It’s all right here
Tony carried Peter down the stairs and held onto Morgan’s hand.
He wanted to see her first reaction to the set up of the party, now that it was completely done. All they had to do now was wait for everyone to start arriving which would be in just a few minutes, just in time for Morgan to get a look at the fun to come.
Pepper was waiting at the bottom of the stairs for her daughter and opened her arms wide for her. “Happy birthday my beautiful girl. Mommy loves you so so much. Look at you, you look like a princess. Oh, and I can see that daddy did your hair.”
As Morgan hugged her mom back, Tony was shrugging his shoulders as to say it was no big deal but it actually was and he was extremely proud of himself. She then pulled away so she could get a look at all the decorations. “Woah. It’s so pretty. There’s even a princess balloon! Woah! This is so amazing!”
Pepper was then looking at Peter’s outfit but she couldn’t see the full thing since he was in Tony’s arms still. “And look at you. You look so handsome, Peter. Just like your daddy.”
Peter grinned shyly and shoved his face into his father's neck.
Tony walked over to Pepper to pull her against his other side while watching Morgan look around at everything. “So did we do good? Actually, I’m taking the credit for the inside decorations. All me.”
Morgan ran into his arms to give him a hug. “Thanks, daddy. I love it. I want to go look outside with Peter.”
Peter was already trying to reach for the decorations hanging from the ceiling so Tony was a tad paranoid to let him go outside before the party even started. He wanted to have a quick photo shoot from the photographers that he hired for the day in the outfits they were in, before they got changed into bathing suits and got all dirty.
Then he wanted another family photo shoot like that just because he could. Their family was now complete and he was happy. He was so happy with Peter back with him where he belonged and he wanted to enjoy every second with him.
He was also still trying to get over the nagging feeling at the back of his mind that Peter was going to get taken away from him again. He knew that wasn’t going to happen but he was still terrified of it… he knew he wouldn’t come back from that loss.
As he placed Peter on the floor, Tony thought about what life was like a year ago.
It was a happy time, of course it was but he was never at his happiest without his little mini him next to his side. Now, he could be.
Now, Morgan had a sibling to grow up with and he was so grateful to have that and was lucky enough to watch two of the most important people in his life grow up together and become the best of friends.
“We have to take pictures after everyone gets here so no going on the water or getting dirty yet guys.” Pepper warned both of her kids but it was useless since they were already off and looking at all of the birthday blowups for the party.
All the guests started to arrive shortly after that.
Their yard went from having just the four of them there with some hired staff to having a whole yard filled with children’s laughter and families reuniting with their friends again.
It was the first time since the snap that most of these people were interacting with their close friends again since after the snap happened, most of the world was in a chaos, trying to figure out what the new normal is now.
Recently, schools have opened back up again and plans are being made for more housings, schools, hospitals and so much more so they were slowly adjusting to the new normal.
Tony would admit that it was definitely a bit strange to see all of Morgan’s friends' families with what their new family looked like now.
Some of them had newborn babies that would have been just over the age of ten at the time of the first snap, bringing them back just a few months old.
There were also a lot of new faces from parents that he hasn’t seen yet, possibly parents moving on and finding new love, that was always a tough one to come back to.
Tony looked over and saw Peter running towards him with raised arms so Tony didn’t hesitate to pick him up and set his boy on his hip. “Hey, Pete. There’s a lot of people here, huh?”
Peter nodded and went to shove his thumb into his mouth but Tony took a hold of his hand instead, wanting to break that habit. “There’s a lot. I don’ know anyone and-and Morgan went to play with them.”
Tony knew his daughter was just excited to see her friends again after so long so he didn’t blame her for leaving Peter. He also wasn’t sure if Peter would be a social butterfly like Morgan was or if he would be clinging onto mommy and daddy the whole day.
He was still learning things about Peter and who he was as a five year old since at fifteen, he was extremely shy and even when Tony would bring him along to a gala, the boy would cling onto him for the whole night, barely talking to anyone.
Tony wanted Peter to make some friends though. He wasn’t going to school yet, that would be a problem for a different day, Tony had a strong feeling that Peter wouldn’t take well to going to school.
“How about we go find mommy and see what she’s up to?” Tony suggested and got a nod out of Peter but just as he went to start walking, one of the parents was walking up to him with a baby in her arms.
