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It was suposed to be good day.
Peter had worked on a project with Tony and Harley before going to school and they had finally figured out a way to make the stark-phones slimer, the three of them had worked in harmony for just under an hour and had figured it out before Peter had had to leave. He had an amazing time the whole day afterwards, flash had been pretty quiet before the AcaDec meeting. And the boy had even aced his spanish test that he had actually studied for.
Now Peter was slamming his head on the desk repeatedly.
let's wind up a bit.
When Peter entered the classroom for the Decathlon meetup he felt that something was different. The teacher, Mr Harrington, was happy, like really happy, he was smiling like crazy for no apparent reason and Peter was pretty sure he had heard him hum a song for a second. He didn't think much of it and kept discussing lightsabers with Ned. He had the misfortune to smile.
"Hey Penis! What's making you so happy? Have y-" Flash was interrupted by Mj before he could go further,
"You really are obssesed with Peter's Penis huh?" Mj said, looking up from the book she was reading at her seat.
Peter and Ned sat down in front of her, which was in the middle of the classroom. Peter turned around to thank Mj before the teacher reached for the class's attention. Mr Harrington finally spoke up. "So I know you have all been waiting to know were our field trip this year would be and I have amazing news for you," half the students started wispering, betting on the destination," Friday, we will be visiting the Avenger's tower wich includes a tour of the labs of stark industries!"
just kill me already
"This is so cool Peter, we're going to visit stark industries!" Ned said as he radiated with happiness.
"Ned, you were literally there last week." Peter reminded him, his friend had spend the weekend at SI like he did at least once a month.
"Yeah but that's different you know?"
"Yeah, maybe," Peter decided to give in, at least on the outside.
This was going to be awful
"What's wrong Penis? Scared you're lie's going to fall apart?"
It wouldn't exactly be awfull because of that.
There were two reasons as to why this was bad as fuck.
One, Peter didn't really want everyone to know about his all-access badge that gave him access to everywhere in the building, including Tony Stark's office. Second, if the Avengers didn't want to embarrass him, Harley and Shurri would. You could think that the ruler of Wakanda would have more important things to do but no, annoying Peter was always on top of her to-do list (Really, Peter had seen it once, his name was on top).
Peter didn't lose any time, once the hour finished, he rushed to get out. He really wanted to work on his web shooters, one of Harley's ideas had stuck with him and he couldn't wait t-
"Peter, come here a second." The teacher interupted his thoughts, how rude.
"Mr Harrington?" he asked as he stopped in front of the teacher's desk.
"Listen, on this trip we represent the school and I can't have you spread a bad image of it, do you understand?"
"Not... really, What are you refering to?" Peter really had no clue what he was talking about.
"Peter, between you and me, we both know your intership is not real"
"I- huh- What?"
"Stark industries doesn't even take minors"
"But-"
"I don't want to hear it Peter, you don't talk about it there, understood?"
"Okay, fine, I won't," there was ne need to argue for something that small, Peter wasn't even going to talk about the intership but it did bum him out that his favorite teacher didn't believe him.
The ride back home was silent, Happy did try to talk a bit but understood quickly that the kid didn't want to. Peter saw him send a message to Tony, probably letting him know about his kid's mood. The way to the tower wasn't really long and Peter usually had just enough time to do his homewotk so that he could be all in at the lab the second he got there but this time he really wasn't feeling it, he could do them later. Probably. Tony wouldn't be mad anyway if he didn't do them.
Once arrived, Peter went through the hall as quickly as he could, though he did wave at the receptionist, maners first. He entered the private elevator.
"FRIDAY, go to Tony's lab, please"
"Understood, do you want me to notify Mr Stark?"
"Yes FRI, thanks"
The elevator moved and its doors oppened after only a few seconds, giving Peter a great view of what Harley and Tony did when he wasn't around, which involved a toaster, IronMan gloves and explosions. They stopped what it was they were doing when they saw him.
"Hey Pete, Happy texted me, what's going on?" Tony said
"Hey Pete! You look like shit" Harley said, making his (basically) dad shove him lightly.
Peter didn't say anything until he was laying on the couch that shouldn't have its place in a lab where something was burning but that's nowhere near the subject.
"If any of you laughs I'm suing for emotional damage," He made sure they had both agreed before continuing,"I have a field trip friday"
"Well that's cool ain't it?"
Harley sat down on Peter's legs and landed him an apple to eat.
"It would be if it was anywhere else..."
"Well you see, now I'm interested," It was Tony's turn to come closer though he did not sit on his son.
"It's... well, here"
They laughed. Of fucking course they did.
"I'm guessing You'll make me go"
"Kid, you live here, you'll be there anyways"
Harley went back to his project, leaving Peter and Tony alone.
