Little Adoption

Amber is thrilled when she isn't called to help the Stark's with Peter. "FRIDAY can you tell me if everything is okay with Peter please?"

"Of course Mrs. Russell, everything is fine, Peter grew upset when Boss placed him on the changing table but they had me put on soothing music and danced with him under he calmed down. Now they are changing him," FRIDAY says.

"Thank you," Amber says.

After a while she sees them coming down the stairs, she is shocked when she feels Peter's aura, he is in a Little headspace, he usually stays around two years old but now he is closer to one years old, his full headspace is around six months so this is a vast improvement. "I see everything went well," she says.

Tony and Pepper both smile, "yes it went very well, he is a very good boy," Pepper smiles down at Peter who smiles back and let's out a giggle. 

"How is Peter?" Amber asks.

"He is great, he was trying to force himself back into his Big space because he was worried about the team meeting him as a Little first, but after we spoke he wanted to remain Little so we encouraged him to do what makes him happy and that the Avengers will love him no matter what," Pepper says.

"Ya he was worried about that as well, about what they would think of his Little side, but I am happy you were able to help him through his insecurities," Amber says. 

"So we are going to head down to the garage and show you the car seat and then make our way to the common floor and you can do your inspections and by that time the team should be back and ready from training," Tony says. "FRI tell Happy we are on our way to the garage."

"Yes Boss."

"Perfect let's go," Amber says standing and heading towards the elevator, Tony and Pepper are behind her, both staring and cooing at him making him smile and giggle.

When they got to the garage, Happy was waiting for them. He takes a double take when he sees Pepper holding Peter, he can't help but smile at the sight. He turns to Amber, "here is the vehicle we use on a regular basis. Unless something happens or they want to take Peter in another car, this is how I installed it, please let me know if I did anything wrong," Happy says opening the back door so Amber can see inside. 

Amber step into the back and sees that the seat is in the middle, probably so Pepper and Tony can both sit beside him. she checks the date and straps to make sure they are tightly installed, which they are. "Okay Pepper, Tony if you would bring Peter over here, I will show you how to strap him in," Amber says.

Pepper walks over to the side that Amber isn't on, Tony and Happy climb into the front with the divider down so they can watch and learn how to strap him in. Pepper climbs in and puts Peter into the seat, Amber then shows them how to clip in the over the shoulder straps and then the buckle between his legs.

Once all three are clipped in, she shows them how to adjust the straps, saying that what he wears will change, with him just wearing a t-shirt, to him wearing a winter coat. So they need to be adjusted, she adjusts the strap showing each of them how to do it, using the two finger rule when tightening it. She then unbuckles Peter and take him out before handing him to Pepper and telling her to buckle him in, that she has to watch each other them do it to pass them.

After they each took turns buckling him in, which Peter thought was a fun game and laughs, they are finished and Amber is happy with everything, so they head up to the common floor.

Once they arrived at the floor, Peter can't help but stare in awe, he was on the Avenger's floor, where they hang out and eat and watch movies. He is currently laying in Tony's arms with this paci in his mouth, looking around he noticed certain things that made him want to cry and scream in joy at the same time.

A playpen has been set up, toys in the corner, and books; as they move about Tony starts pointing things out and smiling down at Peter.

"So the team has helped out a lot and did pretty much all the work on this floor, so if you find something missing then let us know and we will get it fixed," Tony says. "They moved all their weapons back to their room or the armory in the closet that has a lock on it," he says pointing to a door with a lock on it. "Also you can see that they put the TV up on the wall and moved anything dangerous out of the way so that Peter no matter what head space his is in feel safe here. The play pen isn't so much for Peter to be put into and left to play it is more of a nap area for if he falls asleep down here then we don't have to bring him all the way upstairs and when he wakes up he can come out and play type thing," Tony continues. 

As they walked around Peter is able to pick out things that were for him, science books for both a Little and a teenager, there is a body forming pillow on the couch. In the kitchen there is Little proof locks, a highchair like the one in the penthouse, stools for him to use to reach the counter.

Hanging on a hook with is an adult size apron and a Little one with a hat, the adult apron has 'Iron Chef' and the Little one has 'Little Iron Chef' written on it. It would seem that it wasn't only Tony and Pepper who are excited to have him there and put effort into making him feel welcomed, it brings a tear to his eye.

"What is wrong Bambino?" Tony asks noticing a tear rolling down Peter's cheek. 

"Th'y do t'is fo' me?" Peter asks around his paci.

"They did, sweetie," Pepper smiles at him and rubs away the tear and runs her fingers through his hair. "They are very excited to meet you, they are so happy you are here."

Peter smiles brightly at that, suddenly the elevator door opens and he looks over to see a man walk out.

"Tones! Am I the first? Please say I am the first to meet him!"

"Yes, Honey bear you are the first besides Happy of course," Tony smiles as they walk into the living room. "Peter, Amber I would like you to meet my brother in all but blood, James Rhodes, or Honey bear as I call him."

Rhodey walks over and shakes Amber's hand, "it is nice to meet you Amber, you can call me Rhodey everybody does."

"It is a pleasure to meet you to, Rhodey. Thank you for your service this country and everything you do as War Machine," Amber smiles. 

