I still haven't figured out a good girl name for fem Peter. So I'm still switching back and forth between kid and 'Peter' the male persona's name.

It's a little bit annoying, I now. But i just can't seem to think up a pretty girl name that I'll remember and be able to spell. So I'm going to list a few girl names and I'd like to have some input from everyone.

Mya

Kylie

Rissa

Shayera

Sara/Lisa

Eve

Samantha

Alice

Tony didn't bother making any appearances to the common room to tell them what the hell was going on. In fact Pepper was nice enough to tell them that he wouldn't be back immediately at the same time Bucky somehow managed to slip free of her grasp and made a super fast beeline straight for Thor and Steve.

Obviously thinking that they might in some way protect him from her if she decided to come after him again.

Both men looked over their shoulders at him, their glances both confused and uneasy before they put their eyes back towards the front and merely tried to look intimidating enough to keep the woman away.

Which was more than a little bit of a difficult task really.

I mean, this was Pepper!

The same woman that not only knocked Tony on his ass on a regular basis. But also the same woman whom had single handedly chased the Hulk out of the tower, after he had broken some really, really expensive equipment down in one of the labs, with a spray bottle full of vinegar.

So if she had something against Bucky, Steve was more than likely to hand him over as a sacrifice just to save himself. And from the uncomfortable/apologetic look on Thor's face, he was obviously thinking along the same lines as Steve.

"So- since Tony isn't going to come here anytime soon, does anyone wanna fill us in?" Clint asked from where he lounged on the couch next to Bruce and Nat.

"Of course, Clint," Pepper began before then saying. "First of all I would like to apologize for Tony's less than hospitable attitude at the moment. He's worried about leaving Peter alone for long due to the night terrors and anxiety attacks that he has been suffering these last few days. Second of all, I know that you've all come a long way from wherever you were before, so Tony has extended an invitation for each of you to stay and rest here until you decide to leave. If you decide to leave."

Everyone stayed silent as she then went on to tell them about the huge explosion that had rocked Queens and caused a massive sink hole almost five miles in length and width to develop and how Peter's aunt had been saved by the kid around the time of the first explosion, however the second is the one that had killed her.

She went on to mention how quickly Tony had dropped everything when he saw the incident on the news, and how fast he had gotten to the kid only to find him injured, bleeding, and digging through the fiery rubble and ruins with his bare hands.

She mentioned that the kid had had to be dragged from the area kicking and screaming by Tony whom had called her in the middle of the night to get his lawyers on the phone and draw up adoption papers which were pushed through immediately the day after the incident had occurred.

To say that everyone was shocked by what had happened- well with the exception of Bruce whom had been given the somewhat watered down version of the story days ago- would be an understatement.

They had each seen the news reports on the incident, but didn't really understand Tony's odd need to become involved. In fact the why of things were still somewhat of a puzzle to them.

"If I may, Miss Potts, could you tell us why exactly Tony felt the insane need to adopt someone that he doesn't know?" Steve asked curiously, hoping that he had phrased his question the right way. Pepper merely gave him a tight lipped smile before responding with.

"That's just the thing, about a year before the Avenger's split up- Tony was scouting new talent to one day join you all as a fellow Avenger, and came across a video on YouTube of this kid, barely more than twelve years old- stopping a car with his bare hands when it almost ran him over. I've never seen Tony act like he did when he found the video of the kid. He became enamored by him. He tracked him down to a nice home in Queens. He got his history, met his family. He even kidnapped the kid on occasion and had him help him improve his suits, and even got input when he was building a suit for the boy. He disappeared every week to have dinner with the kid and his family..."

"Let me guess, that kid is Peter."

"Yes. Peter is a very remarkable young man-" Bucky made a weird choking sound, causing Pepper to glare in his direction. Automatically shutting him up before she continued. "About three weeks before all of you split as the Avenger's Tony decided to see just what Peter is capable of. Apparently he is not only super strong, fast, flexible, he has a high metabolism, superior senses unlike anything we've ever seen before even in Steve and Bucky. He has a healing factor that keeps him in perfect health even after suffering from multiple broken bones, internal bleeding and near fatal injuries."

She sighed before finally finishing by saying, "Peter is a good kid. A little bit of a trouble magnet, and a punk, but a good kid nevertheless. And he and Tony absolutely adore each other."

Tony wasn't sure when he somehow managed to doze off next to the kid. All he knew was that he woke up to the annoying buzzing sound of his Stark phone. Lifting his head a little bit, he looked around to see where his jacket from before was lying since his phone was in the breast pocket, and stiffened a little bit when he felt the kid move a little bit closer to him.

Apparently trying to burrow into his side a little further for more warmth.

Making a soft sound, Tony petted the kid's head for a moment until she settled down again as he lay back down and closed his eyes. Intent to ignore his phone and continue resting for as long as he could next to his girl.

"Wow." Clint said looking at her wide eyed from over the back of the couch.

"I know, right." Rhodey said with a grin. He'd been taken to dinner over at the kid's place once or twice before, and had seen how Tony acted around Peter. Tony treated the kid like she was his own flesh and blood daughter.

Why not too long ago Tony had been in the news for punching out a teacher at the kid's school for turning a blind eye to Peter getting beaten bloody right in front of him by a bully.

The man had tried to play off his failure as a teacher as something he 'didn't see nor hear'. While Tony had practically snarled a death threat in the face of a camera man whom had asked him about the incident, while he'd been out with Peter, barely two days after it had happened.

"Tony really loves the kid, huh?" Steve asked with a wry smile. Genuinely happy that his friend had found someone that he was willing to put everything that he had into. He'd never thought of Tony as much of a parental figure. He was too arrogant, reckless in both word and deed. He lived his life day to day and never really seemed to give a damn what anyone thought of his actions.

"You would not believe just how much." Pepper said with an bemused smile before going on to say, "He finally gave up drinking."

"No way-" Bruce started to say when Rhodey cut him off with a jovial sounding.

"Way. He completely purged the tower of it. He said that he didn't want Peter anywhere near that shit until he was a hundred and ten, and had been dead for at least sixty years or something to that effect."

Steve, Bruce, Natasha, Clint, and Thor looked both shocked and impressed by the fact that Tony had finally decided to sober up and stay that way. Especially since he was worried about the impression his drinking might give Peter.

"He's also attended several of Peter's school events. Donated money for the school to get updated books, and computers. He's even had Peter attend a few of his gala's and introduced him as his son!"

Steve chuckled softly and simply said, "Then I guess we should all hang around for a while and get to know, and help Peter out any way that we can."