Hey, So this is my first Avengers fanfic, so please be gentle. Anyways, love the Marvel fandom, always have. This Spiderman is Tom Holland's, I do love the others, but I particularly love his, and the relationship with Tony. This is Peter's POV for the most part, I do change it, but I specify to whom when it changes. Hope you Enjoy!
DISCLAIMER: I obviously do not own Marvel or any of the characters, just the little plot ideas!
My leg was bouncing up and down, a habit I formed to contain my excitement. And I'm currently in class, trying to focus on the teacher, but failing miserably. Tony had texted me an hour ago, completely forgetting that I was in class, telling me to drop by the tower. The same tower he had been ready to sell, but then decided against it. I had taken down Toomes, and Happy told Tony and well, I turned down the opportunity to join the Avengers. Then, Tony suddenly was living at the tower again, fully reinstated to its former glory. Everyone questioned it, including me. Why had Tony been so dead set on selling it, then last minute backing out of a deal and moving in there full time. He did spend the occasional weekend at the compound with Rhodey and Vision, but most of the time was in New York.
Then, he surprised me again. Tony gave me a Stark phone, with his personal cell number on it. So, I no longer had to go through Happy. Then Tony started inviting me over for suit upgrades every week. And those started stretching into movie nights. After that, I was invited over on days that weren't Friday. And a few months after that Tony showed me more of the living quarters in the tower, having never ventured past the kitchen or bathroom or the living room. He opened a door, motioned for me to enter and asked FRIDAY to turn the lights on. It was a room, decorated for me. Tony gave me my own personal room in his tower. And not just a plain room, it had all the newest tech, a few Star Wars Lego sets and a new wardrobe. I had been shocked. Then Tony said I had a place whenever I needed.
That being a few months ago, I now half lived with May and half lived with Tony. I loved it. Tony had become like a father to me, and though I'd never tell him that, I think he had a feeling about it. Because Tony had gone from cool exterior, to actually showing emotion to me. Telling me how proud he is, at both Spiderman accomplishments as well as things I did as Peter Parker. He even showed up to a few Decathlon competitions. One time I had answered the last question, which was the question that put us in the lead, winning the thing. I didn't know that May had invited him. But when I saw them both, waiting for me, I froze. May had engulfed me in a huge hug saying how smart I am. Then Tony was there, and he pulled me in for a hug, telling me how proud he was. And now, that is a regular occurrence between us; both physical and emotional support. It was great.
But today, his text was ominous, in a good way. I knew nothing was wrong in a 'the world's going to end' sort of way, but something was different.
"Mr. Parker, some place better to be?" Mrs. Harrison asked loudly. I looked at her with wide eyes.
"Uh, no?" I reply, though it come out as a question.
"Oh, so you were off in your own little land because I bore you? I've called your name three times with no response." I shake my head. "Okay, so because you've been paying attention to this important lecture, that is more advanced than anything else we've done, you can solve this question, correct?" She asked, holding out the chalk to me. I slowly stand up and walk to the front of the class. I grab the chalk and look at the question. Even though this is advanced trigonometry, this was easy. I hang out with Tony, even though no one here believes that besides Ned and MJ, and this is like simple addition compared to what him and I work on together. I do a few calculations in my head to get to the answer.
"Okay, you clearly weren't paying attention, you haven't brought your formula sheet up or a calculator, you can't possibly think you can solve it without either of those." Mrs. Harrison snarked. I looked at her, straightening my posture. Tony told me to stop letting people walk over me and taught me ways to stand up for myself. Being a smartass with all the answers was something he said would come in handy.
"To what decimal place do you want the answer? Cause without the calculator I got this" I said, writing my answer on the board, with four decimal places. I look at her and she looks surprised. She looks at her answer sheet, then back at me.
"Okay Mr. Parker, you already have done this question, you got the answer without any work. Cheating is worse than being stupid. Cheating just makes you stupid and a liar." She sneered at me. Oh, how I hate this woman.
"I didn't, I just don't need to write down the work to such a basic question. I thought this was an AP trig class for sophomores, not an introductory class for freshmen." I sassed before I could stop myself. Oh shit.