Rhodey smiles back and then looks over at Tony or more specifically Peter who is laying in his arms. "Hello Peter, I have been waiting a long time to meet you," he says holding out his hand to Peter.

Peter can't help but feel amazed at meeting THE Colonel James Rhodes AKA War Machine! Eyes blown wide he puts out his hand to grab Rhodey's who shakes his hand, he then looks up at Tony who is smiling down at him. "Ony! Wa Ma'ine!"

"Yes Bambino it is War Machine, but you can call him Uncle Rhodey," Tony smiles. Then leans down to whisper in his ear, "he would be very happy if you called him uncle Rhodey."

"Un'le R'odwy!" Peter beams as Rhodey's face lights up.

"So he is Little right now?" Rhodey asks.

"In between," Pepper says. "Right sweetie? Just comfy right now," she smiles as she runs her fingers through his hair.

Peter just nods and snuggles in more into Tony's arms and rubbing his face against Tony's chest. However the excitement of meeting one Avenger is bring him out a little bit.

Tony tightens his hold on Peter when he snuggles in, he can see that Peter is in aw of everything around him. He watches as Honey Bear smiles softly at Peter and he sees his hand twitch as if wanting to hold him, but he isn't ready to let anyone hold Peter besides him and Pepper; he feels that Peter isn't ready either if the snuggle is anything to go by.

He sees that Peter is very excited to be meeting another Avenger, he is trying to stay in his Little space but his inner fan boy is making him excited enough to slip into his teenage space. 

"Why don't we sit down while we wait for the other's and we can talk and get to know each other," Amber says.

Having seen the floor Amber is satisfied with the little proofing of this floor too, so now the rest of the day is going to be talking and visiting and trying to get Peter familiar with everyone and comfortable with the Stark's taking control of his needs; tomorrow will be mostly them going about their day as normal as getting into a routine. 

They made their way over to the couches and seats, Amber taking the one farthest away while Rhodey sits in the seat closest to the couch where Pepper and Tony sit with Peter still in his arms. Tony shifts Peter to his right arm so his head is close to Pepper and he can see Rhodey. 

"So Peter, I hear you like science what kind do you like?" Rhodey ask. 

Peter takes his paci out of his mouth, "I like chemistry and physics and engineering."

"Tony informed me that you made your own Iron Man helmet that's pretty awesome. Is Iron Man your favorite?"

Peter looks at Tony and blushes a little and nods shoving his paci back in mouth. 

"Boss the team would like to ask if it is okay to come down or if you need more time before they make an appearance," FRIDAY says. 

"Pete you ready to meet the team?" Tony asks looking down at Peter.

Peter thinks for a second and then slowly nods his head.

"Okay, FRI tell them it is okay to come down," Tony replies.

It takes a few minutes and before the elevator opens to reveal the team. Tony stands up so that Peter can meet the team.

Natasha and Wanda are the first to approach Peter, both have soft smiles on their faces and a look of awe.

Peter stares in amazement as the Avengers approach him, all with big smiles on their faces, feeling safe in Tony's arms, he simply watches as they approach him. 

"Hey Tony," Natasha smiles, "who have you got there?" she smiles at him. 

"Everyone meet Peter, Peter this is Natasha and Wanda," Tony smiles and points to the two females.

"Hello Peter it is nice to meet you," Natasha says putting out her hand to shake.

Peter shyly shakes her hand, his eyes wide in astonishment, "hi," he whispers.

Wanda is next as she puts out his hand, "hello Peter, I am very happy to meet you."

Peter shakes her hand and whispers another "hi," before blushing when they coo at him and mention how cute and handsome he is.

"Alright enough giving my kid a big head, he has more people to meet," Tony smiles and watches as the women go over to introduce themselves to Amber and say hi to Pepper and Rhodey.

Tony then introduces Peter to the rest of the team, "Pete meet Steve, Clint, Bucky, and Sam. Hey where is Jolly Green?"

"He is finishing up in his lab and then said he would join us after," Sam says.

"Hi Peter it is nice to meet you," Steve says.

"Hey kid, it is nice to meet you too, you can call me Uncle Clint!" Clint smiles.

"Sorry Rhodey beat you to it," Tony smirks.

"What?! Oh man I was trying to be the first," Clint mocks.

"Ignore him Pete, he is a drama queen and don't take anything he says seriously," Bucky says. 

Clint scoffs at that and then turns to Peter who is watching them all with wide adorable Bambi eyes. "Well you defiantly got those puppy eyes down to a science kid, it is nice to meet you, don't worry I am the fun uncle," Clint smiles when Peter let's out a giggle.

"It is nice to meet you Peter, Tony has told us a lot about you, nothing but great things and we are so happy you are here," Steve says.

Peter simple waves hello, his inner fan boy going crazy at meeting the avengers. When Bucky waves back Peter gets a glimpse of his arm, he takes his paci from his mouth and looks amazingly at the arm, "is that tantalum? Or Type 316 stainless steel? Or is it made from Vibranium?"

Bucky is speechless at Peter's question, his question is so innocent, not filled with hate or wondering about the weapon it could be but just simple the make up like any science nerd would ask. He looks over at Steve and then to Tony, who are watching him.

