You’ll always be ours
Today could not be more perfect to go and have their first visit with Peter. Well, technically their second visit but their first scheduled visit.
Tony and Steve met with Allison when they arrived at the adoption place. She explained to them that they are not to tell Peter about any arrangements regarding them adopting him right now.
They both agreed not to say anything yet but they couldn’t wait to see what Peter’s reaction was going to be.
It didn’t take long for Allison to bring Peter into the infant room. Tony and Steve had been waiting in there by the blue slide that Peter loves to go on. They watched as Allison let go of Peter’s hand then he came running over to the slide without noticing that the husbands were there.
Once Peter spotted them his eyes lit up and he started jumping up and down in what Tony guesses was excitement. “Hi! You came back!”
Tony smiled at Peter and then looked over at Steve who had a gentle look on his face while he watched Peter as well.
“Yeah, we wanted to see you again” Tony said. He watched as Peter clapped his hands and then toddled over to him and reached his tiny arms up. At first Tony was confused what Peter wanted but then he figured out that Peter wanted to get picked up so Tony placed his hands under the kids armpits and placed him on his lap.
Peter didn’t sit still for long which didn’t surprise Tony because he was constantly moving around and had the mental capacity as well, a four year old child.
Peter slid out of Tony’s lap and walked over to Steve. Tony wasn’t sure that Peter really acknowledged Steve before since the first time they met Peter, Steve was too distracted holding the sleeping baby and talking with Allison. Peter stood in front of Steve and pulled his shirt down more so Steve could see the giant teddy bear that was on it.
“Look! Do you like my shi’t?” Peter asked, unaware of his pronunciation sounding a lot like a swear word. Steve laughed gently and nodded his head at the child.
“Yeah, I do. I think it’s a really cute bear” Steve smiled at Peter then watched as Peter lifted up his arms for him to be picked up too. The same he did with Tony.
Steve immediately knew what to do, unlike Tony who was confused at first. He lifted Peter up under the arms and placed him so that he was standing on his knees as Peter placed his tiny hands on Steve’s shoulders for support.
“Look how tall I am!” Peter screamed excitedly then bounced on Steve’s knees causing both of the husbands to laugh.
“Woah! We can see that” Steve lifted Peter up above his head a bit causing the toddler to giggle which Steve and Tony thought was absolutely adorable. “Look, your almost in the clouds now”
Peter giggled again but Steve put him down before he got a kick to the face. Peter wasn’t happy about that and demanded he got picked up again by Steve but Tony grabbed his attention before he could ask.
“Hey, Pete,” Tony said, pulling the toddlers attention back onto him “wanna show us how you go down the slide?”
“Uh huh! I show you!” Peter then stood up and walked over to the slide steps and began climbing them then when he got to the top he went to go sit down but he accidentally fell backwards.
Both Tony and Steve were silent for a few seconds, waiting for Peter to either start crying or get up. They also had no idea what to do in this situation.
They didn’t have to wait long because before they know it Peter started crying and it was a loud cry. Way different than the one Tony remembers from before so Peter must really be hurt and that thought scared him.
Both of the husbands were about to get up to rush to Peter’s side but he was already making his way towards Steve on wobbly legs with outstretched arms and tears pouring down his face.
Tony watched carefully as Steve’s face morphed into something that he’s never seen on his husband before, his face looked… soft. And gentle, caring. It was a different look but Tony loved it.
He has taken back from the moment a bit and when he shook his head to clear his thoughts and be brought back into reality he watched Steve pick the crying toddler up and cradle him in his arms.
Tony noticed that Peter fit there perfectly as if it was always meant to be.
“Shh, it’s okay, Peter. You’re okay, I got you” Steve whispered into Peter’s ear quietly. He continued to rock him back and forth until after a few minutes, Peter’s cries were evening out.
Tony lifted his hand up to gently rub the child’s back to try and help comfort him as well but he paused in midair. He wasn’t sure if it was the proper thing to do but then he thought screw it and placed his hand on the small of Peter’s back. He realized how much his hand covered Peter’s tiny back.
Steve lifted Peter up a bit so that he could look at Peter’s face and melted at how cute he looked. He felt bad for him because he was small and the slide was huge compared to tiny Peter but looking at him in his arms made Steve’s heart swell and he loved how Peter came to him for comfort.
