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After having talked a while about how you can not fight someone like that without telling anyone. (Ned didn’t count).
Pepper had already settled in the couch. All of them really comfortable in the ‘living room’
“Hey The kid could stay for a while. If his aunt doesn’t mind. We could maybe play some game’s. Its been a while since we did that.” Pepper had said that while thinking of how the avengers used to play silly games after missions or long days. Those were the days that Tony was happy. She really wanted her husband to have someone he could be happy around again.
“I mean it probably couldn’t hurt. I’ll just tell my aunt that I went patrolling.”
Tony shrugged trying to hide how happy or exciting he was. “What kind of games do you want to play like card games or-“
“I was thinking maybe something like two truths and a lie?”
“That sound like fun”
Peter rambled already excited. “If were playing.. The I want to start. No way I’m letting you guys win this shit.”
"Language!"
Tony went first. With two very competitive people and a woman that lets no one walk over her. Lets say it was a crazy few rounds. They had all decided it was the last round if they were going to play another game after this one and get Peter home some what on time.
So here they were Tony and Peter both stood at 17 points and Pepper at 16. And the last one to say two truths and a lie was Peter. Peter needing to win this round thought of what he could use in this last round.
Seeing that you couldn’t use FRIDAY (Tony’s AI) and you can just close your eyes. Peter decided that he would use his eye color. (Peters eyes are brown)
• My eyes are blue..
• …
• …
'If I were to pull out something that was way to insane to have happened to me. They might pick another one and not think it through.'
So that’s what he did he picked out one that was utterly ridiculous and not even possible
• My eyes are blue
• …
• The most ridiculous thing ever.
'Now something that would be presumed to be a lie but not that much so that they would chose for the last option. Something like sleeping less than sleeping 8 hours on a school night. They might fall for it. It wouldn’t even be that ridiculous. Right? Just stop overthinking it!!'
• My eyes are blue.
• I sleep less than 8 hours on a school night.
• The most ridiculous thing ever.
Returning from his thoughts to the game Peter said:
“Okay I have it… I sleep less than 8 hours on a school night… My eyes are blue… And… And a huge building ones fell on top of me almost killing me!”
After rambling the last on off, Peter realized he forgot to close his eyes. 'Ah shit', Pepper looked at him showing on her face that she knew which one the lie was. But that look vanished pretty soon.
“Nice try kid but, it’s gotta be a little more complicated then that.”
“Tony… His eyes are brown”
“A building what-“
“Uhm” Peter not having thought about the fact that tony might freak out about it, was rambling to himself how he could explain it. He had forgotten to tell what happened at the warehouse 'Oh fuck!'
“Oh my god, are you okay?! When did a building fall on top of you?!”
Tony was panicking at the statement going over to Peter to check him.
“I’m fine, I’m fine”
Peter was trying to calm down the people in front of him. It didn’t work. It made it worse. Now was not only Tony panicking but Pepper too.
“When did this happen?! How did you get out?!” Those were the questions Pepper asked.
“If you want a full explanation than you need to calm down. And seriously. I’m fine”
Peter was working really hard to try to calm the adults down. The hero and his fiancé backed off, but only a little. Giving the boy room to explain.
“So you remember the warehouse that I was at before the fight with the vulture.” Not giving them time to ask questions, he continued.
“I tracked him to the warehouse and ambushed him. We talked and then he said to me that he was just stalling…” Peter found it hard to find the words he was searching for. He didn’t know how he could tell them what happened.
“His suit attacked me. It was easy to dodge. I called him out on it. He asked me if he was really aiming for me. His suit came to him and it opened up. He entered the suit and flew towards me. Only to go for a pillar instead. He flew away. And at that moment the building collapsed and I was under it.”
Pepper and Tony looked at him with such care, pity, and concern that he almost wanted to cry. Peter hadn’t realized how traumatic his experience with the vulture was. But when he looked in the eyes from his parents ‘mentor and his fiancé’, He saw that that was indeed. Very traumatic.
“Peter how did you get out?”
“I… I was under the collapsed building and after… After rethinking some things. I decided that… Stopping the vulture was my priority. So I lifted the building up.”
“Peter… Stopping the vulture should not have been your priority.” Pepper said.
"How am I supposed to keep you safe if you priority is stopping a guy that could kill you. That almost killed you!” Tony had said that with so much concern that Peter thought he might fall into tears.
Pepper spoke up in a quiet voice: “You lifted a building?”
“Yeah, I mean I did but-”
“Roos, We really need to talk about your self-preservation skills.”
“Yeah, maybe.” Peter chuckled a little. He was lucky that the adults had calmed down a little seeing as they both were panicking not even a minute ago.
“Are you going to stop being spider-man if I asked really nice?” Tony asked.
Tho peter was pretty sure it was a rhetorical question. He still answered: “Nahh…”
“Okay. but Peter,” Giving Peter a stern look, Tony continued.
“If you are ever hurt or need anything, anything at all, you give me a call. Okay?”
Peter knowing that he couldn’t win this argument sighed with defeat.
“alright.”
“Also I would like to propose something to you...”
Perking up a little, Peter readied himself for the proposition hoping that it was something fun.
“I want to make the internship an official, kind of thing. You know. You could like come to my lab every two days in the week or something. We can work it out.”
Tony sniffed in the way to remove or conceal his emotions.
“really?” Peter asked excitedly.
“Yeah, have you ever known me to propose something I wouldn’t want?” Tony asked with a raised eyebrown and then continued.
“I've already talked with Pepper and you aunt. And I thought it would be a good idea. It would also be a nice to be able to keep an eye out for you if your in my lab twice a week. So that you don’t burn into the ground or something like that.”
“Oh my gosh! Yes, yeah that would be awesome!”
Pepper smiled at the boys in front of her. They were so much alike not only in how they act, like they’re: guilt complex, big heart or they’re way of being a self-sacrificial idiot. But they also looked I like physically.
If you wouldn’t know any better you would say that they are father and son.