"And you just earned yourself detention after school today." Then started her lecture again. I sat down. The bell for dismissal rang fifteen minutes later and I sighed. I just couldn't have kept my mouth shut. I pull my phone out and text Tony.
Hey, I got detention, so I'll be little late to whatever it is you want me over for. Sorry.
I then open a message to Happy, who was probably waiting for me.
Hey, I have detention, sorry you had to wait for me, I'll take the subway or swing over to the tower. Don't wait for me.
I sighed, packed my stuff up and went to exit the already empty classroom.
"Peter, your detention will be served in here. I see it fit for you to show me how you did that in your head if you didn't cheat." Mrs. Harrison spoke up. I set my bag down, and she wrote another example on the board. My phone buzzed and I looked at it. Happy sent me a thumbs up emoji. Then I open the ones from Tony.
What?
You better not have skipped again.
What did you do?
Happy told me you're going to swing here after?
I can grab you instead.
I shook my head at the rapid-fire texts.
No, I'll get there by myself, my fault anyways. And I may or may not have talked back to a teacher…
I silenced my phone and put it in my bag before that got taken away. I go to the teacher and she hands me the chalk again.
"Now, explain to me, how you can just get the answer without any tools to help you."
I ended up spending an hour showing her how I can do mental math. Well, more than mental math, but still. It was horrible, especially since Mrs. Harrison kind of still thinks that I'm cheating somehow.
I run down the halls, and outside. I go the alley that I change in frequently, putting my suit on. I swing through the town and smile when I see the huge tower, with the bright letters STARK shining across it. I run full speed off the build I was on and start swinging again. When I get close, I slingshot myself up the tower and onto the landing pad. I open the balcony door and see no one. I head to my room, quickly change and leave my bag on the bed. I emerge and go back to the kitchen, to grab a snack.
As I eat a protein bar, I ask FRIDAY where Tony is.
"Boss is in the Avenger quarters on the floor below this one." My eyebrows scrunch up. Avengers floor? The rogues haven't been pardoned. I know that was in the works, but I would have heard about it. I go to the elevator, FRIDAY taking me to where I wanna go. I walk out of the elevator and take in the surroundings. I had never been on this floor. It looks very similar to the one upstairs, but less lived in.
"Oh, Peter! Finally, you're back. Now, tell me what happened with this teacher." Tony greeted from the door he had just left. He seems, happier. Interesting.
"Oh uh, your text threw me off. I don't know, so I wasn't paying attention, then the teacher told me to solve the question on the board. It's trig, so I went up, did a few calculations in my head and before I had done anything, she just like wrote me off. Tried to embarrass me saying I didn't know what I was doing. I then just wrote the answer on the board and she accused me of cheating and calling me stupid. She thought that I somehow knew the question beforehand. So, I told her that I didn't need a calculator for simple calculations and maybe told her that she was teaching an AP sophomore course, not intro to freshmen. She then made me do extra work to prove I wasn't cheating during the detention and she still doesn't believe me! And like, I normally do homework during detention, but I couldn't, so now I have that to do still and, uh ya" I ramble. I then look at him. "So, why'd you want me to drop by?" I ask hesitantly.
"I'm sorry, your teacher called you stupid? After you solved what she thought was a difficult question, without a fucking calculator? I'm calling her. What's her name? Better yet I'll get FRIDAY to give me the address and I'll show up ay the woman's door and show her who is stupid." Tony said incredulously.
"Oh, uh, no, Tony that's okay. I shouldn't have been an asshole. That's on me, besides. I wasn't paying attention." I say, trying to make him forget about going to Mrs. Harrison's house. We can't have that.
"Oh! Tony, this must be the young Starkson you've been telling us about? The man of Spiders?" A booming voice bellows from the hall. Starkson? I turn to look at who said that. I see Thor, a literal god of thunder and my eyes widen.
"Holy shit" I mumble. Then three other people walk out behind him. I recognize two, but not the woman. Bruce Banner and Loki are behind Thor. Thor look different, no longer has long hair and has an eye patch. Huh, wonder what happened.
