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Pepper- (third pov)

Tony has been waiting for Pepper to come home from work all day. He made a new ring for her because the ring he gave her before broke, the diamonds and other gems came off. Eventually, Pepper comes home, exhausted.

"Hey, Pep." Tony greets.

"Tony." Pepper replies, tiredly.

"Pep, I know your tired, but before we eat and go to bed, I wanna give you something."

"You don't need to."

"Honey, of course I do. Here." Tony says, handing her a ring box. Pepper's face softens and Tony can see the utter love on her face.

"Baby, did you make this?" Pepper asks as she opens the box, looking at the ring.

"Yeah, I did. I figured that it was probably time to get you a new one, since the other one broke."

"Tony...this is the most beautiful ring I have ever seen. Can you put it on me?"

"Yeah, I can." Tony gently takes the ring from Pepper. He gets down on one knee, taking the ring out of the box. When he is on his knee he tenderly puts the ring on her finger. Tony kisses her hand and gently turns her hand around so that her wrist is facing up and he kisses it.

"Pep, it looks beautiful on you."

"Thanks. I love you, not for this just in general."

"I know. I love you too, beautiful."

"I'm not beautiful."

"Pep, your right, you aren't beautiful, you are gorgeous."

"Tony, I appreciate the compliments, but your just saying that because your my fiancé."

"No, Pep, I'm not just saying it. I really, truly think it." Pepper pulls him into a kiss which he gladly accepts, then when they pull away she pulls him into a tight hug. Tony recuperates the hug, gladly.

Recently, they had been hugging a lot more. Tony could proudly say that hugging her is number two on his favorite things to do list, the first being telling her how much he loves her.

"Tony, can we eat so we can go to bed so we can cuddle?"

"Yeah, of course. How hungry are you?"

"Not very."

"Do you want to skip dinner and go to bed?"

"Yes."

"Alright, come here." Pepper follows Tony to their room. Tony takes his shirt off and puts in a pair of sweatpants. Tony notices Pepper looking at her body in the mirror so he walks up behind her and kisses her shoulder.

"Tony, what if you find someone better than me that you like more? Or is prettier than me. Will you leave me?" Pepper asks quietly.

"No, Pep, I wouldn't. In fact, today some girl came up to me and tried to get me to kiss her, but it didn't work. Because the only woman I will ever kiss for the past ten years and the rest of our lives is you." Tony whispers in her ear.

"O-ok."

"Do you think we could get an engagement ring for me? I want to show the world that I am engaged. But, more importantly, I don't want another girl that's not you to try to get me to kiss her."

"You want one?"

"Yes. And even after we get married, which I am so excited for, I want to keep both rings. And I want to keep them both on at all times."

"Ok, lets go to the store tomorrow." Pepper says with a soft smile on her face.

For once Tony didn't wake up in a panic from a nightmare, he just slept. That night was restful for both. Pepper was tucked against Tony's chest and Tony's head was tucked against her neck.

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Peter- (also third pov, but Tony's affection is platonic)

Peter was out on patrol when Tony gets an alert. He's gotten stabbed. Again. Tony instantly suits up and goes to the Parkers' apartment. When he gets there he uses the key May gave him to unlock the door.

"Kid?" Tony asks, walking in and over to the couch where the injured teenager lies.

"M-Mr. Stark?" Peter replies, looking up at his mentor.

"Where did you get stabbed, kiddo?"

"M' back."

"Ok, can you sit up and take your hoodie off so I can see it?" Peter doesn't respond, just does what he is told. As he gets the hoodie off Tony can see parts of the stab wound peeking through. It already looks bad and he hadn't even seen the whole thing.

When the teenager has the hoodie completely off, Tony can see it he notices that it looks infected so he gets up and dashes into the bathroom to get an antiseptic liquid, bandages, and a couple clean towels.

"Underroos, I have to put this stuff on your back, its going to sting, but you have to stay still, ok?" Tony says, sitting on the couch behind Peter. Peter weakly nods. Tony pours a little over half the bottle of antiseptic onto the towel and grabs Peter's arm, gently but firmly. Tony puts the towel against the stab wound. Peter starts crying and jolts but stays in place because of Tony's hand. Tony's heart breaks when he hears the teen's crying. "Shh, its ok, buddy, it'll be over soon, chipmunk (Tony actually calls him that in the comics, yeah, 3 am is probably not the best time to look stuff up) I'm sorry, shh, your done, now all I have to do is put the bandages on it." he sooths, taking the towel off and replacing it with a couple bandages. Once the bandages are on he gently helps pull the hoodie back on.

"I'm sorry, I'll never get stabbed again. Just please don't do that again." Peter says turning to bury him self in Tony's chest. Tony puts a hand on Peter's back below the wound and rubs little circles, continuing to avoid the injury.

"Its ok, chipmunk. I want to take you to the tower so we can have Bruce check it over to make sure its not infected." Tony feels tears soak through his shirt and to his olive brown skin.

"Bruce? Like Bruce Banner?"

"Yeah, kiddo."

"O-ok."

"I'm going to call May and Pepper. I'll be right back."

"N-no. I don't want you to leave me. Please." Peter says, looking up at his fa-no mentor with a sad puppy expression. Tony's face softens.

