Hey guys! Welcome to my second fanfiction! I hope you enjoy it :)

DISCLAIMER: I don't own any of these characters! They all belong to the MCU!

Caution: This fanfiction has a lot of dark and angsty themes so if you are uncomfortable with that, please don't read!

A.N

Hey guys! This is completely my bad, I should have said this in the first chapter but all of this is after Endgame and Tony survived. Just so you know! Also, pretty long chapter cus I felt like it. Enjoy! :)

Tony and May are sitting on a bed, both looking at Peter with red-rimmed eyes. Peter is standing in front of them. "May? Mr. Stark? Wha-t?" Peter stutters. "Why didn't you save me, Peter? Your Spiderman. You are supposed to be a hero." May tells him. "Ma-y. I'm s-sorry. I didn't know. I-I would have saved you. P-please." Peter pleads. "Your no hero Peter. You're selfish. You let me die." May tells him. Tears spring up into Peter's eyes. "No. T-that's not t-true. I-If I knew, I would have s-saved you May." Peter tells her. "You don't deserve me Peter. After everything I've done for you, you hurt me? I'm not adopting you, Peter. You're not my kid. You're selfish. I'm leaving you. I'll just put you in the system. I never cared about you." Tony tells the trembling boy. "N-no. P-please don't leave me, Mr. Stark. P-please Tony. P-please don't leave me alone." Peter sobs. "Goodbye, Peter." They say together. "NO!" Peter screams.

"Pete! Wake up bud. It's just a nightmare. Open your eyes buddy. Look at me." Tony says, shaking the trembling teen. "No….don't leave...please...No!" Peter yells. "Pete. Wake up, buddy. Come on! Naptime is over bud." Tony pleads. "No!" Peter screams, waking up with a start. Tony pulls the boy into his arms and rocks him. "Your ok...it's ok buddy." Tony whispers. "Please don't leave. Please don't put me in the system. I'll do whatever you want. Don't leave me. D-dad. Don't leave. T-tony." Peter sobs. "Hey, hey kid. I would never, ever leave you. I would never put you into the system." Tony soothes, his heart warming, at Peter calling him Dad. "Promise?" Peter asks, looking into the man's caring eyes. "I promise kiddo. I'll keep you safe." Tony says. Peter leans into the inventor's chest, content. "Thank you, Mr. Stark." Peter whispers. Tony runs a hand through Peter's hair, affectionately. They sit there for a few minutes and Tony breaks the silence. "You want to freshen up, squirt? Nat and Steve probably have breakfast ready. Pepper's coming in a few hours." Tony tells him. Peter nods and shifts out of Tony's arms. "I probably shouldn't look like a mess in front of Mrs. Potts huh?" Peter says with a small smile. "She's going to crack down on both of us." Tony grins. Peter laughs and heads to his room.

Peter takes a shower and changes out his clothes from yesterday. He searches through his closet and eventually decides on a nerdy periodic table sweatshirt and normal, denim jeans. He trudges out of his room and into the common room. "Morning kid." Nat greets from the couch. Peter grins and sits next to her. "Have a good sleep kid?" Steve asks from the kitchen. "You could say that." Peter says, waving at Sam who is currently trying not to burn the bacon. "Dude! I leave you alone for two seconds!" Steve says, trying to fix the bacon. Nat and Peter laugh as Sam throws his hands in the air. "What's going on? We bickering already?" Tony asks marching in. "Everyday Tones." Nat sighs. Tony snickers and takes a seat next to Peter. "Who wants crepes?" Steve asks. "Ooo me!" Peter exclaims, jumping off the sofa. "Jeez, kid. Slow it down." Tony says, shaking his head. Peter grins sheepishly and holds out his plate. "One day, you're going to help me make this, kid. No free lunches around here." Steve says fondly. "Technically it's breakfast-'' Peter points out. "Shut it and eat your crepe." Steve interrupts, rolling his eyes. Peter laughs and digs in. And Tony realizes, for once, the grin stays on the teen's face. Tony smiles and gets up. "Nat. What do you want?" Tony asks. "Gimme some bacon and fruits Stark." Natasha calls from the couch. "Got it." Tony says, grabbing two plates.

