Saturday PT 2
Breakfast ended about thirty minutes later, on a silent note none the less. Jungkook ended up going down to the lab with Mr.Stark and Colonel Rhodes. While Jungkook was tinkering with whatever was on his desk, Tony and Rhodey were having their own private discussion.
“Tony, look I need to talk to you and I need you to be straight with me.” Rhodes said, looking completely serious.
“Sorry to break it to you Honeybear, but I can never be straight. I thought I came out to you all those years ago. Well here it is, I’m Bisexual, meaning that I like-” Tony started with a shit-eating grin before Rhodey interrupted.
“Damn it Tony, I’m serious and of course I remember you coming out. It was surprisingly cute. But that’s not what I’m here to talk about. I’m here to talk about the kid.”
Tony’s shit-eating grin immediately fell off his face as soon as he mentioned his kid. He knew that Rhodey would get suspicious of the relationship the kid and him had. He knew that it wasn’t just an internship. He would have told Rhodey sooner, if it wasn’t for the fact that he messed up a bit and that the rogues had come back earlier than any had ever expected.
“Tony, is he yours? Am I an uncle?”
Now Tony was blown away, Jungkook being his son? Rhodey thought that Jungkook, his intern, was his son.
“What? No. He’s not my kid. You’re not an uncle. Me and that kid look nothing alike, Honeybear.” Tony said with a shocked voice.
“Oh. I thought he was yours and that you might have hidden him from me. And the kid doesn’t really have to look like you, he can look like his mother, and still have your brain. Are you sure he’s not your kid?” Rhodey glanced over in Jungkook’s direction and questioned.
“Of course I’m sure Rhodey. Yes, he’s extremely smart like moi, but he’s not my biological kid.”
“So you do admit that he’s still your kid? Just not biologically of course.” Rhodey questioned with a smile starting to form on his face.
Tony’s mind was blown for the third time today. Rhodey just kept on packing on the hard questions.
“You should be a reporter someday Honeybear. You just keep on asking questions that are hardcore and invasive.”
“Tony, you’re not answering the question. Do you consider him your kid?” Rhodey questioned crossing his arms over his chest.
Tony sighed and started fiddling with his engagement ring,“Well, I don’t know. Maybe. I mean the kid has really grown on me. Would it be bad if I see him in that way? Does he see me in that way? Would he ever see me in that way?” Tony’s voice started to break a bit. “Rhodey what if I’m not good enough for this whole mentor/dad thing? I mean I let this kid do dangerous stuff, hell he has broken multiple bones already-” Tony said, freaking out and almost giving himself an anxiety attack.
“Woah. Tony, you need to calm down. Just breathe a bit okay.” Rhodey said, as he gestured towards Tony to mimic his breathing. “There you go. Now, look I don’t know much about this kid, but I know he looks up to you. Did you see the look in his eyes he gave to you at breakfast when you actually told him to invite the others? He was worried about you. He wanted to protect you from them at breakfast, when the most threatening thing there was probably a can of Reddi Wip.”
Rhodey pointed at the kid sitting in the chair blaring his headphones. “That kid would think of you the same way you do. I think he already does.” Rhodey crossed his arms over his chest again. “Now what’s this about him breaking bones and stuff? Tony, what are you having this kid do? Are you letting him get into the suit? He’s just a kid Tony. You shouldn’t let him mess with that type of stuff.”
“Of course I don’t let him mess with the suit. There’s just things that we make that blow up sometimes. I mean it’s me, come on, I get injured all the time.” Tony replied hoping that answer would suffice Rhodey’s curiosity. But when does Rhodey ever not question Tony a hundred times. It’s like he has some type of special power that knows when Tony is lying.
“ You know I don’t buy that Tony. Knowing you, you’d rather use yourself as a human shield than let anyone get hurt.” Rhodey said while glaring at Tony.
Damn Rhodey and him knowing that Tony has absolutely no self preservation.
“Tony, what’s with this kid up then? He passed out in front of all of us yesterday? And now he’s breaking bones. What’s going on, Tones?”
Right as Rhodey said that, they both heard a loud shattering noise, like a glass vase hitting the floor. Along with that they heard a groan and a light whimper come from Jungkook’s direction.
