Hey guys! Welcome to my second fanfiction! I hope you enjoy it :)

DISCLAIMER: I don't own any of these characters! They all belong to the MCU!

Caution: This fanfiction has a lot of dark and angsty themes so if you are uncomfortable with that, please don't read!

A.N

Hey! Welcome back! Here's another chapter for ya :) I hope all of you guys have a great day!

P.S.: Tony and Pepper don't have Morgan in this story. I want to focus on Peter and Tony in this one :)

Peter was watching Back to the Future with Wanda. He liked Wanda a lot and it was nice. Wanda felt a strange protectiveness over Peter. He probably had that effect over everyone he met. No wonder Stark was such a dad over him. "The Avengers have arrived." FRIDAY informed them. "Great! Where are they?" Peter asks. "They are now heading to the med bay." FRIDAY says. Peter freezes. "What happened? Who was injured?" Wanda asks. "I was told not to give that information." FRIDAY says. Peter starts to get off the sofa when he hears a voice. "Hey, kid." Steve says. Peter stares. His hands are covered in blood. "Where is Mr. Stark?" he asks. "Kid. There was an accident. We got the job done but someone came out of the shadows and...Tony was stabbed. He's in the med bay right now. He'll be ok, kid." Steve says sadly. "No..no...no." Peter gasps. "Kid. He'll be ok. Peter! You ok bud?" Steve asks. Peter can't breathe. He runs past Steve into the elevator. "FRIDAY! TAKE ME TO THE MED BAY RIGHT NOW!" Peter screams. "Ok, Peter. I suggest you calm your breathing. Your heart rate is dangerously high." FRIDAY informs him, calmly.

Peter ignores the AI. Tony was stabbed. He should have gone with them. He should have insisted. He could have saved him. Tony was stabbed. How could they let that happen? Peter leaps out of the elevator and runs down the hall to the med bay. Sam, Rhodey, Clint, and Natasha are all there looking stressed. He is caught by Natasha. "Let me go! I have to see him! Let me go!" Peter yells, fighting Natasha. It felt like all his strength vanished at that moment. "Peter. You need to calm down. Deep breaths. Calm down buddy." Nat tells him soothingly. "I have t-to see him. P-please." Peter whimpers. "Bruce and Dr. Helen are with him. They said no one is allowed. I'm sorry Peter. You will see him as soon as they let people in ok?" Natasha tells him. Peter goes limp in her arms as he leans into her. It breaks Natasha's heart to see him like this. Peter was the sweetest kid in the world. He didn't deserve all this pain and suffering. And now, his father figure was stabbed and he couldn't even go and see him. "It's ok Peter. He'll be ok. Tony's strong like you. He'll make it through." Nat soothes. Bruce comes out looking weary.

"Bruce, how is he?" Natasha asks. Peter almost cracks his neck looking up. Bruce looks at Peter and looks back at Natasha. "Nat. You might want to step to the side. I don't want Peter hearing this." Bruce tells her. "No. I want to know what's happening. Just tell me, I'll be fine." Peter says looking into Bruce's eyes. Bruce sighs. "We lost him a couple times on the table. He lost a lot of blood. The knife nicked his pancreas and he had some internal bleeding. He's still not stable, but he's more stable than before." Bruce tells them. Peter lets out a small sob and sinks to the floor. "Peter. He will be ok." Natasha tells him seriously. Peter looks up at Bruce who is looking at him sympathetically. "I have to see him. I'll sit there in the chair and I won't bother you. But you have to let me see him." Peter says, his voice trembling."Peter. I can't let you do that-," Bruce starts. "Bruce. Please." Peter pleads. Nobody can resist Peter's large doe eyes. Bruce sighs. "If you get in our way when we are helping him, we are going to have to kick you out Peter." Bruce tells him. "Thank you." Peter says hugging Bruce. Bruce looks surprised but hugs him back. "Let's go." Bruce says.

