I just want you
Peter didn’t seem to be in a very good mood.
Tony had a hard time putting Peter to bed the night before because for some reason he was extra clingy.
He refused to let go of Tony’s hand because he had such a tight grin on it that Tony actually thought that some of Peter’s spider powers were still there considering the death grin he had on Tony.
Eventually Tony managed to get Peter off of him and put him down in his crib. Peter was clearly not happy about that at all but there was little Tony could do about it because Peter had to sleep.
So did Tony but he was a bit more lenient on him getting any sleep.
As long as Peter was sleeping and was safe then and only then would Tony get some sleep.,
After about an hour, an hour of Tony rubbing circles on Peters chubby stomach and an hour of him singing softly to Peter did Peter actually fall asleep and Tony left to his own bedroom.
Peter surprisingly didn’t wake up all night or cry and demand that Tony come back into his bedroom at all which Tony was actually really thankful for because that meant that he got to sleep at least a little bit.
Now, it was afternoon and Peter was not having it. He was moody and didn’t want Tony or anyone to touch him but whenever Tony would walk away he would cry and demanded that Tony stay right where he was which was right next to Tony on the couch.
“I don’t know what you want, little man” Tony said tiredly.
Rhodey had been sleeping peacefully all morning while Tony was dealing with a bratty baby Peter.
Rhodey had only witnessed the last hour of Peter’s tempter tantrum since he slept through the rest of it.
“I don’t know why he’s like this” Tony said “He’s never like this”
Rhodey looked at the two sadly. Peter looked angry and his best friend looked tired “Maybe he’s just tired”
Peter looked over at Rhodey who was sitting on the love seat across from the two and crossed his arms in a pout “Not ti’ed!”
Rhodey held up his arms in defence “Alright. Definitely not tired then”
Tony looked at Peter and his moody face that actually made him look even cuter with the little pout going on and poked him in the stomach “Whats up with you?”
Peter screamed and pushed Tony’s hands away before he burst into tears. Tony looked at Rhodey confused and then back at Peter. He didn’t even do anything wrong so why was the kid screaming like that.
“Do you want me to pick you up?” Tony asked Peter but Peter pushes his hands away and shook his head.
“No!” Peter cried out.
Both Tony and Rhodey watched Peter sit on the couch and cry. They had no idea what to do, not even Tony.
Peter had been acting really weird since last night so he guessed it was only a matter of time before this happened. Whatever this is.
They decided to ignore Peter because he clearly didn’t want anyone to touch him or even talk to him right now but it was kinda hard to ignore the kid when he was screaming so loud that it was actually painful for their ears.
After about ten minutes of constant crying, Tony looked over at Peter and noticed that his diaper was really full and was puffing out of Peter’s outfit.
He was still dressed in his pyjamas from last night since Tony didn’t feel like changing him out of it, he obviously changed Peter’s dirty poop diaper from last night but kept him in his same outfit which was a onesie that didn’t have any pant legs and buttoned up between the legs so right now it was kinda easy to see that Peter in fact needed a diaper change.
Tony stood up and grabbed Peter along with him. Peter stopped crying for a few seconds seeming to be surprised at the sudden grab but then he started crying and it sounded even louder “I’m gonna go change his diaper”
Rhodey looked up from his phone and nodded his head.
When Tony got to Peter’s bedroom he placed Peter on the changing table and struggled to get the strap on him so that he didn’t roll off because he was moving around so much.
“Stop moving, Peter” Tony warned. Peter didn’t seem to care at all as he kicked his legs and tried to get away from Tony.
Tony had to hold one hand on Peter’s stomach while he reached down and got out a clean diaper and some wipes as well as the diaper rash cream.
“No! I wan’ down!” Peter cried out as he watched Tony place the items on the changing table.
Peter grabbed the clean diaper and tossed it on the floor in his fit.
“Stop, Peter. I don’t have the patience for this right now” Tony really was losing his patience. Peter was crying for no reason at all and it was giving Tony a headache.
He grabbed the diaper off the floor and started to undo the buttons between Peters legs. Peter was still kicking and screaming as if Tony was gonna hurt him and he really didn’t understand why Peter was acting this way. Tony decided to take off the whole outfit leaving Peter in just a dirty diaper.
Tony immediately started to undo the diaper tabs and get it off before Peter actually rolled off the changing table. Tony pulled down the front of the diaper and started to wipe around Peter’s penis with the wipes and then lifted up his legs to clean his butt.
It was almost impossible to grab Peter’s legs since he was kicking so much so Tony gave up.