They quickly turned around as they saw Jungkook clutching his hand to his chest and a broken beaker with chemicals spilled on the table and floor. Tony rushed over with concern in his eyes, “Jungkook, are you okay? What happened? Let me see your hand?”
Jungkook let out a cry when he held out his hand for Tony to observe. He noticed that Jungkook’s hand was bleeding a lot, covered in web fluid and that a piece of glass was sticking out of it. “Jesus Kook, what happened? Let’s head down to the medbay again.”
“Fri. Tell Helen that we're heading down there again and tell her to get stuff ready to take glass out.” Tony said, leading Jungkook to the elevator, Rhodey following behind them.
“Right away Boss.” FRIDAY said from above.
“DUM-E clean this mess up for me will you and Fri, make sure he doesn't make more of a mess somehow.”
“Of course Boss.” She responds once again.
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“What happened? I just saw him this morning! “ Helen questioned and winced when she saw the glass and blood. This kid was like one of her own, seeing him getting hurt, secretly hurt her as well.
“I was trying to improve my web fluid and when I mixed it, the beaker exploded in my hand.” Jungkook sheepishly explained, holding up his wound to Helen.
Rhodey turned to Tony for an explanation of some sort. What type of chemicals does Tony let this kid play with and what is web fluid? Rhodey thought to himself.
As Helen examined the cut and went to extract the glass from his hand, she noticed something odd begin to happen to his hand. His hand was starting to heal around the glass at a fast pace.
“Jungkook, the glass is starting to heal around your hand at a very rapid rate. I’m sorry, but I’m going to have to take it out super quickly. It’s going to hurt a bit. Ready? On 1,2.” Said Helen. Before she said three, she yanked it out. Jungkook let out a scream of pain and tears cascaded down his face. Jungkook muttered a small, “You didn’t say 3,” under his breath.
With the glass being pulled out, she also pulled some of the skin that was healing around the glass, which made the wound open and bleed again. As she turned around to grab items to clean the wound and stitch it up, she was shocked and amazed. The wound was already starting to close up and heal itself, however she still needed to stitch it. It took less than 10 minutes to stitch him up.
“Alrighty Jungkook, it’s all stitched up and healing really fast, so they can come out in about a day or so.” She said putting all the medical supplies in its proper place, “Before I go, let’s check out your bruises and ribs, because if your hand is healing fast then maybe your ribs are as well.”
They all held their breath as Jungkook held his shirt off, showing where the bruises were. The bruises completely disappeared. This confused Tony and Helen. The bruises were getting worse just hours ago and now they are completely gone.
“FRIDAY, do a quick scan of Jungkook. Check if there are any injuries.” Tony yelled at the A.I in shock and semi-panic.
“Of course Boss. Searching Jeon for injuries.” They all held their breath once again, hoping that the kid’s ribs had completely healed. “Scan complete. Jungkook appears to have no injuries. His fractured ribs have completely healed.” The A.I responded with what could be identified as relief, almost as if she had hoped the same things as the others.
They all stared at Jungkook in awe. Helen snapped out of her awe faster than the others, “ Well Jungkook, as much as that’s a relief, I’m going to need you to stay here to run some tests and draw some blood.” She then turned to Tony who was still in his shocked state, “ Tony, I think it’s time to run those agility tests. I’d rather know what his limit is now in a safe environment than find out when he’s passed out on the field. If we do it now, we could probably get more medicine ready for him by the next couple of days.”
“No. Not now. We can’t, not with the others barely coming back. They barely know that he’s my intern.” Tony argued. He was worried about the kid and his superhero identity. He’s a minor and him getting involved with the Avengers meant getting involved with the accords and Ross. Ross, that son of a bitch, had a thing against mutants and if he got his hands on Jungkook, that kid wouldn’t see the Queen’s skyline again. Tony was most definitely not going to let that happen even if he had to cause a tiny accident involving Ross.
Helen let out a sigh and looked to Jungkook, who was anxiously playing with his hands. “Fine, we’ll test it some other time, but you know that eventually we will have to. Today, I’m just going to run some blood tests again, collect some blood for us to have in case he ever needs a blood transfusion, and have him rest down here for a while. I send him up by lunch.”
Tony nodded and said a goodbye to the kid and headed to the elevator with Rhodey following close behind. Rhodey. Shit. Now, he’s going to have to do some major explaining to his best friend.