“Mr. Stark, this party looks amazing. You’re always the best at putting together these sorts of things.” She looked towards Peter and cooed. “And this must be Morgan’s little brother. I was just talking to her and she’s over there telling everyone about him.”
“Yeah, this is Pete. Say hi Pete.” Tony bounced him a bit, getting Peter to wave silently to the women.
“How old was he before the first snap?” She asked. Tony knew that these questions were going to be the new normal now. It was just weird to talk about.
“He was fifteen.” He answered, trying to see what the woman was thinking. He knew she didn’t get snapped and was one of the extremely rare lucky ones that didn’t lose any family members to the snap.
“This must be so strange for you then. Having to raise him all over again. Going through all those phases again.” She said with some sort of tone that Tony didn’t like. He had to remember that Morgan liked her kid, he didn’t have to like all the parents.
“I’m extremely happy. He completes our family and I wouldn’t change anything.” He answered, walking away from her. “If you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go check on my daughter.”
Peter lifted his head up and looked towards a giant bouncy castle that was there. This castle was only for ages 3-6 so none of the older kids hurt any of the younger kids such as Peter so Tony thought it would be perfect for him.
“Do you want to go on, Petey?” He asked, watching Peter’s eyes light up.
Tony carried him over there and just so happened to see Pepper chatting with a pregnant mom so he walked up behind her and stood Peter up on the side of the bouncy house. “Hey, Pete wanted to come on here and I saw you so I decided to say hi.”
Pepper’s eyes lit up once she saw Peter. “Hi baby. Jan, this is Peter. He’s the baby brother Morgan is telling everyone about.”
“Mommy, I wan’ go on ‘dare.” Peter said, using her hands to help himself stand up but he was falling over.
“You want to go on there?” Pepper asked, trying to correct his speech.
Peter nodded. “Uh huh.”
Pepper helped take his shoes off while she turned to Tony. “How is he? Is he having fun?”
Tony sat down on the side of the bouncy house. “He’s shy. Hopefully once he gets used to everything he’ll want to run around by himself.”
“Oh Petey. You go bounce. I’ll be here.” Pepper lifted him up and pushed him off in the direction of the net so he could crawl in.
Tony could see him bouncing on the inside and wanted to save this memory in his mind for the rest of his life. He could hear all the laughter and happy screams from everyone around them but in that moment, it was just as if it was him and his son together and nothing else mattered.
Peter fell onto his butt and started giggling like crazy as he tried to push himself up but he was struggling to stand up with all the toddlers jumping around him.
Another little boy, around the same age as Peter, fell over next to him and then the two of them were laughing together. Peter pushed himself up first and held out his hands to help the other boy up while Tony’s heart was melting at the action.
“Daddy! Daddy!”
Tony turned around to see Morgan running over next to him, the bottom of her dress covered in mud. He wasn’t surprised but they had to take those pictures soon if he wanted them to come at least half decent. “Hey, Morg. Look at your little brother.”
Morgan climbed up on the castle and looked inside. “Hi Petey! I wanna go in too, daddy.”
“You can’t, bug. It’s for ages three to six.” Tony got a bunch of bouncy castles for all different ages so he knew there were a few bouncy castles around here somewhere that could have both Peter and Morgan on.
“Aww.” Morgan sighed. “Petey! Come meet my friends. They wanna see you!”
Peter bounced over to the net and looked down at everyone that was there but he was having too much fun to even care or bother to stop jumping. Tony fixed Morgan’s tiara for her. “Little miss, we’re gonna go take pictures soon with Pete and mommy so stay here.”
“Yay! Then after can I change into my bathing suit because I wanna go on the water slide?” Morgan asked him, jumping off the side of the bouncy castle and onto the ground.
“Yeah. We just have to take some pictures first so we can get them framed.” Tony explained to her but he could tell Morgan was eager to go play and he didn’t want to keep her from that so he walked towards the entrance. “Pete, it’s time to come off so we can take some pictures. You can come back on later.”
Peter crawled towards him, not able to stand up from all the jumping. “Daddy, did you see me jumping so high?”
“I did, baby. You almost went to the moon.” Tony lifted him up and helped him get his shoes back on but then Peter was lifting his arms up, wanting to be held and Tony wasn’t going to say no to that.
Pepper met them at the set up for the pictures. The background was their beautiful lake with pink birthday balloons on either side so they could stand in the middle.
