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Tony was rushing to his and Pepper's room down the halls of Ray's floor to the elevator. As he stood in the elevator after pressing the button for his floor, he felt a sudden anxiety. A baby! He was going to have a baby! He didn't know why exactly, but suddenly his memories from his childhood flashed in front of his eyes and his heart started beating faster than before. A baby! He remembered his own father. Howard Stark hadn't exactly won the father of the year award! He was always busy, too busy to give him anytime. He hardly noticed him! And when he did, he only ended up making him realize how worthless he was. In short, he wasn't a father that any son would look up to!

What if I cut a similar figure to my baby? His thoughts seemed to wonder. What if I don't end up being a good father? His anixety rose further. Maybe I shouldn't have the baby. Maybe that's the best for us. Of all the things, there was one that Tony dreaded, that he would end up like Howard.

Tony had sworn when he was twelve years old that he would never be a father. He remembered that moment clearly, like it had just happened a day ago. He was in his room, his father still screaming in a drunken rage at his mother over something Tony did, his anger and disappointment following Tony down the hallway of their New York penthouse apartment. He remembered sitting on the cold tile floor of his room, head rest against the heavy wooden door that was doing nothing to muffle his father's harsh words.

Tears of anger and embarrassment had welled in Tony's eyes and he had wiped them away furiously, refusing to waste anymore energy on that man that he was forced to acknowledge as his father. No matter what Tony did, it was never enough to please Howard Stark. He made his first circuit board at age 4, Howard wanted it by age 3. Tony skipped three grades, Howard wanted him to skip four. Tony, despite his young age, was offered a spot at MIT and if Howard had it his way, he would've been there a year ago. No matter how much Tony achieved, how many goals he surpassed, he always came up short in Howard's eyes. Being the constant source of Howard's disappointment, Tony often wonder if he would ever succeed in his father's eyes, if his dad would ever pat him on the back and say "I'm proud of you, son."

He wondered, some nights, when he'd lie awake bed , if his father had ever wanted children, if he ever had wanted Tony.

The thought crossed his mid countless of times, until it latched onto his cerebral cortex and sat there, like the worst form of cancer that had no possible cure.

He never wanted his children to feel like this.

Unwanted

Worthless

A complete and utter failure.

He closed his eyes trying to calm himself down. No! he thought. I will not end up like him! He tried to console himself but failed badly.

"Sir, we've reached your floor." JARVIS's voice boomed breaking him out of his trance.

"Yes!" he exclaimed louder than he should have because of been shaken out of his trance. He gulped before walking out towards his room.


Pepper was in bed. She had been feeling sick and had to rush to the washroom often to throw up whatever was left in her stomach. No wonder, in this condition, bed sounded like heavenly peace

But that though wasn't the reason of her anxiety. It was the baby. She wasn't sure how Tony was going to react to the situation. Of course she knew that Tony loved her but through all these years she had never even heard Tony mention the want to have a child of his own. No matter how many times Ray assured her that it was going to be fine and there was nothing that she should be so worried about, she couldn't just make up her mind to go up to Tony and tell him that she was pregnant with HIS baby!

With all those thoughts in mind, Pepper felt bile rise up in her throat again. She quickly rushed to washroom to throw up again, third time in the past few hours. God that sucked! she thought as she took some deep breathings. She sat down at the edge of the bathtub and sighed. What was she going to do? How in the world had she gotten pregnant? They never talked about children. Ever! Pepper didn't know what to expect. Years ago, when their relationship officially started, they only talked about being happy, making Stark Industries grow and live together. Even when they got engaged, did they talk about children? Hell, in all of the time she'd known Tony, he never expressed the wish about being a parent.

When Tony walked into the room he found Pepper sitting against the bathtub with her back towards her. She was so deep in her thoughts that she hadn't even heard the door open and Tony walk in. "Pepper!" he exclaimed seeing her. His first instinct was to get worried. She looked weak and exhausted.

Her blue eyes snapped towards him as she looked up. "Tony?" she said, startled by his sudden appearance. "When did you come here?"

