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It's been a two months since Tony and Peter had been found.

It's been two months since they've slowly been healing.

It's been two months since secrets have been spilled.

It's been two months and just the few days they were there, had ruined them.

Obadiah Stane is officially in the Raft. He's locked away forever with no escape. He's swept away somewhere in the middle of the sea in a dark and big building.

Peter and Tony were forced to come to terms with what had happened. Them blaming themselves for what had gone wrong, them hating on Obadiah Stane, them not being able to stop what's circling around on social media and the news.

They've both been awoken by their own nightmares. They've both been plagued by trauma.

It was hard but they're slowly getting through it. For the first few weeks, Peter and Tony were glued together. They wanted to protect each other, afraid that Obadiah would come back but now they're able to be separate. They finally came to terms that he isn't coming back, that they're safe.

Tony had added some more protocols and backup protocols into Peters suit. He made Peter a watch with a button that'll send Tony a help signal. He made sure his kid was safe and protected.

Neither of them have really gone out of the tower. Peter stopped patrolling and took the time to really heal. Mj and Ned had visited, dropping off Peters work that he's missed. The decathlon chat has been blowing up but Peter barely answers his phone.

As for Tony, he simply doesn't need to leave the tower. Pepper hasn't forced him to go to any meetings so far and there are no avengers missions. When he had to sign the new accords, the government simply came to the tower. It was an easy process and stress free.

Tony and Peter both distract themselves with building in the lab. They've made new projects for Stark Industries, Peter made more web fluid, they've fixed both suits, they worked on a little friend for Dum-E and U, it was great.

It's when it's late at night and Pepper locks the lab that they find themselves doing other things like watching a movie, playing games, or...scrolling through social media.

Tony easily avoids it. He's grown up to having to avoid social media and everything that is said about him. He honestly only went on it once after this fiasco and that was it but it's different for Peter. He's grown up with social media, always checking the new trends, and looking at the news because of a patrol. So, Peter is often on social media especially on Twitter where everybody has their honest reviews about things.

@wonderboy

It's been 2 months and we haven't seen Spidey patrolling to keep the city safe. What the fucks going on man? You were kidnapped for a few days and it's been 2 months, you should be out there again

#spidermenace 

Replies —

     @peculiarjewl to  @wonderboy

Stfu asshole. Let him heal. He can come back when he's ready. The city is fine. His health is more important. Fu🖕🏻

#ilovespiderman #queensnyc 

@av3ng3r

Take care Peter and Tony! Hope you guys take this time to heal!💙❤️💛

#peterparker #tonystark #weloveourheroes

@glamoreck

Peter Parker is too young to be a hero. He's sixteen and has been doing this since he was fourteen. He needs to stop playing hero and grow up. I won't be surprised if he gets himself killed. If he won't stop this bullshit of an act, he's going to get all of US killed

#spidermenace #underagehero #playhero

"What did I say about social media?" Tony asks, stepping around Peter who is sitting on his spiny chair in the lab.

"Not to go on it" Peter answers.

"I'm sorry kid but this all just needs to die down before you're checking the latest trends" Tony apologizes.

"Do you think it's time for me to go back out there?" Peter wonders.

Tony stops what he's doing and looks up at Peter.

"I want you to do what you feel is best. If you need to take more time, take the time. Everyone is fine for now, the cops are handling it. If you want to go back out there, I won't stop you but you just need to be careful" Tony informs.

Peter looks away from Tony and starts to fidget with the screwdriver in his hands.

"I think I'm ready but what if I'm not? I mean I haven't even gone back to school yet" Peter reminds him.

"Then why don't you try to go to school tomorrow? It will be Monday so it's a fresh start of the week. Then you can think about patrolling" Tony suggests.

"That's not a bad idea" Peter agrees.

"I have awesome ideas, thank you very much" Tony responds.

"Wait that means I have decathlon after school tomorrow" Peter realizes after a moment.

"You can go in on Tuesday" Tony suggests.

"No, no, I'll go tomorrow" Peter denies.

"You just think it'll be too much if you aren't actually ready?" Tony assumes to which Peter nods. "Lj will understand, she's not going to push you. She's not that cold hearted."

"How would you know?" Peter questions.

"She's like a little Natasha Romanoff who acts like she has a cold heart but then she has a soft spot" Tony compares.

"A soft spot? For what? I know her and Clint are friends but I've seen her through daggers at him" Peter recalls.

"Believe it or not, she does have a soft spot on him, Pepper, Wanda, but also on Clints kids and you" Tony calls her out.

"She's going to kill you if she hears you say that" Peter chuckles.

"It'll be our secret" Tony shrugs.

"Like we can keep a secret from her" Peter smiles.

"It's getting late, if you want to go to school you should head to bed. All spider babies need their sleep" Tony jokes.

"All old men need their sleep too" Peter retorts.

"I am not old!" Tony gasps. 

Peter rolls his eyes and gathers his things.

"Can't wait for Friday to record Pepper pulling on your hair to drag you to bed" Peter tells him.

"You're evil" Tony claims.

"Night dad!" Peter wishes.

"Night kid, don't let Nat throw a dagger at you" Tony jokes before the elevator doors closes.

The elevator quickly rises up to the floor and before Peter knew it, he was getting out. He made his way to his room and packed his things up for tomorrow. He uses the bathroom, changes into his pajamas, and now he's sitting on his bed.

His phone is charging but he's still on it. He's scrolling through TikTok trying to ease his mind before going to bed. He wants to distract himself to try and not get any nightmares.

Not long later, Peter falls asleep on his phone. Tony sneaks into his room and puts his phone on his nightstand and allows Friday to turn off his lights. Tony makes it to his own room to see Pepper already asleep.

He climbs into bed but like Peter, he's staring up at the ceiling. Thoughts are racing in his mind but he pushes them all back. It's not long before he also falls asleep.

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"Are you ready?" Tony asks from the drivers seat of the car.

Tony wanted to drive Peter to school to make sure everything was alright. It was Monday morning and the sun was shining. Peter was happy to go back to school but also nervous about all things possible.

Now everybody knows his identity and what had happened during those few days.

"Yeah" Peter nods.

"Call me" Tony reminds him.

"I know" Peter assures as he opens his door.

"See ya Roo. Have a good day at school" Tony wishes.

"Bye dad" Peter replies before shutting the door.

Peter then turns around and starts to walk towards the front entrance while Tony drives away. Eyes are immediately on Peter but he does his best to ignore them.

He makes it into the building and starts to head towards his locker when him and Mj locks eyes from down the hall.

"Peter?" Mj calls out.

Ned turns around with wide eyes.

"Dude!" Ned shouts as he races forward and throws him into a hug. "I missed you so much! Mj does too!"

"We just saw him like three days ago" Mj reminds him.

"I missed you guys too" Peter admits.

"How come you didn't text us you were coming?" Ned wonders.

"I uhh just wanted to make it a surprise" Peter claims.

"Best surprise ever! I've missed my seating partner! I heard we're doing a math lab and I would've had to be stuck alone or with some random dude" Ned explains.

"Guess I'm the random dude for today" Peter replies.

"Hell yeah!" Ned smiles as they begin their handshake.

"You coming to decathlon later?" Mj questions.

"I'll see" Peter hesitantly answers.

"I'm not going to kill you if you don't come you know" Mj rolls her eyes before looking at Ned. "Don't think about it."

"Awww" Ned whines right before the bell. "Ew we have English."

"Peter! Do the webs come out of you?" a freshman asks.

"Go to class" Mj scoffs. 

"That'd be so gross if they did" Peter claims after the freshman rolled his eyes and walked away.

"Wouldn't they be coming out of your butt like an actual spider?" Ned theorizes.

"Gross" Mj comments.

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Its already second period. The trio quickly makes it to class and sits down at their lab tables. Mr. Harrington gave a subtle smile as the trio walked in which they all said hi to him.

The bell rings signaling the start of class, shutting everyone up from their conversations.

"Can we have a free period now that Peter's back?" Jason asks.

"I think we should" Derek agrees.

"Today we are going to watch a video for an upcoming procedure you will be conducting" Mr. Harrington ignores them.

He goes to his computer and turns on the monitor and screen. He clicks on the video only for it to not work.

"I got it Mr. H! I'm a tech pro!" Derek claims as he gets up to help Harrington. 

"No I got this" Mr. Harrington argues but in reality, he doesn't.

He wheels his chair slightly away so Derek has room to go on his computer and play the video.

"Mr. Harrington, I have a question about the homework" Hannah raises her hand.

Mr. Harrington gets up to go look at it.

"Oh, I've gotten a lot of emails about number eight. We'll discuss the homework towards the end of class. I just want everyone to know about this upcoming lab first" Mr. Harrington explains.

"Derek is logging onto a twitch livestream" Betty tattles.

Mr. Harrington turns around to see two random influencers on the screen and the live chat blowing up.

"Derek!" Mr. Harrington shouts as he races towards his computer.

"I think Spider-Man should keep doing what he's doing. He's been doing good" one of the influencer claims.

"Really? I disagree. He's just a kid and has no experience" the other one argues.

Everyone begins to whisper making Peters face light up in embarrassment. 

"He's been doing this for two years now. He's a better person than we were in high school" the first influencer protests right before Mr. Harrington exits the tab. 

"Derek, go to the office" Mr. Harrington instructs making everyone stop their whispers.

"Come on Mr. H! Everyone would rather watch a live stream" Derek argues.

"I don't" Betty protests.

"Yeah, it was pretty boring and old news" Abe agrees.

"Those guys are addicts. You can see how intoxicated they are on the screen but are trying to hide it. You're seriously going to get your information from two idiotic men?" Mj questions.

"You guys are no fun. I'm sure Peter wants to know what people think of him now" Derek rolls his eyes.

"Office now" Mr. Harrington repeats only for Derek to take his bag and leave the classroom. "Ned, can you help me with the video?"

"Yeah, of course" Ned easily agrees.

He quickly races towards the computer and clicks on the video. He clicks on the link that gets brought up to where it's saying the video won't work and starts to type. It's not long until the video begins playing.

"I hope I didn't just see you hacking into the video" Mr. Harrington sighs.

"No, I just put in a new code for it to work" Ned claims.

"Oh Jesus Christ...thank you Ned" Mr. Harrington thanks after his heart had skipped a beat.

The video plays and everybody's attention focuses back on it. 

"Are you ok?" Ned asks after writing it down on paper. Peter nods his head and looks back at the screen.

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"God, people suck" Mj rolls her eyes as she joins the boys at lunch.

"What happened?" Peter wonders.

"Just people" Mj slightly lies.

She had a study hall last period and was scrolling through Instagram to find that somebody secretly took a picture of Peter and cropped Ned out but can still see Neds arm and posted it. That photo had blown up and the comments are out of control with people who are in favor of Spider-Man and who aren't.

"Do you know what happened to Derek?" Ned asks.

