Chapter 3
Tony was working in his lab when he got the alert.
“Boss, Peter seems to be in distress and is asking for you” FRIDAY said.
Tony dropped what he was doing and he made his way to Peters bedroom.
Since Peter has been staying with him he would get really bad nightmares and would wet the bed.
The first night Peter wet the bed Tony didn’t really know what to do. He had to remind himself that Peter was a child who had just wet the bed and that it was Tony’s responsibility to deal with it because he had promised the boys aunt that he would take care of her nephew.
Tony knocked on the door and then he walked in without waiting for a response.
When he walked in he saw Peter sitting up in bed crying. Tony walked to the edge of the bed and sat down.
“What’s up buddy?” Tony asked quietly but he already knew the answer.
Peter continued to cry so Tony reached out and rubbed Peters arm.
Peter finally calmed down enough and decided to speak “I d-did it a-again”
Tony felt so bad for Peter. He didn’t know why Peter was having accidents. He didn’t know if it was because he was sleeping in a new bed every night or because he missed his aunt or maybe he did it back in his own bed too.
“It’s okay, Peter” Tony stood up and moved the blankets back to reveal Peters wet pants and bed.
“I’m s-s-Sorry” Peter cried out after he looked down at his wet pyjama pants.
“It’s okay, it’s not your fault, buddy” Tony tried to explain to Peter to make him feel better.
Tony held out his hand for Peter to grab onto. Peter took Tony’s much larger hand in his and stood up on shaky legs.
Peter let go of Tony’s hand to go into the washroom.
“You clean up and I’ll change your sheets” Tony said then started taking off all the sheets on Peters bed.
Peter shut the bathroom door and looked down at himself pathetically. He was so embarrassed because this is the third time he’s wet the bed in the two weeks that he was staying with Tony.
Peter took off his pyjama pants and threw it into the corner.
Peter started the shower and just pulled his shirt up a bit so it wouldn’t get wet.
After he was done he got out and wrapped a towel around his lower half.
He looked at himself in the mirror and he looked awful. His face was all pale and he had tear tracks down his cheeks with red rimmed eyes.
With the amount of sleep that he was losing over this bed wetting problem was staring to catch up to him.
Peter looked away from his reflection and went back out into the bedroom. Tony was sitting on the chair beside his bed on his phone then looked up at Peter when he walked in.
“You all done?” Tony asked then handed Peter his clean pyjama pants.
Peter nodded his head then grabbed them from Tony and stood in front of him.
“Thanks for helping me. You didn’t have to” Peter said then looked down sadly.
He knew that Tony didn’t have to help him but he was glad that he did because he would hate to have to do this all by himself. He didn’t really care much about it being embarrassing because he knew that Tony understood that he had some problems at nighttime.
“I don’t mind helping Peter and you know that” Tony tried to give Peter a smile. Peter just looked up at him then looked away.
Peter held the pyjamas tight in his hands. He just wanted this night to be over and he wanted this stupid bed wetting to stop but he knew he needed to work on it or something.
“Get dressed, I’ll turn around” Tony said knowing that Peter probably wanted privacy right now.
Tony got up to walk over to Peters bed while Peter dropped the towel and pulled his legs through the clean pyjama pants and pulled them up.
He walked over to the bed and got in.
“Don’t be sad, Pete” Tony pulled the blankets back for Peter to get into bed.
Peter didn’t say anything but just looked up at Tony sadly.
Tony ran his hands through Peters hair then left his bedroom.
It was around 4am in the morning so Tony decided to go to bed himself.
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Tony woke up in the morning at 10:34am.
He didn’t mean to sleep that long but he was just exhausted.
Tony got out of bed and went into the bathroom to wake himself up a bit.
When he came back out he got dressed and then made his way into the kitchen to get some coffee.
He was surprised to see Pepper sitting there on the kitchen island.
Tony walked out and walked past Pepper smiling.
Tony and Pepper decided to get back together a little over three months ago. Tony has always known that he loved Pepper but he didn’t want to admit to caring about anyone because he was scared.
After they got together though, Pepper helped Tony open up a bit with showing emotions and caring. Peter also helped without even trying to.