They sit down together and eat in silence. "What are we going to do today?" Sam asks. "We should do a movie night tonight if nothing comes up." Tony says. "Yeah! That would be so much fun!" Peter exclaims. The team laughs. "Well, the little spider seems excited about it so I guess we can't say no." Nat laughs. "Yes!" Peter says, pumping his fist in the air. Everyone laughs as he turns pink. "I mean...ah...cool." he says, shoving a piece of watermelon into his mouth. Everyone cracks up as Nat gives the boy a squeeze. "When's Pepper coming Tones?" Rhodey asks. "I think in about 3 hours." Tony tells him. "Great. 3 hours to train." Nat says getting up. Everyone but Peter groans. "You guys should be more like Peter." Natasha scolds. "Don't worry kid. Soon you're going to hate training too." Clint tells him. "No way! Training is awesome!" Peter exclaims. "Let's go lameos." Nat says. "Fiiine." Rhodey groans. They all get up and go to their respective rooms to get changed.

Training goes well. Peter beats Steve in a race as usual and Nat just beat everyone up...as usual. "Let's do some sparing!" Steve calls. "I'll be judge. I really don't feel like being beat up by Nat today." Bruce says, sitting down in front of the mat. "Yeah me too. I'm too good for you guys anyway." Tony jokes. "I'm going to sit out too. I'm tired." Rhodey says. "Ok guys. I'll go against Nat and Peter, your up against Clint. Sam you're with Wanda." Steve tells them. "Aww man. Wanda's gonna kill me." Sam grumbles. "Damn right." Wanda smirks. Steve laughs at Sam. "Let's go!" Steve calls. Peter and Clint square off. Clint takes a step to strike and Peter moves out of the way. Then Peter tries to attack and Clint dodges it easily. It's almost like he knows what Peter's going to do, before he does it. "How do you do that?" Peter pants. "Experience kid." Clint says, sweating a bit. Peter feints to Clint's left leg but goes for his right. Clint tries to block but Peter already has his leg and is slamming him down on the mat. "Jeez kid. I'm impressed. Not a lot of us can take down Appolo over here." Tony laughs. Clint glares at the nickname as Peter helps him up. "Good job kid. You got me there. Didn't know you could do that." Clint laughs. Peter grins. Nat smiles at them. "Okay. I'm taking on the little spider." Nat calls.

Steve pats his shoulder. "Good luck kid. You're going to need it." Steve smirks. "Thanks." Peter says sarcastically. Tony steps away for a phone call as Natasha and Peter step up to the mat. "You ready kid?" Natasha asks. "Kinda?" Peter says. Nat grins and gets into a ready position. As soon as Peter nods, she's coming at him with lightning speed. Peter can barely block one and there's another one coming at him. He's forced into defensive which he doesn't like at all. "Come on kid! Gimme something! Don't let her beat you up." Rhodey yells. Peter concentrates. Nat is so busy attacking him, she let her guard down. She's not protecting her lower body at all. Peter continues to block and waits for a wide punch. Natasha goes for his left arm and Peter blocks. He twists Nat's arm and kicks her in the leg. She almost loses her balance, grins and knocks Peter down on the mat. "How did you do that?" He gasps from the floor. "I made you think I was going to fall, then I pinned you. The fight's never over until it's over, kid. You gotta remember that. I'll tell you some stories about my younger days later." she smiles, pulling him up to his feet. Peter grins and looks over at Tony who just came back. "Not bad for your first time against Nat, kid." Tony says. "Thanks, Mr. Stark. "Jeez, kid. Just call me Tony." Tony says fondly. "Right.' Peter mutters, his cheeks going pink. "Guys. Bad news." Tony calls. Everyone gathers around him. "What's going on Tones?" Clint asks. "Thor just called. Asgard was attacked. Almost everyone died. Him, his crazy brother and about 150 others are heading to Earth right now." Tony says, rubbing a hand on his face. "WHAT!" everyone yells. "When will they get here?" Rhodey asks. "Wait. Only 100 people? What happened?" Wanda asks. "Where will they stay?" Peter asks. "Guys. Slow down." Tony sighs. "They are getting here in about 4 days. Thor said we would talk about the details when they arrived. Thor and his brother are going to stay in the tower with us and I'm going to ask T'challa if he can give homes to the others." Tony says calmly. "Wait. Loki is STAYING in the TOWER!" Sam yells. "Thor vouched for him. Says he's changed and he's not going to make any trouble." Tony sighs. "This is unbelievable." Steve says. "I'm going to meet Gods! Not just any Gods, I'm gonna meet Thor and Loki!" Peter says excitedly. Everyone smiles at him and Peter turns red. "Pepper's coming in a few minutes so I'm going to head up." Tony says. "Oh yeah. Me too!" Peter says, bounding after Tony. Tony ruffles his hair as they get into the elevator.

