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Tony becomes a dad at 18 after a one-night stand. It’s his wakeup call, and he decides to raise the baby himself when the mother says she doesn’t want to do it. It’s the last straw for Howard after first finding out that Tony’s bi, and then Tony telling him he’s not going to work for SI, that he wants to stay in college for a little while longer to finish his PhD. So, Howard—still reeling after the accident he caused which killed Maria—disowns Tony, and kicks him out.
But Tony isn’t stupid, he always knew something like this was possible, so he has some savings. Not much, but just enough. And, really, it’s not like MIT is going to kick him out as well, he’s Tony Stark, their star pupil. And Tony isn’t about to let Howard win whatever twisted game they’re playing, he just won’t. He stays with Rhodey until he finds several part-time jobs, and a small apartment for him and his son. It’s difficult, and frustrating, even with Rhodey and Pepper and his lovely, elderly landlady helping out as much as they can, but Tony powers through it. He can do this.
Enter Steve, a couple of months later. Tony has the shittiest day ever at work; a customer yells at him for a full fifteen minutes for supposedly screwing up her order—which Tony didn’t, excuse you—he drops a tray full of trash all over himself while cleaning the tables, and then he burns himself while cleaning the coffee machine. Which is when Steve walks into the café, and Tony realises that, on top of all the other crap, he’s forgotten to close up, and will now have to explain to a potential customer that he can’t serve him, because everything’s been shut down already.
But the customer turns out to be really nice about it, and even fixes up Tony’s burnt hand. They talk, flirt a little, and it’s basically a crush at first sight for both of them. But, obviously, Tony doesn’t think he has a chance with the gorgeous, clearly wealthy, older man, and is super surprised when Steve asks him out, but agrees enthusiastically. But then Steve stuffs a hundred dollar bill in the tip jar—he means to be nice, he’s just clumsy about it—making Tony think he’s looking for a hook-up/casual thing/means to pay Tony for his, uh, services. Tony is disappointed, but he likes Steve, and answers when Steve calls a couple of days later.
Tony and Steve start a sort of relationship, and it’s good, it really is, even though Tony is starting to fall in love with the man he’s pretty sure has become his sugar daddy. Because Steve—in a desperate attempt to keep the beautiful, clever, witty, younger man interested in him—spoils Tony rotten; he takes him out to fancy restaurants, dresses him in expensive clothes, and buys him a shitload of stuff. Tony feels crappy about it all because he really likes Steve, but he doesn’t dare say anything either, afraid Steve will leave if he realises Tony’s getting attached. Or, you know, finds out Tony has a kid, whom Tony’s been hiding as not to put Steve off.
Meanwhile, Steve is pining, thinking Tony’s the one who doesn’t want to tie himself to some old, boring architect. Bucky can’t stand Tony, thinking Tony’s taking advantage of Steve, and the fact that Steve’s head over heels in love with him. Steve has a really bad couple of days—it’s the anniversary of the accident that killed Peggy and their unborn baby girl—and meets up with Sharon, Peggy’s sister, like every year so they can support, and help each other through the worst of it. He also completely forgets about having had plans with Tony.
Tony, who’s arriving at Steve’s apartment—he was worried about Steve, okay, Steve is never late, he’s not checking up on him or anything, jeez—just a moment after Sharon and Steve, and sees them hug, and kiss—it’s a friendly peck, they’re like siblings, and they’re fucking sad and need the comfort—and just kind of stares in shock. Once he unfreezes, Tony tries to leave quietly, but Steve spots him, and waves him over. He introduces Tony as a friend, which Tony takes as confirmation that Steve isn’t serious about him at all. Once Sharon leaves, Tony tells Steve he can’t do this anymore, and goes.
Steve has a mini breakdown, and calls Bucky, crying and sniffling and generally being absolutely miserable. And Bucky freaks the fuck out, because he knew Tony was just screwing Steve over, that fucking gold digging asshole! Bucky, furious, calls up his friend Nat—without telling Sam, his boyfriend, what he’s up to, because Sam is usually reasonable, and Bucky can’t use that right now—and asks her to help him find out where Tony lives. Nat agrees after Bucky tells her what’s happened, and they go to confront Tony together.
