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Mary and Richard Parker were what you would call an odd couple. They met in college and immediately hit it off, soon getting together and staying together throughout college. Getting married after college while still continuing their goals of getting their dream jobs and living what they called the perfect life. Here’s where the odd part comes in Mary and Richard had an open relationship, they did since the beginning well since Mary caught Richard cheating with on her with her best friend. Since then they screwed whoever they wanted whenever they wanted and nothing bad came out of it… Until Mary Parker met Tony Stark at a conference in 2009 and hooked up with him.
December 25
Peter Parker is an 11 year old boy, well he’s turning 11 today. That’s not a big deal to him though considering no one ever celebrated with him or cared enough to even tell him Happy Birthday, oh yeah and today is also Christmas. A day that was loved by many and showed everyone the magic of the holidays was a celebration that Peter also hated because no one cared enough to celebrate with him. For as long as Peter could remember no one ever cared and they probably never will but that’s fine because Peter doesn’t need anyone in this world who doesn’t need him. He learned early on that he couldn’t wait for other people’s love and approval and instead took his life into his own hands, he did what he wanted when he wanted.
When the 11 year old boy walked back into his small Queens apartment he was surprised to find his parents were home. 1 because they usually had a strict schedule of when they visited the small 2 bedroom apartment and 2 because when he walked in there was packing crates around filled with his things. That was odd, were they moving?
A few minutes later Richard Parker walked into the room rolling a suitcase with him. Peter had already got comfortable and turned the tv on in the living room while he waited until someone told him what was happening. Richard let out an annoyed sigh at the sight of the little boy, he couldn’t express how happy he was that he and Mary we’re finally getting rid of him.
Peter looked up from his favorite show ‘The Amazing World of Gumball’ and asked Richard “ Are we moving?” It wasn’t the first time they had moved to a different apartment in the city so he wouldn’t be surprised if they did but it was so abrupt.
Richard continued toward the door without giving the boy so much as a glance and told Peter “Wait for your mother, she’ll explain everything” and continued his way out the door with Peters suitcase.
Peter sat confused for a second before deciding to take Richards advice and turned back toward his show. A few minutes later Richard came back in and continued grabbing crates filled with Peters things while ignoring him. After a while all the crates and suitcases were gone and Richard went to the back to inform Peters mom.
Both Parker’s came out a few minutes later and Mary stopped next to the couch to tell Peter to get up and head to the car. Peter stood up confused but did as he was told.
Once outside he noticed that there was not only Mary’s car but Richards as well that the man was in. He headed toward Mary’s car before getting in the backseat. The entire ride was filled with silence until about an hour later they pulled up at a very secluded house that even had a gate to get into. Peter didn’t even know houses existed in New York since his parents always chose small apartments in suspect areas to rent out.
They pulled up close to the passcode box to get past the gate and Mary jumped out of the car and made her way towards the trunk. Richard was behind them. Mary grabbed the tools she needed before popping open the back of the security box and burning a few wires causing the gate to open. She got back in the car and drove into the very woodsy cabin style area.
As they pulled into the secluded house Peter started noticing details about the house, first off it was pretty dark besides the porch light on and a dim light on in the house which was a clear sign that no one was home. So what were they doing here? Second he noticed the house had a lot of land including a huge lake but the house itself didn’t look all that big.
The car finally came to a stop and Peter could here the sound of Richards truck behind them. Once Mary turned the car off and got out he decided to get out too. Mary opened the opposite back door and grabbed one of Peters backpacks that she had filled with his school supplies before handing it to him. Peter moved to put the backpack on his back as Mary reached into the trunk and grabbed the boys two suitcases and handed him one. Peter grabbed the suitcase and followed Mary to the houses front porch.
“Sit down” Mary said gesturing toward the wooden steps. Peter looked at her like he wanted to ask what was going on but knew his questions wouldn’t be answered.
After telling the boy to sit down Mary turned and made her way to her husband to help him get the rest of the boys things. Together they went back and forth from truck to porch sitting the boys whole life on the porch. After about 45 minutes they had successfully gotten rid of any trace that the boy ever lived with them and splayed it across the front porch of the unknown house.
Richard got back in his truck as Mary made her way back over to Peter holding an envelope and a small safety pin in her hand. She crouched in front of the boy as she opened the safety pin and put it through the top of the Manila envelope and safety pinned it to the thin red sweater the boy wore.
“What are you doing?” Peter asked looking up at his mother
“Richard and I are going out of state” Mary said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. All it did was leave the boy even more confused because if they were going away on business then why did they drive him so far away from home? Why did they come home to pack his stuff up and bring him here instead of leaving him home like they always did? Where was here?
“Ok? Then take me home” Peter said as he looked up at Mary somehow knowing that it wasn’t going to happen.
“That’s not your home anymore Peter, Richard and I are done we have given up too many opportunities because we had to take care of you and honestly were tired so we’re not doing it anymore” Mary said
The 11 year old wished that was the most hurtful thing his mother had ever said to him but it truly wasn’t and he couldn’t even bring himself to cry over cause he didn’t care about her either.