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It was a quiet ride up the elevator and that made Tony more nervous by the minute, he knew Rhodey was bouncing with questions, but he wasn’t asking them. Not yet at least. As soon as Tony got up to the main kitchen, he started making himself a cup of coffee with a side of gummy bears that the kid left around.
“Gummy bear?” Tony offered to Rhodey, breaking the silence between them. Rhodey shook his head and sighed. Tony shrugged his shoulders and continued to eat gummy bears and drink his coffee while checking his emails on his phone.
“Tony?” Rhodey questioned, making Tony’s head snap up from his phone. Tony hummed to show that he had heard Rhodey.
“What the hell is up with that kid? He just got a large cut on his hand and it started healing?! You said he has bruises and fractured ribs just hours ago and now all of a sudden they’re healed?! Tony, who is this kid?” Rhodey rapidly questioned, with frustration and confusion in his voice.
“This kid is my intern, Rhodey. He just happens to heal super quickly.” Tony responded, anxiously rubbing his hands together.
“Don’t try to be a smartass right now Tony. Tell me the truth. Who the hell is this kid?” Rhodey said in a serious voice while crossing his arms once again, for what seemed like the millionth time that day.
Tony sighed and looked up at Rhodey who was standing behind the kitchen bar, “This kid is special. He’s very special. Do you remember the fight in Germany? When I got a new member to be on our side?”
“Of course I remember Germany. You mean that dude that sounded like a twelve year old and wore a red and blue suit with some type of spider on it?” Rhodey pauses for a few seconds and it was like something clicked in his mind. “Tony. You didn’t. Don’t tell me you didn’t. That kid sounded like he was barely twelve! You let a twelve year old run around Germany and play superhero with the Rogues! Rogers nearly crushed him with the tunnel thing!”
“I know! I know. Look, I know now that it wasn’t the best idea-” Tony yelled and tried to explain before Rhodey interrupted him.
“Wasn’t the best idea! That kid was fighting a hundred year old super soldier, that was twice his body mass!”
“I know Rhodey! It was a terrible thing to do. To get him involved with this in the first place, but we needed the numbers. I didn’t know that we were going to fight with them. It was just to intimidate Rogers to get him to come peacefully, to work together. But obviously that didn’t happen. So I let the kid keep the suit to do this whole Spider-man thing and kept in contact with him. He needed a new suit that would help protect him better and needed a mentor of some. Someone to guide him through the rights and wrongs of being a superhero. ” Tony explained now getting up and getting a second cup of coffee.
“ Yes, he’s young, but he’s extremely smart. I wasn’t joking the other night when I said that he might be smarter than me. He’s intelligent and so kind hearted. This kid has a heart the size of an elephant. I wouldn’t have given him the suit if he wasn’t the person he is now. He refuses to kill anyone, even if they try to kill him first. Hell, he even rejected being an Avenger, because he wanted to look out for the little guys.” He said looking at Rhodey, who now looked calm and had a small smile on his face.
“Okay Tony. I believe you.” Rhodey walked over to Tony and tossed an arm around his shoulder and chuckled, “ You a mentor? Huh? Seems more like a dad if you ask me. You know that means that I’m an uncle now. When’s his birthday? I should probably get him some presents and cake, unless you want to get the cake, now that you’re a father.”
“ Honeybear, I’m definitely getting the cake. Jungkook likes lego sets, so you better save up and get him a whole bunch for his birthday.” Tony said while walking to the couch to watch some TV, Rhodey following behind him.
“So Jurassic Park or Star Trek?”
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“Well that was the most awkward yet intriguing breakfast I’ve had in a while. We had a little taste of italy.” Sam said out loud.
The “Rogues” as they were dubbed by the media, were all in the gaming lounge. Yes Tony had a gaming lounge, it was full of vintage and new video games, consoles, bean bags, board games, and a pool table.
Bucky and Steve were playing a game of pool, while Natasha, Clint, Sam were playing monopoly. Sam was just nursing an energy drink in his hand, while others were either drinking water or juice. Did they mention that it had a whole mini fridge and a snack bar? It amazed them, but they knew that this wasn’t built for their arrival. It was built for someone else. For Tony’s so called “intern”.
“Do you guys really buy the whole ‘oh he’s my intern’ thing? I don’t. That’s definitely his kid.” Clint says, while moving his character piece, and yes he was the Top hat.
