Pepper just gently holds Peter close, rubbing his arm soothingly up and down while he cries and struggles to breath until the sedative takes hold and he's sleeping in her arms. She carefully leans him back on the pillows and brushes his bangs away to press a kiss on his forehead.
She wants to tell him it'll all be alright but opts to just let him sleep. She has things she needs to take care of, papers to sign and arrangements to be made. She clears the lump out of her throat and even allows herself a small sniffle before sliding back into her business mode. She watches a moment while Bruce diligently checks over Peter's vitals. He's probably still concerned about how much or how little of something to give the boy and she can't blame him.
"I'm going to find Rhodey, see if he's up to drive into town for a few things." She announces before leaving the two, heels clicking softly against the floor as she leaves.
She returns a few hours later, a manilla envelope in hand and a bag of prescription drugs. It seems that Rhodey was up for a drive after all. She knew the others were curious as to what all was going on with Tony and Peter but she ignored their questions, telling them they still needed time and that neither Tony or Peter were up to any visitors.
"You need to sign this." Pepper tells Tony as she opens the envelope filled with legal papers that would, in effect appoint Anthony Edward Stark temporary custody over Peter Benjamin Parker. Temporary because it was the best she could rush in such a short amount of time. Full guardianship was likely to take awhile.
Pepper opens up the paper sacks that Peter's prescriptions are in and pulls out the drug information to be better informed about what they're giving the kid and what to look out for, though certainly Bruce would be on the look out for that as well.
"A dog?" She looks up from her reading about the rescue inhaler. "I'm not saying no, but I think we should give that a little time-to see how he feels about it." A lot of things have just drastically changed for poor Peter and he's going to be overwhelmed. Getting a dog, while she's sure someone like Peter would love one in normal circumstances, seemed like just thrusting more change on the poor kid. "Let's wait until he's settled down a little first."
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She wants to tell him it'll all be alright but opts to just let him sleep. She has things she needs to take care of, papers to sign and arrangements to be made. She clears the lump out of her throat and even allows herself a small sniffle before sliding back into her business mode. She watches a moment while Bruce diligently checks over Peter's vitals. He's probably still concerned about how much or how little of something to give the boy and she can't blame him.
"I'm going to find Rhodey, see if he's up to drive into town for a few things." She announces before leaving the two, heels clicking softly against the floor as she leaves.
She returns a few hours later, a manilla envelope in hand and a bag of prescription drugs. It seems that Rhodey was up for a drive after all. She knew the others were curious as to what all was going on with Tony and Peter but she ignored their questions, telling them they still needed time and that neither Tony or Peter were up to any visitors.
"You need to sign this." Pepper tells Tony as she opens the envelope filled with legal papers that would, in effect appoint Anthony Edward Stark temporary custody over Peter Benjamin Parker. Temporary because it was the best she could rush in such a short amount of time. Full guardianship was likely to take awhile.
Pepper opens up the paper sacks that Peter's prescriptions are in and pulls out the drug information to be better informed about what they're giving the kid and what to look out for, though certainly Bruce would be on the look out for that as well.
"A dog?" She looks up from her reading about the rescue inhaler. "I'm not saying no, but I think we should give that a little time-to see how he feels about it." A lot of things have just drastically changed for poor Peter and he's going to be overwhelmed. Getting a dog, while she's sure someone like Peter would love one in normal circumstances, seemed like just thrusting more change on the poor kid. "Let's wait until he's settled down a little first."