Panic All Around
Peter's POV.
SHIT I'M FREAKING OUT HERE!
[There is a reasonable explanation for this all]
"Of course, there is no reason to panic. It's all fun, happy times, nothing to worry about." PANIC I AM INTERNALLY FREAKING OUT RIGHT HERE. I reach up and bring the shower head down, turning the water back on and letting the tub drain while the water heated to a good temperature. "Totally all fine, cause you're okay."
[You're scaring him]
My spidey sense was right, cause Jason was now crying while I rinsed any of the suds off him. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry you're okay baby boy you are." I quickly shut the water off and grabbed one of the soft little baby towels from under the sink and carefully scooped him up with it. "We'll get you dried off and maybe some cream on your legs, how does that sound?"
I hear the door creak open as I gently cradle the boy to my chest and rock him, he'd have to be dried off before I could do anything but this was just to much, I was freaking out which was freaking Jason out which was freaking me out which was freaking Jason out and... "Hey everything okay?" Wade asked and peaked his head in. I guess I wasn't hiding my panic as well as I was trying to cause Wade's face went from it's regular to concern. "What's wrong?"
"I don't know, he has rashes or something on his legs, and.. and he's probably fine but I can't stop freaking out which is freaking him out and... and.." Wade gently took Jason from me and held him with one arm and pulled me in for a hug with the other. He doesn't say anything, he just holds the both of us tightly to him. I press my head against his shoulder. "We have to get him to the doctor and make sure it-"
He cut me off and spoke in a very calm voice, which was kinda strange coming from him. "We'll take him to see the doctor." He kissed the top of my head lightly, Jason was already calming down just from being held by Wade. "We will, I promise, but first we just need to take a step back. Look at him Pea, Jay is okay. He's a bit startled but he's really okay."
"But he's-"
"Okay. It's not uncommon for kids to get a rash every now and then, it's good that you saw it now because now we can have it looked at." Wade cut me off again, "He's going to be just fine."
I was tense but listened to him, Jason would be fine, just a little rash. I press my face down into his shoulder and focus on my breathing. It takes a minute but soon I'm a little less tense and ready to act in a calmer manner.
"He's okay." I nod and take a step back, running a hand through my hair. "I'll change him if you'll call the doctor?"
Wade shook his head. "I'll get him dried off and fed, you call the doctor and just take a break. I've got him."
"But I..."
"Just take a minute Peter." I almost flinch when he calls me Peter, he never calls me Peter, it sounded weird coming from him after knowing him for this long. "He's with me, we'll be fine." He gives me a little smile.
I take a deep breath before nodding and leaving the bathroom, heading out the window to sit on the fire escape.
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(A/N: Idk if there should be a warning but his boxes are in this and they aren't the friendliest.)
Wade's POV.
[Well he clearly has confidence in us. Didn't even hesitate to leave us with our own child once.]
/Total confidence. 100%/
I roll my eyes before shifting Jason in my arms, "Now that all that silliness is over, let's get you dressed and ready for lunch you little munchkin, geez you're so cute I could just eat you up." I grab ointment from the cabinet before going to the nursery with the tiny bean.
[It's probably saying things like you want to eat him that has him doubting our ability to care for him.]
"It's a figure of speech." I set Jason down on the changing table gently and use the towel to slowly dry him off. "You're just grasping at straws for insults now."
Jason was looking a little tired, and though he looked like he was trying to stay awake, he was failing.
/We can't grasp at anything. We don't have hands./
[Such a dumb ass, you can clearly see we are boxes and boxes don't have hands.]
"Me a dumb ass? You're the one who didn't understand two figures of speeches in a row." I kept my voice a little softer, not wanting to keep Jason from sleeping. I put some ointment where I saw rashes, to help sooth him at least until they could see what the doctor wanted them to do for treatment.
I didn't see anything else come from them and I smirked. "That's what I thought. Now it's just you and me Jay dog, Jay bird, Jalligator, Jayrannosaurus Rex, Jay Money. Janthony." I whispered as I got out a diaper and a onesie, suiting Jason up in them before laying him in his crib for sleep. "You can have lunch when you wake. No need to interrupt your nap just for food." I hummed and watched as Jason's drooped closed.
I watch him for a couple minutes, staying quiet before going to the basket on the side of the room and started folding all the tiny baby clothes that had been done in the wash this morning, we were lucky that this building had a washers and dryers in the basement, other than security and space for Jason to grow, that was the other thing that me and Petey looked for when stealthily getting an apartment together.
