the shadows in your dreams

Maybe the end is where I begin.

I was awoken again by the dreams of being in that god forsaken cave. It started out I was in the hum-vee with the soldiers then I was in the cave. Well right now I'm laying in my bed, sweating bullets I've only got a couple more hours until I have to get up. But what the use I will probably just die- "ok Tony calm down." Ugh I can already feel the upcoming headache.
It's only been a couple of month after the war with steve. I miss him, so much the way his muscles flexed when he was mad, god I would always make him just a little bit mad just so i could see his beautiful muscular body flex...but of course I had to go and ruin it all.
Rodey is fine but is back in military business.
Vision is nowhere to be found...off the radar as well as Natasha.
I really miss my science bro  Bruce too. I'm was so damn lonely, yeah, I still had the bots but it wasn't the same. Until I found peter that is I've had peter, he is a, no, My eight year old. It just sorta happened, ya know? I was at a cafe in Brooklyn, i just needed to get out of that tower I was feeling cramped, and then people started screaming and running. I grabbed my iron man suit and flew to the scene. It was a small house police were quickly  coming to the scene then a gunshot sounded inside and I flew inside. There was blood everywhere, on the walls on the door. The male body was already down his back against the wall blood leaking from his head and smears of blood leading its way down the wall. The female was still sliding down the wall already dead I could tell. Then there was peter wide watery brown eyes,  brown hair,chubby cheeks and white as a sheet. Tear stains streaked his face the shooters gun was pointed straight at the back of his head. I didn't even think I just shot my repulsers at him then he was down.  The kid ran towards the female and started yelling
"Aunt may! Aunt may you gotta wake up we gotta get you to the ambulance! We- we gotta get you and uncle ben...... aunt may?" By then he was crying but silently and he was whispering.
"kid.... I'm sorry...but uh-" that's when i was rudely interrupted by the police officer who was checking there pulse. "There dead." I gave the police officer a death glare. I got out of my suit and was bent on one knee so i could be on eye level with the kid. "Where are your parents?"
"I-I- there d-dead" "any relatives?" "N-n-no."  The officer tapped me on the shoulder and said
"Sir we need to take him to the the child protective services now." And that how i got my little miracle I adopted him. Now? Well now he's my everything it's been about two months since I adopted him and I wouldn't have him in any other way. He hasn't started school yet but I take him today i have to take him to his weekly therapy session. His therapist says hes getting better but he still has a lot of things to work on. Especially meeting new people. And who wouldn't I mean he litteraly watched his aunt and uncle die he hasn't really been laughing very much but I get him to smile every once and a while.
Beep! beep! beep!
Ah yes the alarm clock. When i go to turn it off I feel someone else in my bed. It must be peter he usually comes in when he has a nightmare. I think i remember him asking if he can sleep with me that night. I turned off the alarm clock and turn back over to see peter wide awake with a few dryed tear stains I cup his face and put my forehead to his
"Another bad dream?" He doesn't saw anything he just nods his head and a few tears fall
"Baby come here" and I snuggle him into a hug until he stops crying. When he calms down I grab the iron man stuffed teddy bear that his uncle ben got him when he was a baby and gave it to him. I pick him up and he stuffs his head in the crook of my neck. "Are you hungry?" Again all he does is nod. I thought for a moment and I got an idea of how to cheer him up. "Ok well you know, the new Pokemon show is going to be coming on any minute now." He looked up at me with wide eyes and I set him down on the couch and turned the tv on. "Ok what do you want to eat.... pancakes?" "Yeah!"  The Pokemon theme song came on and I said "ok which ones iron man or Pikachu?" "Iron man you don't make the Pikachu right"

I put my hand up to my chest in fake hurt "I am hurt I make Pikachu just right" and he gave me a small smile, which i counted as a win, "well maybe not just right but that not my fault dummy kept pointing the fire extinguisher at me." When i finished I put our plates on the table while we watched.  Then jarvis said
"S-ir  s-one tr-to-" after that was just startic the elevator door bust open  I started yelling at peter
"PETER GET DOWN"
"Tony what happening"
"Shhhh" his eyes started watering again
"Hey shhhh it's ok but you gotta be quite for me ok can you do that?" He nodded

