Sorry about taking forever to upload. I've been so swamped with school and I've been in and out of the hospital for eating disorders and other mental health stuff lately so I haven't really been focused on writing. Here's a super short chapter and hopefully I get back into more regular updates soon :).

Tony flew down with Peter, landing seconds before him. After seeing that Peter had made it out safely, Natasha closed the portal. "Oh my gosh, that was like, the coolest thing ever! Like some aliens started coming at me, but I was so strong in this suit that they couldn't even take me! Then when I saw that nuke, I knew I had to get rid of it because that's literally a nuke, it would kill people right? So then I thought, where should I put it, and I saw the big hole in the sky, and I was like, that's a great place! Then the whole thing went BOOM! Oh, you should've seen it Mr Stark! What the heck? All the aliens are collapsing. Oh! It's like those movies where the mother ship gets destroyed and they all fall down! This is amazing-" Peter continued to ramble on, clearly unfazed by the whole experience.

Tony couldn't find the words to express his feelings of anger, shock, and relief, but he relished the comforting sound of Peter's rambling. He immediately stepped out of his suit and ordered JARVIS to open up Peter's suit. "Don't ever scare me like that again, you hear me?" Tony scolded as he wrapped his arms around Peter. "God, I don't know what I'd do if I lost you kid.." Tony suddenly felt the panic attack from before come back as flashbacks of Peter turning to dust on Titan flooded his vision. Tony dropped to the ground, once again finding it hard to breathe.

Peter's excitement immediately turned to guilt as he did his best to calm Tony down. "I'm so sorry Mr Stark, I just really wanted to help you and Nat. I wanted to protect you guys...I didn't mean to make you sad. And I'm okay Mr Stark, I'm here," Peter said as he wrapped his arms around Tony.

Tony held on to Peter for dear life and the two stayed in an embrace until Tony calmed down again. "You did good kid. It was a brave thing you did out there. But please don't ever fly into space again, okay? I don't think my old heart could take it."

As the other Avengers made their way to Tony and Peter, Natasha immediately ran over to embrace Peter. "Wow, you really are Tony's kid, aren't you?"

Steve cleared his throat. "Um...as much as I hate to interrupt, there's still a lot of cleaning up that we need to do," Steve said apologetically.

"Okay, cleanup first, then shawarma after. I'm starving," Tony replied. Although none of the Avengers had spoken during the"shawarma gathering" the first time around, it had nonetheless been a crucial bonding moment between the heroes that had solidified their camaraderie.

"What's shawarma?" Peter asked innocently.

"The best thing that you will ever eat," Tony replied. Okay, that might be stretching it a bit, but there are great memories associated with shawarma. I guess death has made me sentimental.

"You're not going to tell Uncle Ben and Aunt May, are you?" Peter asked nervously.

"I think it's probably best for everyone if we keep this quiet for now…" Tony replied as he thought about the shouting match that had occurred the first time around when May had found out about Spider-man.

The Avengers were suddenly blinded by the flashing lights of cameras as the paparazzi circled in on the group. "Mr Stark! Is this your illegitimate son? He's the one responsible for saving New York from the nuke, correct?" One of the paparazzi made the mistake of grabbing Peter.

Tony's protective instincts immediately took over as he gently grabbed Peter's arm and pushed Peter behind him. "Don't you ever touch my son again," Tony growled menacingly as he punched the man in the face. Shit, did I just call him my son in front of the media?

"I'll sue you!" The man screamed angrily as he clutched his face in pain.

"Yeah, yeah, call my lawyer asshat," Tony replied dismissively. That's what you get for touching Peter.

"Mr Stark! Why did you hide your son from us all these years?" The other reporters continued to get too close for comfort.

"We need to get out of here," Tony muttered.

"Alright you insolent humans, listen up. If you don't get out of our way within five seconds, I will stab all of you," Loki threatened, tossing his knife up into the air.

"Brother, you cannot threaten to stab humans," Thor scolded. Regardless, Loki's threat seemed to work as the reporters immediately ran off.

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"Why are we handing over the sceptre to a known terrorist organization? You do realize that the whole reason I came here with my annoying brother in the first place was to take it back to Asgard, right?" Loki asked Natasha and Tony.

"We need HYDRA to get their hands on it so that Wanda and Pietro can get their powers. Also, we can't risk changing the course of events anymore than we already have," Natasha replied.

"Yeah, and no offense Reindeer Games, but from what I've heard, Asgard seems to be the most destructible indestructible city ever," Tony said. "Anyway guys, it's shawarma time!" Tony announced to the group.

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The shawarma place in Rose Hill, Tennessee served overcooked meat that was far too dry to chew. Upon taking his first bite, Peter immediately spit out the flavorless piece of meat. "Mr Stark! That's disgusting, I thought you said this would be the best thing I would ever eat!"

"Aw...come on kid, how bad can it be?" Tony asked before taking a bite of the dry meat himself. "Oh damn, you're right, that's not good at all."

"Wow, the insolent metal man has bad taste, that's shocking," Loki chimed in sarcastically.

"Whatever you greasy haired prick, at least we're bonding as a team," Tony replied.

"So Mr Loki, are the stories I've read about you true? Are you really a shape-shifter? You're one of the coolest people that I've read about!" Peter said as he bounced up and down.

Loki smirked and turned into a snake before slithering onto Tony's leg.

"AWESOME!" Peter exclaimed. "Mr Stark, isn't Mr Loki the coolest superhero ever?"

Hero? This greasy haired twit literally led the alien invasion last time! "Reindeer Games, get off!" This little shit thinks he can walk all over me? I don't think so!

Peter giggled as Loki begrudgingly obliged. "Don't worry Mr Stark, you don't have to be jealous, you're still my favorite. But Mr Loki is still really cool."

Although exhausted and hungry, the Avengers still managed to have a great time, with Peter filling in the gaps of silence with his never-ending questions. By the time they were ready to leave, every Avenger had fallen in love with Peter. Peter's innocence and pure heart had even won over Loki, who swore to kill anyone who so much as bad mouthed Peter in front of him.

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A young boy around Peter's age sobbed as he knelt in front of the bodies of his mother and younger sister. Peter immediately noticed and alerted the rest of the Avengers, who were far too exhausted to notice the boy in the corner.

Tony looked over at the boy and took a double take. No...it can't be...Harley?