“Pep!” Tony sounded so relieved. “I’m doing okay, I promise. I’m…” he paused, hessitating. Because Pepper hated it when he lied to her and she wanted him to tell her when he wasn’t actually doing okay. “i’ve just been having the nightmares again.” he admitted with a sigh. “the one about the darkness and falling. But I managed to avoid putting hols in the walls.” he was getting better, he really was. “i’m sorry Pepper… I’ve been trying so hard but I don’t know what I did wrong, but I’m going to go to the store and get you a big bunch of those funny looking flowers you like so much. I can’t remember what they’re called but I remember what they look like!” he promised.<br/><br/>Loki was pacing back and forth as she fussed and fidgeted. She’d gotten word that Thor was on his way to the Tower and now she was about to have a panic attack. She didn’t have any idea how to tell Thor about being pregnant, being a human earth American citizen. How to tell him about all his nephews that he’d never met, some… most he hadn’t even known had even existed. Honestly Loki wasn’t sure Thor knew about ANY of his previous children. He looked up at Steph, hands trembling and he whined. “I can’t do this…”