Off we go
“Did you find his diaper bag?” Tony asked Pepper while she was trying to balance getting herself ready and get Peter dressed.
Pepper placed Peter on the floor because he was trying to jump off the bed and she didn’t want him getting hurt.
The toddler made a run for the bedroom door but Pepper ran ahead of him to close it so Peter couldn’t get out with no one watching him.
“Out! Wan’ out!” Peter yelled and smacked the bedroom door.
Pepper ignored him then walked back into the bathroom. “I don’t know where the bag is, Tony.” She yelled back to the man who was someone in the hallway so she didn’t expect to hear an answer back.
Arlo’s mom had called and asked if she could bring Arlo over for a play date with Peter because the toddler was asking for his friend a lot.
Tony was hesitant at first since he knew Pepper was going to be leaving soon to fly back to Malibu in just a couple of hours and he didn’t want to have to make small talk with the kids mother but then Pepper explained to him that the mom would be leaving Arlo with him for a set time.
Tony was okay with that.
He was a bit worried that Peter didn’t have any children his age to play with so this would be perfect. The plan was to take both toddlers to the park and take them hiking in the forest to have a picnic there.
The only problem was that Arlo was going to be at the tower in less than twenty minutes and Tony still hasn’t gotten ready at all.
He walked into his bedroom and found Peter still standing in his diaper with no clothes on. “Peter, your friend is coming over today and we’re gonna go to the park but you have to get dressed.”
Peter bent over and put his head on the ground with his butt sticking up in the air. “I do, daddy.”
“Come with me.” Tony held his hand out for Peter to take and then he was walking down the hallway and going into Peter’s bedroom.
It was nice out but not nice enough to wear shorts and a T-shirt. He grabbed some track pants and a sweater for Peter. “Come lie down, Pete.”
“Daddy, Uh oh.” Peter held his fire truck in his hand that had a broken ladder hanging off of it.
“I see that, Pete. Come lie down because I gotta get you dressed.” Tony said once again. He was accepting the fact that Arlo was going to come and he wasn’t even going to be ready yet.
“I play ‘dat an’ go ‘dare.” Peter explained and tried to climb into his crib so Tony sighed and grabbed Peter by the ankle so he could get Peter dressed.
He laid Peter down in front of him, checking his diaper to make sure he didn’t have to change it but thankfully it was still dry.
“Boss, Baby Arlo and his mother are here and are requesting access to your floor and they check out.” FRIDAY mentioned. Tony had stepped up the security measures in the tower a week after Peter got de-aged and so anyone who hadn’t been into the tower before had to go over double security checks.
“Alright. Send them up.” Tony tossed the pants because he would have to do that later. He stood up and held his hand out to Peter who stood back up, taking his hand in his.
“Where go, dada?” Peter asked.
“Your friend is here, baby. Remember I told you?” Tony walked over to the living room just as the elevator doors were opening and Arlo’s mom, Lucy, walked out with a bag in one hand and Arlo on her hip and his car seat in her other hand.
Peter stood behind Tony’s legs so he really hoped that Peter wouldn’t be shy the whole time.
“Hi, Mr. Stark. It’s so nice to see you and Peter again. Where’s Pepper?” Lucy asked and Tony looked at the toddler on her hip who was looking around at everything with wide eyes. She placed the car seat down next to the elevator.
“Oh, call me Tony and she should be out any minute- oh there she is.” Tony turned to see Pepper walking out, fully dressed up and looking gorgeous as ever.
“Hi Lucy. And hello there Arlo.” Pepper hugged the woman and shook baby Arlos hand who was giggling at her.
“You look so beautiful, Pepper. Look at you.” Lucy looked her up and down and stopped at the shoes. “Oh I love those. Those are so beautiful.”
“Yeah, thank you. Actually Tony over here got them for me.” Pepper looked at Tony and smiled.
“Well then your man has good taste.” Lucy stated.
Pepper walked over to Tony, “Hmm, he does. I gotta go now but I’ll call you soon. I love you.” Pepper kissed Tony on the lips and they gave each other a hug then Pepper was kneeling down to say bye to Peter. “Bye, Peter. I have to go but I’ll see you soon.”
Peter peeked his head out from Tony’s legs and tears were immediately filling his eyes. “Go ‘way? Bye bye?”
Pepper nodded. “Yeah, but I’ll see you soon.” She pressed a kiss to his check and then stood back up but Peter was crying and grabbing onto her skirt.
“No! S’ay! You no go!” Peter cried and refused to let go of Pepper. Neither adults were expecting this. Peter only ever reacted that way when Tony had to leave so this was something new.
Pepper shared a desperate look with Tony so Tony bent down and lifted Peter into his arms. “It’s okay, baby. Pep will be back soon.”
Peter cried in Tony’s arms and tried to reach out for Pepper who was rushing into the elevator. The doors shut and Peter screamed then shoved his thumb in his mouth and buried his face into Tony’s neck.
“I’m sorry, we did not expect him to do that.” Tony patted Peter’s back while he rocked slightly side to side.
“Oh don’t you worry about that. That is what having kids is like.” Lucy said and Tony was thankful she wasn’t turning around and leaving because of that.
“I’m behind this morning because Peter’s excited for Arlo to be here so he’s running around. Well, he will be soon again.” Tony felt Peter lift just head back up and then he was looking at the two visitors.
