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peter shifted on the light post, waiting for anyone to give him directions on what to do next
the city was under attack by some weird robot drones that seemed to multiply soon you turned your back, like seriously they never stopped coming!
cap had gave him the basic orders, 'evacuate civilians and stay away frome the main fight'
peter rolled his eyes at the job, he really hoped he could get his hands in some of that tech, but nonetheless, he did his part.
it was really simple to be fair, get the people from the buildings and trapped cars, keep your distance, yadda yadda, but it got boring after just sitting around while everyone else fought, he could do stuff too!
"spider-man, status report." caps voice rang through the coms
peter was a tinge but irritated, i mean they send him off for cleaning up the scraps while they fought the bad guys, like come on!
peter quickly called out while jumping off the light post and swinging towards the highest building
"everyones clear! karen doesnt report anymore heat signatures and there isnt any of those weird bots near me. what do i do now?" peter replied eagerly, he really wanted to get into the action.
"stay down low, underoos. theres a lot more bots coming in. we dont want you getting caught in the mix." tonys voice rang through, playful but you could tell he was getting tired if fighting.
black widow spoke next, "more coming? Barton and I barely have any coming our way."
it seems like this was a shared experience, because the coms hummed to life with agreement, it seems like it was only getting worse for Mr.Stark?
"umm thats weird, it looks like more are coming." he was obviously trying to stay calm, but peter could hear right through it
before anyone could reply, peter was already swinging to his mentor. Ironman or not he could still get hurt. and he wasnt going to sit around on buildings while that happens.
"im on my way," he replied tersely
that seemed to cause both cap, and tony to start refusing, but it was already too late, he already had his mind made up
"karen, mute them." peter dismissed them, already swinging to mr.starks location
when peter got there, his arms were aching from the speed he was swinging, but the adrenaline muted the feeling. all he was focused on was finding tony.
when he found the team, it was very obvious there was too many bots, it looked like their main goal was to go after the ironman suit because they were barely attacking the rest of the team.
while everyone was distracted fighting the bots that were attacking them, there was twice the amount cornering mr.stark
narrowing his eyes, he promptly jumped down the building and landed behind the group of bots attacking tony.
"karen unmute them," he said as he started webbing up some bots that started to attack him.
immediately, the coms filled with commotion, mostly tony yelling about keeping an eye out for the kid and making sure he didnt get hurt. the rest of the avengers were just giving heads up and warnings to their partners.
"wowwww, so you leave mr.stark all alone to deal with these guys? come on! we all know he has a bad back." peter laughed trying to lighten the tension, punching a flying bot right in his face and ripping out the wires.
" jesus, kid! i thought we told you to stay back!" tony immediately yelled into the coms.
"well, yea, but cmon you expect me to listen? youre literally cornered right now mr.stark." peter said with sass.
although you couldnt hear it, peter could sense the eyeroll his mentor gave him.
"yes but we have it handled, i mean i-" his words get cut off as a drone rams into him, blowing him into a buildings glass door.
peter watched in shock as his suit crashed throuh the door and didnt move for a couple seconds.
"Mr.Stark!" Spider-man ran over to him, fighting off as many bots to get to the suit.
"pete? whats going on?" caps question went unanswered as the teens mind filled with rage.
It was their fault tony was getting cornered, if only they payed attention helped him out, he wouldnt have been laying in shattered glass right now!
The eyes on his mask narrowed as he turned and crouched,
He watched as more robots turned towards the duo and he pounced-
He wasnt thinking really, working on autopilot as he kicked, punched, pulled-
anything he could get his hands on he ripped apart.
Mr.Stark was the one protecting Peter, and now its his time to protect him.
In the back of his mind, he could somewhat make out the noises of avengers yelling on the coms, but he was too busy, too focused, he had to protect him.
The number of bots was dwindling down rapidly, wires displayed everywhere as he ripped the bots apart.
He was snapped out of his thoughts as he listened to his coms more closely.
"Peter.- Kid"
He turned his body around at an ungodly speed as he stared at the Ironman suit
"Woah- Mr.Stark stay down! You have to have at least a concusion from that hit!"
"Holy shit- kid, cmon let the team get the rest" Tony brushed him off, looking at the destroyed bots littering the floor.
Peter shook his head, and turned around to face the rest of the robots. Hadnt he just saw he could help.
But as he turned around, he saw the whole team staring at him, and all the robots spread across the roads.
'oh,' peter thought
"Umm guys? why are you all staring at me?" peter questioned, he really didnt want to linger for too long, he wanted Mr.Stark to get into the medbay asap.
"Where did you learn to fight like that?" Cap's voice was the first to ring through the coms
'thats what this is about..'
akwardly scratching his neck, peter said "Umm i-i dont know? its really not a big deal i mean-"
before Peter could ramble on, tony thankfully cut him off, "we can question he weird spidery fighting abilities later, lets get back to the tower."
peter blew out a breath he didnt know he was holding
it took a couple seconds, but the team slowly walked back to the jet.
peter didnt miss the stare black widow gave him, lingering a second to long to be counted as a breif look.
as they sat and buckled their seats on the jet, peter didnt talk, only listening caps mission debrief plans and some of the teams comments.
peter avoided eye contact with anyone looking his way, scuffing his feet on the hard floor.
thinking back to the mission, and how easily Mr.Stark could get hurt, he had done nothing to protect him, he couldve webbed up that drone- or if he had got there earlier, there wouldnt even be a drone to hit him.
if anything is was kinda his fault Mr.Stark got hurt.
he was replaying the Ironman suit getting thrown into the building when he felt a calloused, but gentle hand on the base of his neck.
snapping Peter out of his thoughts, he looked up meeting his mentors gaze.
Mr.Stark stared at the kid, his kid, fondly
squeezing his neck three times, and mouthing a 'thank you,' Peter smiled
He knew he was going to be fine, even if he wasnt always there, he would always come to protect him. no matter what.
Peter leaned on tony's side, closing his eyes and finally relaxing.
he would be alright, they would be alright.