Pepper comes a few minutes later. "Hey Tony." she says softly. Tony is over the moon. He's only been away from his fiancee for a couple of days but it's felt like years. "Pep." he says, kissing her softly. Peter turns red and looks away. "Peter." she says, embracing him. Peter melts into the hug. Somehow hugging her feels right. "Sweetie. How are you doing?" she asks, concerned. "I'm fine Mrs. Potts. How are you?" Peter asks politely. "There will be none of that. Pepper is fine Peter. And I'm alright." she smiles. Peter can't help but grin. Pepper makes him feel so warm and safe. Tony smiles at the two of them. Its obvious Pepper loves Peter and Peter adores Pepper. Pepper's great with kids too so he's got that going for pulls them into a group hug. "We're going to be a family alright?" Pepper asks. Peter's eyes water and he nods.

As Tony fills Pepper in on the Thor situation, Peter spaced out. He loves Pepper. She was always so nice to him and he could feel that she cared about him which was refreshing. But now, it's a constant reminder of his Aunt. She does the exact same things as May used to do. Brushing back his hair, smiling at him when he entered the room, even the way she hugged him tightly. Peter's eyes start to fill up. "-set up a meeting with King T'challa. I'll get Thor and Loki's room ready too. Did you-" Pepper pauses. "Peter? Honey, are you ok?" she asks. Peter snaps out of it. "Yeah. I'm fine." he says quietly. Tony kneels down. "Pete. You good? What's wrong squirt?" he asks. "I'm fine Mr- ah Tony." he says, smiling. Tony nods and smiles at the slightly red teen. "Um...Mrs. Pepper, are you hungry?" Peter asks shyly. "Jeez Tony. What are we gonna do with this kid? He's too polite for his own good." she laughs. Petter grins at her laugh. Pepper has the most amazing laugh. "Just Pepper dear. And yes, I'm starving!" she says, ruffling his hair. Peter looks at her fondly as they get into the elevator. Tony smiles. He's glad the two most important people in his life get along. They head to the common room and find the team already having lunch. "Hey Pepper! Good to see you!" Rhodey says, getting up and giving her a hug. "It's great to see you too Rhodey." she smiles. The team greets her and she catches up with everyone. "Pepper you should sit! Steve ordered Thai, your favorite." Natasha tells her. Peter looks down. Even Pepper's favorite food was similar to his Aunt's. This is going to be hard. "Pete. You hungry?" Pepper asks. "Starving." he smiles, sitting down next to Pepper. "Tony, I forgot to mention, I have a few meetings in the city today. I'll be back by 6 though." she says. "Do you ever stop working?" Tony whines. "Well I do have to take care of your company." she reminds him. "Right." Tony mutters. Peter laughs. "What are you laughing at kid?" Tony asks, smiling at Peter's giggles. "Pepper is the only one who can keep you in line." Peter laughs. "That's right. He wouldn't last a few minutes without me." Pepper laughs. "Excuse me! I just lasted days without you!" Tony complains. "I doubt it Tony." Pepper giggles. Tony's heart warms. Pepper was so beautiful. Jeez. Since when was he such a softie? "Movie night's at 7 so you will be back by then." Steve says, inhaling his 3rd sweet and sour chicken container. Pepper smiles and nods.

"Oh man. I'm tired." Tony says rubbing his eyes. "Seriously Tony? Pepper just flew half-way across the world and back and you're tired?" Sam laughs. "Shut it Wilson."Tony says, rolling his eyes. They all settle down together around the T.V. "Ok. What are we watching?" Tony calls. Suddenly the alarms begin to blare. "Apparently nothing." Steve sighs. "FRI, what is it?" Tony asks. "A few known HYDRA agents were seen in Warren, Michigan. I analyzed the area from the beginning of the week till today and this has a high probability of being one of the biggest underground bases in America." FRIDAY informs them. "Let's go. We can't let an opportunity like that go to waste." Clint says. "Yeah. FRIDAY, ready the Quinjet. We're going for a ride." Tony calls. Everyone gets up to get changed. "Can I come?" Peter asks. "I need you to stay here buddy. HYDRA is no joke. I promise after more training sessions you can come." Tony tells him. Peter sighs but doesn't argue. "I'll try to come back early in case they stay there longer than anticipated." Pepper tells him fondly. "You don't have to do that Pepper. I'll be fine. I have classwork to catch up on anyway." Peter tells her. She nods. "I'll try anyway. I don't like you being alone buddy." Pepper says, ruffling his coffee-colored curls softly. Peter leans into the touch and smiles. "I'll see you guys in a bit ok?" Tony tells them, grabbing his Ironman device and attaching it to his shirt. Pepper nods and kisses him. Peter looks at him with worried eyes. Tony kneels down. "What's wrong bud?" he asks. "Please be careful." Peter whispers. "I'll be fine buddy. I'll be back before you know it. Plus, almost the entire team is going except Wanda and Bruce. Wanda says she wants to stay here with you, and Bruce will be in the lab as always." Tony tells him. Peter brightens up at the mention of spending time with Scarlet Witch. Peter nods. Tony wraps him into a tight hug and let's go. "Bye." Peter says quietly. Peter double taps Tony's device and watches the nano-tech surround his body. "Bye guys. See you in a bit." Tony says as he thrusts out of the room. "He'll be fine sweetie. I'm going to go get changed, I have to leave in a few minutes." Pepper sighs. Peter nods and watches the jet speed off into the sky.