Bruce takes Peter to the room. He opens the door and Peter gasps. Tony is laying on the table in the center of the room. His face is pale and he looks a lot older than he is. Machines were beeping around him and there was an IV filled with blood injected into him. Tears start streaming down Peter's cheeks. Where was the man that comforted him through every nightmare? Where was the man that lectured him after every one of his screw-ups? Where was his dad, even though he could never admit it? Bruce leads him into a chair next to Tony which Peter collapses into. "C-can I...can I hold h-his hand?" Peter asks. Bruce looks at Helen and she nods. "Yes. But when we ask you to move, you move ok kid?" Bruce says sternly. Peter nods. "He will be ok Pete. Don't worry alright?" Helen says. Peter nods. When they leave, Peter takes Tony's cold hand into his warm one. He watches as tears fall onto the older man's hand. "Please come back to me, Tony. I can't stand to see you like this. Come back, dad. I promise I'll save you next time. Just come back to me." Peter cries. Peter thought he felt Tony's hand squeeze his, but he was probably imagining it. Soon, Peter is asleep on the edge of the bed.

Peter wakes up in the same position he fell asleep except he is wrapped in a blanket. in. Dr. Helen informs him that Pepper came in earlier to visit Tony and wrapped him in it. He smiles and thanks the doctor as she heads out to get a coffee. It was already 11 P.M and Peter was thinking about asking for one. There was no way he was going to sleep when Tony was in this condition. Pepper comes in again, a few minutes later. "Sweetie, you need to get to bed. Tony will be fine honey." she tells him, wrapping him up in a hug. Peter can't help but look at her in admiration. Tony was her fiancee, the love of her life. She should be breaking down, but instead, she is being strong for Peter. Peter wished he could be like her. "I'll go in a little while Mrs., umm... sorry...Pepper." She looks at him with sad eyes, kisses Tony's forehead and nods. A few hours later, Tony shakes in his bed. "Mr. Stark? Tony? Are you awake?" Peter asks, eyes wide. Suddenly, the machine that was showing a steady heartbeat was showing a straight line.

"TONY? SOMEONE HELP!" Peter screams. Bruce sprints in, takes one look at the machine, and yells for Helen. "Peter! I need you to sit in the corner." Bruce yells. Peter obeys, tears streaming down his face. Helen runs in, rolling a defibrillator behind her. They attach it to his chest and up the voltage. "Charging to 200 joules." Helen says calmly. Tony's body is shocked but the machine still shows a straight line. "His heart's not beating! Charge it to 360!" Bruce says, his volume rising. "Charging to 360 joules." Helen says, her brow creased in concentration. Tony's body jerks more forcefully and his heart starts beating again. "I thought 3 bags of blood would be enough." Helen sighs. She takes the empty blood bag off of the IV and replaces it with another one. Peter is silently sobbing in the corner. "Peter. He will be alright." Bruce says patting his shoulder awkwardly. "Call Pepper Bruce." Helen says. Bruce nods and looks at the ceiling. "FRIDAY. Wake Pepper up and tell her to come in here. Make sure to tell her Tony is fine." Bruce tells the AI.

By the time Pepper comes in Peter is shaking. "Peter! Are you ok? Your shaking honey." she says, running over. She embraces him and he just continues to shake in her arms. "What happened Bruce?" she asks softly. "Tony flatlined. Peter had to call for help. We used the defibrillator and he is steady again." Bruce tells her gently. "Tony flatlined! And Peter saw it?" she asks, alarmed. Bruce nods sadly. "Oh, honey. He'll be alright. I told you to sleep." Pepper tells him, running a hand through Peter's curls. "I'm s-sorry. I-I couldn't sleep. Not while knowing h-he was like this." Peter sobs. Pepper sighs. "Peter. One day Tony pulled me aside before a particularly dangerous mission. He made me promise that if anything ever happened to him, I would take care of myself, meaning sleeping and eating. He would make you promise that right now if he could, but he can't. Tony would be upset if you chose to stay awake for him other than taking care of yourself." Pepper tells him kindly. Peter starts to tremble. "Please don't make me leave. I-I can't leave him. Please don't. Plea-se don't take me a-away." Peter cries, his tears falling onto Pepper's nightshirt. "Would you be able to sleep if we brought you a bed? I'll stay with you and we will be right next to Tony. That would make me feel better too." Pepper asks. "You don't have to do that Pepper. I-I can stay with him. You s-should go sleep." Peter tells her trying to calm his breathing. "It's ok honey. Plus, you need sleep. I don't mind." she says. "Bruce? Do you mind helping me get a bed big enough for the two of us?" Pepper asks, getting up of the floor. "Sure Pepper." Bruce says and they walk out into the hall.

