Chapter 3
«Daddy?» he tried once.
«DAdddddy?» he tried again, whining his way to his daddy's attention but without luck.
“DADDDDDDY!!!” he yelled at the top of his lungs and got a strict look from Tony. He knew it was a chance to change his mistake so he looked down at the floor he was sitting on as repeated in a low voice, “daddy?”
“that’s better honey,” Tony said and rolled his chair over to Peters playpen. “can you tell me why daddy got a little mad just now?”
Peter nodded but before he answered her reached for Tony and smiled when he was lifted out and placed on his daddy's lap. “I yell at daddy,” Peter said softly before looking up at his daddy. “I sowy daddy”
“It's okay baby. You have to remember to be good because daddy does not like punishing you. Since you misbehaved, punishment is needed. What does my baby boy think it should be?” Tony asked. He really didn't want to spank Peter because of the small diaper rash he was recovering from so he hoped his boy would come up with something fair.
“no spank pwees?” Peter asked and when daddy nodded his agreement he started thinking. “no dessert after dinner?”
“that’s a good idea baby. You won't have any dessert after dinner today, sounds fair?” Tony asked and was happy with his parenting when Peter rested his head on his shoulder and nodded. “now what was it you needed?”
“daddy, I board,” Peter said.
“how about you play with your toys over there?” Tony said and pointed towards Peter's playpen.
“boring dada,” Peter said shaking his head. “I wanna fun,”
“you want to have fun?” Tony asked, thinking of ways to make that happen. Steve was out on a mission so it was just the two of them.
“uh-huh,” Peter said and nodded with a smile. “we invite papa too” Peter suggested.
“We can do something fun baby but papa is busy helping people so it's just you and I”
“me and daddy but no papa?” Peter asked. Tony could hear he was just confused and not so much bumed out about Steve.
“your right baby. My smart little boy” Tony praised and ran his hands through Peter's hair.
“I smart”
“yes you are, my little genius”
“I help daddy,” Peter said and picked up a piece of paper on Tony's desk.
“no, no, no, no. this is big boy work,” Tony said and reached for the paper but Peter pulled away and ignored him.
“daddy mistake,” Peter said and pointed.
“you found a mistake? let daddy see”
Peter did and after Tony looked over it he saw his boy was in fact right. “your right little one. There is something wrong with this, can you fix it?” Tony asked and gave Peter a pen.
Peter scribbled down what he thought was the right answer before showing it to daddy with the hopes of a prais.
“wow little one, you might just be the smartest little boy on this planet,” Tony said and ruffled the brown curly hair. “good job pumpkin,”
“daddy I have reward?”
“only good boys get rewards baby,” Tony said with a smile knowing exactly what Peters next words would be.
“I GOOOD Boy dadDDDY!” He said as he jumped in Tony's lap a little.
“are you now?” Tony asked and peaked his boy's nose with his finger. “tell you what little one. You look over this for daddy and you can have a reward,”
“kay,” Peter said and scanned the paper his daddy handed him.
Tony had given him one of the papers he knew there was something wrong with. He was so happy watching Peter with the biggest smile in the world, round out mistake after mistake.
When he came to the bottom of the paper he scanned it over once more. Don’t want to disappoint daddy, he thought before he handed it to Tony.
“Reward?”
“Yes, such a good boy deserves a reward,” Tony said while looking over the paper and found out peter had spotted a mistake he hadn't. “what do you want baby boy?”
“game,” Peter said right away, as sure as ever.
“a game? What game do you wanna play? Hide and seek?”
“No daddy, no hide n seek,” Peter said and took a pause. He was a little unsure about this next part but was hoping daddy would accept his wish. “daddy I really smart. I do lots and lots of in day but I wanna use brain too. Daddy, I play Minecraft?”
“Cutting right to the chase hu?” Tony chuckled at how short Peter argued for. He was also happy about it because it showed that Peter was really in his little mindset.
“dada. I wanted be computer engineer”
“you wanted to be a computer engineer before?” Tony asked and received a nod from Peter.
“no more engineer, daddies now.” He said with a smile, really enjoying the idea and hoping Tony and Steve would let him be creative in the ways he really enjoyed. In Minecraft, he was hoping to build cool Redstone contraptions.
