By the time Peter had listened to Aunt May's scolding, Tony Stark had pulled up everything there was on Peter Parker. The kid who had managed to make him feel guilty for doing nothing, and someone SHIELD had labeled as a Spiderman suspect.

SHIELD probably could've figured out who Spiderman was, if they really wanted to, but apparently he wasn't a main concern. Besides, Spiderman had only done good things for the city.

It couldn't be a coincidence that Spiderman had saved the day at the base of his tower, then a few minutes later Peter Parker had shown up defending none other than Spiderman himself. Everything Parker had said was spoken as if it was very personal to him, all the more reason to investigate.

Tony Stark didn't know exactly why he wanted to know who Spiderman was, but part of it was how close Spiderman had hit home. Something the vigilante had done had directly affected him, and Tony's curiosity had gotten the better of him. He wasn't stalking; the term was too blunt and disgusting.

Just, keeping tabs, per say.

When JARVIS pulled up tabs on Parker, Tony had been impressed, as Peter was pretty much top of his class at Midtown Science; a science boy, nonetheless. Despite their argument, Tony thought he could make quick friends with the teen.

On the topic of Parker's more depressing tale; his parents both dead in a mysterious plane crash, raised by his aunt and uncle, until his uncle was shot by a robber. If he really was Spiderman, that would explain the personal vendetta towards petty crime.

That brought up the spider powers, and there were a few conclusions that Tony immediately thought of. He was born with them, and didn't act on them until his Uncle's death. (Or just ignored/didn't know about them until then.)

Maybe he had them all along, but something triggered them. His last palpable idea was that they had been recently developed from some sort of experiment or what-not.

Tony knew how to find evidence to back up some of his propositions (despite what the general public frequently forgot, he had taken Stark industries from a regular successful company to a multibillion dollar company that practically dominated the market; research was easy) , and decided to start with the first one. He looked up the birth records for Peter Parker, and searched for any complications during birth. There might not necessarily have been any, but if there was, it could easily stem back to mutant powers.

There weren't any, so then Tony decided to look further into Peter's health history. He was searching for any abnormal doctor discoveries or odd trips to the hospital. All Tony found was a broken leg and a case of swine flu.

Digging deeper, he pulled up juvenile records. Peter Parker had a clean slate, minus one small infraction. A while ago he had jumped into a tour at Oscorp with someone else's ID card.

Seeing as nothing was documented in Peter's history that led Tony to believe that Peter had always had his abilities, he moved onto the next theory; something had triggered his dormant powers. (Assumedly being his Uncle's death.)

That got Tony thinking. Most vigilantes were vigilantes because they thought the law wasn't enough. Every hero also had a back story, or reason to do what they do. If Peter was Spiderman, there was no reason for him to be any different.

"JARVIS, tell me the details of Ben Parker's death."

"Sir, Ben Parker was shot in attempt to stop an armed robbery. He bled to death on the sidewalk, his nephew Peter Parker the only one there for his time of passing. The suspect was described to have shoulder length blonde hair, and a star tattoo on his wrist. He was never brought in for questioning."

"That's enough JARVIS. Bring up Spiderman's record of whoever he brought in, preferably around the time when he first showed up."

"He was shown to go after men with shoulder length blonde hair. If there were any witnesses, they reported Spiderman having checked wrists of the criminal," JARVIS informed.

"Okay, that's just too much of a coincidence," Tony spoke to himself. He was interrupted from his thoughts as his "science bro," Bruce, walked in. "Hey green guy!"

"Can I help you, Tony?" Bruce replied, not really paying attention. He continued to sit down with his coffee and newspaper.

"A newspaper Bruce, really? Who reads newspapers nowadays? Minus Rogers, of course. He's old," Tony drawled out the word, skipping over the fact that he was twice Roger's physical age.

"Mhm," was Bruce's reply.

"Are you even listening?" Tony questioned.

"That's fascinating Tony, really."

"You aren't listening," Tony stated flippantly. "Fine, I'll keep my Spiderman theories to myself then."

"So Spiderman, that's your new toy?" Bruce asked, slowly putting down his paper and turning to look Tony in the eye. His glasses slid slightly down his nose, but they only added to disapproving professor image.

"So you are listening?" Tony pointed out.

"Selective hearing, Tony. Selective hearing."

Tony scoffed. "I've been researching-"

"As usual," Bruce interjected. Tony glared, but continued.

"I've been looking into Spiderman. I don't know if you saw the gaping hole in the Tower, but there was a Spiderman fight there with some weird super charged villain who caused said hole. Speaking of which, I should probably get someone working on that. We don't need to make security breaches easy for SHEILD."

Bruce ignored Tony's rant, focusing more on the Spiderman obsession. "Tony, just leave Spiderman alone. If he wanted people to know his identity, he'd have revealed it."

"But I'm not 'people.' We're not just people! Better us than SHIELD, because you know they'll look into it. Besides, they actually already have, that's how I found the name Peter Parker. Other options are feasible, but he was my first guess and the facts point to him."

"Even if that was reasonable, what makes you so sure it's this Peter Parker?" Bruce points out. Tony grinned, already having compiled his finds into a file. He brought it up on the glass coffee table Bruce had set his morning beverage on.