"Detention" Mj answers.

"He deserves more than detention" Ned argues.

"Ned, it's fine" Peter assures.

Ned was about to say something but quickly stops himself when five people start to approach them. Three girls and two boys carrying their lunch trays.

"Hi! Can we sit with you guys?" one of the girls asks.

"No" Mj denies.

"Why?" the boy questions.

"I don't feel like dealing with people" Mj simply answers.

"Let's just go" the second girl states before they all walk away.

"People" Mj scoffs.

"I'm sure they were just trying to be nice" Peter suggests.

"Peter, they wanted to sit here because you're Spider-Man. How is that being nice? Before they ignored you" Mj points out.

"Ouch but I uhhh...yeah, yeah you're right" Peter agrees, nodding his head.

"Double ouch" Ned claims. "So, are you going to patrol later?"

"I don't know yet" Peter shrugs.

"Take your time man, the city can wait but when you do go out, it'd be great to be your guy in the chair again" Ned suggests with a huge smile.

"You're always my guy in the chair" Peter assures.

"Nerds" Mj comments.

"Have you been on social media at all?" Ned wonders.

"Kind of" Peter admits.

"Oh so did you see that they created Spider-Man day?" Ned asks.

"What?" Peter questions.

"Yeah, it's on Wednesday. People who support you are going to be decked out in Spider-Man merch and I already know what outfit I'm wearing" Ned grins.

"Oh no, please not that shirt" Peter grimaces.

"Not that shirt" Ned assures.

"Can I borrow the shirt?" Mj asks.

"Mj!" Peter whines.

"I'm kidding, relax. That shirt is stupid anyways" Mj claims.

"Wait, why is there a Spider-Man day? Is there an Iron Man day?" Peter wonders.

"Peter, everyday is Iron Man day for Tony Stark" Mj informs him.

"People are doing this because they want to show you their support and how they respect your choices of becoming a hero especially at a young age! It's so cool! You should see what people are tweeting under Spider-Man day!" Ned explains.

"Maybe I'll look later" Peter responds.

"You should" Ned nods.

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"Come on guys, can you please just move?" Peter asks as two guys had backed Peter up into a corner.

It's the last period of the day and the bell had just rang signaling that Peter is now late to class thanks to these other boys.

"What? You're going to web us?" Zano laughs.

"No" Peter answers.

"How did you even get powers? You literally can't even breathe properly" Oskar points out.

"I can breathe fine, thanks for your concern" Peter thanks.

"This isn't a joke!" Oskar shouts throwing a punch at Peter that he easily dodges.

"I'm late to class thanks to you guys. We can talk later, pleasure will be all mine" Peter sarcastically informs while he walks away.

"Parker! Wait!" Zano yells before pulling Peter from behind.

"Woah man, what?" Peter asks quickly getting away from Zano's reach.

"Screw you man. I wished Obadiah kept you longer" Zano sneers before him and Oskar walks away, leaving Peter alone in the halls.

Peter stands frozen, his heart had slightly picked up. He lets out a deep shaky breath in and out before walking his way to the library. He doesn't feel like going to class and he knows he won't be able to focus with everyone staring at him.

He makes it to the library and sits down in the corner of the room at a table. He takes out his phone just for two people to join him.

"Hey Peter" Betty greets.

"Don't you have class with Mj?" Cindy recalls.

"Yeah" Peter nods.

"Come on, we're taking you somewhere" Betty suggests, getting up.

"Uhh where?" Peter questions.

"To get some food, we're starving and decathlon practice is going to be so long" Cindy answers while she gets up.

Peter stands up and follows after them. Betty and Cindy was always nice to him before all of this and Betty even stuck up for him earlier so he trusts them to not lead him into an alleyway and probably have Derek and his friends all of up his business.

"How did you guys know I was in the library and not in class?" Peter wonders.

"We have a study hall and saw you walking towards the library" Betty explains.

"Don't you have a sixth sense or something? You didn't know we were watching you?" Cindy recalls.

"I do but it only warns me of things, not if you're watching me because you want to see what I'm up to and not watching me because you purposefully want to stalk and kill me" Peter answers.

"That's so cool. Has it warned you about Flash? Does it work on him?" Cindy wonders.

"It has, yeah" Peter nods.

"That's crazy! I never thought it worked like that" Cindy hums.

"Me either" Peter admits.

"So what are you in the mood to eat? We have 7/11 or the bogota" Betty suggests as they walk out of the school building.

"Either's fine" Peter shrugs.

"Why don't we go to 7/11? I heard their slushes are free today" Cindy recalls.

"Really? I love slushes! Peter, are you going to get one?" Betty asks.

"Yeah, I guess" Peter nods before his spidey senses starts to go off. "Come with me."

He grabs Betty and Cindy and walks the opposite direction of 7/11.

"Where are we going?" Cindy questions.

"I know a different way there" Peter claims.

"But the other way is quicker" Betty points out.

"Uhh somebody's recording us" Cindy informs as she's looking behind them.

Peter turns around to see some people on the sidewalk recording them which was probably what his senses were trying to tell him. He's just being a little paranoid.

"Hey! It's illegal to film minors!" Betty shouts at them.

"Let's just go this way, we'll lose them" Peter assures as he starts to walk again.

They take a turn and enter a store. Peter waves at the cashier person before taking them out the back way. They walk in an alleyway until they reach another building. Peter walks in to reveal it to be 7/11.

"Woah, how'd you-" Betty starts to ask.

"I know the ins and outs of the city, part of crime fighting" Peter answers.

"That's so cool! Does that mean you know how to get to school to the avengers tower quickly?" Cindy wonders.

"Yeah" Peter nods while they walk up to the slushees machine.

Cindy and Betty start to make their slushees while Peter feels a burning stare at the back of his neck. He knows the cashier woman is looking at them. He grabs his cup and doesn't draw attention that he knows.

"We should probably head back soon. Class ends in ten minutes and we have decathlon" Cindy realizes.

"You're coming, right?" Betty wonders.

"Yeah, do you guys know what we'll be doing?" Peter wonders.

"No, I was hoping Mj told you" Betty claims.

"You guys want to buy snacks? Maybe Mj will let us have a little party" Cindy suggests only for the other teens to agree.

They grab chips, cookies, and candy before putting it on the table in front of the cashier.

"I'll pay" Peter offers and quickly gets out some money before the two girls can argue.

"That'll be twenty-three dollars" the cashier woman states allowing Peter to pay her the right amount.

"You did not have to pay" Cindy argues.

"Too late" Peter shrugs.

"You're Peter Parker, right?" The cashier woman asks.

"Uhh yeah" Peter nods.

"My daughter loves Spider-Man. She'll freak when I tell her" the cashier exclaims.

"Oh well tell her I said hi" Peter smiles. 

"Will do, thank you" the cashier thanks.

Peter, Betty, and Cindy grabs their bags of food and leaves through the back.

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"Peter! Where were you? Where did you get a slushee from and why didn't you grab me one?" Ned asks as Peter, Betty, and Sally walk into the decathlon room.

"Sorry, we went to 7/11 and got snacks for everyone" Peter apologizes.

"Really? I'm starving!" Ned practically shouts.

"We'll lay the snacks on the table and you guys can grab whatever" Cindy assures before her, Betty, and Peter dumps the bags of food.

"Thanks guys!" Sally thanks.

"None of you talk with your mouth open or you get a deduction from your points" Mj threatens making Abe ring the bell.

"Hey guys...oh I'm going to have to deal with sugar rush children" Mr. Harrington notices as he enters the room.

"It's mainly chips" Betty assures.

"Wait it's free slushee day!" Charles realizes.

"Yeah, that's why we went" Cindy nods.

"Wait, isn't our competition in two weeks?" Flash recalls.

"Yes so starting today practices will be harder. Get in your pairs and we'll start" Mj explains making everyone protest.

"Nice job reminding her" Abe rolls his eyes.

"Reminding me? It's called knowing the schedule. I already knew we had a competition" Mj states.

"Don't get her all mad! You're going to make today hell!" Cindy freaks out.

"Practice is already going to be hell. Now sit down with your partner and we'll start" Mj declares making everyone sit down next to their partner with a buzzer in the middle.

Peter is with Ned, Flash is with Charles, Cindy with Abe, and Sally with Betty while Mj  reads out her notecards. Whichever pair has the most points by the end of each category wins.

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Peter and Ned won the science and engineer round. Flash and Charles won the history round. Cindy and Abe won the math round. Sally and Betty won the english and art round. After that they did some more practicing versing everyone opposed to being partnered up. Mj was yelling out the questions from left and right.

Once practice was over, everyone was starting to head home. Mj, Ned, and Peter were outside talking with each other while everyone else was getting picked up besides Flash who has a car.

"Are you patrolling?" Ned asks.

"Yeah...I think I'm going to start today" Peter nods.

"Guy in the chair?" Ned wonders.

"Text me when you get home" Peter assures.

"Yes! Mj you wanna come and help?" Ned invites.

"Sure, why not" Mj agrees.

"Yessss!! My mom is almost here to pick us up. I wonder if they'll be a lot of criminals!" Ned hypes everyone up.

"So you want there to be criminals?" Mj asks...ok well he hyped almost everyone up.

"No! Well I mean...no!" Ned denies making Peter let out a small laugh.

"I'm sure they'll be something" Peter assures. "I'm going to start heading to the alley. Your moms around the corner."

"I can't believe you get changed in an alleyway, that's gross" Mj points out.

"Dude, just get changed in the school. It's not like nobody knows" Ned suggests.

"I uhh maybe another time I'll try that" Peter claims.

"Have fun in the alley" Mj wishes.

"Thanks, cya guys!" Peter thanks before leaving right as Neds mom pulls up.

Peter runs into the alleyway he normally goes to. He quickly changes and webs his bag behind some garbage cans and swings himself out of there.

"Hello Peter" Karen greets.

"Hey Karen! Any crime?" Peter asks.

"Not yet. How was your day?" Karen wonders.

"Umm it was alright. School wasn't too bad, could've been worse" Peter admits.

"What happened?" Karen questions.

"I just think some people still don't believe that I'm Spider-Man or more like, can't believe. I don't know" Peter sighs.

"A lot of people still support you" Karen reminds him.

"I know. I'm not too bothered with the haters. Everyone has their opinions" Peter explains as he sees a bunch of people on the streets pointing, waving, shouting, and videoing him.

"There's something else bothering you, isn't there?" Karen calls him out.

"I rather not talk about it right now. I mean Betty and Cindy helped me out and we went to 7/11" Peter claims.

"You can tell me whenever you want" Karen assures.

"Thanks Kare. Oh, Ned and Mj will be joining us once they get to Neds" Peter informs her.

"Ok, are you and Mj dating now?" Karen asks making Peters face light up like a tomato.

"No! She-she doesn't like me like that!" Peter shuts down.

