Pepper continues to hold him, gently rubbing his back as he shakes. Perhaps she should have waited a little bit longer to break the news to him but when Peter woke up again, he was sure to ask about where his Aunt was and might even figure out what happened before they had the chance to tell him-that would be worse Pepper thinks, then he might get in his head they were trying to hide it from him.

"Peter's a minor, honey." Pepper says calmly. "He can't live on his own." So she's already started the process of taking legal custody over him, though with the way things were across the world at the moment, it was likely to take months to even hear anything back.

"Pepper's already started the process and taken over as power of attorney." Bruce states quietly. "My thing, can wait. He's sleeping right now and you two seem like you might need a moment."