Ned and MJ would come by the Compound regularly to hang out with Peter. Ned always geeked out at the sight of it while MJ got over being impressed 10 minutes into her first visit, now when she was over acted like she lived there. Tony always found Peter's friends entertaining and it helped that they were a bunch of geniuses.
One day, Ned and MJ came over after their academic decathlon practice and they were with Peter in the common room working on homework. Tony was passing though the room on his way to the lab when he noticed Peter was zoned out, staring at MJ. Tony smirked to himself thinking, 'So the kid has a crush.' Tony was about to embarrass his kid when someone spoke so he decided to eavesdrop.
"Hey loser, did you get to question 35 yet?" MJ asked, obviously unaware of Peter's inattentiveness.
Peter didn't respond and it took Ned elbowing him with a grin for him to respond "uhm what?"
MJ rolled her eyes, "Never mind loser your useless" she said putting her pencil down before picking her book up to start reading.
Peter was embarrassed. He couldn't believe he was so distracted by looking at her that he couldn't hear her asking him something. He rubbed his neck and sighed.
Ned passed him a note and all it said was "Ask her out already, this is starting to get embarrassing to watch." Peter looked up to MJ making sure she was distracted and looked back to Ned and shook his head, silently conveying "We're just friends."
Tony could tell Peter was trying to convince Ned that he didn't have a crush. It was so obvious that he was panicking when he thought that Ned would tell her he likes her. 'Guess I better get out of hiding and save the kid from his friend.' Tony thought as he walked into the room.
"Well, doesn't this look like you're having a blast Pete?" Tony said with a giggle.
"Hey Tony" Peter said a bit embarrassed
"You kids have a good day at prison, I mean at school?" Tony quipped.
"If only it was a prison then we wouldn't have to pay for our food" MJ retorted.
"Girl, you're one hell of a spitfire. Remind me to never get on your bad side, I already got my hands full with Pepper, Peter better watch his back." Tony said smiling.
"He does especially around me, no clue why when I have no intentions on hurting the loser" MJ said shrugging went back to her book.
Peter looked away from Tony obviously embarrassed.
"Hey Pete, can you come with me for second down to the lab? I need your help with something that won't take long" Tony asked.
Peter got nervous again "Uhm yeah sure Tony"
As he got up to follow Tony, he looked back at Ned who was laughing about the whole situation and Peter just started to shake his head.
As soon as Peter got into the lab, Tony was already sitting at the bench and turned around and looked at the other seat as Peter sat. Tony looked at him for a second before saying, "So how long have you been interested in girls' kiddo?"
Whatever Peter was waiting for, this was not it. He was blindsided by how Tony knew from a single comment from MJ that he liked her.
"uhm what Tony?" Peter asked confused.
"Fine, play all innocent but how long have you had your eyes on MJ? Don't deny it, I witnessed it myself" Tony said chuckling.
"We're friends, nothing more" Peter said firmly.
"Not with the way you were staring at that girl, you were totally zoned out Pete. You have enhanced senses and you couldn't hear what a person was saying when they were less than 3 feet away from you." Tony said smirking.
Peter looked like a deer in the headlights "uhm, I had stuff on my mind" he said quietly looking away from Tony.
"Pete, what's the big deal about liking MJ as more than a friend? I seriously doubt her dad's evil too." Tony responded.
Peter finally made eye contact with Tony again. "Well I doubt she likes me that way and I don't want to lose her as a friend by asking her out and being turned down" Peter said sighing.
"Pete, I guarantee that if you ask MJ out, she will say yes." Tony said with a smile.
"How are you so sure?" Peter asked perking up slightly.
"Let's just say you were not the only one who's been caught staring" Tony said.
Peter just looked at him shocked.
"I've noticed her staring at you when you weren't paying attention the last few times she's been over. Today is the first time I got confirmation that the feelings were mutual." Tony said smiling.
Peter finally spoke "Seriously?"
"Yeah kiddo, even though I'm not sure why she chose you, you're clueless" Tony said laughing.
Peter punched Tony arm "Hey, it's not funny Tony."
"It was a little funny and if you don't believe me about the staring thing, I'm sure Ned, who was around with you both a lot more, would agree with me" Tony said grinning.
"I don't need to ask as he keeps telling me to ask her out" Peter said causally.
