Peter Parker Bingo 2023 | 🕠 @pparkerbingo | Bodega
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RATING: General
WARNING: Waking up early after being jet lagged.
Waking up in the lakehouse is exactly what Peter needs. It has more benefits than his apartment in Boston, and it’s the holidays, a perfect time to get away. | peter parker/harley kenner
luffuly 🌝 2023 | ptpkb 🕠 2023
It’s cold outside, which is because of the winter holidays, Peter is sure there is snow but to actually know that he would have to wake up and move away from the excellent, warm, comfort he has found in his bed. His bed at the lakehouse, his (third?) home.
Peter ultimately prefers the lake house, it is quiet compared to Boston, and New York has always been his home even if he isn’t in Queen’s anymore. Just out of New York, the lakehouse allows for quiet and a small working farm that Gerald likes to eat from, a perfect match.
The lakehouse also comes with some added benefits that his apartment in Boston doesn’t have.
“Peteeer,” Morgan whines from the bottom of Peter’s lake house bed, she’s adorable and Peter’s little sister, but it’s not really the best noise to wake up to, “Harrrrleeeeyyy,” but hearing his boyfriend's name along with his does bring a small smile to his face.
He can hear Pepper’s laugh from the doorway, the laugh that he has come to love after not hearing it for 5 years, “Morgan I think the boys are still jet lagged from their flight last night, let them sleep.” Peter thanks the gods that put Pepper Potts in this world because she just gets it, she lets them sleep when needed and still forces them to participate when necessary, it is a great balance. Especially when it comes to Stark Industries' work.
The frown on Morgan’s face can be heard by the two boys waking up slowly, holding on to each other, because they know the little girl better than herself. She squints, “But Daddy said they were here so they can play pebbles with me,” Harley giggles from the bed. Pepper shoots them both a look that Peter catches but shakes his head at, Morgan much too interested in her mum (and her dad being in trouble) doesn’t notice.
Pepper bites her tongue, not knowing if she will laugh or berate when she finally comes up with her comeback, “Did he?” She asks, to Morgan’s continuous nodding, Tony should be proud of his honest daughter.
Both boys know for sure that Tony is in trouble from the sound of Pepper turning around and heading out of the bedroom, little feet following closely. Knowing they’re gone leaves Harley and Peter to burst out into loud laughter. The laughter that they are sure Morgan can hear, but is much to focus on her dad being told off to care.
“You feel like throwing some pebbles today,” Harley asks Peter turning to lie so they are facing each other. Pepper is right, they are jet lagged and they only touched down at 10 pm last night, but they are both MIT students who aren’t aware of what a bedtime is and so the small tiredness they feel doesn’t seem that extreme.
Peter smiles holding onto Harley, prepared for the day, “sounds like a great day.”
The lakehouse is perfect for Peter, it has a lake they can skip pebbles across and a great family to go with it, a brilliant selling point.
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Now let's get to some WinterIron goodies!
The Theory of Love, Electric by Halfpennybuddha
Rated: M
Tags: No archive warnings apply, Princess Diaries AU, Royal AU, High School AU, Gay Bucky Barnes, Bisexual Tony Stark, implied/referenced drug use, implied/referenced self-harm, Bucky Barnes Needs a Hug, Bullying, non-consentual kiss, no sex, but minor over clothes frottage and kissing, Tony & Bucky are both 18, dancer Bucky Barnes, Steve Rogers is a Good Bro, endless shopping, implied/referenced alcohol abuse, underage drinking (not main characters), mentions of cancer, mentions of serious illness (past), supportive family, family feels, Jewish Bucky Barnes, unplanned pregnancy, light angst
Summary: "“Even after his tragic death, it should not have changed much regarding succession. I…well, I was still in good health, though in mourning. But now…your grandfather’s death last year, and my testicular cancer, you see. The treatment…well, I am sterile, Iacob.”
Bucky dropped his sandwich.
AKA The Winteriron Princess Diaries AU that nobody asked for."
Takin’ What They’re Givin’ (‘Cause I’m Workin’ for a Livin’) - Chapter 8: Mission Six: Breaking All the Rules by @polizwrites
Rated: E
Tags: Identity Porn, camboy!Bucky, Iron Man Tony Stark/Modern Bucky Barnes, Cap!Steve/Modern Bucky Barnes, oral sex, anal sex, Sugar Daddy, Revelations, Happy Endings
Summary: Bucky's little camboy sidegig - where he plays 'Special Agent Jay' -- gets him attention from an unexpected quarter.
