Over a year ago Tony had been injured Afghanistan. The obvious injury left him with a hole in his chest, which he later placed a miniture ark reactor in. That one was pretty easy to deal with. At this point he even now had one in his chest that wasn't killing him. He thanked his dad for that.

The one that wasn't so easy on him was the one he didn't tell anyone but Rhodey about. The spinal injury. Technically his doctor knew and was sworn to secrecy. He had to diagnos it.

He'd injured his spine, not in a way that would paralyze or partailly paralyze him. But it did now make it impossible to know when he had to pee or hold it for long. It lead to many embarrassing moments in the car and at home.

It was really hard to scrub the scent of urine out of leather! And he had to buy a new bed. It happened infront of Pepper once, but he lied and said he'd been drinking. After that point he had told Rhodey, who suggested a logical, allbeit embarrassing solution.

-flashback-

"It's either this or pissed pants, Tony," Rhodey said through Tony's bedroom door. He'd told Pepper to take the day off.

"Rhodey I can't do that!" Tony complained. Neither sounded apeasing but being in a diaper was just humiliating.

"One or the other," Rhodey waited until he heard silence and sighed, "Do you want me to help you?" more silence, "Alright, unlock the door and I'll help you."

There was a click and Rhodey opened the door and cringed, Tony was trying to clean a mess he'd already made while trying to prove he didn't need diapers.

"Just take a shower and come back out so I can help you with this before Pepper decides to come and check on you," he sighed.

-end-

Tony had gotten use to it by this point but it still sucked. Although it was still embarrassing, he was happy Rhodey showed him which brand to buy so it was absorbent and wasn't easily seen in his pants.

Rhodey looked at him, "So, does that sigh mean you change yourself?"

Tony didn't really want to answer so he changed the subject, "How much longer is this meeting? I'm really bored."

Rhodey rolled his eyes, "Another hour and a half, so you can stretch your legs while I go to the restroom."

"Rub it in, why don't you?" he stuck his tongue out.

Rhodey smirked, "Get yourself something from the vending machine and come back to the office. I'd like to not have to find you when I come out."

"Fine, fine," he walked to the vending machine.