Honeymoon
Tony laid on the bed, the air con on full blast since there seemed to be a heatwave in Italy making the room's air sticky; it was even too warm to share a shower which was just disappointing. According to the weather app on Tony's phone, the temperature was about to drop again in the next day or two but that wasn't the point, they were already three days into their honeymoon and they haven't been able to do anything together, even cuddling on a night for more than ten seconds was proving to be too much, any longer and they would just turn into a puddle and that wasn't worth it. All he wanted was to enjoy his honeymoon with his husband in the same place he took Steve after his first testosterone shot but they've barely been able to leave the hotel for more than a few hours without the risk of melting or severely burning and Tony did not want to be suffering from sunstroke when he should be enjoying himself. Instead, he was waiting for Steve to get out of his shower, he could hear the water stopping and it wasn't long until Steve came out of their bathroom in a pair of shorts as he towel dried his hair.
"You feeling okay babe?" he asked, chucking his towel onto a chair as he walked forward towards the bed.
"I'm feeling warm and lonely so come join me but keep your distance you furnace." Tony said, not even moving to look at his husband.
"Alright, needy much." Steve said, crawling onto the bed to lie next to Tony but still keeping the distance so not to touch him.
"You knew it when you married me."
"I knew it before I married you," Tony laughed, "I never expected you to change."
"Good, because I don't think I could change even if you wanted me too." Steve moved his hand to touch his fingertips to Tony's.
"Good job I never want you to change, love you just the way you are."
"Awh babe, I love you too," Tony took Steve's hand in his, their palms becoming almost instantly sweaty but it was worth it for that bit of contact, "I... Can we talk about something?"
"Of course, what's on your mind."
"I've been thinking lately... about something you brought up when we last went to our holiday home."
"You mean when we took everyone with us?"
"Yeah, just after my surgery," Tony said, "Can you remember what we spoke about?"
"Uh, the wedding and..." Steve paused and Tony realised he knew exactly which part of the conversation Tony was meaning, "Kids, we spoke about kids."
"I think it's time we spoke about that topic again."
"Why?"
"We're married now Steve, we said we'd wait until after we tied the knot to talk about what steps we take next," Tony rolled on his side so he was now facing Steve, "I love you and I want to start a family with you and I think right now is a brilliant time to get started."
"Are you sure?" Steve asked, shuffling over to face Tony, "It's a huge commitment."
"So is getting hitched and yet here we are," Tony smiled, "But just listen, SI is thriving right now and your business is taking off big time and we have a wealth of friends and family who will be willing to lend a helping hand if that's what we need and I know Sarah would kill to become a grandma... I really want this and I just want to know if you do too."
"Adopting of IVF?" Steve asked, his smile widening and Tony wanted to hold him close if it wouldn't cause them both to become super uncomfortable really quickly.
"Seriously?"
"Of course, Tones, I brought up the idea those many moons ago and I've been waiting for the right time to bring it up again, if there was ever going to be a right time to ask you," He said, "I just didn't know if you were ready yet, you never seemed to mention kids since that last talk we had."
"I just wanted to get the stress of wedding planning and stuff out of the way, but I'm ready to be a dad... I think I'm ready to be a dad and with you by my side I think I probably won't screw up."
"You will be an amazing father, I promise," Steve kissed his nose, "Are we really going to do this?"
"Yeah, I think we are... we definitely are, there's no think about it, Steve I want to start a family with you," Tony squeezed his hand, "I can't wait any longer, it's been on my mind since you brought it up but now the wedding is over and it's too hot for us to really do anything, I thought it would be the perfect time to bring it up."
"I agree, so, how are we going to do this?" Steve asked.
"I still think I'd prefer to go through the adoption process... If that's okay?" Tony asked, "Unless you really want the child to be biologically yours then I guess we could..."
"Doesn't matter who the child is related to by blood, they will be our kid and we will love and care for them like they were our very own," Steve said, "And any child would be lucky to have you as their father."
