Terrible Twos Tony Stark

7. Tinkering and Arguing

Zayden Pov

We sat as classical music blasted in the lab, working on our project together. I work on the programing for our robot as he made the skeletion. Aiden adjusts his safety glasses as he starts welding the machinery together.

"Jarvis, time." I sigh as I lean back in my seat, rubbing my eyes. "7: 30 pm, young sir." Jarvis informs us and I groan. "Lets get coffee, the codings bleeding into each other." I rub my eyes. We've been at this all night and day.

Not complaining but I need food and caffeine. Aiden turns it off and pulls off his goggles, throwing them aside. "Lets go out, I dont feel like running into Tony." He carefully puts down his equipment before throwing Tonys lab coat on the ground.

I hop to my feet, throwing Tonys other lab coat on the floor too before stretching. "I wanna drive his Mercedes!" I race to the door and Aiden curses. We race to the garage, pushing each other playfully whenever we catch up.

Aiden knocks over a picture frame in the hall and I knock a plant over to slow him down. We both run into the garage door, wrestling with each other and the door only to have it open with us pressed against it.

We let out similar shrieks as we smack onto the ground, brown shoes and red heels right infront of us. "What are you doing?" Bruce asks as we look up to meet eyes with him and Natasha. Aiden and I pull our selves up, brushing off the dust from out clothes.

"To-dad said we could drive his Mercedes." I speak before Aiden gets the chance and he rolls his eyes. "Tony? Tony is letting two teenagers drive his car?" Natasha stares at us and Aiden nods.

They stare at us longer and Aiden sighs. "Look, our mom just died and we're stuck here, with virtual strangers. Don't say anything for at least 15 minutes?" He broke down and I watch as they falter, well Bruce falters.

"The keys are over there, be back right after and we wont tell anyone." Bruce sighs and Natasha mumbles marshmallow under her breath with a smile. "Not. A scratch." She hisses at us and we nod.

They move around us, going into the tower together. "Now I get to drive." Aiden smirks and I concede, walking over to the cars as Aiden goes to get the keys.

Our drive to a small nearby diner is fast and we look through Tonys car for his shades. With amount he wears itd be odd if there werent at least two pairs somewhere. "Found them!" Aiden yells from the back seat and I roll up the windows. He hands me some Armani shades before getting out and I lock the doors.

We duck inside quickly, finding a booth was easy as the place was nearly empty. "I want some pie." I hum as we take our seats and Aiden playfully rolls his eyes. "You need coffee first."

"Lets have both?"

The waitress walks over slowly, giving was a small smile. "How may I help you?" I glance down at her name tag- Kelly- and shake my head at the menu. "We just was two coffees and two slices of pie, Kelly. I want apple pie." I smile up as her and she nods, writing it down in her notepad.

"I want peach cobbler." Aiden smiles and she nods, adding that to the list.  "Will that be all for now?" She looks between us and we nod, walking her walk off before facing each other.

"I think we should settle things with Tony." I force out reluctantly and my twin groans in annoyance, throwing his head back dramatically. "Why?"

"Do you want to spend the next few years with him in this weird avoidance thing? Im not saying we have to like him or even listen to him but itd be nice not to have to tip toe around the house forever. Lets just tell him to keep out of our private life." I shrug and Aiden looks up at me with an annoyed expression.

"Only if he agrees not to act all fatherly out of no where. It's so weird." We pause as Kelly comes back, holdiny our coffees and pies on a tray. "The creamer is right there in the metal tin, the sugar is in the basket." She says gently as she places our coffees infront of us.

"You wanted the pie," Kelly pauses as she places my slice next to my coffee before turning to Aiden. "And you wanted the cobbler." She smiles at him as she places it next to his coffee too. "Thank you." We smile at her and she nods.

"If theres anything else you need, just holler." She leaves us to our food and we sit in silence as I add creamer and sugar to my coffee. Aiden just drinks his black as he cuts into his pie with his fork.

"We could just stay at our girlfriends most of the time." Aiden throws out there before biting into his pie, smiling.

I dig into my pie with a shrug, enjoying the warm apple pie and buttery crust on my tongue. "But theyll get bored."

"With us? Impossible." Aiden chuckles and I roll my eyes. "Until we hole ourselves up in the lab for a week."

"I...touché. How about we consider this longer and enjoy this quickly so the wonder boys and girls dont snitch?" Aiden askes as he chews and I sip my coffee. "Sounds like a deal."

We eat and drink in silenct , calling Kelly over when we were finished for the check and two more coffees in to go cups. The drive back is fun, listening to the radio and making small jokes two each other before making it back to the tower.

I make sure to put the car back exactly where I got it from and Aiden put the keys back. "I think we should make it look like a dog." I hum as we walk back to the lab. "Why a dog? And we already started on a humanoid build." Aiden shakes his head as we walk into the elvator.

"Jimmy Neutron."

We stare at each other for a moment before Aiden sighs. "Next time, we're alreadg almost done this one." He sorta relented and I nod. "I can accept that. Wait." I pause as we step out the elevator, taking in the light from the lab. "Someone's in there." Aiden nods and we rush inside.

To see Tony finishing our android. The blood rushes to my ears as my coffee drops to the ground. Aiden besides me starts screaming as a lump forms in my throat. Tony stares at us in shock, holding his hands up as he stammers- I couldn't make out what either of them were saying.

Aidens face is furious as he gestures wildly before looking back at me, probably looking for me to back him. The horror must show on my face as Aiden stops, glaring at Tony with a fierce anger before taking my hand. He yanks me out the room and rubs my shoulders as we go to our floor.

Maybe we can't even be civil with iur own father.