Peter bounced his legs sitting at the kitchen bar waiting for his dad to take a couple sips of coffee.

"Spiderling...you're about to vibrate out of your seat." Tony took another sip of coffee. He always found it entertaining when Peter was bursting to tell him something.

"So MJ's parents are moving and they're planing on being completely out of their apartment by the end of July and it doesn't make sense for MJ to move to just head back to Princeton a couple weeks later. So I was thinking that she could move in here...well, not here here but tower here. Either where the Avengers were or maybe one of the guest suites SI has downstairs." Peter took a breath. "What do you think."

Tony looked over the rim of his coffee cup. His brain was still catching up with Peter's mouth. "Where are they moving?"

"Minnesota. How crazy is that? Her dad got a job with the Mayo Clinic in Rochester." Peter's knee was still bouncing. "So what do you think?"

"I think it's not a bad idea. We can talk about it tonight." Tony took another sip of coffee. "So how are you two doing?"

Peter froze. He really hadn't been expecting a dad talk. He had been so focused on the problem at hand he had shoved the rest of the conversation from last night out of the way. "Uh...good. Really good actually." Peter frowned. "So we talked about maybe future things."

"Maybe Future things?" Tony smirked. It was fun when Peter was uncomfortable about a subject.

Peter took a deep breath. He actually wanted to talk to his dad about some of this. "Future thing's like when we graduate." He frowned a little while he tried to figure out what he actually wanted to talk about. "Like maybe getting married. I mean we're way too young for it now but when we're both done with undergrad maybe." He looked over at his dad. "What do you think? Is it stupid to even talk about this now? Is it fair to MJ? Spending the rest of your life with Spider-Man is a lot to ask."

Tony smiled. "I think MJ is good for you. And Spider-Man isn't too hard to handle. She's already in the boxes. She knows what to expect." He took another sip. "I do think waiting until you're out of college makes sense." He put his coffee cup down and looked at Peter. "What about the rest of it?"

Peter took another deep breath. "She said kids aren't a deal breaker for her and that she's be ok with any of the options."

"And you." This was the part Tony was worried about. He knew the risks the gamma radiation had posed to Peter probably better than Peter did. The radiation that he had been hit with when he had been bitten by the Spider was fairly low but it didn't take much. Peter had never exhibited any side effects so it seemed like the Spider was dealing with anything that might come up. But, while Dr. Cho screened Peter for all of the 'scary stuff' as Peter called it, checking to see if he could actually have kids wasn't one of the things they checked.

"She mentioned that she would even be ok adopting which isn't something I've thought about but now that she's said it...". He looked over at his dad. "If it weren't for May and Ben I could have easily ended up in an orphanage. So the idea of adopting has some appeal."

Tony smiled, as always the kid surprised the heck out of him at every turn. Peter was so good with kids. He was great with Morgan but Tony has also seen how he interacted with kids at the hospital over the years. "I think you and MJ have your heads screwed on straight and will be fine with whatever you decide to do."

Pepper walked into the kitchen. "You two look way too serious for this early in the morning."

Tony picked up his coffee and finished it. "Pete asked if MJ could move in and I said sure." He grinned over the rim at Peter before walking over to the coffee pot to refill it.

"That's not exactly what I said." Peter turned to Pepper. "He parents are moving so she'll need somewhere to live before heading back to Princeton. I thought maybe downstairs or one of the SI guest suites."

Pepper glanced over at Tony briefly before smiling at Peter. "I think its a great idea. If MJ is ok with it we can redesign the floor below us."

Peter looked between Pepper and Tony. Something was definitely up but before he could say something Morgan jumped up into his lap.

"Mtn!"

Peter swung her into the air and carried her over to the living room. "Ok but only while dad makes breakfast. Then you have to eat." He stretched out on the floor and waited for the metropolis to be built.

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Peter waited for MJ to get into the elevator before stepping in behind her. FRIDAY already knew where they were going so she closed the door behind Peter and started the ascent to the top of the tower. MJ crossed her arms and looked at Peter. "And you have no idea what we're about to get surprised with?"

Peter glanced over at the display showing floors. "Not a clue." He still wasn't comfortable with MJ going anywhere by herself so he had driven over to pick her up. The elevator slowed as it approached their floor. Softly coming to a stop the doors slid open.

Pepper and Tony were in the kitchen finishing dinner. Pepper carried plates to the table. "Good timing!"

MJ and Peter made their way to the kitchen and helped carry everything else to the table. Sitting down they looked across the table at Pepper and Tony who had sat down opposite of them. Peter leaned back in his chair and crossed is arms. "How far into dinner are we going to have to get before you tell us what's going on."

Pepper laughed as she placed a napkin in her lap. "It's nothing horrible." She glanced over at Tony who just shook his head and took a bite of lasagna. "There's an SI event on Saturday."

Peter looked at both of them before leaning forward and taking a bite himself. "And you want me to stay in and watch Morgan?" He still couldn't figure out what was going on.

"No. We want you to go." Pepper still hadn't taken a bite of her food, but instead looked across the table at Peter and MJ. "Both of you."

