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Tony and Wade could only handle so much magic.
When they had met, Tony had told him he seemed a lot younger than he thought. Wade thought the same exact thing about him. They found out it was the spells that Stephen and Peter were using. They were using the spells on them. Not that they cared.
Then Stephen started to show Peter how to go into his astral form and float around. That’s when all hell broke loose. Peter would jump scare his boyfriend, popping out in his ghostly form whenever he could. It only got worse from here.
Peter became Stephen’s student, and Stephen trained him for hours. Peter had learned magic in a matter of weeks.
So here Peter was, with Ned in his room, showing off his new magic. Ned was easily impressed by this.
“Sick dude! Can you open portals?”
“I haven’t gotten a ring yet. But I’ll portal us to school as soon as I get one!”
“Neat! I wish I could learn magic..”
“I can teach you! Just lemme get,-“
As Peter got up, he noticed something shiny on his desk. He had woken up to it on his fingers long ago. He had just put it down and forgetter about it. But now… it looked familiar.
Sling ring.
He had a sling ring.
He picked it up and examined it to make sure it was actually a sling ring. And it was. He turned to look at Ned excitedly. He held it up, and when Ned noticed what it was, he gasped loudly.
“Peter!”
“You know what this means!?”
“You can portal anywhere!?”
“Yes! Oh my god.. let’s go get food!”
Peter said as he opened a portal to the local burger place. Ned followed after him quickly. Once they finished eating their burgers, shakes, and fries, Peter opened up another portal to different places so they could just hang out together.
They even went to France for a while, which was honestly fun especially since it was just the both of them there. Peter honestly loved his new sling ring, and was glad it was randomly sitting on his desk.
Once they got home, Peter opened a portal to Ned’s house so he could go home. Then he laid down on his bed and sighed happily. It had been a fun day. He got to hang out with Ned, and finally knew how to open portals. Peter sat up in bed. He decided to have one more adventure.
He would let his mind wander, and wherever he opened a portal to, he would explore and then go over to Wade’s house. He inhaled, holding his hands out as he opened a portal quickly. He stepped through and looked around.
This place… felt and looked familiar. The scent of the place hit him with nostalgia. He glanced around. He had been here. This was his old apartment. He lived here with his mom and dad.
He walked around, heart beating fast in his chest. Why was he here? How did he even open a portal here?
“YOU’RE A SHIT MOTHER!”
Oh.
Stephen?
That was Stephen’s voice.
“I JUST WANT TO SEE MY SON!”
“YOU ABUSED HIM FOR YEARS! I DON’T WANT YOU NEAR HIM!”
He heard crying. He slowly made his way to the living room, and peered through the corner. He remembered this.
It was the night his mom died.
Peter’s heart was beating faster. He saw his younger self crying on the couch, while his parents fought right in front of him.
“TAKE ME BACK STEPHEN! TAKE ME BACK OR I’LL KILL YOU BOTH!”
“GET THE FUCK OUT!”
“NO! PETER, TELL YOUR FATHER TO LET ME STAY!”
“G-go away! L-leave me alone!”
His mom let out a frustrated scream and opened the door before slamming it roughly as she left.
He saw Stephen panting, before he leaned down his his level and pulled him in for a hug.
“I know I’m not the best at comfort.. but, I’m sorry she keeps trying to come back into our life.”
“It’s o-okay…”
Stephen continued to hug him. Young Peter was crying into his hands, and Stephen was there by his side.
Peter could feel himself tearing up.
“It’s okay Peter… I’ll get us food. Your favorite, okay?”
“O-okay..”
Stephen placed his hand in his hair, and ruffled it. Young Peter smiled and leaned up into his touch.
Peter smiled at his young self and Stephen. His dad had done so much for him.. Peter sighed happily and opened a portal back into his room.
When he got there, he ran downstairs to where Stephen and Tony were.
“No Tony, you can’t just touch my artifacts fo make them ‘cooler’. They’re part of history!”
“But look! The monkey statue can drive a mini car!”
Stephen sighed as his fiancé who was acting like a damn child. He still loved him, but good god. He turned over and saw Peter running towards him. He backed up slightly.
“Pe-“
Stephen made a soft ‘oof’ noise and Peter ran at him at full speed and held him tightly.
“Thank you dad!”
“Uh… for?”
“Just… thank you!”
Stephen smiled and held Peter close while he went back to talking to Tony. He raised his other arm out, and pulled Tony into a hug. Tony smiled against his neck.
They all stood there for a while, in silence before Stephen finally spoke up.
“I love you two very much.”
“We know!”
“We love you too, Wizard.”
Stephen smiled and placed kisses on their heads. Tony pulled him in for a real kiss, and Peter complained when they gave each other a soft peck on the lips.
“Ewww… I’m right here!”
“Oh shush. I’ve seen you kiss Wade.”
“That’s different.”
Peter said, crossing his arms as Stephen finally let go of him. Stephen still had his arm wrapped tightly around Tony. Tony raised an eyebrow and looked at Peter.
“How so?”
Peter pointed at himself.
“I’m young.”
Then he pointed to Tony and Stephen.
“You’re old.”
“You son of a,-“
The rest of the day was spent with Tony chasing Peter around the house.