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The poor kid wakes up the crust around his eyes causing him to groan softly as he sits up and rubs his eyes. “Dad?” Peter calls out his voice raspy and barely there to begin with.
“What’s up kid?” Tony says coming into his room to check up on him.
“I don’t feel good.. My head is pounding and I’m just really tired for some reason.”
“Well that’s not good. What are you doing in school today?” Tony eyes his kid suspiciously.
“Just stuff I know like physics and stuff like that.” Peter mumbles curling into a fetal position under his blankets.
Tony sighs softly. “Why don’t you stay home, bud? You don’t look too well either.” Peter nods, yawning and hugs Tony, mumbling a thank you to the man. “Hey just so you know, everyone is gonna be chilling in the common room since it’s Friday so if you need anything you can find everyone there m’kay?”
“Okay, love you Dad.” Peter mumbles
Tony smiles and kisses him on the forehead. “I love you too buckaroo.”
— — —
Ned was texting Peter as fast as he could about how Mr. Harrington just announced how they were having a field trip to SI, the place where Peter Parker was living! MJ glances over at Ned and pulls out her distress book and starts to doodle him in it, smiling to herself. It wasn’t until Flash turned around that Mr. Harrington even realized that Peter wasn’t there today.
“So where’s Penis Parker, hm? Off to hide so he can’t prove that his so-called internship is real?” Flash chuckled at his own joke before settling down and talking loudly to his friends about how Peter is definitely skipping on purpose to save face.
“Peter would never lie about that!” Ned whispered angrily to MJ who looked like she could care less.
“I mean he doesn’t defend himself even when he is here, Ned. Not much we can do except try to warn him.”
Ned nods in agreement and they both spam the group-chat trying to warn the unknowing boy of what’s about to go down. Unfortunately, Peter has awful luck and his phone is dead.
— — —
Back in the tower Peter wanders into the kitchen heating up some pop tarts before Thor can steal them again. The common room is loud and busy causing his spider-sense to give him a headache, a big one at that. He grabs his noise cancelling headphones and sits down next to Tony on the couch taking small bites of his food so he doesn’t puke.
“You feeling better underoos?”
“Yeah.. A little. All this noise is causing a massive headache though.”
“Want me to quiet them down?”
“No, no it’s okay, just me.” He leans his head against Tony’s shoulder and closes his eyes. Tony smiles at the boy and silently everyone understands that they need to settle down. Bucky grabs Steve and they head into the kitchen to bake some cookies for when he wakes up. Nat smiles softly at the boy and mumbles “ребенок-паук” to herself. (ребенок-паук=baby spider)
The group decides to play Mario Kart while they wait for their baby spider to awaken.
— — —
The group of Midtown High students gathered around the standard yellow bus to board.
“Okay class, we all must be on our best behavior alright?” My Harrington announced worried something might go wrong like the last few trips the group has taken.
The class agreed, nodding their heads as their teacher sat down on the bus and everyone else followed taking their seats. Peter sat next to Ned and they started talking about a new Star War Lego set they could save up for. Soon enough the tower came into view. The bus fell into whisperings and comments about how amazing the tower looked. Ned couldn’t believe that Peter would come here to work with the Avengers!
The bus pulled into the lot and the doors opened. “Okay now, everyone stay together and no nonsense!” Mr. Harrington shouted before letting the group exit the bus.
“I guess we are gonna find out if Penis Parker is really lying about his internship!” Flash laughs with his friends and Ned and MJ roll their eyes.
A young woman who has short blonde hair and tan skin approaches the group. “Midtown High?” She asks politely.
“Yes, that's us.” Mr Harrington pushes to the front to talk to the woman.
“Come right this way! My name is Emmy and I will be your tour guide for today!” She said, sounding way too excited to be there. “We are looking forward to having a great tour today! If everyone could please follow me to the front of the security unit so I can hand out badges and tell you a bit more about our plans for today that would be ideal!”
The class followed along behind her. The class approached the tower in amazement by the high technology used. As they walked in holograms were everywhere and even the first Iron Man suit was on display. It was amazing!
“If everyone can come grab a badge from me, come to do so, if not we can pass them back.”
The class rushes over to grab their own Stark Industries badge. The badges were white and said “visitor pass”. The group clicked them on and turned to focus on Emmy.
We will now walk through this detector individually.” She demonstrated walking through the large metal door frame looking object.
