Peter somehow ended up roped into the little group of Tonys friends wives and girlfriends.
It isn’t that surprising but he sure as hell didn’t seek them out intentionally.
He goes to dinners with tony and ends up in their conversations and he’s just so painfully different from them, his relationship is so different it’s jarring.
These people are all so damn connected by their elitism and nepotism. They went to the same boarding schools and ivy leagues and know the same people. And he’s peter, the poor kid from queens who lucked out with a billionaire hubby.
Tony gently taps peters shoulder while kissing his forehead. “Me and the boys are gonna go have a smoke, do you mind?”. Peter smiles at him. “‘Corse not, enjoy. You’ve been good about cutting down on cigars.” “Thank you pumpkin. If you need anything just shoot me a text”.
Tony would drop anything for Peters text ping.
But these women… Tonys the only gay man in his old friend group, so it’s peter and all the housewives. They’re all so flawlessly pretty, and hes peter.
He’s a nerdy little engineer. And they lavish in their Botox and yoga filled lives while peter laughs the most ugly snorts over post lift 5 guys with tony.
But they’re all so damn unhappy. The second the boys leave they always complain about the gifts their husbands throw at them to apologize for affairs or disinterest. Diamond l bracelets and jade rings. Peter got the watch on his wrist as a congratulations for the first project he spearheaded, and tony had the back engraved for him. A gift Tony sneaked into his back pocket while they shared a laughter filled kiss. Tony spoils him with whatever he wants, sure, but Tony knows a car isn’t a replacement for healthy communication (and great makeup sex).
Tony comes back in and peters eyes light up because he only has eyes for his man, and tony just makes everything sparkle when he enters. “The girls” tend to share a mutual level of disinterest when they’re husbands come back. Tony kisses Peter first thing when he sits down. “I knew it. You stole a piece of my steak. You little ass, and I told you to order your own” tony laughs. “I didn’t want my own I just wanted a bite! You stole some of my croutons”. Peter got a salad because he just loves the clubs house made ranch. Not because his husband told him he was “letting himself go” like Jeff told Tammy, as she said 5 minutes ago. The last time Peter put on a little holiday weight tony adored every square inch of it.
These couples are assholes. Idiots who hate each other and honestly, deserve each other. Tony agrees, that if they didn’t have such a long shared history he probably wouldn’t talk to these dumbasses but they remind him of the times before he had PTSD and a box around his heart and peter could never begrudge him that.
But Tony happens to be the richest of all the ole boys so maybe that’s how he got there.