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Peter had developed a few "unusual" spider quirks the more that his powers had began to grow stronger, he had the knack to hide in corners, too crawl up walls all the time, make his room into one massive nest and hide in there, he wasn't scared of spiders anyone, maybe once he was younger but now? They sit with him in the corner and crawl around with him, sure he can't speak the spider language, if there was one but he could sense their emotions and they could sense his, but he realised that it was going to become a nuisance for the rest of the Avengers Team.
"Again Peter? Can't you build a nest somewhere else?" Natasha politely said as she weaved her way through the onslaught of webs that took up the hallway towards her room, she heard a small sorry miss from the corner and walked towards it, her heels clicking scaring the other spiders away back into the vents and the small cracks in the roof.
Peter was hiding out in the corner, his back towards Natasha as he played with the spiders, who only scurried away when she came too close to Peter, he always had the incline to scurry away but stopped when Natasha gave out her hand to him, taking it slowly he jumped down from his nest.
"Sorry" He replied once again as he looked down at his feet, embarrassment written all over his face as he played with his hands, the need to make more webs was killing him but he pushed it down as hard as he could.
"Don't apologise, it's okay" Natasha gave a small smile as she patted Peter's shoulder-"Now go find Thor, he's in the lounge I think he wants you for something, I'll clean this mess up here" Again she gave a small smile as she watched as Peter walked, well more like jumped on the wall and crawled his way into the vent.
"So, Spider-Man is becoming more like spider less like man" Natasha laughed as she turned to face Tony, his face was light up as he made his way through the webs, he had also watched Peter crawl away, to say he was amused would be an understatement.
"Well I hear being bitten by a radioactive spider can have it pros and cons" Natasha replied as she set out to clear off the webs, sure she was a bit peeved off having to clean up his webs but she couldn't blame him for it, kid just subduing to his spider likeness.
"Think he can grow more six more arms?" Tony perked up at the thought, slightly amused and slightly freaked out, but it would be a laugh to see, maybe he can grow more eyes.
"Or maybe more eyes! Oh! What about little pinchers! What are they called again, oh wha-"
"Oh stop it Tony!" Natasha cut him off with a louder laugh than before, her mind getting mental images of Peter becoming a full fledge spider.
Tony could only laugh back with a wave of his arms, webs sticking to him and he tore them off his walls and the roofs, man the kid does make webs fast, how curios can he get today, he needed to find out more biology on Peter.
The lounge was mainly quiet say for the few laughter coming from Thor and Rogers, a soft melody was playing in the speakers that was gradually getting louder and Peter knew that the lounge would be full of drinking, eating and laughter soon, his head could only handle so much loudness.
Crawling his way out of the vents and dropping into the lounge with a loud thump, he froze when he heard no laughter so he turned around with a shy smile and a little hand wave to the rest of the team who were sitting with a look of shock on there faces.
"Remind me, are you Spider-Man or Xenomorph-Man?" Clint asked with no emotion in his voice, well okay maybe a little amusement but still on the low down.
"Pretty sure Xenomorphs don't exists" Peter laughed as he made his way over to the table, careful not to bump anyones drink as he shimmied last Wanda and Sam to sit beside them.
"Then don't be jumped down from no vents, there's doors for a reason, kid" Clint replied back, leaning forward to grab his drink, a look of annoyance making its way to Peter, who shifted uncomfortably.
"Leave him alone, he can't help his spider instincts" Wanda hit back as she rubbed smoothing circles on Peter's back, calming him only slightly as he leaned into her touch, she smiled as she felt the tension leave his body.
"Man Of Spiders, care for a drink!" Thor's beaming voice broke the silence as he stood with a pint of beer in his hand and shoved it in front of Peter hoping that he would take the drink, only to be shunned by everyone.
"He's fifteen Thor, he can't drink just yet" Rogers finally spoke gently as he placed his hand on Thor's shoulder, calming the man from a sudden outburst.
"But Man of Spiders is upset, a drink will help him surely not? Midgardians drink when they are upset!" Thor was confused as he looked down at Peter, all Midgardians drink when they are upset, from his experience they do.
"Yes we do but only at a certain age and in this case Peter is too young" Rogers answered back, hoping to calm Thor and thankfully it did, maybe Thor needed more intel on Humans and hopefully he doesn't go out on a daily basis asking if underage's if they want to drink.
"Ah I see, I apologise Man of Spider! Maybe when you are no longer a toddler" A small uproar of laughter was heard from the small crowd, even Peter himself was laughing, a prickle of tears was running down his cheeks.
Thor smiled brightly as he got the team to laugh, proud of himself dare he say so himself but the time for drinking was over, important things have to be done.
"Anyway, what was it you needed me for Lord of Thunder?" Peter asked as he sat up from the warmth of Wanda, hoping that he could be doing something useful instead of swinging around the tower and eating everyone's food.
Thor raised his eyebrow at the "toddler", his mind going blank on him, he needed Peter desperately but his pride had taken his mind astray, perhaps it will come back to him on Asgard, he has a trickster to see.
