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Peter is officially a dead man.
No seriously they are going to die for this, he just dropped a very important chemical on him, Mr. Stark gonna to kill him-
Those were his last thoughts before he passed out completely and woke up in MayDay only to met the worried eyes of Mr. Benner.
- PETER!? OMG I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE OK!
The scientists say giving Peter a big hug, god the man looked like he had won the lottery.
Peter starts to stand up to make Benner's hug easier and then simply realizes that his legs aren't moving.
Banner seems to notice the despair that suddenly sets in on the boy and moves away from him a little to explain what is happening while wiping the tears from his eyes.
- Oh yes that's it, you lost the movement of your legs temporarily, the liquid you spilled on yourself was a strong paralytic
- WHAT!? FOR HOW LONG!? GOD I HAVE SCHOOL THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW HOW AM I GOING TO GO LIKE THIS!?-
- Hey hey calm down kid, the movement should be back by noon tomorrow, you can go to school normally.
Peter lets out a sigh and rests his weight on his hands on the bed.
Then he hears a door opening and sees a previously calm Tony Stark go comically wide-eyed when he sees Peter.
- BAMBINO!? YOU WOKE UP THANK ALL THE GODS! Except Loki, he threw me out the window once.
Peter laughs at the man's comment and then receives another hug, even tighter than Benner's, damn he's going to be suffocated if things continue like this.
- Are you okay?
Is any part of your body hurting or something?
- He's fine Tony, just half of his body down is paralyzed.
Stark freezes at this speech, and turns like a romo with gears needing an eye, staring at Benner.
- JUST!?
- H-hey! It's okay Mr. Stark Mr. Benner said it will be back up and running by noon tomorrow, it's not so bad.
- ...
Boy you have to stop minimizing the things that happen to you...
- Haha, yes he needs to improve this.
Benner says laughing and adjusting his glasses and lab coat.
- Well, now I have to go, I left a very important research in the middle and I need to finish it.
- You... drop a research because of me?
- And I would give up a lot more for you boy, but it doesn't matter now, you need to rest a little, go to your room and get some sleep, tomorrow we'll bring you breakfast in bed ok?
Benner says leaving the room.
- O-oh, OK M-MR. BENNER SIR!
Peter can hear Benner's chuckle after he leaves the room for a few seconds until he is out of earshot.
Peter and Tony look at each other, Peter comically with his cute brown eyes and Tiny with his hands in his pants pocket as if he wasn't almost crying a few seconds ago.
- Well...
Peter then uses his hands to sit in a better position, sitting on his own legs (seiza position) and raises his arms looking at Tony.
- Take me to the room.
Tony's brain stops, he blinks a few times trying to process what he just heard, Peter, the boy who was embarrassed to even look at him when they first met... was asking to be carried around like a baby to his room?
- What!? No!
- Ahhhhh come on, I can't walk, just a little bit!
- I can bring you a wheelchair or something like that!
- Eh?, I just want to go to my room to sleep, it's really close, no need for a wheelchair!
- Well I'm not going to carry you around like a sack of potatoes, so you better accept the chair.
At this Peter seems to simply wilt, he crosses his arms and rolls his eyes, what audacity!?
- So I'm not going, I'll just stay stuck in this uncomfortable hospital bed until tomorrow, thank you Sir. "I don't do nice things".
- Urgh!?
Hey! Don't make me feel bad for not wanting to carry a 15 year old in my arms, that's a lot of work you know? My back can seriously not handle it!
Peter then looks straight into Tony's eyes with a scary expression, what did he say wrong now?....
- Did you just call me fat?
Oh, ohhhh damn...
- Uh... Of course not! I'm just saying that I'm an old man and you! uh- you're a growing boy hehe, that's all!
- You shouldn't comment on people's weight like that, you know? It's rude!
Peter says turning his face and laying with his back to the man.
Wow, he should have thought before said it-
Peter simply covers himself as if he is getting ready for bed.
- Go away then! Leave me here, I'll see you tomorrow.
- Oh, come on Petey Pie! Don't be mad at me...
- I'm not mad, no no for sure not, you just called me overweight and said I might break your back, no big deal, I'm fine with that!
Damn he really pissed the kid off now, of course he WANTED to take him to his room, but he thought Peter was just playing around and decided to play along, with this shy little kid would survive being carried to bed by his idol as a child? The answer is simple, he would not.
Okay maybe it's time to ignore your own shame and just do what's necessary, with that Tony lets out a long sigh and takes Peter in his arms bridal style.
Peter looks at him surprised and then embarrassed, wow he can see the words forming in the boy's mind as his face turns red.
- Ow- o-owww ah, me, I, uh-, ehhhhhhhhh!?
Was all that came out of Peter's mouth as he looked at Tony's face.
- What? You wanted me to carry you, didn't you? Well here it is, and just for the record, you're pretty light.
In fact, he was too light, it seemed like he was holding a small animal, maybe lighter... is this kid eating right?
- Y-yeah I got it! But- but but but...
- Huh? Isn't that what you wanted? You got all sulky because I didn't want to pick you up and now you're acting like this? How ungrateful.
Tony says smugly, teasing Peter is very funny, this kid gets nervous very easily, don't blame him!
- Yes, I know! bu... I thought you were going to carry me on your shoulder or something, carry me like this... It's embarrassing...
Tony freezes for the second time in less than an hour, he hadn't thought about it, stopping to think about it now, carrying someone on your shoulder is much more "funny and friendly" than picking them up like a bride or or something like that, Congrats Tony! You've made everything weird now! A round of applause for the idiot of the year guys!
- Oh... Yeah yeah It makes more sense...
But who cares now, right?
Tony says this and simply starts walking out of the room.
- OW OW OW, WHAT ARE YOU DOING MR. STARK!?
- Taking you to the room?
That's literally the only reason we're here.
- But that's- that's!... What if someone sees us?...
- ? What do you think I'm embarrassed to be seen with you? Oh come on kid, we're past that, we even hug sometimes!
- Yeah but... Now that I stop to think about it, I look like a spoiled kid who wants to be stuck to his dad...
Tony stopped in place as the bedroom door closed behind him, did Peter just confirm that he was like a father to him? He will definitely cry tears of joy when he is alone because of this achievement... But now is not the time to cry!
- Ah Peter!
I'm just taking you to the room because you can't walk, it's a normal thing, don't think about it too much.
He says thinking how stupid it is for him to be thinking about this since he himself knows that he will not follow this advice, This moment will probably be engraved in his head for days, weeks or even months, he's a fucking hypocrite...
With that Peter seems to calm down, he snuggles deeper into Tony's arms and puts his arms around the older man's neck to rest his head on his chest.
Tony doesn't say anything, he just keeps going to Peter's room, as he walked he thought about how he actually didn't want this moment to end, Is this what it's like to have a child? God, his parents didn't know what they were missing, having someone in your arms holding you is simply the best feeling ever, feel loved and most importantly NEEDED, how could your father be so cold to the point of thinking this was bad? He must be crazy...
When they get to the room he simply places Peter calmly on the bed and covers him up.
- Uh, You don't need to-
Tony gives him a kiss on the forehead and leaves the room before Peter says anything.
Once outside, Tony starts walking a little too fast, sometimes he is "calm" until he gets out of Peter's hearing field, once he knows that he won't hear him anymore, he simply starts crying and sob with joy, PETER SEES HIM AS DAD! TAKES THAS UNIVERSE!, HE CAN BE A GOOD FATHER!
A MUCH BETTER FATHER THAN HOWARD!
HA!
He doesn't even realize there's someone in the room until he looks up and sees Pepper laughing at him, oh, well that's kind embarrassing...