Steve loved that even though Peter didn’t know him apart from the two visits he’s seen the toddler, Peter still came to him for comfort over Tony because that’s most likely how it’s gonna be when they adopt him. Steve knows he’s going to be the one to baby Peter and comfort him. Tony will be the one to do that too but definitely not as much as Steve wants to.
“I ‘Kay now” Peter wipes the tears off his face and got off of Steve’s lap. He toddled over to the slide again and went to go climb up the slide but he looked up at Steve “You have come help me!”
Steve laughed and pointed to himself as he got up “Oh, me?! I have to come help you?”
Peter nodded his head, laughing as Steve walked over to him and helped him climb up the steps. Tony then waited at the bottom of the slide for Peter and caught him in his arms when he slid down.
“I got you!” Tony excitedly said. He picked Peter up and stood him so he was standing on his feet but Peter laughed and fell to his butt again.
Steve sat down next to his little family and joined in on the laughing. That’s what they are now, a family. Peter was going to be their little baby.
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Tony made sure to push everything fast.
Him and Steve wanted Peter to be their son and he didn’t want to wait any longer. There were supposed to be weeks in between each visit before the final decision was made as to whether or not they could adopt Peter or not.
Tony however pushed those visits so that they were days in between each visit instead of weeks and he knew that the decision had been made the day they met Peter.
Allison saw the husbands as a great fit to be Peter’s parents from the very first day they all met.
Now today is the day that they get to bring Peter home.
Over the past week Steve and Tony had been extremely stressed because they had to get the house baby proofed, well, toddler proofed but it all requires the same equipment. They spent two days on Peter’s bedroom with everything that he could possibly need. Not want because they wanted Peter to pick his toys himself so that he had a say in what he wanted and they wanted Peter to make his room his own.
They argued for a long time over what kind of bed they should be getting Peter. Steve wanted to put Peter in a crib because he was about the size of a two year old even though he was four. He wanted Peter to be safe in his bed and he didn’t want him falling out of it but Tony on the other hand didn’t think that Peter should be in a crib.
Sure he was small enough for it but Tony didn’t think Peter would want to sleep in a crib while Steve argued that Peter would be scared when he first comes so he’ll feel safe in a crib. They eventually decided to buy one of those cribs that can be built into a toddler bed eventually so when Peter gets bigger they can change it.
They then bought a bunch of stuff that they thought a toddler would need which included lots of kitchen supplies such as plastic cups and bottles. Mostly their whole kitchen consists of plastic bowls and cups now for Peter. Steve loves how the kitchen looks now.
After a week of getting everything ready and planning everything out, Steve still felt like it wasn’t good enough. He was standing in Peter’s bedroom and trying to think if they got everything they needed.
Tony came up behind him and grabbed his waist. “You ready to go get our baby?”
Steve sighed. “I don’t know. What-what if we’re missing something for his room or he doesn’t like it?”
Tony let go of his husband’s waist and leaned against the doorframe “He’s gonna love it, Steve. And if he doesn’t then we’ll change it so that he does”
“Do you think we should have painted the walls yellow? Maybe we should have gone with blue instead”
Tony laughed fondly at his husbands worrying “We agreed on yellow so he doesn’t feel like he needs to follow boy stereotypes but if he wants it blue then we’ll paint it blue. It’s just paint, Steve”
Steve let out a sigh. He knew Tony was right and that he was just over stressing over nothing but he still couldn’t help but feel like they were missing something in the room-
“Diapers! We forgot to buy diapers!” Steve suddenly remembered and turned to Tony.
“Oh. Well then I guess you were right, we are forgetting something” Tony laughed. “We’ll pick some up at the store on the way home”
Tony paused and leaned over to press a kiss to Steve’s lips, unable to contain his smile. “After we pick up our son”
“I can’t believe this is actually happening, Tony” Steve couldn’t contain his happiness. This was going to be one of the happiest days of his life. “We’re going to be dads!”
The husbands shared one last kiss together before leaving to drive to the adoption centre where Peter was. The drive couldn’t have been longer than thirty minutes but it felt like hours to both Steve and Tony because they just couldn’t wait anymore. They wanted to see Peter and explain to him that they’re gonna be a family now.
As soon as they arrived at the building, they rushed inside, not wanting to wait any longer. They found Allison waiting for them with a huge smile on her face.