"Why else would she be joining you and Ned when she never has? She wants to make sure you're safe" Karen explains.

"No! She's just-she's just being a good friend!" Peter stammers.

"I'll be planning the wedding in the meantime" Karen states.

"Karen!" Peter whines when he spots a cat stuck in a tree.

He swings down and recognizes the cat to be Roscoe, the male cat who loves to be in the tree but then gets scared to climb down. His owner has told Peter how Roscoe jumps off of door frames and the fridge but for some reason, doesn't like jumping out of trees.

"Hey Roscoe!" Peter greets making the cat meow.

He notices some people stopping and coming towards him but he doesn't pay them any mind.

"You know you shouldn't be climbing trees if you're scared to jump down" Peter tells him as he gently picks Roscoe up.

Peter climbs down the tree with Roscoe in his arms but doesn't see his owner. Instead, he sees some random people staring at him.

"Uhh hi" Peter greets.

"Oh my god he really is young" a woman whispers to a man.

"Of course he is. We saw him and he's sixteen" the man whispers back.

"He's such a young, nice gentleman" a woman whispers to a friend.

"What's he doing superheroing when he should be in school" a man whispers.

"Umm sorry but excuse me. I need to take this cat back to his owner" Peter apologizes.

"Hold up, I'll take the cat back to its owner and you should go home. You're too young playing hero" a different man states as he steps forward.

"I'm sorry but this cat doesn't really like people and I don't feel comfortable giving you this cat" Peter apologizes again.

"Just give me the cat and I'll give him to his owner. You should be in school and living a kid life" the man argues.

"No offense but I can't really live a kid life when I have these powers and I want to use them for good. I'm also sixteen, I lived my kid life and school's over. I focus in school and do really well so thank you for your concern but I'll be taking my leave" Peter explains even though he shouldn't have to.

He tries to walk past just as Roscoe hisses at everyone. They all back up letting Peter pass with another apology and he starts to make his way to Roscoe's owners building. He walks through the front door and sees the worker at the front desk.

"Hey Carl! Is Tim here? I found Roscoe in a tree" Peter claims.

"No, he's running some errands. I can hold onto him until Tim comes back" Carl responds.

"Thanks! Be a good boy Roscoe" Peter tells him before handing him over to Carl. Roscoe jumps off of Carls arms and lays down on the keyboard of his computer.

"Really Roscoe? I need to type" Carl informs only for Roscoe to meow and close his eyes.

"He's really stubborn" Peter chuckles.

"Sure is. I'll see ya later. I'm sure he'll be running to that tree soon" Carl smiles.

"Yeah! Cya!" Peter replies before leaving. 

Peter shoots out a web just as Ned starts to call. Karen automatically accepts and he sees Ned and Mj both on the top left of his screen.

"Hey! Anything so far?" Ned wonders.

"No, it's pretty relaxing today. I just got Roscoe down from a tree" Peter explains.

"I'm telling you, he does it on purpose" Mj claims.

"He probably just gets lonely when Tim isn't home. Next time I see Tim I should tell him to get another pet if he can" Peter plans.

"Maybe a dog" Ned suggests.

"Maybe, it'll keep Roscoe occupied" Peter agrees.

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This is the longest time Peter and Tony had been separated. Tony is feeling alright about it and he knows Peter does too or else he would've texted.

He just worries for his kid. He's constantly asking Friday if anything happened and now that he's on patrol, any Spider-Man sightings. All that's came through so far is him saving a cat from a tree.

He's currently in his lab when Nat walks in and sits down with her feet propped up.

"Hey, get your feet off of my table. There's expensive equipment" Tony tells her, swatting her feet down. Nat rolls her eyes and takes her feet off. "What are you doing in here?"

"Bored. What are you doing down here?" Nat questions.

"Building" Tony answers.

"Guys are wondering what you want for dinner. Pepper also said she's going to get back a little late, she has a lot of work" Nat informs.

"A lot of work? She does know she can leave it for tomorrow right?" Tony questions.

"You know how she likes to work. So, what do you want to eat? They're fighting about Chinese or Greek food" Nat gives him the options.

"I don't care, I'll eat whatever" Tony shrugs.

Nat hums but doesn't make a move to get up.

"Romanoff" Tony sighs.

"Stark" Nat replies.

"What are you actually doing down here? Usually Rhodey would be coming down here and yelling at me" Tony jokes.

"I didn't lie, I am bored and the guys are fighting about dinner" Nat claims.

"So then why aren't you leaving?" Tony wonders.

"Wednesday is national Spider-Man day. The people of Queens started it" Nat tells him.

"That's good. He needs to know people still support him" Tony hums.

"There's also a lot of people who don't like him now that they know how old he is" Nat points out.

"What are you saying?" Tony asks.

"If Wednesday is national Spider-Man day, wouldn't people get more angrier at that and find ways to know that they don't like Peter?" Nat theorizes.

"He's safe at the tower" Tony claims.

"Word probably has gotten out that he went to school today" Nat states.

"I'll drive him again tomorrow" Tony plans. "Paparazzi won't have a chance against me."

"Don't you think you should warn Peter about paparazzi?" Nat considers.

"He shouldn't have to worry about it" Tony brushes off.

"Tony, if they show up to his school then he has to worry about it. He's going to freak if he sees them outside of his school without any warning" Nat explains.

"I'll tell him" Tony assures.

"And you should probably make him pack his sensory pills" Nat adds.

"Why?" Tony questions.

"Do I have to spell everything out to you? The cameras are bright flashes in front of his eyes? Steve and Bucky can barely handle it without it hurting them" Nat recalls.

"I'll make sure he packs his kit then and I'll make sure his teachers let him wear his glasses and earbuds if he needs them and I'll remind him that he can always call to come home" Tony plans already signaling to Friday to send an email out to the teachers and principal.

"That wasn't that hard to do" Nat tells him.

"Dammit, is the paparazzi really going to go his school?" Tony asks.

"If not his school, they're still going to be out on the streets looking for him" Nat answers.

"He's a minor" Tony argues.

"And a hero" Nat adds.

"Such bullshit" Tony curses.

"You know how the media is" Nat points out.

"Yeah and I've always hated them. Got them all up my face since I was born" Tony scoffs. 

"Then help Peter. You can't protect him from this but you can make sure nothing bad happens" Nat tells him.

"I can make a siren on his watch that'll go off if paparazzi gets close" Tony suggests.

"No" Nat shuts down.

"It's a good idea though" Tony humors.

"No" Nat repeats.

"Why not?" Tony asks.

"It's too much and he'll probably want to deal with most of it on his own. You can't be a helicopter parent as much as you want. Talk to Clint about it, he'll tell you" Nat argues.

"It's true" Clint agrees, his voice coming through from the vents.

"Get out of my vents!" Tony shouts. "Fri, activate bird kill."

"WHAT?! NO! NO! AHHHHH!!" Clint screams as a nasty fart smell starts to spray into the vents.

Clint falls out of the vent and into the lab allowing Dum-E and U to spray him with the fire extinguishers.

"STOP! STOP!! AHHHH!!" Clint continues to scream until Dum-E and U finally stop.

"Good job boys" Tony congratulates.

Clint stands up with a pouting face before an evil smirk spreads across.

"It's true, Peter will distance himself if you become a helicopter parent" Clint agrees with Nat as he walks closer to them.

"Sorry bird brain but maybe your kids just like Laura better than you" Tony suggests.

"I'm Lila's favorite. I'm not sure about Cooper and Nate but I am sure about Lila" Clint claims.

"No, I'm Lila's favorite" Nat smirks.

"Well I'm her favorite parent!" Clint stands his ground.

"Person beats parent" Nat challenges.

"No fighting in my lab" Tony interrupts.

"Aww thanks Tony! You saved me from getting killed!" Clint thanks as he quickly throws Tony into a hug.

"Get off me! You're getting the foam all over me! Get off!" Tony shouts as he hits Clint in the head.

"Ow!" Clint gasps.

"Both of you get out of my lab" Tony rolls his eyes.

"Why just us? You need to take a shower too now" Clint smirks.

"Asshole" Tony curses.

"Language!" Clint mocks Steve.

"Gross, you both smell like butthole now" Nat says as she scrunches her nose in disgust.

"Awww you want a hug too?" Clint asks.

"Hug me and you'll be six feet under" Nat warns, distancing herself from any oncoming hugs.

"Mean" Clint pouts.

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It's the middle of the night when Peter and Tony both fling up in their own beds and breathing heavily.

Friday had dimmed both of their lights in their own rooms. Tony looks at Pepper who is still asleep and quietly gets up.

Peter is quick to get his breathing under controlled and looks as the hallway lights go from being dark to dimmed. He knows Tony must be in the halls.

He waits until he hears Tony opening his door.

"You got a nightmare too?" Peter assumes.

"Yeah...you ok?" Tony asks as he shuts his door and walks over to the bed. 

Peter moves over, wanting Tony to sit down next to him, so he does.

"I'm fine, you?" Peter wonders.

"Fine" Tony answers.

"Is it ever going to end? These nightmares?" Peter asks.

"They won't happen as constant" Tony tells him only to see Peter looking sad. "You know, every avenger gets nightmares?"

"No, I didn't know that. I only knew Nat had nightmares" Peter shrugs.

"Wait you know Nat has nightmares but nobody else?" Tony questions.

"We were both up in the kitchen one time" Peter explains.

"Well then you see my point, every avenger has nightmares including Nat. We've all gotten nightmares from our line of work and they don't ever go away but they become less constant. I heard the more relax you are, the less you think about it, the more you move on...then it'll slowly start to stop" Tony explains.

Peter nods his head before leaning on Tony.

"You don't have to go to school tomorrow if you don't want" Tony suggests.

"I want too" Peter argues.

"Can you pack your sensory kit?" Tony asks.

"Why?" Peter questions.

"I'll feel better if you're carrying it around you just incase" Tony replies.

"You can tell me the real reason" Peter calls him out making Tony let out a sigh.

"Nat brought up to me that if word which probably has...if people know you went to school and patrolling, paparazzi and the news, they all might show up on the streets" Tony informs.

"I'll pack it but I'll be careful" Peter responds.

They stay quiet for a few minutes but neither of them go back to bed.

"You want to talk about what's been bothering you?" Tony asks.

"Not really, it's stupid" Peter sighs.

"I'm sure it isn't stupid" Tony assures.

"It is" Peter argues.

"Did someone say something on social media that you saw?" Tony wonders.

"Nothing I haven't seen" Peter claims.

"So something happened at school" Tony figures out making Peter go quiet. "You can tell me."

"It's just some students being annoying, that's all. I'm sure they're just surprised someone their age is the local vigilante" Peter shrugs.

"Pete, please tell me what they said" Tony pleads.

"They just said that they wished Obadiah kept me longer" Peter quietly tells him.

Tony feels his heart skip a beat and his breathing stop for a second.

