Chapter 13
Tony was in pain. It was clear he was in pain but nothing either of the men did seemed to help, they couldn't figure out what was causing this much pain in such a short amount of time. His cheeks where red, his face flushed, he was biting things. They just didn't know what was causing their little boy so much- "He's teething." Bruce's voice cut through both mens thoughts and made them stare at him. Bruce flushed darkly. "He's got teething rash on his cheeks, he's biting anything solid and he's in constant pain if he's not biting something. He's teething." He states simply, Bucky sighed in relief and slouched on the sofa.
"Oh thank god I thought he was ill." He mutters whilst Steve brings the older boy into his lap and cuddles him, Bucky snorts and takes Tony from the floor to check his mouth.
"Ohhh look at that Steve. A tooth right there" He says with a grin looking to Steve who leans over and smiles. Tony squirms in annoyance and tries to get away from the two doting men with an annoyed growl. "Ok tiger calm down. We're just looking." Steve mumbles, letting Bruce go so he could play with Natasha. Steve stretches a bit and smiles.
"Good thing we got those teething rings huh?" He says to Bucky as he leaves to fetch them out of the boxes.
"They need freezing!" Bucky calls and Steve groans from the room. "Just pop some whisky on your finger and slide it around. It helps." He informs with a chuckle. The afternoon was spent trying to calm down a sniffling, teething baby whilst the older two were busy doing homework.
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Steve and Bucky sat staring at the three men in front of them. They'd just got the news, there was no cure. Tony, Bruce, Natasha and everyone else effected would have to grow up again. It was something that both men where prepared for if it went this way but it terrified them to no end. Steve sighed heavily as he rubbed his head in frustration, a glance at Fury told him he was also struggling with this situation. "We can't keep them in Montana. It's better to move them to New york." He states simply and Phil looked a little torn.
"We get that but we can't just enter them into a normal school-" Bucky scoffs.
"We don't. We home school them. I'm sure Tony would be willing to let you guys move in with the three munchkins." He states with a shrug. "I mean none of the kids enjoy the school anyways - no offence to you guys - it's just they don't enjoy the structure. They're all used to being able to learn in there own ways." Bucky states simply. Steve nods in understanding.
"Tony learns by doing the thing he's learning with visual aids on stand bye. Bruce enjoys reading and having things explained but he can't sit still if he finds the subject boring and Natasha? She can't focus with so many people in the room. I'm sure Fitz and Simmons are the same and Daisy is probably as bad as Tony when it comes to staying still." Steve says calmly, Nick groans a bit.
"Fine...We'll...We'll consider it, but they'll need a floor for school and a area to play. You're going to have to make a press announcement about Bruce and Tony so good luck with that and you'll have to legally adopt them all." Nick informs, Steve scoffs a little.
"We've already planned a press conference for this kind of thing to happen, the paper's have already been signed we just have to send them off and the tower is happily waiting for us. I'm sure Wanda's floor can be gutted and re-built to look more like a school floor and maybe a playroom floor if needs be." He states simply, Bucky snorts a bit.
"Stevie's a salty bitch." He mutters and ducks as Steve aims a pile of papers at his head. Phil sighs deciding that two hours of business talk was enough for him.
"So what's this I hear about Tony going through teething?" He asks with glistening eyes. "And Bruce almost fully potty trained?" He asks with a grin. Steve's face went from cocky to proud in 0.5 seconds and he grinned.
"Tony just got his first tooth, cut it this morning whilst chewing on this duck toy of his and Bruce oh Bruce. He's made it 3 whole days without an accident. Natasha's doing amazing in her dance classes by the way, they think she's better then some of the student's who've been there for years." He states with a grin. Bucky snorts a bit and winks at Nick.
"If you haven't guessed he's a proud daddy" He teases and Steve goes red when the other men laugh, Bucky grinned suddenly. "Speaking of titles. Tony called me Dada the other day. He keeps insulting Cap but Bruce has been slipping up and almost calling him daddy." He teases a bit, Steve rolls his eyes and Nick smiles.
"The kids are calling his Daddy and Da. They're really bonded with us, Daisy still hasn't grown a tooth yet but she's close to it, I can feel it." He grins proudly. The afternoon dissolved into proud parent chatter about their children whilst the children all played.
They'd tell them tomorrow about what the plan was.
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Whilst the adults talked about stupid adult stuff the kids started playing hide and seek, Bruce and Leo where seekers and the rest where hiders. Tony and Daisy had extra time to hide because they where 'so small' but that gave them both the idea to hide together. Bruce and Leo covered their eyes and started counting loudly.
"One!" Bruce says loudly.
"Two!" Leo follows soon after.
"Three!" Bruce shouts louder. The two continue like this until they get to ten and bolt in opposite ways. Bruce immediately found Jemma who sat behind the curtains, Leo found Natasha who had taken to hiding in the toy chest though he admitted it was an accident as he wanted to find his teddy to help him. The last two left to be found where Tony and Daisy.
"Daisy!" Leo called loudly, looking under every table in the house, Bruce looking under chairs and behind curtains. Natasha and Daisy started helping but when none of them could find them they started getting worried.
"Tony! Daisy! You win come out!" Natasha calls, running around looking for them. The place stayed quiet and they all got nervous. Natasha sighs and leads them into the kitchen where the adults all sat. "Bucky, we can't find Tony an' Daisy" She whines pulling on the mans leg. The adults all glanced at each other, each holding identical smirks as Bucky lifted her up.
"Oh no, what ever will we do with out the two diaper clad babies" Clint said in mock horror, wincing a little as he spoke. Bruce noticed and Jemma grins giggling as she notices what was going on.
"You know where they are!" They say together accusingly, Steve snorts and sighs.
"The games over so you gotta tell us where they are!" Jemma says matter of factly, Steve rolls his eyes and moves his chair back. Laying on his lap, belly down, was Tony who was trying to reach over and grab at Bucky's pant leg with a cheeky smile. Clint moved back to reveal a sleeping Daisy in his lap.
"I think they win and that it might be nap time." Nick says with a chuckle, Tony whines trying to get off of Steve's lap at that and the adults chuckle whilst Natasha wiggles down from Bucky's hold. "Why don't you older kids go watch some TV whilst we settle them yeah?" He asks, the kids nodded and left whilst the adults settled the two youngest.
It was oddly domestic and something none of the adults thought they'd have a chance at.