Tony wanted to make the call himself, but Pepper convinced him to let her do it. She knew that Wade would probably joke around inapprpriately, and Tony's fraying nerves couldn't take that kind of stress.
"So why am I headed to Tel Aviv again? Is it the women? The fucking Israeli army? Fucking the Israeli army?"
"No, Wade. You know why you're on that plane."
"Sure I do, Pep."
"It's Pepper to you. You're going to go find Baz and get her on that plane if you have to knock her out and tie her up to do it."
"Ooh, kinky."
Pepper sighed and thought of Peter. He'd make a joke like that too.
"I'm gonna go now, so feel free to help yourself to whatever in-flight stuff Tony left you, I guess. Don't call back until you have Baz."
"Got it, Pep. I'll get her."
Pepper appreciated the slight undercurrent of determination in Wade's joking tone, but she rolled her eyes at the cutesy nickname that she only let Tony use and dropped the landline back into its cradle. Wade and Peter's fast friendship must have been completely based on sense of humor, because while Peter was entirely respectful around all the adults he knew, he and Wade together were a recipe for disaster.
One day, they'd decided to cover an entire wall in Peter's room in the tower with stickers. It started with the princess stickers Wade inexplicably stored sheets of in his suit. The two must have made ten runs to the craft store after they used up the first package. Another time, they'd stuck a bunch of fridge magnets spelling a less-than-civil word on Bucky's metal arm. Almost everyone had gotten a good laugh out of it, except for Steve and Bruce, who both looked dismayed that Peter even knew such a word.
Pepper smiled at the good memories and crossed her fingers that Wade would bring Baz back to make some more.
A/N-I know, I know. I promised memes. But I felt like I had to get a chapter out, even this super-short one. School is slowly killing my soul.
Always wear your eye pro.
Love,
Baz