“But daddy. I really want Minecraft and it not bad. All good in Minecraft,”
“are there not scary monsters like zombies in Minecraft?” Tony asked knowing full well that there were monsters much scarier than zombies in Minecraft.
“I no like zombies but daddy turn off?” Peter suggested, hoping his super-smart daddy knew how to turn off the scary monsters.
“daddy can turn off monsters” Tony confirmed and at this point, a normal teenager would celebrate. Taking Tony's comment as a confirmation that they got what they wanted. But Petter proved once again that he was in little space and had not connected the dots.
“Dada?”
“You can have Minecraft honey,” Tony said with a nice tone and a smile, watching as Peter did a celebratory dance in his lap. “BUT. You only play when daddy or papa lets you. Okay?” he said this time with a stern voice, stoping Peter dance.
Peter sat down in daddy's lap before nodding. “promise daddy”
“good boy. Can you play a little more so daddy can finish work?”
“daddy I see pup?” Peter asked with his puppy eyes staring at Tony.
“you want to watch paw patrol?” Tony asked and found paw patrol on his iPad for Peter when he noded.
Peter hit play before being lifted back into his playpen and sat down in his been bag.
It took around 10 minutes before Peter got impatient and Tony figured it was time to spend some time with his boy anyways.
He made Peter lunch and watched his boy finish his apple slices for a snack.
“Daddy?”
“yes, baby?”
“Papa home?”
“when papa is coming home?” Tony asked, making sure he understood his son. Peter nodded and he continued. “Papa is going to be home in a couple of hours,” Tony answered which made peter frown.
“papa home now,” Peter said firmly.
“Peter, papa will be home in a couple of hours. Now why don’t you have your bottle and we can go down for a nap,” Tony suggested. He sensed that Peter was about to become a little grumpy and hoped he would get him to bed before the crying started.
“PAPA NOW!” Peter demanded without hearing what Tony suggested. He wanted his daddy and didn’t understand why he wasn't getting his way.
“how about we go down for a nap in papa and daddy's bed?”
“papa?” questioned, thinking he would get to se Steve at the mention of his name.
“no baby, we sleep in papa and daddy's bed. Do you want that?” Tony asked but was already walking over to lift Peter out of his chair.
“no tired,”
“It's just a little nap pumpkin,” Tony said but knew Peter would continue protesting.
“NO”
“Peter, daddy knows best. Now stop thins tantrum before I get mad,”
“daddy,” Peter whined with his bottom lip sticking out and on the brink of crying. “no sleep,”
Tony melted at the sight and brushed his thumb over Peters's cheek to get rid of the tears. “you don’t want to go night-night with daddy?”
Peter felt bad for making Tony feeling sad and immediately changed his attitude. “Naptime daddy”
Tony smiled at the boy's big heart. No one would ever break it, Tony would make sure of it. With the help of Steve of course.
“let's go cuddle bug”
They walked hand in hand into the master bedroom and Peter settled down quickly. Mostly because Tony laid down first, but boy was it nice to curl up next to daddy.
Steve came home around two hours later, finding his two loves cuddling on his and Tony's bed. It was a sight that he wanted to save forever and he snapped a photo of it. It was truly a sight that he wanted to come home to every day for the rest of his life.
He admired the cuddle bugs for a couple of minutes more before snuggling up to Peter, sandwiching the boy between the two daddies.
It only took Peter five minutes to realize that his other daddy was home and when he did he was jumping on the bed of happiness.
“DADDDDDDDDDY!”
“Hey, Peter,” Steve said calmly but could not resist smiling from ear to ear over how happy Peter was to see him.
Thie howl thing had of course woken Tony and he just watched as Peter jumped his way into Steves's arms.
“Papa,” Peter said and glued himself to Steve. “miss you,”
“I missed you too baby boy,” Steve said and placed a couple of kisses on top of Peters's head. “what was my handsome little boy up to while I was gone?”
“I went, smart papa. Daddy no smart more, I beat daddy every time” Peter said. The sentence made complete sense to Peter but Steve had no idea what his boy meant.
“Really?” Steve said with a bit of enthusiasm. “how so handsome?”
