Something Stupid

For My Father

Narrator's POV

"Mm..." Stephen groaned when he felt something moving around in the bed. "Hmph!" He exhaled and quickly sat up when he felt something wet and cold against his face. "Ah!" He gasped. "Tony, what are you..." He stopped when he saw a little puppy on the bed.

A chocolate brown Dachshund puppy with a coffee brown snout, white sock and a white chest.

"Surprise honey!" Tony said.

"Is that a wiener dog?" Stephen asked.

"Yes. I got him for you."

"Why?" Stephen asked, letting the puppy climb on his lap and walk in a circle before settling down. "It's not my birthday, and our anniversary already passed."

"I just wanted to be nice, you know?" Tony said. "But just you wait til you see what else I got for you."

"There's more?" Stephen asked.

"Come on." Tony said.

Stephen picked up the little puppy and carried him in his arms, giving him a gentle smile and petting his tiny head. He walked downstairs with him.

"Ta-Da!" Tony said.

Stephen looked up at him, seeing Tony doing jazz hands at a shiny black grand piano. "You got me a piano?"

"Of course I did." Tony said. "You said you played, and I wanted to give you the chance to play again. I haven't heard you play, but I imagine you play beautifully." Tony said. "Maybe you could play a song for me."

Stephen looked at Tony, smiling. "You didn't have to do all this just to put a smile on my face." He said, walking closer to Tony and giving him a kiss on the forehead. "You're all I need." He said.

Tony smiled. "Well, we can't just unadopt a puppy." He said. "And it was quite a struggle getting the piano in here."

"Oh, I'm keeping them both." Stephen said. "But I just want you to know that you don't have to buy me things to gain my love."

Tony smiled, looking up at Stephen. "I love you."

Stephen smiled back at him. "I love you too."

The little puppy gave a whine as it yawned.

"Aww, I love you too little guy." Stephen said, looking at the little puppy.

"What're you gonna name him?" Tony asked, petting the puppy.

"You know, I always said that if I was gonna get a dog I'd name him Captain." Stephen said.

"I like it." Tony said.

"Captain it is." Stephen said, raising the little puppy in the air and smiling at it.

The puppy gave out a little yip.

"I think he likes it." Stephen said, smiling.

Tony smiled. Oh, how he loved that precious smile on Stephen's face. His smile slowly began to disappear as he caught something outside the window behind Stephen.

"Tony?"

"Stephen, get-"

The sound of shattering glass rang in their ears.

Tony reacted quickly and pushed Stephen to the ground before getting slammed into a wall.

"Uh!" Tony grunted and fell to the ground, leaving an engraving in the wall. "Hah..."

"Tony!" Stephen yelped.

"Anthony Stark." Came a raspy voice.

Tony looked up, seeing a man he'd never seen in his life with glowing plasma whips and a round glowing circle on his chest.