And I'm back! Sooooo fair warning. What you are about to read will probably hurt your heart, but here it is anyway.

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"Peter? You okay?" Ned asks. Because they were sharing the hotel room for the trip, he had woken to the sound of his best friend crying. He could see the blue light shining in Peter's glasses, which Ned had already figured were Stark tech.

"Y-Yeah I'm fine." The teen responds quietly. Ned knows that when Peter says the words 'I'm fine', that he's upset or hurt in some way. But he also knew that Peter wasn't going to talk to him about it. The only two people that could get Peter to open up were his aunt May and Tony Stark, and neither of them were here.

"Are you sure?" Ned asks, already knowing Peter's answer.

"Yeah man, I'm sure. Just go back to sleep."

Resigning to the fact that Peter isn't going to say much more Ned closes his eyes and tries to sleep, wishing he could help. But the one person Peter needed was gone, and he couldn't do anything to fix it...

Peter had been sitting in the dark, Tony's face on the screen of his glasses for the last half-hour. Tears were streaming down his face from the video he had just watched. He hadn't built up the strength to watch another until now.

"E.D.I.T.H? Can you show me the next one?" Peter asks, wiping his tears. The next video appears on the screen and begins to play.

"Hey Peter, It's me. Of course it's me, what am I saying?" Tony sighs, holding his head in his hands.

"It's been a month since Titan. I decided to make these videos, to keep you updated when...if, I can ever get you back. Pepper thinks it's a good idea, says it keeps you close or whatever."

Tony smiles, but it doesn't reach his eyes. He looks broken.

"We have new blood on the team. Her name is Carol Danvers. I think you'd like her." Tony laughs as his eyes focus on the distance, as if imagining the entire scene.

"You'd follow her around like a lost puppy. They call her captain Marvel. Maybe you can meet her one day."

Peter's chest begins to hurt more than it already was. He's already met Carol. He met her at the funeral...

"But anyway." Tony's voice continues as his eyes focus back on the camera. "I should probably go. After all that happened Pepper is constantly making sure I'm not straining myself too much. I'm not quite at 100 percent, but I might get there. One day. Bye Pete. I love you."

Peter sits and waits for the next Video, E.D.I.T.H now playing them without him having to ask. This time, when Tony appears on the screen, he seems a little less tired.

"Hey Peter. It's been two months. I'm healing, slowly. But my main focus during this video is to tell you the Big News. Pepper's pregnant. You're going to be a brother!" Tony let's out a small laugh. "It's a girl. I can only imagine your reaction if I could tell you this in person."

"I'm going to make sure she knows all about you kid. And how much her big brother would've loved her. And it's true. I'm sure the two of you would've caused all kinds of trouble. There would never be a moment of peace when you two were together...and I would've loved that."

Tony wipes away tears that had begun to fall.

"Peter I want you to know something. You have been the reason that I get out of bed every morning for the past two months. Knowing that you wouldn't want me to be sad. That you would want me to move on. Not that I ever will. And now I have two reasons to wake up each morning. I love you Pete-" Tony stops before letting out a light laugh.

"I end every video to you that way. I guess it's because I never got the chance to tell you while you were actually here. I watch old videos of you re-enacting vines with Shuri or making cringy science puns."

"I listen to the phone calls I've saved. This probably sounds obsessive. But it just...it still hurts kid. I forgot what my Parents voices sounded like after a while, and I don't want that to happen with you."

"Tony?" Pepper's voice calls from somewhere in the distance.

"Well it looks like I have to sign off. Remember, I love you Pete."

Peter continues to watch the videos, one after the other. It looks like Tony had recorded at least one video every month, sometimes two. The videos were usually short, but meaningful. None of them lasting any longer than ten minutes. On the ninth video was when he met Morgan for the first time.

"Hey Peter! There's someone I want you to meet." Tony lifts up the little bundle of blankets in his arms to the camera to show baby Morgan, sleeping quietly. "Her name is Morgan. And I wish you were here to hold her. But this is as close as I'm going to get."

Tony was crying silently, smiling down at the baby in his arms.

"I'm going to tell her all about her big brother. About how selfless and pure you are... or were. And I'm going to protect her with my entire soul. I just wish I could've done the same for you.

I love you Pete."

That video ends and Peter takes off the glasses in frustration. The pain in his chest had yet to subside as his heart ached. His father was gone, and there was nothing he could do. Peter had never felt so helpless.

He puts the glasses back on and watches more videos. Each one Morgan growing older, and Tony's eyes happier. But no matter how much better the man looked, there was still that sadness in his eyes. The look of a father who had lost his child.

The final video appears on screen, taken right before Tony went back in time.

"Hey Kid. So I'm not sure if this is going to work..." Tony sighs, running a hand through his hair. "I don't know how any of this is going to work out. But after Titan, well this is an opportunity to bring you back."

"I'll get to tell you I love you. Morgan will get her big brother. May... she vanished with the snap. So you'll see her. A-And most importantly..." tears stream down the man's face as his voice shakes. "Most importantly I can get my son back. So in case things don't go as planned, and I don't make it out of this whole disaster, Happy is gonna take care of you when you get back. So will Pepper and May..."

"I love you Pete. To the moon and back."

"I love you too Dad..." Peter mumbles through tears as his father's face fades from view. Peter's known pain before, but this is different.

His father is gone.

His heart is broken.

And there's nothing he can do about it.

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There's another one shot for you all. Keep reading for more, and I love you 3000!

~Nat