Broken But Not Alone

Chapter 12

Tony woke up, Peter still hadn't woke up all he heard was beeping and then he remembered that he had texted him before he jumped but he didn't have his phone with him.

He called his suit and as soon as it was assembled he flew to the top of the skyscraper. Flying towards it brought back memories.

He saw Peter's phone and web shooters on the roof next to his bag and the bloody razor blade on the ledge. He put Peter phone and web shooters into his bag but left the blade.

Tony looked over the edge and it made him sick to see what he had seen. He went to Peter's apartment got a t-shirt and sweatpants for when he woke up and went back.

•

Peter was still asleep, Tony left the clothes on the back chair that he was sitting on and put the bag down, taking Peter's phone out to see that he had 47 texts and 36 missed phone calls from mostly May but from Ned and Mj as well. Tony sat down and phoned May,

"Peter, oh my god, thank god I was so worried. Are you alright?"

"May it's Tony. Somethings happened but h..." got interrupted but May in full on mother mode.

"What happened? Do I need to come back?"

"He's stable, he's going to be okay."

"Tony. What happened?" He heard the panic in her voice, how it was shaking.

"He tried to ki...to kill himself." That was harder for him to say than he thought it would be.

"Oh my god." He could hear her crying. "I'm coming back."

"May, Peter said that you were coming back sometime next week. Why don't you finish and come back? He should be awake then."

"You'll really look after him?"

"Of course I will, he's been here for a couple weeks already he went home a couple days ago then I got that text last night..."

"Thank you for everything. Make sure my little boys okay Tony. Please, I can't lose him, he's all I've got left."

"I'll do everything I can, I promise."

"Thank you for telling me, let me know when he wakes up."

"Definitely."

•

Natasha had came back from her mission and sat on the couch outside the infirmary next to Bruce.

"Hey, so why are you here?" She asked smiling.

"Oh there's a kid in there, we're waiting for him to wake up," he said smiling back a sad smile.

"Oh hey, Nat. Your back early." Tony said as he walked out of the room.

"Yeah, I heard about the kid. Who is he? I know he's not yours," she said looking at the man who was obviously just crying.

"His names Peter," he said sitting on the couch next to them.

"What happened? I mean if you've been crying it's something bad," she looked at them they both had the same look on their face. "What?"

"That's his to tell, if he wants to or not." Tony said wiping his eyes.

"Alright. You guys want lunch?" She asked standing up and looking at them both.

They both nodded and she left for the kitchen.

"I spoke to his aunt, she's still going to be away for another a week."

"She knows what happened?" Bruce asked.

"Yeah, he sent her a text and I'm guessing two of his friends as well," he paused. "He had missed calls and texts from his aunt and two other people."

"That was his note," Bruce said looking at Tony. "He wanted this you know that right?"

"Yeah I know and I'm going to do whatever I can to get him back to the happy kid he used to be."

"I know you will, Tony. Let's go get lunch," Bruce said putting his hand out to help him up.

"We have like no food so we're all having cereal," she said pushing a bowl to each of them as they sat down.

"Thanks," Tony said between bites eating it as soon as he got it.

"No problem, if you want another you know where the cereal and the milk is," she said sitting down eating her own cereal.

Tony just looked at her and laughed.

"So Bruce...When do you think he's going to wake up?" Nat asked awkwardly.

"Soon I hope but I think he might be in a coma. He did loss a lot of blood and the bruising doesn't help," he said and looked at Tony who had stopped eating and looked like he was going to throw up.

"Shit, I'm sorry," she said returning to her cereal.

Tony got up and left ignoring them shouting for him to come back.

•

Tony ended up back in the same chair as earlier all he could do was watch to see if there was any sign of him waking up but there wasn't.

"Oh Pete, why'd you do this? I wish I could've helped more. I'm sorry Peter, I'm so sorry." He started crying.

Bruce walked in. "Tony, this isn't your fault," he said putting his had on his broken friends shoulder.

"I know, it just hurts seeing him like this that's all," Tony wiped away his tears.

"Yeah I know, I gotta change his bandages," Bruce said as he got bandages, hydrogen peroxide and a cloth.

He took the old bandages off cleaned all the cuts and bandaged his arms back up so calmly.

"Thank you, for taking care of him Bruce," Tony said his eyes still wet and puffy.

"It's alright, he deserves better than this," Bruce put his hand on his shoulder again. "I'm gonna leave you alone but get Friday to call me if you need me or if he needs me. Alright?"

"Yeah, thanks," Tony said patting his hand.