"I had been standing here for the past minute." he said looking amused. "Why are you sitting here? Did you throw up? Are you okay?" he asked as he kneeled near her. Of course he was worried!

"Oh, nothing...its...just...uh..." she stumbled with words as Tony stared at her. For ones he wanted to say it at ones, but a part of him wanted to see how she would tell him, how she would react. "It's just...just something I ate." she said making Tony frown. Seriously? So she isn't telling me?

"Come on! Lets help you back to the room." he said putting his hand around her waist as she got up.

"I'm okay Tony. Don't worry." she said, clearly realizing that he was worried.

"Of course you are!" he said as she sat on the bed. "Is there any reason I should be worried about?" he teased.

"NO!" she exclaimed. Tony raised both his eyebrows at her reaction. "I...I mean...can we talk, Tony?"

"What are we doing Pepper?" he asked picking up his legs on the bed, seating himself beside her in a more comfortable position.

"Hmm..." Pepper said before placing her head on his chest and wrapping her arms around his torso trying to calm herself down. I have to tell him. She thought. Tony on the other hand smirked as he put his arm around her as he smelled her strawberry shampoo of her hair.

"Tony?"

"Hmm?"

"Do you like babies?"

Here we go... Tony mentally exclaimed. "Depends on who's baby it is." Tony grinned. She didn't notice that. She had her eyes shut as she further dug her face into his chest. Pepper stayed silent thinking how she would tell him.

"Pepper?" Tony called this time as he hugged her against his body and placed a kiss in her hair. "Do you have something to tell me?"

She paled for a moment before giving the the worst forced smile ever, "Maybe." she said sounding nervous.

"Then go on with it." he said in a tone that assured her that she could tell him anything.

She took a deep breath before speaking up again. "Tony?"

"Hmm...?"

"Did she tell you?"

Tony grinned again. "Maybe." he used her words against her. He felt her grasp getting tighter around him.

"Tony?" she called again after sometime.

"Yes, Pepper?" he asked mimicking her tone.

"I'm pregnant." she almost whispered.

"I know, peppy." he said hugging her tighter too.

"This is good news, right?" she asked sounding nervous again.

"Of course!" Tony said. "Why wouldn't it be?" he asked.

"I wasn't sure how you would react to this." she said honestly.

"Is that the real reason you were sitting on the bathroom floor looking so worried and stressed and not because of something you ate?" he raised an eyebrow.

"I...I was just afraid that...maybe..you..you won't like the news." she stumbled with words as her vision blurred with tears.

"You're just so silly sometimes." he said breaking the hug and looking at her.

"I...I..just...we never talked about having kids, you see?" she explained, now sounding guilty for thinking nonsense about him.

"No, we never talked about children, but that doesn't mean I didn't think about it." he seemed to be taken aback but then he sofen again. "But why wouldn't I like the news? In the past, being a father was the furthest thing away from my mind, but it was mainly because I didn't had the right woman by my side," he explained. "Pep, we can have all the children that you want, as long as you're the Mom…and I'm the Dad, of course."

Pepper who was now deeply touched by whatever Tony had said smiled slightly. "I'm sorry for thinking all that." She really was!

" 's okay, Pep."

"Tony?" she called after sometime.

"Hmm?"

"I'm nervous." she said looking down on her stomach thinking about the small being within her.

Tony laughed softly. "God, Pepper, I'm nervous too!" he agreed. Afterall, it was their first time. "Maybe the baby's nervous too!" Tony joked. "Oh my god! Whom did I choose!" he faked mimicking a baby voice. Pepper slapped him on his arm. "Oou!"he exclaimed before pulling her into a hug. "I love you Tony." he heard her mumble.

"I love you too, Pep."


Ray was sitting on the sofa with her legs on the coffee table when Pepper came downstairs. "How did it go?" she asked.

"Good! Better than I expected." Pepper replied taking a seat beside her.

"See? Told you!" she exclaimed with a wide smile. She never understood what Pepper was so nervous about!

"Yeah," Pepper smiled. "Your brother can be really surprising at times." she agreed remembering what Tony had said. Its mainly because I never had the right woman on my side. "But you still shouldn't have told him." Pepper turned at the teenager.