Peter watches the exchange and thinks he stepped over a line that maybe he should't have asked. "I swrry, yo' don' have ta a's'er, I swrry," Peter pops his paci back in and hides his face.

"No bambino don't be sorry you did nothing wrong," Tony says running his hand over Peter's hair and moving his face to look at him, "you asked a very good question, but other then a few people Bucky has had mean people be mean because of his arm so he is sensitive about it, just like you."

"wike me?" Peter asks.

"Yes, just like how being a Little you have had people be mean about it, but now you have nice people who love you for being a Little, Bucky too has nice people who like to talk about his arm. Sometimes when he meets new people is just startled by how smart you are, that's all, he is not upset with you and neither is anyone else. You are a very good, and smart boy," Tony smiles.

"Oh," Peter says.

"It is okay Peter," Bucky smiles. "Tony told us how smart you are, but to ask that questions confirmed it and you know how seeing is believing. My arm is made out of Vibranium, the Princess of Wakanda made it for me and Tony gives it a tune up when it needs it."

"Wow," Peter gasps, "it is vewy cool arm."

"Thank you Peter, maybe on my next tune up, you can watch Tony and see how it works if that is something you are interested in," Bucky smiles.

"Weally?" Peter asks and looks up at Tony.

Tony is in shock at Bucky's offer, he never let's anyone around when he is having a tune up because he gets nervous when it is happening, he has PTSD about it. Steve has been the only one allowed and that is because Steve is a reminder that he is free and everything is okay.

"Of course bambino," Tony smiles. He then turns so they all head towards the couches, once everyone is sitting, Tony finds himself between Pepper and Natasha who out beat Wanda for the seat next to him, well next to Peter. "So where is Vision?"

"He is in his room, he is worried about scaring Peter," Wanda says. "Peter do you know who Vision is?"

Peter nods his head, "he not scawy, he cool, an humanoid AI."

"That's right, he looks different and is worried he might scare you, are you okay if he comes in and says hi?" Wanda asks.

Peter nods his head rapidly, "I mean only if he wants to," Peter says shyly.

Wanda smiles, "I already told him to come say hi and he is very excited to meet you."

"You did?"

"Yes, Vision and I can communicate through telepath," Wanda explains.

"That is cool," Peter says in awe.

Suddenly Vision floats down from the ceiling and lands in the middle of the living room.

Peter's paci falls from his mouth in shock and watches as he floats down from the ceiling and lands on the floor. "That. Was. Awesome!" Peter says.

Vision looks down at Peter and sees large brown eyes staring at him in wonder, "Hello Peter, it is very nice to meet you."

"H-h-hi," Peter says. 

"I was worried my appearance would frighten you, however Wanda has informed me that you would not be," Vision says.

"No, you not scawy. Ewerybody is diffewent and no one showld be judged, at weast that is wha' I was twought," Peter says.

"I am very happy to hear that," Vision says and then turns to Amber. "Hello it is a pleasure to meet you, I believe a thank you is in order for being such a good human being by taking care of Peter with such love and care."

Amber stands and shakes Visions hand, "It is nice to meet you too, and no thanks are needed. Peter is a dream and if I could have adopted him myself I would have."

"Why didn't you?" Vision asks.

"My life and job take me all over the place, though I am a caregiver some things have happened that prevent me from having a Little of my own," Amber explains. "Besides, I think it is fate that brings Peter here, it is almost like it is his destiny to be with Tony and Pepper as they have connected so well after just a day of knowing each other," Amber smiles as she looks over at Peter in Tony's arms, with Natasha rubbing his feet and Pepper running her fingers through his hair.

"Did you foresee this outcome?"

"As much as my power does a lot, future sight is not one of them, just a gut feeling," Amber says taking her seat again. 

Vision floats over and stands behind Wanda, who is sitting on a two seater with Clint and Steve and Bucky on the other two seater.

"So I guess we are just waiting for Bruce and then the introductions are over," Tony says. 

"In the mean time, how about you tell us about yourself cutie," Natasha smiles at him.

Peter blushes at the comment, "like what?"

"What do you like to do in your spare time?" Natasha asks.

"What is your favorite color?" Wanda asks.

"Do you play video games?" Bucky asks.

"Who is your favorite Avenger? Tony said it was him but I don't believe it," Clint asks.

Everyone looks at Peter with that question, who shrinks into Tony at all the stares, and quietly points up at Tony.

"Ha, I told you," Tony grins.

"Oh man, I was hoping it was Cap or Thor or even the Hulk," Clint says.

Everyone laughs at that, they sit around and talk asking Peter questions until the elevator dings open and Bruce comes out. Tony leans his head back to see Bruce walking towards them.

"About time you got here, Jolly Green, I was afraid you wouldn't be able to meet him before he fell asleep from answering so many questions," Tony grins.

"Sorry but I was working on some research and lost track of time and then when FRIDAY announced that Peter is here, I then I had to get to a point I could stop and then clean up and-"

"Yes yes yes Brucie Bear we get it your OCD kicked in, now get over here and meet the newest addition to our family," Tony says. 

Bruce walks over nervously and peeks around to see Peter laying in Tony's arms, his head turned to look over at him; once Peter spots him his eye light up.

"Brucie Bear meet Peter, Peter meet-" Tony is cut off by Peter.