“They don’t look anything alike, you idiot and that’s 150 for passing on my casa.” Sam refuted, taking the money out of Clint’s hand. A small ‘hey’ came from Clint’s mouth.
“You guys do know that the kid could look like the mom, but have very little features like the father. Tony said that the kid was super smart, maybe he got his intelligence.” Natasha answered, passing go and collecting 200 dollars. “ What do you think Rogers?”
Steve hit the white ball and got 3 of the stripes in and one color one. That one wasn’t his. Bucky raised his eyebrow and lined up to take his shot.
“ I don’t know. Just know that he’s very special to Tony.”
“Yeah no shit Rogers. of course he’s special. Why do you think this room even exists? The high scores on the games even have the kids initials! Even on Super Mario Bros! That game was made before that kid was even alive! Maybe Stark recently adopted the kid. Or maybe the kid’s mom decided to surprise him with a secret child. A secret love child?” Clint suggested, while moving his Top hat into the Jail cell. Of course he was the one to go to jail. “Damn it! Top hat, you were supposed to be lucky! Like Abraham Lincoln's hat! I can see it now, the kid’s mom showing up at Tony’s doorstep saying ‘We met years ago one at some convention and here’s your kid!’ And Stark being like, ‘No way that’s my kid, but hey he’s kinda smart. I’m going to keep him!’ Boom! The end. Now the kid has high scores on games that are twice his age.”
They all turned to look at Clint with a blank face.
“What?”
“Do you not know how kid’s work? Or how adoption works? You can’t just say that you’re going to keep him. What is the kid an animal?” Sam said, looking at Clint who was now shoving Skittles into his mouth.
Clint just shrugged and continued to swallow the entire rainbow in his mouth.
“Does it look like I would know? I don’t have kids.”
Natasha shared a ‘he’s not wrong’ look with Sam and he shrugged it off. “Okay even if he was adopted, then why wouldn’t any of it show up on Natasha’s profile of Tony. And yes Natasha I know you look up everything about us. I wouldn't be surprised if you knew who my highschool girlfriend was.”
While Clint and Sam were making theories as to how this kid is Tony’s and Sam’s past girlfriends. Bucky and Natasha were looking at each other, they had already discussed this subject and how they were going to stay out of Tony and the intern's way. He put his cue stick down, cleared his throat and turned his body to the monopoly players.
“We shouldn't even be talking, let alone theorizing whether that kid is Stark’s kid. He told us what he needed to know and that’s it. The kid is no threat and he’s just a kid. Stark already warned us that if we go looking for anything else, he’d have our head on a stick. So, if I were you I wouldn’t go snooping around in things that we don’t know.” Bucky said, with a stern voice and look on his face.
“Barnes is right. Tony was kind enough to let us stay here. I don’t think any of us want to go back to being fugitives.” Steve said, agreeing with Bucky. “But if they’re is any chance that kid becomes a threat. I’m doing some research.”
“Damn it Rogers. Just listen to your boyfriend for once. I’m sure he wouldn’t enjoy you going on another self sacrificial mission.” Natasha said, teasing the two of them with a serious face.
Bucky turned to Steve and saw that he was all pink in the face. Steve coughed and walked to the snack bar.
Natasha gave him a look and Bucky snared his teeth at her, like a hissing cat. He was going to get her later. Maybe throw her into the ocean and feed her to the sharks.
“Are you going to keep staring at me Barnes or are you going to tie up your hair and fight me?”
“Oh Romanoff, you better make sure you have a tight bun. I bet those ballet days would really come in handy now.”
Natasha glared at him and began to tie her hair back. “That’s low Barnes, but I’m sure you remember your ballet days as well. After all, we performed the pas de deux, all those years ago.”
Buck quickly put his hair into a bun and started walking towards Natasha who was in turn walking towards him as well.. Unfortunately for the both of them, there was a brick wall called Steven Grant Rogers who was there to block all the fun friendly fights. Funny how Steve was getting Bucky out of a fight.
“Alright you two, that’s enough. Now you either go back to your games or go I’ll have to drag you to your rooms.”
“Okay Dad.” Bucky said patting Steve’s chest and walking back to the pool table
“Don’t you mean Daddy, James.” Natasha said over her shoulder, returning to the capitalistic game.
