Tony helping Stephen to sleep? Hope you have fun at con!!
Con was awesome! And you have reminded me that I need to blot my face out of some photos so that I can share. đ Plus, the swag report! Although most of the swag is for another fandom, because thereâs not much Stephen stuff out there (though I did get two things!).Â
Anyway, ficlet!
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There was something particularly awful about a nightmare that prevented you from sleeping. At least if the damn thing woke Stephen up heâd gotten a couple of hours. At least if his dreaming mind inflicted it on him, it was involuntary. But to lie there, awake, and still be thinking about it was infuriating. Which did not make sleeping any easier.
Sighing, Stephen sat up and pulled on a dressing gown. Maybe a hot drink would help him relax. Or some reading.
But when his bedroom door swung open, Wong was standing on the threshold, arms crossed. Stephen did <i>not</i> jump. âWong! What are you doing?â
âMaking sure that you sleep.â
Stephen groaned, rubbing at sore eyes. âIf I could, I would.â
âYou know what will help,â Wong said, unmoved.
Stephen flushed, but didnât try to pretend he didnât understand. Theyâd both lost patience with that song and dance. âHeâs not a sleep aid. And itâs two in the morning.â
Wong raised his hands and started casting a portal.
âWhat are you doing?!â Stephen yelped.
âCountering your objections,â Wong said.Â
The portal bloomed open, revealing Tonyâs workshop. The man himself was sprawling in a rolling chair, looking up at projected blueprints. He didnât seem at all surprised when he turned to look through the portal. âNightmare?â
Wong answered before Stephen could. âNightmares would require him to sleep at all.â
Stephen shot Wong a glare before turning to Tony. âIâm sorry to bother you.â
âHey, I meant it when I said any time,â Tony said. âYou got pajamas I can borrow, or should I grab some?â
âI have some,â Stephen said. He refused to look at Wong even as Tony stepped through the portal and Stephen felt the tension easing out of his neck and shoulders and⌠well, everything.Â
Later, head resting on Tonyâs chest, the manâs heart beating reassuringly in his ear, eyes already drooping, Stephen decided that this was worth Wongâs inevitable âI told you so.â
Maybe even a few times over.
Stephen: âThe food is too hot, I canât eat it.â
Tony: âYouâre too hot and I still eat you.â
Stephen: *Blushes*
Tony: *winks at him*
Wong, done with them: âONE dinner. I just want ONE dinner.â
Tony: What language do they speak at the center of the earth? Tony: Core-ean Thor: The center of the earth is around 5430 degrees Celsius! Nobody is going to live there so they donât need a language! Clint: Core-ean.
felice: going into plan b?
simon: technically, this would be plan g.
felice: how many plans do we have? is there like a plan m?
simon: yeah but august dies in plan m.
wille: i like plan m.
Tony couldnât believe this was happening.
The kid he thought of as his own was sitting across him, looking him dead in the eye. There was nothing binding him, but Tony felt like he might as well be chained to the chair he was sitting on.
âCome on, kid. You donât have to do this,â he said, a faint pleading undertone making his weak voice shake.
Peter didnât reply. Instead, a corner of his mouth twitched upwards into a tiny smirk.
The others werenât much of a help either. Pepper was frozen, holding her breath. Rhodeyâs eyes were darting all around the room, but otherwise didnât move a muscle. Clintâs gaze was sliding from Peter to Tony. Steve shifted in his seat. Natasha had that calculating look in her eyes, as if she was planning everything ten steps ahead. Which was quite possible.
âPeter, listen. This isnât you! You have to fight it. Please!â
Without breaking eye contact, Peter moved his hand, slow and precise, like a predator that knew his prey had nowhere to run.
âDonât,â Tony softly pleaded.
This time, a full grin spread across the kidâs face. His fingers gripped the edge and he struck in one fast, merciless move.
The +4 card landed on the pile of cards with almost deafening thud. Well, at least to Tony.
âUno,â Peter said with a shit-eating grin on his face.
âThatâs it. Iâm disowning you,â Tony grumbled as he drew four cards. He was so close to victory! âNext time weâre playing Monopoly, Iâm letting Pepper bankrupt you.â
Peter, in a true, mature way, stuck his tongue out at Tony.
âUnbelievable. My own kid. Does your treachery know any bounds?â
âNope.â
Rhodey looked at the skip card Natasha â much to Steveâs dismay â put down, and added a yellow 7 onto the pile. âWho wouldâve thought game nights could get this intense.â
The yellow reverse Clint put down didnât bring a smile to Pepper and her last cardâs face. Steve, not having any yellow, had to draw a card from the deck. Natasha put down a wild card, leaving her with two.
âMr. Stark, please no.â
But Tony didnât listen. He was transfixed by the display: the wild card, and his own green +2. âYou shouldâve thought of that earlier,â he said breathlessly and put the card down.
Peter scoffed, offended. âI canât believe youâve done that.â
âIâm just giving you a taste of your own medicine.â
âI always liked Pepper more.â
âOh, so itâs like that, huh?â
âOkay, how about we play Twister instead,â Steve made a peace offering.
âAgainst these two that can practically twist themselves into pretzels?!â Tony cried out, pointing at Peter and Natasha. âOnly if theyâre spinning.â
Pepper rolled her eyes. âCome on, Tony. Youâre being ridiculous.â
âYouâre saying that only because you want to play Monopoly.â
âI thought Monopoly was supposed to be the game that breaks families apart, not Unoâ Clint commented and put his two last 4s down. âOh hey, I win!â
Kristina: We've got to find a way to cut down our expenses. What can we live without?
Wille: August, probably.
Peter: Why donât we have any pets?
Tony: IâŚ
Tony: Why donât we have any pets??
I'm not sure if this is true but I honestly think that mobius went to visit his place at the timeline, just because of what loki said.
Why we have irondad and spiderson, and not hawkeyedad and annoyinghawkdaughter?
Tony: *Kicks the door down looking panicked*
Stephen: What did you do?
Tony: Nobody died.
Stephen: WHAT KIND OF ANSWER IS THAT?!
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