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Proposal

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"Daddy, why aren't you and Papa married?"

That was a good question, wasn't it? One answer that popped in Tony's mind was that he never though about getting married. But well, he never thought he'd be living with Captain America or that he would adopt a child. A few years ago if someone said that one day there would be a small 6 year-old boy in his garage watching him work, Tony would laugh so hard he'd probably fall into a coma.

"I don't know, Peter."

"Do you want to marry him?"

Tony stopped to think. Did he want to marry Steve? He already woke up next to him every morning, they took Peter to school together, had meals together, cleaned the house together, told bedtime stories to Peter together. A formal marriage wasn't necessary. But 'needing' and 'wanting' were different things, and Peter asked Tony if he wanted to marry Steve.

"You know, I think I do."

"Why don't you ask him?" Of course Peter would ask that, because Peter was a child and when you're a child things are that simple. But then again, when Tony thought about it, it really was that simple.

"Would you like it? If me and Papa got married?" Tony asked going to sit next to his son.

"Yes. Weddings are fun. There's a lot of food." Tony chuckled and ruffled Peter's hair. "And you would be all happy like those couples on movies."

"You could be the ring boy."

"Really?" Peter's eyes lit up as he looked at Tony with a big smile.

"Of course. You think you're up to it?" Tony asked and Peter put on a straight face and nodded. "Alright then. You're hired."

They stayed in the garage for a while longer making all sorts of plans. Peter wants AC/DC to play live at the wedding and Tony high-fives him because he's proud of his son's music taste. He ends up forging the rings out of wasted parts of his suit - Peter's idea.

The three of them have a movie night and watch 'The Road to El Dorado'. They're about 40 minutes into the movie when Peter hits pause because he has to go to the bathroom. Tony has his hand in his jeans' pocket where the rings are and looks over at Steve who is in the other end of the couch shoving a handful of popcorn in his mouth. Tony smiles fondly and clenches the rings in his hand.

"We have it good, don't we?" He starts, to get Steve's attention. Tony would gladly pay for a fancy dinner to propose, but he knows Steve wouldn't care about the dinner, so, why wait? "You, me, Peter. We're practically a family."

"Practically? Tony, we are a family." Steve replies turning to Tony with a raised eyebrow.

"Yes, but... " And that's when Tony realized he didn't know what to say. "I love you."

"I know..." Steve said, uncertain. "Is there something wrong?"

"No! Why?"

"You're being weird."

"Daddy's trying to ask you marry him, but he's being a chicken." Peter said from behind the couch, both man turning to look at him.

"Hey! I'm not be- I was looking for the right words." - Tony said, looking offended, a rare blush on his cheeks.

"You should have tried 'will you marry me', I think those words would have done it." Steve stated with a smile before leaning in and kissing him.

"That better be a yes, and not a pity kiss." Tony said with a huge smile that Steve returned.
:iconyaoipigglet: : "What about little Peter helping Tony to ask Steve to marry him?"

... In which Peter has more balls than Tony.

I hope you like this, because I had so much fun writing it!

(I didn't proof-read it. If you find any mistakes, please tell me!)

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EDIT:
Sequel - Wedding: [link]
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