"Yo-yo-you're THE Dr. Bruce Banner!" Peter says in excitement.

Bruce is taken back by Peter's outburst considering everyone knows him at the Hulk and not Bruce Banner. "It is a pleasure to meet you Peter you can just call me Bruce every body does," Bruce smiles. 

"I really enjoyed reading all your reports and thesis's on Gamma radiation. Your thesis on how radiation affects DNA on a sub molecular level is through our consistent exposure through an average human life span was a great read. I really enjoyed reading it as well as the effects that the Gamma radiation had that caused your molecules to cause mutation was awesome," Peter rambles as his excitement at meeting the BRUCE BANNER hits him. 

Bruce is taken back again but the fact that Peter has read his thesis and understood them to a point that he get's what they are about is just astonishing. "Thank you Peter, I don't get many people your age reading my thesis and enjoying them," Bruce smiles. 

Tony looks on proudly as Peter bonds with the team and they all seem to love him, which isn't shocking as there is no one who can not fall in love with Peter with his big brown eyes and adorable face. He looks over and sees Amber smiling in approval at the who scene, he can see the pride in her eyes as everyone falls in love with Peter. He then looks at Pepper who is also smiling with love and approval, he can tell she is very happy that everyone loves and accepts Peter, her fingers barely ever leaving Peter's hair.

Tony looks down and sees that Peter is watching everyone talk and adding his own comments when they ask him for his input, but then he sees him yawn.

A hand comes over and picks up Peter's paci and offers it to him which he accepts and starts to suckle on it lazily, his eyes dropping.

Tony looks over at Natasha who was the one to give him his pacifier and smiles. Tony looks at the clock and sees that it is 11:30 and probably nap time for Peter, he looks over at Amber and she nods when he mouths the word nap to her. 

Everyone seems to have caught on to the signal that it is Peter's nap time and smiles at the lazily yawn and sleepy face that Peter is making.

"Well everyone I think it is time for our relaxation time before lunch," Tony says.

"Yes I think a rest for everyone after training so hard will be good so we are rested for the rest of the day," Steve says.

"We will have lunch together around 1pm?" Natasha asks.

"Sounds good, we will meet up again for lunch at 1pm," Pepper says.

"Steve will cook something," Bucky says.

"Says who?" Steve asks.

"Says everyone here who loves your cooking," Bucky smirks.

"Fine I will cook," Steve smiles.

"Perfect we will see you all later, Rhodey want to come up?" Tony asks standing up with Pepper and Amber. 

"Sure," Rhodey says, standing up.

"Peter want to say bye bye? We will come back but everyone needs to go rest before lunch so we will come back after," Tony says.

Peter offers a wave by closing his fingers into his fist in a bye bye motion, "bye-bye," he whispers. 

"Bye-bye Peter see you soon cutie," Natasha smiles.

"Bye Petey!" Wanda says.

Tony, Pepper, Rhodey and Amber make it to the elevator and they head up to the penthouse.

Once they arrived in the penthouse, Rhodey took a seat on the couch to wait while they put Peter down for a nap, while Amber and Pepper went upstairs Tony went into the kitchen to make one bottle as per Amber's orders.

Once they got to Peter's room Pepper moves to sit in the rocking chair and Amber kneels in front of Pepper so she is eye level with Peter.

"Hey sleepy boy, I know you are tired and it is nap time but we want to try something okay?" Amber whispers.

Peter knows it is nap time, he is very tired and is looking forward to his two bottles as he always gets two bottles before nap time. When Amber kneels down he is confused on what they want to try.

Seeing Peter look at her in confusion, Amber takes that as he is listening. "Now as you know Pepper and Tony are going to be adopting you like I told you, and as you also know when a Little is adopted, especially one your age category that nursing is the most healthiest way of feeding," Amber watches as Peter's eyes blow wide open like he is knowing what she is going to say. "Peter, listen to be very carefully, I need you to nod so I know you are listening to me," Amber says firmly.

Peter knows that nursing is the healthiest for him, he isn't as strong as he could be if he nursed more but the thought terrifies him, the taunts and the humiliation of being forced to feed in front of anyone and everyone and the names he was called haunt him. Peter whimpers but nods when Amber asks him to nod.

"Pepper and Tony love you, they love every piece of you and want only what is best for you. No one is judging you, no one is going to say anything, it is just you and Pepper and Tony and Me, you trust us don't you?"

Peter nods.

"I promised you I would take this slow, so we are going to take it slow. So Tony is getting you one bottle and then when that one is done I would like you to try and nurse okay? I know you can do it, I know it will be hard but I believe in you my brave boy, don't listen to the voices from the past, focus on Pepper and listen to Pepper and Tony, can you do that?"

Peter is struggling, he know what Amber is saying is logic that what happened before wont happen again but the terror of it still has him shaking.

Would Pepper be just as disgusted because he has to feed from her?

He know that she wouldn't be but his anxiety is saying other wise, but he has to try, for Amber who has taken care of him and found him a loving home, she would never let anyone treat him like the mean lady.

With much effort he nods and suckles on his paci as his nerves act up, it is soothing but not as much as he would like it to be. 

"Okay great job my brave boy, you are so brave and the best boy in the whole world," Amber smiles and then stands she goes to the door and meets Tony there.

