Bend The Definition Of Fate

The next day Tony was feeling really scared and anxious.

He was terrified that Pepper would still be mad at him even after he explained everything and he really didn’t want that.

He never wanted Pepper to be mad at him but he couldn’t let her be mad at him this time. Especially this time. He needed her way to badly with this situation.

Not only would it be nice to get help with Peter so he didn’t have to change every diaper and feed him every meal but he especially needed Pepper to fix everything going on in the media.

Tony woke up extremely early. Well, he barely slept but he did stay in his bed the whole night instead of giving up on sleep earlier on.

It was currently 6am so it was a pretty decent time to be getting up.

Thankfully Peter slept the whole night and still hasn’t woken Tony up so that’s a bonus.

Tony expected Peter to be getting up sometime after five but it was six and he was still sleeping.

That meant Tony had time to get dressed for the day and then get a coffee.

Tony quickly went in the shower and got ready for the day before making a coffee and making his way up to Peters bedroom.

Tony slowly opened the door and walked to Peters crib. He peeked in the side and he spotted Peter sleeping on his back with his arms above his head.

Tony thought that he kinda looked like teen Peter when he slept but it wasn’t the same.

After a few minutes of Tony standing there watching Peter sleep and drinking his coffee he decided to go wait for Peter to wake up while he checked some emails.

He really hoped that by the end of the day Pepper wouldn’t be mad at him and neither would May or Rhodey.

Just as Tony sat down on the couch FRIDAY spoke up “Boss, Peter is awake and appears to be in distress”

Tony sighed. He just sat down. Horrible timing.

He took one last sip of his coffee to finish it off and then started making his way back to Peters bedroom.

As Tony got closer to his bedroom he heard the sound of crying getting louder and louder.

When he opened the bedroom door he saw Peter standing in his crib and looking over the edge while grabbing onto the bar rails.

As soon as Peter saw Tony he lifted his arms up to him and started making grabby hands while the crying got harder.

Tony walked over to the crib and picked him up. Peter immediately settled down and smiled at Tony.

“You’re a little actor, aren’t you” Tony joked. He still couldn’t understand how much Peter’s emotions changed in a day. Not even in a day but in a minute even. He was just screaming his lungs out and now he was smiling at Tony.

Tony felt Peter’s full diaper and decided that he needed a change. It was a morning routine that he was pretty much used to by now.

Tony laid Peter down on the changing table and started to take off his pyjamas with Peter squirming around.

“Stop moving, Pete or you’re gonna fall off” Tony said while he was holding Peters stomach with one hand while he tried to reach for some diapers and wipes with the other hand.

Peter started giggling and squirming even more which caused Tony to just pick him up and decide that changing him on his old bed would be better and easier.

Tony placed Peter down and undid the front straps of the diaper and then peeled down the front of it.

Thankfully it was just pee but it was a little red around Peters genitals so Tony thought that he probably should have changed him during the night time too. Or at least to get up and check to see if he needs a changing.

Peter didn’t seem to care or even notice that he had a diaper rash so Tony tossed the dirty diaper to the side and grabbed some wipes to clean him up.

After that Tony dropped Peters legs which Peter took as an invitation to start crawling away on the bed.

Tony grabbed the creams and then reached over and picked up Peter by the underarms “Where Do you think you’re going”

Peter giggled and started to grab Tony’s face but Tony laid him back down on the bed and lifted Peters legs again. He dipped his finger into the creams which were cold and started putting it on Peters butt.

As soon as Tony did that, Peter stopped laughing and paused before he started crying again.

Tony was shocked at first because he didn’t know what he did wrong. He thought that maybe it stung Peters sensitive areas but why would try make baby diaper rash cream if it hurt a baby. Tony guessed that it was because Peter didn’t like either the coldness or the slimy texture. Either way it had to go on.

“I know. I know it sucks” Tony said sadly. He hated seeing Peter in pain or sad like this.

Tony finished putting cream on Peters front half and then lifted his legs up again to slide a diaper under.

Once the diaper was on Peter stopped crying a bit and reached out to Tony again.

