Chapter Two

Peter was concentrating so hard that he almost bit off his lip. When he was really concentrating, he focused all of his attention on that one thing. He also had the habit of biting his bottom lip. Thank god for his healing abilities, otherwise he would have been walking with a busted lip for everyone to see.

He had been so focused in connecting two wires that had fallen apart in his Iron Spider suit that he didn't even noticed that Tony was talking to him until he used his thumb and index finger to flick his forehead to get his attention.

"Earth to Peter, Bruce has been trying to get your attention for the past five minutes." He cocked his head to the side and motioned to Banner who was the latest victim of Peter fan boying over him. "Lunch is ready. So leave the suit and come have lunch before you pass out and Pepper bites my head off."

Peter smiled and he felt his heart swelling in happiness as he joined Tony and Bruce at the table. They had been doing this since Thanos had been killed, each Saturday Happy would pick Peter up in Queens and the three of them would have a science bros day. When Tony had told him, Peter had thought that it had been a cruel April Fool's joke, but Tony assured him that it was not.

Tony had ordered an array of burgers, fries, and the occasional salad. Bruce was currently stuffing his face with a McChicken. Peter grabbed a cheeseburger while Tony squeezed the packet of ketchup all over his fries.

Tony handed Peter a drink and Peter sipped, only to cough it back almost immediately. Tony winced as he took the cup away from him. "Sorry, that's mine. Here." He handed Peter a Sunny D.

"So Peter's how's school going?" Bruce asked as he reached for a second chicken burger.

Peter shrugged. "School is school. I just want the SAT's to be over." He wasn't taking the exam for another couple of months, yet MJ was already bombarding him and Ned with text messages about creating a study group since they had already lost so much school during the snap.

Tony rolled his eyes. "I can't believe that you're worried about that stupid test. It's easy."

Bruce interrupted him dryly. "Forgive Tony, Peter he doesn't seem to remember that not everyone is a genius like him. I can help you study, just let me know when your test is. We will form study groups, and flashcards-"

"Excuse me, why should you help him when he had a certified genius standing in front of him."

"I'm not exactly a high school dropout, Tony."

While they continued to bicker, Peter's cell phone rang and he noticed that he had a text message from May.

May: Scott surprised me with tickets to a play. Would Happy or Tony be able to give you a ride back to the apartment? Let me know. Love you!

May usually picked him up from HQ to avoid Happy from giving him another ride into the city. It was also a time for them to spend time together and sing along to embarrassing karaoke songs.

"Who's that?" Tony asked as he looked through his own text messages. "That MC girl who is obsessed with you?" Bruce threw him a scolding look as he threw him a fry. "What? It was a joke."

Peter felt the blush leave his cheeks. "Actually would you or Happy mind giving me a ride back to Queens? May won't be able to pick me up. She and her boyfriend Scott are going to the theater."

"Lang?" Tony choked on his drink. "Didn't see that coming, though both of you are insects-"

"No not Mr. Lang," Peter said carefully. "Scott McDaniel. He's Aunt May's new boyfriend."

Bruce and Tony exchanged looks. "What is he like? What does he do?"

He shrugged. "I don't know. I don't know him that well, we barely meet over dinner the other night."

Tony finished off the last of his fries. "Why don't you stay the night? We have a lot to do anyway."

Peter's ears perked up and he looked at his mentor with such admiration that it was downright embarrassing. "Really? You wouldn't mind?"

"Of course not," Tony brushed it off. "Your room is next to Vision's."


The next morning after a breakfast of slightly burnt pancakes from Vision and a package of Italian cookies for May courtesy of Pepper, Peter found himself waiting outside of Avengers HQ for May.

"There she is, kid." Tony said pointing to a dark green jeep.

Peter frowned. May drove a baby blue station wagon that she had owned since she was in high school and promised not to part with it until the day that she died. "That's not my aunt's car." The car stopped in front of them and that's when Peter noticed Scott driving without Aunt May next to him

"Pete," Scott said as he lowered down the passenger side window. "Are you ready? It's a long drive."

Peter shifted his feet. He didn't know why he was so nervous, especially since he had just met the guy and he seemed like a nice enough guy. "Hey. Where's Aunt May?"

"Her old car just gave up on her and she asked me to pick you up." he raised an eyebrow. "Problem?"

Peter nodded, hating how jumpy he was acting. Peter decided to brush off the conversation by motioning to Tony next to him who was being weirdly polite. "Scott this is Mr. Stark. Mr. Stark this is Scott, May's boyfriend."

The two men exchanged pleasantries that to Peter sounded like they belonged in a commercial. Tony raised an eyebrow. "You got everything, Peter?" Peter nodded as he thanked him for the billionth time causing Tony to blush and to wave him away.

Scott and Peter were on their way back to Queens in the next five minutes. Scott lowered down the music that was playing. "What's with the fan obsession?" he asked referring to Peter and Tony. "You looked at him as if he were some kind of God."

Peter blushed. Maybe Sam was right and he could be a bit embarrassing. "I just really admire him," he said clearing his throat. "Mr. Stark has helped me out so much and he's so smart-"

"I'm sure he is," Scott said interrupting him. "But don't you think you should be doing something else other than wasting your time?"

"Well it's an internship," Peter argued. "And you never know, Mr. Stark has great connections. They can offer me a job during college or after college." He had never shown much interest in college, but he didn't want Scott to have the last word in the conversation.

"You're young, college is light years away." He started entering the city. "What you should be doing is finding a part time job after school. So you can help May pay the bills."

Guilt settled in Peter's chest. "I know." He paused. May always talked about how expensive everything was, especially while living in New York, but she had always forbid Peter from working, asking him to focus on his school work instead. "Maybe I could get a job at Mr. Delmar's bodega."

Scott smiled as he parked in front of their apartment's garage. "Atta boy."

May ran towards them as she exited the apartment. "There are my two favorite boys." She said as they got out of the car. She kissed Peter on the cheek. "How was Tony's?"

Scott pressed a hand on Peter's shoulder. "Oh great, Pete was telling me all about it. Weren't you Peter?"

Peter swallowed hard as he looked at May's lovely smiling face. "Yes, it was epic."

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