#tony (mother)

[hurtspideyparker]

Peter places an envelope on Tony's desk.

Tony looks up confused, "huh? What's that for?"

"It's for you," he points awkwardly at the plain blue envelope, held closed with a Darth Vader sticker.

"It's not my birthday kid." He snaps the protective face shield back down as he picks up his soldering iron, sparks flying as he gets back to work.

"I know that I, uh. It's from, it's for. It's yours. I gotta go, see you later Mr. Stark!" Peter hikes his backpack up tighter as he skips out of the lab.

Tony grunts in acknowledgement without looking up, eyes focused on the searing metal in front of him.

* * *

"Tony? I thought you were gonna have dinner with me after Peter left," Pepper saunters down into the workspace in a flattering pair of jeans and baby blue blouse.

"I was. I am. He left like five minutes ago," Tony waves at her without taking his eyes from the computer he's typing on.

"Happy drove him home two hours ago. Come, have a nice sit down meal with me." Pepper wraps her arms around his shoulders from behind, kissing the top of his head.

"I can have a sit down meal. I'm sitting right now, bring the carbonara down here and it'll be a proper date," Tony replies.

"Yeah, you me and your computer. How romantic. Tony, come upstairs- what's this?"

Tony glances up to see her holding a blue envelope.

"Uh, it's the kids."

Pepper flips it around, "it says To Mr. Stark From Peter on the back."

Tony just shrugs and goes back to typing on his computer.

The delicate glue of the sticker is undone under Pepper's sharp nails as she opens up the envelope and pulls something from inside.

"It's illegal to open someone else's mail y'know," Tony teases.

"Tony this- god you are such an asshole!" Pepper smacks Tony on the back of the head with the envelope.

"Ow! What the- what did I do now! I was just joking about the carbonara thing... mostly."

Tony finally meets Pepper's eyes of scorn. She tosses something in front of him with a huff.

"Tony, he even used a Darth Vader sticker. Do you know how adorably geeky and topical that is? You have got to start paying more attention to the living breathing people in front of you instead of your machines. Dinner is ready, please come upstairs."

Tony watches her leave as the clack of her heels fade away with every step. He's not sure what Darth Vader has to do with missing dinner, but he's quick to get up and start to follow.

He pauses before he makes it out the door, turning to finish the last line of code before he forgets the function. He pushes something off of his keyboard to type and press save.

Tony can't remember the last time he looked up from his work long enough to consume solid food. He's so ready to carb-load with some Italian food, turning away from the computer and blue envelope.

Tony's eyebrows furrow. Hm. Darth Vader sticker.

Tony turns back around and picks up the envelope from beside his keyboard.

This must be what the kid was yapping about earlier. Tony sticks his hand inside and finds a card, pulling it out.

"Father's Day it is," the front says in bold lettering with a picture of Yoda crudely hand-drawn with a sharpie and green highlighter. Tony flips it open, "celebrate you we must" is written in the middle of the page.

Below is a message in smaller writing; "Thank you for everything Mr. Stark, we wouldn't be here without you!" with a blob of sharpie that looks suspiciously like it's scribbled out a small heart, then signed "From Peter, Dum-E and U" each name written in their own unique handwriting.

"Friday, what day is it?"

"It is Sunday June 16th, also celebrated as Father's Day in countries such as the United States, Canada, and the UK."

Hm.

Tony stands there and stares at the card for longer than he'd ever admit before looking up at Dum-E.

"You help with this?" he asks, pointing at the card.

Dum-E chirps happily, twirling his claw around.

"Your hand writing's terrible."

* * *

Peter enters the lab slowly, an unsureness to him that's out of character.

It's Wednesday, his usual day for coming over to Tony's workshop. He hasn't heard anything from Tony since Sunday, not that he usually does. Still, the quietness has unnerved him. He's not sure what he was even expecting from his mentor; silence is probably the nicest response he could hope for after embarrassing himself like that.