“Bite me Natasha.”
“Oh I already did Bucky boy.”
“Quit it you two. Go play your games and you can take your frustrations out later when we’re training.” Steve snapped at the two of them and walked back to the pool table, picking up his cue stick and aiming the white ball at his desired target.
“Now let’s see if you can beat me Stevie. After all, you’re not that scrawny kid from Brooklyn anymore. I’m sure those big muscles will help you.”
“I’m sure they will Bucky. Let’s hope that your years of not playing are in your favor. After all, I’m not some scrawny kid from Brooklyn anymore. I can throw more than just a punch.”
“Nope that’s it. I don’t want to hear anymore innuendos involving Captain American and Sergeant James Barnes. I think my 10 year old self would be terrified to know that this is what I would hear coming from their mouths.” Sam complained and Natasha nodded along.
“Well lucky for me I can turn off my hearing. I don’t have to hear two old married men flirting with each other.” Clint said, while turning off his hearing aids.
Buck glared at him and sighed. He turned his attention back to the game and shot his last ball in, thus making Steve lose again.
“Still losing even in this century, Stevie. I thought with all those years you had running around without me, you would’ve gotten better.” Bucky said while smirking, all his attention on Steve, rather than at Natasha’s stupid kissing noises.
Steve looked shocked for a couple of seconds, but quickly smiled. Bucky remembered when they used to play pool down in that one club in Greenwich Village. That damn bastard would always beat him. In Steve’s defense, he was small back then and his arms weren’t really longer and didn’t have muscle. Not that the game needed muscle, but Steve didn’t want to admit that to Bucky that he just sucks at the game. His ego about this game was already sky high, no need to make it to space.
“Well I didn’t exactly have time to play games like this Buck, ya know with the world needing saving and all.”
“Ah ah, now you're just pulling excuses out of your ass Rogers. Thought your Ma taught you to be better than than.” Bucky teased, finishing off his Capri Sun.
“Don’t you go talking to me about Mamas, Barnes. Your ma would have scolded the hell out of you for using that type of language.”
They both laughed and began to set up another game. Steve would try his best to beat Buck this time. Like they say, third times the charm.
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It was around dinner time, when Jungkook was able to leave the medbay. Helen did blood tests and drew lots of blood, just in case he ever needed a blood transfusion. It’s been a long day and he’s drained, tired, and hungry. He needed sleep and some food in his system. Maybe Mr.Stark will order some pizzas.
As soon as he entered the kitchen, he heard Mr.Stark laughing along with Colonel Rhodes. He was glad that Mr.Stark was laughing and being happy even under these circumstances.
“Hey Kid! Are you hungry? What do you want to eat?” Mr.Stark asked, while looking over the boy.
“Yeah I’m pretty hungry. Can we please order some pizzas?”
“Of course. Fri, can you place an order for 10 pizzas?”
“Of course Boss.”
“Ten pizzas? Wow kid you sure do eat alot for a spider.” Rhodey said, looking at his future, nephew.
Jungkook had panic in his face as soon as Rhodey said that. How did he find out? Do the others know? Are they going to attack him? He thought to himself.
“Hey don’t go freaking yourself out now kid. You’re just like your dad. Always overthinking things. I found out about you being a spider when I saw your hand heal super quickly. Say, how did you get your powers?”
“I uh I got them from a radioactive spider. I was on a field trip and I drifted off from the group to take a couple of pictures for the school paper. And then a spider bit me and now I can crawl on walls and lift things 20 times my weight.” Jungkook said shifting his weight on his feet.
Rhode looked like his eyes were going to burst out of his head, “It was an actual spider! I thought you got the name just because you can crawl on walls, not that you got bit by a spider.”
“Alrighty while you two discuss the details of Jungkook becoming a spider. I’m going to make a couple of very important phone calls. Happy should be here with the pizzas in” Tony glanced at his watch, “10 minutes or give or take. If you need anything I’ll be in the other room.”
As soon as Tony left Jungkook immediately asked the question that had been burning in his mind.
“Dad?”
Rhodey turned to the kid and gave him a look of confusion.
“You said that I was just like my dad. How did you know him? Did you meet them in Korea? Or at a conference here?”
“Huh?”
