Lucky Thirteen

Widowed father, and billionaire genius, Tony Stark and single father, and nuclear physicist, Bruce Banner meet at a science conference. One has six kids and the other has seven. So of course that's a recipe for disaster love in the making.

Here comes another helping of 'oh wow I don't even know what this fic is supposed to be and I'm so very sorry.' Basically everybody was like 'take the train to Dadsville' but said train went over a cliff and down a rabbit hole. So if I had to put a label on this, I guess I would call it my effort to get out my dad feels on an extreme level so I can focus them on a more, uh, sane level. This was highly, though loosely, inspired by Yours, Mine & Ours (both versions). Because I just started writing and it got to be sooo long, ElleBear was kind enough to beta for me to check for consistency issues, things that didn't make sense, etc. Long Preface Ahead:First, this fiction is already finished. I'm simply posting the first few chapters now so as not to lose the draft. (Which ironically was set to delete on the 13th which was completely coincidental, but COOL.) If you were thinking of subscribing for updates, I must warn you that they will roll out regularly over the course of the next several days as I upload the chapters and format some of them and add the author notes. My apologies if spam happens. You may just want to sit tight if the concept of the story is one you're interested in enough to read right away but don't like constant updates :3I take some cues from canon and then mutilate how they are presented in this fic. And then I make up stuff altogether for the characterizations (Maya is a major example in this fic). Because of this if you're looking for something wonderfully in character with good canon integration, this may not be the fic for you. Major possible point of issue, because Tony and Bruce get over the majority of their demons early on in life and settle down as fathers, they're not going to be inherently the same characters they are in the movies. I did try my best to characterize them how I could personally imagine them as fathers of large families from an early age, but caveat emptor just the same since my interpretation may not gel with others. This fic is set in our no-powers world in theory, but uses a lot of handwavy logic fail that applies in the comics, or in poorly written movies sorry. There are things that may require a suspension of belief, such as: how fast things move, how convenient things are, how well the kids integrate In particular, etc. In particular, I wish adoption would have been as easy as it is for Bruce in this fic in our world, but it would not have been and his story is a tad outrageous, but I wanted him to have an unconventional family as I like him having that in team fics too. Similarly, Bruce's kids are collectively referred to as the Banners. Realistically, they wouldn't all necessarily have their last names changed to Banner just because of adoption (especially two of them based on circumstances), but it was just too much to stop and explain and calling them the Banners is just easier *is lazy*This fic tackles ideas like large sized families, adoption, and surrogacy. It is not meant to endorse any of these as a rule of thumb or a one-size fits all. This fic also tackles the idea of children taken from tumultuous experiences at an age where they would certainly need help to adjust in a new home. That isn't really explicitly addressed in this fic as it just didn't fit in anywhere that I could see. I just want it to be clear that those characters did have a voice somewhere in the unwritten back story and their present adaption to life as Bruce's children is because of unwritten back story – I do not mean to hand wave or disregard that process should it feel that way. If you feel there's a problem and it needs to be more explicit, I will take it into consideration for a future content edit. This fic is NR because it ranges from nauseatingly saccharine romantic and family shmoop, as it is me that's writing, to sensual/fade in-out scenes with Bruce/Tony, to discussion of very triggery/violent things. I will try to warn for all triggery things, but I make no guarantees it won't slip past my radar (please gently point out anything I've missed). Also language.Most chapters range from six-eight thousand words for those who have a problem with long chapters. A few will be shorter.For the background pairings, the major ones that get a lot of spotlight and/or discussion are Sam/Steve and Natasha/James.