"See, so I see no problem asking her out and MJ is a great girl, she's basically a mini Pepper" Tony said with a chuckle.
Peter smiled at Tony's comment, "Yeah she is. God remind me never to introduce them."
"Pete for my sake, just don't. I could hardly handle one person telling me what to do" Tony said then started laughing hard.
Peter grinned "I guess I could ask her to go to a movie with me" he said nervously.
"That's the spirit kiddo! Movies are always a good first date" Tony said patting his back.
"Thanks for the pep talk Tony, it definitely helped" Peter said smiling.
"No problem kiddo, let's go" Tony said leading Peter out of the lab.
They went up to go back to the common room and saw MJ was still reading while Ned was on his phone. Tony winked at Peter before walking ahead of him and saying, "Hey Ned, didn't you tell me you were a big Captain America Fan?"
Ned looked up with the biggest smile. "Mr. Stark, I'm his biggest fan there is." He said loudly.
"Well, I'm pretty sure Capsicle is here so let's go pay him a visit" Tony said waving Ned to follow him.
"Oh my god, this is the greatest day of my life" Ned said practically sprinting off the couch to follow Tony.
As Tony and Ned walked past Peter, Tony mouthed to Peter 'You owe me big time' Peter just gave him a grin nd shook his head as they left. He then went to join MJ.
All of sudden, Peter got nervous again but took a deep breath before asking.
"Hey MJ, there's something I wanted to ask you" he said nervously.
MJ looked up from her book just realizing he was back in the room but didn't stop reading to give him her full attention.
"Ask away loser" MJ responded casually
Peter started rubbing his neck "Uhm I was -wondering -if you wanted -to go- to – a- movie- with- me?" Peter said nervously covering his face after feeling embarrassed.
MJ looked up from her book quickly "What did you say?" she asked nervously as she dropped her book on the ground without realizing it.
Peter steadied his nerves and tried again "I was wondering if you would want to go see a movie with me?" he said as calmly as he could.
MJ just stared at him for a minute before asking "Loser are you asking me out?"
Peter looked at her and nodded.
"About time! I noticed the staring weeks ago" she said smiling.
Peter was shocked and confused.
"And if you're lost, obviously the answer is yes" MJ responded with a grin.
Peter smiled, he was beyond happy and distracted with his thoughts that he didn't notice MJ now sitting next to him. Once he realized she was leaning towards him, he did the same and they shared a short and simple kiss. They broke apart, just gauging each other's reaction before going back for another kiss, this one much longer and with more passion that didn't end until some voice broke them apart.
"I take it she said yes huh Pete?" Tony said as he entered the common room with Ned not far behind.
Ned looked at them then he started laughing and said "Finally"
Peter felt himself turn a deep shade of red then he looked at MJ who was also a bit red but calmly shrugged off Tony and Ned's comments and said "yeah it took the loser forever to gather the nerve to ask me out"
Tony was laughing so hard "Well I think you have enough nerve for him MJ, Pete watch your back with her."
Ned patted Peter on the back "Told you she'd say yes" he said with a grin.
"Alright kiddos, we've seen enough for one night. I think it's high time we get you home, let's go" Tony said grabbing his keys as Ned and MJ gathered their stuff.
"See you at school Peter" Ned said waving before getting into the elevator.
"Bye loser, text me later" MJ said joining Ned.
Tony just chuckled "I'll be right down, go on ahead" the elevator shut.
"Congrats kiddo! See, I told you that you can do It." Tony said while giving Peter a hug.
"Quick question before I take your friends home, do I have to give you the birds and the bees talk or has May handled that?" Tony said laughing.
Peter's eyes went big "no, I never want to get that talk from you ever." Peter said begging.
"Hey who else is better than me? I'm basically your dad" Tony asked.
"Anyone but you, I don't need it. God Tony, I just kissed a girl, relax." Peter begged.
"I know Pete, I just love messing with you" Tony said patting his back "Okay, I'll be back in a little while then we can order something for dinner, deal?"
"Deal, now get going I'm starving" Peter responded.
"I won't be long" Tony said as he walked into the elevator just as the doors were closing Tony said "But one day you are getting the talk from me and you can't stop me Pete."
Peter just face palmed feeling somewhat scared of what would eventually come.