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Prompt: Peter comforts Morgan during a storm
"Peter?" a small voice asked from the doorway, drawing Peter's attention to it and away from his math homework. Morgan Stark stood there, clutching her blanket and stuffed kitten in a death grip.
"Hey princess. What's the matter?" Peter asked, seeing the little girl's distress. As if on cue, a flash of lightning lit up the room, followed by a loud clap of thunder. Peter suddenly found himself with an armful of small child and smiled sadly. Ever since Tony died, Peter and May had been living with Pepper and Morgan. Morgan had almost instantly adopted Peter as her big brother, a job that left Peter feeling bittersweet. He loved Morgan but he wished Tony was there as well.
"Don't like the storm?" Peter asked softly. He abandoned his homework and carried the little girl to his bed, holding her close.
"Not really," Morgan whispered, flinching when another clap of thunder went off.
"You know, it's just Uncle Thor checking up on us right?" Peter asked.
"He could just visit properly. The noise is really scary," Morgan whispered curling into Peter's side. He smiled softly and adjusted the blankets around them.
"I used to be afraid of storms too," Peter said quietly.
"But you're spiderman. You're not supposed to be scared of anything!" Morgan protested.
"Did you know that I made the spiderman mask so that bad guys couldn't see I was afraid?" Peter asked. "Being a hero terrified me at times. It still does actually. But being a hero isn't about not being afraid. It's about overcoming your fear to protect something else. That was something your dad taught me," Peter said looking down at Morgan. The little girl looked thoughtful.
"Was daddy afraid when he died?" she asked. And damn if that question didn't break Peter's heart all over again.
"He was. He was afraid of losing us. You, me, Pepper, everyone. He was so afraid that we would be hurt that he didn't even hesitate to snap his fingers. He wanted to protect us, even though it meant he would have to miss out on our lives," Peter had to fight the tears that wanted to fall as he spoke.
"Daddy was a really good hero?" Morgan asked.
"Daddy was the best hero. But that's not why he saved us. He saved us because he was the best dad. He cared about his kids so much that he didn't want the two of us to be hurt ever again, even if that meant he got hurt instead," Peter explained. Morgan was quiet, and Peter realized she got her thinking face from Tony. She was so absorbed in her thoughts that she didn't even notice the next clap of thunder.
"Will you tell me stories of him?" she asked softly.
"Did I ever tell you about how we met?" Peter asked, shifting slightly to get comfortable. Morgan shook her head. "So I had just come home from school and he was sitting on our couch, eating Aunt May's walnut date loaf," Peter started his story. He kept it up until Morgan was fast asleep on his chest, drooling slightly just like her dad.
Here's one chapter I didn't see anything I wanted to change on it. There's only two oneshots in the Itsy Bitsy Spider series that isn't apart of my "You're On Speaker" miniseries. Though can it be called a miniseries when it outnumbers the actual oneshot series by a lot? Eh. Regardless, I do actually have a lot more prompts to write for this series, I just enjoyed the phone calls too much and wanted to work on them. However this time I am separating them into two different fics. The stand alone oneshots will be apart of Itsy Bitsy Spider, but the oneshots that are a miniseries will be put into a separate fic, although they'll still be a part of this series. It's mainly for me to keep better track of everything. I'm doing the same thing for my "Skull Centered Ideas" fic if that helps. I'll most likely do the same for any other oneshot series if it is needed. But first I'm going to focus on rewriting everything. The sooner I finish that project, the sooner I can start new fics.
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