Ray now looked up from her laptop to her. "Well, I didn't tell him. He searched my room and BATHROOM!" she said clearly irritated at her brother's antiques. She wondered when Tony would consider her old enough to have some privacy. Seriously! Searching the room was still considerable but bathroom?

This was Pepper's turn to be shock. "He did what?!" she exclaimed.

"Yeah, and he also dragged Steve and Bruce in it." she said looking back at her laptop again.

"God! That was bad." Pepper said.

Ray nodded in agreement.

A few moments later Tony walked up from the lab where he and Peter had been fidgeting with something. Peter had apparently gone back home and Tony had just wrapped up everything in the lab and walked up. Ray was invited too, but she rather chose to stick to her laptop working on the new prototype of the Valkyre suit.

He walked past them and seated himself on the recliner. "So packed up, kiddo?" he asked looking at Ray.

"Packed up?" she looked up again. "For what?"

"We're going back to California. Tony wants some time alone, you know."

Ray nodded. Of course, when you live in a house full of Avengers, there's hardly any chances that he would get to spend some time alone with Pepper. "I'm not going." Ray said sometime.

"What? Why?" Tony asked looking up to his sister.

"I don't want to." she said. "You both go, spend some time together."

"Ray, we really don't have any problem with you being around." Pepper said to which Tony nodded in approval.

Ray rolled her eyes. "When did I say you have?" she said as she got up from where she was sitting. "All I am saying is that I'll have absolutely no work over there than watching you both mingle. And moreover," she turned at both of them again, "seriously, you both should have your moment." she added before walking off to her room.


Ray had only walked into her room and thrown herself on her bed when she heard a slight tap on her glass window. She flinched before walking up to it and turning off the dark glasses so that she could see through it. She was almost startled by Spiderman sticking on it. "Peter!" she exclaimed before opening the window.

"Aaah! Ray! Why do you have to select a room so high in the tower?" he exclaimed as Ray helped him in.

"It helps in take off of the suit." she explained. ""What are you doing here?"

"I...ah..." Peter fumbled. "I bought you these." he said taking out a chocolate bar from his backpack.

"Chocolate?" she asked raising an eyebrow.

"Yeah, your favourite." he smiled in a way that made butterflies flutter in her stomach. Fuck! Why does he make me feel like this? She stared at him. She knew the chocolate bar was just an excuse. He liked coming and spending time with her. They liked each other. None of them actually came up to say "I love you." Ray wanted Peter to say it and would often tease him for doing so. Peter on other hand was too shy and also scared to ask his mentor, Tony Stark's sister out! Thus it stayed unsaid but was also accepted by both of them.

"Why didn't you come to the lab today?" he asked as he watched Ray sit down on the bed and he followed her doing the same.

"I was just working on some updates on Valkyre suit. Figured out its better if I do it alone."

"Ooh" he said as he was sitting face to face with her in her room. Ones the thought that he was in Ray's bedroom without Tony Stark knowing it crossed his mind. But he shrugged it off! "I just like it when you're in the lab too."

Ray smirked at him. "So the little spidey boy was missing me, hunh?"

"NO!" Peter exclaimed making Ray frown. "I..mean...ah..yes," he fumbled, "but not entirely." he quickly added.

"Calm it Pete. Its not like I'm gonna bite you!" she said realizing that he was quite nervous while talking to her.

"Well, I don't have a good reputation with bites. The last time something bit me, it altered my DNA." he said making Ray giggle. "Actually," Peter sighed deply. "I just…it's…I can't…" he trailed

"You can't…what?" Ray asked, even though she pretty much knew what the issue was.

"Look, I've got nothing against you, personally." Peter rubbed his temples. "I'm just not entirely confident in my ability to…address…specific areas…" he explained.

"In other words, you're just shy." Ray pointed out crossing her legs. "I don't blame you. You aren't the first boy I encountered who is shy."

"I'm not shy!" he said bblushinga dark shade of red. "I'm just uncomfortable." he insisted.

"Shy!" Ray still insisted.