“Not yet, buddy” Tony said as he began to put on an outfit for Peter. The outfit was a onesie with no legs but it buttoned up between the legs and had long sleeves.

Once Tony got it on he picked Peter up and cradled him to his chest. He finished cleaning up the mess and sat Peter on the bathroom counter so he could eat his hands.

Now they just had to wait for Pepper to come.

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It was noon and Pepper should be arriving any minute.

Peter was playing on the floor laying on his stomach while there was some kind of cartoon on in the background on the tv.

Tony switched from going on his phone to watching Peter to back to his phone to back to Peter.

He was a nervous wreck and just wanted Pepper to get here already.

He had everything planned on how he was gonna explain the whole Peter getting de-aged problem to her.

Tony was a bit scared of having Peter here when Pepper first gets here because she thinks that Peter was the child of the women that Tony cheated on her with but he knows that Pepper would never hurt a child let alone a baby.

Peter was babbling about something when the elevator doors opened.

Tony immediately stood up. His heart was beating crazy fast and he tried to take a few calming breaths.

Peter looked up at Tony and then sat up so he was sitting on his butt instead of lying on his stomach.

Tony looked at Peter then turned around and made his way over to Pepper.

She walked out of the elevator at full force and walked straight to Tony. She had a look of pure sadness in her eyes but also a mixed of power.

“Pep, I-“

Pepper cut Tony off “No. Don’t ‘Pep’ me. I want an explanation”

Tony stood there for a few seconds not really knowing what to say all of the sudden.

Peter made a noise and Pepper looked over Tony’s shoulder to try and spot where the noise came from.

“Is the baby here? Is it a boy or a girl?” Pepper asked as she started walking over to where Peter was.

Tony followed “He’s a boy”

Pepper walked over and saw Peter who was now standing up. He had one hand in his mouth and his other hand on the ottoman in front of him for support.

Pepper noticed that there were baby toys everywhere. Along with a blanket on the ground for the baby.

Pepper sat down on the couch in front of Peter and looked at him. Peter continued to chew on his fingers as he stood there on chubby legs looking between Tony and Pepper.

Tony slowly sat down next to Pepper.

Pepper turned to him “How old is he?”

“Two” Tony said and he could see Pepper trying to figure out when exactly Tony ‘cheated’ on her.

Peter took his fingers out of his mouth and started walking over to Tony which resulted on him grabbing Peppers knee for support and stepping on her high heels as well. Pepper watched fondly.

When Peter reached Tony, Tony picked him up and sat him on his lap with Peter facing Pepper.

Pepper looked at the two sadly but also with a weird almost happy look in her eye that Tony had never seen before.

“What’s his name?” Pepper asked.

Tony didn’t know why it was taking him so long to explain the truth to her or why Pepper was so calm about everything.

“His name is Peter, Pep. This is Peter”

Tony watched as Peppers face took in what Tony had just said and the way he said it.

“This is Peter,” Tony said again “Peter Parker”

Pepper didn’t say anything. Tony continued “Peter got de-aged. I don’t know how and I don’t know how to get him back just yet but I got Banner and Cho working on it and I am too. When I have time.” Tony paused “It happened a few days ago and I’ve been taking care of him ever since”

Pepper still didn’t say anything just trying to take everything in so Tony kept talking “He was the baby in the pictures you saw at the park. I didn’t cheat on you, Pep. You know I never would”

Now when Pepper didn’t say anything, Tony was starting to get scared.

“I can prove it to you... I can call May. Or Happy, or-“

“No” Pepper held up her hand “This is-this is a lot to take in but I believe you. I believe you, Tony”

Tony sighed. He felt like a bunch of weight had just been lifted off his shoulders.

“You do?” Tony asked with relief.

Pepper nodded and smiled “I’m sorry I acted the way I did I just saw those pictures and my immediate reaction was that you cheated on me”

Tony laughed “Yeah well, I mean I can’t really blame you. Age regression seems pretty impossible but you can’t be surprised with me”

Pepper nodded “Oh I know”

They both laughed and all the attention in the room seemed to disappear.

Peter made a sound which caused both of them to laugh again.

Pepper looked at Peter and smiled then looked at Tony “Can I hold him?”

