What's in a Name
“I swear, I will never understand how you can eat that stuff,” Rhodey says scrunching his nose at the nasty smelling fruit Thor had brought Loki to sate his cravings.
“Do you have a small entity growing inside you? If not then hush,” Loki snaps and Rhodey stares at him and Loki feels guilty about snapping at him.
“I'm sorry... I'm so sorry!” Loki sobs and Rhodey pulls him into his lap and wraps his arms around him and whispers soft words in his ear and Loki's sobs soon quiet down.
“Shhh, that's it. I'm not mad. I know this is stressful for you. I'm not upset. My sister threw a plate at me one time when she was pregnant. Come one let's see what new type of hell Tony has invented in order to baby proof this tower,” Rhodey says helping Loki stand. His stomach looking swollen and uncomfortable.
“I don't know why he bothers. The child will likely be as durable as Thor and I am,” Loki says tucking himself underneath Rhodey's arm.
“He likes protecting people...holy shit,” Rhodey says when they catch sight of what used to be storage and is now a fully decorated nursery.
Light gold walls with fluffy white clouds and lights all over the place. A state of the art crib is situated in the middle of the room with the softest sheets Loki has ever seen.
“Hey Elphaba. What's wrong?” Tony says eyes widening because Loki is sobbing again.
“The room is just so beautiful!” Loki says throwing himself into Tony's arms this time.
“Whoa Elphaba it's okay. I'm glad you like it. I made it so that our little one has a nice place to take naps.
“It's so nice,” Loki says and Tony carefully leads Loki out of the room and back to the couch not wanting Loki to over exert himself.
“Owww, Tony! This baby lock on the fridge is a menace!” Quill says.
“You know you just implied that you aren't able to out think a device made to stump babies,” Tony says with a smile.
“Yeah, yeah rub it in. But most baby proof stuff isn't made by someone several steps away from being a mad scientist,” Quill says
“It's aliiiiiive,” Tony says and kisses Loki's stomach before crooning at it in every language he knows. He wants his kid to be well versed in languages just in case all-speak isn't something that gets passed on.
“So, do we know what we're going to name the baby?” Bruce asks.
“How about Lola?”
“Anthony Edward Stark we are not naming our child after Coulson’s car,” Loki says.
“It was just a joke Elphaba. Take a breath. I was think that if it were a boy we could do some combination or Yinsen and Jarvis,” Tony says.
“Maybe sneak a Yondu in his name too,” Quill says softly and several arms wrap around him.
“Okay. If it's a boy how about Jarvis Yinsen-Yondu Stark-Strange-Lokison-Rhodes-Quill-Banner and if it's a girl I was thinking that we would give her the middle name Frigga,” Tony says and Loki bursts into tears again.
“Please don't cry again. It's alright Loki deep breaths,” Tony says hugging Loki close.
“Our child is going to hate having to write their name on test papers,” Bruce says.
“Our child's name isn't going to be able to fit on test papers,” Stephen says as Loki starts whining about wanting more of his special fruits which Quill goes to get and once more gets into a fight with the baby proofing guard on the fridge.