"Who?" Tony asks.

"It's been dealt with, it's fine" Peter brushes off.

"That's not alright. He-you-he should be expelled!" Tony stammers with rage.

"It's just people having opinions. I think it has more to do with me being Spider-Man anyways" Peter claims.

"Hey, he's wrong. You didn't deserve any of that" Tony tells him.

"Neither did you" Peter says back.

Quiet fills the air again.

"You should probably get some sleep" Tony tells him.

"Can you stay?" Peter asks.

"Of course, wasn't planning on leaving" Tong assures.

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"You made sure to pack your sensory kit?" Tony asks for the billionth time as he drives Peter to school.

"Yes" Peter answers. "Everything will be fine, you're worrying too much."

"I'm sure I'll need to worry more once we reach the school" Tony mutters but Peter hears him.

"I have decathlon after school again and I'll probably patrol. I'll let you know" Peter informs.

"Again?" Tony questions.

"Competition is in two weeks. We need to be prepared" Peter claims.

"You'll beat the other team easily" Tony waves off.

"I don't know. Apparently Pennsylvania has a really good stem school" Peter points out.

"You have two weeks, that's more than enough time to be prepared" Tony continues to assure him.

"I guess" Peter nods.

"And what? Now practice is everyday? More than enough" Tony repeats as he pulls up outside the school to see paparazzi. "Ah shit. Don't get out yet."

"What are you going to do?" Peter asks as the paparazzi and news channel spots them.

"Drive away, simple, easy, done" Tony lists while he starts to drive away just as they all reach the car.

He steps on the pedal and keeps driving away despite people starting to run after the car.

"I don't think this is safe" Peter tells him.

"You're fine, I don't care if those people get hit by a car" Tony waves off.

They make it a block down from the school, people still chasing after the car. Peter let's out a sigh and opens the car door making Tony step on the gas, hard.

"What the hell are you doing?!" Tony questions.

"I have a better plan. Bye dad!" Peter tells him as he quickly jumps out of the car, shuts the door and runs away from the paparazzi.

Tony lets out a sigh as he sees the paparazzi and one of the news channel quickly following after him.

He gets out of his car and starts to chase after them.

"Filming minors is illegal! I'll sue you!" Tony shouts but they ignore him. "I have a really juicy story about Spidey and the avengers! It'll make you go famous!" 

Meanwhile with Peter, he hears everybody following after him. He quickly dives into an alleyway and scales a building until he's on top. Once he reaches the top, then everyone else files into the alleyway. 

Peter continues his run and jumps off of the rooftop to the next rooftop. He sees the school in sight, he's so close.

"THERE HE IS!!" a man shouts with a camera.

Peter turns to look at him and rolls his eyes. He gives him a salute before jumping off the building into the alleyway. Before he hits the floor, he sends out a web to catch himself. He continues the swing until he has to release the web and lets go.

The momentum leads him right behind the school alley. He's about to open the door when he hears his name being shout.

He turns around confused and before he knows it, a bright light flashes in front of his face. He lets out a small scream and flies his hands up to his eyes.

"Oh my god! I'm so sorry! I didn't think the flash was too bright!" the paparazzi freaks.

Peter feels his eyes burning up and quickly enters the school, making sure the door is shut and that the woman doesn't get in. The school bell rings making him flinch, hard.

"Yo Peter, you alright?" Abe asks. Peter opens his eyes to see Abe taller than him. He hadn't even noticed he fell onto the floor. "Your eyes are red, what happened?"

Peter gets up from the ground with Abe immediately helping him. Peter blinks rapidly but his eyes seem to hurt even more. It's too bright.

"I need..I need to go the bathroom" Peter tells him.

"Yeah, I'll bring you" Abe nods as he helps Peter walk towards the bathroom. On the way there, he spots Ned. "Ned! Yo! Help me out here!"

"Peter?!" Ned practically shouts, rushing towards them. 

"Not so loud Ned" Peter tells him.

"Sorry" Ned apologizes. "Why are your eyes red? Abe, what happened?"

"I don't know" Abe shrugs just as they reach the bathroom.

The boys enter just to see Flash about to leave.

"Why are your eyes red?" Flash questions.

"God I could've been rich for how much times people have asked me that question" Peter chuckles while he throws his bag off.

Ned turns off the lights making Abe and Flash bump into each other.

"Hey!" They both shout.

"Sorry! Sorry! But uhh Peter needs the lights off right now, it's better for him" Ned explains.

"Uh-huh, sorry" Peter apologizes.

"Ok, what's going on?" Flash asks.

"There was a bunch of paparazzi and these news reporters outside so dad started to drive away. I almost jumped out of the car but he stopped and I ran away and started jumping on rooftops. One of them saw me so I jumped down and swung to school. I got behind the school and a woman saw me and took a picture right in my face. The flash was too bright and when I came inside, the bell rang. Now I'm having a sensory overload. Any questions?" Peter explains.

"Your life is so crazy. Jumping across rooftops?!" Abe whisper shouts. "So cool. Do you think I'd be able to make it across one?"

"No, they're too far apart" Peter shuts down.

"So Daredevil is enhanced?" Abe asks.

"Yeah" Peter nods though he knows Abe can't see him clear with how dark the bathroom is.

"Can't Tony Stark sue them? They're taking pictures of a minor" Flash points out.

"He probably will" Peter claims. "Can we all be quiet for a minute?"

"Is your hearing going crazy?" Ned assumes only for Peter to not reply.

They all go silent, trying to slow down their heartbeats so it's not so loud but in reality, it doesn't do anything. Peter leans over the sink, trying to even out his breaths and stop his hearing from listening in on teachers lectures.

The door to the bathroom abruptly opens making the teens shout and close the door. Flash blocks the light switch so the intruder can't turn them on.

"What's going on?" Charles asks. "Why are we in the dark?"

"Shhhh" Abe shushes, putting his hand over Charles mouth.

Charles swats his hand away but stays quiet. It's a few more minutes until Peter lets out a deep breath.

"Think I'm good on the hearing but please don't turn the lights on" Peter pleads.

"Mr. Harrington was asking where you guys were and Ted said he saw you guys come in here. He sent me to tell you guys to not skip class" Charles informs. 

"We'll go to class in a second" Peter claims while he grabs his bag and opens it.

"Why are we here in the dark?" Charles wonders.

"There was a bunch of paparazzi and news reporters outside so Mr. Stark tried to drive away. Peter almost jumped out of the car but he stopped the car and Peter ran away and started jumping on rooftops. One of them saw him so he jumped down and swung to school. Peter got behind the school and a woman saw him and took a picture right in his face. The flash was too bright and when he came inside, the bell rang. Now he's having a sensory overload" Ned repeats what Peter told them.

"Thanks Ned" Peter thanks before taking one of his sensory pills and chugging his water.

"That's awful but you jumped on rooftops? I've been seeing videos of people doing it! It looks so fun!" Charles exclaims.

"That's what I said!" Abe chuckles.

"Well don't do it unless you have a death wish" Peter tells them.

"Shit we have gym next period" Flash curses.

"Oh my god I forgot we dropped it yesterday! Peter what are you going to do?" Ned questions.

"What do you mean?" Peter asks.

"Coach Wilson obviously knows you've been faking this whole time" Ned points out.

"Oh I'm going to love this. This is going to be so funny" Abe bursts out laughing.

"Awww I wish I was in your gym period" Charles complains.

"Yeah Parker, you're in for a treat now. Coach is not going to let that slide" Flash tells him.

"I'm doomed" Peter sighs.

"Just go home" Charles suggests.

"I'll have to face him at some point, better get it over with" Peter claims.

"As much as I don't want to, we should probably get to class before Harrington has our heads" Abe realizes.

"Will you be alright?" Ned asks Peter.

"I'm fine" Peter assures.

"But the lights in the halls" Ned reminds him.

"Should we test and turn the lights in here?" Flash wonders.

"I...yeah I guess" Peter nods.

Flash turns on the lights making Peter flinch and squeeze his eyes shut making Flash quickly turns off the lights.

"Sorry" Flash apologizes.

"Not your fault" Peter waves off.

"Did you not take your pill?" Ned questions.

"I just took it. It doesn't work immediately but it should've kicked in by now" Peter sighs.

"Do you have your glasses?" Ned wonders.

"Yeah but I don't want to wear them" Peter argues.

"Peter, you can damage your eyes if you don't wear them and make your sensory overload worse" Ned exclaims.

"What's wrong with your glasses?" Charles wonders.

"They're a prototype. The sensory overloads makes me sensitive to touch and stuff so the glasses on my face don't help. We've been trying to make glasses that won't be a problem when I have this but so far they've all been a fail" Peter explains.

"Man, that sucks" Abe comments.

"I agree with Ned though. If you aren't going to go home then you gotta put those glasses on" Flash agrees.

"Alright, alright. I have to get them out" Peter sighs after a moment while he begins to dig through his bag.

"How often do you have these?" Charles questions.

"It depends. Sometimes it gets triggered and other times I just wake up with one" Peter shrugs. He finds his glasses and puts them on. "We should go."

"You sure?" Ned asks.

"Yeah" Peter nods even though the glasses are slightly annoying him.

Charles slowly opens the door, the light pouring into the bathroom. Abe turns on the bathroom light and they make it into the hallway without any problems.

"Do you think the paparazzi are still outside?" Flash asks.

"I don't know, I'm not trying to expand my hearing right now" Peter answers.

"Right" Flash nods.

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"Guys, please stay after class" Mr. Harrington tells Peter, Ned, Flash, and Abe once they finally came back. He only doesn't hold Charles because he sent Charles to find them. 

The teens all murmur an ok before heading to their seats. They get some odd looks from classmates but ignore them and sit down.

Mj sits behind Ned and Peter besides Paige. She secretly writes something down on a post it and hands it to Ned.

Ned takes it and opens it up.

Sensory overload?

Ned discreetly writes back a, yeah and hands the post it back. 

It doesn't take long into the period before Mj and Ned sees Peter sleeping. Mr. Harrington had also noticed but didn't say anything.

The bell finally rings, startling Peter awake. 

"You alright?" Ned asks.

"Yeah" Peter nods.

Teens start to filter out of the classroom but Ned, Peter, Flash, and Abe all stay behind.

"I'm sorry they were late sir, it was my fault" Peter tells Mr. Harrington before he can say anything.

"What? That was no way your fault" Abe argues.

"Ok, why don't you all tell me what happened so I know you weren't skipping class on purpose. You are all good students so I'm sure whatever it is, it'll be a valid reason" Mr. Harrington tells them.

"There was paparazzi outside and Peter couldn't get out of his car so Mr. Stark drove him down the road and Peter almost jumped out of the car until Mr. Stark slammed on the breaks. He jumped across rooftops and when he got behind the school a woman took a picture of him and he ran inside just as the bell rang so he got a sensory overload" Ned explains.

