Hello everyone and welcome to my new one shot collection! This story will consist of a series of one shots all revolving around Peter and his growing bond with the Avengers and them acting as a family and Tony acting as a dad towards him. This will not follow the storyline or timeline of Infinity war and Endgame. I refuse to accept that Tony died and Cap turned into an old man. Civil war and Homecoming did happen however, but in my stories they ended up forgiving each other and once again living together in the Avengers tower. (He didn't sell it here.)
This one shot is an innocent one about the scene in Far From Home where Peter refers to Back in Black as a song from Led Zeppelin. I loved the joke in the movie, but couldn't help but think; what would Tony say about that, with his love for AC/DC and all and that's how this one shot was born.
Anyway, enjoy reading and know that requests for other one shots are welcome!
It was Saturday afternoon and Peter was working in Tony's lab, with said mentor, just like every other weekend. After the Homecoming fiasco and him rejecting Tony's offer to be an Avenger, they'd fallen into a rhythm where Peter would come to the Avengers tower to work on either his suit, Tony's Iron Man suit or something different all together.
He was still not an actual Avenger, since he'd declined. He was still looking out for 'the little guys' in his neighbourhood, except with tech that was being kept up to date.
Part of him believed it was Tony's way of apologizing for taking his suit away, but another part of him wanted to believe that Tony actually enjoyed being his mentor and might actually care about him.
The fact that he has his own room and has movie nights not only with Tony Stark but with the other Avengers as well, leads him to believe that he might be right and Tony Stark might actually enjoy his company.
He stays the entire weekend at the Avengers tower in his own room, which still feels slightly surreal to him, and Happy drives him to school on Monday morning. Some of his classmates, Flash included, still don't believe he actually has an internship at Stark Industries and works with THE Tony Stark himself, heck even he still can't believe it.
Every time Flash comments about it he wants to tell him how wrong he is, but he can't, not without revealing his secret identity. This doesn't stop Ned from coming to his defence every time a comment is made however.
Ned is the only other person that knows what he actually does at SI, the internship being a cover, obviously. He has yet to let Ned accompany him to the tower. As much as he loves his best friend, he is terrible when it comes to meeting those people that he worships. He can practically already see him drooling over Captain America, not cool.
Tony, being the music fan that he is, is always blasting music through the lab's speakers while they're working. Peter doesn't mind and actually likes the music Tony listens to, the next song even more so than others. "Ooh I love Led Zeppelin!" He states with a smile on his face, which faltered when he noticed the expression on Tony's face as he says this. The music is cut off abruptly.
"What did you say?"
"Eeh... I just like this song Mr. Stark."
"Yeah I got that part, but which band did you say this song was from?"
"Eerr. eeh... Led Zeppelin?"
"God kid... I'm going to pretend you did not just say that."
"Is it not?" Tony raised his eyebrows at this question, but Happy entered the lab before he could respond. Normally he hardly ever set foot in the lab, but he needed Tony's signature for a shipping order and he needs it now, hence the man interrupting them.
He looks at the expression on both their faces before raising an eyebrow questioningly. "Did I interrupt something?"
"No!"
"Yes!" It sounded at the same time. "Peter here has apparently even less musical knowledge than I thought and was bold enough to state that Back in Black belongs to Led Zeppelin, can you believe that?."
Happy stifled a laugh at this. "You didn't."
"Well they sound similar okay!" Peter said while throwing his hands up.
Both Happy and Tony gasped at this statement. "Thanks for the knife in my heart. That's it, lab time is over for today."
"But...–"
"No you are going to take this AC/DC album and listen to it until you've memorized every single song on it. Then you are going to listen to Led Zeppelin and tell my every reason as to why they sound nothing alike, understood?"
Instead of taking the CD that Tony was trying to hand him, he simply grabbed his phone from his jean pocket. At the questioning look Tony was giving him he stated "I can listen to it on Spotify remember?" With that said he exited the lab and went to his room to start his new task at hand and to sulk because his lab time had been cut short for the day.
A couple of hours later Peter was still retreated in his room, lying on his bed with his headphones on, listening to Led Zeppelin at the moment. He'd listened to both the album and the song Back in Black multiple times and as much as he hates to admit, AC/DC and Led Zeppelin sound nothing alike.
He's even more afraid to admit that he actually likes AC/DC, pretty sure that Tony would never let him live it down. It was at that moment that F.R.I.D.A.Y. chose to speak up. "Sir has asked me to inform you that diner is currently being served in the common room Mr. Parker."
"Let me guess, pizza?" He asked the AI and smiled at her response. "You guessed correctly."
