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Peter Parker had moved into the Avenger’s compound after they had defeated Thanos and prevented him from erasing half of all organic life in the universe. His Aunt May had become paranoid about him constantly being in danger, and so had Tony Stark. After a week of seemingly constant nightmares which felt like they were getting increasingly worse with every night, May called Tony in a panic and he had managed to calm the spider down and held him through the hour he cried afterwards.
After seeing how Tony had helped her nephew in a time when she couldn’t, May was more than happy to let the boy move into the Tower and Compound because she knew ultimately it was better for him that way. Instead of moving in with the team, May moved out of her and Peter's apartment, and into a smaller flat. She claimed it was because the rent was cheaper, but Pepper knew the empty space where Peter lived was what left her on edge. However, after a month of living in the compound Peter's nightmares subdued and he was ready to go back to school, with the staff and pupils being told he'd had a medical emergency. Peter had already been given a floor in the tower so he stayed there while he was at school and then he went to the compound on weekends. May came over most weekends, she had been uncomfortable around the other Avengers but when she started dating Happy she had become more open with them.
This left Peter where he is now, sitting in one of Stark's private limos on the way to school. His identity as Spiderman hadn't been revealed but Tony refused to let him walk to school or take the bus, he was only allowed to be driven around by one of the Avengers or Happy. Peter didn't mind as much as he said he did, he secretly loved Tony's constant worry about him and he knew the Avengers worried about him to. He'd worry about himself if he saw himself waking up from those nightmares, he dreaded to think about what he looked like when he was sleeping. He tried not to sleep, but the Avengers weren't having any of that.
Peter was brought out of his thoughts by Happy's voice telling him he was about to pull up at their designated drop off point, just around the corner from the school. He jumped out and waved Happy off before turning and running Aunt. He couldn't dwell on this thought for long though because Ned was pulling on his arm, reminding him that this was the day they were going to find out where they were going for their annul decathlon trip. Peter, however, wasn't looking forward to the trip. He had a bad history with the decathlon trips and he didn't want his life to get any weirder. He was living with the avengers for crying out loud, that was as weird as it got.
He pretty much ran on autopilot for the rest of the day until decathlon club, when he couldn't help but focus due to the Ned's continuous rambling which required him to answer. Ned happily took Peter's answers and it wasn't until MJ got into the conversation that Peter actually paid attention. Although he soon found himself going off in a daze as he stared at MJ, he couldn’t but think of her as pretty
"Hey! Parker! Are you actually alive or what?" Peter snapped his head up and smiled weakly, responding with statement that he knew completely embarrassed him but he was too unable to stop rambling, luckily for him Flash was able to stop the embarrassment with one of his famous lines.
"Hey! Penis Parker! How was your internship yesterday?" Flash laughed at himself, "Get it, cause it's fake!" Flash pointed a questioning finger at Peter but all the boy could do was gape like a confused fish out of water until MJ replied with some snarky comment that Peter could hardly comprehend. He didn't worry about it too much though because soon Mr Harrington arrived and started telling them their notices about what other activities were happening in the area, before starting to talk about the trip.
That was when Peter Parker realised it was true, his life could get weirder. Much weirder in fact.
"Right everyone, today I am revealing the location of our annual decathlon trip next Friday. I know you all want me to reveal the location right this second, but I have to go through the list of instructions I always give out with these slips." The class groaned but Mr Harrington made know sign of stopping, "Right! Number one, you must have a parent or guardian sign this form, we will check with the person who apparently signed it if deemed necessary. Number two, you don't have to go on the trip but it is, as always, an amazing experience and I think you'll especially love this years destination." Peter groaned internally at this, his memories of being bit by the spider weren't what he'd call an amazing experience, neither was the trip to Washington. "And finally, number three, these slips are to be returned by Monday, that means you have all weekend for them to be signed and if you return on Monday without one you cannot go on the trip. This company are extremely serious about security and we must follow what they order." Mr Harrington ended his speech with a smile before the group started their shouts.
"Where are we going?"
"Enough with the lecture, tell us what the company is."
"Hurry up already old cow."
Mr Harrington's smile faulted slightly before he smiled even wider than before.
"This year, the Midtown Decathlon team are going to Stark Industries!"
Peter felt the colour leave his face and he tried his hardest to not pass out. He listened to the sounds of his friends chattering around him excitedly, shouting about the labs or the avengers or whatever else they were interested in. But all Peter could think of through the noise was how badly he wanted to go home and hide on top of his wardrobe where he knew no one, not even the Avengers, could find him.
He knew he was fucked, he was sure that no matter how hard he tried to hide the slip or get one of the Avengers to sign it and not tell anyone else (Pepper, Natasha and Tony were the best at forging May's signature) the others would find out. He took the slip from his teacher and shoved it in his bag, hoping that if whatever Avenger decided to annoy him by going through his bag would brush it off as junk. If it was Wanda, Natasha, Clint or Sam, they would read it and tell everyone, well maybe not Sam. He'd probably tell Tony and that man can't keep a secret. Like at all.
And he knew the second they found out they would all conspire together to make his day 'memorable'. Whether that be by telling embarrassing stories of when he's blown up a lab or two, or maybe just killing Flash. He quickly slipped into the middle of the excited group of students leaving the room and then walked round the building to the sleek black car.
He slumped into the backseat of the car and mumbled a hello to Happy, the security guard not paying much attention to the boy. Although he liked the boy and he couldn't deny he was growing on him, he sometimes he liked his peace and quiet. It wasn't until they drove into the underground garage and then the Avenger’s private, that he decided to say something.
"You alright kid? Anything interesting happen at school?"
"Nothing Happy, just school. Yeah a busy day at school. Have to go now. Homework! Yeah I have a lot of homework to do. See you later! Bye!" Peter rambled an excuse to man before climbing out of the car and running to the Avenger’s lift.
As soon as the lift reached the floor with his, Morgan and Tony and Pepper’s floor he swung into his room and dumped his bag under the bed. He then climbed into the vents and made his way to the Avenger’s floor, it was where they all hang out and contains the movie room, the kitchen and table where they all eat as well as a large sofa and and other places where they can all sit and hang out. Peter came up here everyday after school and hung out with them all for a couple of hours if he wasn't working on something in the lab with Tony. Once they had eaten dinner Peter went to do his homework before going down to the gym to train with whoever was there.
Because Peter had been having a fun messing about in the Gym with Wanda, Morgan, Nathaniel and Lila he completely forgot about the slip in his bag. But Peter’s life was not that easy, Clint and his mini-me had to ruin it for him by emerging from the vents and waving the slip around. But despite Peter’s shouts, Clint was determined to ruin Peter’s life.
“Hey F.R.I, call the Avenger’s here, I have an emergency notice. And if Tony says no, tell him it’s about Peter.” Peter turned to Clint with pleading eyes while the man just hung from the bars on the wall. Cooper’s arms had tired and he was now sitting on the platform, the biggest smile on his face. The Avenger’s and Laura ran into the gym and Clint clapped before dropping down from his beam
"Right, while Cooper and I were being annoying and emptying Precious Peter’s school bag on the floor, we came across this crumpled piece of paper. Which, as you can see clearly, states, 'Midtown High's Field Trip to Stark Industries'." The group of Avengers laughed at the statement and Peter felt his cheeks go bright red, he watched as Clint signed the form and meekly took it from him before shuffling into the lift.
"I'm going to go hide on my floor and pretend this entire day never happened." He knew the Avengers were still going to plan something to do that coincides with his tour. He wasn't mad at them, or upset, he was just embarrassed. And what better thing to do than embarrass him more.