It was their first family picture from a professional photographer that was going to be framed in their house and Tony couldn’t wait to see the outcome.
It was all worth it. Everything that he did to get Peter back and get to watch both of his kids be happy together. It was all worth it.
To think, last year on Morgan’s birthday, it was quiet and just the three of them celebrating but like every year, Tony always felt like someone was missing and then he would feel guilty for being happy, even if his happiness was only temporary but it didn’t have to be anymore.
Not when he had Peter back.
Tony switched Peter onto his other hip so he could be between Pepper and him with Morgan standing in front of them.
“And smile on three two one,” The photographer said but Peter was looking in the other direction so the man held up a stuffed bunny and shook it above the camera, causing Peter’s eyes to look in that direction. “Show me your smiles.”
Peter grinned at the camera, doing his famous head tilt that Tony loved so much.
They ended up getting a bunch of different poses, pictures with all of them and then some with just Morgan and Peter, some with Tony and Pepper and even Tony posing with just his son. He wanted that one framed somewhere he could look at everyday.
“Mommy, I wanna put my bathing suit on now.” Morgan tugged at Pepper’s hand so she grabbed a hold of it.
“Alright, let’s go take your dress off then. Do you want to put your bathing suit on, Peter?” Pepper asked him but he was too busy looking in the direction of a bouncy castle.
“I’ll take him in to change later.” Tony didn’t think Peter wanted to leave the yard yet, not when there were so many fun castles to jump on.
Tony placed Peter on his feet so he could lead the way and take Tony to where he wanted to go.
They stopped at a bouncy castle that was for all ages which scared the protective side of Tony a bit since he wanted Peter to be safe and not get jumped on by a ten year old, especially since Peter was incredibly small for his age and always has been.
Peter smiled and looked back at Tony. “Daddy, help me up. I wan’ go on.”
“You want to go on, Pete?” Tony repeated to him, trying to fix Peter’s poor grammar. When Peter nodded his head, Tony picked him up, taking off his shoes and lifting him up so he could crawl inside.
It was a fairly big bouncy castle so once Peter went in, Tony lost sight of him. He tried to remain calm since he knew Peter would be okay but he always felt extra protective over Peter.
At first, when Peter was a teen, back before the snap and everything else, Tony was a first time parent in a way and was always freaking out over Peter. Then Morgan came along and he was a bit more relaxed about everything but now Peter was back and he was terrified of losing him again and having his life fall apart so he was back to being extremely overprotective.
Tony didn’t leave the entrance, watching kids go in and out, but he still didn’t hear or see Peter anywhere.
Tony felt someone walk up behind him and turned around to see Pepper. “Hey. Morgan’s done with her dress now. I’m glad we got all the pictures while we did.”
“Yeah. Pete went inside about five minutes ago and I’m still waiting for him.” Tony told her, trying not to jump inside himself to find his kid and make sure he was okay.
“I know he’s fine. He probably made a friend.” Pepper pulled him closer so he wrapped an arm around her. “There’s tons of little boys Peter’s age here so hopefully he gets comfortable enough to go make a friend.”
Tony would be so proud of Peter if he did that. He knew that obviously now Peter couldn’t still be friends with his old friends since they didn’t get snapped. He had kept in contact with Ned for a little while after the first snap but they eventually moved on with both their lives, having no reason to keep in contact without Peter.
Maybe he could track down Ned and have the boy… well, man now, come and babysit. Unless that was weird.
Just then, Peter slid down the slide and jumped over to the net to say hi to his parents. “Mommy! Daddy! I jumpin’!”
Tony felt so relieved to see Peter. “We can see you, baby. Keep jumping.”
Pepper waved to him. “He’s gonna sleep so good tonight. He’ll be out in two seconds.”
Tony chuckled. That was true.
A few minutes later, Peter was jumping out of the castle but a little girl was following him and trying to grab onto his hand but Peter whined and ran towards Tony’s legs to hide behind him.
“No! Go ‘way.” Peter started crying when she ran around Tony’s legs and tried to grab his hand but Peter wasn’t having it.
“Pete,” Tony laughed, kneeling down to pull his distraught son between his legs. “she just wants to hold your hand.”
Peter shook his head. “No. She-she’s following me up the stairs in the castle and down the slide and I don’ like it.”
The girl crossed her arms then grinned and tried to grab onto Peter again so Tony decided he didn’t like this girl. He stood up, picking Peter up into his arms. “Hey, kid. He said no so bye bye.”