"Ya, this is Peter Parker. My son in every way except blood. And yes, he is Spiderman, not man of spiders." Tony explains and I just look at him, even more shocked by what he said than the other people whose presence I'm currently in. He thinks of me like a son? Then admitted it out loud to people? "Kid, this is Thor, god of thunder, his knew friend, Valkyrie, his brother Loki, which I still think he shouldn't be here, but Thor thinks he has changed and of course Bruce Banner, but I'm sure you already know who he is." Tony introduced. Thor comes forward and shakes my hand greeting me. Valkyrie just waves, a slight grimace on her face, Loki doesn't acknowledge me at all, and Bruce also comes forward and shakes my hand.
"Holy shit I can't believe I'm meeting Bruce Banner." I say, not being able to stop myself. How embarrassing.
"Ya, everyone is usually excited to meet the man behind the monster, try to get the Hulk to come out." He smiled a little but didn't seem all that happy.
"Oh, I mean sure the Hulk is great, but I meant like you. You have like seven PhDs and, and your work with gamma radiation and all this knowledge you have. I mean like we learn about you in school and how your work has…"
"Told ya Brucie. Smart kid. Pretty sure this kid has read everything you have wrote. He's weird like that." Tony cut in and I looked at him, thankful. I don't think I would have stopped talking. God, I'm so embarrassing. "So, you guys staying here until all the logistics can be sorted out?" He addressed all of them, they nod.
"I'm sorry what's happening?" I ask confused.
"Well you see, I had a sister Hela, not very nice and she was trying to rule Asgard and Loki and I were trapped on another planet where the Hulk ended up being and we saved my people. But we had to destroy Asgard. So, we thought Earth would be a nice place to relocate, but we need a place to stay. My people are in orbit right now, a couple hundred of them and we need a town. The four of us are here looking. And well Bruce lives on earth so he's here to be back home. But we need a place to stay for now until all this gets sorted out. The UN has said they may be able to fit us in a little spot in Norway but will take a couple of weeks to get set up. So, we are staying in the tower for a bit." Thor explains and I nod.
"So, Loki, you are also staying here then?" I ask shyly. I always had a feeling about him. A feeling that there was more to the New York attack, more than he just decided to kill people. Now is my chance to get to know him.
"Don't worry young child. I mean no harm." Loki says from his spot behind everyone.
"No, I know, you seem like a good person. Trust me, I see a lot of bad people everyday and you definitely do not look like that. Maybe you made mistakes, but I think you just wanted to be accepted by someone, even if it was the Chitauri" I say, knowing what he must feel like. Tony had told me a while back that Loki was adopted. Not Thor's brother by blood. Chosen, but never felt like he belonged. Like how I did for the longest time. I was the only one who didn't have parents in school. I resented them for that, but I now know that being adopted by May and Ben was almost better, because they got to choose me. I feel everyone look at me.
"What? Why are you all looking at me like that? I'm not wrong, am I?" I ask.
"You've got a pretty insightful kid there Tony." Thor boomed and laughed, patting me on the back. So, I am right.
"Oh, I know. He can be a real pain sometimes. Anyways, I'm going to order food, I'm hungry, so I'm sure Thor and Peter are hungry. Does Pizza sound okay?" Tony asked. Everyone nods. "Okay, well we can eat up in my penthouse, Pepper will probably join us, so let's go."
"Wait, like your penthouse? In this tower? You never allow anyone up there" Bruce looks confused. I look at Tony also confused. What does he mean? I literally have a room up there, and Tony, Pepper and I are always up there, sometimes even Rhodey.
"Haha, ya I uh, ya it's fine, lets go." Tony laughs. Rubbing the back of his neck. He walks back to the elevator, and we all follow him. We gather in the living room and wait while the Pizza is delivered. Tony gets up to grab a drink and I follow him.
"Is this what you wanted me over for?" I ask, forgetting that I never got an answer about that before.
"Oh ya, I mean. I figured you would want to meet Thor and Bruce." I nod.
"So why did they react like that when you invited them up here?" I ask hesitantly.
"I, uh, well, I was protecting myself I guess." He mumbled.
"From what? The Avengers?" I ask.