“That still doesn’t explain where we are or why you’re leaving me here” Peter said waiting for a better explanation.
“You know how I’ve always told about your real dad, well you’re going to live with him now” Mary said
All of Peters life Mary and Richard had always told him that his real dad didn’t want him and that he was just a waste of time and energy that he didn’t want to take care of. So you can imagine how confuse the boy must have felt to hear that his mother was leaving him to the man who didn’t want him.
Before Peter could ask anymore questions Mary told him to make sure to give his dad the letter pinned to his shirt when he got home and made her way back to her car and pulling out of the secluded driveway leaving the little boy alone in 30 degree weather in almost pitch black darkness save from the porch light.
The boy immediately wrapped his arms around his knees and pulled them up to his chest as he curled up on the wooded steps.
He softly started singing to himself “Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me, happy birthday dear Peter, Happy birthday to me.
After his little performance he let out a sigh and waited for anyone to come and see him sitting there.
1 and a half hours later
Tony had finally been able to sneak away from the gala Pepper had so conveniently scheduled on Christmas Day, not that the man had any plans for Christmas. If you asked Tony Stark what he was doing for Christmas 10 years ago he’d probably reply back that he was getting blackout drunk. Tony was never a big fan of Christmas considering nearly 30 years ago his parents were tragically killed in a car accident the day before Christmas when he was 21 years old.
He mostly sat quietly in the back of the SUV occasionally conversing with his long time friend/bodyguard/driver Happy Hogan. He enjoyed the silence for awhile before moving around to get ready to get out of the car and head into his cozy cabin home.
Happy was confused and a little scared when he saw the open gate as he pulled into the driveway towards Tony’s secluded home.
“Uh boss, by any chance did you forget to close your gate before you left?”
Tony looked up from his phone confused as he too saw the open gate
“No, it’s an automatic gate and FRIDAY is in charge of opening and closing it” Tony said as he and Happy looked at each other expecting the worst
It wouldn’t be the first time someone broke into one of Tony’s homes but when he moved into this house he was very serious about making sure paparazzi or anyone couldn’t find this home considering it was deep into the nature part of New York and very secluded.
Happy immediately moved to grab his phone to alert police and the rest of Tony’s security team that someone had broken in but before Happy could call anyone Tony told him that since they were already there they should just check it out themselves since FRIDAY would immediately alert them if someone broken into his home.
Happy was a little on edge about the idea but had no other choice but to listen to Tony because even though he was one of Tony’s oldest friends Tony was still his boss. He thought it was a terrible idea though and was gonna tell Tony once all this was over.
Happy slowly drove through the open gate and down the driveway, his headlights were on bright so he could see if anything popped out. At first glance he didn’t see anything out of the ordinary when he looked toward the lake, the yard, and the driveway. But then he looked up at the porch and saw a person. His heart started to race when he saw the person on Tony’s porch considering no one was supposed to be able to get through the gate unnoticed. But then he noticed that the person looked pretty small even though they were curled up on the porch.
They looked like a small kid, but that just left the man even more confused cause where did the kid come from? And who was he? Tons of questions ran through Happy’s head as Tony tried to get his attention
“What do you see?” “Happy?” “Happy!!” Tony kept firing questions only to be ignored.
Happy brought the car to a stop before turning toward Tony “it’s a kid” he said as he looked at Tony with a confused look
Now Tony was confused because a kid? Where did the kid come from? What the hell type of parents let there kid sit outside in 30 degree weather with no supervision?
Tony and Happy both looked at each other confused before deciding that neither of them had answers to each other questions and decided to as the actual kid why he was there.
They both hopped out the car and cautiously made there way to the porch where the boy sat.
The boy had clearly notice them coming because he looked up at them as they walked closer.
Even though they were coming toward the boy he didn’t say anything so Tony decided to be the one to start the conversation.
“Uh kid, where are your parents?” Tony asked
The boy shrugged before opening his mouth. “ I don’t know they just left me here”
That’s when both men noticed the crates and suitcases that sat on top of the porch a few feet away from the boy.
Tony honestly didn’t know what to say and Happy looked like he was about to turn back around to get his phone out of the car.
He looked down at the boys thin outfit a thin red sweater and a pair of black track pants. Did someone honestly leave this kid out here to freeze to death? He looked at the sweater and saw the yellow envelope pinned pinned? To the boys shirt.
Ok what the hell? Tony thought to himself
Peter noticed Tony looking at the Envelope on his shirt before reaching down to rip it off of him and extended it towards Tony.
“I guess this is for you” He said to waiting for Tony to grab it
Tony was about to tell the boy that he didn’t think it was and that’s when he noticed in a quick scribble the name on the envelope.
Tony Stark
He grabbed the Envelope out of the boys hand not knowing what he was going to find inside of it, once opening it he saw that it contained a handwritten letter addressed to him and began reading it. The longer he read the letter the more pale and sick to his stomach he felt.
Holy Fuck
He, Tony Stark had a kid