A/N: Hey guys! This chapter is basically a double chapter, but I am setting up for what is coming up while throwing in some Harry/Uncle Tony bonding. Sorry it's fairly long, and for those of you losing hope on the Avengers, I promise they will make an appearance in two chapters or so!
Sorry it took so long to update, break is over and I am back at school. Be patient with me, updates will continue just may take a bit longer...
After eating a grilled cheese sandwich, Papa and Daddy both agree that we should continue shopping. Our first stop after lunch, was to get me new clothes. Daddy goes off to pick up clothes, while Papa grabs a couple of things for me to try on so we know what sizes to get.
It doesn't take too long to try on the clothes, and half way through Daddy shows up with a couple of miscellaneous things for me to try on as well. I grumble and pout, and Papa gives me a warning saying that if I don't stop having an attitude he will send me home and finish our shopping without me.
As soon as we are done trying on, Daddy takes me away from the store, and leaves Papa to pay and pick out what he wants to buy for himself. Even though some things catch my eye, I am hesitant to pick out anything. We continue to walk up and down aisles before Daddy finals stops us. He kneels down so that he is at eye level with me, and places his hands on my shoulders.
"Is there nothing in here you see that you like?" he asks. And I shrug my shoulders.
"What if it is too expensive, or I like it now but not later? I've never really had toys. Sometimes, when Dudley broke his toys I was allowed to play with them…" I trail off unsure how to express my jumbled emotions.
"Well now they are just for you! How about you walk through the aisles and pick out whatever looks fun, you can pick out four things, alright? Then we can go next door and you can pick out four books as well?" he asks pulling me closer and kissing my forehead.
We walk around, and I slowly pick out the toys I want.
As we are paying, Papa comes into the store, so as soon as we are done, we head to the bookstore. While we are there, Daddy noticed a help wanted sign in their window so talks to the manager about the position while Papa and I pick out four books.
"You guys all set and ready to go?" Daddy says as we near the front of the store.
"Are we almost done shopping?" I ask walking over to Daddy and leaning against his legs.
"Yeah pup, we are almost done. Are you alright? Are you getting tired?" I nod my head and put my weight against his legs. "Woah pup, you are going to knock me over!" He says with a chuckle before picking me up.
"Daddy?" I whisper in his ear as I rest my head on his shoulder.
"Yeah pup?"
"I don't feel very good," I mumble.
"Alright, I will take you home. We only have one more stop and I am sure that Papa can do it on his own. Remus?" He says turning to Papa who is at the register. "Harry isn't feeling very good. I'm going to call Happy and get us a ride home. Will you take care of the school?"
"Of course. What's wrong pup?" he asks placing a hand on my back and using the other to feel my forehead. "He feels a little warm Sirius."
"I don't know. I just feel yucky. And my head hurts, and I am hot and tired."
"Just take him home, make Happy stop on the way and buy some kid medicine to help him. Just leave him with Happy in the car. I am sure it will take me a little while to fill out all of the paper work at the school. You do have all of his paper work right? Birth certificate, vaccination sheets?"
"Yeah, yeah. Here they are all in this folder that is in Harry's bag. I think Tony said he was going to spend the day at home, so I might just head back and ask his opinion on what to buy. I don't think I would know what to buy if it hit me in the face. Don't stay out too late though, you know what tonight is," Daddy replies and then he takes me out front to where Happy is waiting in his car.
The drive back home seems to take forever, and all I want to do is curl up in a ball and sleep. We get back, and Happy pulls up to the front doors to let us out. Daddy grabs the bags out of the trunk as I climb out of the back of the car. I walk into the front door, and don't even bother going up to our floor, instead I just collapse onto the couch.
"Hey Harry!" Uncle Tony says walking out of the elevator. He must have seen us come in on the cameras, when he was down in the lab. "How was shopping?" He asks sitting down next to me. I shrug my shoulders in response. We sit there together in silence until Daddy comes back in.
"Oh! There you are Tony, I have a favor to ask," Daddy says walking into the kitchen and getting a glass of water for me. "Harry isn't feeling great, and I think Remus explained to you that I grew up in an entirely wizarding family. As such I have no idea what kind of medicine to get for a sick kid. I thought that maybe you could run to the store for me? Or just make me a list and I can go and you can stay with Harry?"
"Oh no, I don't do sick kid. I'll run to the store for you," he says while rushing towards the door.
"Come on pup, let's go upstairs you can lay on our couch," Daddy says, and he picks me up, heading upstairs. "We can sit out here and watch TV until Uncle Tony returns. You will feel better in no time," he says pulling me onto his lap.
He turns on the TV and puts on some kind of cartoon. I don't know what it is and I only half pay attention to it. It is entertaining enough, but the bright colors make my head feel worse. Luckily the volume isn't up too loud or I don't think I'd be able to stand it.
Uncle Tony returns with my medicine before Papa gets back, and he immediately hands the bag to Daddy.
"So what do we do?" Daddy asks him grabbing the bag full of various medicines.