"Ya, I mean. No, you wouldn't get it. You're very trusting of people, and while that's a good thing, it also means you can get hurt easier. I learned that when I was a kid. So, I didn't trust anyone. Including the Avengers. That team was the most oddly grouped people. No one had anything in common besides having a hero complex. We all got along great, some disputes, but generally good friends. But I never trusted them. I had started to. So, I built the compound. Somewhere we could all live together. Then Sokovia happened and we were at war with each other. Then the Accords happened, and we split. Well, essentially everyone split from me. So ya, no one has ever been up here besides, Pepper, Rhodey and you. But I think you may have rubbed some of that trust off because I didn't even hesitate to invite them up here." He explained. I just look at him. He has never told me that before. Never talks about the avengers. I offer him a small smile.
"Well I'm glad. You need more people than just Pepper, Rhodey and I." He smiles and pulls me in for a hug.
"Thanks kid."
The pizza arrives ten minutes later. Tony had ordered twelve pizzas for the six of us. Apparently, Thor also has a huge appetite. We watched some of the Office on TV while we ate, all just having a good time. Loki and Valkyrie were both quiet. I don't know if that's weird or not considering I don't know them. I don't know about Valkyrie, she scares me a bit, but I do want to get to know Loki. He seems really cool. And magic. He does magic. I look at the time and realize I need to get home to work on my homework. As much as I was allowed to be here, neither May nor Pepper trusted Tony or I not to work in the lab late, thus, I'm not allowed to stay the night on school nights.
"Hey Tony, I'm going home now. I have some homework to do, but I'll see you tomorrow?" I stand up, looking at Tony.
"Ya sure of course kid. Need me to drive you? Or I can ask Happy?" He asked.
"Nah, it's okay. I'll swing home." He nods and I go to my room and get into my suit again. I put my backpack on and go back into the living room. "Okay, I'm heading out. I'll see you guys tomorrow if you're around." I wave at everyone. Tony gets up and walks over to me.
"Be safe, don't text and swing. All that stuff. And I'll see you tomorrow. Love you kid." He says and hugs me. I hug him back.
"Love you too Tony. See you tomorrow" We pull apart and I see the others looking at us weirdly. I open the balcony door walking onto the landing pad. I stop, then start sprinting towards the edge.
"Don't you dare kid you know how much-" But I already jumped, leaving Tony's sentence unfinished.
The bell rings and I'm out of my seat before anyone else. I hated this class because of Mrs. Harrison now. She is treating me different since what happened on Wednesday. I go to my locker and Ned was there.
"Hey dude, you wanna hang out today?" He asked.
"Sorry, Ned. Loki is supposed to be at the tower today and I wanna hang out with him and Tony has a couple of ideas about my suit." I look at him apologetically. I've decided that I want Loki as my friend. I don't know anyone else who is adopted. And ya, the circumstances may be different, but he knew what it was like.
"Ya okay man."
"But Monday? After decathlon?" I ask and he smiles.
"Ya sure." We do our handshake before we part ways. Happy is waiting for me outside, like usual on days I come over.
"Good day kid?"
"Oh ya, I'm so excited. It's Friday and Tony is letting me stay the entire weekend, well he normally does, but sometimes he has meetings or other things, but he said he has the whole weekend off and is going to hang out with me and I'm excited for that. Also, Bruce is there so maybe he will join us in the lab. Then also Thor and Loki, they could tell me stories of what it's like on Asgard and other places." I ramble in excitement. Happy is used to it though. He just smiles at me and drives towards the tower. I pull out the little homework I had as we waited in traffic.
By the time we reached the tower, my homework was done, so I had a free weekend. Sweet. I went to the elevator, up to the penthouse and put my stuff in my room.
"Hey FRIDAY, where is Tony?" I ask to the ceiling.
"Boss is in a meeting with the UN. It was an impromptu meeting; he could be awhile." Great.
"Is everyone in the meeting?"
"Just Thor, Tony and Valkyrie."
"Where is Loki?" I ask, suddenly getting excited. This could work out. I knew Tony was hesitant to let me around Loki, which I get. That doesn't mean I have to agree though.
