I’ll Rearrange The Stars For You

Tony had been listening to Peter tell Happy what happened then he heard the front door swing open and Morgan come running out.

“Baby brother! Baby brother!” Morgan jumped down the last step of the deck and ran over to the car. Happy stepped out of the way so she could look into the car.

Tony smiled at his daughter and felt Peter lean against him more so he could look at Morgan.

“Daddy! You brought Peter home!” Morgan yelled and then got to the car door so she could look at Peter.

“I did. Say hi, Morgan.” Tony reached his hand out to place a hand on her back and watched the two of his kids meeting for the first time.

Peter looked at her with wide eyes then lifted up a hand to wave to her. “Hi. I’m Peter.”

Morgan smiled at him. “I know. Mommy and daddy told me all about you but you’re supposed to be my big brother and now you’re my younger brother but I’m okay with that.”

Peter leaned against Tony’s arm so Tony pulled him closer to himself with the arm that was already around him. “Oh. It’s because I was dusted.”

Morgan nodded. “I know. Mommy told me. Do you wanna come play with me?”

Tony spoke up before Peter had the chance to. “Hey, honey, Peter’s tired now so how about you go find him something to wear with mommy while I take him inside?”

Morgan hesitated for a few seconds before agreeing. “Okay! Let’s go mommy.”

“Tony, I’m going to leave you guys to it. Do you need anything?” Happy asked from the side of the car. He could tell that Tony waited years for this moment and as close as he was to the Stark’s, this was a private family moment.

Tony was already shaking his head. “No. Thanks, Hap.”

Happy patted Tony’s arm and looked at Peter, giving him a warm smile before he was leaving.

Tony ran his fingers through his kids hair. “Hey, bud. You ready to go inside?”

Peter nodded his head so Tony let go of him and stepped out of the car then waited for Peter to get out as well. He knew Peter was barefoot and that the ground was definitely cold and hard on his tiny feet so what he did next was for that reason but also because he wanted to hold Peter in his arms again and never let him go.

“Do you want me to carry you inside?” Tony asked him and Peter immediately raised his arms up for him, without thinking about it so in one quick motion, Tony lifted Peter into his arms and set him on his hip, pulling the blanket around his shoulders and shutting the car door with the other hand.

He felt Peter grab onto the back of his shirt with his tiny hand and Tony couldn’t help but smile. He missed his kid so much.

Once they got inside, Peter was looking around at everything with wide eyes, taking in the layout of the house and all the furniture inside. Tony kicked his shoes off and went to place Peter on the floor even if the last thing he wanted to do was let go of his kid.

Peter let out a whine and clung onto him tighter so Tony held him back tighter as well. “Okay. I won’t let you go. I’ll take you upstairs.”

“Okay.” Peter continued to look at everything while they headed upstairs and once they got to the top, he reached his hand out to point to a picture. “That’s me.”

Tony stood on top of the stairs, in front of the picture of him and Peter. “It was, bud. There’s tons of pictures of you around the house.”

Peter ran his hand gently over the glass. It was a picture of him and Tony in the lab back when he was fifteen years old. Both of them were oblivious to the picture being taken of them.

Just then, Morgan ran into the hallway. “Daddy! Look what I found for Peter to wear. It used to be mine but I grew out of it. Mom said it might be too big on him but that’s okay.”

Peter looked down at Morgan and reached for the clothes that she was holding out to him. “Thank you.”

“You’re welcome, Peter.” Morgan smiled up at him and then Pepper walked out of her room with a pile of sheets in her hands. “Can I help Peter with his bath, dad?”

Tony looked at Peter just in time for him to watch Peter’s eyes widen and he shook his head then kicked his legs to be put down. Tony placed him on the floor and helped Peter pull the blanket further around himself.

“I think Peter wants to shower by himself, Morg. Can you help mom?” Tony suggested and Morgan looked sad but she ran off to go help Pepper.

Tony didn’t know if Peter wanted him to help him or not. It was obvious that Peter was fighting between his teenage self and the new five year old self that he was in. With the thumb sucking, the random outbursts that lasted a few seconds because then Peter would realize what he was doing and stop.

He couldn’t blame the clinging and carrying on that was happening though since he knew Peter loved his physical affection and was scared so he wanted Tony to hold him.

What Tony didn’t know was if Peter would eventually slip into his five year old mindset or keep trying to fight it with his teenage self. Only time would tell.

Tony led Peter into his and Peppers bathroom where everyone would shower or take a bath in, no one really used the other bathrooms and he didn’t know why but he didn’t care.

“Here’s the shower, I know you know how to use it so I won’t be explaining that to you. I can get you your favourite apple shampoo but until now you’re stuck with strawberries.” Tony didn’t want to tell Peter that he couldn’t smell that damn apple scented shampoo without immediately breaking down since it was once his favourite smell in the world. Maybe it could be again.

