Apartment Above Stark Industries, Tuesday Evening

[imafuturist]

Well, they'd had another repeat kid. One from a less than ideal timeline from the sound of things. But it was consistent. That had to be good, right?

Right.

At least that's what Tony was hoping as he'd added more backup plans to his list based on the little tidbits she'd dropped here and there. Because that was just how he rolled when faced with bizarre scenarios.

But right now? Right now he was going to spend the evening with Steve to make up for, well, everything about the weekend. "I ordered pizza," he called once he heard Steve and the dog coming back from a walk.

[for that guy!]

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[heroic_jawline]

"It is ready?" Steve asked excitedly.

Did it show his entire sternum?

[imafuturist]

No, no, no. There was just... tasteful mesh. For breathability.

"I was going to tell you over the weekend, but..."

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"We were busy," Steve said with a tight little smile.

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"We were busy," Tony agreed quietly.

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Steve reached out and squeezed his hand. "Did she have a good time?"

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"I think so," Tony said, leaning into him. "It's... nice to know some version of me didn't repeat the mistakes of my parent."

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"I never thought you would," Steve said, holding on tightly.

[imafuturist]

Tony was less than certain, really.

"Have you thought about if we did have a kid?"

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Steve nodded. "I have," he said. "More so now that I have...more time on my hands."

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"And?" Tony asked, tilting his head to look at him.

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Steve was quiet for a long moment. "Our lives are insane," he said. "And dangerous. And every kid that comes back seems to be missing one of us."

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Tony nodded and sighed again. "Some day we'll get there."

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"I'm not saying no," Steve add quickly.

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"Just, with our lives as they are, it's not safe," Tony said, filling in those blanks.

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"And your lists just for us--I don't want you to go crazy trying to come up with all the contingencies for a child," Steve said softly.

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"Yeah," Tony agreed, a touch sadly.

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"It's not a no," Steve repeated quietly, hugging Tony harder.

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Tony twisted a little to kiss the available bit of skin under Steve's jawline. "I know, I know. It's a lot of things to consider. Kids are a lot."

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"And they don't go home after a few days," Steve agreed, closing his eyes to concentrate on Tony's closeness. "But don't ever think that I'm being slow on this decision because I don't think you'll be good at it. You'll be amazing."

[imafuturist]

"It'll happen or it won't." Because that was the way of things.

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"Which way would you rather it go?" Steve asked.

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"I'd like it to happen, but I'm happy with just you too."

He'd just channel all that paternal energy to awkwardly mentoring people.

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Every Peter would appreciate it!

Steve kissed him between the eyes. "Well. We can do research? No harm in looking into options, right?"

[imafuturist]

Miles or Riri were more likely at the rate his home was going.

"We can," he agreed readily. Research he could do!

[heroic_jawline]

Steve smiled wide. "It'll probably take a while anyway."