Warnings: Injury (stab wound)

Universe: Homecoming

"Hey, Bruce?" Tony called through his suit, worry leaking into his voice. "You there?"

"Yup, I'm here, Tony. What do you need? You haven't hurt yourself helping Spider-Man again, have you?" Bruce's voice was calm, helping Tony to convey his emotions easier.

"No, I'm fine," Tony said, adjusting his hold on Peter. "No, it's Spidey, actually. Can you get the med bay ready, please? It's kind of urgent. He's bleeding - I think he was stabbed. Just hurry."

"I'll get it done as soon as possible, Tones. See you in a second."

Tony gave a deep sigh as Bruce hung up, the other man seeming out of breath (he'd probably started running to the med bay, which wasn't too close to his lab, though it really should be).

"W-what did he say, Mr Stark?" Peter asked quietly, obviously trying to make his pain-filled gasps not heard.

"Let it out, kid," he said gently, ignoring Peter's question in favour of holding the kid more carefully. "I know it hurts, despite you being superhuman. You can cry if you want."

And even though Tony wasn't the best at dealing with emotions, he personally thought that he handled Peter's loud sobs on his steel shoulder very well.

("Shh, it'll be fine, don't worry. Bruce is setting up the med bay now, you'll be alright soon," Tony soothed."

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The worst thing about people being in the med bay, Tony privately thought, was the fact that they only had one doctor (and that was Bruce). It generally meant that Tony had to help sew wounds up while Bruce checked their vitals, and it wasn't really Tony's favourite thing in the world.

The worst part, though, was the fact that it was his son lying in the bed.

Well, almost son.

"Shh, Pete, it's almost over. Come on, you're being so brave, I'll be done soon," Tony whispered, wincing as Peter once again let out a hoarse scream.

They couldn't use anything to keep Peter down as it ran out of his system quickly, because of the spider bite, so Peter had to be awake and aware of the whole thing.

And since Tony felt so bad just touching the wound, he knew Peter would feel so much worse.

He finally put all of his items down, gently speaking to Peter.

"It's over, Pete. You can get up now."

And Peter jumped into Tony's arms, the man making sure he was careful, and sobbed onto his shoulder again.

"That - that really hurt, Mr Stark," Peter said hoarsely.

"I know, kid. I'm sorry," Tony apologised, holding the kid close to his chest.

Peter hugged him harder, ignoring the spiking pain in his chest.

"It wasn't your fault, Dad."

And there we have it! And I've just realised that I've barely finished the next chapter of Hunted, so off I go to that book!

Whoo!

In other words, I've also got to do my French homework (my teacher's making us revise the tenses; if I can barely remember how to say how old I am and what my name is in French, how can I do all that tenses stuff?).

Heh, I'll see you tomorrow!

Edit: I forgot to tell you, when I wrote med it autocorrected it to Ned. My phones a Marvel fan.

My phone also ships people, apparently, because I wrote Tony and it autocorrected it to Stony, so I don't know what to think.

Okay, that's actually it. See ya!

- WriteCrazyForLife