“Uh, and I’ll leave the clothes and towel here for you.” Tony placed the clean towel on the counter and took the clothes from Peter to place there as well. “Take your time, bud. If you need me then just call me and I’ll come.”

“Okay. Thanks.” Peter then waited for Tony to leave and shut the bathroom door before he dropped the blanket and looked down at his underwear that looked like shorts on him; they were so big.

He pulled them down and stepped out of them. He knew he would never be wearing them again so he should probably just throw them out but he didn’t.

He looked down at himself and cringed. He was definitely a five year old. His stomach stuck out with a pudgy belly and his legs were so short and chubby, as well as his arms.

Peter looked at the full body length mirror and walked over to it. His face was all dirty with sweat, dust and who knows what else and same with his hair so that made him look a tad older. He knew after he washed all that off then he would look even younger.

He walked closer to the mirror and examined his face up close. Yep. Definitely a five year old if he can remember from the pictures of himself as a five year old from before.

Turning away from the mirror, Peter walked over to the shower and got inside. He had to step on his tippy toes to turn the shower on and he struggled with setting it to the right temperature but once he got it, he let the warm water run over his body.

It was nice. He shut his eyes and realized that he could actually fall asleep in the shower right now. He was exhausted and he wanted Tony.

Even though he knew the man was probably just outside waiting for him, he still missed him a lot.

Peter grabbed the bottle of strawberry shampoo and struggled to hold the bottle since his hands were so tiny and the bottle was too big. After spilling a bunch onto the shower floor, Peter eventually got it into his hands so he started to soap his hair up until it was all foamy.

He rinsed it and struggled with the body wash soap bottle as well but once he got some onto his hands, he started to clean his whole body, making sure to get everywhere.

Once he was done, Peter took longer than was probably necessary to rinse himself off but just because he was really enjoying the warm water.

He tried to turn off the water but he couldn’t lift the handle up. He tried jumping but he still couldn’t reach it so he let out a cry because he was frustrated and he just wanted Tony.

Peter whimpered and got out of the shower to grab his towel. He wrapped it securely around himself and tried his best to quickly dry his hair and his body then got dressed into the clothes.

It was hard to get dressed which was frustrating. He couldn’t keep his balance on his foot so he had to sit down to put his pants on, Well Morgan’s pants.

The pyjama shirt was white and had a grey elephant on it and the pants were grey with white elephants on it. They were also extremely huge on him so he might need Pepper to tie it again.

After he was done, he held onto the waistband and called out for Tony. “Tony? Tony?”

Tony was opening the bathroom door seconds later, “Yeah, bud?”

Peter watched him turn off the shower and then step towards him. “I’m sorry. I couldn’t reach it.”

Tony smiled at him and kneeled down to roll up the bottom of his pants. “It’s okay, bud. We’ll get you some clothes tomorrow.”

Peter didn’t say anything. Was he staying with Tony forever now? He hoped so but he didn’t know.

Tony grabbed an electric from the countertop and tied up his pants then stood up fully. Peter immediately reached his arms up for the man but he stopped once he realized he was acting like a… well a five year old.

Tony hesitated as well, he wanted to pick Peter up but Peter didn’t want that. Or he didn’t want to want that. He didn’t push it and led Peter out into the bedroom then into the hallway and into another bedroom.

“This is where you’ll sleep for tonight, okay, bud?” Tony pulled back the blankets and watched as Peter struggled to climb onto the bed so he reached over and picked him up to help him on.

Peter blushed red and looked down as he climbed into the bed and got under the blankets that Tony held out for him. “Lie down, Petey.”

Peter shut his eyes at the nickname. He loved it when Tony called him that but he didn’t know why he wanted to cry at hearing it now. He lied down and opened his eyes to see Tony staring down at him with a smile on his face that held so much love.

Tony was caressing his face so Peter reached a hand out to do the same to Tony. “Oh Peter. I missed you so much. You have no idea.”

Peter didn’t say anything. He didn’t know what to say.

“I’m so glad that it worked. I missed you like crazy.” Tony repeated again because he couldn’t believe he was looking at his kid after ten years.

Peter shut his eyes, feeling content that Tony was here with him.

Tony leaned down to press a kiss to Peter’s forehead and then he reluctantly stood up. He wanted to stay but he still had to shower and go talk to Pepper.

Peter’s eyes shot open. He didn’t want Tony to leave. He wanted to stay with him forever but he didn’t ask him to stay. Instead, he watched him leave the bedroom.

Tony leaned against Peter’s bedroom door and smiled. His baby was home.

Walking into Morgan’s bedroom, Tony saw that she was already asleep. He sat down on her bed and pressed a kiss to her face as well.