Peter froze with his fork midway to his mouth and looked across the table at them. He had never had to go to anything SI related. Before, it had been because they had managed to keep the fact that Tony was his father a secret. Then, once it came out it there was a massive attempt to keep both him and Morgan out of the spotlight. He looked over at his dad with a look of panic on his face.

"It's not the end of the world. We thought this event in particular would be a good way to ease you into it. It's a kickoff event for a partnership between SI and Wakanda to provide the technology needed to equip some of the areas in Africa with clean water and schools." Tony took another bite of his lasagna. He knew the idea of attending an 'event' would completely freak Peter out. It had been a stroke of genius when Pepper suggested this particular event as an entry point into SI.

MJ leaned forward. "Why now?" The question was 100% directed at Pepper. She knew Tony could care less about most of the SI stuff and had always done his own thing. So the fact that he was on board with asking Peter to go meant there was a larger plan.

"It's no secret that Peter is Tony's succession plan. We've put off having him involved because we wanted him to get through college and get a little older before exposing him to all of this. The board of directors have a different opinion. They wanted him at the board meeting last year. We said no. This is our way of controlling exposure." Pepper saw the look of sheer terror on Peter's face and wondered if it had been a mistake to shield him as long as they had.

Peter felt MJ reach over and squeeze his hand which had dropped to his lap. He looked over at Pepper. "I'm assuming I can't just say no."

Tony shook his head. "You can say no. If you're not ready we can manage the board. It's not like either one of us is retiring anytime soon."

Pepper took a bite of her salad. "We wanted MJ here because this affects her too. The more you're involved in SI, the larger the spotlight is...on both of you."

Peter picked up his fork again and took a bite, using the fact that he was chewing as time to think. "If we say yes, what does that mean?"

"For Saturday it means both of you need clothes and we need to talk about logistics. For the long term it means you will both have some additional annoyances in your life." Pepper looked over at MJ. "We'll have to play security by ear. The fact that you already have a panic button helps but we'll have to actually have someone in Princeton that can respond. Assuming the current threat is resolved before you head back and Nakia isn't still your roommate."

Tony leaned back and looked at MJ and Peter. "You can say no but if you're going to say yes we need to know by tomorrow so we can start planning."

Peter frowned and looked over at MJ who was looking at his dad and Pepper. She leaned forward. "Can we see the plan that we would be supporting?"

Pepper smiled and stood up to retrieve a tablet. Handing it to MJ she sat back down. "I thought you'd want to see it. Everything is on there." Pepper took another bite of her salad and took a sip of water. "After dinner why don't you both head downstairs. You can look through the information without us leaning over your shoulder. Plus, Tony drew up plans to renovate the floor. Thought you could also see if you wanted any changes."

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Peter and MJ exited the elevator on the floor below. Not much had changed but there were plans spread out on the table. MJ sat down on the sofa and started reading through the information Pepper and given her.

Peter stopped at the table and looked at the construction plans spread out. He glanced around the room, then looked back at the plans, matching up new walls with old walls.

MJ looked up when he turned around and looked at a wall then back the plans, confusion on his face at first but then a smile. "What?"

"He's mirroring the upstairs floor but he moved the master suite." Peter looked over at MJ. "He moved it to under where my room is upstairs." He could tell she didn't understand the significance of it. "Tony and Pepper's room upstairs faces a major road but has a great view of the city. My room faces the alley but you can see the river and there's a building I can web to on the other side of the alley." He smiled again. "He's not just renovating this for you. He's planning on us living here in the future. Together."

MJ smiled. "It makes sense. Security is already in place. SI takes up the bottom five floors. It would be convenient." MJ pulled Peter down next to her. "What are you thinking?"

Peter shrugged. "I'm shell shocked. I knew I'd have to do some SI stuff eventually I just always figured it was later...perpetually later."

MJ tucked a leg up and shifted to look at Peter. "Do you want SI?"

"Yes...maybe." He turned to look at her. "I mean I'm terrified I'll screw it up but I like being able to create things. Things that actually help people. What dad's been able to do with the arc reactor technology is life changing for some areas of the world. After Rhodey got hurt and then even more so after May got hurt, the biotech division has made so many huge leaps in the field. Everything from prosthetics to nerve regrowth technology. Those are all really good things." He looked down at the tablet. "Plus it lets them contribute to thing's like this." He reached over and grabbed her hand. "What do you think?"

MJ took a deep breath. "I need to finish reading but everything you said is right. SI gives us the ability to change people's lives for the better. I think that's a good thing." She glanced down at the tablet. "So far, what they're proposing looks amazing. Some of the areas they're targeting are some of the areas I spent time in last summer as well as some areas you...well Spider-Man you have spent some time in. If they can make it work it would go a long way towards eliminating the warlords who hold those areas hostage."

Peter smiled at MJ. "We're leaning towards going, aren't we."

"I think we are." MJ sighed. "Maybe Pepper will be less over the top than Natasha was for Homecoming."

Peter laughed. "Maybe this time someone won't try to kill me."