Emmy Goling: Level 2 - Threat level 0%
The group gasped and jumped as the AI voice came through. “What was that?!” one of the students shouted.
“Oh yes, that’s the buildings AI called FRIDAY! Tony Stark made her and she is impossible to hack!”
The class proceeded to walk through the detector one at a time with Flash going first.
Eugene Thompson: Level 1 - Threat level 8%
Flash smiled wide as if he won something. Ned rolled his eyes and walked through next behind MJ.
Michele Jones: Level 1 - Threat level 11%
Ned Leeds: Level 1 - Threat level 17%. Should I notice Peter Parker you have arrived?
“No thanks FRI, but can you tell him we have a tour here?”
Will do. Enjoy your tour.
Ned smiled at the AI before catching up to MJ. The two continued to talk like nothing happened as Flash stared at Ned like he personally offended him.
“Yo dork! How the hell did you do that?! And how did that AI know Penis Parker!!” Flash shouted angrily.
Emmy walked over already annoyed by the situation. “Now now, let’s all calm down. We do have a no bullying policy so if I catch you three times being rude I will have security escort you out.”
Flash grumbled under his breath but dropped the subject for now. Another student in the meantime raised their hand.
“Yes? You in the back?” Emmy said, pointing to the student.
What do all the levels mean? And why do our badges look different from yours?”
“Ah yes! So, level 1 is for visitors or press. They deactivate after the given amount of time. Level 2 is for interns and they are mostly in college. Level 3 is for low level employees like myself who work in tours, labs, and finding out what people might want from SI. Level 4 is for Avengers or top tier scientists like Bruce Banner. And lastly, Level 5 is for Tony Stark, Pepper Potts, Head of security, and I believe one other person but they’re classified. Level 1 is white, Level 2 is blue, Level 3 is purple, Level 4 is metallic green, and Level 5 is hot rod red and gold like Iron Man’s suit! A great question! Any more before we get started?”
The class shook their heads and Emmy ushered them to the elevator.
— — —
Back up in the penthouse, Peter wakes up rubbing the crust from his eyes.
“Dad?”
Tony looks over and smiles at him. “Heya buckaroo. How was your nap?”
“It was fine.”
“FRIDAY said something about your class-”
“I don't wanna hear anything about school right now. My head is cloudy and I just don't wanna deal with it. Sorry..”
Tony just smirks and nods like he knows something. Peter brushes it off.
Natasha walks in and hands a plate of cookies to him. “From Steve and Bucky.”
Peter smiles but it doesn't reach his eyes. He takes the plate and yawns softly before sitting back down on the couch and nibbling on the cookies.
“Hey Dad? Can I put on my pj's and call it a night?”
Tony glances at his watch. “Well its only 4pm but sure kiddo.”
Peter stumbles to his room and changes into his Iron Man pj pants and white tee. He yawns and crawls up to the ceiling to feel the cold surface. He relaxes slightly, his headache calming. He lays down on the ceiling falling into a light sleep.
– – –
Midtown High wonders throughout the building their tour almost complete. Of course Flash managed to almost get kicked out by stuck up comments he made but other than that it was good. Emmy walks the class to the elevator until she hears FRIDAY call out to her.
Miss Emmy, Mr. Stark would like to invite your tour group and yourself up to the penthouse level to observe.
Emmy holds her breath for a second before nodding. “Y-tes of course! We will be right up!”
Emmy smiles brightly at the group and ushers them into the elevator as FRIDAY overrides it, bringing them up to the penthouse. Emmy explains how everyone should act their best because very few people get to see the penthouse and like most employees here, she doesn't even know what it looks like.
– – –
Peter walks out of his room on the ceiling rubbing his eyes. He groans softly and grabs a packet of ramen and a bowl. “Hey Dad..where are the forks again?” He grumbles, his voice cracking.
Tony smiles and points to a drawer.
Peter thanks him and makes his ramen upside down.
Eating his ramen as his feet stick to the cold surface of the ceiling, his spider sense hears a metallic movement. “Is someone in the elevator?” He looks expectantly at Tony.
“Maybe.”
“I hate when you say that..”
The elevator dings and before Peter can react his class is standing in front of him with their mouths open.
“Dad what the hell!!? Why are they here!”
Tony smirks. “Oops.”
They all went on to discover his identity and sign NDA's.