Disclaimer: I don't know if I'll really ever even have the chance to own Glee, Iron Man, or the Avengers. Why isn't Gleevengers canon? Can someone do that?

A/N: So...you have made it to chapter 3. I applaud you. And because of this achievement you will be rewarded with a father/son reunion. That's right! Tony's comin' home and Blaine is there to greet him on the tarmac! Enjoy and please review!

A hand on his shoulder pulled Blaine from the distress induced sleep he had cried himself into earlier. His head felt like it was made of lead, his eyes like they were glued shut, but somehow he groaned, rolled over, and forced his eyes open. Jeff stood there with Nick, a sad smile on his face while Nick looked slightly nervous in the background. "What is it guys?" Blaine asked, trying to sit up and only being able to do so with their help.

"We were wondering how you were doing," Jeff said, sitting down on one side and Nick on the other. "And to tell you that Pepper called your phone while you were sleeping. We answered it because we knew you needed your sleep."

"How do you think I'm doing?" Blaine asked with a pained laugh before he processed all that Jeff had said. "Wait…what did Pepper say? Is he…is my dad…" His eyes were wide with panic, body beginning to tremble and Nick reached out a hand and placed it reassuringly on his back, trying to calm him down.

"Blaine, Blaine listen to me. They found him, he's alive and he's going to be just fine," the brunette said, trying to end his friend's suffering as quickly as he could, but was surprised when the other boy stiffened underneath his touch.

"He's…he's alive?" It came out as a gasp, as though while he had been daring to dream that he and his father would be reunited some day, he really hadn't thought it would happen. "When did they…where did they…when is he coming home?"

"In the next day or so. Pepper said she had already arranged to send a Stark Industries jet to come and pick you up and fly you out to Malibu so that you would get there in time to greet him on the tarmac when his plane lands," Jeff explained. Nick patted Blaine on the back and stood, going over to the boy's dresser and began to take clothes out of the drawers, shoving them into a duffle bag. "We're going to drive you to the airport, okay?"

Blaine nodded, his whole body feeling like it was numb. Telling that his friend was lost in his own little world, Jeff reached out and pulled him into a tight hug. "It's okay, he's coming home," he whispered, rubbing Blaine's back supportively. He felt the other boy let out a strangled sob before gripping onto Jeff as though his life depended on it. "It's okay Blaine, it's okay."

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The pavement of the airport was hot, but Blaine felt as though he was frozen solid as he stood there next to Pepper, the plane having just landed. His breathing was growing more and more ragged, desperate, waiting to see the man that had been missing for months, the man who had been his anchor when he was laying in a hospital bed in pain, who supported him and sent him to a school where he would be protected. His father.

The ramp of the plane slowly lowered and he could make out a figure standing at the top next to what seemed like a wheelchair and his breath hitched, causing Pepper to reach over and rest a hand on his shoulder, squeezing it and calming him down. The person in the wheelchair struggled to his feet, grabbing onto his companion's arm before beginning the trek down the ramp. As they came into the light Blaine could see that Rhodey was supporting Tony, his father with one arm in a sling, carrying himself tall and strong even at a time like this. When he saw the gurney and paramedics the elder Stark practically laughed. "You're kidding me right?" Blaine heard his father say before the paramedics pulled back and the two men approached. Rhodey caught Blaine's eye and nodded, Blaine doing the same in return. The last time the two had seen each other had not been a pretty sight.

"He trusted you! He trusted you to protect him and you didn't do your damn job! Now get your ass back over there and find him!"

"Blaine, it doesn't work like-"

SLAM

"I don't care how it works you bastard! Go bring him back!"

Happy had to hold Blaine back from tackling the man on the ground in front of him after that moment. The next day Pepper had told Blaine that Rhodey had taken the first flight he could back to Afghanistan to help in the search. Blaine had been lost in his own thoughts for a moment so he only caught the end of the exchange between Pepper and his dad.

"-tears for your long lost boss?"

"Tears of joy. I hate job hunting," Pepper replied with a wry smile on her lips.

"Yeah, well, vacation's over," Tony finished before turning to his son. "Hey kiddo. Sorry about the impromptu trip abroad, but I know how much you hate-" He couldn't get out the end of his sentence before Blaine had lunged forward and latched himself onto his father, trying to be mindful of his injuries but needing to feel him, to know that it wasn't a dream and that his dad was really safe, home, and alive. After a moment the boy felt a hand on his back, pulling him closer. "I missed you too bud. I missed you so much," Tony whispered and Blaine let out a sob. If it wasn't for the dampness he felt falling into his hair, Blaine never would have known his father cried that day too. After a while Blaine had calmed down and pulled away to grin up at his dad.

"You should have taken more sunblock with you if you were gonna be in the sun that long Dad."

"Cheeky Blaine. Very cheeky."