"Ok. What's the plan of attack? And Stark, don't say attack." Steve says, remembering their encounter with Thor. Tony closes his mouth. "Shut up Rogers." Tony says. "We'll land in a field a few miles from the sight. Steve, Clint and I will take the jeep while the rest of you use your weirdo tech to fly there. We'll infiltrate the base and blow it up. Easy." Nat says, cleaning the knives in her belt. "Easy cus they don't know we're coming and I made your toys spider, watch your mouth." Tony says rolling his eyes at Natasha. Natasha smiled. "Whatever Stark." she says. They fly in silence for a bit before FRIDAY's voice fills the room. "You are arriving." the AI informs them. "Thanks, FRI." Steve says. "Cap. It's an AI, you don't have to thank her." Tony says. "I'm glad to see Captain Roger's has manners." FRIDAY says. "When the hell did I program sass into you?" Tony asks the ceiling incredulously. FRIDAY doesn't reply as everyone laughs. "Ok. Let's get this done quickly guys. Stark's gotta go back to his son." Clint smirks. "He's not my-" Tony starts. "Oh shut up Stark. We all know he's basically your son." Sam says, adjusting his wings. Stark rolls his eyes but stays quiet. "Let's go guys!" Clint says, getting into the driver's seat of the jeep. "Nope. You suck at driving. I'm driver." Nat says. "Damn it." Clint mutters. "Language dude!" Steve says from the back seat. Clint laughs. "Shut it old man." Clint says. "Are you ladies done flirting? Let's do this." Tony says. Natasha steps on the gas as Tony, Sam and Rhodey fly off toward the base.

They get to the sight with no issues and Clint hits the invisibility booster and the jeep vanishes. "How the hell are we going to find it again?" Steve asks. "I have a tracker obviously. Use your brain Cap." Natasha whispers. It's almost an hour before an agent comes out. The team silently takes him out and grabs the key. "Great. Let's go." Rhodey says. "Why couldn't we just bust down the door?" Sam complains. "The idea is to not cause the alarms to go off." Steve tells him, placing the key on the scanner. The scanner turns green and the door unlocks. Ok find the boss of this place and figure out how to place a lockdown so no one can get out, got it, guys?" Tony asks. They nod and head in silently. They take out a few guards on the way easily and head into the main room. "THE AVENGER'S ARE HERE. SOUND THE ALARM!" A guard screams, obviously smarter than the rest of the guards. "Damn it." Nat yells, punching the guy in the face and knocking him out. "Me and Clint will find a way to put this place on lockdown. You guys go find the leader." Nat says. "Isn't it Clint and I?" Sam asks. "Do you want to lose teeth Wilson?" Natasha asks. Everyone laughs and head off in different directions. Guns and other weapons are being shot at them and suddenly, it's a war-zone. There are more than 100 agents in the base and they are all either firing or coming from different rooms in the building. "So much for stealth." Tony yells, blasting a few agents with his repulsor ray. After a little while of fighting, a voice echoes through the building. "LOCKDOWN INITIATED. LOCKDOWN INITIATED. LOCKDOWN INITIATED." it says. "Great. Nat and Clint did it. Now we just gotta take all these guys out." Steve says, knocking out the stupid agent that came barreling at him with his shield.

Bullets clang off of Tony's armor as he tries to come up with a plan. "Sam and Rhodey went to rig the bombs. We just gotta lead these guys over there!" Tony yells into the com set, over the gunfire. "That's going to kill them! We have to bring them in!" Steve yells back. "All these guys have killed a lot of innocent people Cap. And there are a lot of them. We don't have another choice." Tony says, knocking an agent out with his iron fist. Steve nods. "Guys. we're good. Just rigged up all the bombs on the far left side of the building. You guys gotta get all those guys in here. The button on my watch will set them off." Rhodey says into the com set. "We're on our way. Tony let's lead them to the west hall." Steve says. "Copy that." Tony says. They both run off toward the left hall, the HYDRA agents hot on their tail. "Sir. The suit is damaged severely by bullets and other weapons." FRIDAY says.

