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Tony pulled the covers up to Peter's shoulders and properly tucked the sides. He was glad his son had fallen into peaceful sleep. A smile played on his lips when Peter made a face in his sleep and rubbed his nose with his fisted hand. Tony brushed off the curls from the boy's forehead, pressing a soft kiss on the warm skin "Sleep well kiddo"
Tony straightened himself and rested his back against the headboard. He eyed outside the room thinking about John. A part of him wanted John to stay with them. Steve always stayed whenever Peter had a nightmare or had trouble sleeping. There was something he saw in John's eyes that he didn't approve. If he was not wrong then John looked upset on seeing his son. Tony placed a protective hand on Peter's head. He wished what he was thinking was not true. John surely liked Peter and he wouldn't mind having him in their lives. Right?
MORNING
Steve clutched the wheel tightly until his knuckles went white. He didn't know how many signals he broke as he drove his way back to Tony's house. He needed to reveal John's true face and save his family. That man did not deserve to be in their family. I should call Peter and tell he was right about John, thought Steve and dialled Peter's number with head swimming unhelpfully and his mouth uncharacteristically dry. Somewhere down the pit of his stomach, he felt something was going to happen... something bad. He waited with baited breath and heard Peter's familiar ring tone "Hello.. Pete it's m..."
"POPS! HEL..."
Steve's eyes widened and heart started thumping wildly against his chest "Peter? Hello Peter... are you okay?"
Silence
"Peter!?"
Nothing
"PETER!"
FLASHBACK
Peter hung his bag around his shoulder and wore his watch. The teen was all set for the school when he heard a knock at his door. Must be Dad, thought Peter and walked towards the door. A deep frown decorared his innocent face when he saw John standing with a tray in hand "What are you doing here?"
"I made pancakes Peter. It's time for breakfast" John smiled and walked further in almost pushing Peter with the tray. The boy pressed his lips in annoyance "I don't want to eat... you can leave"
John placed the tray on the study table and turned to face Peter boring his eyes on the boy "I said it's time for breakfast and you're going to listen to me...bug"
A fearful shudder ranthrough Peter's body. He instantly eyed the door searching for his father
"Don't bother bug. Tony is not at home and he won't be coming any time soon, I made sure of that. You see I've send him early to work as..." John took a threatening step forward "...as someone needed to learn a lesson on how to treat your elders"
Peter swallowed thickly. He might have been brave to face and challenge John before but right now he needed to get away from the man. His menacing eyes were blazing red which scared the teenager. He gave a weak smile "Actually I'm.. umm.. I'm getting late for school. I shou.. should leave"
Before Peter could take a step out John grabbed him roughly by his arm and dugged his fingers painfully "Where do you think you're going? I'm not done with you"
Peter winced and struggled to get away from John's grip "Let go! You're hurting me"
John pushed Peter towards the study table "When I ask you to do something, it should be done immediately"
Peter stumbled near the table barely managing to catch himself. His heart was hammering and head spinning due to fear. He stood shakily and blinked rapidly at the man
"You think you're very smart by playing stupid games and trying to separate me from Tony but that's never going to happen. I'll earase your existence from Tony's life"
"No" Peter whispered blinking back his tears "Dad will never leave me...I'm his son... he loves me more than you!"
John growled, anger seeping through his clenched teeth "You should be thanking me that I let you stay with Tony all these days. I was being generous with you bug but not anymore. If you keep coming between us then I'll have to show you your exact place"
Peter fisted his hands trying hard not to show fear towards the man "I know your truth! I know you're taking some kind of pills and hiding it from Dad"
John's eyes went wide and Peter gained little confidence "That's right! Don't feel so intimidating now huh? I'll expose you and then Dad will leave you!" he tried to walk pass John but the man was now in his extreme rage. He again caught Peter by his arm and gave him a very hard push towards the study table and roared "You're not going anywhere!"
This time Peter wasn't fast enough to stop the impact and his mid section collided brutally with the pointed side of the table. The boy gasped as hot pain shot through his side. He went down on his knees and breathed heavily through his nose as John's threat reached his ears with another hiss
"If I want I can make you disappear before Tony comes back and no one will ever know. You messed with the wrong man bug"
Tears rolled down from Peter's eyes as the pain slowly subsided a little. He crawled away from John knowing the man wasn't bluffing. He so badly wanted to run to his father and...
Ring Ring
Hope combined with a new rush of fear ran through Peter's heart when his cell rang. He looked around and saw his cell was on the bed and pushed himself up from the floor. The boy darted towards his cell and quickly pressed green button with shaky finger
"Hello Peter.. it's m..."
Peter almost smiled in relief when he heard Steve's voice and clutched the device tightly and shouted for help "POPS! HEL..."
John pounced on Peter and clamped a hand tightly over the boy's mouth while he pushed the cell off with other and crushed it under his shoes. He wrestled with Peter who thrashed to get free from his firm grip "Sshh.." he hushed in raw voice that was brutal against Peter's ears "No one is coming to save you today"
Peter lifted his left leg and stomped on John's leg with all his strength. He was rewarded with freedom and fisted his hand to give a punch but John easily caught his hand and backhanded him. Peter landed on the floor again, this time with blood seeping through his split lips. John raised his foot and pressed on Peter's chest, towering over him "Bugs like you should never be born. This ends now"
PRESENT
"SHIT!" Steve cursed for fifth time as he dialled Peter's number again and again but got the same response. Something was definitely wrong. His son was in trouble. He knew it. It was a father's intuition that he couldn't ignore. He was hundered percent sure Peter was asking for help but the call got disconnected. Hundreds of unwanted and fearful thoughts clouded his mind. He pressed on the gas pedal and hoped to cross the distance as soon as possible so he could get to Peter before it was too late "Please God... please let my kid be okay" he ran a shuddering hand on his mouth "What else can I do? What should ...Tony! Yes... I should call him and tell him to check on Peter"
Steve parked his car on the side of the road and quickly dialled Tony's number "Pick up Pick up Pick up"
"Hello?"
"Tony where are you?"
"Steve?"
"Is Peter with you?"
"Peter? No.. wait what's going on?"
"Get to Peter now!"
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