Pepper playfully smacked his arm. “Tony.”
He turned to walk away. “What? Consent, Pep. Pete said no and she’s trying to hold his hand still, she can leave.”
Tony didn’t want any boys around Morgan, she wasn’t allowed dating until she was thirty and the same goes for Peter.
“Oh, Tony. You’re gonna be the exact same as you were with Morgan, aren’t you?” Pepper took Peter from his arms so she could hold him.
“Obviously. And why’re you acting like I’ll ever change.” He playfully rolled his eyes and reached out for Peter again, wanting to hold his baby.
“Hey. I’m holding him. Be patient.” Pepper held Peter against her chest, making Peter giggle but Tony wasn’t going to back down so easily. “I’m gonna go change him into his bathing suit.”
“I’ll do it. Come to daddy, Petey.” Tony held his arms out so Peter was reaching out for him. He was a daddy’s boy after all. Tony pressed a kiss to Peter’s face but he was kicking his legs out to be put on his feet. “Let’s go change.”
“I needa go poo poo too, daddy.” Peter told him on their way to the house.
“Have fun with that. I’ll be catching up with friends while you’re on poop duty.” Pepper went in the opposite direction but if Tony was being honest, he would rather hang out with Peter than catch up with parents he honestly didn’t care to catch up with, even if that meant he was on poop duty.
The two of them walked into the house and went upstairs into Tony’s and Peppers bathroom. “Am I gonna change into my bathing suit now?”
Tony grabbed the toilet seat to place it on top. “Don’t you have to go poop first?”
“Oh yeah. I forgetted.” Peter tugged down his pants and walked over to the toilet for Tony to help him on.
“You mean you forgot.” He corrected. Morgan was the same way as Peter with the whole past and present tense thing but he found it absolutely adorable and wanted Peter’s speech to last like this forever, well, he just didn’t want Peter to ever grow up.
He was perfectly fine with the way life is now and wouldn’t want to change anything about it.
Tony grabbed a step stool to sit in front of the toilet so he could wait for Peter to be done. “Are you ready for cake after?”
“Yeah! Is it chocolate cake?” Peter asked, reaching for the nearest thing he could grab ahold of to play with but Tony moved everything away. “I wanna eat chocolate cake.”
“There is chocolate cake. Are you all done?” He asked, ready to get Peter changed so he could go back to the party.
“Uh huh.” Peter lifted his arms up, ready to be helped off the toilet so Tony picked him up and set him on his feet then grabbed the wipes.
“Touch your toes so I can wipe.” Tony made quick work of cleaning Peter up and getting their hands washed then they moved into the bedroom so he could find Peter’s bathing suit. “Can you put these on yourself?”
“No.” The five year old shook his head and stuck out his bottom lip. “I need help, daddy.”
“I don’t think so, baby. I think you can do it yourself. How about you try and if you need help after, I’ll help you.” Tony loved helping Peter but he needed to start encouraging Peter to have his own sense of independence, even if it was something as simple as dressing himself.
Peter grabbed his bathing suit and easily put it on himself, grinning up at Tony once it was on. “I did it!”
“You sure did, baby. Now we can go play in the water.” Tony grabbed ahold of his son's hand and led him out of the bedroom and down the stairs, enjoying listening to Peter ramble on about nothing but everything at once.
He was so happy and maybe it scared him a bit that everything was going to crumble down on him.
Peter pulled him from his nightmares, as always. “Daddy! I see the cake!”
Tony looked towards the giant tables that he had set up which had mostly everyone sitting at it. At the head of the table was Pepper and Morgan laughing together.
Tony picked Peter up to carry him over to them, sitting down next to Morgan and pulling Peter onto his lap. Morgan leaned over to hug Peter. “I’m so glad I get to blow out my birthday candles with you, Petey. Last year I had to do it alone and I don’t want to do that again.”
Peter pushed himself up on the table to watch the cake get carried over to them with wide eyes. He didn’t understand the pain behind what Morgan had said. Although she hadn’t met Peter prior to the second snap, it was like she had in a way.
Tony always talked about Peter and what he was like and always wished Peter was around everyday but especially on the special days like birthdays… August tenth was the most painful of all days… not anymore though.
Tony looked over at Pepper who had her eyes shining on Peter and when he looked over at Morgan, she was smiling at Peter and not even looking at the giant cake that was being carried over to them.
