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Tony was away on a mission, which Pepper was not a fan of, but this is what's she signed up for, when she got engaged with him. However that doesn't mean she needs to like it.
He hasn't been able to send them any updates hours, which was worrying, but she needed to stay optimistic and strong, especially because Peter was here to who seemed even more worried than her, which is understandable given that he had already lost two father figures.
On top of that he was frustrated that he couldn't accompany him, even though he knew that the mission was too dangerous for him.
She walked up to Peter and placed her hands on her shoulder.
"Peter honey, you need to relax. I'm sure Tony will be fine."
"But what if he isn't?", Peter asked looking at her young and vulnerable, making her heart ache. She stirred him over to the couch and sat down with him, putting an arm around his shoulder.
"We can't go there. We will just have to believe that he will come home safe. Did you know that he stopped being as reckless since you came in his life?"
"Really?"
"Yeah, he became determined to always come back to you. He said "Who else is gonna ground his Spider-ass Pep?"
"Sounds like him", Peter said with a smile. "I just can't help being anxious. Can you maybe distract me somehow?"
Pepper thought for a moment as Peter leaned into her side. Then she remembered how Tony somehow tickled Peter to cheer him up, or to help him loosen up. She thought it would be perfect to distract him from his worries.
She pretended to think as she began to spider her long nails into his neck.
Peter squeaked and immediately started giggling.
"Pephehper" he whined, but made no move to stop her.
Pepper smiled and coed at his adorable giggles. She moved her hands to his sides, squeezing up and down. She watched as his giggles turned into full blown laughter, he squirmed and flailed his hands, but he still put no effort into stopping her.
She moved her hands into his armpits, making Peter squeal and laugh even harder.
"I take this is a good spot?" she asked in a teasing voice, making Peter blush furiously.
He only nodded, not being able to talk through his laughter.
This went on for another two minutes until she finally stopped. Peter laid there out of breath, his face flushed completely pink, still smiling.
Pepper ran a hand through his unruly curs "Come on, what if we order pizza and watch some movies, until we back from Tony? Sound good?"
Peter hastily agreed and enthusiastically began to describe the movies he wanted to watch.
Yeah they got this, everything will be okay.