Tony has been moping around for the last couple of days, feeling like shit, and to top it all off, the letter he’s sent to Howard, his olive branch, has been returned unanswered. Which is when Bucky, Steve’s friend who could never stand Tony anyway, and some scary redhead suddenly turn up on his doorstep, and storm into his apartment, looking absolutely livid. Bucky starts yelling at Tony, throwing accusations around, asking him how he could’ve done that to Steve, and it’s just too much for Tony; he starts crying. Under tears, Tony apologises, and says he never meant to fall in love with Steve, that he’s sorry, and please, Bucky’s free to take all the stuff Steve’s given him back, Tony never asked for any of it anyway. Tony swears he never took any actual money from Steve, and apologises, again, for selling some of the gifts Steve’s given him to pay for bills and groceries, and promises he’ll pay everything back.
Nat’s just kind of standing in the background, slowly realising that, yeah, some sort of miscommunication has happened here. Which is when they all hear the baby starting to cry from the other room. Tony excuses himself, and Bucky and Nat share this ‘shit, I think we’ve fucked up’ look when Tony comes back with a small boy in his arms. He introduces his son, apologises yet again because he has to change him, otherwise he’ll never quiet down.
Once the baby’s taken care of, Nat tells Tony to pack a baby bag, and come with them. And Tony’s exhausted, and done, so he doesn’t protest, just goes with them. Everything’s fucked up already, it can’t really get worse anyway. Nat drives everyone to Steve’s apartment, plants Tony and the baby on the couch, and does the thing they should’ve done from the beginning; she calls Sam.
Sam arrives a little while later with Steve—they’d been at the gym, trying to get Steve’s mind off Tony—to find a sheepish Bucky and Nat sitting in the kitchen with a baby, and Tony passed out on the couch. Steve gets pissed because wtf, Bucky, there was no need to bring Tony here, what the hell? But Bucky insists Steve talk to Tony, so Steve does, albeit reluctantly.
Tony wakes up to Steve gently touching his cheek, and just starts crying all over again. He apologises—really, it’s his thing here—and tries to explain the situation, confused when Steve starts crying as well. They finally figure out that everything’s been a huge misunderstanding, and that they’re both idiots who are very much in love with each other.
Sam plops the baby down in Steve’s lap, congratulates them on figuring their shit out, and shoos Nat and Bucky out of the apartment. Steve immediately falls in love with the baby—the huge softie—they all have dinner together, and then curl up in Steve’s bed together, finally happy.
THE END
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potrix-the-queerschlaeger:
Tony becomes a dad at 18 after a one-night stand. It’s his wakeup call, and he decides to raise the baby himself when the mother says she doesn’t want to do it. It’s the last straw for Howard after first finding out that Tony’s bi, and then Tony telling him he’s not going to work for SI, that he wants to stay in college for a little while longer to finish his PhD. So, Howard—still reeling after the accident he caused which killed Maria—disowns Tony, and kicks him out.
But Tony isn’t stupid, he always knew something like this was possible, so he has some savings. Not much, but just enough. And, really, it’s not like MIT is going to kick him out as well, he’s Tony Stark, their star pupil. And Tony isn’t about to let Howard win whatever twisted game they’re playing, he just won’t. He stays with Rhodey until he finds several part-time jobs, and a small apartment for him and his son. It’s difficult, and frustrating, even with Rhodey and Pepper and his lovely, elderly landlady helping out as much as they can, but Tony powers through it. He can do this.
Enter Steve, a couple of months later. Tony has the shittiest day ever at work; a customer yells at him for a full fifteen minutes for supposedly screwing up her order—which Tony didn’t, excuse you—he drops a tray full of trash all over himself while cleaning the tables, and then he burns himself while cleaning the coffee machine. Which is when Steve walks into the café, and Tony realises that, on top of all the other crap, he’s forgotten to close up, and will now have to explain to a potential customer that he can’t serve him, because everything’s been shut down already.
But the customer turns out to be really nice about it, and even fixes up Tony’s burnt hand. They talk, flirt a little, and it’s basically a crush at first sight for both of them. But, obviously, Tony doesn’t think he has a chance with the gorgeous, clearly wealthy, older man, and is super surprised when Steve asks him out, but agrees enthusiastically. But then Steve stuffs a hundred dollar bill in the tip jar—he means to be nice, he’s just clumsy about it—making Tony think he’s looking for a hook-up/casual thing/means to pay Tony for his, uh, services. Tony is disappointed, but he likes Steve, and answers when Steve calls a couple of days later.
