A Thousand Times Over
Tony was wrong.
He did need help building the crib.
Why was he able to build an Ironman suit but he wasn’t able to build a baby crib with instructions.
After two hours of trying, Peter was starting to wake up.
Peter slowly stretched on the bed and then sat up and looked at Tony who was sitting on the floor.
Peters hair was all over the place and his chubby cheeks were all pink. Peter was still in his diaper and Tony thought that he probably should have build the changing table first.
Peter reached out to Tony with his chubby little arms and gave a cheeky smile when Tony went to go pick him up.
Tony stood up and cursed under his breath when his legs burned. He reached down and picked Peter up.
He noticed that Peter felt extra heavy so he probably had a full diaper.
“How was your nap?” Tony asked then sat back down and stood Peter up so that he was standing in front of Tony.
Peter didn’t say anything but held Tony’s hands and was smiling at him.
“What are you smiling for?” Tony laughed because he honestly had no idea why Peter was smiling like that.
Peter once again didn’t say anything.
Tony looked at his diaper and decided that Peter definitely needed a change.
“Lie down. I’m gonna change your diaper” Tony said. He gently pushed Peter down so that he was lying in front of Tony.
Peter held his legs up to make it easier for Tony and Tony smiled because Peter was still smiling for some reason.
Tony undid the diaper straps and pulled down the front. He pulled the diaper out from under Peter and rolled it up but then he realized that he didn’t have any wipes or any diapers.
Peter put his legs down because he was obviously tired from holding them up for so long.
“Pete, do you wanna go get a diaper and wipes in the living room?” Tony asked because he really didn’t feel like getting up.
Why should he have to when there was a perfectly capable baby right in front of him.
Peter nodded his head and stopped smiling. His face looked determined.
Peter rolled over and got up. He began walking to his bedroom door then looked back at Tony.
Tony nodded his head then laughed because Peter didn’t give two shits that he was literally butt naked walking around. Tony guessed that was because of how babies just don’t care and don’t think of that stuff but teenage Peter also didn’t really care to some extent considering some of the stories that May told Tony.
Tony laughed then saw Peter walking back into the room holding a diaper and the bag of wipes in his hands.
“Good job, Pete” Tony said and Peter excitedly ran over to Tony.
Peter lied back down on the floor in front of Tony. He looked to see what Tony was doing.
Tony grabbed some wipes and began to start cleaning Peters butt. After he was done he grabbed the diaper and opened it then lifted Peters legs up to place it underneath. He dropped the chubby legs and started to do the straps up.
“All done” Tony said and Peter giggled.
Tony loved that sound so much.
Tony grabbed the screwdriver to finish building Peters crib “wanna help me build this?”
Peter nodded his head then stood up in his diaper and grabbed the screwdriver out of Tony’s hand.
“We gotta build your bed” Tony tried to grab the screwdriver out of Peters hand but he ran away giggling.
“Get back here, underoos” Tony called out while also laughing because Peter looked so funny running like that.
There wasn’t really anywhere to go in the bedroom because there was crib pieces all over the place.
Peter finally walked over to Tony with the screwdriver so Tony grabbed his hand when he was in reach and grabbed the screwdriver from Peter. Peter laughed and tried to grab it back and Tony wondered if Peter still had his spidey powers still.
He guessed that he probably didn’t and that kinda concerned Tony.
He pushed those thoughts away for now so he could focus on building Peters crib.
Tony eventually managed to get Peters crib built with the help of Peter. Peter didn’t actually help he just sat next to Tony and played with the instructions. He tried to shove them in Tony’s face a few times so Tony picked him up and put him on the other side of the room but Peter got back up and sat next to Tony again.
“There!” Tony clapped his hands together to admire his work “look how talented I am, Pete”
Peter looked up at the crib that Tony had just build and walked over to it. He put his hands on the bars to look in.
Tony grabbed the onto bed that goes inside and took the plastic off before putting the bedding on and putting it into the crib.
Once that was done he looked down and Peter was making grabby hands to him so Tony reached down and picked him up then put him in the bed.
Peter looked around and then held onto the bars and started jumping.
He was smiling so Tony counted that as a win and that Peter liked his crib.
Tony pushed it to the side of the bedroom and then cleaned up the plastic and boxes.
Now Tony just needed to build Peters changing table and high chair.
Tony grabbed Peter and held him on his hip. He walked out of Peters bedroom to build the other two things.
He set Peter on the couch and turned on the tv so that Peter could watch some cartons to keep him busy so that he didn’t wave a piece of paper in Tony’s face.
Tony managed to build the high chair with no problem because it was just three pieces that needed to be put together.
The changing table was harder just because Peter wouldn’t stop jumping on Tony.
“Hey! Peter” Tony said as Peter jumped onto his lap and was standing on Tony’s legs.
Peter giggled then grabbed Tony’s face with his baby hands.
“What are you doing?” Tony laughed then grabbed Peter and held him upside down so he could pick him up at the angle that he was on. Peter laughed and his face turning red quickly.
“I wan’ go park” Peter said and at first Tony didn’t understand but then he realized that Peter had said he wanted to go to the park.
Tony didn’t know how to feel about that.
If he left the tower with Peter then people will see him and a baby together and it would be all over the media.
Tony held Peters hands as Peter balanced himself on Tony’s legs.
“You wanna go to the park?” Tony asked.
Peter jumped excitedly on Tony’s legs and made a loud squeal.
“We can go to the park later, okay?”
Peter seemed to think about it for a few seconds then he nodded his head excitedly.
Tony placed Peter on his feet on the floor then got back to building Peters high chair and changing table.