He undid the strap on the changing table and flipped Peter onto his stomach so he could wipe his butt.
Peter stopped crying at the sudden change in position but started once again. He still kicked his chubby legs but it was a lot easier for Tony to hold them this time.
Once he was all cleaned Tony went to start putting cream on to help with the diaper rash but there wasn’t anything left in the bottle so Tony picked Peter up and held him on his hip not even caring that Peter was fully naked right now.
Peter continued to cry but thankfully wasn’t kicking and screaming so Tony counted that as a win. He held Peter with one arm and walked out into the living room where Rhodey was as well as the box of stuff he ordered for Peter.
Rhodey looked up and saw Tony carrying a very naked Peter who looked unimpressed with the situation.
“Don’t even say anything” Tony warned “I ran out of diaper rash cream and I’m here to get some more”
Rhodey didn’t say anything. He watched Tony open the box that was next to the couch and dig inside to look for the rash cream.
It was kinda hard for Tony to do both, hold Peter with one and and look inside the box with the other but he wasn’t about to ask Rhodey to hold Peter without any clothes or a diaper on and right when he was about to ask Rhodey to help him find the rash cream he found it.
Tony picked up the bottle and stood up to go back into Peter’s bedroom to finish what he was doing.
Peter was still putting up a fight and Tony was at complete loss with what to do “What’s wrong, buddy? Talk to me”
Peter’s cries died down a little bit and Tony was actually surprised that his ears were having a bit of a break. He looked at Peter who was looking up at Tony with wide brown eyes, Tony saw his bottom lip shake and he immediately regretted yelling at Peter earlier.
He always thought that he was the one that had it hard. That he was the one who had to clean all the dirty diapers and worry about the toddler constantly but Tony never really thought about how hard it would be for Peter to actually be the one who had to get de-aged and lose all control of their bladder and bowels and have the person that they looked up to their whole life basically change them and give them baths and everything that Peter would normally be doing by himself without these certain circumstances.
Tony always forgot that he wasn’t the only one having to do this alone. Although sometimes it did feel as if Peter was acting less of his teenage self and more of the two year old body that he was in.
That always scared Tony because it seemed that the longer Peter is in his two year old toddler self than the less of a teenager he acts.
He was still waiting to hear back from Doctor Banner and Cho from the samples they took from Peter but there wasn’t that much of a rush because Tony was actually enjoying this time with Peter as well as school was gonna be coming to an end soon for him so it was gonna be okay. Hopefully.
Tony lied Peter down on his teenage bed that was still in the room so he didn’t have to deal with the fuss of Peter kicking him and rolling off of the changing table.
Peter had stopped crying but was just now making little whimper sounds that broke Tony’s heard. Peter was looking up at him with the biggest brown eyes that seemed too big for his chubby face. He definitely grew into them as a teenager.
He opened up the new bottle of rash cream and began to rub it on the areas that Peter needed it. After that was done, Tony quickly went to go wash his hands before he put the clean diaper on.
When he walked back into the bedroom from the attached bathroom Peter was still lying in the same position but he had silent tears falling down his face like Peter usually did when he was a teen and he didn’t want anybody to see him crying.
Tony sat down on the bed and gently poked Peters stomach to try and get him to laugh “Whats wrong, buddy? You’re so sad today”
Peter rubbed both of his eyes with tiny fists “I wan’ be big”
Tony opened his mouth to say something but thought better of it and shut his mouth. He didn’t want to admit it but Peter saying that actually hurt for some reason. As if Tony actually expected Peter to enjoy this whole thing.
“I know, bud. I know it’s hard but I’m working on it” Was all Tony could say.
Peter didn’t seem to mind running around naked when he was in his toddler mindset but Tony knew that Peter was far from that right now and he knew that Peter would hate having to lie there like how he was so Tony stood up and grabbed a clean diaper and quickly put it on Peter.
Tony didn’t really know for sure if the reason why Peter was acting this way was because he wanted to be a teen again or if it was something else. It was probably a little bit of both.
Tony picked Peter up and walked him over to his dresser where he placed a few pieces of his baby clothing in for the time being “Do you want to get dressed?”
Peter nodded his head and tried to wiggle out of Tony’s hold so he could be placed on the ground. Tony was just thankful that Peter had stopped his screaming and crying, for the most part.
Peter looked inside the drawer with so much concentration and focus that Tony found it amusing. To see a child so young with that look on his face was memorizing.
Peter pulled out a pair of jeans and a short sleeve top that had an Iron Man mask on it.