"Uhh yeah that's basically what happened" Peter nods.

"We were just trying to help" Flash adds.

"You didn't go to the nurse?" Mr. Harrington questions.

"The nurse can't do anything. I already took medicine and it's honestly better now. I'm sorry I slept during class by the way" Peter apologizes.

"That's ok, just try not to sleep in my class again and even if you feel like you can deal with it, please go to the nurse" Mr. Harrington informs.

Peter nods his head and doesn't say anything. 

"Can you give us some notes? Coach Wilson will kill us" Flash points out right before the bell rings.

"Of course, you're all going to gym?" Mr. Harrington asks just for them to all nod.

He quickly writes them a slip and hands it to Flash. They say their byes and thank yous before leaving the classroom.

"Maybe you should sit out of gym" Ned suggests.

"No, it's ok. I feel better now" Peter assures.

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"I wonder if that woman is going to publish that photo" Mj wonders after Peter and Ned tells her the whole story.

"I doubt it. She felt really bad and dad's probably going to sue anyone who tries to publish a photo to me" Peter assumes.

He's not wearing his glasses anymore. The lights are still kinda bright but he can manage since it's not too bad.

Coach Wilson blows his whistle making all the teens jump. No one's ever prepared when he blows his loud whistle.

"Alright! We are going to do stations today! Get into groups of four!" Coach Wilson instructs.

Sally joins Peter, Ned, and Mj's group while Flash and Abe go to their own friend groups. Coach Wilson starts to direct everyone into where they're going when they got directed to sit ups first.

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"This is so annoying. Coach Wilson keeps looking over at us" Peter sighs as they walk over to their next station which is the rope.

"Well you have been faking" Mj recalls.

"Still" Peter replies.

"At least you won't be failing gym anymore" Sally points out.

"I will be if he thinks I'm slacking" Peter argues.

"Well you can't fail at the rope" Ned smiles.

"Yeah and I'll be like the only few people who can actually do it besides the football and wrestling players" Peter claims.

"Tough luck Parker. You're going before us so he can see that you're done and stop looking. I'm not actually climbing this stupid rope" Mj explains.

"Do I really have to?" Peter questions just for Mj to give him a look. "Ok, fine. I'm going."

The person before Peter finishes by sliding down the rope. Peter let's out a sigh and goes on the rope next. He feels a bunch of eyes on him but does it nonetheless. He climbs the rope and gets all the way to the top. Before he can slide down, Coach Wilson yells.

"Peter! Can you get that ball by you?" Coach Wilson asks.

Peter rolls his eyes and swings himself onto the bar on top. He looks at Coach Wilson who is motioning him to go.

"You know this is child endangerment right? He can fall off" Mj realizes.

"He'll be alright, I've seen him walking on his own webs before" Coach Wilson waves off. Peter walks over to the ball and throws it down. "Thanks Parker!"

"Peter! Get down dude!" Ned yells, noticing the bar he's on is starting to break. The bar is attached to the ceiling fan and the ceiling fan had just cracked a little.

Peter quickly holds his ground on the bar, everyone now screaming to get off. Peter ignores them and shoots a web to make the bar stay attached to the fan before finally, jumping off.

"Dude! You could've gotten hurt!" Ned shouts.

"I'm fine, I webbed the bar so it doesn't fall" Peter brushes off.

"Get back to your stations everyone!" Coach Wilson instructs.

"Seriously?! He could've gotten killed and you don't care?!" Sally shouts at him.

"Everything's fine, you're all overreacting" Coach Wilson rolls his eyes.

"So if we tell Principal Morita he will see that this was all fine?" Mj asks.

"Go back to your stations" Coach Wilson orders before walking away.

"Such an asshole" Mj mutters.

"Gym class is going to be hell for the rest of the year" Peter acknowledges.

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"I can't believe Coach Wilson had you do that" Betty exclaims after Ned and Sally explained what happened at gym during lunch. The whole AcaDec team had joined Peter, Ned, and Mj at their usual lunch table and got told what had happened for them to be stunned.

"It was so stupid too! There are like thousands of balls stuck up there" Abe points out.

"He's just doing that to see what you're capable of" Flash realizes.

"Mj, do we have to have practice?" Cindy asks.

"Yes" Mj nods.

"I think we should protest" Charles argues.

"Protest and we'll see who's sitting out" Mj warns.

"We need a day off" Sally tells her.

"You had the weekend and will have Sunday off" Mj explains.

"One day isn't enough" Abe states.

"If you guys continue arguing, I'll make practice be your worst nightmare" Mj threatens, shutting them all up.

"Do I still get the excuse of not being able to go?" Peter wonders. He's not actually going to skip but he wants to see if she'll allow him.

"Not unless you throw up and I see it happen" Mj declares.

"Harsh" Ned gasps.

"And if he does throw up, I hope it's on you" Mj smirks.

"Ouch!" Ned grimaces. "Sorry dude but I don't want your throw up on me."

"Wasn't planning on it" Peter assures.

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Tony looks up from fixing his gauntlet to get scared by Rhodey.

"Honey bear! You know I have a heart condition" Tony reminds him.

"Pepper said you're suing a bunch of paparazzis and news reporters?" Rhodey brings up.

"Yeah, they were stalking Pete's school and chased after him" Tony explains.

"Tony, you know this was going to happen. Nat warned you" Rhodey sighs.

"I'm not letting him get the same treatment I did" Tony states.

"Suing them won't do anything when other companies will come out to take pictures. You can sue if they publish a photo of him. We can't go around suing everybody left and right. Maybe send some SI security to his school to keep them away" Rhodey suggests.

"Oh, I already planned that. Happy said he'll send his team but I'm also making him go" Tony claims.

"You're doing a good job with him" Rhodey assures.

"Yeah cause I got him kidnapped and now stalked by paparazzi" Tony rolls his eyes.

"Neither of that's your fault. You couldn't have known. Those cameras were hidden and Peter wasn't even picking them up" Rhodey explains.

"Still! I should've known Rhodey! I let my kid go through hell!" Tony shouts, getting angry at himself.

"You protected him the best you could and you still are. It wasn't a situation you could control and Peter knew that" Rhodey tells him making Tony go silent. "You know you aren't like your father or else May wouldn't have trusted you with him."

"She made a mistake. I got her nephew kidnapped and I put him in danger. Now he's all over social media with his secrets exposed. Secrets he only told me because he had to go relieving those god awful memories" Tony explains.

"Neither of you could've known. Peter trusts you and you're always there for him. May knew you'll protect him no matter what and she talked with Pepper before talking with you about it. She told Pepper she had some doubts about you once she found out you and Peter were keeping secrets but changed her mind as soon as she saw how much you cared for him. Making this decision was something she wanted and she knew Peter would've wanted it to" Rhodey shares with him.

"I'm a mess and Peter's life is ruined because of me" Tony grumbles.

"Tones, Peter looks up to you. What happened isn't your fault. Peter knows that and he never blamed you" Rhodey sighs.

"It's not just that Rhodey! I-I mean I took his suit away! And I keep messing up! And-" Tony starts to list.

"And he's still here because he wants to be. You aren't a bad parent" Rhodey assures.

"I'm going to kill Obadiah" Tony establishes.

"He's locked up in the Raft" Rhodey reminds him.

"So? I'm allowed in there and I'm going to kill him" Tony declares.

"Do you want him to die easily or slowly die in the Raft as he ages away?" Rhodey lays out the options.

"I want him to have a painful death" Tony states.

"The Raft treats the criminals like prisoners. They get jail food and don't even see the sunlight. He'll be stuck there till he's dead" Rhodey explains.

"Peter doesn't have to know" Tony suggests knowing what Rhodey is doing.

"Tony, it'll be reported on the news" Rhodey points out.

"Doesn't mean I killed him" Tony argues.

"Focus on yourself Tones, heal and take care of yourself" Rhodey tells him. "You should take a break from the lab."

"I like my lab" Tony protests.

"You haven't been outside besides dropping Peter off. Why don't we go out?" Rhodey asks.

"Geez Rhodes, if you wanted to ask me out on a date you should probably warn Pep first" Tony scoffs.

"I'm being serious Tony. You need to get out in the sun. You don't want me walking by myself out there, do you?" Rhodey guilt trips.

"Yeah, go ahead" Tony allows.

"You're so stubborn" Rhodey rolls his eyes.

"You know me so well honeybear" Tony smiles.

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"What the fuck" Abe curses out loud making everyone turn to him.

"Put your phone away and pay attention" Mj snaps at him.

"What is it?" Cindy wonders, ignoring Mj.

"Nothing, never mind" Abe waves off after taking a quick glance at Peter.

"Abe what is it?" Peter asks.

"Social media is just a bitch, you know?" Abe questions.

"Please refrain from cursing Abe, this is the tenth time today I've heard you" Mr. Harrington sighs.

"Put your phone away and focus. Competition is coming up and the school will be here before you know it. We need to be prepared and stop looking at our phones" Mj interrupts, making everyone look at her. "Now, what's the capital of Alaska?" 

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"Hey does anyone know what Abe saw earlier?" Peter wonders.

"It's-" Ned tries to say.

"It's nothing" Mj interrupts.

"Was it the paparazzi or the news reporters?" Peter immediately assumes.

"No! Nothing like that. They didn't post any pictures. Your dad probably took care of them" Ned answers.

"Can you guys please tell me? Is it good or bad?" Peter asks.

"It's nothing to worry about" Mj assures.

"Ned" Peter prompts only for Mj to shove Ned in the rib cage.

"Ow! I didn't even say anything!" Ned complains.

"Guys please" Peter pleads.

"Peter, it's seriously nothing. It's just some stupid people" Mj claims.

"Hey they're releasing a new Spider-Man Lego set tomorrow! Special and limited time only!" Ned gasps.

"That's cool. What's in it?" Peter wonders.

He wants to know what Abe saw on social media and what Mj and Ned are hiding from him but he guesses it's alright if he doesn't know. Maybe it'll be best if he doesn't know.

"One thousand pieces and it looks so cool! I'll send a picture!" Ned assures.

"Peter, there's a robbery two blocks down from you" Karen informs, interrupting the conversation.

"On it!" Peter replies as he swings towards the direction.

He hears people cheering his name from down below but pays no mind as he quickly swings towards the robbery. The alarm to the store gets closer and before he knows it, he's jumping in front of the guy who has a bag full of jewelry.

"You know if you wanted some jewelry, you could've asked a friend to borrow some" Peter informs him.

The man looks up and Peter feels his heart stop.

The man is bald with brown eyes, a beard, and mustache. He has a wide built to him and is tall. He feels himself flinching because the man looks kind of like Obadiah Stane.

Peter hears a gunshot go off and is too slow to realize that the man just shot him. He comes out of his stupor and starts to web the guy up. He takes the bag of jewelry and hands it to the police who are rushing towards him and the guy.