"Alright kid, I know there's something else"
"It's nothing, it's dumb"
"Tell me"
"No really it's-"
"Peter."
"Fine... It's just that- my teacher doesn't believe in my internship"
"That's nonsence, we sent the paperwork to your school didn't we?" Tony frowned and made that face he made when he was thinking.
"I don't know, he didn't let me say anything"
"Well, You'll show them who's the boss Friday won't you"
"Yeah, I guess"
"Good, now go help Harley before he makes something else explode."
Friday came too fast, way too fast.
One day Peter was playing Mario kart against Clint and Natasha (He won thank you) and the next he was late for the bus, like really late, like they had arived at the tower when Peter reached the hall with only Tony's stark industries sweater (that Tony, Peter and Harley shared) and his badge- late. Thankfully, no one seemed to notice him exept for everyone. Mr Harrington gave him a look saying 'I don't have time for this shit you better not do anything else' and Flash came up to him.
"Where the hell where you Penis? we thought you were to scared to have your lie exposed"
He was wearing a suit. it was basically forbidden for anyone who wasn't really high in the ladder to were a suit. Tony said it made them look like a non-fun, super sirious company, which, well, they kinda were but again, not the point.
"Where were you Peter?" Ned asked, in a way nicer way than Mr I wear nice shit.
"I don't know, I didn't wake up in time"
"Do you think we're going to see any Avengers?" Ned asked, that guy was unbelievable, he had seen most of them already before dauring his vistis.
But yes they were, when they had found out, Half of the heros had made a pact that they would embarrass their favorite spider to death.
"We might."
Their guide came to talk to Mr Harrington before starting the tour. A guide Peter recognized,
"Harley, are you serious?" Peter wispered, apparently too loud because everyone heard him.
"Always, lovely brother," Harley didn't bother wispering. He was loving it.
And there the whispers started, Peter could feel that there would be a lot of those during the tour. The teacher Gave him a second look that Peter tried to ignore.
"Alright, so my name is Mr Keener, I will be your guide for today. I have your badges here, When I call your name, come take one"
Because everything wasn't shity enough for him, Flash just had to be a little bitch.
"Sir? Those three didn't get one"
"Well you see, that's because they have their own"
To anyone it looked like a normal exchange but Peter knew Harley was already pissed off. Peter lend him a word as the group made a queue to get past the gates, Flash in front.
"Mr Keener? are you serious Harl? You still take happy meals and play with the toy"
"It's not everyday you get this kind of opportunities," He went back to the front of the line, "You can go ahead"
"Eugene Thompson, level one: temporary visitor."
Noticing how everyone except Peter and Mj was startled, Harley decided to do his job.
"This is our AI, FRIDAY. Hello FRIDAY"
"Hello, Harley"
The line was getting smaller really fast, soon, it was Mj's turn.
"Michelle Jones-Watson, level one: reacuring visitor."
Their classmates looked at her weirdly when they noticed the difference in the message.
"Ned Leeds, level one: reacuring visitor."
Everyone was starring now and it was Peter's turn. Better get this over with.
"Peter Parker, level eleven: all-access, status confidential. Welcome back Peter, Do you want me to notice Mr Stark of your presence?"
"No thank you FRI"
This was the last straw.
'Hold on, what the fuck,' was pretty much the reaction.
"'all access' how would you get that Penis, you hacked that AI!"
Harley suddenly lost his smile, "Thompson, we have a strict no-bullying policy, this is your first strike so you better calm down before I kick your butt," Peter elbowed him, "Before I make you leave the tour."
Cap didn't like threats but he had to admit it worked a charm.
"Alright! We should start shouldn't we? Do you have any questions? yes?"
"What are the levels the AI anounced?" a classmate asked, rightfully.
"Great question! This is our way to get access to more or less places depending mainly on your level. Your badges are level one, they're for the press and visitors, they only get past the gates. Plus yours are temporary, it simply means that at the end of the day they stop working. Levels two and three are for janitors and the security, Level four is for anyone who works here but isn't an employee it includes some clients for exemple. Level five is for interns and level six, seven and eight are for employees. Level nine is for superiors. And level ten is for the Avengers and anyone who lives here."
"Sir? what about level eleven?"
"Oh, right. this one gives all access and is in the hands of only four people, Mr Stark, Ms Potts, Peter Parker and myself."
And there went Peter's cover as a simple intern.
"Hum, Mr Keener? you must've misspoke, you said Peter Parker but he is just an intern."
"You think that? You know what? let's continue. We'll see if you still think the same when we're done"
Harley guided the group to one of the public elevators.
"Floor 16"
He carried on when the doors oppened.
"So Stark industries was founded in-"
Peter immediately lost interest. It wasn't the first time he had been on the tour, in fact he'd done it five times during his first two weeks at SI, he remembered it word for word. His brother was in the middle of explaining how Tony had taken over the company when Flash forgot about the threat.
