Domestic Avengers!

Happiness

Tony was moping on the couch again, Clint noticed. He always did this when the kid wasn't here. And yet he always denied that the kid was near and dear to his cold dead heart (Tony's words, not his).

It was Wednesday, so the kid would be coming to the tower after school. 

He'd hang with the team (mainly with Tony) and he'd stay for dinner. Sometimes Tony was able to convince May (she had insisted that Mrs. Parker made her feel old) to let Peter sleepover. And sometimes, if Tony was especially lucky, he could convince the woman to let Peter skip Thursday and let him spend it at the tower 'learning' (certainly not downing coffee and working on the most random inventions with Tony while listening to AC/DC on full blast).

Clint looked at his teammate, "What's up Tony?"

Obviously, Clint knew what was up, but maybe Tony would finally admit how much he cared about the kid.

Clint wasn't ready to lose twenty dollars to Sam's feathered ass.

Tony groaned loudly, "I am very unentertained."

"Isn't the kid coming over?" Clint asked.

"He has a decathlon meeting. He's going to be late." Tony whined.

"You must really miss him, huh?"

"What makes you say that?" Tony barked in denial.

Clint almost face-palmed. Did Tony not listen to himself? Every other sentence that came out of the man's mouth was about the kid. 'Peter this.' 'Peter that.' 'Did I tell you what Peter and I did on Tuesday?' 'Peter is so smart.' 'My kid is way better than yours!' (that last one was while Tony was taking a rare nap).

Clint gestured at the photo on the wall, "You can't tell me you don't think of him as your kid. You dote more on him than I do on my own kids, whom I love dearly."

"What-- I don't-- I have never--" Tony stood up and walked away towards the elevator.

"Where are you going, Stark?" 

"To find some happiness!" Tony shouted.

As soon as the billionaire reached the elevator doors, they opened revealing a sheepish Peter Parker.

"Would you look at that, there it is."

Tony grumbled something and pushed Peter back into the elevator.

"Uh, Mr. Stark?"

"Shush, kid, we're going somewhere with fewer birdbrains."

A/N: Anyone else freaking over finals?????

Cyn