Chapter 74

“Boys, I need you two to go clean up all your stuff, all right? And wash your hands; we’re making something special for dinner.” Tony grinned and only Toki seemed to think this was a good thing. He quickly nodded and ran off, grabbing all his things off the ground and shoving them into his room. Considering he survived on rotten food mostly, Tony’s cooking was nothing short of a delicacy to Toki.
Tony smiled as he watched the boys leave before he took Remus in his arms again.
“Rest, all right? And don’t forget to bother JARVIS if you need anything.” Tony kissed his husband softly and turned to leave.
"I love you as well Anthony." Loki smiled at his husband before turning over to get comfortable in bed and enough to sleep better.
Remus looked over Tony's shoulder as they left for the living room. Fenrir ducked under Tony's arm as he headed for his bedroom but he came back with his fur blanket to wrap around himself.
Toki put all of his coloring books in a neat pile and shoved them under the coffee table so he could use them after dinner.
"What we make for dinner?" Fenrir asked as he washed his hands.
“Anything you boys would like. I got my assistant to get some groceries for us, so we’re going crazy tonight!” Tony smiled and set Remus down in his bouncy chair. Even the baby seemed excited. He clapped his hands and squealed happily. Toki smiled and ran over to the fridge.
“We have anything?”
“Anything that we can actually cook.” Tony amended his statement, not wanting to look more a fool in front of his sons.
"Lasagna?" Fenrir questioned. He was hungry and that's what he wanted. He was in the mood for comfort food.
"No Pizza." Toki smiled.
Remus just threw up a squeal so he could feel like he was a part of the conversation.
Fenrir's shoulders drooped slightly, knowing Toki's choice would most likely get picked.
Tony was about to speak when he noticed how Fenrir seemed to wilt at Toki’s choice. The inventor chuckled and ruffled the wolf boy’s hair.
“We’ll have lasagna tonight.” Tony smiled then rolled up his sleeves. He’d made lasagna before; it couldn’t be that hard to do again.
“JARVIS, give me a recipe!”
“It’s on the screen sir.” The AI began reading off instructions and ingredients, and all too soon Tony needed both Toki’s and Fenrir’s help. On his part, Remus stuck to cooing and squealing to give some kind of support.
Fenrir smiled as he started to help Tony make dinner. Having spent enough time in the kitchen with his papa Fenrir knew exactly how to layer the food. Stopping in front of Remus he played peek-a-boo with the child for a moment before going back to help Tony.
Remus sneezed and suddenly the kitchen was full of bubbles making the infant squeal with delight.
"Oh boy." Fenrir sighed. "I'll get papa."
Tony yelped as the bubbles appeared and one popped in front of his face.
“This won’t do anything to the food, will it?” Tony quickly covered their food and went over to Remus.
“You are not allowed to be making messes like that young man.” Tony went over to the baby and shook his finger in front of his face, causing Remus to giggle. The baby grabbed at his father’s finger and giggled more.
“Papa, Remus make bubbles!” Toki giggled as he looked at Tony and he tried catching some, though they kept popping.
Fenrir walked into the bedroom and went over to his papa's side of the bed.
"What's wrong?"
"Remus sneezed and then bubbles appeared in the kitchen."
"In the top drawer on my side of the dresser is a box. It has a necklace inside of it. Put it on Remus, it'll keep him from causing any issue with his magic." Loki told him.
Fenrir nodded and did as his father told him. He grabbed the necklace and quickly went back to his baby brother. Remus giggled and jumped about as Fenrir put the necklace on him, and as quickly as they had appeared the bubbles vanished.
“Thank goodness.” Tony sighed out and went back to dinner.
“Papa, I want make bubbles!” Toki looked up at his father excitedly. Tony simply chuckled and rubbed the boy’s head.
“We can make bubbles after dinner.”
Fenrir looked at his brother and smiled tapping his nose.
"We finish dinner now?" Fenrir asked turning around.
Loki smiled as he watched the feed that Jarvis brought up for him.
"I'll have to go to Asgard now for the books he'll need to learn to control his powers. With any luck he'll be just as skilled as me." Loki smiled.
"I can only see what havoc he'll cause Mr. Stark." Jarvis informed.
"Oh he won't cause much as long as Barton stays away from him."