"Hi Mr. Stark," he greets once he spots the older man sitting next to a complicated tangle of wires.

"Hey kid, can you go to the computer and run the command I have open for me?"

"Sure thing!" Peter says as he dumps his backpack onto the floor and jogs over.

The two get into an easy rhythm and Peter's practically forgotten why he was nervous in the first place when, "hey grab us some sodas will you," Mr. Stark asks him.

Peter walks up to the fridge in the corner of the room when he notices something new.

In the center of the silver metal lies a single piece of paper, stuck to the refrigerator with a plain magnet seemingly scrapped from some old hardware in the lab.

Tony has his Father's Day card displayed like some dorky parent whose kid got a half-decent report card, showcased on a fridge like a toddler's finger painted masterpiece.

It makes Peter so happy he can't wipe the stupid grin off his face the entire time he's grabbing sodas and delivering one to Tony.

The older hums a thanks without looking away from his project, but as Peter turns away Tony's own face contorts into a pleased smile all of his own.

The two share identical smiles all afternoon, hidden behind soda cans and computer screens.

[incorrectquotesmcu]

Carol: So how long have you two been together?

Tony: No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Steve and I are NOT together. No. No.

Steve: Really? Sixteen “No’s”? Really?

[dandeleon]

some old earthbound art from july/august last year!! :)

[thealmightyven]

you’ll never guess which option he chooses

[m4carunes]

british and gay😭😭🙏 one more strike and youre out😭🫵

tiny tony ^^^^^^^^

[i-a-q]

Peter: You let Morgan have ice cream for breakfast?

Tony: She negotiated hard. I respect that.

Morgan: *grinning* I’m really good at business.

[strangeironaf]

Tony: FIGHT ME, YOU NERD ASS SLUT!

Stephen : At least try to sound slightly more sophisticated when you threaten someone.

Tony: Oh, I'm sorry. I should ask; dost thou want to engage in a duel, my good bitch?

Stephen : Somehow that's worse.

[decktech-vis]

homesick

remember who you're fighting for

BONUS: paula dont need no phone

[smallearthboundfindings]

Anyway, I found these pictures in yet another strategy guide. Please enjoy them.

[humancork]

holds tony earthbound in my hands like a dove....i love this closeted 90s gay teen who has a huge crush on his genius best friend whos also gonna save the world....i love how hes so adamant about making sure jeff is okay and it implies that jeff doesn't take good care of himself so tony does that for him..... everyone just assumes that when tony got kidnapped that he just ran away to go find jeff....the boy even admits that he wishes he came with jeff on the adventure, even just part of the way.....they crammed so many little details into this minor character and made him so important to me thank u

[chickdinner]

AU thingy my friend and i created back in march which is basically a mother genderbend au but not really because the girls are still girls. girlbound if you will

More stuff under the cut

I don't have enough or decent mother 3 girl art to post here I'm so sorry 💔💔 but the design doesn't really change at all just imagine Lucas hair slightly longer, butch lesbian Duster (aka Duster) and female dog Boney, whatever man... I didn't even touch Boney's design at all but she's a girl too!!

[retroquarium]

I’m so glad Nintendo kept in Vivian being trans in the remake but it’s brought out the worst in the “anti-woke” crowd. She just straight up confirms it but these people plug their ears and go “lalala I can’t hear you it’s not real Nintendo doesn’t make gay/trans characters.”

MEANWHILE THIS GUY EXISTS

Tony is from Earthbound, a game made back in 1994 AND IS CANONICALLY GAY

Not to mention there are several unconfirmed (AND CONFIRMED) instances throughout other Nintendo games. Kinda sad watching them flounder tbh

[coochie-sniffer3000]

“winters” is only accurate most of the year

[as-i-watch]

Quite possibly the only one who can guilt trip any of the monster trio into common sense and past their natural idiot impulse

[thealmightyven]

a collection of silly earthbound nonsense

[dewott-doodles10]

Happy pride!