AN: Written for a dear friend of mine. She was saying how she was all happy cuz there was so much Steve/Tony in her dash on tumblr. So I said I'd write her a Stony with a penguin. Had no idea who to end it...but I figured Tony being a perv was good. xD


"Babe, babe, babe!"

"What, Tony?"

"Come to lab. Right now. And bring a coat."

Steve quirked a brow as Tony hung up on him and he stared at the now silent cell phone. Really? He called him to tell him to come to the lab? Okaaaaaay….Well, he might as well find out what the man wanted. So he went to Tony's lab and didn't bother making the stop to grab a coat because why would he need a coat? It wasn't like he was going outside.

But upon entering the room…he should have grabbed a coat.

"Tony?" he called, not immediately seeing his boyfriend.

"Right here!" came the reply from behind a table accompanied by a waving arm. Tony was wearing a coat…and gloves. Because it was freezing. Ice crystals had even begun to spiderweb along the various surfaces and Steve carefully made his way to Tony, trying not to slip. He beat Red Skull. He should be able to walk a few feet without slipping and breaking his ass. Whilst he was traversing the potentially fatal area, he could hear Tony making little cooing noises to something and some noise was answering back. The source of the mysterious noises, as Steve made it to the other side of the table without injury, turned out to be…a baby penguin. A baby penguin whose body was covered in soft grey down with a black and white head.

"Tony, that's a penguin."

"I knoooooow. Isn't she adorable?" Another coo. Another baby penguin noise.

"…why do you have a penguin?"

"Why not?"

"Because this isn't a zoo?"

"Oh, come on, Steve. We, as the Avengers, are a group of dysfunctional and unbalanced people all living together in one building. Of course, this is a zoo."

Steve supposed Tony had a point. "But why a penguin?"

Tony heaved a great sigh as if he thought that was obvious and the blonde soldier despite being sexier than hell was being incredibly slow today. "Because I wanted a penguin. I like penguins. Penguins are cute. And anybody who says they can't fly has never seen them swim. They're amazing and incredible, Steve. And everybody should have a penguin." Tony scoops the small bird and stands up, holding her out to the blonde and grinning. "You haven't even asked what her name is!"

Steve stared at the baby penguin with her baby penguin eyes. Yeah, okay, she was cute. "All right, Tony, what's her name?"

"Captain Antarctica." He holds her to his chest and continues talking. "I would have named her Captain Arctic, 'cause that's where they found you, but penguins don't live in the arctic so I had to go with Antarctica instead."

Steve had to think that over for a moment. "You named her…after me?"

"Yeah! Because she's amazing and incredible and so are you. And I'm pretty sure you look damn awesome in a pair of swim trunks."