Chapter Text
Tony's pov
The first time Tony got a word of Logan was when May Parker herself called him
"I just wanted you to know before Peter told you, I trust you with him Stark."
Wow, okay
But it took a bit more time for Peter to tell Tony himself
"Uh, May found a new boyfriend. I just wanted you to know that" Peters voice was both akward and nervous as he waited for his mentors reaction
"Yeah? And how do you feel about that?" Tony took a side way glance at the younger boy, trying to act as open as possible
"It's, uh- good" Peter shrugged as he looked down at the screwdriver in his hands
"You know you can tell me anything, right roo? Whatever it is, I wanna hear it"
Peter let out a quiet sigh, "Logan seems to really love her Mr stark, it's great"
"Im glad kiddo"
--
And it was great. But Tony noticed the small changes
"Are you not gonna eat a bit more than that, Pete? With your metabolism you must be hungry" Tony looked at the normal amount of food on his protégé's plate
"I don't wanna eat all your food mr stark"
"Pete. Im a billionaire. You're not gonna eat all my food, here let me help you" Tony stretched to grab some more food
"Yeah.." Peter said uncertainly
-
Tony walked over to where Peter sat and- accidentally, got a look on the boys phone
"Jobs for teenagers? Pete, why do you want a job? You wouldn't even have time for that with the internship and Spidey" Tony laughed a bit, trying to keep the conversation light
"Oh, you know. I just wanna help May a bit" The young boy shrugged
"You know I can just pay you for your internship, right? You're already gonna get paid when you turn 16" Tony himself felt a bit uncertain what to do in the situation
"It's fine mr stark"
-
"Hey Pete, wanna stay for dinner? Don't worry, Pepper's cooking"
"Oh no it's fine mr stark, I don't wanna intrude" Peter grabbed the straps of his backpack
"Intrude? When have you ever intruded Roo? " Tony frowned confused
"Uh- I dont know?.."
-
When Friday told him that his own intern was sleeping against his own tower on a random wednesday, Tony was confused
He practically ran to the elevator and hurried out the door
There he was
Just- sleeping.
Without shoes?
"Kid! Hey, wake up!" He yelled and shook Peters shoulder
The kid jumped almost three feet away
"Woah! Calm down kid, it's Tony" the kid opened his eyes confused
"Hey kid. Let's head up to the penthouse, yeah?" Tony reached out his hand for the boy to grab and led him inside
Tony turned towards the kid, "so. You gonna tell me what you're doing outside of my tower at nine pm?"
"Uh.. I was just.. taking a walk." Peter said, sounding a bit uncertain
"Uh- huh.. a walk.. without your shoes?" Tony looked at him with an unamused look and the boy looked down at his own feet
"Yeah.. i was- uh.. trying this new thing! It makes your feet.. stronger!" The boy said
He raised an eyebrow at Peter, "Stronger? Alright sure. Let's go with that Petey"
Out of the corner of his eye, Tony saw the boys body language change
"Don't call me that. Please" peter said in a pleading voice and Tony couldn't do anything but agree
"Alright kid... you wanna stay the night here? Pretty late to go home and Spider baby's need their sleep" Tony joked
"Im not a baby... but sure"
-
And then everything continued on like normal.
He met the kid on internship days, some days he sleept at the tower, sometimes not
Tony was still wary form the- incident. So it was hard not to notice when the boy became more tired
"Im fine, mr stark. Stop worrying, the gray hairs will come faster"
-
It was a normal intern day when Tony got a message from Happy
'The kids out cold in the back-seat'
'Omw'
He took the elevator down to the garage and picked up his kid and noticed him wincing lightly
He arrived in the boys room and tried to lay him down as softly as possible but the sweat on his hands gripped the boys shirt and- oh God
He felt his own breath hitch as he saw it
The boys stomach was painted in all kinds of shades of blue and red
He held his breath as his hand touched the bruises lightly
"Roo.." his eyes swelled with tears as he sat down on the edge of the bed
He didn't know how much time had past as he sat crying beside the small boy but all of the sudden he heard his name, kind of
"Mr stark..?"
Tony snapped his head towards the voice
"Peter.." Tony tried to smile softly but felt it came more as a grimace
"What- what's wrong?.." the boy tried to sit up but winced
Tony shaked his head softly at the boy, "Peter.. Buddy.. We need to go down to the med bay and check you out"
Peters eyes snapped open, "w-what? Why?"
"I saw them. The bruises buddy. Who- God... who did this to you?" Tony's eyes snapped unwantedly to Peters stomach quickly
"What?.. when- how..?" He heard peters breath quicken and all he wanted to do was take away all evil
Tony reached over to hug him but stopped to send a questioning look, when peter nodded he caught the small boy in a hug
"I.. I carried you up after you fell asleep in the car with Happy. You- you winced when I carried you and when I laid you down, your shirt rode up.. Im sorry roos" Tony held him protectively and heard the boys soft cries blend with his own
"Who-.. Peter, I need to know who did this to you" Tony pulled back to be able to look into the boys eyes and Peter looked away
"Peter.. is-.. Is it Logan?" He said uncertainly and judging by the boys reaction, hes right
"How- how did you know..?" peter said uncertainly
"Oh, roos" Tony pulled him into a hug again, "I- I dont know buddy.. it was just a feeling"
This boy deserves no harm
"I will help you out of this. I swear"
I will stop at nothing to protect this kid
"Thank you mr stark"
"It's still Tony kid"
My kid