Tony was glad that Pepper was asking that question because even though he knew that Pepper loved babies and kids, he was still scared that she wouldn’t want to have anything to do with Peter.

“Yeah of course” Tony lifted Peter off his lap and went to hand him over to Pepper.

Peter lifted his arms up towards Pepper so he could go easily into her arms. Once he was seated on her lap he stuck his thumb in his mouth and looked up at her.

Pepper smiled down at him. She took in his chubby round checks and his big brown eyes. He looked exactly like teenager Peter it was almost crazy how much teen Peter looked like a baby now that Pepper thought about it.

“He looks so much like he did when he was a teen” Pepper pointed out to Tony. She realized how weird that sounded coming out of her mouth and how weird it was for this to be happening. Last time she saw Peter he was a hyper active teen who was jumping off the walls, literally, and now he was a baby sitting in her lap while he sucked on his thumb “How is this possible, Tony?”

Tony shook his head “I don’t know, Pep. I’m trying to figure it out and work on it but I just don’t know”

“Does he, like, understand?” Pepper asked trying to explain what she wanted to know. At Tony’s confused look she tried to ask again “I mean does he remember everything?”

Tony kinda understood what Pepper was asking “He remembers everything from when he was a teen but he sometimes passes between being a two year old and being a teen in a two year olds body”

Pepper nodded understandingly. She held Peter tighter and smiled at him when he looked up at her. Peter took his thumb out of his mouth and used that hand to point at her.

“Peppe’” Peter said and Tony laughed at him trying to say the name. Peter then turned to Tony and pointed at him “‘Ony”

They both laughed at that. Peter seemed to have spent enough time in Peppers arms so he reached out to Tony and made grabby hands until Tony picked him up and placed him on his lap.

Peter put his thumb back in his mouth to suck on it again and Tony noticed that that was kinda new of him to be doing.

“Is he tired?” Pepper asked and Tony shook his head.

“He just had a nap” Tony said then stood up and placed Peter on his hip while he held him with one arm under his butt “I’m gonna go feed him”

Pepper followed Tony into the living room and watched as Tony lifted Peter up and put him into his high chair.

Pepper thought that it was kinda cute how Tony was so gentle with Peter and how he made sure his tiny legs went into the holes of his high chair.

After Tony managed to get Peter into his high chair and strapped in because he didn’t want what happened last time to happen again with him trying to get out, he opened the fridge and grabbed some of the baby food that he ordered for Peter and began to make it.

Peter banged on the table with his chubby hands and screamed excitedly. Both Tony and Pepper laughed at that and then Pepper turned her attention to Tony who was cutting up fruits into very tiny pieces.

“Does May know what’s going on?” Pepper asked. She leaned against the kitchen island and watched Tony.

“Uh, yeah, she knows but she kinda hates me right now” Tony cringed at the thought of May currently hating him right now.

Peppers face softened “Why? She can’t blame you for what happened to him”

“No,” Tony put the food he finished cutting up in front of Peter and grabbed a baby spoon getting ready to feed him “But she is mad because his face is all over the media”

“Did you explain to her that you can’t stop that?” Pepper sat up and moved closer to both Tony and Peter.

Tony lifted the spoon to Peters mouth and Peter leaned forward with his mouth open to eat what was on the spoon “I didn’t really get the chance to explain and I need you to make sure that no one takes a picture of Peter again and to get all the other pictures off the media”

Pepper looked shocked “Tony, how am I supposed to do that?”

Because you’ve done it before-“

Pepper cut him off “What you’re asking is impossible”

Tony lifted the spoon up to Peter’s mouth again “Age-regression was supposed to be impossible. Nothing is impossible if you try hard enough, Pep”

Pepper sat back. She couldn’t really argue with that. She has done it before when Tony ‘accidentally’ flashed a bunch of reporters back in his playboy years and she was successful at that because she made sure that no one saw the pictures, including her.

“I’ll see what I can do” She smiled at him but mostly because she really enjoyed the sight of him feeding Peter like this.

“That’s why you’re my favourite” Tony smiled back. Peter made a loud sound that was almost like him saying ‘hey what about me’ both of them looked at Peter and laughed.