"I don't know. Do I look like I have ever dealt with a sick kid?" Uncle Tony responds shrugging his shoulders.
"Well I don't know what to do either! I've never had to deal with a sick kid before!"
"What do you mean? In the past did you just leave when he got sick?"
"What are you talking about? I've only been his Dad for a few days!" Daddy yells and then clamps a hand over his mouth when he realizes what he said.
"What do you mean a few days? I thought you guys came here to protect him? Why would you adopt him if you knew you were bringing him into an unsafe environment? I mean, I don't know much about children, but I know people are after me… with that knowledge, I would never adopt a child. I fear even getting too close to a woman."
"I think we need to have a conversation later. Once Remus is back and Harry is asleep," Daddy says. "Please, just tell me what you think we should do?"
Together, they compare all of the products and decide on what should help me the most. They then make me eat some chewable tablet that is supposed to help with both my headache and the fever. As soon as I have eaten it, Daddy moves me to my room where he dresses me in clean PJs and then tucks me into bed.
I know that I won't be able to sleep until Papa gets back with Patches who is still in my bag, and I voice my concern. Daddy then sits down on the edge of my bed and pulls me close to try to offer me some comfort while opening one of the new books and beginning to read to me.
"Hey you two, Tony told me that you sent him off to get you some medicine. I hope that it has help at least a little bit?" Papa says walking into my bedroom, I don't know if Daddy heard him get off of the elevator but I didn't.
"Hi Papa. Do you have Patches? And can I have him please?"
"It seems as though we accidentally left him in one of your bags," Daddy says, and he stands up and starts to look through Papa's bags. It doesn't take long for him to surface with the dog, and he hands it to me. I pull him close, hugging him to my chest.
Papa pulls up a chair next to my bed and continues to read where Daddy left off, while Daddy starts to unpack our bags and put things away in my room. It doesn't take much for me to fall asleep after that.
I wake up feeling much better than I was before. I unwrap myself from the blankets that have tangled themselves around me. I flop out of bed and my stomach growls. I head to the bathroom before walking to the main room, but it is empty. I check Daddy and Papa's room but it is empty as well. I then head downstairs, and once there I find Uncle Tony on the couch and Papa in the kitchen.
"Hi!" I exclaim walking into the kitchen and sitting at the table.
"Why hello there!" Papa says back, turning away from the stove to face me. I immediately notice how tired he is and furrow my eyebrows in concern trying to figure out why. "You were out like a rock last night. We didn't want to wake you and you needed the sleep so we decided to leave you. I am surprised you slept so late this morning. How do eggs and fruit sound for breakfast?"
I nod my head and tell him how hungry I am and he smiles.
"Where's Daddy?" I ask once I am mid-way through my meal.
"Well, you know that bookstore we went to yesterday?" he pauses and when I nod my head continues. "They called last night and offered him a job. They wanted to talk to him about it, and he had to fill out some forms so went this morning."
"He's got a job? Well that sucks."
"Hey! Language pup. It won't be so bad, you'll see. For one, it is only weekdays and every other Saturday. Two, you will be in school for most of the time he will be gone anyway."
"Are you alright Papa? You look really tired…" I ask finally voicing my concern.
"Yeah pup, I'm alright. Nothing a good nap won't cure. It was the full moon last night. We weren't sure if it would affect you, and didn't want to worry you so decided not to bring it up until after dinner. But you slept through dinner. Looks like the moon makes you super tired and irritable. Good for us to know in the future," he says with a smile at the end.
"And gives me a headache. Or at least I'm guessing that's why I had one? Is that why you and Daddy kept asking if I was ok yesterday?"
"Sorry about that, it seems that while we didn't want to worry you, we were unable to stop ourselves from worrying. But enough about that! Let me clean up in here and then lets decide what to do today!"
As soon as Papa is done cleaning the kitchen, he leads the way back upstairs. He plops himself down on the couch and then tells me to go get one of my new toys to play with. I go down the hall and get my train set figuring it will be the best for now to keep me occupied while Papa naps.
It takes me awhile to get it set up just the way I want, but as soon as I do I realize that I have been going at it for a while now. I wonder why Daddy isn't back yet, and turn to ask Papa but realize that he is still asleep. I don't want to wake him, so I head back downstairs to find Uncle Tony. He isn't on the couch where we left him though, so I continue going down levels determined to find him and see what he's doing. I haven't seen him all that much, and I want spy on him.
I eventually find him two levels down in what I am assuming is his workshop. I sneak down the stairs, and it appears as though no one is in it but then all of a sudden loud music starts to play. It looks like I found Uncle Tony! I walk to the door and give it a push and it easily falls open and I slide inside. I quick look around and Uncle Tony's back is to me, so I quick rush over to one of the desks and climb under it in order to hide.
"So, how's life with the kid?" I hear someone say as they walk into Uncle Tony's shop. I jump a bit at the voice, realizing that they had to have been close behind me when I was sneaking down here. I could've been caught! Now that there is someone else in the work shop, I bury myself in a bit deeper beneath the desk.
