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Peter was bored, he had nothing to do, May was off in California for the next 15 years, and the team was off fighting a Hydra base, it was apparently ‘too dangerous for Spider-Babys’ so here he was, waiting for everyone to get back, suddenly there was a text from Ned,
“Dude, check this out” was sent with a link to AO3, some fanfic thing, and I clicked on it, it was a fanfic of me, as spiderman, and Tony who the community sees as father son duo, it was a fanfic where he was a baby, also they were convinced that his name was Alex for some reason, but somehow it was really well written, not that he was underestimating him, it was that they captured him perfectly, it was amazing, he was even sad when it ended, and he also kind of wished it was true, it was a nice thought of calling Tony dad, but impossible, and suddenly a lot of things rushed at him, hugs he wished he could get from Tony, cuddles he could get, more physical touch, and so much more, things he knew he could never get, so he realized, why doesn’t he write things, so he started off simple, and finished it before the rest of his family got home, luckily he had a password that was in python code and an un-hackable computer, so nobody from the avengers could get to hit, it was just a really fluffy, cuddly, and sleepy fic where Alex had a nightmare and Tony comforted him, after posting it he was sad to see that it hadn’t immediately blow up like he had hoped, but you can only wish for things
“Hey underoos, how was it being here?” he asked
“Eh, the normal, y’know doing nothing” I sigh
The next time I write is the next day, when movie night is being held I go to bed early, but really I typed for hours, I wrote 3 new stories, a field trip fic where Alex goes to stark tower and gets embarrassed by Tony, another where he announces to his high school that Tony Starks his father after an assembly gone wrong with him showing up at the school, and another where Alex gets adopted by Tony, he’s noticed that he has around 5000 hits by the end of the night for all of them except the one he just wrote and the one from the day before, the one yesterday had gotten 15,000 hits and had 43 comments, all of which he replied to, and he was a little prideful, this went on for weeks, and soon he hit the 100 mark and he decided to do something else, he started incorporating more and more of the avengers, and he started righting Stucky, and some he was ashamed of because he wrote too much info, but he wrote a lot of it, almost as much as the Tony Alex father son dynamic he started off on, he was averaging around 15-50,000 hits per story, then he struck gold, he wrote one about Clint, but this was of the great prank war, he made sure it was none of the ones he did, told from Clints POV, and It ended with him winning, and 2 days later Clint actually wrote
“Thanks for the tips” and it exploded overnight, reaching over 5 million hits in minutes, and Peter was so prideful of his work, but then the next day came and he was going to mentally slap himself for not seeing it sooner
“Alright guys, tonight instead of movie night I asked Friday to read 10 of the hundreds of fanfictions I think theyre called, from this one guy that Clint really seemed to like, or girl” Tony stated, and Peter internally squirmed “I told her to read the top 10 favorites” and with that Peter knew he was dead if they ever found out, it started at the tenth spot, the first one he ever wrote
“Alex woke from a nightmare, and Tony burst into the room, worried for him” and at that Tony himself glanced at Peter, noticing he seemed to be hyperaware, Clint also seemed to notice this
“Hey kid, no need to be worried, I know we both know what Fanfictions can do but I assure you nothing this guy did was that bad” Clint says trying to reassure Peter, and it seemed to work for now, and all of a sudden it was getting to the point where Peter was going to accidentally call Tony dad in the story and he was squirming in his seat
“No dad stay” Friday said out and everybody froze; Peter avoided his eyes from Tony and just started listening again
“Dad?” “No, I mean, Mr. Stark, im so sorry sir, please, please don’t make me leave” story Alex said “no, its fine, I really like that you called me that, I-I think I could get used to it, but whatever you want to call me” Story Tony responded and still nobody had moved, the story’s started reading out 1 by one, one about how Alex met the avengers, another accidental calling Tony dad, a Stucky that wasn’t too descriptive, but then they made it to the second most favorited, and everybody seemed to really like these, though Tony and Peter hadn’t looked at each other since the whole dad thing, except Peter knew about the second most liked, and I was his most descriptive Stucky, and all throughout the story everyone was laughing at it, Steve and Bucky both going beet red, but then it got to the final one, the one that Peter had added the most fluff possible, and all throughout it every scene with Tony and Alex they seemed to be hugging, cuddling, talking, or some form of bonding that was even fluffier than before, until Clint finally won the prank war and all of them ended
“I-im going to go” said a very distraught looking Peter, and just like that he was gone
“Shit Parker, they read it, they read the 2 you never wanted them to see, how are you this stupid, better just write another one cant lose the streak” he mumbled to himself once he was in his room, he was so distraught that he didn’t even notice he had left the door open
“You should go talk to him” Natasha said, even she didn’t know Peter was writing the Fanfiction, but she was worried for her маленький паучок
“Yeah, I’ll go check on him” Tony said, and he didn’t even bother knocking knowing Peter was probably laying in bed, almost asleep, although what he didn’t think he’d see was Peter sweating in his bed, on his computer which he shut as soon as the door opened
“M-Mr. Stark?” he asks, looking very guilty
“ahh, I guess I knew you were getting to this age, listen jerking off isnt a bad thing just next time lock the door, now, what website are you using because if there are any location trackers then we’ll have a problem” he responded with a shaky laugh and Peter was horrified, he though Peter was, getting himself off, lost in thought he didn’t notice Tony sit down on the bed, nor did he notice tony opening his laptop before it was too late
“WAIT” he yelled, but it was too late, Tony saw it, he saw what he was writing, he saw his account name, he saw AO3, he saw everything, then it all clicked, why he wouldn’t look at him, why he was so squeamish
“Peter” he breathed, and he turned to look at him “do, do you see me as, as a father figure?” he asked, and Peter only looked away, confirming his suspicion
“I didn’t want you to know, because then I knew you’d kick me out because you are not good with kids and im just some needy teenager and you’re the great and amazing Tony Stark, and I didn’t want you to know about the fanfiction because then you’d make fun of me or you’d know about it and, and im sorry” he sobbed and Tony just held him close as he got under the blankets, knowing that Peter wasn’t naked thankfully
“Oh Pete, I’d never think of you any differently, although I do have to admit that I also see you as the son I never had, also, you shouldn’t worry, I would never kick you out, just as your definetly not a needy teenager, and the writing the fanfiction part just makes it even better, I love you kiddo” he responds, pulling Peter into his chest and running his hand through his curls
“Thanks dad” and Tony’s heart melted
“No problem Bambino” he responded and they fell asleep like that, nobody else knew nor found out about him writing the Fanfiction, though Steve and Bucky had grown closer, just as Peter and Tony.