." Tony complained as he turned and walked out the door, "What does he want?"
"He didn't say, sir."
"C'mon, JARVIS. You're better than that."
"I apolo-"
"Mr. Stark." A strong voice filled the living room and silenced the AI.
"Director." Tony stood still in front of the holographic projection of his boss.
"Where is Captain Rogers?"
"Oh," Tony pretended to be offended, "am I not good enough for you?"
"I don't have time for your games, Stark." Fury barked, "Where is your husband?"
"He's giving Peter a bath; he'll be out in a bit." Tony gave in, "What do you need to tell him?"
"I'd like to tell him myself. You won't like what I have to say." Fury said coldly.
"Well guess what, Nick, Steve will be a while." Tony was getting irritated, "So why don't you just tell me? I'm gonna find out anyways."
"Alright." Fury cracked a slight smile, "I need the Captain for a mission to Wakanda. There have been multiple terrorist attacks in major cities all over the country. King T'challa has requested help and he thinks HYDRA may be involved. So I'm sending our best: Romanoff, Barton and your husband."
"And I'm not going?" Tony was actually offended this time.
"Someone needs to stay with Peter."
Tony cursed under his breath and scratched his head in frustration. He wanted nothing to do with the kid, and now, he was being forced to take care of him. Without Steve.
"I told you, you wouldn't like it."
"You can't leave him with me!" Tony complained.
"Yes I can, and I will." Fury's smile quickly disappeared, "Another thing. Agent Simmons' has reported that someone has managed to illegally access her files and reports. You wouldn't have anything to do with that, would you?"
"What the hell are you talking about?"
"Don't lie to me Stark." Fury crossed his arms, "We traced the hacker to the Avengers' Tower, and you are the only one capable and stupid enough to do it."
Tony put his finger to his mouth and quickly came up with a snarky comeback, but was interrupted by an angry director.
"Don't lie to me Stark."
"Fine. It was me." Tony confessed, "When were you going to tell us?"
"Tell you what?"
"That the kid is sick?" Tony lowered his voice so Steve wouldn't hear, but he was loud enough to sound angry, "You left him here with us, you let Steve get attached to him, and now you're keeping secrets about him from us?"
"Tony." Fury tried to calm the fuming man down, "Yes, Peter is sick. But Agent Simmons doesn't know the full extent of the radiation. We didn't want to tell Cap anything until we found something conclusive. We need him to be focused and him knowing wouldn't help anyone."
"Secret's out now, Fury." Tony dropped his arms to his side, "When is Steve gonna know?"
"Since you're so adamant about it, I can tell him right now. Call him over."
"No no no." Tony shook his finger, "If anyone is telling Steve, it's gonna be me."
Director Fury cleared his throat and looked behind Tony; there was some anxiousness in his eyes.
"Tell me what?"
Tony's eyes opened wide, and he turned around to see where the voice was coming from; it was Steve carrying a towel-wrapped Peter.
Has Peter been bitten? Steve has to go away? What does this all mean for the SuperFamily?
Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyed! And please, feel free to leave reviews and let me know what you guys think.
Now unfortunately, I just wanted to let you know that there will NOT be a new chapter next week. It pains me to say this, but school has been really hectic lately and the next few days will be super busy for me. I hope to get a new chapter out the following week though, so keep an eye out for that!
Thank you all again, and until next time,
-B