A little problem
Tony watched Peter sit down on the couch and watch tv like it was the most interesting thing in his little baby head.
Tony wasn’t really interested in what was being played on the tv. He was only interested in watching Peter watch the tv because he found that he liked watching the younger boys facial expressions.
Tony noticed that Peter always had a lot of facial expressions and he liked to watch teen Peter but baby Peter was something else.
Tony noticed that it was getting late outside so he decided it was time for Peter to go to bed.
“Hey Pete, you ready for bed?” Tony asked and stood up from his place on the couch.
Peter didn’t look up at Tony at first but then saw the man out of the corner of his eyes and looked up at him.
Peter nodded his head and turned his attention to Tony.
Peter lifted up for arms so that Tony picked him up. Tony bent down and picked Peter up by the underarms then put him in his hip.
He still didn’t know if he was holding Peter properly but he knew he was doing it at least somewhat better from the first time he held the kid.
Tony found that he actually enjoyed holding Peter on his hip with the kid close to him.
Peter didn’t really mind Tony holding him because it was better than having to walk everywhere which he realized, in his little body took too long and too much energy out of him.
Tony held Peter and walked to Peters bedroom to put him to sleep.
Peter watched the ground as Tony walked and looked at how high up he was. He didn’t even realize how high the ground was from his height from before. He wasn’t Tony’s height, even as a teenager but he was kinda close.
“I wan’ bath” Peter put his tiny hands on Tony’s chest and back.
Peter really felt like going in a bath right now. He actually felt like swimming for some reason but a bath will have to do.
“You wanna go in a bath now, huh?” Tony didn’t look at him as he kept walking then walked into Peters room then the bathroom.
Peter screamed “Bath! Bath!” Tony put Peter down on the ground because the kid was screaming in his ear but also because he had to get the bath ready.
Peter ran over to the tub and looked in. He just made it to the edge of the bath on his tippy toes.
Tony ran the bath and put some of the bubble bath that he ordered along with some bath toys.
The toys included everyone of the avengers and two Ironmans, of course. With another Ironman that was soft and could fill with water.
“Lift your arms up” Tony sat on the toilet seat so he could undress Peter.
Peter walked over to him and lifted his arms so Tony could take his top off then Tony grabbed Peters waist band of his pants and pulled them down. He undid the diaper straps and just pulled it out from in between Peters legs.
The diaper only had a bit of pee so Tony threw it in the garage.
Tony walked over to the edge of the bath and turned it off. The bubbles were up to the top because he over flowed it a bit.
Peter tried to climb up on Tony’s knees to get into the bath and Tony laughed then picked a very naked Peter up by the underarms and put him in the bath.
When he put Peter in he let go and he immediately lost sight of Peter in the bath because of all the bubbles.
Tony panicked and reached into the bath to grab him. He didn’t feel Peter at first and he quickly felt his own panic attack coming on because the kid was under the water somewhere.
Tony felt something then he quickly picked Peter up out of the bath.
Peter was crying and coughing when Tony picked him up. Tony placed Peter on his lap as Tony sat down on the now wet floor.
He held Peter in his lap and gently patted his back to try and get Peter to stop coughing.
Once Peter eventually stopped coughing and now started crying extremely loud. Probably the loudest Tony’s ever heard it, Tony grabbed a towel and wiped down Peters face so there wasn’t bubbles all over it.
Peter continued to cry and Tony just held him in his lap until he calmed down a little bit more.
After what felt like hours Peter finally calmed down enough to look at Tony in the eyes. Peter still continued to cry but they were more of sad sobs.
“It’s okay. You’re okay now, Pete” Tony soothed Peter and then he felt Peters tiny body start to shiver so he stood up and grabbed a towel from the cabinet then walked out to Peter room.
Tony tried to let go of Peter to lie him down on the bed but Peter whined and clung to him.
“Let go for a second, Pete. I’m just gonna wrap the towel around you” Tony let go of Peter then put him on the bed.
Peter lied there looking up at Tony and watching him. Peter lifted his chubby arms up to Tony again and Tony just quickly wrapped Peter in the towel then held him cradled like a baby.
It was the first time Tony’s ever held Peter that way and he kinda liked it. It felt so natural to him.
Peter looked so cuddly wrapped in the towel with his curly hair sticking out as he looked up at Tony.
Tony smiled down at him then walked out to the living room.
When Tony got there he was surprised at what he saw.
Or who he saw.
Rhodey was standing in the living room looking confused at all the boxes.
Tony froze and him and Rhodey made eye contact.
Tony didn’t really know how to explain this situation to his best friend.
“Tones?...” Rhodey asked confused and took a step closer to his friend.
Rhodey looked at Tony then looked at the baby cradled in his arms.
