ironstrange headcanons

I want a baby.

Short words: Stephen is a trans guy and tony is cis and they want a kid. So much fluff and cuteness. Be ready.

"I want a baby."
The silence got broken by Stephen's words. Stephen is laying in bed and holding onto Tony as habit, giving his husband soft kisses and playing with the hair on the back of his head.
"You said what?" Tony asks half asleep, staring into Stephen's blue eyes.
"I want a baby. That's what I said."
Tony shook his head trying to process all of that.
"You.. you want.. a baby? We have Peter, what do-"
"I want a kid of ours. With our genes."
Tony gets off of him and sits up on the bed, rubbing his eyes and looking confused at his husband.
"But you're.. you're on testosterone, how's it possible to have a kid?"
Stephen chuckles and sits up too to face the mechanic who's now looking excited and also confused.
"Tony, I have an uterus and it still works. It's just frozen. It hasn't been active for around 20 years but if I stop taking t for weeks I will be.. fertile again. I need the doctor to tell me when I'm ready to conceive. It might not be successful though, but it's worth a try.. if you're.. fine with this."
Tony smiles. It's one of those genuine smiles that make you melt internally without even doubting it. "I would.. love it so much. I would be so glad to have a biological child. But how about your dysphoria? You'll feel bad during these months, won't you?"
The wizard sighs. "Maybe. But what's better? Knowing that I will have my own kid, whose birth was given by me or live my life wishing for something I could've had before transitioning?"
Tony hums and smirks. He feels his stomach full of butterflies whenever he looks at the man he loves, so innocent, loving and in a desperate need of biological child.
He's mentioned it before but all the dysphoria and public opinion was everything that was holding him back.
"You're right. I've wanted it for so long too. I wanted to be a father since me and pepper got together. But then she went all crazy and decided not to stick with that idea anymore because of my job. She was right though. But then I found you. My man. The only one. My man who wants to have a kid too. I love you, Stephen and I would love to have a child.. with you."
Stephen's smile was one of the brightest things tony's eyes have ever witnessed. His eyes were also full of tears, tears of joy, his cheeks red from the emotion and excitement.
He came to the point that Stephen was legit crying because of the happiness this whole thing brought him.
"I- I am so happy, Tony. I'm so infinitely happy."
"So am I." The smaller man says while scooting closer to the taller man and getting in his arms again, facing him "are you one hundred percent sure about it?" Tony asks, poking Stephen's goatee with his index finger "one hundred and ninety nine percent sure."
"Wow those numbers, smartass."
"Oh said the genius himself."
Tony laughs and connects his lips with Stephen's, cupping his face and rubbing his cheeks lovingly. The kiss lasts for a few minutes before Tony pulls away, biting the wizard's lower lip as he does that.
"I think I'm addicted to your kisses."
"Oh well I am addicted to you, I think I'm gonna go on overdose."
They both laugh and keep cuddling for a few hours before falling asleep, holding onto each other like their life depended on it.
The next morning stephen wakes up alone in the room, but notices that a nice smell is coming from the kitchen. He gets up to find Tony cooking some eggs and bacon for him. The sleepy man wraps his arms around the smaller man's torso and kisses his neck, covered with hickeys which were given the night before.
"Hello hello Mister handsome?" Tony says, turning to see the sleepy stephen with his eyes closed and his head placed on Tony's right shoulder. "Mhm.. I love you" stephen says nuzzling into tony's neck, seeking for attention
"How're you so clingy this morning?" The mechanic asks smiling
"I'm just happy. I can't contain it, I'm sorry."
Tony holds the man close and gives him soft kisses on the top of his head, cuddling him. "I don't mind this though. You're adorable when you do this."
"Aren't i always adorable, basing on the things you always say?"
They chuckle and eat the breakfast before getting changed for the doctor appointment tony's just booked an hour before. Stephen puts on his usual black shirt and black skinny jeans with a lather jacket, meanwhile tony wears a Queen shirt, grey jeans and a scarf.
"Metalhead phase?"
Stephen smirks "oh honey it never went away. Still the same little metalhead I was 30 years ago but happier."
