Happy FFWF! Tell me about a headcanon you have for your favorite character
Fuck, I have so many! Ranging from sweet to sad and back again. If I had to choose one that isn't sad then it's gotta be the one where Tony can't cook at all, but he can make his mother's sauce. Everything else he's awful at, but blanching tomatoes, chopping garlic and basil, knowing the right amount of seasoning to add without measuring... He can do it with his eyes closed. He has no explanation. No reason why he can do that but can't even make an omelet.
All he can think is: Those Sundays when Maria would actually go into the kitchen (for something other than ice) and cook dinner are the the only good memories he has. Memories that are untouched somehow. Pure.
He would sit at the kitchen island and watch her deft hands as she dunked the tomatoes into boiling water and peeled the skin off. He studied how she crushed and chopped the garlic, how she rolled the basil so it was easier to chop.
When he was old enough, he would help her. Until it became second nature, until it was as easy to him as writing in zeroes and ones.
Tony's sauce becomes a staple. It's amazing. Delicious. Anyone who eats it praises Tony to heaven and back. It makes him blush.
He shares it with everyone he cares about, a love song you can eat.