steve finds out
steve had been walking through through the avengers compound, on his way to the kitchen.
he didn’t mean to overhear the secret.
he heard talking from a room.
“dad we can’t keep this secret for much longer. bucky already knows that i’m yours and papa’s son.”
huh, that voice sounded like tony’s intern’s voice.
“i know pete, it’s just a lot right now, with your pops coming back, after not being here for sixteen years. he’s been gone your whole life. and now i’m just worried that he might try to take you from me, and it scares me peter.”
that was definitely tony’s voice. so their son was born after all. but why would tony lie about it?
...
steve hadn’t been able to fall asleep that night.
”hey FRIDAY,” he asked “is tony awake? i need to talk to him.”
“yes mr. rogers,” FRIDAY replied “he is in his lab. shall i alert him that you would like to talk with him?”
”no thank you FRIDAY” steve answered.
...
“mr. rogers is outside, he would like to talk with you,” FRIDAY quietly said, not wanting to awake peter.
peter had insisted on sleeping in his dad’s lab, despite his dad’s protests.
”daaaaaad, can i please sleep in the lab tonight? we both know you’ll be sleeping in here tonight.” peter whined.
”no peter, you can’t sleep here. you’re going to hurt your neck.” tony insisted.
”pleeeeease dad?” peter asked, using his puppy eyes to his full advantage.
”fine.” tony said, giving up.
peter had been out cold for an hour. tony had been peacefully tinkering, lost in his thoughts. at least until FRIDAY interrupted him.
”sir, mr. rogers is outside of the lab. he would like to talk to you.”
”tell him to wait outside, i don’t want to wake pete up.” tony said.
tony slowly walked over to the door, nervously.
”steve, what do you want?” tony said, cutting straight to the point.
”tony, i...” steve started. “i know that peter’s our son.”
“i-“ tony said in disbelief “how did you know?”
”i overheard. but it’s not important. look tony, i want us to be a family. i’m sorry for leaving, and i’m sorry for lying to you, but i want us to have a fresh start, and i love you.” steve answered.
”look steve, i love you too, but it’s different now. i have peter, and even if you’re his father, you haven’t been in his life. you really need to commit to this, steve.” tony replied.
”i want this. all of it” steve said.