"You're handsome. Shouldn't be allowed to the public."
Stephen blushes and smiles, taking tony's hand to leave and his sling ring. Since the doctor's study is far away from Tony's house and Stephen hates getting in the car, he uses portals to move from a place to another.
As he draws the portal he feels something weird in his chest, maybe it's excitement, maybe it's fear. Or maybe it's both. Not a great combo for a man with anxiety.
Tony steps in first, getting in the waiting room and sitting on a chair. Stephen does the same and fidgets with his hands.
"You good?"
Stephen nods. He looks terrified somehow, and his eyes are wide open.
He tries to get his mind off all of it but there's only one thought in his mind and it's scaring Stephen;
He doesn't know if he will be able to stand the dysphoria. He doesn't know if this is the right thing to do.
"Stephen"
Tony says, knowing that something is clearly wrong.
He doesn't answer.
"Stephen!"
He looks like he got scared by Tony saying his name out loud.
He looks so innocent and scared yet, so strong.
"W-what?"
"You're going to be okay. You said you were sure about it, didn't you?"
He nods. "I don't believe I'm strong enough to go through all of it, that's all. I'm scared I'll have the same thoughts I had when I was.. when I was 16. I'm scared you won't believe I'm a man. I'm scared you'll think that this is bullshit and that I'm just.. that I'm not- I don't-I don't know, I don't know tony i just-"
He gets interrupted by Tony kissing him, an hand on his cheek to keep him steady.
As he pulls away stephen looks down and shuts his mouth, looking guilty.
"Don't you dare say that again, okay? You're a man. You're a man. You ARE a MAN. My man. And i will never judge you for this. If I could get pregnant i would do this too. It takes so much strength to do this and I'm so proud... so proud of you. You'll always be a man in my eyes."
"I'm sorry."
Tony sighs. "There is nothing to be sorry for. Don't apologize. Look, the doctor has come, let's go there, okay?"
"Alright.."
They stand up hand in hand and get in the study, nervous for the doctor's opinion.
As Stephen sits on the chair he feels nauseous, he feels like he instantly became ill.
He places one hand on his chest and closes his eyes, focusing on his breathing.
The doctor comes in the room after a few minutes, finding the two sitting on the chairs.
"Oh, good morning. You are..?"
"Tony Stark, and he's my husband, Stephen Strange. We.. need some opinions of yours because we decided to take another path."
The doctor smiles.
"Right uh. So, go ahead? I'm listening."
Stephen clears his throat and stands up, his heart racing.
"I- I want.. uh.. a- a baby."
The doctor giggles looking at Stephen.
"Well might I say I'm not responsible for adoptions, shall I?"
Stephen looks down and then at Tony, who's rather feeling sorry for him.
"I was a woman. I'm transgender. I've been on testosterone for 20 years so far. But I wanted.. I want.. a baby. Of mine. Biological. And I wanted to know your opinion.."
"My opinion about what? It's fine for me. But you know that it could have repercussions on your future right?"
Stephen freezes.
"Like what?" He says with an heartbreaking small voice that made tony shiver.
"You know if you stop taking testosterone you'll get back your menstrual cycle right? Then your body will start to reproduce hormones again. It might be hard for you for 9 months to cope with that, I don't know if you get it. Also you might feel really bad when giving birth because your body is not supposed to actually give birth to a child after it got used to testosterone."
Stephen looks down with humid eyes, holding back some hiccups and sobs. It reminds him of his childhood and how much he hated being in a body of a woman. But he wants it. He wants a child and he will have it, whatever it takes.
"Yes. Yes I know. But that won't stop me.." he answers reluctantly still looking down.
"That is a very strong and courageous thing to do, Stephen. I admire you. You can stop taking testosterone for a few weeks. You should be able to conceive in two months. You can always try earlier, but I won't assure you it'll work. Wait two more months and I'm sure you will get that beautiful child of yours. I wish you a good luck."
Stephen is smiling so widely that his smile affected both tony and the doctor. He is so happy that the happiness is overwhelming him.
"Come on you guys, go live your family life. I want to see your child when they come to life."
Stephen runs over tony and picks him up, kissing him all over the face.