Home is where the heart is

Tony Stark's POV

Bonnie smiled at myself, Care, and Stevie as she bound our hands in the handfasting cords.

The handfasting cords were purple, red, gold, white and blue. "By the power of earth, water, fire, and air. By the ancestors and my authority. I bless your marriage and bond you, Steven Grant Stark-Rogers, and Caroline Elizabeth Stark-Rogers with Anthony Edward Stark-Rogers. As I will it, so mote it be" The candles around us lit up "You may now kiss"

Freya smirked "Why thank you, my dear Freya" I smirked back. I pulled Stevie into a kiss first. It was heated, passionate, and ridiculously hot. Care pulled me into another hot kiss and then Stevie "Okay, remember, kiddies are present" Bonnie mutters as I slip a little tongue in there. But Josie and Lizzie are sitting in Rebekah's arms quite happily. Keelin is cradling Bonnie 2.0 and Antonio as she grins widely. "You three are hot potatoes, just saying" Stevie blushes as he pants heavily. "You need blood, baby blue" I whisper, he nods. I pull him and Care to an alcove as I hear Hope whisper "Where they go, Aunty?"

"Remember we discussed that Uncle Stevie is a hybrid now, he needs to feed on his husband's blood, on Tony Stark-Rogers' blood"

"He does?" I hear as I let a low moan leave my throat. Stevie is nuzzling then sinking his fangs in my throat as I pull our bonded wife to my neck "Aah! Stevie" I cry out as Care's fangs sprout through her gums and I kiss her deeply.

"That's enough, lovebirds" Klaus smirked "I've set up a small reception and Hope wants a dance with you and Steve" We all blushed as we looked at him. "Okay Mojo Rojo" I quipped

He chuckled and pulled us from the alcove.

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Tony Stark POV

We loved New Orleans, we really did, but if it weren't for the prolific vampire problems here, sometimes warfare between the werewolves, witches, and vampires. We would stay, but I was still making my decision on 'transitioning' I knew that I was going to age as my wife and husband stayed this age of twenty-four and twenty-two years old respectively, it really made me feel like a dirty old man. I needed FRIDAY's and JARVIS advice. Care was itching to go back to work, Josie and Lizzie needed to go back to school. Our babies needed a solid routine. "What's up, Tony-bear?" Stevie asked with a peck to my lips. "Nothing, baby blue, we'll talk later back at the tower, honey?" Stevie pouted and I kissed him again with a deep, reassuring kiss "Get that look off your face, I promise, it's nothing bad, I think…it's cool actually" Care and Bonnie came in with the twins and our babies "The twins backpacks are sorted, the babies are diapered, fed and hopefully sleeping for a little while. Bonnie, do you need anything else?" She shook her head as she smiled at the babies "I am happy, you've offered me a home, Mr Stark-Rogers" I waved her off "You are my sister-in-law, and you've helped Care get to safety, to us. I am in awe of you, Bonnie Bennett 1.0" Stevie nodded as he hugged Bonnie and Care. "I agree with Tony-bears assessment, you are a swell dame, Bonnie" Bonnie blushed, and Stevie kissed her cheek. Stevie and I gently took Antonio and Bonnie down the stairs and Care took the twins hands as Bonnie took our cases. Klaus, Hope, Hayley, Elijah, Keelin, and Freya were waiting at the bottom of the stairs with a fire pit and pieces of paper in their hands. "We couldn't let you miss our wish-burning ceremony, now, could we?"

"Nope, what a complete travesty that would be?" I smiled goofily

We all filled bits of paper with our wishes and hopes. Mine was 'I hope this friendship lasts forever" I threw it in the fire-pit. Seeing the ashes just confirmed my decision to transition to a Dhampir, a hybrid of human and vampire. "I've made my choice" I spoke up "I want to be a hybrid" Care and Bonnie, also Stevie just gaped at me. "But your arc reactor honey, it's part of you, it's what powers your suits" I took their hands, kissing their cheeks "It's also painful, sometimes, reduces the lung capacity. I know that transitioning is an important decision" I struggled for words. "Mate, it's okay" Klaus grasped my shoulder which helped ground me and Care just held me as a few tears slipped from my eyes "I only wish that I could be as brave as you are being right now" she murmured. Stevie nodded as he took my chin and layered my face in sweet kisses. "I'm aging and I want this forever with you two. I'm aging quickly because I'm being used by Fury as a beating post for his failings, the battle of New York, Ultron, I'm forty-three years old, baby blue" Stevie nods in the affirmative. He pulls me into his arms. "When?" he asks "I'm stepping back as Iron Man and I'll be a non-combatant agent/consultant, running point on all the tech, do you think that SHIELD would understand?"

