Chapter Three

"You know the whole point of meditating Tony is to stay quiet and focused."Stephen mumbled opened his eyes, the wizard peeked over to the billionaire who was having a hard time sitting still and finding a perfect position.

"Unlike you doc, I don't have years of training with this.. and I can't stay still, I'm not built for this."Tony groaned, he leaned back slightly, his hands resting on the floor. "You were the one who agreed to do this weekly session Tony, you said it would help keep you calm..but it's clear you're worried about something."Stephen uncrossed his legs before moving to stand up onto his feet.

"Yes..Yes I'm worried about something..someone. Maybe..Maybe I should have let Peter go back to school just yet..maybe Rogers was right." Tony sighed as he closed his eyes for a moment before he opened them. He moved to stand up onto his feet. "I'm going to go get him. Maybe he could try again next week." Tony murmured, he was about to head out of the door when he felt a tug on his arm.

"Really Strange?, Call this fabric off."Tony scowled as the Cloak had grabbed his arm to prevent him from leaving the Sanctum. Strange let out a sigh. "Tony, I understand that you're worried about Peter, After everything that's happened..I get that, I'm worried about him to you know.." Stephen murmured. Blue eyes met brown, the two of them stared at each other for a moment.

"Instead of doing something rash..maybe call him? See if he's okay, He would have called by now if he needed you right?, And he would want you to relax." Stephen said softly as he rested his hands on Tony's shoulders, giving them a small rub, he nodded over to his Cloak who had pulled away from Tony's arm.

Tony knew that Stephen was right, that Peter would have called by now if the kid needed him, but there was something in the back of his mind that was nagging him to check on Peter, maybe it's because of the close bond he shared with the kid, that he thought of the kid as more than just an intern?, The kid was like a son to him, he would be damned if he let anything bad happen to him again.

The mechanical genius sighed, nodding his head to Strange's words, taking out his phone from his pocket he fumbled with it for a moment, the feeling of Strange's hands messaging his shoulders put him at ease. Of course he still wasn't used to people touching him in such a way, the only other one who had done this was Pepper.

Tony hovered his thumb over Peter's name on his contact list before he pressed it, pressing the phone to his ear he heard the phone ring a few times, he let out a breath that he didn't know he had been holding in when he heard Peter's voice on the other end.

"Mr. Stark?, Is everything alright? Do the Avengers need me?." Peter had asked in a quiet voice which made Tony chuckle, knowing that he probably didn't want anyone else to know who he was talking to. "Nah Pete, I'm just checking on you, making sure you're okay, you don't need anything right?"

"I'm okay Mr. Stark, what about you?, Aren't you supposed to be at your yoga session with Mr. Strange?" Tony hummed, closing his eyes when he felt Stephen's hands moving to his lower back.

"Yes, I am actually right now, you know if you need anything Pete, Im here right?" Tony was pretty sure that he could hear the smile that formed on Peter's lips.

"I know Mr. Stark, listen I have to go! I'll see you at the lab later?" Peter asked, Tony chuckled again. "Alright kid. See you then." Tony said lowly as he hung up the phone call and placed his phone back into his pocket.

"He seems okay yeah?.' Tony nodded as he leaned into Stephen's arms."Yeah, Thanks again doc, I just..I don't want May to think she made a wrong choice with leaving the kid to me to take care of while she is gone." Tony murmured.

"You've been doing a good job so far, Peter is getting better, he's with his friends and he has you along with the other Avengers to look after him, Ms. Parker should have nothing to worry about." Stephen murmured into his ear, he pulled away some.

"Come on, if you want to feel relaxed you should do some more meditating." Stephen tugged him back over to where they had been sitting on their yoga mats previously.

"But I can't!" Tony cried out and pouted, he could try again but he would feel the need to do something with his hands, he always liked being kept busy, and doing yoga wasn't one of those things that he had in mind.

"Alright..why don't you lay down then." Stephen suggested. "I'll continue giving you the message that I was giving before, maybe that'll help you relax?" He rose an eyebrow to the genius. Tony chuckled.

"Well if I didn't know any better doc, one would think you're trying to seduce me." Stephen rolled his eyes. "Right, as if."He scoffed, "Come on Tony, let's just try it, if not for my sake then for Peter's."

Tony sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. "of course you would pull that card."He murmured before moving to lay down on the yoga mat, making sure to kick off his shoes as he did so.

"Now..just close your eyes and try to relax, and I'll do all the work okay?"Stephen murmured to the billionaire as he knelt down next to him, his hands moving to rest on his shoulders. "Next time maybe you can bring out the candles and oil."Tony smirked.

"Shut up Stark."Stephen scowled and shook his head fondly before he continued to run his fingers down the billionaires back gently. One of these days he would get Stark to shut up. Maybe some day.