Peter tried to look over to see what Tony was looking at but he couldn’t see anything.
Tony just stood there frozen not really knowing what to do. He guessed he could just tell his best friend the truth.
“Is this your kid, Tony?”
Tony walked closer to his friend until he was standing right in front of him. Rhodey looked down at Peters face and made eye contact then Peter tried to push himself more into Tony’s body.
“No... he’s not. He’s-“ Tony didn’t know what to say so he took a breath.
“Who is this, Tony?” Rhodey asked again because he wanted answers.
From what Rhodey could tell his best friend just found out that he had a kid. The kid looked to be about two years old from what Rhodey was seeing and if Rhodey remembers correctly then Tony and Pepper were still dating two years ago.
“I’ll explain to you” Tony said then made no move to explain.
Rhodey gestured to the couch and then Tony followed him on it.
Tony sat down with Peter still in his arms and Rhodey sat next to him but had his body positioned to him.
“This uh... this is Peter” Tony said because he’s told Rhodey about Peter before.
He told Rhodey about his little mentee and how smart and funny he is. He told Rhodey that he was young but he was also Spider-Man and even though he hates that Peter was Spider-Man because he wanted to keep him safe all the time, he couldn’t stop the kid.
“This,” Rhodey pointed to Peter “is a baby”
“No. You don’t understand. This is Peter. He got deaged somehow and I don’t know how it happened” Tony tried to explain.
Rhodey looked from Tony to Peter seeming to comprehend what he was just told. He decided that he’s been told weirder things especially since he was talking to Tony after all.
“So a fifteen year old child is now a... baby?” Rhodey clarified.
Tony nodded “yes”
Peter reached up to Tony and whined because he was tried and he wanted to go to bed.
Tony looked down at him then his eyes softened.
He looked up to Rhodey “I’m gonna put him to bed then we’ll talk”
Tony grabbed a diaper and a onesie then went to Peters room.
He placed Peter on the bed without Peter putting up a fight this time because he was tired and just wanted to go to bed.
Tony unwrapped the towel from around Peters body then lifted Peters legs up and slid the diaper underneath.
He dropped Peters legs and did the front straps and then tried to get Peter into the onesie.
Peter just lied there and let Tony man handle him into his onesie but Tony couldn’t do it.
He didn’t understand how Peters legs and arms went where.
Tony gave up because of course he could do actual rocket science but he wasn’t able to put a onesie on a baby.
Tony grabbed Peter and placed him on his hip then walked back out to the living room to get something else for Peter to wear.
Rhodey looked at Tony then at Peter and smiled.
Tony didn’t say anything as he picked out a top for Peter then went back into Peters bedroom.
He decided that it was hot so he wouldn’t need to put Peter in pants.
He got the top on Peter then tucked him into bed. He could tell Peter was really tired because he wasn’t putting up a fight.
Once Peter was in his bed and was tucked in Tony went out into the living room to decide to have a talk with Rhodey and explain everything to him.
Tony sat down on the couch and sat back with a sigh as he ran his hand through his hair.
Rhodey waited for Tony to speak first.
“I tried everything but I don’t know how to change him back” Tony said frustrated.
“Did you ask Bruce for help?”
Tony laughed sadly “yeah. And Cho”
Rhodey didn’t say anything because he knew Tony wasn’t done talking yet.
Tony continued “they gave no idea how it happened and they don’t know how to change him back. I checked his baby monitor footage but it showed nothing”
“Maybe it’s temporary” Rhodey thought because it makes sense. Well actually nothing about this makes sense but it’s the best option.
“No. I don’t know. Cho said that it’ll take a few weeks before she can figure out what happened then we can work from there” Tony sat up and leaned forward on his legs.
Rhodey paused just watching his best friend “who else knows?”
Tony thought for a second “just Bruce, Cho. Oh and the kids aunt”
“And she doesn’t want to take him?”
Tony looked at him “I said I’d take care of him for her until I can figure out how to fix this”
Rhodey just hummed.
Tony continued “she’s already raised him once so it’s not fair to make her do it again”
Tony really didn’t want to put that pressure on Peters aunt. Especially with her busy work schedule.
“But you’ve never raised any kid before, Tony. What makes you think you can do this” Rhodey sounded serious and Tony looked up at him.
Tony knew he wasn’t capable of handling Peter but he wanted to try. He wanted this.
“I think I’m doing a pretty good job so far”
Rhodey was silent for a few seconds and Tony was gonna start speaking again but then he spoke.
“I’m not saying you can’t do this, Tony. I’m saying that I want you to know that it’s a lot of work” Rhodey said seriously and Tony rolled his eyes because of course he knew that.
“I know, honey bear”
Tony laughed because he did know. He knew how much work it would be but he was willing to do it.