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Chapter 26- M.S.G.C.

"You postponed this meeting three times, Tony! They won't wait another month until you decide to finally show up." Pepper shouted. It was nine in the morning on another Saturday, and Pepper's anger was definitely not what Tony was capable of dealing with without having even finished his first coffee.

It wasn't common to find the man in the living room so early in the morning, and finding him being yelled at by his future wife was even more of a rare occurrence. It was generally known in the Avengers Tower, that Tony Stark would refuse to function unless he had already drank at least two cups.

"I'm busy, Pepper!" Tony exclaimed.

"With what exactly? Your entire schedule is empty, everything postponed to next month, you're tinkering in the lab doing absolutely nothing, and I know that is very entertaining, but for once in your life show up to one meeting!"

Silence greeted the room. Tony took a sip of his coffee, placing it down on the table. He looked up.

"So whose Peter going to stay with for five days? We're gonna be somewhere in...wherever that meeting is... the team's sunbathing in Jamaica, we can't drop him off in Wakanda when he's supposed to be in school, or at his friends, and I'm not leaving him alone when he's..." Tony paused. He looked up at Pepper, the woman knowing exactly what Tony was trying to say. The man gulped. "What if something happens to him? Who is there to help him, apart from us?" They stood in silence, Tony completely forgetting his coffee on the table, slowly getting colder.

"Strange."

It was probably the first time in which Tony didn't roll his eyes at the mention of the man. His eyes shown with relief.

"He saw it all. He was there on Titan. He knows everything." Pepper continued, "Peter's going to be fine." Tony didn't reply, wanting nothing else but to believe in that sentence. Every meeting he canceled or postponed was never because he was busy, never because he was on some kind of mission, or in his lab, it was always because he knew how much Peter needed someone he trusted close, how Peter felt safe in his presence, and Tony always tried to provide that by being as close as he could to Peter.

"Yeah, okay, I trust that guy, and Peter trusts him." Tony said, he picked up his coffee and sipped on it, "he's not very good with children, though."

"I'M SIXTEEN!" came Peter's voice from behind him. Tony turned round to face Peter, who was trying very hard to look angry, but with the Iron Man pyjamas and the hair sticking out, it was hard to think that the words that came out of his mouth seconds ago were anywhere close to being true.

"Yeah, I see that." Tony replied before disappearing into the elevator.

"Shut up." Peter mumbled, before greeting Pepper and grabbing a pack of cereal, still looking "furious".

He sat down by the table, and began eating.

"So what's going on? Whose not very good with children? Why's dad up so early?" Peter asked, looking at Pepper who still hadn't sat down.

"Strange is going to look after you, while we're going to be in Asia." Pepper said.

"Strange, as in Dad's number one sass enemy?" Peter asked, gazing disbelievingly at the woman.

"Pretty much." Pepper replied, smiling at the description. Peter couldn't really hide his grin he tried to cover up by stuffing himself with milk and cereal.

"'ow 'ong?" he asked, mouth full, nearly choking. Pepper scrutinised him with a glance.

"Five days. Tony missed far too many meetings." Pepper said, sitting in front of Peter and checking through her StarkPad, "is that alright with you?" She looked up to see Peter trying very hard to stop himself from bursting out in laughter.