i forgot to post this in the morning    credit to the original tumblr posts, they're not mine (the hc is, not the gifs)

okay, so in this story, peggy is tony's godmother. here's the deal:

- so basically, there wasn't much of a choice

- peggy was the obvious choice to be the kids godmother

- maria thought the same thing

- peggy was escatic when she found out, though she hid it well

- when she saw tony for the first time, her heart literally melted

- he was wrapped up in a little red blanket with tufts of his darker hair sticking out

- peggy was the most amazing godmother ever

- tony never learned anything about S.H.I.E.L.D. because they kept it well hidden from him

- they wanted to keep him away from that part of their work

- peggy often scolded howard for being too hard on tony

- she often took time out after (sometimes even during) missions to see tony

- she kept a framed picture of the first time she held him in her office

- peggy and jarvis often teamed up to babysit tony 

- sometimes the two of them would kick howard and maria out of their own house because, "an ops team is returning tomorrow and peggy's going to be busy for a very long time. we only have right now to babysit him."

- whenever peggy and jarvis were babysitting tony, it would be a mess

- the two of them literally could not say no to tony

- tony knew that, and he used it to his full advantage

- tony: "can i have ice cream?"

- peggy: "it's too late, tony."

- tony: "🥺🥺"

- peggy: "ok, fine!"

- tony made stocking for aunt peggy and jarvis and hung them up every christmas

- once tony started m.i.t. he saw peggy a lot less

- the two of them were still very close, but it was harder to see her

- during his childhood, peggy told him stories of the howling commandos

- tony was such a little suck-up

- "i can't believe you were part of the howling commandos. that's so badass."

- "you are literally the coolest person to walk this earth."

- tony liked listening to captain america stories too, but once he grew older he didn't want to hear them anymore

- he felt like his dad cared more about cap than his own son

- he didn't want the same thing with his favorite aunt peggy, so he wouldn't ask for cap stories

- peggy then told him of some of the embarrassing things jarvis used to do

- jarvis would retaliate by telling him about some embarrassing things that peggy did

- he'd wisely shut up at peggy's glare

- peggy rarely scolded tony, except if he did something she didn't approve of

- when peggy found out howard and maria died, she called tony immediately

- he picked up the phone, drunk in a car, at the side of a highway

- peggy immediately picked him up, and took him home

- she called jarvis on the way, and like how they used to do when he was a kid, they took care of him

- ana (jarvis' wife) brought some of her famous goulash, which was one of tony's favorites

- peggy basically lived at tony's house for a few months (she was now retired)

-  jarvis took on a second-dad role to tony

- he died two years later

- peggy spent even more time tony, but this time, tony just buried his head in building things

- he didn't allow himself to break down

- obadiah had taken over stark industries when howard died

- tony felt like he could take over the company, and he did after jarvis' death

- it took a long time, but he finally created an a.i. named J.A.R.V.I.S. (just a rather very inteligent system)

- about two years after jarvis' death, riley showed up in the floating cradle

- the first person tony told was aunt peggy

- she was so excited

- rhodes was named her godfather, and peggy took on a grandmother role to riley

- peggy was diagnosed with alzheimers when riley was four

- tony and riley visited peggy as often as they could

- riley was a mini-tony, being such a suck-up to peggy, and using her puppy-dog eyes on her

- sometimes peggy got confused and called tony howard, and riley rebecca

- but she loved it when they visited her