Little Adoption

"Bambi, it is me, Amber, I am coming in sweet heart!" She says joyfully. Opening the door, she walks in and closes the door, not all the way, but not enough for Tony and Pepper to see in.

Amber walks in to greet her Little Bambi, but sees an empty room, she looks around and catches a glimpse of movement underneath the bed and smiles.

"Huh? Where did my little Bambi go. I swear I was told he was in here," Amber sighs dramatically and the smiles when she hears a muffled giggle. "I even brought my little Bambi a present too," she makes a show of fiddling with the paper. "I guess I will just have to open it and play with it all by myself," Amber mentally count to three in her head.

"NO!" A little voice shouts and then there is ruffling and a head pop's out from underneath the bed, the Little body then scurries up the wall to hang from the ceiling. He looks down at the present and then back at Amber. 

Amber looks up to see Iron Man looking down at her, "goodness Iron Man what are you doing underneath my Bambi's bed?" Amber has known he was mutant, she isn't scared of him or of what he can do.

She owns her own business, 'Mutant and Little Adoption Caregiver Agency', it is her job to travel between adoption homes and makes sure that all Little's that are a mutant get placed in loving home, where they will be accepted. 

'Iron Man' crawls down the wall and onto the floor, he then stands in front of her.

Amber looks into Iron Man's glowing eyes, the first time she saw the mask he managed to scare her as all the lights were out and all she could see were glowing eyes.

It is almost a perfect replica of the real helmet, Bambi likes to wear the helmet when he is scared or nervous and wants to feel brave; he really loves Iron Man. She then looks down and notices that he is wearing jeans with a science pun t-shirt 'Science is Like Magic but Real.'  

"So Iron Man, have you seen my Bambi? I have a present for him and I am excited for him to open it."

Little hands move up to remove the helmet, once it was off, Amber had to stifle a laugh, his brown curly locks are sticking up everywhere, big brown eyes stare up at her with excitement, a blue and red paci in his mouth.

"Are those big brown Bambi eyes for me? Or the present?" Amber smiles as she watches him bounce a little. "Well do I get a hug first or what?"

Suddenly she has her arms full with a Little Bambi and his arms hug her tight, "Oh I missed you!" Amber picks up the little bundle of joy and folds him so he is sitting across her lap feeling to make sure his pull- up is dry, which it is.

Until he feels comfortable being in his Little head space she never forces him to wear a diaper except at bed time. "Now you get your present," she then hands him the package.

He squeals in excitement and begins to open the present, he then lets out a shout of joy from around his paci, at the Iron Man Lego set.

"Thank you!" He says taking out his paci and then shoving it back in.

"You are most welcome, wanna build it together?" Amber asks to which he nods his head up and down vigorously. "Perfect but first there are two people here who I would like to you meet," Amber says kissing the top of his head.

Immediately she feels him stiffen.

"Don't you worry Bambi, you are going to love who is here, have I ever lied to you?" She feels him shake his head no. "Okay now do you want to meet them or do you want to meet them as Iron Man first?"

She feels him shuffle down to stand on his feet, he then puts the Iron Man helmet on.

"Okay Bambi, Iron Man can meet them first then I want you to meet them after okay?"

Bambi stands there and then nods.

"Perfect, now remember try not to give them a heart attack with your awesome moves okay?"

Amber moved to open the door when she feels hands grab her legs. She looks down and sees him hiding behind her, she let's out a small laugh when she realizes that he is stuck to her.

He still has problems when in a semi- Little headspace on controlling who he sticks to, however it is only to people he likes.

Amber smiles and then calls out, "you can come in now, we are ready for you." Amber hears him gasp when the Stark's walk through the door.

~*~

Once Amber walks through the door Pepper and Tony stare at each other, not wanting to listen but unable to avoid it, they heard Amber in the room calling out to Bambi, when she talks about opening the present alone they heard the voice of an angel call out 'No!' and then laughter.

When Amber says something about seeing Iron Man, Tony grew confused. He was Iron Man, so how could Iron Man be in the room with her, that is when he must have assumed that the Little was dressed up at him. 