Chapter 8 Bucky finally makes it to Seoul, and so do two people very important to him.
Summary: "[Part of Behind Blue Eyes Series]
Still disguised as Jacob, the Soldier goes to a club with Tony. Tony runs into trouble and they both reveal their feelings just before the Soldier’s hand is forced.
Chapter 4: The next day, Tony and Bucky are separated and learn more about what Hydra expects of them before reuniting again. "
Surprise Afternoon Shopping by @endlesstwanted
Rated: E
Tags: Sugar Daddy AU, Lingerie, Semi-Public Sex
Summary: With Bucky’s promotion’s party this weekend, Tony’s taken on a surprise afternoon shopping session in search of clothes for the occasion. They just may or may not have spent all of it at Bucky’s regular sex shop.
Home Again (Chapter 31) by @scottxlogan
Rated: E
Tags: Post-Avengers: Endgame (Movie), Canon Divergence - Avengers: Endgame (Movie), Supernatural Elements, Canon-Typical Violence, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, References to Depression, Bucky Barnes Has PTSD, Bucky Barnes & Sam Wilson Friendship, Pre-Relationship, Angst with a Happy Ending, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Angst and Tragedy, Angst and Romance, Blood Loss, Adult Content, Explicit Language, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Blood and Injury, Dreams and Nightmares, Slow Burn, Sexual Content
Summary: After a few surprising truths are revealed Bucky and Tony are reunited at the reservoir in Wakanda. Will it spell disaster or prove to be the happy ending they've both been searching for?
WinterIron Bingo - July 2023 Round Robin by AoifeLaufeyson, endlesstwanted, HadrianPeverellBlack, Politzania, scottxlogan, Sivan325
Rated: G
Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern: No Powers, Fake/Pretend Relationship, Love Confessions, Crushes, Mutual Pining
Summary: When Natasha talks Bucky into pretending to be her boyfriend so her nosy (but well-meaning) family will leave her alone -- the last thing Bucky expects is to run into his crush: Tony Stark.
Late-Night Requirements by @every-marveler-ever
Rated: G
Tags: Tony Stark is scared (but won’t admit it), Hydra
Summary: Hydra had always been a pain for them, but since dating Sam and Bucky, Hydra became a whole new level of scary to Tony. They said it would be easy, and simple, but Tony just couldn’t believe that.
Love You Doll by Aralia Tutela
Rated: T
Tags: Living Doll
Summary: Put me away like a doll when they didn't need me.' Tony's mind caught on that phrase, and suddenly he knew what he could do to help his lover relax.
And So It Goes by @purpleicedteas
Rated: M
Tags: Single Dad Tony, Recluse Bucky, Brief mention of Pepper's breast cancer and death; Silver Fox Bucky, Silver Fox Tony, Single Dad Tony, Engineer Tony, Former FBI Agent Bucky, Recluse Bucky, Alpine the Cat
Summary: Bucky Barnes was a retired FBI agent living as a recluse. Content with a solitary lifestyle, he lived for years with only the company of Alpine, his feline companion. When the empty home next to theirs is filled with new neighbors, Alpine and Bucky find their lives weaving with the handsome engineer and his daughter.
Never Have I Ever by @scottxlogan
Rated: E
Tags: Sexual Content, Jealousy, Implied/Referenced Cheating, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Not Steve Rogers Friendly, Past Steve Rogers/Tony Stark, Past Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers, Minor Sharon Carter/Steve Rogers, Light Bondage, Angst with a Happy Ending, Light Angst, Blindfolds, Restraints, Declarations Of Love, Established Relationship, Angst, Alcoholic Tony Stark, Past Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
Summary: When the team gets together to spend a night under the stars playing a game of Never Have I Ever, it opens the door to a tense situation where Bucky and Tony are left facing an uncomfortable truth about the history they have with Steve. Will it prove to be the think that pulls their blossoming relationship apart or will it bring them closer together when everything is said and done?
Its Vital Heat by @halfpennybuddha
Rating: G
Tags: James "Bucky" Barnes/Tony Stark, Winifred Barnes/George Barnes, Meeting the Parents, Modern Art
Summary:
“You don’t recognize me, do you?” He couldn’t tell if her voice was teasing or reproachful, and it made him a bit nervous.
“Uh, no, ma’am. I’m sorry.” She laughed, then, the sound a bit like the tinkling of bells.
