Patchwork Road
By Rey
Chapter summary: Enter Peter Parker: kiddy, bubbly genius.
26. Glossy
Tony encounters an intriguing squirt while strolling down Queens for a coffee shop, disguised as a man newly arrived in the Big Apple and now lost in one of his adventures.
The sprog, named Peter Parker, is a bright, chirpy orphan who lives with a couple of poor, childless relatives since six years ago. He is intelligent enough to merit a college scholarship, if only he were eight or nine years older.
Tony can't directly sponsor him, sadly, nor can he take an active role in the kid's education and perhaps even upbringing, with situations being this way, but that doesn't mean Peter is a lost course. Tony is never prepared to lose, especially to lose good gems like this! The boy will grow well, and get polished in the best highschool possible, and then they can talk again.
In the meantime, a heap of dollars and a pouch of gold bars should suffice to pave the way, plus a reliable method for the family to get away should undesirables sniff Tony's connection to them. Tony will have his little gem for either Stark International or the Avengers or both all shiny in a decade more!