"Spidey we got EMTS on the way. Stay put" the officer demands.

"Oh, I'm fine thank you though sir" Peter thanks.

Peter is about to swing away but the guy puts a gentle hand on Peters arm, making sure he stays put.

"That bullet hole seems like it's still stuck in you. Let an EMT check it out" the officer argues.

"Oh it is?! Thank you! I didn't notice!" Peter thanks as he releases his arm from the officer and quickly pulls the bullet out. "I would've healed around it, thanks!"

"I uhh you should still be checked out. You need it to be cleaned and-" the officer tries to say.

"In all kindness sir, I'm alright and you should be checking on the pedestrians and the people who are in the store. Make sure they're alright. I promise I'll get it looked at. Have a good day sir!" Peter waves before quickly swinging away.

He thinks back to the man and feels a shudder running down his spine. He feels like his breath had gotten taken away.

"That was gross" Mj comments.

"You read gore but you can't see me pulling a bullet out of myself?" Peter questions through troubling breathing.

"Hey, you alright?" Mj immediately asks, noticing the way he had talked.

"Yeah" Peter chokes out.

He swings down on a rooftop but still can't find it in himself to breathe.

"I'm back, god that was so gross. Dude, what's happening?" Ned asks with wide eyes.

"It seems like you are experiencing a panic attack. I suggest listening to my techniques" Karen explains right before Peter rips his mask off.

He tries to get air into his lungs but ends of coughing on nothing. He stumbles until he's sitting down with his back pressed against the rooftop's ledge.

'He's not here. He's not here. He can't hurt you or dad. He's not here. He's in the Raft. He's gone. He's not here' Peter keeps repeating in his head.

Peters eyes frantically search his surroundings, just incase until he squeezes his eyes shut. He focuses on his breathing, inhaling and holding his breath. After a few seconds, he releases and lets out a cough.

The frantic breathing starts up again so he keeps repeating the process until he can finally breathe normal again. Tears are rolling down his face but he doesn't put the mask back on yet.

He tries to wipe the tears away but more falls until he's crying. He sits there in silence with his own cries being heard. 

It's not long after that he remembers about the bullet wound only to see that it's closing up. He brings his legs up to his chest no matter how bad it hurts, and cries.

'Stupid fucking Obadiah. That man looked just like him! Stupid trauma' Peter thinks angrily in his mind. 'He killed May. He almost killed Dad. He exposed everything from those stupid cameras. I'm stupid for not noticing them.'

"God what's the point of these powers when it's useless?!" Peter practically shouts.

But he knows it's not true. He's just angry at everything he endures because of these powers.

"With great power comes with great responsibility" Uncle Ben had said the day he died.

Peter let's out a sigh, controlling his anger. He looks back down at his leg to see a flash of Obadiahs face. He looks away and wipes his tears.

🕷

"Is Peter here yet? Dinner's almost ready" Wanda asks, still not seeing Peter in the comms.

"Isn't he out patrolling?" Pepper questions.

"He should be back now" Tony states, fear crawling up his body.

"Hey, it'll be alright. He probably just lost track of time" Rhodey assures.

"Friday, where's Peter?" Steve asks.

"Peter is currently on a rooftop down in Queens" Friday answers.

"Is he hurt?" Bucky wonders.

"He had sustained a bullet wound but he had pulled the bullet out and it seems like the wound had closed" Friday notes.

"Why didn't Karen alert you?!" Tony shouts.

"Peter said he was fine and it was healing" Friday claims.

"Is he still at the rooftop?" Nat questions.

"He's not unconscious but hasn't moved for the past thirty minutes" Friday explains.

"HE'S PROBABLY BLEEDING OUT!! GET ME A SUIT!!" Tony frantically yells.

"Did he turn off Karen or something?" Clint wonders.

"It seems like this AI you all talk about has its malfunctions" Thor states right before Tony blasts out of the tower with his suit on.

"I'm sure he's not bleeding out. Something else had obviously happened" Bruce points out.

"He could be in shock from his bullet wound" Vision claims.

"Friday just said he wasn't bleeding out! Do you think he's ok?" Pepper questions now getting freaked out.

"I did not mean to worry you. I'm sure Peter is alright" Vision assures.

"That's still not reassuring. If he's in shock and he's still bleeding, he might've lost a lot of blood" Sam retorts.

"How about we wait until we get an update? If something is wrong, Cho and her team will get alerted" Steve assures the group.

🕷

Tony gets to the rooftop to see Peter without his mask on and his head in his legs. He gently lands onto the rooftop and gets out of the suit.

"Underoos?" Tony gently calls out. Peter doesn't say anything but Tony hears him sniffle. "Hey, what's going on?"

Tony swiftly makes his way over to Peter and sits down besides him, gently pulling him into a side hug.

"I messed up" Peter admits.

"Yeah, I heard you got shot. Fri said it's healed though?" Tony questions only for Peter to nod. "I know you aren't crying from getting shot at or else you would've tried to not get shot at forever ago. Tell me what's this is about."

"I froze when stopping this robbery and the man shot me. That's what happened" Peter claims.

"You didn't get shot anywhere besides one place, right? You got the bullet out? That's what Friday said but I need to make sure" Tony recalls.

"One place, got it out" Peter assures.

"I didn't hear any civilians getting hurt" Tony points out.

He had Friday pull up what had happened when he was flying over. All it said was Peter stopped a burglar at a jewelry store and webbed him up. He got shot but swung away.

"That's good" Peter mutters.

"Roo, please tell me what's going on. I can help" Tony pleads.

"I'm just going crazy" Peter huffs out a laugh.

"You're not going crazy, I can promise you that" Tony promises.

"You can't promise what you don't know" Peter shuts down.

"Then why don't you tell me why you think you're going crazy" Tony suggests making Peter let out a sigh.

"After the Homecoming fiasco, I saw a man walking the street and he looked like Toomes. I had a panic attack and missed first period. Now after this...I see a guy look like Obadiah and I get shot because I froze. What if somebody got killed? What if these...what if it gets worse? I mean its happened a few times because of the building but...I don't want them to get worse again" Peter whispers.

"You're not going crazy Pete. You're going through something traumatic. I've dealt with those too after the whole Afghanistan fiasco. I kept seeing Yinsen, remind me to tell you more about him, and I kept seeing my kidnappers. I also felt like every time I heard the microwave go off, it was a bomb. I can promise you're not going crazy" Tony promises.

"I'm sorry" Peter apologizes.

"Can I see where you got shot?" Tony asks, his heart rate picking up.

Peter nods his head and moves to show him his leg. There's only a scar that'll be gone later but it looks like there are no infections and no blood coming out so that's good. Tony feels a relief flood wash over him that the bullet wound wasn't worse.

"Get Karen to alert me if something like this happens" Tony tells him which makes Peter nod. "You know Wanda's almost done with her Paprika dish. I've heard it's pretty good. Why don't I fly you over to the tower?"

"I thought I give you heart attacks when you fly me" Peter recalls.

"Only sometimes when you scare the shit outta me and I don't want your wound to burst back open. Come on before I change my mind" Tony ushers.

Chapter Text

It's been relatively fine for the rest of the day. Nobody acted weird or freaked out when Peter came home and Wanda's Paparki was really good.

Now, Peter is sitting in his room. It's getting late and he knows he should go to bed. Tony actually made him leave the lab so he can get some sleep but he doesn't want to go to bed yet.

He's tired, he knows he is but he just can't fall asleep. Thoughts of today has just been plaguing his mind no matter how hard he tries to not think of it.

Peter opens his phone to see a bunch of missed texts and calls from Mj and Ned. He feels guilty and knows he should respond. He hopes they didn't worry as much as it seems but he knows he's wrong. He feels awful for not texting or calling earlier.

He opens their group chat called Friends of Spider-Man. He kept denying that the name should be something else but he's gotta admit, the names better than Peter Parker Protection Squad.

Yeah, he saw the AcaDec group chat name change to it. He thinks it's nice that they want to look out for him but they shouldn't have to deal with that burden. He can protect himself.

🕷FOS🕷

Peter

Hey

Guy in the Chair🧑🏾‍💻

OMG PETERRR

R U OK?!!?!!??!!!

Bookworm🐛 

Did ur hole heal?

Peter

Ya it healed!

Srry I didnt get back earlier

Guy in the Chair🧑🏾‍💻

Y R U SRY?!

Srry caps

Were glad u r ok dude

Mj was worried 2

Bookworm🐛

Shut up

Peter

Aww I knew u cared!

🤗❤️

Bookworm🐛

I dont

But we need to win this competition 

Peter

And u think u can only win it with me on the team :D

Bookworm🐛

I'm kicking u out

Guy in the Chair🧑🏾‍💻

NOOOO WE NEED PETERRR

Peter

MJJJJJJJ

PLSSSSSS

IM SORRYYYY

I TAKE BACK FROM SAYING THE TRUTH😭

Guy in the Chair🧑🏾‍💻

WAHHHHH😭😭😭

PETERRRRRRR

MJJJJ PLSSSSSS

U CANT KICK OUT PETER

IT WONT BE THE HOLY TRINITY

Bookworm🐛

Oh thx for reminding me

U r also kicked off

Guy in the Chair🧑🏾‍💻

I TAKE IT BACK

I TAKE IT BACK

Peter

We're sorryyyy😭

Bookworm🐛

Losers🙄

Peter hears a thud coming from the vents making him freeze. He drops his phone and quietly gets up from his bed.

"Shit! Ow!" he hears a whispered curse.

"Clint?" Peter calls out.

"I'm not Clint! I'm the vent ghost!" Clint shouts.

"Why are you in the vents and in my room directly?" Peter questions.

Clint let's out a sigh and opens the vent, now holding it in his hands.

"I was bored and wanted to see what you were up to" Clint admits.

"I could've been changing" Peter states.

"I'm not a pedo! Ew! No!" Clint frantically yells.

"That's not what your vent crawling tells me" Peter points out.

"Hey! I have three kids! I'm not a pedo!" Clint scrambles to protest. "I-Nat can vouche for me! I don't ever want to see you naked! That's gross! You're a minor!"

"Then can you please leave my vents? I need to go to sleep, I have school tomorrow" Peter asks.

"Well it doesn't look like you were sleeping" Clint declares.

"I was going to sleep" Peter responds.

"Ok! Alright, I'm leaving!" Clint assures, putting the vent back in place.

Peter hears him crawl away and lets out a deep and calming breath. He puts his phone on its charger and crawls into bed. He really does need to try and sleep.

🕷

It's Wednesday, National Spider-Man Day. During the car ride to school, Peter saw a bunch of people wearing Spider-Man merch, even the people who were carrying briefcases.

He finds it weird that there's now a whole day dedicated to his alter ego. He finds it especially weird that so many people are wearing spidey merch.

"Hey, I wanted to let you know something" Tony begins to tell Peter.

"What is it?" Peter wonders.

