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Tony was working in his lab after putting Morgan to bed when his phone rang. F.R.I.D.A.Y would not let someone through unless it was important, so he stopped what he was doing to answer the phone.
“Hello, it’s the one and only Tony Stark speaking.”
The person on the other end of the line stuttered for a moment almost like they were not expecting him to answer before they are able to speak.
“H-hello S-Sir. My name is Nurse Jody Mills calling from Mount Sinai hospital. I am calling regarding Peter Parker.” As soon as he says his name Tony’s heart drops.
“Is he okay?? What happened?” Tony is starting to freak out.
“He is okay I can’t tell you any specifics over the phone, but I can tell you that he is safe, but we need you to come down.”
“Okay, I will be there in 10 minutes.” Tony then hung up his phone while activating the nanoparticles to form his suit.
“FRI call Pepper.”
“Calling Pepper Potts-Stark.”
Pepper answered on the second ring. “Tony? Why did FRI just tell me you activated your suit? You promised me that –” before she could finish Tony cut in.
“It's Peter. He is at the hospital. A Nurse called she won’t tell me why he’s there but she said I need to come to get him.”
“Oh my god. Go, I will meet you there with Happy. Do whatever you have to for him. We will deal with any blowback later. Love you.
“Love you Pep.” FRI automatically hung up the call. While Tony had been talking to Pepper, he had exited the building and was flying to the hospital on autopilot.
As soon as Tony landed outside of the hospital, he rushed into the Emergency room only remembering to remove the suit once he was inside. Everyone stopped what they were doing to look at him, but he didn’t care, his kid was in trouble and that was all that mattered.
“Peter Parker. Where is he?”
“Umm….” The Nurse was clearly not expecting him but Tony didn’t have the time to deal with it.
“Peter… Parker… Where is he?”
She snapped out of her stupor and was able to point Tony in the right direction. He didn’t even hesitate and ran straight into the room. What he saw was a scared Peter curled up in a chair next to the bed holding May’s hand. May was unconscious and had a huge lump on her head. She probably had other injuries, but Tony was too worried about Peter to notice.
Tony crossed the room in three strides and dropped to his knees next to Peter. He looked Peter over and saw that his left arm was in a cast and he had some road rash but otherwise looked fine Healthwise. His eyes were red, and Tony could see tear streaks on his face. Without thinking, Tony reached up and rubbed some of the tears on the boy’s face.
“Peter come here.” Peter looked up at him like he was only just realizing he was there.
“W-what are you d-doing here Mr. Stark?”
“I’m your secondary emergency contact so the hospital called me.”
“Y-you d-don’t have to b-be here. I d-don’t want to take you a-away from Pepper and Morgan.”
“Oh, Peter. You never have to worry about that. I am here for you and Pepper and Morgan understand that.”
Peter burst into tears and Tony wrapped his arms around the boy rubbing calming circles in his back. They stayed like that for a long time. Tony didn’t dare move to check the time. After who knows how long Pepper walked into the room. When she saw Tony holding Peter and May in the bed she knew something was very wrong. She walked over to the men and wrapped her arms around both Peter and Tony holding them for a moment before kissing Peter on the head.
“Where is Morgan?” Tony asked.
“I called Rhodey. He is at the house with her. She is still asleep and probably won’t even wake up.”
“Good.”
“How is he doing?”
“Not great, the only thing he has said since I got here was that he didn’t want to take me away from you and Morgan.”
“Oh, Peter. You aren’t taking him away from us. We all care about you and would rather not have Tony for a few hours than for you to be alone.”
“T-thank you, Mrs. Potts.”
“You don’t have to call me that, you can call me Pepper.”
“O-okay Pepper.”
Tony scoffed, “I have been trying to get you to call me Tony for months and she askes once and you are calling her Pepper?”
Peter pulled his head away from Tony’s chest so he can make eye contact before saying “You are my boss, she is not.”
Tony shook his head by just pulled Peter closer. “Can you tell me what happened or not yet?”
“She is in a coma. They don’t know when she will wake up.”
“It’s going to be okay buddy.”
Tony stayed there holding Peter and Pepper stood close by for a few more minutes before Happy came in.
“Sorry, it took so long. I couldn’t find parking.” Happy crossed the room and put his hand on Peter’s shoulder.
“Hey, bud.” Happy looked like he had been crying but he was trying to be strong for the kid.
“H-hi H-ap.”
Happy walked over the May’s other side before moving some hair out of her face and kissing her on the forehead. He whispered into May’s ear “I’m so sorry I wasn’t there Baby; I should have been there.” He thought he was quiet enough, but he forgot Peter had super hearing.
“It’s not your fault Happy, I shouldn’t have let her push me out of the way. I should have made sure she was out of the way.”
“Oh, Peter this is not your fault. I don’t know what happened, but I know May. She would not want you to blame yourself. She pushed you out of the way, she wanted you to be safe.” Pepper was trying to stay calm because she could tell Happy was hurting, he and May had only been together a few months but she knew how important she is to him and Tony was too worried about Peter to be thinking clearly.
The group stays like that for a while with Happy holding Mays left hand and Peter holding her right while Tony held Peter and Pepper stood behind Tony rubbing his back.