“Welcome Mr. Stark and Mr. Stark-Rogers,” Allison greeted as she started walking and leading them to the playroom where Peter was. “Today’s a very big day for you guys. I explained to Peter what’s going to be happening but obviously he doesn’t understand that much so I need you guys to go in there and explain to him”
“Alright, we can do that” Tony nodded. He was preparing himself to walk into the playroom which was crazy because he’s done this so many times just this week so he didn’t understand why it was so hard to do this right now.
Steve could tell that Tony was fighting with him mentally so he put his hand on his back to comfort him. “You can do this. Let’s go”
Tony and Steve then walked into the playroom. They immediately spotted Peter lying on his stomach and reading some kind of animal book. They both knew that Peter wasn’t able to read but they still found it cute that he was trying to learn all by himself.
“Hi Peter” Steve said. He sat down on one of the big blue bean bags that were in the room. As soon as Peter heard him, he turned around with a huge smile on his face and stood up.
“Yay! You came back to p’ay with me!” Peter started spinning in a circle on the mat which caused both husbands to laugh. By now they were pretty used to how Peter got when he got excited and every time they were lucky enough to witness it, they both fell in love with Peter a little bit more.
Tony day down on one of the other bean bags and smiled at Peter, at his son. “Yeah, we came to talk to you about something really important”
Peter stopped spinning and sat on his butt then laughed at what he just did and fell backwards, rolling onto his back and lifting his feet in the air.
Steve held his arms out and waited for Peter to notice his silent invitation for him to go into Steve’s arms. Peter continued to roll on the floor a little bit more then looked up at Steve. As soon as he saw that he had his arms out, Peter immediately stood up and practically jumped into Steve’s arms.
“No more rolling around for you, Mr” Steve poked Peter in the stomach after he got him seated on his lap then regretted doing that because that’s the worst thing to do when you’re trying to get a toddler to listen to you.
Peter went to go poke Steve back as Tony watched on fondly but Steve grabbed his wrist gently. “Okay, serious time now”
“Se… serious?” Peter stopped laughing and sat up straighter.
Tony took this as his cue to come in and start explaining. “Peter, how would you like to come home with us?”
Peter turned in Steve’s lap to look at Tony with a confused look on his face. “I go to your house?”
Both Steve and Tony nodded. “Yeah, you’d come home with us and you’ll live with us, Peter. Do you want that?”
Peter didn’t nod his head or shake his head but he sat up more and smiled “Are you going to be my new daddies?”
This got both Tony and Steve speechless. They knew that doing this would obviously make Peter their son but hearing Peter say that makes it all the more realistic.
Steve nodded his head, giving Peter a gentle smile. “Yeah, Pete. We’d be your new daddies and you’ll come to live with us forever”
“Like foreber foreber?” Peter asked with wide brown eyes looking into Steve’s blue ones. He thought it was adorable how Peter pronounced some words.
Steve looked up at Tony before answering. “Yeah, forever, Peter. What do you say?”
Both Tony and Steve subconsciously held their breath while Peter seemed to think about it. They didn’t start breathing again until Peter nodded his head aggressively and started bouncing in Steve’s lap.
“Yes! Yes! I wan’ be baba Pe’er!” Peter clapped his hands together like the way babies do when they’re excited as Steve hugged Peter close to his chest and Tony joined in.
Even though Peter had a bit of a speech impediment and his language wasn’t as advanced as it should be for a four year old, Steve and Tony still thought that his speech was adorable and that they would work on his speech together as a family. Because that’s what they are now.
Allison was watching the whole ordeal go down from the play mat beside the new family. She tried to distance from the whole situation because it was a private matter even if she still had to be somewhat present.
She stood up and walked over to the new family “Looks like everything is going well over here. If you guys will bring Peter and follow me we can get everything ready”
Steve and Tony barely acknowledged Allison walk in since they were so distracted with Peter. They stood up anyways with Steve holding Peter on his hip and followed Allison into her office.
As they signed some papers, Peter made himself busy with a teddy bear that was sitting on one of the chairs in Allison’s office.
“Congratulations! You guys are fathers now” Allison said happily. She stood up to shake both of the husbands hands and gave Steve a kleenex since he started crying a bit.
“Thank you so much for everything, Allison. We really appreciate everything you’ve done for us” Tony thanked her. He will be forever grateful for Allison because she was the one who helped give them their little boy.
“It’s my pleasure” Allison smiled as the new family left the office.
Tony was the one who picked Peter up off the floor and hugged him close to his chest with one arm as he hugged Steve with his other arm. Their first of many hugs as a family.