After he was done, it took a lot longer to do because Peter was constantly distracting him, he walked into the kitchen to get some food for him and Peter.
Peter chased him into the kitchen once he got up. Tony heard bare feet hitting the floor as Peter ran behind him.
“I wan’ an’mal c’acke’s” Peter ran into the kitchen and demanded. He held his arms up for Tony but Tony didn’t know if it was because he wanted him to pick him up or because he wanted animal crackers from him.
“What’s the magic word?” Tony teased and looked down at Peter.
Peter put his arms at his sides but still looked up at Tony “pwease”
Tony couldn’t resist the face Peter was giving him. His eyes were wide and his little teeth were showing and it just melted Tony’s heart.
“Now can I have an’mal c’acke’s?” Peter asked and lifted his arms up for them.
Tony grabbed them from the counter and handed them to Peter.
Peter took them from Tony’s hand with a cheeky smile then walked back to the couch to eat them.
Tony grabbed his bottle and filled it up with apple juice. Then followed Peter back to the couch.
He sat down and then Peter got up from where he was sitting on the floor and lifted his arms up for Tony to pick him up with the animal crackers in his hand.
Peter sat on Tony’s lap and leaned his back against Tony’s chest.
He was content to just sit there and eat his animal crackers and so Tony handed Peter his bottle.
Peter looked at it then shook his head.
Peter went back to eating his crackers but Tony pushed the bottle in Peters face again “You have to drink something”
Peter moved his head away and turned away from Tony so Tony tried again and this time Peter whined and moved his head again.
Tony gave up so he put the bottle to the side.
“Can I have some?” Tony asked and Peter nodded his head then handed Tony the piece he was sucking on.
“Not that one” Tony laughed then reached into the bag and grabbed a handful.
Peter grabbed his hand and looked at all the crackers on his hand like it was really interesting.
He put the cracker he was sucking on away and grabbed the monkey from Tony’s hand and smiled then tried to turn around on Tony’s lap so he was on his knees and facing the man.
Peter held the cracker up to Tony’s mouth “Do you want me to have this one?”
Peter nodded.
Tony opened his mouth and grabbed the cracker from Peters hand. Peter giggled then reached down to grab another one.
He held up another one to Tony’s mouth so Tony did the same thing and Peter laughed again.
Peter reached down to grab another one but Tony shook his head.
“I can’t eat anymore” Tony laughed with his mouth full.
Peter put it in his mouth but it didn’t fit so he decided to just take small bites instead.
After Peter finished his cracker he looked down at his bottle.
Tony watched as he slowly reached down to pick it up and then looked up at Tony. Tony nodded his head and Peter then slowly brought the bottle up to his mouth and began to drink from it.
Peter held the bottle with both hands and took a few sips then put it back down.
He leaned his head against Tony’s chest and let out a breath. Tony rubbed his back as he felt Peters body rise and fall with his breathing.
This was so new to Tony that he didn’t really know what to think but he knew that he kinda liked it. He didn’t really know what he was doing but this, Peter sleeping on his chest just felt so natural and right.
He didn’t really know how to explain it and he didn’t know if he wanted to but with Peter in his arms right now it just felt like it was always supposed to be like this.
They stayed like that for a little bit longer until Tony decided that he should get Peter bed.
Tony stood up with Peter still in his arms. He held Peter with one hand under his butt for support as Peter leaned against his chest.
Tony grabbed the box of diapers, wipes and creams in his other hand and tried to balance it so that he was holding Peter and the box in his arms.
When he made it to Peters bedroom, Tony put the box on the floor and then kneeled down and put Peter on the ground in front of him so he could change Peters diaper before bed.
Peter whined at the loss of contract but didn’t try to move away when Tony undid the straps on Peters diaper.
Tony pulled the diaper out from underneath Peter and grabbed a new one. He wiped Peters butt before putting a new diaper on and doing it up.
Tony thought that he should probably put some clothes on Peter tonight so he didn’t get cold.
He didn’t have a lot of clothes for Peter and definitely needed to order more but for now the blue onesie with the big yellow duck on the front would have to do.
Tony reached over and grabbed the duck onesie then picked Peter up. He placed the onesie under Peter and then put Peter back down so he could put Peter in it.
Peter was looking around the room the whole time Tony was man handling him into his pyjamas and once Tony was done Peter lifted his arms up for Tony to pick him up so Tony did.
He held Peter to his chest then placed him into his crib for the first time.
Peter looked around then fell down and got under the blankets. Tony thought that it was adorable how Peter crawled under the blankets like that.
Once Peter was settled Tony lifted the blankets so they were more snug on Peters tiny body.
“Sleep tight, Pete” Tony said and smiled at Peter.
He picked up Peters dirty diaper and walked into the bathroom so he could throw it out and wash his hands. Tony came back into the bedroom and looked around. He decided to just move everything around later tomorrow.
Tony left Peters bedroom and shut the door a little bit.
He walked out into the living room and pulled out his StarkPad as he sat down on the couch.
Tony ordered some more clothes for Peter. He found some really cute things that he thought that Peter would love.
Then he came across an Ironman onesie and hit order straight away.
He couldn’t wait to see the looks on everyone’s faces when they saw Peter in that.
He thought about getting a picture of him in the actual Iron Man suit and Peter in his tiny Iron Man onesie.
Tony looked up baby car seats so he could order one. He wanted the best and safest one for Peter.
He didn’t know anything about car seats because he’s obviously never had to buy one before but he did know that there was a lot of research that goes into buying the right car seat for your child.
Tony eventually decided on one and ordered it.
He planned on taking Peter to the park tomorrow and he couldn’t wait to see the look on his face when he tells him.