Tony arrives at the door with the bottle and meets Amber, she tell him about their plans to help Peter nurse. 

"He may panic, keep calm and keep reassuring him, don't give in, he needs to nurse and the sooner he does the better," Amber says.

"I have a protocol for this to help keep him calm during feeding so he can learn to associate calm and happiness with feeding times," Tony says.

Amber beams at Tony, "Of course, I am going to stand off behind and let you guys do this, if it gets bad and you need help then I can step in and help," Amber says and moves away from the door to sit at the computer chair behind and off to the side of the rocking chair.

Tony walks over to Pepper and Peter, he can already see that Peter is upset by what is about to happen, but he isn't panicking so that is a good sign. "FRI, feeding protocol please," Tony whispers which causes Peter's face to switch from upset to curious.

"W'ats t'at?" Peter asks.

"Listen and watch," Tony whispers with a smile.

Peter watches as the curtain closes, the light dimes and stars appear on the ceiling, they are formed into actual constellations and he is amazed at this, they twinkle and change shapes along with different colors; it is like they are dancing, it causes Peter to smile, and then music plays it is the ocean waves along with a soft flute playing in the back ground of the waves, it is soft and nice. 

Pepper begins to rock as Peter is distracted by the lights and music; once she feels him relax and his suckles become more lazy then panicked, she remembers Amber's advice and she shifts to expose her left breast, she then tucks him down so his cheek is resting against her breast and her nipple is by his pacifier, he doesn't seem to notice, so she then takes his pacifier and replaces it with the bottle that Tony hands her. He doesn't protest the bottle and just brings his hand up to hold hers while he feeds and unknowingly snuggling into her breast. "Good boy," Pepper whispers.

While Peter feeds Tony moves to run his fingers through his hair, he then moves to pick out a new pull up and a pair of pajama's for Peter to sleep in, once he is done his feeding, he then goes to sit at Pepper's feet to watch while their Little nurse. 

Both Pepper and Tony can't help but smile down at Peter as his eyes barely leave the ceiling, he is memorized by the lights and stars. Soon after Peter finishes the bottle and whines a little at the empty bottle, Pepper sit him up and rubs his back until he let's out a little burp, she then lays him down.

This is the moment of truth, she lays him down and rest his head back against her exposed breast with her nipple lined up, it seems that the movement caused him to no longer be looking at the stars and she watches as panic starts to set in, is body is no longer relaxed and his eyes are blown wide in fear, and it breaks Pepper's heart.

This is suppose to be the most soothing time for a Little, nursing at all times of the day because of the connections and the way it sooths makes them happy but Peter is traumatized and doesn't know how to associate this action with calm and love.

"Peter, sweet heart," Pepper whispers lovingly, "You are safe, you are loves and you are such a good boy. Don't fear, we are here to protect you, no one and nothing will hurt you here. It is okay, perfectly normal," Pepper whispers.

Tony runs his hands through Peter's hair and moves so Peter can see him, "you are safe bambino, everything is okay and you are perfect, this is normal. Everything about this is normal and perfectly okay, you are the best and everything is going to be okay, we promise."

Peter whines, "they said I was gross, because I need milk. They said I am a freak and gross and that caregivers find it gross to have to nurse me."

Pepper and Tony are furious, how could a caregiver say that about a Little, about Peter. They hear Amber growl, but focus on Peter.

"Peter sweet heart, you are not gross, don't ever think about yourself like that again. You are not a freak either, you are perfect," Pepper says.

"Peter, it is normal for Littles in your age category to nurse, there is nothing wrong or bad or gross about it. Just like how all babies need to feed, so do you. What they said was mean and they only said it to hurt you, they didn't say that to the other Little's in your category did they? They fed them no problem without hurtful words right?" Tony watches as Peter nods, "there you see, it is normal they were just mean to you because you are different, but it is normal."

"Tony and I went for a carriage ride in central park," Pepper says catching Peter's attention. "As we enjoyed our ride we ended up coming to a stop because ducks were crossing the field to go into the lake and we came across a Caregiver and her Little. The Little was in a stroller and started crying because she was hungry, do you know what the Caregiver did?" Pepper asks.

"Wha'?" Peter asks.

"She took her Little out who is no bigger then you, sat down on the park bench and let her Little nurse on her while rocking her back and forth and humming a song, do you know what everyone around them did?" Pepper watches as Peter shakes his head. "Nothing."

Peter gasps at this, 'Nofing?"

"Nothing," Pepper confirms, "because it is normal, there is nothing wrong or bad about a Caregiver nursing her Little, whether in a park or restaurant, or shopping in a mall. It is perfectly normal to see Caregiver's nursing their Little's everywhere we go. You are not gross and you are not a freak, you are normal, perfectly normal just the way you are."

Peter can't believe his ears, he never really saw any Caregivers nursing a Little in public before, but he didn't get a chance to really go anywhere, Amber took him out a lot but usually to places where there isn't a lot of people so he could be free to use his powers without feeling judged.

The mean lady lied to him, but then again she is mean so that isn't surprising; being called normal is new to him too, no one besides Amber has called him normal since his aunt and uncle passed away.

He can do this, he is normal and Pepper doesn't think he is gross, and Tony doesn't think he is gross, he is normal.