"I appear to have forgotten, I will come back to you when I remember but for now I must go see Loki" Thor swung his hammer and took off, not giving the team to ask why he would see Loki, a terrible choice really.
So the team sat in silence as they listen to the music play out and come to an end, there was no talking, no drinking, just a relaxing silence as they all looked into empty space but Peter's head was pounding, he wanted to go back into his nest and curl up along with his spider friends.
"I can tell you are tired" Wanda whispered into his ear as she saw the young boy close his eyes and lean into her, she had grown a fondness for the boy, she saw into his mind and had never seen more pain in a child before, she keeps his pain to herself until he is ready to spill.
"Peter if your tired you can go, you don't have to stay up with us" Rogers nodded towards the door as Peter looked up at him, he knew that it was his time to leave so he gave a nod back and stood up, a stretch before he took off, as he was ready to jump into the vent, Clint, being Clint of course stopped him.
"Use the door, Xeno-Man!" Peter rolled his eyes as he walked towards the door, he could hear the small "ow's and "stop it" coming from him as the team started to lightly hit him.
As he made his way down the hall, he knew Clint was out his sight and immediately jumped on the wall, he never felt better, walking was boring but crawling was amazing he could move as fast as he want, make his way into the smallest of places and just hang there until he gets told to get down.
He felt like he was an embarrassment, having to explain to the team from time to time that he just enjoys being on walls and in nests, he looked towards Natasha to see if she enjoyed it but to his dismay she didn't have spider like urges like him.
He finally got to his room, he opened the door and jumped straight into his nest, shutting the door with his foot he climbed his way up to the tightest corner of he room and relaxed, reminding himself not to fall asleep in his clothes again, he'll change later for now he wants to just relaxed and feel the webs around him.
It wasn't long until his spider friends came out, knowing that Peter wasn't a threat to their safety, they crawled around him, on him and just sat with him, as stupid as it sounds the spiders felt safe with him, they count him one as his own, they talk among themselves, hoping that one day he can talk back to them, he is family.
They can sense emotions of happiness and self doubt, he was a strange creature, he was a mix of human and spider something that the smaller creatures have never seen before but they felt warmth with him, he was young, merely a child for them, no threat had came from him.
"Hey guys!" Peter smiled as he saw the spiders huddled together and put his palm out for them to climb on, once they were on he raised them to his shoulder and let them climb off and hang to him, he leaned back into the web, a sigh reaching his lips.
"How have you guys been? I know you haven't seen me in a while, I've been busy with Mr Stark, he's the one with the metal armor, helping him out with a few things! Then I had to go see Thor today, he's the Lord Of Thunder, yeah he shoots lighting, anyway he wanted me today for something but he forgot or he didn't want to say it out in front of the others" Peter stayed silent after his little ramble, his eyes on a downcast, the air was stuffy but Peter breathed it in as he played with his fingers.
"I know you guys have no idea what I'm saying, but its nice to talk to someone in the night, that was I'm not bothering Mr Stark or Wanda, they need sleep, well so do I but I don't want to wake them in the middle of the night" Peter curled in on himself just for a second, a quick second of comfort he got from himself before he untangled himself from his nest.
"Well I gotta get changed, time for bed" Peter spoke to no-one in particular, however he wished that the spiders could at least understand some english, he knew it was stupid and far-fetched but he hoped, he prayed.
As the night came close to the end, the adults were still awake, a few munchies and drinks had entered them all and they night was still young and lively, conversations about work, life and dare I say sex was going around, nothing but friendly banter going around with each other.
Wanda however was getting tired herself, after having being rudely awoken by Sam falling through her roof this morning but thats a story for another time, so she kindly excused herself from the nightlife.
"Night Wanda!" The Team shouted back, a few spillages of the drinks had reached the floor and had started a new string of banter between everyone, Wanda rolled her eyes and she shut the door quietly walking towards her temporary room she could see the strings of silk that Natasha and Tong had trouble cleaning up.
She smiled to herself as she made her way to the room, passing Peter's she took a stop and turned her attention to the door, she slowly opened it and nearly laughed at the sight, Peter was sleeping in his nest, snoring quietly, it was a cute sight to see as she made her way inside, carefully trying not to ping the silk and wake Peter up, the other huddled spiders had giving her small fright.
She went onto her tip-toes and ran a thumb over his face, clearing away fresh tears that came from his dream, she watched as the other spiders had started to threaten Wanda, she nodded towards them, she raised her hands to crush them but remembered that she would probably upset Peter, she does not know the extent of his "Spiderness" so she doesn't know if he feels pain for other spiders, she feels silly for thinking about it but its for him not her.
"I'm not going to hurt him, I would never hurt him" She looked back towards Peter, his eyes were red from tears from earlier, and she now realises how young he is, her eyes look back towards the spiders who turned around and went back to huddling. Hmm unusual, she was waiting to get bit.
"Спокойной ночи молодой паук" She kisses the top of his head, as he leans in she runs another thumb over his face and gets off her tip-toes and leaves the room, another smile raises her face as she walks towards her room, turning off the hall lights, the faint laughter filling the echoed halls.
"What if he lays eggs!"
"TONY!!"