"Because I can afford to spoil them rotten?"
"Well... you have a point there, but also because you are the kindest, most wonderful human in the whole of existence."
"I love you."
"I love you too, Mr Stark-Rogers." Tony smiled, an excited giggle escaped him.
"I can't believe it, honestly, we're married Steve... we did it."
"We did, and I'd do it over and over and over again."
"Even the planning process that nearly killed us." Steve laughed..
"Yes, even that," He rubbed his thumb over Tony's knuckles, "I never knew how stressful getting married would be."
"I think the fact you were marrying a Stark added a whole new level of stress because not only did we have to plan our wedding but also make sure everyone kept a cap on it so they wouldn't leak it to the press and we wouldn't have our big day ruined."
"So far the only photos I've seen have been from when we actually left the reception and we were getting into our car, the only other photos I've seen have been from friends and family and the selfies we posted on our Instagram."
"You mean the ones that half drunk and exhausted us posted that were almost a little too indecent to post online when I had my tongue shoved down your throat?"
"Yep, those are the ones I'm talking about," Steve laughed, "But for the record, we look hot and many people agreed."
"I'm not saying against us, you know I think we're the hottest couple to exist, I'm just super glad that I remembered to post on my actual account and not on the Stark Industries one or Pepper would have killed me," Tony said, his smile just growing wider, "Hey, I can change my username now; goodbye TonyStark and hello TonyStarkRogers."
"Are you allowed to do that?"
"Am... am I allowed to change my own handle?" Tony couldn't help laughing despite the small frown on Steve's face.
"Hey, I'm only asking because I don't know how celebrity instagram works."
"Oh babe, you are part of the celebrity insta-elite," Tony said, wiping his eyes with his free hand, "But my insta is mine and mine alone, nobody else runs it and if it's anything to do with the company then I already have an account for that, If I want to show off my husband and the fact I'm married I will do... just wait until we have a little one, they're all I'm going to post about."
"That's so sweet," Steve smiled again, "Are we planning on showing them publicly?" Tony shrugged.
"I guess we can decide when we have a kid, I don't think I want to thrust them straight into the limelight straight away."
"Give them the chance of a normal life... well, as normal as they can have with being in our family."
"Exactly... so..." Tony locked eyes with Steve, "Adoption? It'll take a while, I'm sure, are you going to be okay with it?"
"I'm okay with anything, I just want to start a family with you whether that takes five minutes or five years."
"How did I get so lucky?"
"I ask myself the same question everyday," Steve kissed Tony, slowly and softly and Tony could already feel the sweat forming on his back as he shuffled a little bit closer but he found himself not really caring when Steve's free hand came to rest on his face, "I love you." he whispered, pulling back only slightly.
"I love you too, and as soon as we get back we can start looking into the process and..."
"Why wait?" Tony's eyes widened.
"What?"
"Why wait? I mean, it's not like we can do anything for the rest of the day, I don't know about you but I already feel like I need another shower," Steve said, "So why not grab your laptop and we can take a look into agencies and learn the facts right here right now, doesn't mean we have to put any applications in, we can wait until our after our honeymoon for sure but we can at least start." Tony couldn't help but press kisses all over Steve's face, rolling them over so he was now straddling him.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you," He said between kisses, "I love you, I'm going to grab the laptop." he pressed one final kiss to Steve's lips before climbing off the laughing, happy man and rushing to grab the laptop from where it sat on the coffee table in the sitting room of their hotel suite. Steve was sitting up, legs crossed and waiting when Tony entered the bedroom again as the laptop already began whirring to life. He climbed onto the bed and sat as close to Steve as he could without it being unbearable as the internet loaded up. As his fingers quickly typed in 'Adoption agencies in New York' into Google, he realised that this simple search was the start of the next step into his life with Steve. He held Steve's hand as he pressed search; the rest of their lives starts now and he really couldn't be happier.