Peter held it up to Tony and smiled childishly. His tiny teeth poked out of his mouth and it was adorable.
“Do you wanna wear this?” Tony asked grabbing the clothes from Peter.
Peter nodded his head proudly.
Tony didn’t say anything but he noticed how Peter picked clothes and were a lot older looking. They still looked like baby clothes, obviously but they were jeans and a top compared to the onesies Tony had been letting him run in or even when he let him run in just a diaper.
Peter must be in his teenage mindset more than Tony thought.
“Do you want me to help you?” Tony asked. He knew that Peter would need help either way but he wanted to give Peter a choice.
Peter nodded his head and so Tony held out the pants for Peter to step into foot by foot and then Tony did up the buttons and zipper.
Once the pants were on Peter held up his tiny baby arms and Tony helped him get into his top.
“There, all done” Tony announced. He stood up from his squatting position and went to grab the pacifier from the dresser just in case Peter wanted it later and then he felt a tiny hand grab his and when he looked down Peter was holding onto his hand.
Peter’s tiny hand barely wrapped around his and it was the cutest thing ever.
Tony began walking out to the living room where Rhodey was sitting in the same spot on his phone. He looked up when he heard Tony elk in and when he looked down at Peter, Tony could see that he was surprised to see that Peter wasn’t crying.
“Is he Okay now?” Rhodey asked “Did he just need a diaper change?”
Tony didn’t even consider that. It did make sense that now that Peter has a clean diaper he isn’t crying anymore. Maybe it wasn’t just a coincidence.
“I don’t know, maybe. I think he’s just frustrated” Tony told Rhodey who nodded in understanding.
Tony sat down on the couch and Peter raised his arms up to be picked up. Tony looked down at him “Are you sure?”
Peter’s face scrunched up and he whined and jumped on the spot meaning that if he doesn’t get what he wants soon then he’s gonna throw another fit.
Normally Tony knows that he shouldn’t give Peter what he wants just to stop the temper tantrums but he really didn’t want to have to deal with that right now.
He bent down and scooped Peter up, placing him on his lap.
“Are you gonna start crying against?” Tony asked Peter just to be sure. He still didn’t know the reason behind the tantrum but he really didn’t want it to happen again.
Peter shook his head and placed it on Tony’s chest.
“Do you want your pacifier?” Tony asked Peter and when Peter nodded he placed it in the kids mouth for him. He felt Peter immediately relaxed once he started sucking on his pacifier and thought that it wasn’t so bad that May got him introduced to that because at least now he was content.
Tony gently rubbed Peter’s back then looked up to see Rhodey watching him “What?”
Rhodey shook his head and pulled out his phone to snap a picture “Nothing just... I’m really happy for you. My best friend has a kid and that makes me an Uncle”
Tony looked at Rhodey like he had two heads but he didn’t want to admit that he was happy to hear that. He had a kid. Peter was his.
Well, maybe not biologically or even legally but... in every other sense Peter was his kid.
“Sorry you didn’t get to see him how he usually is today” Tony apologized “He’s never like this, I don’t know what happened”
“Maybe he’s just jealous that I’m here stealing all your attention” Rhodey said.
Tony didn’t even think of that. Peter was weird yesterday when Rhodey first came so maybe that was why. It didn’t make any sense because Peter still had all of his attention but maybe Peter didn’t see it that way.
“Could be,” Tony thought “he has my attention though so I don’t know”
Tony patted Peter’s diapered butt “Are you jealous of Rhodey, Pete?”
Peter shoved his face into Tony’s chest so that only his hair was showing. They both laughed at the toddlers obvious annoyance at their teasing.
Tony grabbed Peter by the underarms and pulled him away from his chest so that he could see the child’s face. Peter whined at the loss of contact and tried to reach out for Tony some more.
“I was thinking of going to Steve’s floor to say hi to everyone” Rhodey announced “I know they’re all chilling down there”
Tony was too busy with Peter to listen to Rhodey. He was pulling Peter away from his face and blowing a kiss to him that caused Peter to giggle.
Rhodey thought it was adorable but he wagged his friend to listen to him “Tones!”
“Huh? What?” Tony asked confused.
“I said I’m gonna go to Steve’s floor and go see everybody” Rhodey said again.
Tony placed Peter back on his lap “Oh, yeah, I actually forgot about them. I’ve been so busy with Pete”
“I kinda figured. Wanna come with me?”
“Sure. I wouldn’t mind seeing those idiots again” Tony stood up and placed Peter on his hip before making his way into the elevator with his best friend to go see the Avengers.