Pepper and tony watch as Peter's face turns from shock to happiness, happy tears roll down his face as he smiles brightly at them. Tony wipes away the tears, "are you ready bambino?"

Pepper watches as Peter nods and she guides his head towards her nipple, she leaves it just barely touching his lips and it take him just a few seconds before he latches on. She smiles brightly down at Peter when she sees he is watching her, "we are so proud of you, my brave boy."

Tony beams too, "great job Pete, you are such a good boy."

Peter beams at the praise and begins to suckle in earnest when the milk touches his tongue, it is so much better then the formula, sweet and creamy. He makes a pleased whines, and brings a hand up to rest on Pepper's breast to help bring out the milk. He can't help but just watch Pepper and Tony while he nurses for the first time with them, he is loving the attentions and the pure happiness that beams from both of them.

Amber watches everything, the Stark's have no hesitation in reassuring Peter. They handled the situation with ease, she smiles and knows she is no longer needed. Standing up slowly not to alert Peter, she catches Tony's eyes and signals she is leaving and going down stairs; he nods and that is her queue to leave.

She leaves and closes the door and heads down stairs, as she descends the stairs she notices that Rhodey is not alone, Natasha is there. Amber watches as Natasha looks up at her; she doesn't lose any stride in walking down the steps.  Natasha is a super spy and an Avenger at that, however Amber is not intimidated by her, even though she is trying to. A contest if wills and Amber never loses that; Amber smirks a little as she makes her way down and over to the couch, she removes her focus from Natasha and moves to Rhodey who is watching the two.

"Thank you for waiting, they will still be a little bit, however I am no longer required so I figured I would come give you company, however it seems you already have it," Amber says. 

"The more the merrier," Rhodey says. "Unless you both are going to go all Alpha female on each other, then I am out."

Amber laughs at this and sees Natasha smirk, "You have no worries there. I already have an Alpha female I fight with, I don't need another. My wife Jo can be pretty fierce, I use the times we are away from each other just to regroup from our short visits with each other." 

"I am sure she feels the same way," Natasha says.

"Of course, she maybe an Alpha but I tend to give as good as I get," Amber smirks.

"How do you maintain a stable relationship when being apart for so long?" Rhodey asks. "I assume you are as you live with Peter at the house currently and have been since you were assigned to him."

"Jo is also away a lot with her job, she runs a security firm that also deals with international business as well, so she is away a lot, it works because when we are home together we focus on each other. She is usually home a couple weekends a month sometimes once a month so I usually take the Little I am taking care off home with me," Amber says.

"How do you focus when you are pretty much bringing you work home with you?" Rhodey asks.

"It is just like any other couple that has a Little and work a lot, you balance. Just because I had Peter didn't mean we didn't spend time together by going to a restaurant or going for a walk in the park. When Peter went down for a nap or bed we would spent time together watching a movie or playing games or just talking."

"What's the name of the firm Jo works for?" Natasha asks.

"Ah," Amber smiles over at Natasha, "That is classified, the nature of her work and the people she helps make it so she can't publish a name. She helps SHEILD and the X-Men as well as other private companies. I know you are a spy but I wouldn't pry if I were you it might being some angry people to your door."

"So she works for SHELD and the X-Men?" Rhodey asks.

"No, she doesn't work for them but sometimes in her work she comes across certain things that should be known to certain groups so she just passes along a message and if they want to employ her services then they pay out the ass for it," Amber grins.

"What about your company, surely you can talk about that," Natasha says.

"Of course, my company is published, I deal with Mutants and Littles. I currently am the only one in my company as usually I can have the mutant placed with Dr. Xiavor who teaches them and gives them a home, Mutant Little's who are placed in adoption homes are rare so the ones that do, most of the time they are taken care of and don't require me to come in, I have special unique abilities that I usually only get called in if needed. Most of the time it is because the Little or Mutant Little or even some Mutants are so traumatized that they can't function. I help them over come their trauma and get into a normal state of well being so that they can be adopted into good homes."

"Then what about Peter? Yes he has had a lot of trauma from what Tony told us, but most of it hadn't happened until after he was placed in the home," Rhodey says.

"Ahh, yes, Peter is different, I am sure Tony told you about his parents, well SHEILD is the one that asked me to take care of Peter," Amber says. "If I had gotten there sooner we could have avoided most of his trauma, but that is in the past and if anything I saw upstairs is to go by then Peter will be just fine," Amber smiles. "It will take a team effort to get Peter comfortable enough to fully go into his Little headspace and allow himself to be himself in front of everyone, but from what I saw downstairs and upstairs just now, I am not worried."

"We will do whatever we can to make sure that Peter feels safe and welcome here no matter what his head space is," Rhodey says. 

"I know you will," Amber says.

"You mentioned a special ability that you have, what did you mean by that?" Natasha asks.

"She is a human emotion detector," a voice says.

Rhodey, Natasha and Amber look over to see Tony and Pepper walking towards them; Tony has a huge grin on his face.

~*~ After Amber Leaves~*~ 

After Amber leaves Tony looks back down at Peter who is suckling happily, but his eyes are starting to drop.