“I play in play-pen and daddy work. Got boring and pointed all daddies mistakes.” Peter said and took a small pause to take a deep breath. “Lot and lot mistakes papa. Daddy no smart anymore,”
Steve chuckled at that and looked over at Tony who looked over Peter with a skeptical glare. “yeah. Daddy is still smart tho. It's just that your super-duper smart, okay?”
“yeah?”
“of course my prince. You’re the smartest in all the lands.” Steve said and lifted Peter with him as he stood up from the bed. “now tell me more about your day and ill make you and daddy dinner”
“yeah, so …” and so Peters rambling started. It was not until Steve was almost finished making the pasta and chicken that Peter mentioned the highlight of his day.
“And also papa. Daddy promised I get computer so I play Minecraft. Minecraft with no monsters”
“Really now, daddy said yes to that” Steved asked and gave Tony the look. “you promised him a pc and a game without even consulting me?”
“I didn’t promise him…” He was about to continue but was interrupted.
“yeah you did” Peter promised with a pout on his face looking up at his papa, with watery eyes. “papa, daddy lying”
“baby, we will hear both sides of the story, okay?” Steve said and brushed his thumb access Peter's cheek, happy that no tears had fallen yet. “so what did daddy say Pety pie?”
Peter took in a calming breath before starting to explain to Steve. “daddy say promise Minecraft” Peter paused to take another deep breath. Daddies had though him that so he would be able to keep the tears at bay. “he say I get Minecraft BUT I only play when daddy or papa say”
“good job telling your side of the story Peter,” Steve said with a loving voice. “now it's daddy's turn, okay?”
Tony waited until Peter nodded his head in agreement before starting his argument. “Peter baby, you are quite right about this. I did promise and I did say you could only play when papa or I say it's okay to play. I am sorry to both of you,”
“is okay daddy,” Peter said with a smile.
“so I guess our baby boy would like an iPad to play on,”
“NO. Papa, I play computer, no iPad,” Peter crossed his arms over his chest and looked at Steve with a frown. From Tony's point of view, it looked like Steve had just ended the world single-handedly and Peter was holding him accountable.
“a computer?” Steve said gave Tony another pointy look.
Tony just gave his husband a shrug. If his baby boy wanted to play on a computer instead of an iPad, he was not going to stop him. After all, Tony was not opposed to Peter being a mini him, aka a super genius.
“yes papa, COM – PUT – ER, computer,” Peter said, thinking spelling it out would help his papa understand.
“well what do you have in mind my little prince,” Steve said and lowly sighted. He did however quickly realize that it might not be such a bad idea to give Peter a computer. Steve and Tony would have Friday monitor Peter's activity and it might also give the two daddies some more alone time.
“big dada. Big with light and chair. Like daddy,” Peter said with a big smile, trying to express what he wanted with hand gestures.
“okay. Do you want a laptop or a stationary computer? Do you know the difference?” Steve asked. He had now accepted that whatever Peter wanted would be what he got. He was already quite the spoiled child.
“I understand dada,” Peter said with a nod. “I wanna station”
“Okay, so a stationary computer with LED lights and a cool chair like daddy?”
“uh, huuu” Peter agreed and nodded with enthusiasm.
So they all sat down and Peter picked out his computer, his chair, and a desk to have it all on. Peter got even more excited when daddy reminded him that he needed a keyboard, mouse, and mouse pad.
Both the adults enjoyed watching Peter this happy and excited. After 1,5 hours everything was ordered and scheduled to arrive tomorrow.
That night Peter was quick to bed. No complaints or anything. The quicker he fell asleep, the quicker tomorrow would be there.
There was no surprise tho when Steve and Tony were awoken by Peter jumping on their bed, yelling at the top of his lungs how excited he was. The adults worry about how Peter had gotten out of his crib but that was quickly forgotten when Peter hit both their sore spots.
Both Steve and Tony wondered how they got through the next few hours. Peter calmed down a little but was differently not the easiest to handle.
Somehow it was all worth it when Peter sat down in his chair, spun around before punching the on button. He then spends ten minutes tracing the LED lights from the cabinet of the computer.
“thank you, daddies,” Peter said and stood up from the floor to give both his addies a hug.
“your welcome sweetie pie”
“any time baby boy”
“love you lots and lots dada,” Peter said to Steve first and kissed his cheek. “and love you lots and lots daddy,” he said and did the same with Tony.
“We love you too Peter,” the daddies said in union.