"Mr Stark" a soft voice floated through Tony's ears, Tony turned around to face the young boy.
"I don't feel so good" Peter whispered with wide eyes he looked terrified,
"No!" Tony whispered Peter stumbled forward falling into Tony's arms he buried his head in Tony's neck Tony wrapped his arms around the smaller male and held tight.
"Don't leave, I can't lose you" Tony whispered into his young apprentice ear. Tears feel from Tony's face as the hit Peter's cheek as he laid him on the hard ground of planet Titan nothing else mattered to Tony his eyes only focused on one person. Peter looked up Tony with soft eyes
"Thank-you" he whispered as he disappeared in Tony's arms, that's all it took for Tony who broke down sobs wracked his body as it shook he was gasping trying to get oxygen back into his body. He should of told him he loved him, god Tony wished he told Peter what he meant to him now, now it's too late he is gone. What is he going to tell Aunt May that's if she herself even is alive, if he couldn't save Peter how could he save or be a father to his own kids. When he returned to earth he went to find Aunt May to tell her the news to see her crumble to the ground and the sobs that wracked her body as he told her everything, he sat there and took the beating the hits as she screamed at him for taking him from her. Once she calmed down he left he had to find Pepper to see if she survived boy was he glad when he got home and found her there waiting, Pepper turned her head when she heard the elevator and her eyes widened as she saw Tony stumble in tears and tear tracks ran down his face his clothes ripped and shredded in some places, she noticed a scar on his left side dirt and blood covered his body in other places.
"I couldn't save him" He whispered brokenly Pepper looked utterly confused but accepted the weight of her fiancé in her arms.
"Save who Tony?" Pepper asked softly she doesn't remember the last time she saw him cry and it hurt her to see him this way.
"Peter" Tony whispered looking at her a fresh wave of tears ran down his face she sucked in a harsh breathe and let it out shakily she held onto Tony tighter she knew how much the young teenager meant to him.
"His gone" Tony croaked
"It's not your fault" Pepper whispered ran her hands through his dark hair, she grabbed his face a few tears slid down her cheeks as she watched the man she loved crumble in gilt before her eyes
"I love him" Tony whispered he has never said it out loud before
"I loved him like he was my own son, if I couldn't save him, how can I save our kids I'm not fit to be a father" Tony said as he tried to back away from Pepper
"Tony, there is nothing you could of done to save him, you will be the best father out there, truth yourself and Peter knows you love him even if you didn't say it" Pepper said holding on to Tony that bit harder she had to get through to him. She felt his body sag she sat on the floor and brought into her chest as she ran her hands though his hair as he mourned the loss of the person that had become a huge part of his life in a short period of time.
