Chapter 19
"Can you feel it?" Pepper asked with a small smile on her face, holding Tony’s hand against her pregnant belly.
"There’s… an actual person in there," he murmured, feeling the baby kick. "Happy, you put an actual person in there."
"That’s usually how it works, boss."
"Steve, get over here and feel this," Tony murmured, leaning forwards to press his ear against Pepper’s stomach. "There’s a person in here.”
"Are you sure you aren’t going into shock, honey?" Steve smiled as he moved forwards to press a gentle hand against Pepper’s stomach too. "You don’t seem to be processing this very well."
"I’m processing it just fine," Tony mumbled, closing his eyes so he could listen and feel the gentle kicking in peace.
He really was processing it. He was processing it so much, in fact, that he was putting himself and Steve in the positions of Pepper and Happy. They had been dating for years - he was fairly certain they could figure out a baby together.
"When are we getting one of these?" he asked casually, and watched with a grin on his face as Steve failed to process that.