come home - superfamily

chapter eight

Steve woke up with a throbbing headache. "Tony, do you have some aspirin?" Then he remembered. He wasn't in his bed. He wasn't in his home. And Tony was gone.

He picked up his phone as he got out of bed. Five missed messages.

bucky: steve?
peter: i'm sorry
thor: how could you
nat: please don't ever talk to me again
bucky: im not giving up

He figured Tony had told the Avengers based off of the texts. He decided to respond:

to thor: i will regret it for the rest of my life
to nat: i'm sorry
to peter: this isn't your fault
to bucky: something's come up

He put the phone down and sat on the bed. "What do I do now?"

...

Peter had been eagerly checking his phone, waiting for Pops to reply. Finally he did.

pops: this isn't your fault

Peter hadn't told Tony that he was texting Steve, so he deleted the messages. He knew he would never approve.

But he couldn't help it. He loved his Pops so much. And he felt like this was all his fault.

He poked his head out his door, making sure Tony was nowhere around. When the coast was clear, he decided to call Steve.

ring ring

ring ring

ring ring

"P-peter?"

"Pops," Peter cried, "I m-miss you."

"Aw, bud, I miss you too."

"I am s-so sorry. This is a-all my f-fault. If I hadn't b-been there d-distracting you and D-dad, it would've been o-okay."

"Peter, don't you ever say something like that again. This is not your fault. It's mine. I was stupid and didn't know what I was doing. I'm sorry."

"D-do you still l-love Dad?"

"Of course I do. More than anything in this world. I would do anything to come home."

Peter wanted his Pops to come more than anything too, but a part of him was still angry that he hurt Dad so bad.

"Then why did you do it?"

"Peter, I'm sorry. It was a mistake."

Peter was so confused and didn't know what to say. He simply hung up the phone, and went back to bed.

sorry this chapter was kinda bad :/