"Are you gonna tell your friend Stark to come say hi Penis? Or has this intership been a lie all along?"
"Flash you shouldn't say that sort of things when the closest you've ever been to Tony Stark are the Captain America tapes they make us watch"
Thanks to Mj, Flash shut it and they could continue in peace for a little while. They went through the entierty of the history of SI before arriving to the Avenger section, the one pretty much everyone was here for. When Harley let them free there, groups of students rushed to their favorite super hero (So did Mr Harrington) and Peter tried to follow Ned and Mj to the Spiderman section but was stopped by the guide.
"For how long have you been bullied?" Harley asked clearly angry, but not at Peter.
"I'm not-"
"Oh cut the crap Pete! This guy's been calling you Penis!"
"I can handle it. besides, it's better me than someone else!"
"That's bullshit, you know it is! the second I tell dad or Nat they'll come and kill him in cold blood"
"And that's really not a good thing. listen, I can handle it, okay?"
"That is not what I've seen so far, you're letting him do anything. He calls you Penis for fuck's sake"
"Yeah but-"
"Peter. You do something about it or he's blacklisted"
"I," Mr Harrington must've noticed them arguing (Who wouldn't?) and was coming towards them so Peter didn't finish his sentence.
"Is everything okay? Peter, you should go visit, don't bother our guide"
"yeah, alright"
Peter headed to the Spiderman section where his friends still were. Needless to say he was surprised when he saw the handwritten additions there: 'That's my dorky brother!' (obvously from Harley) and 'he sleeps in hello kitty pjs' (Tony promised he wouldn't tell anyone).
The group was walkings through corridors of the legal department when Peter noticed footsteps in the vents right above him, he stopped right there. While the other students looked at him, clearly wondering what the hell he was doing, Harley understood.
"Clint?" he asked the ceiling.
"... Yeah?" the ceiling answered.
Everyone was quiet for a second before a man went through the vent, not purposefully.
"Ouch, sorry boys, didn't mean to interupt, carry on"
Though he left, Peter was pretty sure he heard him again two minutes later when they reached Pepper's office. Harley went to knock there, he oppened the door and after exchanging a few words he turned to Peter.
"Can you come here a sec Pete?"
The boy ignored the stares he got from everyone and entered the office.
"Hi honey, I'm sure you've noticed Clint already"
"Yeah I have, did dad sent him?"
"Of course he did! you can't even deal with a bully!"
"Harley," Pepper warned him
"Tony, Natasha and I all thought it would be good to keep an eye on you, just in case"
"Then why is Harley our guide if Clint is suposed to be the spy?"
"Oh nah, I'm just here to see everything in 4k," Harley answered smugly
"We should go outside your class is waiting for us," he added.
Flash, of course, was on Peter's back the second he got back with the group.
"What happened there Penis? did they tell you to cut the crap with your so called internship? Oh wait! did they blacklist you?!"
Peter wanted to ignored him like he was so used to do but his mother had decided otherwise. She was in the middle of explaining the usefullness of the legal department when she stopped.
"What's your name, young man?"
Flash, who clearly didn't understand the shit he was in, grinned, blinked at Peter and said: "Eugene Thompson, ma'am! And I am interested in an intership."
"Well Mr Thompson, I really don't like the way you treat one of our interns."
"This is you're second strike, Eugene," Harley added.
One of Peter's classmates raised her hand: "Ma'am? is Peter really an intern here?"
"Of course he is, and he's also by far the most competent"
Pepper had a few questions to answer but soon, they were on their way to get lunch, a normal moment which someone thought it would be cool to ruin.
long story short, Natasha (aka black widow) hijacked their group and was now sharing embarrassing stories about Peter. Something Harley was really happy with until she started including stories in which he was. Nat lead them to the public training room when she was done with a particularly shamefull storry in which Peter and Harley were both the victims.
"Alright, who wants to try and defeat the great Black widow?"
Half the hands rose up, not including Peter's. Flash was the first to go, saying he would 'try not to hurt her to bad,' he was crying on the ground thirty seconds later. A few others went and lost.
"Next? What about you Peter?" Natasha asked with a smile telling Peter that she knew what she was doing there.
Yeah, there was no way to avoid that, Peter came against her, ready to lose on purpose.
"If you lose, you're doing the dishes for a year," Nat whispered
There was no escaping that now, he had to win.
They fought just like they had thousands of times, it almost felt choreographed, eventually, Peter saw an oppening and took it. He had won against Black widow. That meant no dishes... But that also meant that he looked weird as fuck to everyone. He ignored the stares and stood right next to ned.
"Holly shit dude, that was so cool! You beat the BlackWidow"
"Yeah ain't no way that's true. How much did you pay her Pen- Peter?" Well, looks like Flash had at least some sort of brain there.