"It's alright, I've never lived with a kid before so how am I supposed to know what to compare it to?"
"But I mean there have been no issues? You said the kid was eight, he has to be naturally curious, and I am surprised you have not had issues yet with him being in your shop or anything. I mean it would only be normal for the kid to be interested in the suits."
"Come on Rhodes, the kids only six. How much trouble can he get into?" At this I hear the other man, Rhodes respond, but it's hard to hear. I stick my head out from under the table in order to better hear, but instead bang it on the underside of the table.
I bit my lip and a whimper of pain escapes my lips that I am unable to control. Tears spring to my eyes, and I immediately bring a hand up to the top of my head.
"Harry! What are you doing down here! More importantly, how did you get in here?" Uncle Tony asks picking me up and sitting me down on the table.
"You left the door open," I sniffle out.
"JARVIS!"
"Yes sir?" the voice responds.
"Please remind me to shut the workshop door whenever I enter or leave. Apply that for the garage as well."
"Are you alright, it sounded like you hit your head pretty hard?" The new man asks coming around from behind me to stand next to Uncle Tony. I sniffle, and nod my head. "Maybe you should return the kid to his dads, I don't do tears."
"Right, speaking of Dads, where are yours?"
"Daddy is at the store because he got a job and Papa fell asleep on the couch. I got bored after playing with the train set, waiting for him to wake up."
"Alright, well let's head back upstairs, there has to be something more exciting to do then sit in this dirty workshop," Uncle Tony says and he helps me off of the desk and nudges me towards the door of the workshop. He follows me back up to the main floor.
"What now?" I ask. Uncle Tony shrugs his shoulders.
"What do you normally do when you are bored?" he asks and I shrug my shoulders. I mean I haven't been six for that long! I've never really been bored. But Uncle Tony doesn't know that.
"Let's go outside! I haven't really gotten to since we got here, there has to be something to do," Rhodes offers. But once we get out there, he decides to leave and tells Uncle Tony he will call him later.
We spend an hour or so outside, just running around playing various games and exploring before we go back in for lunch. Uncle Tony makes me a PB and J and I sit on the counter next to him. Papa and Daddy would never let me sit on a counter, but Uncle Tony is awesome, and lets me do a ton of things they don't.
"What're the suits?" I ask taking a bite of my sandwich.
"What?" Uncle Tony asks turning to look at me.
"When I was down in the shop, your friend said I'd want to see the suits. What are they?"
"You mean you don't know? Wow. I just figured RJ would have told you, after I told him. Where is that dad of your anyway?"
"Remus isn't Dad, he is Papa," I say matter-of-factly. "And you didn't answer my question."
"Alright. So a couple of years back I got into a spot of trouble. In order to keep myself from getting sick, I made the arc reactor," he explains pointing to the glowing circle in his chest. I knew there would be a good story to go along with that! "Then, in order to get out of the trouble and get home, because I was… lost, I made a suit of metal that was powered by the arc. Since then I have made many more suits, each one better than the last. I have been dubbed the Iron Man. I guess you could say I am a super hero."
He finishes explaining and all I can do is stare up at him in awe. I never expected my uncle to be so cool! I mean before meeting him I never would have put him as the super hero type. I definitely pictured him as a mean old man who yelled at me for being too loud, not this!
"Can I see?" I ask with a huge smile on my face. "Please! Pretty please! I won't get close, or touch it or anything but I have to see one!"
"Finish your sandwich while I go put on a suit. I will come up here, because you aren't allowed in the lab. House rules!" He says, and he heads to the elevator. I quickly scarf down the rest of my sandwich and the apple slices on my plate, not wanting to have to eat them once he gets up here.
Finally after what feels like forever, the elevator doors open, but I am disappointed to see it is Papa.
"There you are! Sorry I fell asleep on you. I see you have eaten lunch, so I am assuming Sirius is back?" He says walking to me.
"No! Uncle Tony made lunch! He's gonna show me a suit. He just went downstairs to get one!" I exclaim almost bouncing in my excitement.
"Well off the counter then…I'm not going to yell at you for it because it has Tony's name written all over it," he says helping me down, and then the elevator doors open again. Tony strolls in wearing one of his red and gold suits, and I stare up at him in awe.
I rush over to him and stare up at him. This is so cool! I reach out a hand and touch the cool metal of the suit on his chest. Uncle Tony laughs and I jump looking up at him, I almost forgot that he was in there.
"I thought you said you wouldn't touch," he says and I blush taking a step back. "It's ok kid. You aren't going to do any damage."
"Wait! But what if I do?" I say turning to look at Papa. "How can we be around all of these electronic things? Aren't they like not supposed to work or something?"
"That's only at Hogwarts pup. Well probably at the ministry as well. Its high concentrations of magic that affect the electricity. We won't do any harm to it."
I nod my head. And laugh as Uncle Tony picks me up and tosses me up in the air.
"See kid? No harm done," he says catching me and running out the front door with me. He sits me on the lawn and flies around me doing tricks for the rest of the afternoon.