Suiting Up For Fatherhood

Gender Reveal

*Occurs after Infinity War, Tony and Pepper are married, and all the avengers are FINE and NOT dead because they returned from turning to dust*

Tony Stark could be found working in his workshop tuning up his newest iron man suit. With the soothing background music of AC/DC blaring from nearby speakers, he let out a large sigh as some of the code he was using to reprogram the suit failed yet again. He was more than determined to get this kink out of the suit before he planned to take it out on a test fly at the end of the week.

"Friday, comense rescaning on Mark 147." He huffed out exhibiting his irritated mood, as he commanded his AI assistant to help fix the problem at hand. He then took a sip from the glass of iced tea and wiped the forming sweat off his brow as he awaited her response.

The Mark 147 was so important to Tony because it would be the first suit to run on clean, renewable, and sustainable energy which would pave the way with future technologies for Stark Industries.

"System currently at 90% successful readiness; however, I am detecting a small error in the landing protocol." The AI promptly replied.

It was as if a light bulb lit up in Tony's head as he sat up straight from previously slouching and rolled his leather chair closer to the computer monitor. Fingers rapidly typing on the keyboard, he quickly was able to locate and repair the code to get the landing systems back up and running.

"And that is how it's done!" He beamed proud of his work as he spun around in the rolly chair.

"Congratulations, Mr. Stark, the Mark 147 is complete and ready to fly" Friday responded, interrupting his celebration.

Tony was just about to get up from his seat and tell Pepper the good news until something else had caught his attention. A shrill buzz sounded from his iPhone alerting him that a new text message had been received.

Softly returning down to the chair, he pressed his thumb to the screen, displaying a picture of Pepper from their wedding day, which activated the phone's touch ID to unlock the phone, then he navigated his way to the messaging icon at the bottom of the screen.

The message read: "Amazing day today! I managed to get this cat out of a tree in Central Park and it was the first time my sandwich order didn't get messed up at the new deli I go to. Also, out of curiosity, when are the avengers going to assemble or whatever because I'm not sure I'm on the email chain or super secret group text or something."

Tony let out a small chuckle after reading the text.

"Oh kid, always wanting more I see" he said under his breath before responding back.

His message read: "Good work on keeping up with the whole 'Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man' routine, but I don't see any need for the crew to meet up just yet, thankfully since no big purple guy is threatening the universe anymore, but if something comes up I'll let you know. You're an Avenger Peter, don't ever forget that."

Tony decided after the whole ordeal with Thanos that Peter deserved to have more of him in his life and not just get short updates of Peter's doings from Happy anymore. He knew the boy looked up to him and was the closest thing he had to a father figure in his life, so Tony stepped up to be that person for Peter. Plus, Happy was complaining and getting more and more unhinged from the constant contact with the boy, so he took the reins which effectively increased Happy's mood further on.

He came out of his own thoughts and noticed that Peter was in the process of replying as the three grey dots were flashing back and forth. Expecting more protesting about any new Avenger's Initiatives, Tony was surprised to see what Peter had sent.