“Don’t fret so, child. My name is Maria Stark. My son has spoken of you often the past few weeks.” She informed him, taking a delicate sip of her drink.
Oh, God. Tony’s mother.
A Sugar-Coated Pill - Chapter 2 by @polizwrites
Rated: T
Tags: No Powers AU, A/B/O AU, Sugar Daddy AU, Political Campaigns, Amputee!Bucky, Alpha!Bucky, young!Tony, Omega!Tony, Slow Dancing
Summary: Now that they have a few events under their belts, Bucky and Tony start to get more comfortable around one another during a Fourth of July party.
Looking At You by @scottxlogan
Rated: M
Tags: 5+1 Things, Romance, Implied Sexual Content, Implied/Referenced Sex, Falling In Love, Jealousy, Yoga, Light Angst, Happy Ending, Digital Art, Prompt Fic
Summary: Bucky reflects on those five times he's seen Tony in his yoga pants and the way they made an impact on him. Later Tony reflects on the one time he saw Bucky in his.
The Upside by @otpcutie
Rated: E
Tags: body swap AU, found family, transguy Tony, flirting, teasing, mutual pining, boys in love, fluff, jerking off, smut
Summary: Tony and Bucky give each other permission to get off while body swapped.
Things have been hectic here in the Stony AUniverse with the bingo round beginning, monthly mayhem gearing up on our Discord, and the announcement of Stony AUgust!
We will begin a bi-monthly Round Up in August: August 10th and 24th will be the next two round up dates, and so on.
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Without further ado, come peruse our bingo-goers wonderful creations!
I Need You By My Side by @nikayna
Rating: G
Tags: Mood Board, au music, Stonyauniverse Bingo, Alternate Universe - Rock Band, Guitar Player Steve Rogers, Singer Tony Stark, Sex Drugs and Rock and Roll, Touring, Concerts, Groupies
Summary: A mood board to fulfill the square AU: Music in @stonyauniverse's Bingo Event!
Steve plays guitar, Tony sings. Life gets lonely on the road - but at least they have each other.
Fairness of Lego Distribution by @every-marveler-ever
Rating: T
Tags: Mob Boss AU, Tony Stark can be mean, Sam Wilson doesn't care, Peter Parker is adorable, "LANGUAGE!"
Summary: Nobody knows why there is a shipment coming from Washington DC or what it includes. They just know Tony didn't make it, and Tony doesn't love when people do things without telling him.
A castaway where no one hears you on a barren isle in a lonely sea by Wolfsheart
Rating: T
Tags: Alternate Universe - No Powers, Single Parent Tony Stark, Divorced Tony Stark, Parent Tony Stark, Tony Stark Feels, Disney Employee Steve Rogers, Artist Steve Rogers, Tony and Steve went to school together, Unrequited Crush, Mutual Pining, Alcoholic Tony Stark, Loneliness, Tony Stark Needs a Hug, Cute Morgan Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Kissing, Implied/Referenced Sex, Gossiping about their friends, Mention of Bucky Barnes/Loki, Not Peggy Carter Friendly
Summary: A year and a half (give or take a month) after the divorce, Tony is still fighting the residual depression left behind from the way the divorce went down. Having been granted primary custody of their daughter, he's brought Morgan back to live full-time with him in Malibu, and he decided to surprise her with a trip to Disneyland. He lost his 'magic' back when Pepper left, so he doesn't know how magical Disneyland will feel to him, but it'll make Morgan happy, and that's what matters. However, will running into long-time unrequited crush Steve Rogers change all of that?
One Step Closer by @scottxlogan
Rating: E
Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - No Powers, Mutual Pining, Friends to Lovers, Forbidden Love, Heavy Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Not Peggy Carter Friendly, Past Peggy Carter/Steve Rogers, Past Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers, Past Bucky Barnes/Tony Stark, Past Pepper Potts/Tony Stark, Minor Bucky Barnes/Sam Wilson, Implied/Referenced Homophobia, Canon-Typical Violence, Drug Use, Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Artist Steve Rogers, Alternate Universe - Popstar, rock star Tony Stark, Rancher Steve Rogers, Second Chances, Sexual Content, Divorced Steve Rogers, Divorced Tony Stark, Rehabilitation, References to Depression, Angst and Romance, Not Howard Stark Friendly, Drug Addiction, Swearing
Summary: Tony Stark was pushed into popstar fame by his ambitious father early on, but over the span of more than two decades Tony has seen the highs and lows of stardom hitting rock bottom in more ways than one. Through it all there was always one person that Tony felt was his saving grace. Steve Rogers was always the one that got away and no matter how many times they tried to cross that line into love they couldn't quite get there. As Tony's once close friend and brief roommate, Steve turned Tony's world around in all the right ways until fate intervened and they were pulled in separate directions. Now fresh out of rehab on his 45th birthday and looking to keep from making the same mistakes, Tony reflects on his past and follows his heart to new beginnings hoping that it's not too late to find his way back to Steve in his hopes for a second chance.
