Tony paced back and forth, his eyes glued to the hazel eyed boy on the operating table and he suddenly had a new appreciation for the worry he constantly put Pepper through. She squeezed his hand and murmured reassures that he didn't really hear, he had to fight the urge to run his hands through his hair because he knew if he started he would never stop. "Pep, I'm NEVER having kid, EVER!" Pepper let out strained chuckled. "I think it's a bit late, Tony." She gestured to the young superhero, Tony lost the battle and nearly pulled his hair out. "YEAH, AND THAT'S DOING HIM A LOT OF GOOD, ISN'T IT?"
He regretted the words or at least the tone as soon as it was out of his mouth but she didn't pull away, she looked at him with totally sympathy. In fact, she stepped up and rested her head on his chest. "It's going to be fine, he's going to be fine." Tony ran his hand through her long blonde ponytail. "Thanks, Pep."
The Doctor ran in with a stressed expression and Tony's face whitened as soon as he saw it. "Mr Stark, Mr Parker has sustained severe amounts of shrapnel in his chest. The only other case this extreme was-" Tony knew what he was going to say. "Mine." The doctor nodded silently, Tony hung his head in sadness. "I'll get my back-up arc reactor."
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Tony couldn't help tinkering, which resulted in the some metal blocking some of the light of the arc reactor so that the only light that could shine through formed the shape a spider. He also improved it in more practical ways but that wasn't exactly tinkering.
"Paulo aranea*." Tony muttered softly as passed his thumb over the illuminated insect. "You weren't supposed to be like me. « A tear rolled down his cheek.
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Tony was sitting by the young boy hospital bed, he had rushed to him as soon as Peter had arrived. However, since he'd found a frantic Aunt May in the waiting room when he got back from getting Peter's emergency arc reactor he was unsure what he should do.
« HE GOT SHOT AND YOU DIDN'T TELL ME! »
« IT WAS AN EmErGenCY!! »
"And there wasn't a single moment you could have called?! »
« I WASN'T THinkInG! »
« CLEARLY! »
A doctor came to check on Peter (which wouldn't have happened, because it would have been a nurse if it had been a normal operation.) scowled and told them to be quiet. Tony and May huffed and crossed their arms. Then there was a small groan and both of them whipped around to face the young genius. « PETER! »
« Oooooooooh, hey, May. HAHA! That's rhymes! Heyyyyyy, May. » Peter crooned. She covered his hand with hers and shot an accusatory glance at the billionaire. He threw his hands up in defense. « Hey, don't look at me! They had to put him on really strong anaesthetic on him so his metabolism doesn't burn through it. »
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*Little Spider in latin
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FanfictionThis is a Irondad fanficton I do not own any of the characters, they all belong to Marvel and or Disney Mild swear Warning When Peter protects Tony that ends in him needing an arc reactor The idea of the arc reactor supporting Peter's life also belo...
