*PEPPER'S POV*

I feel like absolute shit.

It's been about a month and I kept throwing up. Maybe it's just stress about Tony... He keeps almost dying! He does these... These suicide missions!

He is out now trying to kill Thanos- the thing that just managed to kill half the universe! I was pacing for an hour and waiting for him to return. What if he doesn't?!

Overwhelmed, I started feeling sick again and I just tried putting it off as being nervous and stressed. Suddenly, something came to my mind and I slowly walked to the bathroom. Opening the cabinet, I grabbed a pregnancy test.

Positive.

I did it again.

Another positive.

My heart was racing. Was I happy? Scared? This has got to be fake. I messed something up.

FRIDAY alerted me that the others were back. It was silent except for the footsteps of the them retreating to their rooms.

I hurried out of the bathroom and caught Tony right before he walked into our bedroom. "Tony." "Pep? What are you doing up?" I could sense the exhaustion in his voice. I didn't need someone to tell me they lost. My heart sank but kept the fact that I needed to speak to Tony the task at hand.

"Uh... I need to talk to you." He tilted his head slightly.

"...Ok... Is everything alright? Are you getting sicker? Do I need to take you to Cho?" "No its... come here."

He followed me into another room and we sat down on the couch. The pregnancy test was grasped in my hand so tightly my knuckles were starting to turn white.

"You know I've felt off lately and... Remember when... when you told me you had that dream? And it felt real?" "Yeah like you need to pee." He added simply. Oh my god this man is oblivious.

"You said you wanted a child." "...Yes..." I internally groaned. This was getting no where.

"I took a pregnancy test," I deadpanned. "Was it... Was it positive?" I nodded. His mouth was open slightly in surprise until it curved into a small smile. He let out a breathy laugh. "Really?" "I want to check again."

"Than get up and go pee on that stick!" "Ok, ok I'm going," I chuckled. When I re-did the test, the two of us sat in the corner of the bathroom holding hands tightly. My heart was beating fast and there was no doubt that Tony's was beating just as fast. But we didn't pay much attention to that. We stared at the small miracle device and watched as the answer faded into the tiny screen.

"Positive." "Holy shit it's positive. Pep! You're a mom! Holy- I'm a dad!" We kissed. We were going to have a baby!

It finally hit me. "Oh my god I have a child growing inside my stomach." "Well no duh." A smirk spread across his face. "Soon enough, you'll have a Little head popping out of-" "pfft shut up!" I shoved his shoulder playfully. He had that stupid yet adorable dorky grin on his face.

He hadn't smiled in a while. It made my heart flutter seeing him like this. Happy.

Was he ok with this though? He just lost Peter a week ago. What if this was too soon?

"Pepper. I can basically read your mind. You're making that doubt face. This is my second chance. And if this time travel thing works, everything is perfect. If it doesn't... it'll be ok. I'll have a baby to take care of." "Did I hear you right? Did my fiancé just say something mature?" "I'm mature." "You're pouting right now. Also, just a minute ago, you made a dirty joke." "Who said that's not mature?" "Logic." "Logic's dumb." "Uh-huh..."

There was a knock at the door. "Hey are you guys ok? You've been in there for a while..." The two of us burst out laughing. You could practically hear the confusion on Steve's face.

"We're great cap. We'll be out in a second."

"Do we tell them?" Tony whispered. "I...Think we should." "Alright honey." I pecked him on the lips.

*TIME SKIP*

The two of us stood in front of the Avengers. Of course Tony would do something dramatic. We could've just said somewhat casually that we were going to have a baby...well I guess not.

"So guys... we've got an announcement." "Yes as you've been saying. You seem excited- now tell us," Clint said impatiently. " Calm down Katniss. I'll tell ya." (I had a brain fart and couldn't think of Katniss)

"Uh... We're having a kid," he said. I honestly expected confetti to appear out of nowhere. "Surprise..." We smiled awkwardly. "Why the fuck are you being so casual." "Oh no we're freaking out. We just... did that earlier. I think I'm getting immune."

Finally, Steve smiled. "Congratulations you two. It's about time. Stark took long enough to give you the ring." "Damn right," I said. "When did you find out?" "Today."

I could see a small flash of pain in Nat's eyes. Bruce glanced at her worriedly. "Congrats Pepper." She stood up and hugged me. I returned the gesture, sympathy poking at my heart. I knew she couldn't have children because of the red room. The other avengers did too.

"So... drinks on me?" "Always." We ended up having a small party with just the team and employees. We told them that they weren't allowed to tell anyone that I was pregnant.
We wouldn't want the press to know about this...

"Want a drink Pep?" "I really shouldn't. Also, are you sure you should have one? You haven't really had alcohol since..." "Yeah. I know. Don't worry. I won't go overboard." He kissed my cheek and walked off to talk to Rhodey.

I could see he was proud of Tony in his change in character. He went from a total asshole who only cares about himself to someone who always puts other people first. And now, he's going to be a father. The nice thing is that he's had some practice on the teenager part. That should work out well.

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That night, Tony and I laid on our bed in a comfortable silence. He held me close to him. "Love you, Pep. I'm happy where our life's going." I knew by the look in his eyes, he wished Peter was here to share the nice moment with us. Despite that, I ignored it and kissed his cheek. "Love you too, Tony."

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