"Uncomfortable!" Peter said, louder.

"Dork!" she said rolling her eyes.

"Jerk." Peter frowned. He hated it when Ray teased him. And teasing had become one of the favourite pass times of the younger Stark whenever she was with him. Ray on the other hand was grinning and laughing on the ridiculous situation they were in. "Alright! I give up!" he exclaimed. Arguing with a Stark was never an easy task.

Ray laughed softly. "Any reason for your hesitance in speaking, shy boy?"

"Its complicated." he said now picking his legs up, relaxing a bit.

"Well then," Ray smiled at her crush, "UN-complicate it."

"It's just…you're one of my close friends Ray and you're...you're The Rayne Stark! I don't…I don't want to do anything that would endanger our friendship…" Peter blushed, staring at his lap.

Ray stared at him. Really? Do I mean so much to him? she wondered. "Wow!" she laughed to hide the blush that might have shown up on her face for a fraction of a second. But she covered it. She was a master in it!

"What?" Peter asked not really understanding why would she say 'wow'.

"You're adorable Pete." she said smiling widely at him.

"What?!" Peter blushed frantically making butterflies flutter in Ray's stomach again. "I'm not!"

"Your actions says otherwise." she said staring at him. "You're cute Pete." she said in an honest tone.

"No, I'm not!" he blushed a darker shade of red.

Ray giggled looking at him. "You're an adorably cute little angel." she said, this time just to make him blush harder. She liked watching him blush like that. She succeeded.

I'm not the cute one here!" Peter cried exasperated. "You are!"

Ray froze at that. Did…he just…call you cute…? A full blush covered her face this time as the fact that, yes, he did in fact call her cute registered in her mind. Peter, who seemed to just realize it himself, was a color that would make tomatoes jealous.

"Did…did you mean that?" She asked still slightly blushing.

"No! I mean yes!" Peter responded, extremely nervous.

"So…you do…?" Ray furrowed her brows, gaining back herself.

"Ok, let me be frank with you here." Peter sighed, shoulders slumping. "You're one of the cutest girls I've ever met. It and its not me who says that. Its the Times magazine."

Ray rolled her eyes. He had managed to make a quick comeback. "So you don't think I'm cute?" Ray teased, faking a frown.

"That's not what I said!" Peter exclaimed.

"So you do think I am cute?"

"Yes!" Peter blushed again.

"Really?" Ray smiled widely.

"Yes. Really." Peter covered his face in embarrassment

"But I thought you liked Liz?" this time Ray's frown was real.

"But she left." he explained looking hurt. "It's true I did like her for a while, but…"

"….But…?" She gave him a curious look.

"…But, I found someone I like more…" Peter mumbled, avoiding eye contact with Ray.

The next thing Ray did was place a peck on his red cheek. A huge grin covered hed face as a giddy feeling spread throughout her body. He really was too cute! She placed her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes looking happy.

Peter blushed frantically but this time made his move as he wrapped his arms around her, giving her a hug. Ray relaxed in his arms as she hugged him back.

"You're cute, Pete." she said again.

"So are you." Peter blushed.

They were in the hug for some time before Ray regained her teasing attitude. "By the way, Pete," she called. "You're touching me." she giggled.

Peter went scarlet when he registered that factor while Ray merely laughed at him, and clung more.

"You can touch me platonically like this, Peter." Ray grinned cheekily.

"You sure?" Peter wondered, tone miraculously calm.

"Positive." She rolled her eyes, pulling away a bit to face him.

"Oh...okay." he said. "Thanks." he added pulling her closer. As much as shy Peter was, he couldn't deny that the hug felt really great!.

The two remained hugging like how they had been since Ray initiated it for a while. It was nice, but Peter had soon had enough, as it seemed, and pulled her into his lap. The act was a bit surprising to Ray to be honest.

"Comfy?" Peter mumbled in her ears.

"Mmmm." Ray smiled, kissing his cheek.

Peter blushed a shade of red Ray hadn't thought was a possible shade her to blush. However, he managed to do it; making her giggle. "Am I making you nervous?" she asked playfully.