It was when everyone started singing happy birthday that Morgan was looking away from Peter and towards the cake.
Her eyes lit up like a Christmas tree but Tony couldn’t stop looking at Peter. He was so overwhelmed with so many emotions all at once. From his little girl growing up to having Peter there with them to complete their family and make it whole for the first time, he felt his eyes burn with unshed tears but he refused to cry in front of so many people.
Morgan grabbed onto Peter’s hand. “Blow them out with me, Petey. I wanna do it together.”
Peter beamed with excitement. Tony watched his two babies blow out Morgan’s birthday candles, feeling how full his heart was.
“Yay! Now time to eat cake!” Peter clapped his hands, turning to face Tony but Morgan was throwing herself into his arms to hug Peter. “I love you so much, Petey, and-and I’m so happy that you’re here this year.”
Peter continued bouncing excitedly in Tony’s lap, only concerned about who was gonna cut the cake for him. Tony reached over to cup Morgan’s face. “I love you so much my beautiful girl. I’m really happy he’s here with us too.”
Morgan smiled at him then looked at the first slice of cake that was being handed to her but she slid it over to Peter. “You have it, Petey. It’s chocolate.”
Peter didn’t have to be asked twice to grab his fork and start eating it.
By the end of it, Peter had his entire face covered in chocolate cake. His chest and hair even got some of the cake on it as well but it did make for some adorable pictures.
Morgan grabbed onto Peter’s hand after Tony tried to wipe away most of the cake. “Let’s go! Let’s go! I wanna show Petey the water slide.”
Tony let Peter slide off his lap and went to stand up but Pepper held his hand. “Don’t go. Let them have fun.”
Tony watched his kids run off, trying so hard to not follow them to make sure Peter was okay but he knew Morgan would protect him.
Morgan let go of Peter’s hand so she could help lift him up onto the blow up water slide. “No. I’m scared.” Peter tried to get away but Morgan picked him up.
“I’ll go down with you. It’s so much fun.” She climbed on after him and grabbed his arm so an older kid didn’t bump into her little brother. “I’ll help you climb up.”
Peter began climbing onto the steps but he kept slipping so Morgan pushed his butt to help him climb up. Once the two made it to the top, Peter reached his hand out for Morgan. “Hold my hand, Morgan.”
“I will. Do you want to sit on my lap?” She asked but Peter didn’t have to be asked twice so he climbed onto her lap and her hands wrapped around his stomach.
Both screamed happily on their way down, earning a picture that Tony and Pepper will later see from the photographer later on.
After Peter grained enough courage to go down himself, it took a long time for Morgan to get him off of it so she eventually joined some of her friends and went onto another bouncy castle.
Peter saw a boy around his age trying to climb on the slide but he couldn’t get on and unlike Peter, the little boy didn’t have Morgan to help him on so Peter crawled over to him. “Do you need help?”
The boy nodded and lifted his arms up. “I need help.”
Peter held his hands out towards the boy and took a hold of his hands and used all of his strength to pull him onto the slide. “ I climb up ‘dare and slide down.” Peter told him.
The boy stood up and started trying to climb up but he was struggling so Peter did what Morgan did with him and pushed the boy from behind him until they got to the top.
“Wanna hold my hand when we go down?” Peter asked, holding his hand out to the boy who happily took it and went down together.
For the rest of the day, Peter and his new friend played together, climbing onto any bouncy house that they could climb onto.
Tony started to look for Peter once the sun started to set and people were starting to leave. The party was coming down at nine, after everyone was gone and it was currently 8:15pm, almost Peter’s bedtime but they were gonna let him stay up extra late tonight.
He spotted Peter bouncing in a bouncy house with one other little boy and his heart melted. Peter was holding hands with the boy and the two of them were giggling like crazy.
“Hey, Pete.” Tony said, peeking his head into the entrance.
Peter turned around and screamed happily. “Daddy!”
“Woah. Are you having fun? Who’s your little friend?” Tony asked crawling into the bouncy house since there were no other kids in there but his kid and Peter’s apparent new friend.
Peter let go of the boy's hands to bounce onto his bum. “He’s my friend. We go’d on all the bouncy houses together and eated more cake.”
Tony didn’t know about Peter sneaking more cake. “It sounds like you two had a fun time. What’s his name?”