Peter scoots his chair back over to Tony. Peter takes the mechanic's hand and traces circles on it. Peter lets go of his hand and runs a hand along Tony's bandage. Peter misses him. He misses Tony so much. All he wants is to look at Tony's loving brown eyes...just once. Tears start running down his cheeks again as Pepper and Bruce come back with the bed. Peter leaps up to help, tears still flowing. They place the bed right next to Tony's and Pepper pulls him on it. They bury into the sheets and Peter leans into Pepper. Pepper wipes his tears away and soon they are both asleep.

Peter woke up warm and content. Somehow Pepper can chase away his nightmares just like Tony can. Careful not to wake her, Peter slowly gets off the bed and heads to the chair next to Tony's bedside. He looks a lot better, less pale and tired. Helen walks in silently. "He has a high chance of waking up today." she whispers. Peter's face lights up. "Really!" he whisper-shouts. Helen smiles at his reaction and nods. "When?" Peter asks. "Probably close to the afternoon, maybe earlier." she says, checking the various machines surrounding him. Peter nods. "I'm going to go get Pepper some breakfast. She has a company to run, I don't want her worrying about anything else." Peter says, standing up. Helen smiles. "Tony's right. You're a good kid." Helen laughs softly. Peter turns red. "He's talked to you about me?" he asks incredulously. "He brags about you to everyone." she says, exiting the room. Peter gapes at her and heads into the elevator. He's going to have a little chat with Tony after the man gets better.

Peter heads up to the common room and enters the gigantic pantry room. "Hey FRI?" he calls. "Yes Peter?" a pleasant voice sounds above. "I don't really feel like making anything. I really don't know how to cook anyway. Can you just get some regular breakfast food from the city for everybody. Oh, and can you tell Steve and everyone else that they don't have to make breakfast cus I ordered food?" Peter asks. "Sure Peter. I just placed the order at boss's default breakfast place. The food should arrive in 30 minutes." FRIDAY informs him. "Great. Can you tell me when it gets here so I can pick it up?" Peter asks heading back into the elevator. "Sure Peter." FRIDAY says.

Peter heads back to the room and finds Pepper still fast asleep. It's only now that Peter realizes how tired she is. Running SI probably isn't the easiest thing in the world. Peter sits on the edge of the bed carefully. Underneath her beauty, she looks like she needs a vacation. Peter makes a mental note to mention that to Tony. It doesn't feel like long when FRIDAY's voice alerts him. "The food has arrived at the main entrance." the AI tells him. 'Great. Is anyone awake?" Peter asks. "Mr. Rogers and have woken up and are heading to the common room. Everyone else is asleep." FRIDAY tells him. Peter nods. He knew that Steve and Nat woke up at 8:30 AM and everyone was usually in the common room by 9. Peter hops into the elevator.

"Can you take me to the main entrance FRI?" Peter asks. "Sure Peter." the AI responds. Peter thanks the delivery woman and steps back into the elevator. " is awake." FRIDAY tells him. "Great! Tell her I'll be down in a minute." Peter says walking to the common room. "Sure." the AI says. Peter spreads out the food for the rest of the team and grabs a plate full for him and Pepper.

He heads down to the Med Bay to find Pepper on her phone. "Hey, Pete. Oh what's this?" she asks. "I didn't want you to worry about breakfast so I ordered some before you woke up." Peter tells her, handing her the steaming plate. "Aw honey. You didn't have to do that. I could have ordered it." she says. "You're running a company. It's the least I could do." Peter shrugs. Pepper pulls him into a hug. "Tony and I really don't deserve you, you know that?" she asks softly. "I really don't deserve you guys." Peter says under his breath.

