unexpected meeting
What happened to get him here? no idea. but all Tony knew as of this moment was that he was on his way to check out an orphanage. to adopt? no, because of a furious Pepper who had told him to go and check out one of the orphanages he donates to. so here he was... on his way to 'sunnyhills orphanages for young minds'.
As he got out of the car Tony made sure to check his surroundings and the 'well being' of the building. Once he made it up the stairs he was met with an unfamiliar face he knows he won't ever try to remember.
"hi there, and welcome to sunny hills orphanage for young minds. im ms. Jenna, the caretaker of every child who lives here. let's head inside shall we?" said the woman with a wide smile plastered on her face.
"How many kids live here?" Tony asked with a weird look on his face as they were walking inside gazing upon the rusty floorboards and dripping faucet.
"8, 2 babies: Jackie and Emma, 2 twins: Ella and Emmaline, 3 teens: Nora who's 16, Nathaniel or Nat who's 14, and Luke who's 17, and a five year old peter..." she replied ending off a little harsh
as they were walking around the place, Jenna had shown them the dining hall, the living room and kitchen, and were now heading upstairs to meet the kids... there are 2 bedrooms: Jakie, Emma, Ella, and Emmaline sharing the first room, and Nora and Nathaniel and luke In the 2nd one.
Tony was about to ask about the last kid whom she had mentioned but decided to push that feeling back knowing it would get him somewhere he wouldn't want to be.
In the first room, like she had mentioned Tony saw Ella and Emmaline studying and the one of the babies in their crib sleeping, Ella had rushed over to meet him and talk with him a bit before going back to her studies, but not before she whispered something to Tony.
"She is gonna try to stop you...to make you forget... but dont forget him, the room by the corner." she quickly said and as quickly walked away before tony could get the chance to ask her what she meant... Now the feeling in his gut is growing worse.
As they got to the second room Just like Jenna had said there was Nora and Nathaniel both in the room, Nora was walking around the room with one of the babies on her arms trying to calm it down, while nat was laying in his bed taking a nap.
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Once they had walked out of the room Ms. Jenna was about to start leading them back down and out when Tony spoke out. "Didn't you say there was another kid? waz'izname? peter?" He watched as he saw the lady’s expresion change as she began to speak.
"Uh peter? oh yes, Luke had taken him out for some ice cream." she nervously replied hoping he would fall for her lies. But Tony could see through it and knew something was up, and started walking towards the last room, slowly turning the knob.
The moment the door was open Tony had hoped and wished he hadn't come here at all. He was met with an older boy crouched over a little boy who looked no more than 5 or 6 holding his mouth shut with tears falling down his face.
As soon as Tony could take in what was happening before him, he rushed over and yanked the older male off the younger one, holding the small boy close to him.
"What the hell!? Do you realize that your oldest was molesting him?? THIS. What do you mean by ice cream??? Happy call the police and take these two out." Tony yelled at the woman then averting his gaze to happy who was already on the phone, leading the two out.
Once they had all left, Tony had shifted his gaze back at the scared little boy in his arms who still held his mouth shut. "hey, Hey... It's okay. you don't have to do that anymore, he's gone. I won't hurt you I promise" He had said trying to comfort the boy and he gently removed his hands from his mouth.
"hey.. what's your name kiddo?" Tony had asked the boy
"P-..Pp-Peter." the young boy had managed to let out from behind his sobs.
"Well Peter, My name is Tony.. Peter, will you come with me...? to the doctors? so we can get you checked to make sure you're not hurt anywhere?" Tony had tried asking the boy in a gentle tone, to which Peter replied by shaking his head lightly.
"please kiddo? Do you want to get ice cream after? real ice cream?" he tried asking the boy hoping he would agree.
"ice cream..? sweet chocolate? not the salty and bad type.. right.?" Peter asked as he looked up from huddling his face in Stark's chest, gripping onto his shirt with big beautiful and innocent eyes, causing pain to flash through Stark's eyes. thinking about how anyone could hurt this kid.
"yea kid, Chocolate ice cream.. no salty one. So will you come with me?" stark answered looking around him for a sweater or blanket, seeing how bad Peter was shaking