Tony and Steve start a sort of relationship, and it’s good, it really is, even though Tony is starting to fall in love with the man he’s pretty sure has become his sugar daddy. Because Steve—in a desperate attempt to keep the beautiful, clever, witty, younger man interested in him—spoils Tony rotten; he takes him out to fancy restaurants, dresses him in expensive clothes, and buys him a shitload of stuff. Tony feels crappy about it all because he really likes Steve, but he doesn’t dare say anything either, afraid Steve will leave if he realises Tony’s getting attached. Or, you know, finds out Tony has a kid, whom Tony’s been hiding as not to put Steve off.
Meanwhile, Steve is pining, thinking Tony’s the one who doesn’t want to tie himself to some old, boring architect. Bucky can’t stand Tony, thinking Tony’s taking advantage of Steve, and the fact that Steve’s head over heels in love with him. Steve has a really bad couple of days—it’s the anniversary of the accident that killed Peggy and their unborn baby girl—and meets up with Sharon, Peggy’s sister, like every year so they can support, and help each other through the worst of it. He also completely forgets about having had plans with Tony.
Tony, who’s arriving at Steve’s apartment—he was worried about Steve, okay, Steve is never late, he’s not checking up on him or anything, jeez—just a moment after Sharon and Steve, and sees them hug, and kiss—it’s a friendly peck, they’re like siblings, and they’re fucking sad and need the comfort—and just kind of stares in shock. Once he unfreezes, Tony tries to leave quietly, but Steve spots him, and waves him over. He introduces Tony as a friend, which Tony takes as confirmation that Steve isn’t serious about him at all. Once Sharon leaves, Tony tells Steve he can’t do this anymore, and goes.
Steve has a mini breakdown, and calls Bucky, crying and sniffling and generally being absolutely miserable. And Bucky freaks the fuck out, because he knew Tony was just screwing Steve over, that fucking gold digging asshole! Bucky, furious, calls up his friend Nat—without telling Sam, his boyfriend, what he’s up to, because Sam is usually reasonable, and Bucky can’t use that right now—and asks her to help him find out where Tony lives. Nat agrees after Bucky tells her what’s happened, and they go to confront Tony together.
Tony has been moping around for the last couple of days, feeling like shit, and to top it all off, the letter he’s sent to Howard, his olive branch, has been returned unanswered. Which is when Bucky, Steve’s friend who could never stand Tony anyway, and some scary redhead suddenly turn up on his doorstep, and storm into his apartment, looking absolutely livid. Bucky starts yelling at Tony, throwing accusations around, asking him how he could’ve done that to Steve, and it’s just too much for Tony; he starts crying. Under tears, Tony apologises, and says he never meant to fall in love with Steve, that he’s sorry, and please, Bucky’s free to take all the stuff Steve’s given him back, Tony never asked for any of it anyway. Tony swears he never took any actual money from Steve, and apologises, again, for selling some of the gifts Steve’s given him to pay for bills and groceries, and promises he’ll pay everything back.
Nat’s just kind of standing in the background, slowly realising that, yeah, some sort of miscommunication has happened here. Which is when they all hear the baby starting to cry from the other room. Tony excuses himself, and Bucky and Nat share this ‘shit, I think we’ve fucked up’ look when Tony comes back with a small boy in his arms. He introduces his son, apologises yet again because he has to change him, otherwise he’ll never quiet down.
Once the baby’s taken care of, Nat tells Tony to pack a baby bag, and come with them. And Tony’s exhausted, and done, so he doesn’t protest, just goes with them. Everything’s fucked up already, it can’t really get worse anyway. Nat drives everyone to Steve’s apartment, plants Tony and the baby on the couch, and does the thing they should’ve done from the beginning; she calls Sam.
Sam arrives a little while later with Steve—they’d been at the gym, trying to get Steve’s mind off Tony—to find a sheepish Bucky and Nat sitting in the kitchen with a baby, and Tony passed out on the couch. Steve gets pissed because wtf, Bucky, there was no need to bring Tony here, what the hell? But Bucky insists Steve talk to Tony, so Steve does, albeit reluctantly.
Tony wakes up to Steve gently touching his cheek, and just starts crying all over again. He apologises—really, it’s his thing here—and tries to explain the situation, confused when Steve starts crying as well. They finally figure out that everything’s been a huge misunderstanding, and that they’re both idiots who are very much in love with each other.
Sam plops the baby down in Steve’s lap, congratulates them on figuring their shit out, and shoos Nat and Bucky out of the apartment. Steve immediately falls in love with the baby—the huge softie—they all have dinner together, and then curl up in Steve’s bed together, finally happy.
THE END
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