"That's cute," Pepper says. "You really are his favorite if he is dressing up and pretending to be you." 

Tony just laughs, "and why not, I am the best after all."

Pepper hits him lightly on the arm, "Your ego wont fit through the door once this meeting is over," she laughs.

When Amber talks about how she has people for him to meet, and then asking about if he wants to meet them as Iron Man or himself. 

"Guess we are going to be meeting Iron Man first," Tony laughs and then they are called in.

Walking in Pepper goes first and then Tony, they walk in to see Amber standing in the middle of the room with hands wrapped around her thighs.

"Amber you seem to have someone behind you," Pepper says smiling at the small 'eep' from the Little behind her.

Amber just laughs and puts her hand behind her, "why don't you come out and say hello."

Tony and Pepper kneel down so the Little will feel safer; they watch as Iron Man looks out from behind her legs.

"Well if I knew I was going to be meeting Iron Man, I would have brought my helmet for you to sign," Tony grins he is impressed with the helmet, it actually looks like his real helmet, glowing eyes and all. "That is quite an amazing Iron Man helmet, tell me did you make that yourself?" 

Iron Man nods slowly, he then looks up at his Caregiver.

Amber knows that Bambi is in shock at seeing his hero right in front of him, if the tightening and shaking of his hands are any indication. "Bambi why don't you take that off and introduce yourself," Amber smiles.

Tony and Pepper watch the exchange, then Bambi walks out from behind her and moves his hands up to remove the helmet.

They both gasp, as the Little from their dreams stands right in front of them. Their hearts flutter at the sight of his brown curly hair and big brown eyes, his paci bouncing from his nervous suckles.

"Tony, Pepper, meet Peter Parker, also known as Bambi," Amber smiles. 

Tony and Pepper both stare at him and then Pepper hold out he hand, "It is a pleasure to meet you Peter."

Peter shyly takes the hand before pulling away and staring at Tony.

Tony felt his heart melt at the eyes the kid is giving him, he is looking at him like, well, like he met his hero and Tony guesses that he is, his eyes are so big and bright.

Tony can't help but hold out his hand, "hello Peter, I am very happy to meet you too."

"You're Iron Man," Peter whispers around his paci. 

"Yes I am, and I am very impressed with your helmet, did you buy it like that?"

He takes out his paci and lets it fall, the chain attacked to his shirt stops it from hitting the ground. Peter shakes his head, "it didn't come like this, I built it myself."

"Wow! May I see it?"

Peter nods his head, he is now so focused on Tony that he doesn't notice that Amber goes to sit on the bed, leaving him standing with them by himself.

Tony and Pepper notice this and go about making sure to keep his attention on them, as Amber puts up a finger up to her lips to signal not to say anything.

Peter walks over and hands the helmet to Tony, "I putted lights on the outside to makes the eyes glow and there are ear things inside for when it gets too loud, my ears get ouchie if there is loud sounds, and it has a light blocker inside the eyes so that I can block out the light when it ouchie my eyes, but the light eyes outside still light."

Tony turns the helmet so he can look inside and sure enough there are a bunch of electronic components to do just as Peter said. "This is amazing, and how do you turn them off and on?"

Peter runs over to his desk and grabs his Iron Man gloves. He puts them on and they go up to his elbows, resting in the palm is a blue glowing ball to resemble the repulsors.

"Mrs. Amber," at that there is a clearing of a throat which comes from Amber, "I, uh, I mean Amber won't let me make real repulsors so I just inserted a whirrly and a woosh sound," Peter says as he pushes on the center and the sound of a charging repulsor come out of one and then on the other the sound of it firing comes out.

He then opens a small console on his left wrist to reveal 4 buttons, "On" "Light" "Sound" and "Off".

Peter shows Tony how each button works, "You press the on to just turn on the simple stuff and then you push 'Light' one time and it turns the lights down, you push it again to turn the lights back up, same with 'Sound'," Peter explains. 

"Wow I am truly impressed, tell me how did you make it?"

