Stony Became Superfamily

Chapter 5 : Fun, Games And Mama

3 weeks later…

Steve woke up on the day that Tony had locked away all his liquor, and the first thing he noticed was that the bar shelves were empty. He waited the entire day for Tony to say something, but he never brought it up. Instead it seemed that he finally dropped the 'I'm a terrible father' and 'I'm not good enough' act. As Steve suspected there was no drastic change, instead over the course of the three weeks he stopped sulking and finally started enjoying himself. Even a miracle happened, Tony on his own, slowly stopped going to his lab. Now he would go every other day for a few hours to check up on things and to make any needed changes. Steve never mentioned a word about all the small changes Tony was making. But he showed his joy on the improvement in other ways, for one he let Tony order pizza four times in one week, even though he would always limited it to two. Steve was also more than happy to show Tony how happy he was when they had a little alone time. When Patty Morson returned again, the meeting happened without a hitch. She noticed that the bar shelves were empty and that made her overflow with joy. After the routine questions and inspection she was proud to say that she wouldn't be back for another month. The Rogers-Stark family was finally functioning the way all families do. The only missing pieces were the extended family members, namely: Bruce, Natasha, Clint, and Thor. Uncle Bruce would be the first to join the little trio and fawn over Peter. Bruce had been visiting Betty and Leonard in Virginia for the past six weeks. He had been with them before the New Jersey incident, but duty called. The friends had a lot of catching up to do, so Bruce chose to go back before returning to Avenger's Tower. Tony had offered to send a private jet to pick up Bruce, but as always the humble doctor refused and he took a normal plane. Though Tony refused to be beaten and went to pick up Bruce at the airport. Tony took the largest and longest limo he owned. And because Tony doesn't half-ass things, he waited for Bruce in the baggage claim area in the Iron Man armor holding a sign that read:

Doctor Bruce Banner
AKA:
Enormous Green Rage Monster

Let's just say that Bruce turned a shade of red that Tony had ever only seen on Steve. Oddly enough no one even approached them on the way out, then again would you really mess with not only Iron Man but the Hulk too? Once inside the limo Tony took his helmet off and received a slap in the back of the head from Banner.

That drew out a "what the hell" from Tony, but Bruce just turned and gave him a short glare and then proceeded to look back outside the window. Nothing else was said between the two the whole ride back to the Tower. When in the Tower Bruce began to fawn over Peter. He fell in love with the little tyke the way only an uncle knows how. The first hour of Bruce's return was comprised of him sitting in the living room holding Peter, becoming familiar with the kid. Bruce let Peter tug his hair, crawl all over the couch and floor. Tony made a mental note to pick Banner as the babysitter. The second hour of Bruce's return involved him handing Peter over to Tony and going up stairs to unpack all his things. He returned to his rooms that made up the entire third floor, and found that nothing had been changed. All the floors had rooms, rooms that were closets, and kitchenettes. But what made Banner's room special was that it had several of the rooms converted into medical facilities. It basically looked like Tony had the intention of building a hospital, but then decided to build a house instead, choosing to leave all the medical rooms. With Banner back in the Tower the Rogers-Stark family of three was now four.

Bruce came down from his room around 9:47 am and walked into the kitchen intent on having his breakfast. When he walked in he found Steve sitting in the breakfast nook reading the paper; Peter was sitting in his high chair eating his milkless Honey Nut Cheerios.

"Good morning Steve." Bruce said as he walked over to the coffee machines and poured himself a cup from the only one that was on.

"Good morning Bruce. Did you sleep well?" Steve folded the paper he was reading, set it down and looked at Bruce.