Chapter 1 - Nothing at All

Me: Hello everyone! For a couple months now, I've wanted to do some Spiderson and Irondad stuff and I have finally come up with something. This will just be a series of unrelated one shots about Tony Stark and Peter Parker being father and son. It will also includes some other familial relations like in this one shot but it will mainly be Tony and Peter later on. Updates will be sporadic as this is mostly to let off some steam and relax. Anyways, I hope you guys enjoy this first one shot!

PS: I will alternate between supporting Team Ironman and Team Cap. I don't have a definitive stance on that yet.

Disclaimer: I do not own the Avengers. Marvel and Disney do but I do own the OCs.

Relationships - Steve/Tony, Superfamily, Pepper and Peter (family)

Summary: During Civil War. Peter is hurt while his parents are fighting, and they don't even know what happened.

It started slowly at first. His pops not coming to dinner or his dad working in the lab. Then the time became longer. Pops wouldn't be home in days and Dad would be working with the government leaving him alone in the penthouse, occasionally seeing Aunt Nat or Uncle Happy.

Peter Stark-Rogers was slowly being ignored as his parents continued to fight.

He knew his parents cared for him though. Don't get him wrong, he knew that they still loved him with all their heart judging by the phone calls he would have with them.

Peter hated that his parents were fighting, but he tried to be good for the both of them. He tried to tell himself that everything was fine, that he was fine even though he knew he was slowly falling into depression. His faith in his parents wavered as phone calls became fewer and fewer and there would be weeks where he wouldn't see them.

There was one incident that shattered his faith in parents completely.

Peter was coming home from school one day when it happened. Happy wasn't picking him up as he was with his dad in Europe. Pepper was still in New York, but she was busy, and he didn't want to bother her.

Everything happened so fast he didn't even know what hit him. On his way home, he decided to go to a grocery store to get a quick snack. His fast metabolism caused him to get hungry faster, and he wasn't sure what was in the cabinet at the penthouse.

That's when he came in. He looked like an ordinary man but things escalated quickly as he pulled out a gun.

"Give me all your money," he demanded of the cashier.

Before the cashier could reply, Peter decided to cut in.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Peter asked as he walked up to the man.

The man quickly pointed the gun at him before he started to laugh.

"Oh, it's just a kid," he said mockingly, pointing the gun back to the cashier.

"Take one step closer and I'll shoot her," he threatened.

What happened next was blurry to Peter as he quickly tackled the man. The man turned his gun towards Peter, and he shot Peter in the stomach. Ignoring the pain, Peter wrestled the gun out of the man's hand and threw it across the aisle. He pinned him down as the cashier called the police.

The police arrived a few minutes later but Peter felt hazy as he lost more and more blood.

"Hey, are you okay?" an officer asked him as another one arrested the would be thief.

Peter groaned in pain and the officer quickly noticed he was bleeding.

"I need a medic!" he said to another officer who nodded.

The officer taking care of Peter turned back to him and said reassuringly, "You're going to be fine kid."

Peter didn't reply as he lost consciousness.

When Peter woke up, it was in a hospital room with a red eyed Pepper sitting in the chair next to his bed. Pepper looked up as she noticed that Peter was waking up.

"Peter!" she exclaimed in relief as she helped him up.

Peter groaned. He felt as if he had run a marathon, but he didn't feel pain. He only felt tired.

"P-pep…" he tried to say.

Pepper handed him a glass of water which he gladly took a sip from.

"W-what happened?" Peter asked.

"You were shot. What were you thinking Peter? You could have died!" Pepper lectured, sounding both relieved and furious.

Peter smiled sheepishly as he answered, "I'm sorry Aunt Pep."

Pepper's expression softened slightly at his apology before she hugged him, mindful of the wound he had. Peter hugged her back, relieved to be alive.

"Where's Pops and Dad?" he asked once she pulled away.

"They couldn't come," Pepper said.

"Why not?" Peter asked.

Instead of answering verbally, Pepper turned on the TV to a news channel. The headlines read:

BREAKING NEWS: CAPTAIN AMERICA ALONG WITH OTHER AVENGERS BECOME FUGITIVES

Peter's blood ran cold.

"Pops… is a fugitive?" he whispered.

Pepper nodded. Peter slumped in his bed. He felt betrayed. Here he was lying on a bed, having recovered from a gunshot wound while his Pops became a fugitive.

"What about Dad?" he asked.

"He's chasing after him," Pepper explained.

"Do they even know I'm in the hospital?" Peter questioned.

Pepper shook her head, looking at him sadly. Peter felt numb. No one knew he was in the hospital. His only visitor was Pepper. And all at once, his emotions crashed together.

Peter felt many things but above all, he felt disappointed. Disappointed that his parents were so caught up in the Accords that they didn't even check up on their son. Disappointed that his family was so broken.

He knew, once the Accords were settled, that his family would never be the same again.

Pepper could only hold him as he began to cry.

Thanks to Peter's powers, his wound was healed quickly, and he was out of the hospital within a couple of days. Pepper was with him every step of the way, never leaving his side, which he was grateful for. He was glad that Pepper was a stable figure in his life.

The penthouse didn't feel like home, at least not anymore. Peter hated the silence within the halls and rooms. Pepper would come visit him every day, until one day, something changed.

"Peter?" Pepper said one day.

"Yeah?" he answered.

"Do you want to come live with me? At least until your parents come back?" Pepper asked.

Peter beamed as he replied, "I would love to."

Since that day, Peter lived with Pepper at her apartment a bit away from the Tower. Peter loved Pepper as she was like the mother he never had. Don't get him wrong, he was fine with having two dads, but he always wondered what it was like to have a mother. He was always close to Pepper, but he never realized how close.

And slowly, Peter began to recover emotionally too.

Months later, when the Accords were all settled and the family was once again united, Peter tried to act normal. Once or twice, he would slip up and his real emotions would be displayed, emotions that he thought were gone.

And when his parents would ask if something was wrong, he would fake a smile and say, "It's nothing. Nothing at all."