Tony started making his coffee then he turned around and leaned against the counter.
“You slept awhile” Pepper smiled at him then turned back to her book.
Tony poured his coffee then took a big sip “I was up late with the kid”
Pepper put her book down then turned to Tony to give him her full attention “did you guys stay down in the lab too late again?”
Tony shook his head “No, Peter uh, Peters been wetting the bed”
Tony looked up at Pepper for her reaction and she looked at him sadly.
Pepper was concerned for Peter because he was a child and there had to be a reason for him wetting the bed.
“Is it because of nightmares?” Pepper asked.
Tony looked towards Peters bedroom. He didn’t know for sure but if he had to guess he would say that’s why.
“I think so”
Just as Pepper was about to say something else Peter walked out of his bedroom. He was wearing mismatched pyjamas. The top was a Captain America one and his pants were blue and green army. His hair was extra curly and was sticking up everywhere.
“Morning kid” Tony said then ruffled Peters hair when Peter came closer to him.
Peter just mumbled something then went into the fridge to get some milk.
“Hey Peter” Pepper said and Peter must have not saw her sitting there because he turned around and was surprised to see her.
“Hi” Peter said with his voice high.
Tony just smiled at the two then he sat on the stool and Peter sat next to him with his cereal that he just poured.
“What do you guys want to do today?” Tony asked and Peter just shrugged his shoulders.
Tony didn’t know if Peter was being silent because he was still tired or because he was embarrassed from last night.
Tony hoped that he wasn’t embarrassed because there was nothing to be embarrassed about.
“We could go down to the pool to go swimming” Pepper suggested and Peter looked up thinking it was a good idea.
“Do you wanna do that, Pete?” Tony asked Peter hoping that Peter would say yes.
“Yeah! I wanna go swimming!” And just like that Peter was in a good mood.
Peter finished eating then Pepper went into Tony and hers bedroom to change into her bathing suit. Tony followed Peter into his room to help Peter find his bathing suit.
After Tony got it for him he left the room to go change himself and Peter changed.
Peter took off his pyjamas and slid on his bathing suit then ran out to the living room.
Pepper was waiting there in her bathing suit coverup and holding towels.
Tony came out right after then they all went down to the pool.
When they got there no other avengers were there which surprised Tony because they were always there if they weren’t working out or eating.
“I wanna jump in” Peter ran to the edge but Tony stopped him.
“Wait” Tony called out then turned and grabbed a life jacket “you have to wear this”
Peter ignored Tony and moved closer to the edge of the pool to jump in.
Tony remembered what May had told him about Peter being a child and sometimes he wouldn’t listen so Tony would have to make him listen. He remembers her telling him that since he was the adult he was the one in charge of Peter and could tell him what to do.
“Peter, if you jump in that pool without your life jacket we’re going right back upstairs” Tony said firmly.
Peter stopped and looked at Tony probably trying to decide if he was being serious or not.
Just then Steve and Bucky walked in in their bathing suits.
Tony had helped to make Buckys arm water proof after he got in the water with one that was not water proof and ruined it.
“Hey guys” Steve said then put down the towels and jumped in.
Peter looked at Steve excitedly then made a move to jump in. Tony knew that Peter didn’t know how to swim after finding out the hard way.
“Peter. No” Tony walked closer to Peter but Peter started to run away.
Tony grabbed his arm and stopped him from running.
“Hey-“ Peter said annoyed but was cut off by Tony.
“If you want to go swimming then you need to wear a life jacket”
Peter looked over at everyone.
Pepper was sitting on the pool chair watching them. Steve was in the pool swimming and Bucky was sitting on the edge with his feet in the water.
Peter really didn’t want to look like a baby in front of the freaking avengers wearing a life jacket.
But he also knew that Tony wasn’t gonna let him go swimming without it.
“Fine” Peter mumbled.
He held out his arm for Tony to put the life jacket on him. He could have easily done it himself but he wanted to be stubborn and make Tony do all the work.
Tony got his arms through them did up the buckles in the front and between the legs.
“Can I go now?” Peter asked impatiently.
“Go” Tony gently pushed Peter away towards the water.
He was just content to watch Peter swim while sitting with Pepper.