A few others tried to fight Nat and lost pretty quickly.
They finally had lunch right after, Peter took the spider man menu and sat down at a random table with Ned and Mj, he wasn't used to eating there, usually, he would just eat a sandwich in Tony's lab or on the way to a specific department.
They had time to talk for a bit before Harley sat down with them with a plate of his own.
"Your teacher's weird you know. He appologized for ten minutes because he thinks you said some awful shit and that that's what made us argue," He said, poiting at his brother with his fork.
"And what did you tell him?" Peter wasn't really surprised that his teacher hadn't believed his intership, while he had hoped Mr Harrington would trust him, he understood that it was a bit hard to belive.
"Nothing? It was entertaining to watch him make a fool of himself"
"You're unbelievable"
"You're so cool! do you know Mr stark?" Ned interviened, his eyes glowing while he admired the guy that his best friend had called a piece of shit the day prior. To his credit, he hadn't realized who Harley was just yet for some reason.
"Yes Ned, I do know my dad"
"Oh! you're him! you're Peter's basically brother"
"aww, he said that didn't he!" Peter had said that, yes.
Harley had somehow inheirited of Tony's humor and loved to tease everyone with it, especially Peter, who would appreciate to change the subject.
"What are we doing after that?" he asked
"oh yeah! you don't know yet," trouble, trouble, trouble.
"What don't I know yet?" Peter asked, suspicious while Ned on his right was drooling at Harley's Badge (the exact same as Peter's that Ned had seen thousands of time).
"Please, I'm not going to spoil the surprise"
"Harl"
"Peter"
"Come on! tell me!"
"Tell him what?" Said a new voice that Peter and Harley recognized imidiatly. Peter looked up to see his brother smirking and his dad in comfortable clothing coming to sit with them.
The room was suddenly much more silent when Tony Stark entered. Ned's jaw was on the floor and so were Peter's classmates' when they saw the big boss of the company sitting with the small nerd who sat in front in most of his classes.
"He won't tell me what we're doing after this"
"Oh yeah, I won't tell you either," Tony said, clearly loving tormenting Peter.
"Wha- are you serious?!"
"Always, bambino," he said as he stole one of Harley's fries.
turns out the reason they didn't want him to know where they were going was because this mysterious place was... his own lab. Well technically Tony's but still.
The class was exctatic when they learned about it, plus Tony would stay with them the whole time, including the way to get there. Time that he used to answer questions and graciously ignore Flash. Peter had not told him about the bullying, thinking it would only make him worry but now that Harley had seen it in front of him, the boy assumed that he had told him already.
Peter was damning the architects that had made the journey so short between the lunch hall and Tony's lab all the way long. Eventually, against Peter's best wishes, the Decathlon team was stopped in front of the steal door that lead to Peter's favorite place. Tony lend a word to Harley, telling him to present the ground rules of the lab.
"Okay guys! this place is full of confidential stuff so you will have to sign an NDA. Now there are three rules, first, no touching, at all, if you do touch something, anything, FRIDAY will let us know. Second, you can ask questions but please keep them on topic. Lastly, I believe Peter has left his homework oppened at his desk, try not to cheat. Got it? Great, Let's go."
Somehow, Flash managed to break the three rules in only a few minutes. Barely in the lab, he took it upon himself to find which desk was Peter's, which led to him asking a question totally useless, ("Hey Pen-Peter, where's your desk if all that is actually true?" cheating and touching something he shouldn't have. the second thing he did after finding Peter's desk was looking at it, the first thing being trying on the web shooters Peter was working on.
Tony was made aware immediately, "Mr Stark, Mr Thompson has broken all three rules Mr Keener established."
"Thank you for telling me FRI," he said as he slowly lowered his gaze to Flash still wearing the shooters. "Harley, can you please escort Eugene out of the building"
Harley clearly didn't care about the secrecy of his father-son relationship with Tony because he answered, "Yeah, of course, dad"
Peter's class did freeze but went back to looking around pretty quikly. Flash out of here, Peter had time to deal with other things, like the half-eaten sandwich waiting for him at his desk. Unfortunatly, before he could get there, he was stopped by Mr Harrington.
"Hello Peter, I want to appologize for not believing you, it seems that you do have an internship at stark industries"
What made you think that?, Peter thought, deciding to be nicer. "Thanks, I appreciate it."
The Avengers had apparently teamed to destroy Mr Harrington's mind because the princess of wakanda walked in and waved at Peter like it was totally normal for her to know a random SI intern.
"Hey Petey! Still alive?" She walked up to them, Tony seeing her and apparently doing nothing about it. Peter figured he thought it would be funnier to let him deal with that alone, which, granted, the class was shocked.
I won't be seeing that sandwich anytime soon.