"So, a press conference" Klaus asked me "Yes, that's normally the way I go with announcing big things. At the same time, I'll introduce Care, and Stevie, Bonnie, the twins and the babies, the world has to understand that I have a family now, and that I will do everything in my power to protect our family. Then and only then will I transition" Stevie just cried as he held me. "Babe, hey, sshhh" I murmured "These are happy tears, m'fine" he relaxed as Care carded her fingers through his fine blonde hair. Rebekah straightened her back and wiped her tears away, smiling sadly. "So, Steven Stark-Rogers, I have a gift for you" he looked at the long wrapped weapon in shock "This was Marcellus' sword, that I trained him with in the eighteen-hundreds" Stevie just gaped as he took it "Marcellus, means 'little warrior' in latin, he was my first love, and he was my last love. I think he would have wanted you to have this sword, he would have wanted this sword whose bravery knows no bounds. And whose heart is full to the brim with love and compassion. I present to you. Captain America, Steven Grant Stark-Rogers, this eighteenth-century rapier fencing sword. There, see, I etched Marcellus' birthdate into the hilt" he saw the date in italic script. "I am stunned that you think I'm worthy"

He stammered as his eyes became moist "Oh, Stevie" I say as I hug him again as Care and Bonnie also cry a little. "Oh, remember, it's to be displayed in your fancy gym under lock and key" Stevie smiled as he took the sword "I have just the place to display this beauty" he kissed Rebekah's cheek. She beamed as she turned to face all of us. "I have a joint gift for all of you, now, we wanted something personal. My brother is a famous artist. Several galleries hold his paintings in New York City, but he thought that you deserved a personal touch, so he painted this on the day of your blessing, yesterday" she picked up a square package "I want you to put this somewhere special in the Avengers Tower, I've had it framed in gold, somehow, all of you have found a way into my heart, even when I wasn't looking. Caroline, I was quite horrible to you before, I'm sorry, I was an utter bitch, is more accurate. I am so sorry" I stop her rambling "Take a breath, Rebekah" she does so and Care turns to her with a wide smile "I forgave you, Rebekah, you helped with Stevie, you gave us the clue to help him, that is worth more to us than anything" the two girls hug crying. "Can I visit with Hope?" Rebekah asks wiping the tears from her eyes. "In the summer holidays, sure" I confirmed. She handed over the package and I smiled as I thanked her

Hope wraps her arms around Josie and Lizzie "I miss you" she wept "We miss you too" Josie and Lizzie weep with her. I looked at Klaus who nodded then I picked up Hope "Hey Bambino, don't be sad, you can see Lizzie and Josie in the holidays, and stuff. New York is really cool. I think that you are extraordinarily brave, and strong. Hope Andrea Mikaelson. It was an honour to meet you" Care smiled and Stevie nodded as I handed Hope back to Hayley. "You are family, and family to us means 'Always and Forever' Klaus smiled "We'll be in touch, if we are in New York for a flying visit"

"You've all got the Starkphones right?" They nodded "Good, we have to leave for the Quinjet"

We let Klaus put our luggage in the limo hummer and Bonnie said her farewells to Freya and Keelin. "You ready for the big city, Bonnie Bennett?" she nodded "Sure"

"Well, hop in then, there is champagne and everything" she grinned "You are talking my language, Mr Stark-Rogers"

We were back in New York and then the tower within three hours.

Before we knew it, the summer holidays were here. Care was the CEO of hosting and events. Hope, Rebekah, Klaus and Hayley came for a two week visit when we were alerted to the winter soldier in Sokovia, Stevie ran point on this mission. And Klaus decided to go with him. Turned out the winter soldier was James 'Bucky' Buchanan Barnes. Hydra had him all these years. He'd been tortured, trigger words that made him revert back to his 'winter soldier' persona, had been literally wired into his brain. Oh, and he killed my parents in 1991

I stayed drunk for two days, raged and destroyed my lab. I had frightened Care, who just let me get it all out, and Stevie who had already experienced his own personal hell felt guilty. After two days of drinking and sulking in my lab. I finally emerged and broke down in their arms "I'm sorry" I cried "It's okay, Tony-bear" they murmured. They both layered my face with tender kisses. "It's really not okay, I love you both so much" They kept hold of me in their arms. "We understand"

I snorted at that as I wiped my tears away "It's not okay, I haven't spent anytime with the kids, or our precocious little babies. I avoided you two like the clap, Bucky has suffered enough under Hydra. I've decided to help remove his trigger words with B.A.R.F Tech, if he goes to therapy. I'll get him the best lawyers I can to clear him. Just give me time to get used to him being around our kids okay?"

Care looked at Stevie, then at me, as she bit her lip "Talking of kids…remember the night we came back to the tower. I mean…I had to confirm it with Bruce, seeing as we had spectacular sex when we came back, minus the protection, spectacular. Mind-blown, literally" she giggled with Stevie "I'm twelve weeks pregnant" my mind shut down as I stared at her. Stevie just gaped at me as my smile reappeared, then I pounced "We're gonna be dads, again?" I kept hugging them "Fuck, I love you two, so damn much!"

"You're happy, even though we still have two 6 month olds in diapers!" I put my hand to her stomach "You're kidding me right. I am overjoyed, baby girl" I started crying again as I stroked her hair. "Bedroom, now, you two naked, me naked. You've no idea how much I've missed this!" They both grinned wickedly "You have no idea how no sex for two days has been torture" They stripped as they sped away. I ran to the bedroom after them laughing.

TBC

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