Pepper notices that his suckles are getting slower but when she tries to pull away he follows, which cause her to smile, "guess you are still hungry eh little one?" Pepper whispers. "Drink your fill my hungry boy," she whispers and continues to rock while Peter feeds.

The pressure on her nipple and the feel of Peter drinking brings her such bliss that she didn't know she could feel, the rightness in this action, she couldn't imagine never doing this again after experiencing it now.

"I am so happy Pep, this feels so right," Tony whispers.

"Me too," Pepper whispers. "I am going to have to switch sides if he isn't full soon," Pepper chuckles lightly. 

"Well with his enhanced metabolism, I will not be surprised he will drink you dry on both sides when you feed him full time," Tony says.

"Maybe I should use a pump to have back ups in case I am not here or he needs more and drinks me dry," Pepper smiles.

"I think that is a good idea, I will get FRIDAY to order one."

Soon Peter unlatches and smacks his lips letting out a content sigh he closes his eyes. Pepper hands Peter over to Tony while she stands up and puts her top back into place.

Tony holds Peter against his chest with his head on his shoulder and rubs his back until he lets out a burp. Tony groans when something stinky hits his nose.

"Guess big man needs a change," Tony says.

Peter hides his face in Tony's neck feeling embarrassed that this is happening that he sunk low enough into his head space not to know what was about to happen, yet he was also too tired and felt too safe to care.

Once that is done he brings Peter over to the changing table and lays him down, he puts Peter's paci in his mouth while he changes his pull up. Tony tries to hide his expression when he unstraps the pull up to see more then pee in there, he must not of done a great job because he hears Peter giggling at him.

"You think that's funny, little man?" Tony says smiling.

Peter nods sleepily and giggles again when Tony gives his tummy a small tickle.

"Tony don't get him too wound up, it is nap time," Pepper laughs softly.

"Tell that to this funny man," Tony laughs.

Once he is changes, he grabs the onesie pajama's that Pepper hands him, it is the Iron Man one. Tony finished putting on a new pull up and puts Peter's legs through the pajama's; Pepper helps to sit Peter up so Tony can remove his shirt and finish dressing him.

Once they are done they look down at Peter who is wearing the Iron Man onesie, the arc reactor print in the middle of the chest, the hoodie with the Iron Man mask on it, the foots looking like the Iron Man boots with Peter's paci clipped to it and in his mouth, who is looking at them with a sleepy expression.

Tony and Pepper stare at him with love and affection, Peter looks so cute in the Iron Man onesie. "Alright Big man time for sleepy," Tony says as he picks up Peter and walks over to the bed.

He lays Peter down and lays a fluffy blanket over top of him, sitting on the bed he rubs Peter's tummy while smiling down at him, "have a good sleep, bambino, love you, have good dreams," Tony smiles and gives Peter a kiss on his forehead, he then moves back so Pepper can get in.

Pepper takes Tony's spot on the bed and runs her fingers through the hair peeking out of the hoodie, "love you sweet heart, you did so well today, you are such a brave boy, we are so proud of you," Pepper smiles when Peter gives her a lazy smile. "Sweet dreams sweet heart and we will see you when you wake up," Pepper leans down and kisses his forehead. 

"Nig' nigh'" Peter whispers and closes his eyes, letting his wonderful full tummy and the feeling of safety take over, lulling him into a restful sleep. 

Tony and Pepper stand side by side holding each other watching as Peter falls asleep. Once his breath evens our they looks over at each other and kiss. 

"Let's go see what Amber and Rhodey are up to," Tony says. They walk out of the room and close the door lightly, Tony stops when Pepper grabs his hand.

"Tony, this overwhelming feeling I have towards Peter, do you feel it?" Pepper asks.

"Ya, I know what you mean," Tony says.

"I find it a little concerning how we have such an attachment after such a short amount of time."

"I haven't been around Caregivers and Little's before so maybe this is something we can ask Amber about, see if it is normal," Tony asks.

"I agree, let's see what Amber says, she would know more about this connection then we do."

Tony and Pepper make their way towards the stairs when they hear Rhodey, Amber and Natasha. 

They hear Natasha ask the question, "You mentioned a special ability that you have, what did you mean by that?"

"She is a human emotion detector," Tony says smiling as they descend the stairs, he watches as they all turn to look at him. Tony and Pepper walk into the living room and sit on the couch next to Rhodey.

"I wouldn't say that," Amber smiles. "I have the ability to read auras," Amber explains. 

"Read auras?" Rhodey asks.

"Yes, everyone has an aura or some call it a spirit or soul if you will, it is the essence that makes up all living things. I can read it and basically see what type of person someone is, it is never 100% accurate as people change every minute, but I can get a glimpse of a general idea on who a person is," Amber explains. "Touching someone, helps get a better picture but I don't have to touch someone to see it."

"So you can read anyone?" Natasha asks.

"Yes, for instance I can see your aura is blue with a hint of red and just a spot of black which your blue aura tells me you are loyal, trustworthy, and reliable and bring about security to those around you with love and intelligence. The downside of having a blue aura means that sometimes people mistake your appearance as being cold or hard to read, when it is the opposite after all blue represents water and still waters run deep. Your red aura contributes to your blue by representing strength and power, the downside of that it is connected to your angry you use to fuel your passion and strength to protect people so that what happened to you doesn't happen to others," Amber says.