The Fallen Angel Becomes a Malignant Devil by @nikayna
Rating: T
Tags: Mood Board Bingo, Mad Scientists, Alternate Universe, Scientist Tony Stark, Experiment Steve Rogers, Sneaky Fantastic Four Cameo, Stony BingoAUniverse - Freeform, Evil Tony Stark, Dark Steve Rogers
Summary: SHIELD thought it was a lost cause. Tony wouldn't rest until he'd finally perfected the captain. Steve wouldn't rest until he'd burnt everything to the ground.
The Shield and the Iron Brawler by @nikayna
Rating: M
Tags: Mood Board, Alternate Universe - Fantasy, stonyauniverse, Stony Bingo, Knight Steve Rogers, Brawler Tony Stark, Dragon Loki (Marvel), Blood and Violence
Summary: The dragon known as Loki had been terrorizing the town for far too long. Sir Steve Rogers would have fought the beast alone if he had too. Fortunately, he had Anthony the Iron-Willed by his side.
Words Are Very Unnecessary by @nikayna
Rated: E
Tags: Blow Jobs, Makeup Sex, Cock Worship, Coming In Pants, Coming Untouched, Face-Fucking, Drabble, Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot
Summary: Tony doesn't need to use words to apologize.
Chronic by @purpleicedteas
Rating: M
Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - No Powers, Pre-Serum Steve Rogers, Chronically Ill Steve Rogers, Sub Steve Rogers, Gentle Dom Tony Stark, Light Dom/sub, Massage, Back Pain, Non-Sexual Intimacy, Non-Sexual Submission, Fluff, Hurt/Comfort, Established Relationship, Subspace
Summary: Steve's had a long day, and his back pain is excruciating. Thankfully, his boyfriend loves to give massages.
This is a ship that I hadn't written for much before this but would happily read when it came up on my feed. I used a lot of the things I read as inspiration from this great community. The fact that I had an even amount of fills for each column made me excited and very aesthetically pleased.
A huge thank you to @ironstrangebingo and the community surrounding for some great pieces of fanwork to inspire me.
IronStrange Bingo Round 3 | 🏥 | BINGO CARD:
Name: Marveler
Bingo: Participant
Squares: 8/25
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B4) Coffee Shop: What makes a bodega different from a coffee shop, an extensive guide by Peter B. Parker. Peter Parker travels to the bodega as often as the coffee shop two streets over and they are both critical in his life. He just didn’t realise how important they were to each other. [G - 0.7k]
B5) Scars: The Same Way Astronomers Trace The Stars The ways Stephen Strange has dealt with not being able to sleep over the years, and why it’s changed. [T - 0.2k]
I1) Panic Attacks: T-I-Doubble G-ER The dog lying on Peter’s feet brings him back to a sense of normal, one that isn’t spinning, freezing or closing in on him. [G - 0.6k]
I2) Cops: Some Dramatics First Bucky Barnes wouldn’t say that he is unlucky, but he’s certainly not the luckiest person in the world, it’s exactly what he’s thinking while sitting in the campus jail cell. [G - 0.6k]
N4) Soul Mates: How Do You Meet A Soulmate? Can a wrong number really lead to meeting your soulmate? [T - 0.6k]
N5) Fluff: Date Nights Date nights are a little different now. [G - 0.4k]
G3) Body Swap: Magic and Middle-Earth Stephen doesn’t like when people take his notes or idea for Avengers book club which leads Bucky and Peter into an interesting situation, almost punishment for Bucky loving the Hobbit so much. [G - 0.9k]
G5) Regency Period: Breathing In Love (Breathing Out Friendship)Tony loves Stephen Strange and they have the money that makes love more than real. Bucky just needs some air instead. [T - 0.5k]
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RATING: Teen
WARNING: Ineundo's, Harley Keener is Harley Stark, Tony Stark is Harley Keener's Dad, Hanging on the side of a roof
They are both smiling, happy to just be and sit. “You would soak up the sun like a cat, and you could watch me surf down at the beach while you try to focus on the book you’re reading,” Harley tells Peter, coming up with all the reasons Peter would love Malibu. If they weren’t sitting on the edge of a building Peter would have hit Harley for the surfing comment, but they are and so he doesn’t. | Peter Parker/Harley Keener
fluffuly 🌝 2023 | rpb 📪 round 2
“You would love Malibu,” Harley sighs into Peter’s shoulder, legs dangling off of the top of their apartment building in Boston. It is sunny out for once and despite living in the penthouse, thanks to his dad’s expense, Harley can’t help but want to always feel higher, luckily Peter shares the same sentiment.
