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Peter comes home from Midtown High. He goes into the entrance of Stark Industries and greets the receptionists inside. He enters the elevator after that.
"Welcome, Mini-Boss." FRIDAY speaks in the elevator.
"Hi, FRI! To the penthouse, please!" Peter enthusiastically exclaims.
"Absolutely, Mini-Boss." FRIDAY complies, and moves the elevator up to the penthouse floor.
The elevator door opens and Peter enters to find the penthouse empty. Typical. He looks up at the ceiling.
"FRI, where's Mom and Dad?" Peter asks.
"Boss and Real Boss are at a meeting regarding the company's new StarkPhone release." FRIDAY answers truthfully.
"Thanks! Now, I can watch the things Dad doesn't let me watch." Peter jokes.
Peter cooks some instant noodles and lands on the couch, pulling out the remote and going to Tony's files and the movies folder.
"Peter, I swear to fucking God, if you are so goddamn curious about a restricted movie then don't even try to watch it!" Tony bursts into the room and Peter joyfully whispers a 'Yes!' from luring Tony.
"Hi, Dad!" Peter grins.
"Don't "hi dad" me, I know you're going to watch the Ted Bundy documentary, you are NOT watching that, trust me." Tony warns.
"I know. I just wanted to lure you in." Peter smiles.
Tony blinks. "Smart."
Peter's grin widened.
Pepper enters. "Oh, no you're not. Get back there, now!"
"But Pep—!" Tony whines until Pepper pulls him by the ear.
"Come on!" Pepper exclaims, even Peter was scared.
"Kid, don't you dare watch the documentary while I'm not here!" Tony shouts as the door slams shut.
Peter shook his head playfully. He decides to go to the lab for curious purposes. He enters to see the hologram showing up. Then, he had an idea. He decides to look through his baby pictures—and videos if possible—so he looks up at FRIDAY.
"FRI, can I see my baby pictures and videos?"
"Unfortunately not, Mini Boss," FRIDAY replies. "All of your baby pictures are inside JARVIS, which is inside Vision, who is located at Westview. I have started storing files during your middle school graduation and so on."
Peter sighs in disappointment. "Fuck."
"Swear Jar protocol triggered. A penny in the swear jar is required, Mini Boss." FRIDAY chimes in.
Peter groans and pulls out a penny and tosses it in the swear jar.
...
It was dinner time, and the Starks ate in the table silently. Peter always happens to finish his food first and go ride his train of thoughts. Then, it hit him. Pepper and Tony never mentioned Peter's first word, ever. So, he decided to drop the bomb.
"Mom, Dad, what are my first words?"
Tony spits out his cup of water out of laughter. Pepper rolls her eyes playfully. "Look at what you did."
"Sorry, mom. Just.. I was just curious." Peter looked away sheepishly.
"Alright." Pepper pinches Tony's arm.
"Ow! Alright!" Tony stops laughing.
"Okay, so.. this is technically what happened." Pepper starts telling the story.
...
It was a winter night in the Avengers Tower. The Stark Family; Tony Stark, Pepper Potts-Stark and Peter Stark, lived inside the penthouse area of the tower.
Tony closes the curtains in the bedroom of their penthouse by commanding JARVIS. He also turns on the heaters built inside to help keep his family warm. He walks up to the crib to see Peter's sleeping form inside. He smiles softly. He goes to look for Pepper who resides in the kitchen.
Pepper takes a sip from a glass of water before gently placing it in the sink. Tony follows and hugs her from behind.
"I'm tired, Tony." Pepper mutters.
"I know, Pep. That's why my very husband material self is going to take you to bed and help you admire our little baby boy, does that sound good?" Tony smiles as he lets go and wraps an arm on her shoulder.
Pepper nods. "Indeed."
As they entered the room, they see a small 9-month-old baby Peter awake and crawling inside of the crib and babbling. "Bababababa. Baba baba!"
Tony and Pepper chuckled. The former gently picks up the baby by the armpits and starts talking to him. "Is the little Peter Stark up and awake to cause chaos tonight? Huh? Is he?"
"Babababababa!" Peter continues to babble. Tony gently places Peter on all fours on the floor, and he starts crawling around.
Pepper watched as Peter crawls and kisses Tony on the cheek. Tony smiles and rolls his eyes playfully. Pepper giggles.
Peter sits and starts opening and closing his hands. Tony glances at the baby. "Oh, you want a kiss too, buddy?"
Peter replies with a babble. "Babababa." Tony lifts him up, and puts the baby between them. The couple kissed the baby by his cheeks, and Peter sneezes. The couple laughs and Tony picks up a soft towel and gently wipes the snot.
Peter giggles, and Tony giggles too. Pepper compares the faces of the two. They look just like each other.
"He looks just like you, Tony." Pepper said softly.
"Well, I made him, Pep. Of course he's going to look like me." Tony playfully rolls his eyes.
"Ca... Ca..." Peter seems to struggle. Tony immediately realizes.
"Pep. He's saying his first word. JARVIS, record." Tony calls Pepper out and she rushes next to him.
"Say papa, now." Tony demands.
"I'd rather he say mama." Pepper retorts, and Tony side eyes his wife.
"Ca.. ca.. fucking cold." Peter says his first word.
Silence enters the room. It was so silent you can hear crickets from the first floor.
Then, Tony started laughing hysterically. Pepper's reaction was the complete opposite. "No! Peter, we don't say those words!"
Tony continues laughing as he passes the baby to Pepper's arms. He collapsed on the ground, continuing to laugh. "Fuck— I can't believe this!"
Pepper glares at Tony and gently kicks his stomach. "Don't encourage this."
"Alright, alright!" Tony slowly stops laughing.
...
Peter blushed as the information sinked in. "I—I said that?!?"
Tony stifled a laugh. "You did, Pete. You fucking did."
"Swear Jar Protocol triggered." FRIDAY chimes in. Now it's Pepper's turn to laugh.
"Oh, come on." Tony grumbles.
fin.