Bruce, unfazed, scrolled through Tony's findings. Tony could tell he was genuinely interested, but wasn't going to let him know.

Tony grinned like a kid on Christmas morning; he already started to run through plans in his head. Disastrous, exploding, brilliant plans that would no doubt find him on the receiving end of one of Pepper's rants.

He would deal with it when it came.

"If that doesn't catch your interest, look at this." Tony had pulled up some up Peter's academic records and accomplishments, and noticed an essay he had sent into a science newspaper. It hadn't been published, but he was sure Bruce would be flattered. Flattered enough, hopefully, to give the idea that had started brewing in Tony's head some thought.

Tony pulled the essay up onto the table for Bruce to see, watching as his eyes lit up.

"He wrote a compare and contrast essay on cross species and gamma radiation, with valid information that would not be out of place in a science journal? I like this kid," Bruce said. Tony grinned, knowing he had caught his science pal's interest. "I have to admit Tony; you have some decent evidence stacked up here. But we can't just confront the kid, this isn't enough."

"That's where you come in," Tony said. Bruce groaned. "You see, take it from me, but this kid doesn't exactly like me."

"You've met him?" Bruce asked, curious.

"Under rather unpleasant circumstances, yes. We got off on the wrong foot, per say. He's not my biggest fan. But, he's obviously a fan of you; he referenced you in that paper of his." Bruce gave him his full attention. "It would be very believable if you said you saw his essay, one way or another. We can sort out details later, but I'm sure Peter Parker would love to work as the personal intern of Bruce Banner."

"What the hell would I do with an intern, Tony?"

"I'm sure you could think of something, after all, it couldn't hurt to have your own personal lab assistant. Parker is smart enough," Tony retorted. Bruce was silent, silently debating the idea.

"I'll think about it," was his answer. Tony figured he could work with that. It was better than nothing.

"Tony!" a rather pissed Pepper Potts yelled. "What is this?" she asked, pointing to the file of his Spiderman research he had left open on the coffee table from hours earlier. Pepper had arrived home late from a business trip, annoyed by the fact that Tony had, yet again, left his work lying around. Holographic work or not, it was highly angering for her.

"Well you see," Tony started. "I already told you about the Spiderman fight, which made me curious. Who is Spiderman? SHIELD didn't know, they just had suspects. But then I met this kid earlier after the whole explosion thingy and his name was on suspect list and I was just to curious to ignore it and-"

"Stop right there. I don't want to hear it. You said this was a kid?"

"Yeah, his name was-"

"No!" Pepper cried. "I want to respect his decision to keep his identity anonymous. How would you feel if you were unmasked before you wanted everyone to know? If he's just a kid, his identity getting out could ruin his life!"

"But I won't tell anyone!" Tony whined. "Not even SHIELD!"

"No Tony, you stop this obsession now! Spiderman has done nothing but good and he the least he deserves is his identity kept a secret. That's his choice to make, not yours!"

Tony huffed, "Fine." Pepper glared and turned heel, storming to their bedroom. Regardless of whether or not Tony was continuing his investigation, he would make sure Bruce continued his.

Peter was dozing off as he stared out the window in his AP Biology, fifth period. Sighing in relief as the bell rung, he stood and prepared to leave.

"Peter," his teacher called.

He halted. "Yeah?"

"I've received an internship request for you, specifically."

This caught his attention, and excitement. "Really? Who?"

"Bruce Banner, have you heard of him?"

Peter nearly choked. "Bruce Banner? How'd he hear of me?" Peter asked, his excitement not very well contained.

His teacher continued, "Apparently he saw an essay you'd written on cross species and gamma radiation."

Peter remembered immediately, having been very proud of his work. It hadn't been published sadly, but he had actually enjoyed writing it, nonetheless.

He didn't care of when, or where. He wasn't going to pass up an opportunity like this.

"Can you tell him I say yes? Oh, and pass on my number please," he rattled off his number, wanting to confide in Gwen as quickly as possible. His day was definitely looking up. He turned to leave, but his teacher spoke up.

"Peter, I need to write you a pass."

"Oh yeah," Peter remembered. He didn't remember telling his teacher his destination, didn't care. He was too happy. He, Peter Parker, was going to be working with Bruce Banner. Uncle Ben would be proud.

"Tony!" Bruce called.

"Hold on!" was Tony's reply. He was neck deep in some experiment or other, and hardly wanted to be deterred.

"Peter accepted," Bruce interjected.

"Accepted what?" Tony asked.

"Really Tony? He accepted the internship, remember?"

"Of course I remember. I just forgot, for like a second. Take that stick outta your ass, Banner."

Bruce rolled his eyes, expecting no less from Tony. Tony: Billionaire, playboy, genius, but terrible memory. He had the attention span of a two year old.

"He starts Monday, by the way. So I expect you to leave me alone in my part of the lab," Bruce demanded.

"No problem," Tony lied. "I'll be sure to stay out of the probably Spiderman's way."

Bruce sighed. Tony was going to be a pain in the ass. That much he was sure of.

It's a bit short, sorry. But I hope everyone likes it! There will be more action in future chapters, and I'm so happy with all the positive feedback and constructive criticism that I got! Thanks so much guys!

Again, Thanks to my awesome beta, Emmalie22!