As Tony and Peter talk, losing Pepper in all the science talk, she turns to see Amber, she is smiling and a single tear is rolling down her face.

Pepper thinks that Amber isn't even aware of the fact that she is crying, not wanting to alarm Peter, Pepper turns to her husband and Peter as he finishes explaining how he built the helmet. "So Peter you love science?"

Peter turns to Pepper and is embarrassed that he is talking solely to Mr. Stark. "Yes, Mrs. Stark. I like chemistry and physics and building stuff the best. Amber buys me lego and when they are done she takes them to her room to keep them safe. She just bought me Iron Man!"

"Wow and Iron Man is your favorite superhero?"

Shyly Peter looks at Tony and nods, "Yes."

"I am honored to be your favorite Pete," Tony says smiling. 

Peter's tummy then rumbles, and his cheeks turn red, he quickly runs over to Amber and hide his face in her shirt.

"You hungry my big boy?" When he nods into her shirt she laughs, "well it is feeding time, do you mind waiting here while I go grab your food and then we can eat, then it is nap time and then we can build your new lego?"

Peter nods.

"Okay can you stay here with Mr. and Mrs. Stark while I go get it? You don't mind watching him while I go get his snack do you?"

Tony and Pepper really didn't want to leave, so when Amber made the offer they both nod. 

"Great I will be right back Bambi," Amber smiles and pulls Peter away to go downstairs.

Once Amber is out of sight and down the stairs, Peter hears that she is out of ear shot and looks at the Stark's.

"Are you here looking to adopt a Little?" Peter asks, his voice slightly more big then before.

"Yes, Tony is a Caregiver and I am half a Caregiver, we are looking for a Little in the A0 to A2 category," Pepper explains.

"I see, did you find one?" Peter asks curiously.

"We think so," Pepper smiles.

Peter smiles back, "I am glad, the Little's downstairs are really cute and well behaved."

Tony and Pepper are taken back by this, did Peter think that he wasn't part of the options?

"I watched you come in and I figured that is why you were here, but I didn't know what kind you were looking for. I am shocked that Mr. Stark is a Caregiver, but I am happy that you found your Little. I never thought I would get a chance to meet you again Mr. Stark."

"What do you mean again? We meet before?" Tony asks, trying to think back, he doesn't remember meeting Peter or any kid that looks like Peter.

"You wouldn't remember there was a lot going on, I need to tell you this before Amber comes back, when she is around my Little side comes out a little bit more; that is the compromise I have. Mr. Stark, if I ever met you again, these are the words I promised my Aunt and Uncle when they were alive that I would tell you," Peter says taking in a breath. "Thank you for saving my life."

Tony and Pepper are in shock, this mature boy is the same Little that was talking science with Tony in a semi-Little headspace, but now seems to be in his 13 year old headspace, and his words to Tony shock him.

"Saving your life? I want to say you're welcome but I want to know when and how I saved your life first. I remember a lot of things Pete and saving you I would definitely remember," Tony says confused.

"This was at the 2008 Stark Expo, the one were the alien drones attacked," Peter explains.

"You were there?" Tony asks.

"Yes I was 7 years old and I went with my Aunt and Uncle. Once the attack started we ended up getting separated and I stood on a rock to get higher to see if I could find them and then one of the drones locked on to me and well," Peter went over and grabbed his helmet he put it on and stood in a pose with his arm out as if he was going to use a real repulsor.

When Peter did that Tony's world suddenly drops, 'Nice work kid' Tony had told a child wearing an Iron Man mask that a drone had locked onto thinking it was him. Tony blasted it away and then says that to the kid as if he did it and then flew away. "Th-That was you?"

"Yes, I had made the modifications to the helmet so the censures inside must have attacked the drone to think I was you. I was very lucky you were there or I wouldn't be here today, I made a promise to thank you if I ever got the chance and now I do. I don't think we will ever meet again after today so I just wanted to say that while I could," Peter smiles.

Tony and Pepper look at each other, and after sending a finally confirmation.

"Peter what would you say if we said we were interested in adopting you?" Tony asks, Tony expected shock, but instead he got a tired sigh.