"He is in the Avengers sitting room." Nice. I thank FRIDAY and head down a floor to Loki. When I enter, Loki doesn't even look up from his book. I sit on the couch across from him.
"Hey Mr. Loki. What are you reading?" He looks at me, eyes narrowing a bit.
"What do you want child?" I frown. Is he upset?
"Just want to hang out. We could watch a movie or talk about Asgard or whatever really." I mumble, not too sure if showing up and surprising him was a good idea anymore.
"And why would you want to hang out with me?"
"Because we are similar. Well I mean, I never tried to destroy New York, but everyone makes mistakes Mr. Loki." I explain.
"And how am I, God of Mischief, similar to you, Midgardian child of spiders?" He asked, as if those were the only characteristic of each other. Just boiled down to one thing.
"You were adopted. My parents died when I was four, and I was adopted by my aunt and uncle." I look at him, for any indication that he might get angry at me for bringing this up.
"I see. And how does Stark fit into all of this?" He asked.
"Oh, uh Tony is like, he's like a father to me. Though I've never told him that. My uncle died just over a year ago and I met Tony not long after when the whole Avengers thing happened, and while it started off rocky, we are really close now. He is the only father figure I have in my life. He is also just super awesome with all the tech he makes being Iron Man." I smile, thinking about how much Tony has helped by just being there.
"So let me get this straight, you thought because we are both adopted and ended up in the same tower, that we should be friends?" He raised an eyebrow at me.
"Well, I also don't think you are a bad person. Besides, I think you'll need someone to show you how things work on Earth. The last time you were here I don't think you understood how our culture works." I smile, cracking a joke. Well I hope it's a joke. Loki just looks at me then shakes his head with a short laugh.
"You are definitely brave child. Or stupid. You know nothing about me except that I tried to destroy your home and that I'm adopted yet you want to be friends. You humans are interesting creatures."
"Does that mean you'll hang out with me? Cause I'm hungry, FRIDAY can order us food, and we can watch one of my favourite shows. Or instead of the show we can talk about other things. Get to know each other. Or, I mean if you want, you could show me some of your magic? Magic is pretty cool so…" I trail off, not wanting to offend him.
"Start with the food kid, then we'll go from there. I'm still unsure of your presence." He started reading his book again.
The food arrives and I ordered some for Tony and them, having it delivered to them. I decided to order Chinese food, as it was super good, and I think Loki needed to try something that wasn't pizza. I watch him as he takes his first few bites, waiting for his reaction.
"What is this?" He looks at me.
"Sweet and Sour Pork, with chow mein. Good right?" I say, then start eating mine.
"Yes, it is definitely a nice change from pizza. Okay, I think we can talk. You clearly know what good food is, so I might just have to stick by you for guidance in these weird Midgardian meals." I look at him.
"Really Mr. Loki?"
"Ya, but you better start calling me Loki. The Mister is unnecessary and unwanted." I nod.
"Ya of course Loki. Now, what should we talk about? Can you tell me about your childhood? Like things you did as a child. Or like special things you celebrated there?" I asked excitedly.
"Well there was this time I transformed myself into a snake because Thor loves snakes. So, and we were kids, then he picked me up and then I transformed myself back to this form and stabbed him." He smirked.
"You what? Why?" I asked baffled.
"Because I could."
"Uh huh. Okay, maybe other stories. Like what was Asgard like?"
"Overrated. A beautiful kingdom filled with idiots. Just willing to listen to whoever was king because they thought they were special. That's one thing you humans got right. Democracy." He said, bitter tone to his voice.
"O…kay. How about you tell me something you want to talk about." I encourage. There's no way anyone could be this… angry.
"Well, my mother, well adoptive mother, was very kind. She always treated me like her own. Odin did, but he always was favourable to Thor. I lived in Thor's shadow my whole childhood. Then I was still in his shadow when we weren't kids. So, I gave up on trying to impress people. But mother, she was amazing. Always. If I hurt myself, Thor would tell me to walk it off, it's just a scratch. But mother would make sure I was okay. She was also a witch, so with my powers, I was always looking for her guidance. She helped me when I couldn't achieve my goals. She was the best person in my life." He smiles a little bit.