"Chipmunk, I'll just be right there." Tony says, pointing over to the door way leading to the hallway.

"Ok." Peter says sadly.

"I'll be over there." Tony says getting up. Tony walks over to the door calling May. He tells her that he's taking Peter to the tower for the night and thank god it's Friday (day not the ai) he doesn't have to deal with school the next morning. After he hangs up with May he calls Pepper. He asks her to have Bruce get the med-bay ready.

After he gets off the phone with Pepper he goes back over to the couch.

"Hey, kid. We're going to the tower, don't worry, I won't leave your side, ok?" Tony says softly, "I'm going to pick you up now," Tony gently picks the teen up. 'He's light, lighter than he should be.' He thinks. Peter curls up against Tony's strong chest. 'I should have Bruce check if he's malnutritioned.'

Tony walks out of the apartment and locks the door before going to the lobby. He leaves and gets into the back seat of Happy's car, keeping Peter cradled comfortably against his chest. Happy looks back at Tony and gives a look at them. Tony waves him off and notions for him to drive with a 'I'll explain later' expression.

"M' back 'urts." Peter slurs.

"I know, chipmunk, (yes, I am using this for everything now) I know. We're almost there, bambino, five more minutes." Tony whispers, pressing a kiss to the teen's curly hair. Peter mumbles something undecipherable and buried his head deeper into the crook of Tony's neck.

'Chipmunk? That's a new one,' Happy thinks to himself.

Tony does in fact explain later. Later when Peter is sleeping soundly in the med-bay he sits Pepper and Happy down, right outside the door so that if the spiderling woke up he would be able to see Tony right outside the window, and explained what had happened.

"-And that's it," Tony says as Bruce comes over to the door to check on Peter, "Hey, Jolly Green, can you check on Peter's weight? When I carried him earlier he seemed lighter than a boy his age should be. I'm scared he might be malnutritioned."

"It is probably due to his spider abilities, but if it'll make you feel better I can take blood and test to see if it has something to due with his abilities or if he is malnutritioned." Bruce replies.

"Thank you."

"Last time we took blood you had to hold him back so I think we should wait for him to wake up before doing anything, so he doesn't feel violated."

"Ok."

"I'll go check on him."

"Thank you."

"It's my job, you know that."

"I know, but I would be lost without you there to take care of my kid."

"I know." Bruce says, giving a smug grin.

"Pep, do you want to sit in there with me?" Tony asks.

"Yeah." Pepper responds, "I'll be there in a moment or two, I have some work on my tablet, so I have to get that, but I'll be in there after I get the tablet."

"Ok, I just don't want to leave him alone, I think he might have separation anxiety that he's been hiding. When I got up to call you and May he started crying and begging me to stay on the couch with him, it broke my heart."

"I know, honey, I know." Tony doesn't see it but Bruce left the room.

"I'm gonna go back in, he's starting to wake."

"Ok." Pepper says with a small smile. Tony walks into the room, that they had decorated specially for him, what? he gets stabbed often.

"Hey, chipmunk. How you feeling?" Tony asks, softly.

"Hey, Mr. Stark." Peter mumbles. Peter makes grabby hands at Tony, motioning for Tony to get into the bed next to him.

"Chipmunk, when I carried you I noticed you were light, so I asked Bruce to take some blood from you to see if it's apart of your spidey-powers or if you are malnutritioned. But, don't worry, I won't leave, I'll stay right here when he comes to take your blood."

"N-no...Please, no."

"It's ok, Underoos."

"Will you s-stay? Please?"

"Of course. Chipmunk, I won't leave, I don't want to leave you."

"Can I call you Dad?" Peter mumbles with a light blush on his face.

"Aww. Yeah, you can, I would love that. And I'm sure Pepper would love it if you'd call her 'mom' or some variation of that."

"R-really?"

"Yeah, in fact she's coming in here after she gets her tablet to do some work while she sits here with us, when I told her about your injury she said she wanted to sit her with us."

"C-can I call her 'mama'?"

"Yeah, I'm sure she'll love it." Pepper says as she comes in the room.

"Mama!"

"Hi, buddy."

"Where is Aunt May?" Tony and Pepper share a look. May had decided that she doesn't love Peter (I'm sorry.) as much as she might have at one point in time. And claimed to want to give him a better life with Tony and Pepper.

"I'm sorry, chipmunk, she's not coming. Although you still have us, and we want you."

"It's ok, Petey, please don't cry, your dad and I don't want to have our baby cry on our first days being parents."

"Pep, it's too late for that, he's already cried today, when I put the towel drenched in the antiseptic stuff. I understand why though, that stuff can hurt, especially with how deep that stab was," Tony says to Pepper. And to Peter, "Chipmunk, we're adding Vibrainum to your suit, I don't want to have to put the antiseptic on you again because it broke my heart to hear your crying."

"Ok, Dad."

"Chipmunk?" Pepper asks, curiously.

"Yeah, he looks like a chipmunk doesn't he?"

"Yes, he does, with his little chubby cheeks." Pepper saying baby-talking Peter as Tony and Pepper start gently pinching his cheeks and peppering kisses all over Peter's face, making him laugh and squeal, joyfully.

Bruce hears the teen's joyful noises so he comes to the window to see the small, but joyful family having a good time.