"Mr. Stark trust me you don't want me. Did Amber tell you what her role is here?" 

"She said she was brought in because Mrs. Anderson was having trouble with dealing with Little's," Pepper says.

"True, Mrs. Anderson is an Alpha, she doesn't know how to care for Little's, but she runs this place well on the business side. You must have heard her complain when Amber suggested you were going to meet me."

"Ya she seemed to have thought that meeting you wouldn't be good or something, which we are having a hard time figuring out why. You are a sweet, kind, smart and adorable," Pepper says smiling.

Peter blushes at that, "ya well that is what they all say until they learn my past and what I am."

"What do you mean?" Tony asks.

"Amber is a specialty Caregiver, she lives here temporarily, only when certain Little's are within a building. Once they get adopted she leaves and moves on to the next house, I don't know if she would like me talking about her without her permission."

"You have it Peter, if you feel safe enough to tell them about you then you can tell them about me too, I trust you, just like you trust me," Amber says walking into the room with two bottles in hand. "This can wait," she says placing it on the night table.

Peter nods and looks at the Stark's, "Amber, is a mutant Caregiver, she specializes in being a Caregiver to mutants...."Peter pauses, "like me."

Tony and Pepper are once again in shock at the news, they look at Amber then back at Peter who looks like a kicked puppy with how sad he looks, like he is preparing for them to run from the room or call him- 'Freak' that is what Julia called him.

Tony and Pepper reach out to his hands that are folded in front of him, wanting so badly to comfort him, but when he flinches they pull back.

"Peter, honey please look at us," Pepper says. 

"Bruce is a mutant he turns into the Hulk when he is angry," Tony says when Peter reaches for his paci, knowing if he doesn't stop Peter he may revert before they can clear the air with Big Peter.

Peter looks up at Tony with curiosity, an eye brow raised in confusion.

"Wanda is a mutant with mind abilities, Steve is a hundred year old super soldier, who chose to have an experiment done on him to give him super strength and crazy fast running, Vision is an android human hybrid, Thor is an actual God, do you know who they are?"

"Ya of course they are part of the Avengers, I don't see-"

"That right there, they are part of the Avengers and we are a team of weirdo's all with all different type of powers and abilities, so whatever you think about yourself because of what you are stop thinking that. You are special, not a freak, and if the Avengers are a group of mischievous mutants and people with special abilities who can come together and save the world  then nothing surprises Pepper and I and nothing you do or say would scare us," Tony says.

"Peter honey," Amber says.

Peter looks over, "remember Mr. Stark has a bad heart, try not to scare him too much with all of your awesomeness, start off slow build up to your grand finally," Amber winks at him, causing Peter to let out a little giggle as a wave of calmness surrounds them.

Tony and Pepper watch as Peter laughs, feeling less nervous about the conversation now that they are watching in wonder and waiting to see what he can do.

"First I should say that I have heightened senses, when what happened, happened, everything got dialed up to eleven, that is why I made the headphones with noise cancellation and the eyes with light shut out features to help when I get sensory over load, Amber got all my clothes and blankets in a super soft material for when it happens because clothes bother my skin when I am in an over load." Peter looks up and sees no judgment just understanding and calm patient. "I also have super strength," Peter walks over and lifts the bed up with Amber on it, with one hand. 

That gets and impressed eye brow raise from both of them, "Wow Pete that is very impressive, can you lift more then Cap?"

Peter shrugs gently putting down the bed, "I don't know, I haven't been able to test my powers out much, I do know that I can lift a car."

"Wow," Tony says. 

"Peter honey what else can you do?" Pepper asks, keeping her voice gentle.

"I have a sixth sense, I can sense danger, or when something is wrong," Peter says. "I became extremely flexible; my healing is fast a broken bone heals in 2 days; I have a huge appetite, I need a lot more food then normal; I have a hard time thermo regulating, I get colder faster and when I am cold I have a hard time warming up. Last but not least this," Peter walks over to the wall, he puts both hands on them and begins to climb. He doesn't stop until he is upside down on the ceiling, looking down at their shocked expressions.