"What was her name?"
"Frigga. She was a beautiful woman. I'm not worthy to call her my mother." He sighs, going back to his food.
"Hey don't say that. My aunt and uncle never wanted kids. Then when my parents died, they didn't want me to go into foster care. So, they decided to take me in. They aren't wealthy, not a single bit. My uncle Ben worked on cars, taught me about them as well. My aunt May is a nurse. She flipped out when she found out that I am Spiderman but had never been so grateful for her job. She helps me clean up, when I get hurt. Even though I put her through the stress every time I go out. She worries that I might end up in a ditch or shot in an alley. But I do what I do for my Uncle Ben. It's my fault he's dead. I had just gotten my powers and we were in a store. Then someone walked in with a gun. And Ben decided he could do something. He saved everyone but, he was shot. Died in my arms. He lived by a saying. With great power comes great responsibility. But I had the power to do something, but I didn't, I wasn't Spiderman yet. I barely even knew how to control the powers. And even though I didn't call him dad, that's what he was to me. My point is, if I wasn't taken in by them, he would still be alive, and that's not fair. So, does that not make me worthy to have had him as a father?" I ask quietly, tears going down my face. No matter how much time has passed, it still hurts to talk about how Ben died. That it was my fault. May didn't think it was. She's the only person I told. I never told Tony because he would judge me, I know it.
"Child" He starts. "Peter, that wasn't your fault. It was the man with the gun. You shouldn't put that on yourself. Besides, I'm the type of person with the gun. Just, instead of a gun, an army of aliens, or something of the sorts. I was under someone's influence, but most villains are, I think. Whether it is another person with a bigger agenda, or just a guy with a gun who needs money." Loki said, moving from where he was sitting to beside me. He holds out a handkerchief to me and I take it, wipe my tears away.
"Wait, you were under someone's influence?" I ask, looking at him.
"Ya, some bigger, badder alien. The Sceptre that I used against people, well, it was used against me first. Not that it excuses my actions. I should have been strong enough to fight off the effects, but I wasn't"
"Hey, that's not fair. No one could. I think you are exactly what I thought. A nice guy, who has made mistakes, but just wants someone to accept him. And now, that I know some of those mistakes, weren't even you? Well I totally think we are going to be great friends. Now, I don't know about you, but I think we should save the rest of our sob stories for another time and watch some TV. There's this show, Brooklyn nine-nine and trust me, it's hilarious." I say, turning on the show, with the help of FRIDAY.
Tony POV
Thor, Valkyrie and I finally finish the meeting at nine. A five-hour meeting with the UN. Just to hash out a bunch of details about the land they are giving to the Asgardians. Like it will still be considered Norway, but the Asgardians get to name it. The UN has started construction and now with more numbers of Asgardians, can get more done. Then there was the issue of Loki. Thor said he did his time on Asgard, and that he has changed. I don't know if I believe that, but if Thor is trusting him, and I trust Thor. The problem was that the UN didn't want Loki in their country. Nowhere wanted him. So, I took a page from Peter's book and said he was staying here with me. Thor was surprised, and well, it kind of surprised me when I said that too. But everything is different now. Peter changed me. Pepper loves it. So does Rhodey. Apparently, I'm happy now. Of course, there were moments when the rogue avengers crossed my mind, but besides that I'm good. And Peter was to thank for this change. Who knew that a fourteen-year-old kid could do that, well he is fifteen now.
During the meeting, Peter had ordered food and made sure we got some as well. It warmed my heart when Peter did little things like that. But now I have to go find my kid so we can hang out. I step in the elevator with the other two.
"FRIDAY where is Peter?" I ask.
"On the Avengers floor with Loki." My eyes widen. Shit.
"Don't worry Tony, my brother promised he wouldn't hurt anyone." Thor placed a hand on my shoulder. I told FRIDAY to take us there and we entered the living room. There on one of the couches, Peter was sleeping against Loki's side. And Loki was sleeping as well. Huh. I guess I shouldn't be surprised that Peter had gotten Loki to be friendly, but I am. I smile, and take a photo, because I know that Peter would want to remember this. Or I can use this as blackmail against Loki.