“Did you mean my birth parents? I know that they were scientists, but I don’t think they went to any Stark Expo. Or maybe they did? I went to one when I was a kid, so maybe they did too.” Jungkook said in a hushed voice, staring at the floor.
Rhodey took a good look at the kid and his eyes widened. The kid thought he was talking about his biological parents.
“Uh, no. Sorry, I didn’t mean your actual parents. I meant Tony. “
“Oh.”
There was awkward silence in the air, when Happy walked in with several large boxes of pizza, calling out for someone to help him. Jungkook took that as his que to escape an awkward situation.
They all set up the table and informed FRIDAY to tell Tony that the pizza was here and to let the others know. As much as it pained them, they still had to play nice with the rogues. There was no use for petty fights, when they had just barely gotten the team back together and they were going to stay there for a long time.
Happy left after setting the table, stealing a couple of slices of pepperoni, saying that he didn’t want to stick around for civil war 3. This left Jungkook and Rhodey on their own. Alone and awkward.
“Mr. Rhodes, what did you mean by Mr.Stark being like my dad?” Jungkook asked while taking small bites of his pizza.
Rhodey swallowed a bit of his pizza and sighed. This kid wasn’t going to give up. He thought to himself.
“I meant that Tony acts like a dad around you. He goes all dad mode when he’s around you.”
“No there's no way. He doesn’t see me like that. He’s just my mentor. Right?”
“Kid. You're exactly like Tony, Jesus, it’s kind of scary. He was thinking the same things that you are. To answer your questions he does see you like that and I think we both know that he’s more than just a mentor. The way you both look at each other and interact with each other is in a father-son type of way. I’ve already talked about this with Tony, so if he’s your father figure then let him know. That way I can call you my nephew.”
Jungkook sat there frozen. Mr.Stark sees him as a son. As a family. He already has a family. He has May and only aunt May. What harm can another couple of family members be? Even if they are not by blood, he still considers them family. Aunt May? What is aunt May going to think? Is she going to be hurt? She hasn’t even met Mr.Stark in person and she’s already not too fond of him because of his internship. May doesn’t even know about him being Spiderman, let alone about how he feels about Mr.Stark!
“ I don’t know. I want to talk to him about it, but I don’t know. What if you’re wrong? What if he doesn’t see me that way?”
“Jungkook, I’m a hundred percent sure that he thinks of you that way, but if you think I’m wrong then go talk to him. After you’re done with that, when you come back you better be calling me uncle Rhodey or something like that because calling me Colonel Rhodes or Mr. Rhodes makes me feel so old.”
Jungkook nodded and continued to eat his pizza. He was definitely going to talk about this to Mr.Stark. Tomorrow, he’ll do it tomorrow. Just enough time to mentally prepare himself. Yeah, tomorrow.
Tony and the rogues came 5 minutes later and they all ate silence. Jungkook kept glancing over at Tony the entire time. Tony was giving him questioning looks while eating. Was something wrong with Jungkook? What happened when he left the room?
Tony was about to question Jungkook when he heard someone's phone ringing. It was Jungkook’s. He didn’t make it any move to answer it. It kept ringing for another five minutes until Tony got annoyed.
“Are you going to answer that Jeon? Or are you going to turn your phone off?”
Jungkook took one look at his screen and turned it off. This made Tony raise his eyebrows. Who was that? Why didn’t he just answer?
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They all finished 30 minutes later and returned to their respective rooms, all but Jungkook, Rhodey, and Tony. They decided to watch some T.V before turning in for the night. They were only 20 minutes into an episode of Supernatural when Tony and Jungkook fell asleep. Don’t get Rhodey wrong the show was really interesting but most of his attention was on those two. He could feel the fatherly love that Tony had for the kid bounce off the walls. The admiration that Jungkook held in his eyes made Rhodey’s heart melt. He wasn’t much of a sap but seeing the father-son duo act so domestic really made his heart warm.
They better talk to each other real soon, Rhodey’s itching to call Jungkook his nephew and tell embarrassing college stories of Tony. He’s got real good ones too. 15 year old Tony Stark was a handful and was very chaotic. He walked over to Tony’s bedroom, got a couple of blankets, and walked back to the living room to put them on the pair. Adorable and sappy. Jesus, never in a hundred years did Rhodey expect this from Tony and this was a good look on Tony.