"Shit. How much time do I got left FRI?" Tony asks the AI. "About 10 minutes boss." FRIDAY says. "Damn. Should have brought another suit. Hey Cap, are you sure that's all of them?" Tony asks into the com, while running. "Yup. Sam and Rhodey are rounding up all the agents in the rooms that we missed but these are most of them anyway." Steve pants, running and dodging bullets. Steve has a bullet in his leg and one in his shoulder as well. "Ok on my count, we're going to run at them. I'll fly over them and force them into the hall and you are going to be at the back. Got it?" Tony yells. "Yup." Steve says. "Alright. 1...2...3!" Tony says. He quickly turns around and rockets over them, bullet's clanging off him as he passes over. Steve runs into them, taking out as many as he can and heading toward the back. Tony blasts his lasers at them and they are all forced into the hall. "Rhodey, Sam, we're good. Get out of there and light em' up." Steve says into the com. "Got it." Sam says. "Everyone to the right side of the main room so we don't get blown up! Nat, Clint you guys alright?" Tony asks. "Yup we're fine. Heading over there right now." Clint says. Tony, Steve, Rhodey and Sam get to the main room at the same time. "Nat, Clint, where the hell are you?" Rhodey asks. "We're coming. Give us two minutes." Nat yells, charging at an agent. A few minutes later, they arrive and nod at Rhodey. Steve and Tony lift their shields just in case. Rhodey lifts his hand and presses the small grey button on his watch. "Everyone cover their ears!" Sam yells. They hear a huge boom and the floor shakes. Luckily, only a few pieces of shrapnel and wall come at them, which is blocked by Steve's shield. "Mission accomplished. Get S.H.I.E.L.D on the scene now." Tony says, stepping out of his suit. "I got a suit to repair ." He sighs. Nat, Sam, Rhodey and Clint all head outside after Rhodey smashes a wall with his laser blast.

"Oh man. I have to get these bullets out of me." Steve mutters in pain. "Don't worry Cap. We'll get home and have Helen and Bruce look at it. We got pain meds in the jet." Tony tells him. Steve is a moment too late. The figure steps out of the shadows and buries the knife into Tony's side a moment before he throws the shield at his head. The guy falls back as Tony crumples to the ground. "Tony!" Steve yells, kneeling at his side. "Shit. Peter and Pepper are going to kill me." Tony groans in pain, his eyes closing slightly. "Tony! You got to stay awake. GUYS GET IN HERE!" Steve yells. The team comes rushing back in. "What the hell?" Sam asks. "TONY!" Rhodey yells. Rhodey runs over and kneels at Tony's side. "We gotta get him back to the tower." Nat says, putting pressure on Tony's wound. "Call Bruce. Tell him to get Helen and get the Med Bay ready." Steve says, carefully lifting Tony up. They run into the jet and Steve sets Tony on a bed. "FRIDAY get us to the tower. Get us there as fast as you can." Sam yells. "Do you want all power into thrusters?" FRIDAY asks. "Yes." Clint says. "We will reach in approximately 15 minutes." They blast into the sky, toward Manhattan.

"Tony, we're almost there. You gotta keep your eyes open ok?" Natasha says, putting more pressure on the wound. Tony's eyes flutter as he winces in pain. Damn. Of all the mission's he has to get stabbed on the one when Peter told him to stay safe. Peter's never going to forgive him. Life sucks. "Do you want me to call Pepper and Peter?" Rhodey asks. "W-what no. D-don't tell th-em." Tony croaks. "They're going to know anyway. Rhodey just call Pepper. We can break the news to Peter when we get there." Natasha says. Tony tries to argue but just groans in pain. Rhodey nods and heads off to make the call. "Hello, Pepper?" Rhodey asks into the phone. "Rhodey, what's wrong? Did something happen?" Pepper asks worriedly. "Um yeah. Tony was stabbed in the side. You might want to come back to the tower. We're almost there." Rhodey tells her. "Oh my God. I'm on my way." Pepper says frantically.

"We are arriving at the tower." FRIDAY's voice echoes.

Sorry I really didn't know how to write those fight scenes, it probably really sucked. I'm working on that.

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