Life Happens

Tony

Tony woke with a start. Someone was knocking on the workshops door.

"Tony let me in I know you're in there."

Ah. Clint. Tony remembered asking Natasha to get him. He would normally get F.R.I.D.A.Y to ask but Clint would do anything Natasha said almost instantly instead of putting it off like he does with everything else. Tony stood up and shook his head trying to wake himself up a bit.

"I'm coming Legolas." Tony mumbled. "And not in the fun way." He heard Clint snort on the other side of the door. He swung open the door and stopped dead in his tracks. A baby. Clint was holding a baby.

"Meet Nathaniel." Clint said holding him out to Tony with a proud look on his face that just screamed "look what I made!"

"I don't like being handed things." Tony said as he backed away.

"Tony, Nathaniel is a human not a thing." Clint pushed Nathaniel into Tony's arms. "Besides, you are his rich uncle." Clint laughed.

"Is that all I am to you Barton? Money?" Tony said with a fake offended voice.

"Good eye candy too but yeah, mainly money." Clint said as he walked into the workshop. "So about the hospital..."

"Oh right me and Steve have a got a meeting there tomorrow and thought it would be a good idea if you and Wanda tagged along too and got a chance to see Pietro." Tony said calmly.

"What's the meeting about?" Clint asked.

"That's private." Tony said quickly.

"Hey I was just curious! I mean I know IVF can do amazing things nowadays but getting a man pregnant isn't one of them." Clint said laughing. Tony punched him in his chest. "Ow! You could have just hit my arm you know."

"Barton you have a literal target on your chest. I'm a simple man. I see a target, I hit it."

"Yeah half the population knows that." Clint said rubbing his chest. Tony glared at him.

"So where'd Nathaniel come from?" Tony asked looking down at his chest to where Nathaniel was rubbing his scars.

"When a mommy and daddy love each other very much... ow did you really have to hit me again? Fine. Laura sent the kids round a week earlier that what I had planned and now we've got them for two weeks."

"We?"

"Yes Tony you are going to help look after them too." Clint said rolling his eyes.

"How am I supposed to get any work done with them running around?" Tony asked looking completely unamused.

"Well they won't be running around your workshop Tony I don't want to send them into a death trap." Dum-E nudged Clint leg. "Ok so you might be harmless but there are other machines around here." Clint patted Dum-E. "Also because the kids are here I want everyone to eat dinner at the same time and at the table."

"But.."

"No buts Tony. I need to keep their lives as normal as possible. Yes we might save the world and have powers or things that help us but it's the little things in life that they need."

Clint and Tony were silent. Clint was right. The kids needed a good upbringing. Tony was a prime example of what can happen if the kids life revolved around working parents. Tony looked down at Nathaniel. What is it with babies affecting adults?

"You're right. Just get someone to get me when it's time to eat." Tony said.

"Sure thing Tones. And thank you for this. It means a lot." Clint smiled and took Nathaniel back from Tony. "Oh and don't spoil the kids too much." Clint said as he left.