"Hey Mr. Stark," said Peter, tossing his backpack on the counter.
Tony looked up from what he was working on, "Hey, kid. How was school today?"
"It was fine," Peter shrugged, taking out his notebook.
Tony braced himself for a full-blown rant like any other day, however was surprised when he was met with silence. Tony frowned, leaving his work behind to sit next to the troublesome teen.
"Okay, kid. Spill," Tony ordered, his eyes glued to Peter.
"Wha- huh? What do you mean Mr. Stark?" Peter replied, taking a sudden interest in his shoes.
Tony rolled his eyes, "Don't play dumb with me, Pete. I know something's on your mind. Is it another villain, did you break the suit? No wait, don't tell me you-"
"May's got a boyfriend," Peter blurted, a blush creeping up his neck.
"May has… a boyfriend?" Tony repeated, raising an eyebrow.
Peter nodded.
"Okay. May has a boyfriend. What's the problem? Did he hurt you, is he annoying you? I'm sure your aunt would understand if-" Tony asked, his eyes widening as he thought of all the, possibly, worst scenarios that could've happened.
"No, no. I haven't met him, yet. Uh, that's the thing. I- uh. I'm just nervous, okay. After Ben died, it was just May and I, you know. So it's kind of weird, but I don't know. May looks so happy and I just don't want to make a bad impression on him…" Peter rambled, slowing down as he caught Tony's look of relief.
Peter swatted Tony's arm, "Hey! I'm serious. This could go really bad."
Tony shook his head as he laughed, " Seriously, kid? I thought somebody was hurting you or something. Don't worry, I'm sure he'll like you,"
Peter hid his face behind his hands, " You only say that cause you like me," he said, voice muffled.
"No, Pete. I'm saying this cause I know you. You've managed to wrap Pepper around your finger, I'm sure you could charm anybody at this point," Tony assured, ruffling Peter's hair.
"When are you meeting him?" Tony asked, getting up to pour himself some coffee.
"After a few hours. We're having him over for dinner," Peter replied.
"Well we have an hour or so to kill, I guess. What do you want to work on?"
"Well, I did have a few ideas for the suit…"
5 hours later
Tony was in the same position Peter had left him, working on some upgrades. As he looked at the blueprints for the new ideas the kid wanted to incorporate into his Spider-man suit, Tony began thinking about him. He reached for his phone to call him, wondering how the 'meeting' went. The phone kept ringing, and Tony was about to cancel the call when Peter finally picked up.
"Hey Mr. Stark," Peter answered in, what seemed, a happy tone.
"Hey, kid. How'd the meeting thing go?"
"Oh, you mean David. Oh my god Mr. Stark. He's like the coolest person ever!" Peter replied with enthusiasm.
Tony felt a twinge of jealousy shoot up, but he ignored it and replied, "so I'll assume everything went smoothly?"
"Yup! Honestly, Mr. Stark, you really have to meet him. He's so funny, I think we were just laughing the entire time!" Tony could practically hear Peter's grin from where he was.
"Cool, kid. I'm sure we will," Tony managed to say without coming off jealous, " you're still coming tomorrow, right?"
"Uh, actually Mr. Stark. I was going to ask you if we could reschedule, because David and I are going to see a movie tomorrow?" Peter asked, hoping it wouldn't bother Tony.
"…Yeah, sure, kid. Of course. How about we do it on the weekend?" Tony replied, shocked and slightly hurt.
"Sounds perfect Mr. Stark! Turns out David is a Star Wars fan, so we're going to watch the new one tomorrow. Guess I can finally stop bothering you with my fanboying. Anyways, gotta go. See you soon, bye!"
"Bye, Peter," Tony muttered.
Tony glared at the wall in front of him. Him, jealous? No, of course not. His kid just ditched him for a random guy. No, he wasn't jealous at all. He just needs to make sure that that David guy isn't the coolest anymore. What does David have that he doesn't.
'I'm a billionaire, I can literally get anything for the kid. God, and that little shit 'David' also likes those damned movies. Damn, Peter's going to stop his cute ramblings now. And does that mean Star Wars movie night is cancelled? I knew I should've payed attention to them.'
"Hope you're not overthinking too much, Tony," a voice said from behind.
Tony turned to see Pepper leaning on the door, "Since when have you been here?" Tony grumbled.
"Long enough to know what you're thinking," Pepper laughed, walking over to kiss his cheek, "Don't worry Tony. The kid would never replace you. He loves you too much."
"Yeah, yeah. Doesn't seem like it, cause right now, 'David is the coolest guy ever' and he like those nerdy movies," Tony replied in a mocking voice.
Pepper laughed, shaking her head, "Never thought you'd get jealous over this. He's your kid, Tony. Everybody knows that,"
"Except David. He doesn't know that," Tony muttered, his gaze dropping to the floor.
"Believe me, with Peter's rambling, that David guy will know, maybe already does, " Pepper said, as she headed outside the lab to go to bed.
"Nope, he'll know cause I'm going to tell him personally tomorrow," Tony said, speaking to nobody in particular.
Iron-dad: activated.