"Happy and his team have been outside of your school. They managed to get reporters and paparazzi off the school grounds but they're still outside the fences and all that. They're also surrounding the back of the school" Tony explains.

"Well if they're outside the fence, I can still get in and be far away from them" Peter points out.

"How do you think you're going to get past the fence?" Tony asks him making Peter go silent. "Happy said he can walk you until you make it past the fence. I can also go if you'd like."

"No, it's ok. You don't have to come" Peter shuts down.

"That was a quick response, I'm hurt. Don't want to be seen with me?" Tony jokes.

"Haha. They're just going to take pictures of you and it's easy to avoid that if you just leave. I'll be fine" Peter assures.

"I'm fine with them taking pictures of me" Tony claims.

"Seriously dad, I'll be fine. You said Happy will be with me getting passed them so I don't see any harm in it" Peter shrugs.

"Ok...I just want to tell you some things to avoid them" Tony states.

"Don't talk with them, keep your head down, don't let them grab you, don't-" Peter starts to list.

"Wait, how do you know all of this?" Tony interrupts.

"Pepper told me awhile ago, before all of this" Peter answers.

"Good, take that advice from her" Tony nods.

"Cause your advice sucks?" Peter questions.

"You know what? You're a devil" Tony gasps making Peter laugh.

"Then you're Satan" Peter retorts.

"Guess I am" Tony relents when he notices they're a block down from the school.

They can already see a bunch of reporters and paparazzi outside the gates. It's hard to not miss them...especially because they're all wearing bright red and blue to support him.

"Why don't you just swing over the fence? I think it'll be easier" Tony suggests.

"I'm not giving them a publicity stunt. That'll make them keep turning up" Peter informs.

"Geez Pep really got the rules in your head" Tony realizes.

"She did say not to listen to your advice on this given your 'I am Iron Man' stunt" Peter mocks.

"It didn't even go bad" Tony rolls his eyes before stopping the car. "Well, have a good day at school. I see Happy and his team. Remember Peps rules. Love ya kiddo."

"Love you too dad, bye!" Peter waves before exiting the car.

He's immediately greeted by Happy and two security guards from his team and they start walking past paparazzi and reporters who surprisingly clear the way for them to walk.

Flashes are going off.

Questions are being shouted.

Peter blocks them all out.

He closes his eyes and tunes his senses in to make sure he's walking where he should be heading.

It's not long before they make it pass the front gate and now all of the paparazzi and reporters are behind the fence.

"You ok?" Happy asks.

"Yeah, thanks Happy! It's good to see you again!" Peter thanks.

"Good to see you too kid. Now go and don't annoy your teachers" Happy instructs.

"I don't annoy you! You love me!" Peter gasps when he notices something on Happys watch. "Oh my god you're wearing your Spider-Man watch I gave you!"

"Quiet down! You're going to give these people fake stories!" Happy warns.

"You mean real stories about how you love me and I don't annoy you?" Peter questions.

"You're annoying me right now. I have a job to do, go" Happy rolls his eyes.

"I'm pretty sure you're job includes me and I still have time for class" Peter points out.

"Thor, save me" Happy sighs.

"Are you also wearing your Spider-Man socks I got you? Oh my god do you have the Spider-Man underwear on too? Yes I know dad got it for you, Friday ratted" Peter smirks. "I'll get you a Spider-Man tie next and maybe a suit."

"Please for the love of Thor go to class" Happy grumbles. 

"Peter! Dude!" Ned shouts with Mj besides him.

"Oh look it's your friend and girlfriend, go" Happy exclaims.

"She's not my girl-" Peter argues but before he can finish, Happy walks away and Mj and Ned walk towards him.

Peter and Ned immediately starts to do their handshakes while Mj rolls her eyes.

"How about we go inside so they stop taking pictures of us?" Mj suggests.

"Oh right, yeah. Cya Happy!" Peter waves giving the man a big smile.

Happy turns around and reluctantly gives him a wave back. Peter then turns around and starts to walk into the building with Ned and Mj besides him.

"Is he wearing Spider-Man merch?" Ned wonders.

"Socks, watch, and I even think the underwear dad gave him" Peter lists making Ned burst out laughing. "Dad's also wearing his Spider-Man onesie so now I gotta go wear my Iron Man one later for payback."

"I can't believe Rhodey got you those" Ned laughs.

"You're literally questioning the onesies but you're whole outfit is ridiculous" Mj points out.

Ned is wearing a Spider-Man shirt, a Spider-Man webbed pajamas, and Spider-Man socks. He also has Spider-Man glasses and his Spider-Man hat with him in his bag for later which Peter doesn't know about.

The whole AcaDec team planned to be fully decked out later for practice without Peters knowledge. They had created a whole separate group chat with Mr. Harrington to make sure everyone knows the plan.

"Well I think it looks great! I mean Mj you're dressed too! Great shirt! Glad you didn't steal Neds hideous shirt that's in the back of his closet" Peter grins.

"Just for the record, I don't own any Spider-Man merch. My dad ran out to get me this shirt" Mj claims.

"Well at least your dad cares" Peter replies.

Mj rolls her eyes just as the bell rings.

"Yes! We have engineer first period today!" Ned shouts in excitement.

"Thank god. We're finally getting to work on the robot today" Peter smiles.

"I know right!" Ned agrees.

Ned and Peter continue to talk on their way to engineer with Mj splitting off at some point to head to art. 

Walking the hallways made Peter realize that a lot of people actually dressed in Spider-Man merch. It made him feel embarrassed but he's also glad that people still support him after everything.

Maybe this day won't be so bad after all.

Chapter Text

Engineer was fun. Ned and Peter got to work on the code and structure of the robot. They're making a miniature RD D2 and it's looking pretty great so far.

It's now second period and they have English. They're working on the group assignment but they hadn't gotten into their groups yet. Ms. Noval is doing attendance and the loud speakers goes on to start their daily announcements.

Betty and Jason usually show up on there to give a recap on what their morning news announcements had been about and then other random students would say the pledge. That's how it always goes.

"Hello Tigers! I'm Betty Brant!" Betty announces.

"And I'm Jason Ionello! Incase you missed our news announcements, we have a small recap going for you" Jason starts with.

"Today is National Spider-Man Day and to show your support to the local hero, show off your merchandise! We have a contest during both lunch periods held in the auditorium. The winner for best merchandise outfit will be sent via email to claim their awards!" Betty explains.

Peter feels his cheeks light up in embarrassment. It's still weird that this whole day exists, let alone majority of the school dressing up.

"The awards contains webbed themed cookies, a Spider-Man plushie, and some Spider-Man themed candies! If you'd like to participant in the contest, please go to the auditorium during your lunch" Jason lists.

"Now for todays sports! The tennis team has a home game against the Ravens! Please go to show your support! The game starts at 4:15! Dress in school colors to represent Midtown!" Betty announces.

"And now, Lily and Annabella will be giving todays pledge! Thank you!" Jason thanks.

🕷

School is finally over and Peter is heading to AcaDec practice. Mj and Ned had ditched him and told him they'll meet him. He doesn't know why but he lets them go off anyways.

He's eating some chips and looks at the time so see that he should start heading over. He throws out his now empty bag and walks into the decathlon room to see everyone dressed in crazy Spider-Man merch.

"What the..." Peter trails off, staring at all of them.

"Don't you like it?!" Ned asks.

Ned's wearing the same outfit as early plus his Spider-Man glasses and hat. Mj is wearing the same shirt but also a Spider-Man necklace and Spider-Man pants. Cindy and Abe are wearing different Spider-Man onesies. Betty's wearing a Spider-Man hoodie with the hood up to reveal the big eyes of the mask along with Spider-Man pants.

Flash is wearing a Spider-Man leather jacket with Spider-Man pants and a Spider-Man shirt. Charles is wearing a Spider-Man long sleeve shirt with one of his memes and again, Spider-Man pants. Sally's wearing Spider-Man glasses, a webbed hair clip, and a Spider-Man shirt and pants.

Then for Mr. Harrington, he's also decked out in Spider-Man merch. He's wearing Spider-Man glasses, Spider-Man pants and a shirt, a Spider-Man watch, and a Spider-Man tie. The sight is bizarre to see.

"Wha-I...I don't understand" Peter stutters.

"Man this whole day is dedicated to you because everyone loves you!" Ned exclaims.

"You've saved us from our deaths in DC!" Abe points out.

"We said we'd never bring that up again!" Betty hits him before turning to Peter. "But you really did. You also help us outside of the suit."

"Yeah! You helped me ace my test!" Sally states.

"And you helped me find my phone!" Charles notes.

"You're one of the best students I've ever taught. I've seen you do some really good things and I know you're capable of even more" Mr. Harrington explains.

"You helped me chase my dog down the street and you've helped me with my homework" Cindy recalls.

"I know I was a dick to you but you never fought back. I mean I guess you can say your revenge was crashing my dads car but I know you didn't mean that either. I'm sorry for being a total jackass" Flash apologizes.

"I already forgave you Flash" Peter assures.

"Mj! Say something!" Ned whispers making everyone look towards the pair, holding in their laughter.

"Thanks for saving Murph and my dad that day" Mj thanks.

"Mr. Delmar's your father?!" Peter and Ned shouts at the same time.

"Yeah" Mj nods.

"Oh my god you asked Mr. Delmar how his daughter was! You were basically telling you were gonna date his daughter!" Ned recalls making Peters face turn red.

"What?" Mj questions.

"I didn't! I-I really didn't! We were joking! He-he called Aunt May beautiful ok?! I had to say something! I didn't know!" Peter exclaims while everyone starts to burst out laughing.

"Oh my god the amount of conversations I've heard about Peter asking how you were!" Abe chuckles.

"All I knew was he had a daughter our age! Not that it was Mj! He kept talking about my aunt and I didn't want to hear about it!" Peter protests.

"Ok, I think that's enough teasing. I think Michelle will agree that we need to start practice" Mr. Harrington interrupts.

"No way! I have questions! Ned said this is false but I don't believe him. Do you really not lay spider eggs?" Abe questions.

"No, gross" Peter denies.

"How come you don't have webs coming out of your butt like an actual spider?" Charles wonders.

"Probably because that's also gross" Peter responds.

Peters spidey senses goes off and he reaches his hand out, catching a paper ball from behind.

"Woahhh! Epic!!" Abe shouts.

"Can we not throw things at each other?" Mr. Harrington asks.

"How does that work?" Sally asks.

"I don't know. It just warns me" Peter shrugs.

"Ok, ok. Enough with the questions and sit your asses down! We gotta start practice or else I'm holding you all longer!" Mj threatens.

Peter sends her an appreciative smile.

"Wait dude, you never told me why you skipped gym?" Ned brings up while he walks with Peter to their seats.

"Oh I ummm..." Peter trails off.

"Oh my god did Mr. Stark do something?!" Ned shouts making everyone turn to look at them.