Tony and Pepper stand up, "Pete, you okay?" Pepper asks.

Amber laughs at their expressions, she stands up to stand with them looking up at him, "it made me very nervous the first time he did that around me." Tony and Pepper look at her, surprised by how calm she is. "He likes it up there, he is sticky and won't fall, so don't be so nervous, watch." Amber walks underneath Peter who is on his hands and feet.

"Ready Bambi?"

"Ready!" He giggles. 

Amber jumps up with her arms raised and Peter catches her and pulls her up to wrap her arms around his chest, he then crawls around laughing.

After a minute Amber jumps down and tells Peter to come down, "we like to do that to scare Mrs. Meanie don't we?" Amber laughs as Peter nods laughing to. "Okay, my Bambi, you told them now it is time for your bottle, I felt your tummy rumbling."

Peter lets go and falls, Tony and Pepper gasp as this happens and move to catch him when he is caught by Amber.

Amber walks over to the rocking chair, grabbing one of the bottles on the way and a blanket and sits down with Peter in feeding position, by this time Peter has gone into a semi Little space.

Amber begins to rock and brings the nipple of the bottle to Peter's lips, Peter grabs onto the bottle with both hands. "That's my good boy, eat up," Amber watches has Peter's eyes start to drop. She looks up at the Stark's and sees longing in their eyes and smiles.

Once she finishes one bottle, she puts peter over her shoulder to burp him, "want to give him his second bottle?" She looks at Tony and Pepper, who look up at her in shock.

"Can we?" Pepper asks.

"Of course he trusted you enough to tell his secret I am sure he will be okay with you feeding him," Amber says standing up, "why don't you both go sit on the bed side by side and I will hand him off to you."

Pepper and Tony do as they are told and sit on the bed, Amber walks over and lays Peter down into Pepper's arms, and then hands her the second bottle.

Peter became fussy being switched over, but stops when Pepper puts the bottle to his lips, he latches on and stares up at her.

Tony leans down and rest his head on Pepper's shoulder as he watches the feeding, he moved a hand over and began to rub the Little's tummy. They melt at the look he is giving them, they feel their hearts sore and nothing could ruin this moment, except for the squishy pull up that happens after the second bottle and the burp that had some milk in it. 

Amber laughs, and moves to grab Peter from their arms, "Why don't I get this Little one changed and down for a nap and then we can go to my office and chat," Amber smiles. She then moves about the room grabbing a onesie and a fresh pull-up, she walks into the bathroom.

Pepper and Tony listen as Amber begins to hum a lullaby, she walks out of the bathroom 10 minutes later carrying a sleepy Peter with a red paci in his mouth, she is bouncing and rocking slowly while humming, she walks over to the curtains and closes them, and the moves over to the bed.

Pepper and Tony move so she can lay him down, she tucks him in and the raises the side guards on the bed. "Sleep well my Little Bambi," she then leans down and kisses his forehead and runs her hand through his curls. "Mr. and Mrs. Stark it is best to say goodbye now," Amber says.

Tony and Pepper lean over the the rails, Pepper runs her hand through his curls, and Tony rubs his tummy. "Have a good sleep Bambino, we will see you real soon okay? Thank you for telling us your secret, we accept you as you are." Tony says.

"Sleep tight, sweet heart, like Tony said, we accept you for who you are," Pepper whispers.

They watch as Peter nods and sniffles a bit, "don't cry Bambino, I promise we will see you again really soon, we will come back I give you my word as Iron Man," Tony says.

They keep up their rubbing until Peter falls asleep, they then take one last look and leave the room. Amber shuts off the light and and Iron Man night light shines on the ceiling, that is a picture of Iron Man above him.

"I didn't lie when I said you are his favorite," Amber laughs, "he feels safe with you looking over him." she quietly shuts the door and looks at the Stark's, my office is downstairs, we can talk there, she whispers and then leads them down the stairs and to her office.

Once inside her office before Amber even has the time to sit down, all she hears is.

"We want to adopt him."