A life together

Tony Needs Gary

Tony and Loki were in the car ready to go and Harley was there to say goodbye.

"Okay, let's go over the plan. You go home, keep watch over the suit and stay connected to the phone, because if we call you and you don't answer we're gonna be in trouble. Got it?"

"Got it," the boy agreed with determination.

Loki smiled at him from the passenger seat, "You did good, Harley. Thanks for saving Anthony's stupid ass."

He giggled while Tony blurted out an offended, "Hey!"

Both adults could see that the boy was struggling with something, "Is everything okay, Harley?"

"Yeah, everything's fine. Just... try not to die, we are connected now."

They laughed and Loki said, "We totally are. Do not worry, we have been through worse things. You stay safe, after all this mess is solved we are going to come back to help you, is that okay with you?" The boy's smile was blinding as he nodded enthusiastically.

"Good," Tony said. "See you in a few days, kid."

They had been traveling for an hour when Tony decided to address the elephant in the room. "Your mother knew about us meeting Harley."

Loki sighed, "The moment he introduced himself to us I remembered."

They were silent for a bit. "Fuck, I just want to find the boy's father and beat him until he can't tell left from right," blurted out the engineer.

"You are definitely not the only one, love."

Tony parked the car on the side of the road and rested his head on the wheel. "How can you abandon your own son? That is so wrong and cruel. I know my dad was not the best, but at least he sent me to boarding school when he got tired of me."

"I know, but we have the power to do something to help him. We are not going to leave him there alone. We are going to find him a foster family and make sure he grows up surrounded by good people," the god said with a gleam in his green eyes. It was clear that he had put a purpose set in mind and was not going to stop until he fulfilled it.

"Gosh, I love you," he said, reaching for his husband's jacket to pull him closer and give him a short kiss. "Now, let's call Rhodey and find out what he knows."

"Hello?" the voice of his friend was heard through the loudspeaker.

"You ever have a chick straddling you and you look up and suddenly she's glowing from the inside out, kind of a bright orange?" Loki smacked him on the head.

"Yeah, I've had that. Who is this?"

"It's me, pal. Now, last time I went missing, if I remember correctly, you came looking for me. What are you doing?"

"I apologize for my husband, he does not know how to interact with people without being rude."

Rhodey laughed, "It's fine, Loki. I've known him for almost thirty years, I'm used to it. I'm in Pakistan now. What are you guys doing?"

"Your redesign, your big rebrand, that was AIM, right?"

"Yeah."

"I'm gonna find a heavy-duty comm sat right now, I need your login."

A bit reluctantly, Rhodey told them, "It's the same as it's always been, 'WarMachine68'."

Tony saw Loki raise an eyebrow, "Password?"

"'War machine rocks' with an 'x,' all caps," he said with a resigned sigh.

They both burst out laughing, "That is so much better than 'lron Patriot'."