Natasha is stunned at the accuracy of Amber's reading, "and the black?"

"Death, you have been around death a lot, enough to leave a mark on your aura," Amber says.

No one says a word, everyone is shocked by Amber's reading and how spot on she is, Rhodey is the first to speak.

"That... is impressive."

"Yes it has it's benefits," Amber says. "I can't read everything, but it helps gets a general idea on who a person is."

"What about me?" Rhodey asks.

"Honey bear she isn't a party trick, she proved a point to Natasha, if she does everyone she will be here forever," Tony says.

"It is okay, I don't mind. Rhodey your aura reads mostly orange with part tan color with a spot of black. Orange is a sign of courage, confidence, friendliness and success, being a colonel those are very good traits to have, however orange has a downside sometimes your confidence and success and lead to ignorance."

Tony snorts at that, "oh honey bear she is bang on again," he laughs.

"Shut it Tones, what about the tan color?" Rhodey asks.

"Your dependable and have the flexibility to adapt to situations, downside to that is sometimes you can come across as dull or conservative. The black is probably because of your service to the military and being an Avenger, you see or have seen a lot of death and it left a mark on your soul as well. I am sure all you have some black because of your professions."

Tony laughs at the look on Rhodey's face when Amber calls him dull, "oh my god Amber, that was priceless!"

Rhodey is god smacked at being called dull, "I'm fun!"

"I never said you weren't, I said you can come across as dull not that you are dull," Amber says.

"Right, well what about Tones! I bet his reads that he is arrogant!"

"Hey!" Tony says in mock hurt, "my arrogance was hard earned."

"Tony's aura is a combination of yellowish gold with blue and black. The yellow represents his brightness, like the sun when he walks into a room people notice, along with intellect and creativity, the downside of yellow is the person tends to be irresponsible."

Rhodey bursts out laughing at that, "Ha! See Tone's she got you spot on."

"Oh shut up platypus," Tony glares.

"That may have been the case when he was younger however now I believe the yellow is there to simple represent his creativity and intellect. The gold part of his aura represents his status of wealth in life, prosperity and his high value in society and to any company or group he is in, gold's downside is that sometimes greed can take over. Blue as you know with Natasha is love, trust, security, intelligence, and loyalty. However unlike Natasha whose blue aura shows coldness to cover the positive affects, Tony is the opposite, he uses his positive blue aura to hide the negative fear that blue aura can bring. No doubt that is the fear of being rejected for being a Caregiver of people rejecting his true self."

"That's amazing," Pepper says.

"You are scary good," Tony says.

"Like you said Tony, I am not a party trick this is what I see everyday, in all people when I want to," Amber says.

"Does black have any other meaning besides death?" Natasha asks.

"Yes there is a positive side to black, it can mean protection, dramatic, classy and formality. Which can be found in all black spots no matter how little, bits of those traits. The negative aspects of black is death, evil and mystery. For instance, I would see more black in a persons aura who is a serial killer then any other color and there actions would so me that the black aura is more on the negative side then positive side. As my powers matured so did my ability to tell the difference between who leans more on the negative side of the aura colors and who leans more on the positive," Amber explains.

"So what is your aura?" Rhodey asks.

Amber stares at Rhodey, and sees everyone looking at her, she then smiles sadly, "I can't hide my aura, when I go on the attack it is my weapon. Let's hope that you never get the see the answer to that question."

Everyone took the hint not to ask anymore questions about auras; however Tony and Pepper have a question and now they have a chance to change the subject and see about getting an answer.

"Amber, Tony and I have a concern and are wondering if you can help us," Pepper asks.

"Absolutely that is why I am here to answer any questions that you have," Amber smiles.

"Tony and I are concerned with how quickly we have become attached to Peter. We have not been around Little's before nor have had chances to interact with Little's and Caregivers so we are wondering if this is normal," Pepper asks. 

"Typically, it doesn't happen this fast," Amber says, watching as Tony's and Pepper's face turn up in concern. "Don't be worried, all it means is that you are the rare couple that found the perfect Little that fits your needs," she smiles. "Most people when they look for a Little find the one the suits them but isn't a perfect match, they do form a connection but not a strong one as you two seem to making with Peter. Some people never find a true connection with a Little, not saying that they don't have one just that it is different and takes longer to form. With you and Tony it seems that Peter is your perfect match so the connection becomes stronger every moment you two interact with Peter. Your souls sent out a signal to connect and Peter reached back, therefore the connection was formed and with every moment you spent together, it grows stronger and stronger. That is why I told you when you stated you wanted to adopt him that I knew; when you two first met Peter, all your auras flared white which means innocence, purity and goodness when you three connected. It is rare for that to happen so that is why I am confident you both will be perfect for Peter. So don't be concerned, just embrace what is meant to be and you all will be one big happy family," Amber smiles. 

Tony and Pepper let out a sigh of relief,  "I am glad that we are not just having short term overwhelming feeling of having a Little for the first time," Pepper says. 

"Don't worry there, you will find that in time it will feel normal but the connection will be just a strong," Amber says. 

Tony and Pepper lean into each other and share a kiss, grateful for Amber to help reassure them, they are so happy and can't wait until Peter is with them full time, which will happen in two days.