He jumped out of bed and made his way to the common room, where Tony and the other Avengers were currently eating pizza while discussing what movie to watch later on that evening.
When he entered, everyone turned to look at him and greeted him with smiles. "Hey kid, grab a slice before Steve eats it all!" Clint greeted him, while ignoring Steve's comment on how Clint was already on his fourth slice. As he wanted to resume eating his slice, which was apparently his fourth, he found his plate empty and Nat smirking at him casually eating his pizza.
"Everytime.." He grumbled.
Tony smirked at him when he sat down next to his mentor. "Well?"
"Well what?" Peter retorted while taking a bite of his slice of Pepperoni pizza.
"Don't get cute with me kid, you know what I'm talking about."
"Do we have to discuss this now Mr. Stark?" By now all the other Avengers were staring at him as well, for a group of adult Superheroes they were a curious bunch.
"Peter here–"
"Okay fine! You were right, happy now?"
"Hmm no I think you might have to elaborate on that, I'm not sure I'm following.." Tony smirked while Peter's face had turned a dark shade of red.
"Mr. Stark..." Peter lamented.
"Peter"
Peter hung his head in defeat. "Fine, you were right, they sound nothing alike."
"Is anyone else seriously confused right now?" Bruce asked.
Before the other Avengers could answer the doctor, Tony slung his arm around Peter's shoulders and spoke "Peter here had a little mixup in the lab and compared Led Zeppelin to AC/DC and even went as far as to state that Back in Black is in fact a song by Led Zeppelin."
Clint snorted. "Don't worry kid, last time I commented on his music taste, he altered Jarvis' protocols to start blasting AC/DC every time I spoke of certain music groups which Tony was not a fan of."
Peter managed to smile at this. " Yeah, it would scare the shit out of me every time, Highway to hell still gives me nightmares."
"I don't think Steve approves of that kind of talk Clint" Peter deadpanned.
Clint snorted at Peter's witty comment while Tony and Nat burst out laughing. Bruce smiled at the kid's quick wit as well, yet remained quiet.
Now it was Steve's turn to turn a dark shade of red. "Jezus Tony, you even told the kid about that?!"
"Kids nowadays idolize you Cap I had to give him some dirt on you. And I also told him because it's an hilarious story and I wanted to tell him."
"I'm never going to live this down..." Steve replied while returning to his pizza.
It was amazing how fast Peter had been accepted and become a part of their misfit family in these past couple of months. When he stole Cap's shield in Germany he would have never dreamed that he would be eating with the guy, let alone make fun of him as if he's actually friends with him.
That feeling goes for every member of the Avengers. Just last week he was sparring with the Black Widow, working in the lab with Bruce and engaged in a prank war with none other than Hawkeye himself. It still feels surreal to him.
"Still Led Zeppelin... really kid?" And that's when the moment was ruined for Peter, it was back to being embarrassed in front of his heroes.
"Can we just drop it, please?"
"Ooh no, I'm going to enjoy this for a very long time."
"Okay Boomer" Tony gaped at him. Nat and Steve attempted to hide their smiles while Clint barked a laugh and high fived Peter.
"What did you just say?"
"You heard me." Peter retorted with a smirk.
"Okay Boomer?"
"Okay Boomer is a phrase that is currently immensely popular and frequently used by the generation Z–" As impossible as it is for a computer system to sound amused, the AI's voice sounded through the common room with a hint of playfulness to her voice.
"I'm familiar with it FRI, shut up! Even my AI is turning against me now...You give them a home, provide them with food, yet they still turn against you." Tony shook his head in disbelief, but his eyes betrayed him.
He ruffled Peter's hair, knowing how much the kid hated it when he messed it up.
Once they were finished eating, another discussion had started on which movie to watch, movie titles which they'd watched multiple time already were thrown around until Peter spoke up. "Or instead of watching a movie I could let you guys try and beat me at Mario Kart again?" Peter told Clint and Steve.
Smiles appeared on both their faces before they sprinted to the couch. "You're on kid!" Clint screamed while Steve fought with Clint over the 'good controller'
Steve being the stronger of the duo managed to snatch the white controller out of Clint's hands while shying away from a punch directed at his bicep while Clint mumbled something along the lines of stupid old man.
Peter smiled at the ordeal in front of him before joining them as well. "Pay attention geezers, maybe you'll learn a thing or two."
Two pillows slammed into his head at the same time at this remark, even Tony couldn't help but smile fondly at the sight in front of him.
That's it for this chapter, I apologize if it seemed short, I will try to make the other chapters longer. If you have a request for a certain storyline feel free to let me know oh and reviews are much appreciated:)