“That’s okay. So I have his diaper bag here, I packed a bunch of diapers and wipes as well as changes of clothes and some of his favourite toys that he wanted to bring. I also brought some snacks just in case.” Lucy bent down and placed the bag by the elevator and then stood up Arlo in front of her. “Mommy’s going to go for a few hours but I’ll be back later to pick you up. You’re going to have so much fun with Peter.”
Arlo nodded his head and turned around to look at Tony and Peter in his arms. “I see Pe‘er.”
Tony leaned down and placed Peter on his feet. “Say hi, Peter. Remember who this is?”
Peter took his thumb out of his mouth and grinned. “Ar’o.”
“Oh you remember.” Lucy said happily. “Alright, I’m gonna get going. Bye Arlo.”
Arlo ignored his mom because he was too focused on Peter in front of him. “Bye, Lucy.” Tony said but then Peter was looking up and him and reaching for him.
“Daddy go?” Peter asked, nearing tears again.
“No, baby. Daddy and you guys are gonna go have a fun day together.” Tony said and Peter smiled then turned back to his friend.
“Pe’er show ‘da bear.” Arlo reached for Peter’s hand and Tony watched as the two boys waddled over to the living room and sat down on the floor. Arlo reached for one of Peter’s trucks so Peter reached over and grabbed it from him.
“T’at mine.” Peter hugged the truck to his chest and then Arlo grabbed another truck but Peter was grabbing that one from him as well. “T’at mine too.”
“Peter, that’s not very nice. Your friend wants to play with your toys as well.” Tony walked over and saw Peter hoarding all his toys to himself. He couldn’t lie because teen Peter would definitely do that with his legos and Tony is sure that he witnessed it once with Ned.
Peter looked up at Tony and then ever so slowly he handed one of his trucks to Arlo who grabbed it and started playing with it.
“Okay, come on boys. We have to finish getting Peter dressed then we can go.” Tony began walking towards Peter’s bedroom then Peter was standing up and following and soon after Arlo was doing the same thing.
When they arrived in the bedroom, Tony shut the door so no one ran out then he watched Arlo run over to Peter’s toys and start playing with them. “Come lie down in front of me, Pete.”
Peter was standing next to Tony but he was too concentrated on Arlo to make a move so Tony grabbed him by the arm and gently pulled him towards himself. He picked Peter up and tried to lie him down but Peter kept pulling his legs out so Tony struggled to lie him down.
He grabbed onto Peter’s legs with one hand and held his arm with the other so he could finally get him on his back.
Peter was too distracted with Arlo and his toys so Peter rolled onto his stomach and tried to crawl towards the other toddler but Tony stopped him.
“Here, look, Peter. Woah, what is that?” Tony faked his excitement and handed Peter a diaper that was lying on the floor for him to look at while Tony put some pants on him but Arlo must have heard because he was walking over to the two of them and kneeling down by Peter.
“I see.” Arlo reached for the diaper in Peter’s hands but Peter screamed when Arlo tried to grab it from him.
“Mine!” Peter yelled and held the diaper protectively to his chest.
Tony looked over at Arlo who was just staring at Peter so Tony reached over and grabbed another diaper out of the box and handed it to him.
“Mine too.” Peter said once Arlo took the diaper in his hands.
“No, Peter. That’s his and this is yours.” Tony pointed to Peter’s diaper that he was holding.
It was funny to see Peter interact with another toddler in the presence of his own home because he didn’t know Peter could be so controlling and jealous.
Tony quickly pulled the pants on Peter and then he put socks and shoes and sat him up to put his shirt on followed by his thick sweater.
Arlo was already dressed and ready to go so it’ll be easy now to get the two boys in the elevator and then in the car.
Tony grabbed Peter’s diaper bag, thankful that it was now already packed and ready to go. “We just have to go into the kitchen to get our picnic and then we can go.”
It was funny to walk to the kitchen because Peter and Arlo were following behind him and babbling about something with one another that Tony had no idea what they were saying. He was always pretty good at figuring out what Peter was saying even though it was half words and sentences but now he couldn’t make out anything.
He grabbed the food and placed it in Peter’s diaper bag. Pepper made all three of them lunch and gave them snacks and he couldn’t be more grateful for her.
For the most part, Peter and Arlo seemed to listen to him. He wasn’t sure what he was expecting as for them to listen to him but Peter was a good baby and so was Arlo so he wasn’t worried one bit about taking them to the park and into the forest.
He grabbed Arlos' diaper bag and his car seat and all three of them walked into the elevator. The boys were giggling about something and Tony couldn’t help but think it was adorable.
“We’re gonna go straight into the car so no running around.” Tony told them as the elevator doors opened up in the garage.
He walked out with the toddlers in tow and stopped on the side with Peter’s car seat first. He picked up his kid and buckled him in then shut the door and went to walk around the other side with Arlo but he immediately heard Peter start to cry.
Walking to the other side and looking at his kid, he sighed because Peter was so overdramatic. “What is it, baby?” Tony asked him while he put Arlos car seat into the car.
Peter pointed at him and cried. “Daddy run!”
“No, Pete. I’m right here.” He explained to him. “I just had to get Arlo in his car seat but next time I’ll do him first, okay?”
“Yeah.” Peter used his hands to wipe his face. Tony was just grateful that Peter wasn’t crying anymore.
Once the other car seat was in, Tony lifted Arlo up and placed the toddler in the seat then did up the buckles, shutting the car door and walking around to get in the driver's seat.
Tony was excited to take his kid and his kids toddler friend for an adventure.