"No." Peter managed after his blush lessened. Quickly she placed another kiss on his cheek before rubbing her lips on his ears."Am I making you nervous, Pete?"

"Nope." he managed toreply, his face feeling warm. She smiled and pulled closer to him, lifting his head to look into his brown eyes. He bit his lip a bit and rested his forehead against yours. "Are you nervous?" She almost whispered.

"No…" he replied closing his eyes and taking deep breaths.

She brushed her lips on his this time blushing. "Are you..." she didn't have to complete. Peter had locked his lips on her's. God! It was happening! Ray mentally screamed. Peter had his eyes firmly shut but Ray had been staring at him for sometime before she closed her eyes too, kissing him back. They quickly found a pace they were comfortable and moved their lips in sync with it.

Ray gently ran her fingers in Peter's soft and fluffy hair kissing him back. Pater's hands soon found their place as well, one resting at the crook of Ray's neck and one rubbing her back near the waist lightly. It was different, but enticingly addicting and pleasurable.

Finally, the need for oxygen caused them to to break away from the kiss, blushes staining both of their cheeks. Peter looked shyly at her. "Ray?" he called in a soft whisper.

"Hmm?" she responded still resting her head against his and eyes shut.

"Am I making you nervous?" there was a sly smile on his face as he realised he was the one winning the teasing game this time.

"For for God's sake!" Ray was the one blushing frantically this time as she pulled him back into another hug.

"Ray, am I making you nervous?" he teased makings her blush again. This was a form of Peter she had never seen before. She sighed at his rambling and quietly kissed his lower lip, effectively shutting Peter up. He looked down at her for a moment before launching into full-scale make-out mode. Ray smiled into the kiss and returned the gesture at full force.

While Ray was too distracted, she failed to notice gravity shift. It was only when she felt her toes going numb that she realized they were upside down.

Hanging from the ceiling.

With Peter.

Making out.

She felt her baggy T-shirt hang off her, revealing her stomach bare, letting Peter rub his hands on her, giving her a slightly ticklish feeling.

She shivered at the sensation of his touch.

And she had absolutely no problem with it.

Therefore blatantly ignoring the numbness in her legs they continued with their face connecting.

Fate however seemed to have other plans.

"What the fuck?!" An 'oh-so-familiar' voice exclaimed.

The duo broke away to glare at the intruder…only to see the shocked expression on Tony's face. "Parker, what the FUCK?!" he repeated himself.

"Ah! Mr. Stark?" Peter, who was too shocked, embarrassed, scared at the appearance of Tony Stark, lost concentration, sending the two of them crashing onto the bed. Ray beneath Peter. The way they had come to rest was the interesting bit however. Peter was above Ray with his hands on either side of her head, and knees on either side of her thighs. It was…awkwardly embarrassing.

They quickly got up blushing a deep shade of red in embarrassment. "Tony, what the fuck!" Ray exclaimed.

"That's what I had been asking Ray, what the fuck?" he mimicked her tone.

"You should at least have knocked!"

"I never knock before getting in your room." he pointed out before crossing his arms on his chest. "Besides, that shouldn't be the topic of discussion at this moment." he quickly took over his over protective older brother mode. "What was that?"

"Shut up Tony" Ray said, not actually sounding embarrassed but angry because of his intrusion.

"What do you mean, 'shut up'? You're a kid!"

"Tony I'm sixteen!"

"Exactly!"

"Tony, you were fifteen when you had your first sex" making Tony widen his eyes. How the fuck did she know that? "And besides we were just kissing."

"Upsidedown." he pointed out. "And I'm a guy it's fine if I had sex before 18. But you're a girl. You won't do anything without my permission." he told her as Peter stood there awkwardly between the siblings.

"What?!" Ray was shocked that he could actually have said something so stupid.

"Ray, when I say it, I mean it." he said in a stern voice, in a way Ray had never heard him talk before. "And Parker" he turned at Peter. "Out!"


Aaaah! I wanted to write this for so long! A Ray X Peter chappie. Finally here. Please tell me if you like it. Leave a comment.

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