I move across the room and do my best to be quiet as I place the now folded clothes down into the little dresser against the wall while Jason continues to sleep. I loved having Jason in my life, he was my everything, and though sometimes I have crazy thoughts about how he might be scared of my face or hate me..... Was there something else to that statement? I just know that I love him and will do everything in my power to be the best dad I can be for him, and also shoot anyone that tries to harm even a hair on his precious little head.
[Surprise bitch, thought you could have some peace and quiet without us?]
/You're funny like that aren't you./
I ignore their attempts to get a rise out of me, I know that's what they want.
I turned the baby monitor on and grab the other piece so I could keep an ear out for Jason in case his nap was cut short.
[Look at you, a single dad doing single dad things.]
"I'm not a single dad. I have Petey with me to take care of him." I tell them and walk down to the kitchen to put the stuff I had pulled out a little earlier away.
/Well where is he then? You're the one taking care of Jason and he's not even here./
"He's just outside," I tell them "I'm the one who told him to go out for a minute."
[And he still hasn't come back, I'm pretty sure it's been over a minute.]
"Two people don't have to be in the same place and parenting at the same time, I sent him out for a reason." I sighed and put my hands down onto the counter, leaning on it a bit. "He'll come back inside when he's ready, or even before he's ready. He wouldn't have gone far without saying he was going."
/Why don't you just go and check then, see if he's just right outside like you said he is./
[Yeah just go and check if he's there. I'm sure he'll love you for invading his very limited alone time.]
"I'm not his dad, I don't need to try snooping on his cool down." I know I should be ignoring them but it was difficult, they were just so big and loud sometimes.
[You can't ignore us, and even if you try we can hear you trying to ignore us so either way we are winning here.]
/And speaking of his dad, they don't know about you do they./
"They don't but it's not my choice. I can't push him into something he isn't ready for yet, he'll tell his dads about me when he's ready." I tell them and turn around, leaning back against the counter that I was leaning forward against before. "Besides they might realize that he's Spider-man and he doesn't want any of them knowing, you see how they react to Spider-man just being Spider-man, any scratch and they all freak out."
[Fair enough but he hasn't even told them about Jason, their own grandson, as Peter or Spider-man...]
/Some might say that he's even ashamed of him, of his existence./
I was quiet for a second because they did have a point, he refused mentioning Jason at all when anyone else was around other than Jason's doctor and his own which helped him out during the pregnancy, well and May since she babysits for Jason but that's really it as far as I'm aware. "No, stop it. You're trying to make me pick a fight with him and I'm not going to."
[You know we're right.]
/He is ashamed of the child you impregnated him with and now he is a recluse who is slowly getting rid of his own identity./
[Once Peter is gone then he'll get rid of the both of you as well.]
/You can see the cracks forming already./
[Other than bringing him to May, when have you seen Peter even step out of the apartment as himself and not his Spider persona.]
I didn't know how to answer as that was the only time I saw Peter leave the apartment as himself and not Spider-man.
[So yeah, soon enough you'll be raising Jason alone.]
/And that would be fine, if you didn't completely screw everything up./
[How do you expect to care for a child if you can't even properly take care of yourself.]
I slam my fist against the counter. "Enough. I will not let you put these lies into my head, today is supposed to be a good day and I won't let you fill my head with negative thoughts."
[It's a little too late for that now.]
/Besides, Peter isn't even here, he left./
"He's right outside." My hand stays in a fist, not angry with my Petey but with the boxes.
[He's not, didn't you just watch him leave?]
/Yeah he just left??/
I tried not to go and check, but I couldn't help it, the boxes were getting to me. I leave the kitchen and go to the hall where the window Petey would have gone through. "Pea?" I asked and stuck my head out the window to find no one there.
My heart hurt, it felt like a sudden pain in it when seeing that Peter was gone. "This doesn't mean anything. I'm sure he just went on a walk. Everything is fine."
[He left you.]
/You're alone now./
"No no... I have Jason. I have Jason, he's right here." I made my way upstairs to the nursery and went to look down at Jason, watching Jason will calm me down I know, I know it will. "... Where did he go?" The crib was empty "Where... Where..."
[Get the guns, time to hunt down whoever took him.]
/It was probably just Pe-/
[MURDER TIME BABY!!]
I quickly make my way to my room and head into my closet, unlocking the door to find my arsenal of weapons. I suit and gear up. No one steals my baby and gets away with it.