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A purple skyline casted futuristic glow to the outside adding to the chrome & glass towers. A common man would describe the scene as otherworldly. As someone who has seen his fair share of other worlds, Tony knows different things. At least not so purple. Steve might agree with the futuristic look.
‘Steve’. Just the name makes him smile like a total goof he secretly is, while said omega is 6000 miles away, doing God knows what. They texted & face timed whenever they could, but the time lag & meetings made it harder. There is actually one way to find out what his husband is doing right now.
Before Tony, JARVIS chimed in his phone with a message. “Sir, Master Peter wants to talk to you,” making Tony smile at the image of his baby boy. “Put him through, J”, he says, waving off an employee handing him a cup of . . . something. Coffee never tasted good anywhere other than home and made by Steve.
“Daddy?”, Peter’s voice breaks off his thought process about the coffee and his family.
“Hey bubba! How are you?”, he asks, moving further away from the Conference table to a corner.
“I’m shiny, Daddy! But Papa is not feeling so good”, the little Voice wobbles as it says. Huh, “What do you mean, Tesoro?”, Tony asked, as gears started spinning in his mind over every conversation he had with Steve in past weeks. His Alpha Instincts started to go haywire to protect his omega and family. “Papa is hot and sleepy”, Peter says. Well, that’s fact, Tony thought, chuckling to himself.
“What are you laughing at daddy?” Tony could picture Peter bouncing on his heels with curiosity. “Funny Stuff. I’ll talk to Papa after. What are you doing now, baby?” Tony distracted Peter, as the little boy can be a little too grown up for a 5-year-old. Steve and Tony decided to be forward about their Superhero careers with Peter, which seemed like a good choice in a lot of ways, but also made Peter worry more about his family. Peter now rambled on about a prank his uncle Clint made him pull on Aunt Nat, who is chasing him, after giving Peter snacks and Paw Patrol Time.
Times like these are when he’s grateful for their Dysfunctional family and Pack, who had adopted Peter into their lives and played uncles and aunts. With a promise to be early home and a Pokémon Plush, Peter went back to paw patrol, leaving Tony to call his husband. Steve didn’t pick up, which was not unusual. What nagged him, is that Steve didn’t mention anything about him feeling down. While texts were seldom for the past couple of days, Tony had chalked it up to time difference and schedules.
‘‘Where is he, J?’’ Tony walked out of the room waving at Pepper.
“Captain is currently taking a nap in Master Bedroom Sir”, came a reply from JARVIS, huh, Steve is not someone who takes naps at random. After a morning jog, Steve makes breakfast and runs other house errands. Then follows some more SHIELD assigned Tasks. After that, he would spend most of his time with Peter, if their little boy is home, all day
“Show me his Vitals”, Tony took the elevator down the building to his hotel. There was a judgmental silence from the resident AI. They had a talk about Tony’s overprotective tendencies, crossing certain boundaries for people, but this was different. Damn it!
“My Omega is sick, and my son is worried while I am halfway around the world, J. Show me Steve’s Vitals” he sighed, as he got into the car brought in by Happy to his hotel. JARVIS relayed the Vitals in his phone as he reached his hotel.
“Send a Copy of these to Bruce”, Tony said, now in his room.
“Is there anything important after today, J? That is something I couldn’t miss in case I leave for the States today?”
“Not to my knowledge Sir. The negotiations and deal are Signed and sealed as of this morning. You might be expected to be present for a meet and greet tomorrow. “
“Good. Get Pepper On the line”, he decided to pack his things, while the call was connecting.
“Connecting, Ms. Potts”
“Tony-”
“Hey Pep, I’m leaving for-”
“Tony! Unless there is an Assemble-”
“-Home. Deal is done anyway and-”
“-call. There is a meet and greet-”
“– meet and greet are not my thing anyway-”
“Tones, Is everything okay back home?” Pepper asked, her tone tinged in concern.
“Peachy. Just. . . Peter called and said Steve sounds sick. I had JARVIS do a vital check-”
“Tony, we talked about-”
“Just the Basics Pep. My boy is worried, and Steve is not picking up my call. I need to go and check on-”
“Fine” Pep let out a sigh. Tony was present for the Presentation, negotiation and signing of the deal anyway, which was way more than his usual. “Go pamper your Omega back to health, Mr. Dork” she smiled, while texting Happy the change in Itinerary and Tony’s early departure.
“Rude. Anyway, Thanks Pep. There will be something waiting for you in Valentino back home. I owe you.” Tony said, zipping up his suitcase.
“Just tell Steve to meet me for our scheduled lunch after he’s recovered.”
“Done deal. As long as you fiery five’s didn’t plan on a world domination and corruption of my Omega, I don’t mind”, Tony mumbled, remembering Fiery fives lunch dates. Steve, Nat, Pepper, Wanda and Jane have scheduled lunches or outings occasionally, which was dubbed as Congregation of Fiery Five by others in the team.
“Aww Tones. Jealous that you are not invited to the party?” Pepper teased.
“Pfft. I have you know that Science Bros and Terror trio are way more fun than your Brunches.” Tony huffed. Clint, Thor and Tony were dubbed the ‘Terror Trios’ after a rescue mission for Steve and Nat, while Bruce, Tony, Rhodey and Sam remains the Science Bros. “We have loads of fun and never plan for world domination” Tony sang as he handed over his luggage to Happy in the Lobby.
“Yes. The terror Trios just get arrested and Science Bro’s Tear the Time space continuums. More of world degradation than world domination” Pepper laughed, remembering.
“All in a day’s work. Will that be all Ms. Potts?”
“That’ll be all Mr. Stark.”