The talk
Tony had never felt so much of rage in his whole life,not even when he found out winter soldier killed his parents and Steve knew about it.
"Where is Loki" he gritted out while looking at the sleeping toddler in his arms
"He escaped" Steve said. All of the the team members adored Peter especially Rhodey ,Bruce,Natasha,Steve and Clint. So, naturally all of them were worried and more than angry.
"I am going after him. He will pay for this. He harmed metal man's son. Brother or not , He will not get away with this " before tony could protest that he wasn't his son, Thor flew away. Though Thor wasn't here very often, he liked peter.
Tony had to admit, peter looked very cute as a Toddler. And then he realised the. The most terrifying thing. He had to inform May. And if he knew anything more scary than an angry redhead, it was an angry Italian woman.
Just as he was dwelling in his Despair. Friday's voice interrupted his musings. " I took the liberty to inform dr.banner of peter's condition, boss. He is getting prepared with his equipments at the moment. I would advice you to take him to the compound immediately."
"Thanks fri" he said, before taking off, however as soon as he was in the sky, peter started whimpering and though it was good that he was aware of what was happening, tony hated listening his kid moan and groan.
He tried to check him for injuries, but nothing looked wrong.
"Friday, check his vitals" tony said worriedly.
" everything is okay with peter, boss but I believe he is experiencing emotional distress, most likely, he is scared.
Now, tony was confused. Why would peter be afraid of flying. And then it clicked. Vulture. Peter fought with him on an aeroplane and though tony thought peter was over it, clearly he was not.
It was good to know that, there was nothing wrong physically, nevertheless he hated seeing peter this scared.
"Friday, how much time before we reach?" He asked
"Boss, approximately 5 minutes" Anyone would think that is not much, but for tony it was the longest five minutes of his life. Peter was moving slightly in his arms and couldn't seem to wake up and every time peter moved even an inch, Tony's heart leapt out of his chest.
Finally after 5 miserable minutes they reached the compound. Bruce was waiting for them just outside the building. He took peter gently from his arms and whisked him away. And though he trusted Bruce completely, he couldn't help but panic now that he didn't have peter in his arms.
He followed Bruce down the corridor, but after that, when he tried to get in the theatre he was stopped by Bruce who assured him that peter is okay, but they still needed to check him to Know more about what Loki did.
Within a few minutes all the avengers filled in. Now that he didn't have anything to do. He was starting to feel anxious. So to make himself useful he told Friday to call may. As the call was connecting he realised she was out of town for a week. After Ben died she didn't use to go out because peter would be alone but now that tony was there. She sometimes goes out for a week or so while peter lived with the avengers
May picked up on the first call.
" I saw the news, is he okay ?" May asked, frantic with worry
"May, He is completely fine,though he is sleeping right now"
"Okay but what happend, I just saw him falling down and you catching him, what happened after that"
Here comes the hard part.
"Now may listen to me very calmly and do not panic"
"If you say that, there is a lot to panic about,but I want to know, tell me"
"Yournephewgotturnedintoatoddler" He said in one breath.
"What? You are joking right"
"I wish I did"he whispered dejectedly
"Oh god, I am coming back right now"
"What, no, he is my responsibility too. I will take care of him. you hardly get anytime for yourself and Thor will bring the cure and then before you know it he will be back to own body . Till that I think we can take care on him"
"But-" " no buts" he cut he off
" fine but send me photos, I would love to see you all chasing a toddler all around the house."
" Yeah yeah" he said nonchalantly but he was supporting a fond smile
" earth mightiest heroes changing diapers" he could hear her laugh
"It is not like only we will be there, i am sure Laura and pepper will also be here. No one will want to miss the chance of seeing toddler peter."
"Yeah but he will want you near him, after you are his father, bye tony" before he could protest she hung up, for the second time today this happened
What was it with everyone, saying he is peter's father. He deserved someone better. He needed someone whole Not someone as damaged as tony, and though He thought of him as his son and loved him like his son peter didn't think of him as his father
He Didn't , right