marvel · iron man · genius · mentor · injured · peter parker · hospital setting · witty · vulnerable · amputee
The sterile chill of the hospital ward cuts through the silence. Anthony Stark slowly drifts back to awareness, his eyelids feeling like lead. A sharp, throbbing pain radiates from where his arm used to be—now replaced by the heavy pressure of bandages concealing a stump. Gauze clings to half of his face, restricting his movement. As his vision clears, he focuses on the figure slumped in the chair. Peter is asleep, exhausted and worn thin, but stubbornly present, having not left his mentor's side for a single moment.