Peter shrugged. “I don’ know.”
That got Tony chuckling. “How ‘bout you ask him then, Pete.”
Peter turned to the boy. “What’s your name?”
“Atlas!” The boy said before bouncing onto his butt next to Peter.
“It’s nice to meet you, Atlas.” Tony thought the name was interesting. He’s never heard it before so it was definitely unique. “How old are you?”
Atlas held out five fingers. “Five!”
Peter held up five fingers as well. “I’m five too! Do you have a big sister?”
Atlas kicked his legs out excitedly. “I only have um… three big brothers but they bigger. They’re like this big,” Atlas stood up and lifted his arms up to show Peter how big his brothers were.
Peter giggled and fell onto his back just as a woman was walking over. “Atlas, honey. It’s time to go.”
Tony looked through the net at the woman who must have been the boy's mother. “Hi. I’m Tony. Our sons seemed to have become friends.”
Her entire face lit up. “Oh. Did you make a new friend, Atlas?”
Atlas nodded and jumped over to the net. “Yeah! He’s there!”
Peter shyly crawled over to Tony so Tony awkwardly got out of the bouncy house and held Peter on his hip. “This is Peter. They were just telling me how much fun they were having together.”
The mother looked extremely happy. She smiled at Peter but he was leaning his head against Tony’s chest. “Hi sweetie. It’s nice to meet you. Atlas, I’m so proud of you, sweet boy.” Once Atlas crawled out, The mom was lifting him up and holding him on her hip. “He’s been struggling so much to make friends because he’s super shy so I’m so glad he made a friend today.”
Tony bounced Peter a bit. “Yeah, Pete here hasn’t gotten to associate with any kids his age yet so I’m glad he made a friend too.”
She nodded, looking at Peter. “Was he… was he one of the snapped?”
“Yeah. He was.” Tony didn’t like talking about that but it was the new normal now.
She nodded again. “Atlas wasn’t snapped but all of his brothers were. He has three that are now ages ten, twelve and sixteen so it’s kinda strange having all three of them back and a five year old but… I love it.”
Tony could tell Atlas was her saving grace just like Peter was his. Maybe that’s why she named him Atlas, showing her the way to be happy again and taking her out of the storm that she probably found herself in after all her kids were snapped and she wasn’t.
The two of them began walking towards the tables, carrying their kids in their arms. “It’s definitely an adjustment. An amazing one.”
She hummed in agreement. “It definitely is. Could we exchange numbers so our kids could play together again?”
“Of course.”
After saying goodbye to their last guest, Tony sat himself down in a chair and cuddled a very sleepy Peter against his chest. Morgan came running out from out of nowhere and climbed onto his lap, somehow managing to squeeze herself between Peter and his arm.
“Thank you for my amazing birthday party, dad. I loved it so much.” She hugged him the best she could from their position.
Tony pressed a kiss against her forehead. “You’re welcome, little miss. But what, as soon as you turn ten and you start calling me dad?”
She pushed herself off his chest to glare at him. “No. You’ll always be my daddy.”
Peter pushed himself off his chest as well, apparently no longer sleepy. “Daddy! My daddy.”
Tony kissed his face too. “You, mr, are never ever allowed to stop calling me daddy. Stay little forever.”
Peter shook his head, finding it amusing. “No. Imma grow up big like mommy.”
Tony fake gasped. “And not like daddy?”
Peter grinned at him and shook his head. “Not like daddy. Just like mama.”
Pepper was walking towards them so Tony looked over at her. “You hear this, Pep. Pete says he’s gonna grow big like you and not like me.”
Pepper jokingly shook her finger at Peter. “I don’t think so, little man.” She pulled Peter off of Tony and into her arms, leaving a bewildered Tony.
“Hey, what’re you doing jacking my kids like this?” He asked after Morgan was pulled off his lap too.
“Let’s go bounce in the last castle standing before it gets taken down.” Pepper walked backwards, waiting for Tony and Morgan to join the two of them.
She lifted Peter into the bouncy castle and climbed in after him to start bouncing. Tony climbed in after Morgan, his cheeks hurting from the permanent smile on his face.
“Daddy, hold my hands.” Peter lifted his hands up for Tony to take.
The family of four bounced around the castle while the sun set above them. It was the happiest Tony had felt on any birthday in the last ten years but it was worth it.
The wait for their perfect family to be together again was worth it.