"What did he do? What happened?" Cindy questions.

"Jesus Christ" Mj rolls her eyes.

"Friday may have ratted me out and told dad who got mad and made a secret phone call to Principal Morita. I only found out this morning when I got a text from Clint laughing at me" Peter explains.

"Do you think he can pull me out of gym?" Ned wonders.

"I don't know, he used the 'the spider kid constantly gets shot at and needs to heal. He shouldn't be tearing his wounds open during gym class' excuse" Peter mocks.

"How many times do you get shot at?" Betty asks even though she doesn't want to know the answer.

"I don't know, every week, sometimes every day" Peter shrugs.

"Can we refrain from asking Spider-Man questions in my presence. You know teachers are suppose to report these kinds of things" Mr. Harrington informs the group.

"Sorry Mr. Harrington" Peter apologizes.

"Who can tell me what's the answer to as "X" it forms an acid with the formula HXO4?" Mj shouts out making everyone quiet down.

She smirks to herself in success before getting a call.

"I thought we were suppose to silence our phones Mj?" Peter retorts making Mj give him an evil death glare. "Sorry, sorry. I can't say anything when I skip too much."

"You should answer it" Ned suggests seeing that her dad is calling her. 

"I'll take over here" Mr. Harrington assures.

Mj walks away, answering the phone before stopping dead in her tracks. She turns around to see Peter already gone.

"He's coming" Mj answers before hanging up.

"What's going on?" Ned asks.

"Car chase down the road from the deli" Mj responds.

"Guy in the chair time!" Ned hollers before FaceTiming Peter. As soon as she hears Peter on the phone, she quickly grabs it from Ned. "Hey! Guy in the chair Mj!"

"We're in the middle of practice and in order for you to be apart of the team, you need to answer the questions while chasing down the car" Mj explains.

"Alright! Alright! Hey buddy! You're going too fa-HEY! YOU ALMOST SHOT ME!" Peter yells while gunshots go off in the background.

"Are you ok?" Mr. Harrington quickly asks.

"Oh yeah just the passenger in the getaway car is shooting, no biggie!" Peter assures.

"Great, how fast can a bullet travel?" Mj wonders.

"That's not even a decathlon question!" Peter replies.

"Answer it Parker, times ticking" Mj warns. "You get shot a lot, you should know."

"That's so unfair. Uhhh anywhere from 490 to 4,600 feet per second. Equivalent to 8,000 miles per hour" Peter answers.

"Karen, you better not be pulling up the information for him. He's in practice" Mj tells her.

"I have no intention in assisting Peter with school. My focus is on the criminals in the stolen car" Karen explains.

"Mj, please let me be his guy in the chair!" Ned whines.

"And let us see the screen! We want to see what's going on!" Betty states.

"Next question, who killed Abraham Lincoln?" Mj asks making everybody groan.

Chapter Text

"Earlier today Spider-Man had helped police catch two criminals in a stolen car! The car chase had went on for an hour and that entire hour Spider-Man was yelling out some random facts!" a news lady explains in front of the camera as she stands outside in the city of Queens.

"We have heard that Mr. Parker is in the Academic Decathlon team from his school and he's friends with the captain. There's a lot of suspicion that he was still participating in their practice while crime fighting" the news lady continues.

Peter is sitting on a rooftop in Queens, listening in to the news lady below. He's laughing to himself at how funny and embarrassing the whole thing was.

"Thank you Spidey!" Officer Sanchez thanks.

"No problem! Nuclear acid!" Peter shouts making the officers eyes go wide. "Sorry! That wasn't to you! Thank you for your help officer!"

Peter starts to walk away letting out a little whine of Mj's name making the officer chuckle.

"As everyone always says, school comes first. That's the same when it comes to crime fighting!" the news lady claims.

Peter steps off the roof and let's himself free fall before catching onto a web.

"WOOHOOO!!" Peter screams while passing the news lady.

"And Spidey sure agrees with that statement!" the news lady chuckles. "Happy National Spider-Man Day everybody!"

Peter shoots out another web and does a flip into the air.

He knows it's going to take time to heal and it's going to be a journey but he's got friends and family to help along the way.

He knows it'll take awhile just like the Vulture but this time, it's something he doesn't have to go through alone.

Him and Tony both had went through a shared traumatic experience. No matter how many times Peter had wished Tony wasn't there, he knew that wasn't going to happen. Obadiah had this planned and they weren't in control of it.

They're in this healing process together. They'll help each other along the way and heal. It'll be alright in the end.

Sure, his identity and secrets got leaked.

Sure, he's still freaked out about it. 

But, it's not all that bad. It has some perks like how supportive a lot of people are including the AcaDec team. They were a bunch of people who had their own friend groups but now, now they're like a family. The bond is unbreakable to them.

For the haters, well he can manage pass that. He'll have Karen block the hate comments and posts from his social media accounts and won't have to worry about it.

He knows he'll still get hate obviously but at least he doesn't have to see it. He's read enough hate from J. Jonah Jameson and it aggravates him. He's not a menace. 

He's the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.

🕷

Tony is sitting in his lab, smiling to himself. The walk with Rhodey sure did help and they were lucky they didn't get caught by their awesome covers.

A baseball cap and sunglasses, nobody ever bats an eye.

He pulls up a picture of him and Peter and knows everything will be ok.

He'll help Peter get through this while also helping himself. Rhodey was right. He needs to heal in order for Peter to heal. He needs to help himself in order to help Peter.

He's going to be a better father than Howard ever was.

He'll make sure his kid won't ever have to go through pain again.

"Spider-Man is chasing down a car thief with officers speeding after!" a news lady exclaims.

Ok...he can't guarantee that but he can guarantee that he'll always be there for his kid. He'll have better protection and better safeguards. He won't let his kid ever get taken again.

And he won't ever let his kid die on his watch.

Dum-E spills over a coffee mug but instead of shouting and getting annoyed, he just laughs. 

Everything will be alright.

🕷

New York City adores Spider-Man. They adore Peter Parker.

There are haters but there's more people who love them than hate him. They'll do anything to protect their friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.

"SPIDER-MAN'S A MENACE!! HE'S GOING TO COR-" a man starts yelling.

"SHUT UP!" another man screams at him.

There was another incident where these kids were spray painting in an alley. One kid drew Spider-Man and his friend drew devil horns on him. The kid punched him and fixed the painting to show that Spidey is an angel.

A week later, there was a Spider-Man and Iron Man parade. They were asked if they wanted to be on floats but Peter automatically denied. He didn't even think there should be a Spider-Man parade.

Obviously everyone disagreed but Peter still said no. Tony respected that decision and they watched from a rooftop.

It was honestly better than being in the parade and Tony's gotta admit that. They had so much food with them while the pigeons were besides them. At first he was a little freaked out but Peter kept laughing at him making him man up.

Everyone in the city had went. The parade was held in Queens and it was packed. They saw the two heroes laughing on the rooftop but nobody recorded them. They were just happy that the two heroes were being honored and showed up.

Social media was a whole different story. Everyone from the world posts their opinions and most of them contains Peter. There's more positivity than negativity but then others were also some straight out weird posts.

Twitter was like a whole different dimension.

Chapter Text

@spideysgf

Have y'all seen how HOT Peter is?! Why couldn't he go to my school🥵

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@dcgeek 

Y did u guys so easily skip the past of Peters sob story? Him crying to Tony Stark and u all feel pity on him! It's ridiculous! He prob made that shit up to make himself look vulnerable so we all stop hating on him! Well it's not working!

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@girlypop

I just met Spidey and he was so freaking nice!! He's literally the sweetest!💖

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@opheliakurtz

Found this image of Spidey's first suit! Adorable in his pjs!✨

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@spooderman replied to  @opheliakurtz

It wasn't pjs tyvm and they were very comfortable. U try being a broke spidey🕷

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@heyitzofficial

I just saw the leaked photo of Peter and Tony and I NEED more!! They're such father and son goals! I love it!🤩❤️

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@hogwartzwizard

I used to not like Tony Stark but now my opinion is slowly changing. He loves Peter like his own son and that's making me tear up. Love them🫶🏻😭

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@carsoe

DID ANYONE SEE THE LEAKED VIDEO OF PETER AND TONY FIGHTING THAT MONSTER WITH THE OTHER AVENGERS?! IM SCREAMING!!!

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@holygrail

Ngl I feel bad for knowing spideys identity, you know? The man kept it for a secret for two years just for it to be exposed. His whole life got flipped upside down and the world was split between hating, loving, and petrified that the hero is only sixteen. This year has been a crazy rollercoaster to say the least

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@hrropa

Some of u guys r DISGUSTING!! U should NOT be making edits of Tony and Peter's kidnapping! Idc if u have a sad song over it, it's fucked up! The whole thing shouldn't have happened let alone the fact being broadcasted!

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@scatterghost

SAY IT LOUDER 4 THE PPL IN THE BACK!! I just saw an edit of them with a disturbing sound over! They were basically making fun of the fact this happened! I'm mortified

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@homeboy

I've always supported spidey. I live in the city and he's always done amazing things but finding out he's 16?! A 16 yr old shouldn't have this kind of responsibility and going out there to stop criminals. He's 16 for Christ sakes

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@animedream

I still don't support Tony but seeing him care about Peter and protecting him other than only caring about himself is showing a nice side of him

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@sciefi

OK OK OK WAIT SINCE PETER IS CALLING TONY DAD NOW DOES THAT MAKE HIM PETER PARKER-STARK?! THATS SO CUTEEEE

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@zzzsle

I go to Midtown with Peter and I gotta say the dudes smart as hell. He doesn't even pay attention and gets the answers right. We get a lot of homework and tests but he still manages to fight crime. If u don't think he's a hero, u r delulu

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@barneypal

For u guys simping over Peter u better be under age 18 and above like 14. He's 16 aka a MINOR! Don't need u disgusting pedos going after him

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@palaceguardian22

I knew Peter since middle school and he failed at gym. He still failed at gym while gaining his powers to not cause suspicion. That man had tricked us for 2 yrs bc he continued to fail at gym😭 that man is a legend for that🤞🏼 gaslighted the hell outta us, respect man🫡 

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@bakeryinQueens

Just made webbed themed cookies for anyone who wants to try! They come with chocolate, vanilla, and sugar cookie flavors! We also made Spider-Man cupcakes with all different flavors!🕸️🕷

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@zumbaok

I bet Peter was the reasons 4 y his family had died. His parents apparently got into a plane crash according to google why? Dunno. His uncle got shot in front of him while he had his powers and then his aunt because Obadiah wanted him

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@enimza

Happy National Spider-Man Day everyone! Luv what u do for the city spidey! I'm planning my trip to the city soon and I hope I spot you!❤️💙

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@spooderman replied to  @enimza

Have fun in the city and stay out of trouble! I'll be swinging around Queens🕸️🕷

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