A guy strapped in weapons wearing all black
"Ah...The famous tony stark. It's nice to finally meet you.... It's too bad I have to kill you." He started to shoot and my iron man suite was nowhere in sight neither was the braclet. Ugh. I was trying to protect peter and at the Same time not her shot "SHIT!" Well that didn't last long. I got shot in the stomach and near the arc reactor I fell to the ground and hit my head on the table. The guy walked up to the table  were I had fell  "well would you look hear what we've got boys!" The guards came out from the elevator. I looked at peter who was right beside me. When had that happened?  The guard started walking closer and peter growled. Seriously did my child just growl?! Ok. The guards kept walking but the leader stopped them with one hand and said "leave the kid. Let him watch the fall of tony stark." Then the left
"S-sir" jarvis called out still a lot of static "you know what to do jarvis."  "Y-yes-s si-r" after that i looked at peter who was now crying "Tony!"
"Peter you have to be strong ok I'm not gonna die but I don't think I'm going to be conscious soon but some people are coming and they -" I blacked out after that.
Steve's pov
I got the call from jarvis when we were on a mission
"Guys we gotta get to tony!"
Tony and I haven't been getting on speaking terms but God I miss him. Those puppy dog eyes the fake little pout he does when he doesn't get somthing he wants. I was bolted outta my thought when my team answered back
"K cap let's go!" Bucky called out
When we got there the criminals were already getting into their cars. I gave out the orders
"Me and bucky will get Tony Natasha and Clint you guys get those criminals."
"On it cap"
Me and bucky ran up to the floor Tony was on to be greeted with a sight I thought I would never see.
Tony was unconscious  with a kid standing in front of him.
All the kid did was state at us but if glares were weapons we would be dead. "We're here to get Tony ok?" The kid just stares at me then looks at Bucky
"Master peter there going to help him." Jarvis stated in his calm British voice. The kid steps aside and me and bucky walk slowly up and start checking him. " we need to get him to sheild hospital buck his running out of blood."
Tony groaned when buck touched his wound with a new shirt that he got out of nowhere to stop the blood flow. Thats when the kid pushed me into Bucky and we tumbled over tony
"Your hurting him!" He startted crying and sat next to him
"Kid-" he pushed me away even further "get away!" "Buck"  that all that needed to be said bucked grabbed the half pint. "LET GO OF ME YOU BASTARDS!" " kid calm down-" he roundhouse kicked me in the cheek and kicked Bucky in his....lower area....bucky let go of him and hunched over  groaning in pain. 
"MASTER PETER! THESE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO HELP YOUR FATHER. Let them-" jarvis was cut off by the kid  "NO JARVIS THEY HURT HIM, THERE GOING TO HURT HIM AGAIN JUST LIKE IN THAT VIDEO." Peter was full on sobbing now and is breathing was coming out heavy and uneven. "Master peter I know that they hurt him but I need you to realise that your father is going to die if they don't help him- and I need you to breath for me...for you father Ok?" Peter, as jarvis keeps calling him, just  nods and takes deep breathes. The elevator opens and sheild medics come out and get Tony  on a stretcher
We walk to the Quinn jet and Clint and Natasha come up behind us.
"Who the half pint" Clint smiles and goes to ruffle peters head but peter snapped at him and tried to bite him.
"geez touchy." Peter just glares at him.
When we were on the jet I went to buckle peter up so we could take off but when i touched the seat belt he bit me. Literally.
"OW" and he just glared at me and buckled himself up without looking away from me.
I walked back to my sport across from him and looked at where he bit me there was a little trickle of blood.
Bucky looked at me then said "DAMN gonna have to put a muzzel on that kid. Clint were did you put the bandaids the kid bit Steve and tore skin." "Holy cow what did you do to the kid steve"
"ME! I DIDNT DO ANYTHING I WENT TO BUCKLE HIM UP!"
Natasha walked up to me and handed me a bandaid I nodded in thanks.
A few minutes later Clint tell us were going to be landing soon. I look over to where peter was and saw he has his eyes closed and his head was on the arm rest. Clint told us someone needed to sit beside him, because the buckle was so big on him.  We decided that Bucky was going to sit beside him because of the kid but his metal arm he would lose  all of his teeth. We all thought the kid was asleep but when Bucky sat beside him the kid made a low growl noise. When we started to land Bucky took a chance and put his arm on the kid so he wouldnt fall. The kid just stared at him. We finally landed and the kid ran out before we could stop him. We started running after him and we saw that Agent coulson had him in his arms the kid was trying to get out of his grip. Coulson looked at me and said
"I believe this came from your jet?" And tried to hand him to me but the kid bit my arm. SERIOUSLY. He drew blood again. And there is teeth marks in my skin. Coulson took a step back with the kid and said "I guess not."
The kid started crying and saying " I want my dad."
Clint tried to calm him down by saying "Ok we will find you dad. What's his name?"
"No I want Tony, tony is my dad." The kid kept crying. We all stood there shocked.
I was the first to say somthing.
"Ok come on let's go see tony."
Coulson let him down and he ran off, I was right behind him.