Peter lays back in the sun, basking in the warm glaze it gives on a Friday afternoon, the semester almost over with only two more exams to go between them. Harley’s final is in Unified Engineering: Thermodynamics and Propulsion, a bore of a class to be in when your whole life you’ve been working out the aerodynamics of a potato gun and Peter’s is in Just Code: The Ethical Lifecycle of Machine Learning, the last subject in his political science major before being able to focus solely on his chemical engineering course.
They are both smiling, happy to just be and sit. “You would soak up the sun like a cat, and you could watch me surf down at the beach while you try to focus on the book you’re reading,” Harley tells Peter, coming up with the best and snarkiest reasons he can think of for why his boyfriend would love Malibu.
If they weren’t sitting on the edge of a building Peter would have hit Harley for the surfing comment, but they are and so he doesn’t. He does have to admit that Harley often makes it hard for him to concentrate on things, but Harley is his boyfriend if Peter wishes to watch and preen he has all the right to.
The will set soon and so Harkye just keeps rattling off reasons before it does, “And you would love dad’s lab, and I have my own small section but I was too young when we lived there permanently to have my own like in New York.” He smiles thinking of both homes, the move to New York, meeting Peter because of the move, and all the other great things New York has offered, “there’s the boardwalk we could go to and ride all the rides, go shopping, just enjoy each others company in a king size bed.” For that Peter does really hit Harley, once he knows it is safe, and Halrey is prepared for it.
Moving further into the roof so they aren’t as dangerously dangling off from it Peter sighs, “Too bad we are stuck here for summer break,” he shrugs off the possibility of going to Malibu rather happy just to soak up the small amount of sun Boston will give them this summer. They should really be focusing on the upcoming exams they have but Peter just couldn’t resist the slither of sun.
“We don’t have to,” Harley takes Peter’s hand maneuvering him to fit into his lap, leaning back onto his chest, “I’m sure Dad wouldn’t mind us crashing, he, Steve and Morgan are all staying at the lakehouse permanently, nobody uses it but I know it’s clean and available.” Harley had already asked his dad about the possibility and while Tony was suspicious Steve thought it was a great idea, letting it slip that it is always prepared for visitors.
Peter smiles at the idea, that it actually might be feasible before he comes back to the reality of Peter Parker, not Harley Stark. Frowning thinking about the bill and the cost, Peter shakes his head in Harley’s chest “There is no way I can afford the flights Harls.” He sighs not moving to face Harley, because he really feels quite bad about ruining the fun of the summer and all the imaginary plans created in their heads.
Harley just laughs, holding on to Peter and kissing his cheek, “But I do, I mean well, Dad does and I know he would love to spend it on you, I would love to spend it on you.” They really care about each other and Harley appreciates Peter’s absence of using Stark money, but Harley doesn’t care, not when it comes to Peter.
“It is all worth it if it makes you smile,” Harley says, turning Peter to face him once again, leaning, matching their foreheads together, “I love you,” he finishes.
And Peter just smiles thinking of all the possibilities, the life ahead of them, the world for them to conquer as they sit up on the highest building, above everyone and everything. They love each other and the summer sun will be nice and they can watch the sunset and sunrises, bright and beautiful, sunshine. Harley makes Peter happy, and he’s in love.
RATING: Teen.
WARNING(S): Mention of a car crash, implied depression.
A/N: I hope this counts as fluff, I thought it did so I’m counting it because the idea of Stpehen and Tony tracing each other's scars is the only thing I could think of for this prompt.
The ways Stephen Strange has dealt with not being able to sleep over the years, and why it's changed. | Stephen Strange/Tony Stark
fluffbruary 2023 | isb 🏥 round 3
There are times at night when it becomes increasingly more difficult for Stephen Strange to sleep. When he was alone it used to be that he would decide to get up and take a walk, read a book, or play the piano. When he was a doctor he wouldn’t sleep in general and so he would just do another surgery, pretend that he had just woken up when his pager would buzz and walk into the OR ready.