His two babies.

Then Tony went into his bedroom just as Pepper was walking out of the bathroom, freshly showered and in her pyjamas. “Is he asleep?”

“Yeah. He will be soon.” Tony walked over to her and wrapped his arms around her, not caring that he was still dirty. “I love you so much.”

“Hey, go shower and then I’ll say it back.” Pepper playfully pushed him away so Tony disappeared into the bathroom to have a quick shower.

When he got out, he felt better than he had in years. He had his baby boy back and it worked. He couldn’t believe it actually worked.

“Can you believe I have my boy back?” Tony asked Pepper as he crawled into their large king sized bed. He laid on his side with his arm holding his head up and she mirrored his position.

“You did it, Tony. It was all you.” She smiled at him but that wasn’t true. He couldn’t have done any of it without her.

“Not just me. You too, Pep.” Tony laid down on his back and looked up at the ceiling. “How did Morgan take it?”

Pepper sighed and laid down on her back as well. “She took it well, I think she likes the fact that Peter is younger than her but she doesn’t understand why we couldn’t help him with his bath.”

Tony figured as much.

“Did you help him?” She asked him.

“No. I helped him turn off the shower after he was already dressed.” Tony paused. He didn’t want to admit it but he wanted Peter to ask for help and act like the five year old he really is.

It’s obvious that his body is starting to act that way but his teenage mindset is still intact. Tony didn’t know how it worked and he knew that millions of other people were going through the same thing so only time will tell.

“Do you think he’ll eventually let go of his old self?” Pepper asked as if she knew what he was thinking.

Tony didn’t know for sure, “Maybe. I hate to say this but I hope so. I was always so mad that I didn’t get to raise him or get to experience what he was like when he was younger and now I do so I hope he acts his age.”

Pepper smiled. She hoped so too. “Don’t you think it’s kinda weird how everything turned out? Whenever we used to think about Peter meeting Morgan, it was always as her older brother. And now she’s the older one.”

Tony laughed. “Yeah. Pete’s the baby of the family now.”

Pepper stopped laughing and turned to look at Tony. “We have two kids now. We actually have two babies. We could barely handle one, how are we going to do this?”

Tony looked over and mirrored the smile on Peppers face. “Together. Like always.”

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Peter watched Tony leave the bedroom and after he was out of his sight, he started to let the tears fall because he was all alone.

Tony wasn’t with him just like after he got dusted. He was alone and he was terrified.

He knew that Tony was right down the hall but that wasn’t with him. That was down the hall and it was too far.

Peter tried to quiet his whimper and his thumb raised to his mouth once again but this time he didn’t stop it from going in because he really didn’t care.

He thought about how his life was going to be so different now. He wasn’t sure if Tony was going to keep him and that scared him because Aunt May was dead so he didn’t have anywhere else to go plus he really wanted to stay with Tony.

Peter turned on his bed so he could try to fall asleep but he knew he wouldn’t be able to do that without Tony and with his mind racing so he took his thumb out of his mouth and slid out of bed.

He was sure that Tony’s and Peppers bedroom was just down the hall from his since it was the one that he walked out of.

Peter didn’t care if Tony thought he was a baby because he just wanted to be held and told that everything was going to be okay.

He let out a sob that triggered the rest of the tears and the loud crying then he pushed open the bedroom door and stood by the doorway while he cried.

Tony turned around to look at him and then was immediately getting out of bed and kneeling in front of Peter. “What happened, Petey?”

Peter sniffled and then looked at Tony with blurry eyes. “Am-am I gonna live with you now forever?”

Tony paused. He wasn’t expecting that. It was what was going to happen though so he hoped it was what Peter wanted. “Yeah, you are, bud. You’re staying here with us forever now.”

Peter started crying more at that but Tony knew that wasn’t a bad thing. It could be him crying out of relief. Peter threw himself into his arms. “Y-yeah. I want to stay with you forever.”

“Okay, Pete. I promise you you will.” Tony hugged Peter tighter because he didn’t want to ever let him go.

Peter pointed to the bed. “I wanna-I wanna sleep with you.”

Tony lifted him into his arms and stood up to look at Pepper who was nodding her head so Tony got back into bed and laid Peter down so that he was between the two of them like Morgan did with them so many times.

Peter waited for Tony to lie down before he was crawling on top of the man and putting his head on his chest so he could listen to his heart beat.

“It’s okay, Peter. You’re okay.” Tony rubbed his back and pressed a kiss to his still damp hair.

Peter started hiccuping and then stuck his thumb in his mouth and looked at Pepper.

Tony saw the action. He was mentally cooing at Peter and he could tell that Pepper was as well.

He held his baby in his arms until he felt Peter drift off to sleep in his arms and Tony held him the whole time with no intention to let him go.