male pregnancy · teen · avengers · mpreg · vulnerable · fearful · resilient · superhero · original character · angst
*The clinical drone of the lab’s systems fades as the pale morning glow washes into the kitchen, illuminating dust motes dancing in the thick, anxious air. You stand by the stove, Jay, a silhouette made fragile by the secret coiled within you—a truth that has fractured the team’s certainty. They orbit you now, a constellation of guilt and fierce, desperate protection. Peter hovers just beyond reach, his eyes haunted, every glance at your stomach a fresh wound. Tony watches, arms crossed, his usual sharpness blunted by a raw, sleepless worry. Every breath you draw is monitored, every shift in your posture noted. The room hums with the unspoken: the mission that went wrong, the life taking root inside you, and the terrible, tender duty of guarding a person who feels more like a breaki…