FFH trailer 2 says that there's a multiverse. That the snap tore a hole in our dimension. So, imagine a world where it was Clint instead of Natasha, where Rhodey's prosthetics malfunctioned and caused him to die in the battle, where Tony had removed Peter's Instant Kill cause he knew it made him uncomfortable, and he couldn't fight off the aliens and was killed. Basically, imagine a world where almost everyone Tony cares about is dead by the end of the battle. Now imagine Tony and Pepper had a little boy, named him Michael. Now imagine Pepper, badass supreme, doing anything it takes to try to save her family. With that in mind, read this story 3

Their endgame

Tony and Michael hadn't left the cabin in weeks. Both were devastated by the loss of Pepper, Rhodey, Peter, everyone who had been close to them. Michael struggled to understand, all he was told was that his mom wasn't coming back. They didn't say dead, nor missing, like his older brother, Peter, from the stories was, just not coming back. Tony? Tony knew death. Knew it all to well. But Michael? He had been protected from the harsh realities of the world.

Every night, Tony sleeps on the couch or in Michaels room. He has entered his and Pepper's old room exactly once, where he had broken down in tears for hours. Luckily, Michael had been in bed already, and hadn't seen his last parent fall apart like that. He wears the clothes that had been in the laundry room, unable to face the empty bedroom to enter his closet.

When he had returned from the battlefield, alone, tear streaks still staining his face, Happy had stood up, hadn't even said a word, and embraced the genius who broke down once again. That was the night he fell off the wagon. For the first time in years, he drank. Through the drunken haze, he was able to tell his bodyguard turned friend what happened. Soon enough, both of them were drunk and mourning.

When morning came, and Michael woke up, they couldn't bring themselves to explain the details. So they told him that Pepper and Uncle Rhodey had to be a hero, like Peter from the stories, and like how Daddy used to be, and that they were stuck being a hero for a while and wouldn't be able to come back. He accepted what they said, cause why would they lie to him?

At the funerals, there were closed caskets only. No one was allowed to see the destroyed remains of those they had loved, in favor of preserving the memory of what they once were. And so, Michael was still spared the true knowledge - that his Mother was dead.

When Nick Fury came to him with an offer, he almost refused. He couldn't leave his son, this life! But then, he thought it over for a split second. What life? Pepper was gone. Rhodey was gone. Michael didn't have friends that he would miss, and everyone, all of Tony's family with the exception of Happy was dead. So he said he'd think about it.

Then, something else came to light, something in the world changed, and he decided that to take this next great adventure.

Our Endgame

Peter missed him. Logically, he knew that it had been five years. He knew that. Mr. Stark had made a life, a really good life, for himself in those five years. He had a daughter and Pepper. They had their own little cabin in the woods, a little safe haven to raise their child together. And then it was ripped away, ripped away in one last sacrifice to save everyone but himself.

Morgan still didn't know what happened to her Dad, all she was told was that he and her Mother had to fight the bad guys, and her Daddy got really hurt so they could win. They had told her that he was never coming back, but she's only three. Does she really understand? It's doubtful, but no one wants to be the one to destroy her. There is an unspoken mutual agreement to wait until she's older, so she can really understand exactly what happened. For now, all she knows is that she finally gets to meet her brother Peter. And if he could come back from where he went missing, then maybe her Daddy could, too?

Peter loves his little sister. With all his heart. He had always wanted a sibling, hated being the only kid. He thrived off of touch, and when your little sister is just as cuddly as you are? Heaven. Absolute bliss. Morgan and Pepper had moved back to the city, to an apartment building just a few blocks away from Peter's own. Pepper says she doesn't want Morgan to grow up spoiled, and that's why they didn't just buy a penthouse somewhere, but Peter and May know the real reason is that they want Morgan to have a family, a support group that is easily accessible now that Tony is gone. But they all continue to pretend that everything is fine, and that life is normal.

Peter and Morgan have sleepovers. Many people, if they knew, would think that it is weird, even inappropriate, but they are the closest thing to siblings that the other has, and sleepovers with each other are practically a right of passage. The first time was an accident, only a few weeks after the battle. He had been at their apartment, having a Disney movie night, and had fallen asleep laying on the couch, with Morgan curled up on his chest. He woke the next morning to a sad smile from Pepper while she took pictures, and several texts from May gushing over the images that she had been sent.

But it was only 6:30 in the morning, and when Pepper had asked if he could babysit her for a few hours so she could get some work done for SI, he had readily agreed. The girl was still asleep on him, so he had yawned, closed his eyes, and gone back to sleep for another hour before he was woken with giggles and pokes to his face. Pepper sitting at the dining table, laptop open in front of her, tablet in one hand, and on the phone, she had put everything on pause for a moment to show him where the cereal was. They had breakfast, whispering next to Pepper so as not to disturb her work, before disappearing back into Morgan's room.

They had played together for hours, and when Pepper finished with her work and went to get them for lunch, she had found them asleep once again, this time on Morgan's bed. She had smiled, but woke them up, and when Peter confessed that this was the best and most he'd slept since everything had happened, that somehow, Morgan made the nightmares less scary, Pepper and May made sure that they got to play and cuddle as much as they wanted, as long as Peter stayed caught up at school. (Although really, he could be failing every class and they wouldn't take this form him)

When Peter took a trip with his friends over the summer, they all worried that he wouldn't be able to sleep, wouldn't be able to function with the nightmares that were oh so horribly regular, but they never would have been able to anticipate what would actually happen.

The trip there was fine, but Nick Fury - THE NICK FURY - was in his hotel room when he got there. His trip was hijacked, and he was roped into helping someone from a different dimension. A different multiverse. Apparently, something about the stones had caused it to splinter and break off, from back when Thanos had snapped his fingers that first time. Peter had stopped listening, in favor of being in absolute awe of where he was and who was standing around him, but apparently, he was now supposed to team up with this magic Thor/Iron Man guy to help stop these golems - these monsters.

He didn't tell his family, partly so they wouldn't worry, partly cause he felt like he had a duty to live up to Mr. Stark's legacy and protect people, and partly cause Nick Fury had told him to keep this a secret, and you just don't go against Nick Fury's orders like that. So he fought the Golems. He fought and was injured, healed, and fought again. He tried to take them out, and even with the magic man's help, he failed.

He never would have guessed that Magic Man was actually the one controlling the golems, and was using them to test his reaction times and preferred moves, so he could eventually take Spiderman out. And apparently, neither did Nick Fury. Peter nearly died that first time he was attacked by his 'ally', but he got out, he was fine, and his broken ankle and waterlogged lungs felt better the next day.

The next time he was asked to step up, he almost considered saying no, but realized that Mr.s Stark would be disappointed with him for nearly giving up so easily. So he didn't. He fought back against Magic Man, and when he was about to be defeated, help came from the most unexpected of sources. On his left, Captain America. Young again, fighting with the shield that he had given to Sam. On Peter's right, Black Widow, somehow alive. And above him, the sound of thrusters.