Pepper runs a hand through his curls before settling down on the bed. They eat in silence for a bit before Peter breaks it. " told me that Tony was probably going to wake up today." Peter says happily. Pepper's eyes light up. "Really! That's amazing! I can scold him for every stupid thing he's done since he's left!" she laughs. Peter giggles imagining Tony cowering before Pepper. "He told me not to tell you this but Tony has always loved you. Do you remember the ferry accident?" Pepper asks. Peter hangs his head and nods.

"Tony almost had an anxiety attack when he saw the news. He was terrified. I've never seen him act like that. It was a different side of him. He yelled at you and took your suit away because he was terrified of what could happen to you. He couldn't afford to lose you." Pepper tells him. Peter looks at her with a surprised expression. "I didn't know. At that moment I didn't think he cared about me at all." Peter says. "He kept talking to me and asking me how to tell you that he cared about you in a subtle way. I told him to be blunt but Tony Stark is not an emotional person. Well, he wasn't. You're really changing him for the better, Pete." Pepper tells him. Peter blinks away tears. He knows Tony was not an emotional person and he did notice the change. "Mr. Stark has anxiety attacks?" Peter asks, alarmed. Pepper looks down sadly. "I should probably wait for him to tell you all this." she says gently. "No please. Just tell me a little bit. What does he have them over?" Peter pleads. Pepper sighs.

"He doesn't have them as much as he used to. Things like Afghanistan and you know.." she trails off. "Like?.." Peter asks softly. "They tortured him Peter. Tony still won't tell me all the details but I know that. And he has attacks about other things but I need to let him tell you that." Pepper says, shifting her fruit around with her fork. "Mr. Stark was t-tortured?" Peter whispers, his voice breaking. Pepper nods. Peter feels sick. Suddenly, he doesn't have much of an appetite anymore. "He's ok now sweetie. He has me and you and Rhodey and the team. He's happy now." she says with a smile. Peter nods. "Should I bring it up or.." Peter trails off. "He's never been comfortable talking about it. Maybe with you, it'll be different. He loves you...more than you know Peter. He's just horrible at showing it." Pepper says. "He's been so good to me. I don't want to trigger anything. I know how panic attacks feel and I don't want to be the cause of one." Peter says with a sigh. "It's your choice honey. He might open up to you. No one can resist your puppy dog eyes, not even me and I babysit Tony." Pepper laughs.

"Yeah I got that from...M-may...a lot." he whispers. Pepper puts her plate on the bed and hugs him. "I know you miss her." she murmurs. Peter nods. "It's fine. It's more the good memories than pain." Peter says. He then makes a surprised expression. "What is it, Peter?" Pepper asks. "It's just...you're really easy to talk too. I wasn't planning on telling that to anyone." Peter says going pink. "I'm honored you think that." she says with a smile. Pepper's smile is so alike to his Aunt's. It sends a warm feeling down his skin.

Bruce enters the room. "Hey. How are you two?" he asks. "We're fine Bruce." Pepper says. Bruce nods. "I'm sorry you had to see that Peter." Bruce says sadly. "But now I have more reason to stay awake. What if that happens again?" Peter asks, petrified. "FRIDAY informed me of what was going on a few moments before you screamed Peter. I knew and was running in before. You have nothing to worry about." Bruce says kindly. Peter nods. "The Avengers are in the common room. They are asking for you, Peter." FRIDAY says from above. Peter looks at Bruce. "I will stay with him. Don't worry kid." Bruce tell him. "Come on Pete. Let's go say hi to the team." Pepper says taking his hand. He smiles and nods and they head to the elevator.

"Hey kid, Pepper. How are you feeling?" Steve asks. "I'm fine. Mr. Stark will probably wake up today." Peter tells them. "That's great! We can go bully him when he wakes up!" Natasha says. The team smiles and agrees as Peter and Pepper giggle. "Thanks for ordering breakfast, kid. I didn't feel like flipping bacon today, especially with Capsicle yelling at me every two seconds." Sam jokes. Steve glares at him good-naturedly as the team laughs.

"Ms. Potts, Peter. Dr. Banner has informed me that Boss is showing signs of waking up. He has asked that you return to the Med Bay as soon as you can."

I kinda built Peter and Pepper's relationship with this chapter. Tell me what you think!

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