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The Cost Of Breathing by SpiderWhisperer
Fandoms: Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), Iron Man (Movies), The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
13 Sep 2026
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Summary
Killian's loans don't come with monthly payments—they collect their debt whenever and however they choose.
With May's life hanging in the balance, Peter is forced into the unthinkable. By day, he struggles to survive through his ordinary job. By night, he sacrifices pieces of himself in increasingly horrific ways just to keep the debt collectors from coming after the only family he has left. Every payment only drags him deeper, making escape seem more impossible than the last.
Just when Peter begins to believe he's destined to drown beneath the weight of Killian's empire, fate throws him into the path of the one man powerful enough to challenge it—Tony Stark.
As Killian's greatest rival, Tony quickly realizes there's far more to Peter than the frightened young man desperately trying to stay afloat. Determined to uncover the truth and pull him from the life that's slowly destroying him, Tony finds himself willing to risk everything to protect him. But somewhere between stolen moments, shattered walls, and impossible choices, concern blossoms into something neither of them expected—a love that grows in the darkest of circumstances, forcing them to fight not only for their future, but for each other.