After the car crash when his scars first appeared and his hands struggled, it became that sleep was all he could do and if he couldn’t do that he would just lay there and pretend that he was doing surgery. Moving into the penthouse it was much of the same, even with Tony clinging onto him like a koala he would sit there and pretend to or astral project.
It never seem to be that Tony noticed, but it was just that the man was, Stephen’s boyfriend would be a hypocrite if he judged somebody else's sleep schedule, Stephen had helped Tony improve his own.
Tony noticed and Stpehen realised when they began to trace each other's scar, running hands over each other's bodies. Shared scars, individuals and all in between. Easy to be near each other and when they get married Tony puts it in their vows that he will trace Stephen’s scars the same way astronomers trace the stars.
Stephen cries and it’s beautiful. From then on he sleeps peacefully at night with Tony beside him.
RATING: General
WARNING: Panic Attacks generalised detailed, Sensory overload mentioned, Emotional support animals
The dog lying on Peter’s feet brings him back to a sense of normal, one that isn’t spinning, freezing or closing in on him. This one was much more supportive. It was also fluffy, trying to ground Peter again, barking quietly to get him out of his head, it was working. | tony stark/stephen strange
fluffuly 🌝 2023 | isb 🏥 round 3
Peter Parker struggles, his breaths are rapid and he feels enclosed in a tiny room despite knowing the library is one of the larger rooms on campus. It isn’t like his normal attacks, sensory overloads, those are from his senses being powered up to 11, these are new. His therapist says their panic attacks, something she suspects he has been going through for many years but learnt, and was taught, to ignore and mask, because it was unsafe to panic. Now in a stable house, she observes that Peter has been able to let down his guard, so his mask began slipping allowing anxiety to reroot itself.
Moving in with Tony and Stephen has been good, frightening and confusing at first, but good. Much better than most of his other foster homes, all of his other foster homes, because here they cared about him. They let him eat ice cream on week-nights and explore new environments at his own pace, there’s no pressure on grades or work ethic just as long as he is getting things done, healthily.
This explains the comforting body in front of him, and the dog lying on Peter’s feet bringing him back to a sense of normal, one that isn’t spinning, freezing or closing in on him. This one was much more supportive. It was also fluffy, trying to ground Peter again, barking quietly to get him out of his head, it was working.
“Hi Pete,” Stephen says quietly as Peter opens his eyes back up, the dog, his dog, sniffing his hand, the cold wet nose standing out to the rest of the feeling, “Ms Carlyle called and said you came here for some peace and quiet.” Pete nods feeling the mixed white, black and light brown fur that the dog below him brings, recently washed he notes.
Tony noticed that when Peter moved in he felt uncomfortable in the new, accommodating space, very different to what he experienced previously. After searching and researching Stephen and Tony found Tigger, a qualified trained service dog, Australian Sheppard, perfect for Peter. They got to explore their new home together and calmed each other anxieties, spending time together made the move much more comfortable and now Peter gets to grow with Tigger. It helps that Stephen and Tony love him as well, Peter and Tigger.
Peter sighs smiling, calmer than he was moments ago, “Are we going home?” He asks quietly so as not to ruin the peaceful atmosphere that the library creates, the reason he came here in the first place.
Stephen nods putting Tigger’s leash into Peter’s hand, “Tony has been begging to take you out of school to get milkshakes since we met you, he thinks it is a right of passive as a teenager.” That makes Peter chuckle slightly, it is going to take him a while to move away from the weird funk that panic attacks put him into, but Stephen is on the right path.
When they get to the car, after Stephen goes through all the proper procedures to sign Peter out, they meet Tony, hanging out the window of the range rover, “look at Mr Parker skipping school!” It doesn’t set the comfort levels in Peter off and so instead he just shyly waves.
That is enough for Tony, he smiles turning around in his car seat so he can face Peter “I don’t know what Stephen has told you but I have made the important decision that on days like this burgers and milkshakes are required, what do you think?” He reaches to ruff up Tigger’s fur who just ignores the man and digs back into Peter’s skin.
Stephen rolls his eyes and looks his husband in the eyes, “what am I going to do with you?”
Peter is laughing, giggling in the back seat. Panic attacks are forgotten and burgers and milkshakes are on the forefront.