Fenrir got to put the lasagna into the oven and after that, it was a waiting game. Tony played with Remus and had fun trying to get his hair free of the baby’s grasp.
“Ow, ow, don’t pull so hard!” Tony groaned and Remus just squealed and pulled harder. He should have remembered to cut his hair a while ago.
“Papa, is Daddy getting better?” Toki looked at his father then glanced at the bedroom worried. Tony smiled and hugged the boy tight.
“Yes, he’s getting better. He just needs to get his magic back and he’ll be good as new.”
“Don’t worry Toki. Papa will be fine.” Fenrir went over and also gave his brother a hug and offered a smile. This eased Toki’s worry a bit and he nodded.
“Okay.”
Fenrir watched as Remus reached Tony's hair again and trotted off to get something before coming back. Standing behind Tony Fenrir pulled the man's hair back enough to wrap the band around it.
"Even Papa puts his hair back before playing with Remus. Grandpa and Grandma do it too and Uncle Thor." Fenrir stated in a sort of you-should-know-better way.
Tony felt a bit like a child being reminded of something silly. He chuckled and looked back at Fenrir.
“Thank you.”
The oven beeped and the inventor stood and went to let their dinner out. It looked delicious. Tony felt his mouth water as he pulled the lasagna out and grinned at the boys.
“Now we just need to let it cool and it’ll be ready!”
Remus clapped, though he really had no idea what was going on. He then proceeded to slobber and create bubbles from his own saliva.
"Take some to Papa, he might be hungry too." Toki said looking up at Tony.
"Yeah Papa hasn't eaten since Asgard." Fenrir commented remembering as he played with Remus wiping the boys chin.
Loki lay in bed woken by the smells of food.
"That smells fantastic." He didn't move knowing his husband would have a fit if he got out of bed.
Tony set the tray of food down on Loki’s lap with a smile.
“Bon appetite.” Tony chuckled and kissed his husband’s forehead. “I hope you like it. Though Fenrir was the one that mostly made it.” The inventor stayed there with his husband as Loki began to eat before standing to go check on Remus. He could hear the boy giggling all the way to their room.
“I’ll be right back, all right?”
Toki sat and began eating the lasagna, making a puckering face at the taste of the sauce. It was good, and he didn’t mind lasagna, but it required too much sauce for his taste. So Toki set about picking some of the sauce out of his food.
"Thank you Anthony." Loki smiled as he started eating watching his husband disappear.
Fenrir did his best to keep Remus occupied as he ate his own dinner watching the boy giggle.
Watching his papa do it many times, Fenrir dipped his finger into the sauce and put a bit onto Remus' lips to see what he would do.
Remus opened his mouth as wide as it could go, eventually snorting in frustration as he tried to get to the food on his lips. After a moment, the baby began rubbing his hand across his face before squealing at Fenrir.
“Messing with your little brother huh? You’re not gonna like it when he starts using his magic on you.” Tony chuckled as he walked back into the dining area and saw Fenrir dab some sauce on Remus’ upper lip. He took a seat at the table and dug into his food, enjoying it more than he thought he would. Then again, Fenrir had done most of the actual cooking, so of course it tasted better than what Tony could dish up.
"I can do magic too." Fenrir frowned. His abilities wouldn't be as strong as Remus's when he got older but he could do magic. It was how he was able to shift back and forth.
"Does Papa like the food?" Fenrir asked.
"Yeah Papa like it?" Toki questioned.
Remus squealed.
“Of course he does. He says it’s very delicious and that you should cook more often because I might kill someone one of these days.” Tony smiled at the boys and laughed at the looks on their faces.
“Yes, he likes it.”
Toki nodded and finished his food then quickly got up to put his plate in the sink.
“I done!” He grinned, some pasta sauce around his face and on his chin.
“Come here, you’ve got sauce all over your face.” Tony grabbed a napkin and wiped off the boy’s face before he ran off happily to grab his sketch books.
When Fenrir finished he licked his lips and stood to put his plate in the sink.
"What do we do for the rest of the night?" Fenrir asked looking back at Tony. His green eyes still held all the concern he had for his father.
Remus clapped in his high chair and pulled at his necklace a bit.
Tony looked at the boy then thought for a moment. Leaving the tower was out of the question; what if Loki needed something while they were away? They could watch a movie, he supposed, maybe even in the room with Loki.
“Do you boys feel like watching a movie?”