Tony finished feeding Peter and then lifted him out of his high chair and placed him on his hip. Tony had no idea how Peter managed to get food all over his face, clothes and hands because Tony was feeding him the whole time so it didn’t make any sense but he decided a bath would be the best right now.

“I’m gonna put him in the bath, wanna come?” Tony turned around to ask as he already started making his way to Peter’s bedroom.

Pepper hesitated “Wouldn’t it be weird?”

Tony shook his head “He’s two plus even if he was still fifteen he probably wouldn’t care” Tony thought about what he said “Wait, no he probably would care but he’s not fifteen right now”

Pepper laughed but followed them anyways. When she went into Peter’s bedroom she saw the crib and all the new baby furniture that was in there.

“You got him all new stuff” Pepper said out loud.

“He fell off his other bed so I decided to get him a crib but then I just got carried away with all the other stuff” Tony put Peter down on the ground “I also ordered a bunch of other baby stuff but I didn’t open the box yet”

Peter took off running to the corner of the room where the diapers were and grabbed two before handing one to Pepper. He stood in front of her then reached up to hand it to her.

“Thank you, Peter” Pepper laughed as she grabbed the diaper from him.

Peter then ran and gave the other one to Tony who also took it from him and put it on the changing table for later.

Tony walked into the bathroom with Peter following behind him and then he bent down to turn the tap on.

Peter immediately knew what was happening and tried to take his shirt off but Tony had to help him since it was buttoned up between his legs. Pepper came in and sat down on the closed toilet seat and watched the two with admiration.

“Stand still, Pete” Tony struggled as he tried to undo the diaper straps. Once he got them off he slid the diaper out between Peter’s legs thankful that it was only pee and rolled the diaper up before throwing it to the side along with Peter’s clothes.

Peter tried to climb onto Tony to get in and so Tony helped him in.

Pepper came and sat next to Tony and smiled at him. Tony didn’t really know what that smile meant so he just focused his attention on Peter.

“I wan’ pway” Peter whined with puppy dog eyes looking at Tony.

Shit. Tony mentally cured. He keeps forgetting to get Peter some bath toys “I forgot to get you some, bud. How about we play with this... cup”

Peter smiled anyways and grabbed the cup from Tony before bitting on it.

He dumped it into the water and lifted it up to his face to bite on it again but this time the water fell on his face. It startled him at first and Peter just looked shocked. Both Tony and Pepper waited for him to start crying but he didn’t do that.

He did the exact opposite and lifted the cup up to put more water in it again and dumping it all over his face.

They both watched him do this a couple more times. Tony pulled out his phone and started taking a video of Peter doing it.

“Alright, bud, that’s enough. Let’s actually get you cleaned up” Tony grabbed the cup from Peter with only a little whine from him “Stand up”

Tony gently helped Peter stand up and kept his hand on his tiny waist to make sure that he didn’t lose balance and fall over. He got some soap onto a washcloth and cleaned Peter’s body then sitting him back down and rinsing him off.

“Time to get out now” Tony said as he pulled the plug and lifted Peter out of the bath. He wrapped him in a towel that was definitely too big for him because it made him look like a newborn baby in it.

Tony scooped him up and cradled him close to his chest before walking out of the bathroom and gently rocking him back and forth while he looked for some pyjamas for Peter.

He decided on a short sleeve top since it was still kinda hot out. It was the end of June so it was just gonna be getting hotter and tonight was a hot night so Tony decided to just have the shirt and a diaper on Peter.

Pepper sat on Peters old teenager bed as Tony placed Peter on the ground to get him ready for bed.

Peter was laying there looking at Tony with so much trust in his eyes as Tony quickly unwrapped him from his towel and put some diaper rash cream on his front and back and got his diaper on and then the shirt. The shirt had a green and yellow dinosaur on it and it was extremely soft.

After Peter was dressed Tony stood up with him in his arms and gently rocked him for a bit then put him down in his crib.

Pepper stayed on the bed and watched Tony with a huge smile on her face.

She could tell that Peter really meant a lot to Tony. As a teenager and as a baby.