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! Sorry life's catching up to me and it's getting harder to update faster! Anyway...enjoy this chapter!
Btw: I'm really looking forward to writing the next chapter. After reading this, I think you'll know why! ;)
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A few weeks later….
"Hey kid! You wanna come play paintball with us?" Clint asks.
"You guys play paintball?" Peter asks incredulously.
"Hey, Avengers hafta have fun too you know." Natasha shrugs.
"So you coming?" Sam asks.
"Well...I didn't ask Tony...and he's working." Peter tells them.
"Fri? If he asks, tell Tony we're in Canada playing paintball." Steve calls.
"You coming guys?" Peter asks Loki and Wanda, who are sitting on the couch watching TV.
"I have no interest in childish games." Loki says, rolling his eyes.
"I'm fine. Go without us Pete." Wanda tells him.
"Alright! Let's go!' Peter says, running towards the Quinjet.
The Avengers chuckle and run after the excited teen.
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"Hey, Tony. What are you up too?" Pepper asks, stepping over the mess in Tony's lab.
"Hey, honey. I'm programming some new protocols in Pete's suit." Tony mumbles, concentrating on the coding.
"Don't you think you're being a bit overprotective?" Pepper asks, chuckling at Tony's expression as she says it.
"Whatever keeps the kid safe, I'll do." Tony tells her, rolling his eyes.
Pepper hums and massages Tony's shoulders.
"Maybe we need a vacation. Peter mentioned that you look really tired from running the company. And I agree." Tony says, turning the chair to face his wife.
"That kid sees everything doesn't he." Pepper laughs.
"I know. It's kind of scary." Tony chuckles.
"Where is he anyway? I haven't seen him all afternoon." Pepper wonders.
Tony's eyes widen. "Me either. FRI? Where's Pete?"
"Peter is in Canada with the rest of the Avengers. They are playing paintball." FRIDAY informs him.
"What! Canada! And they didn't think to tell me? What the hell? What if something happens to my kid?" Tony asks frantically.
"Tony. Nothing is going to happen to Peter. He's with the Avengers for crying out loud. Let him have some fun." Pepper tells him sternly.
"Fine. But the team is going to get a mouthful when they get back. No one takes my kid without telling me." Tony fumes.
Pepper laughs. "Definitely overprotective."
Tony glares at her playfully. "Ok, ok. Maybe we can take advantage of this. I know going out with Peter is better, but how about we go out for lunch? Just the two of us?" Tony asks.
"I'll go get ready." Pepper says, kissing his cheek.
Tony smiles and shuts down his program.
"And Tony? Clean this lab up this instant." Pepper tells him.
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"Ok teams are Me, Thor, Peter, Bruce versus Steve, Sam, Clint and Rhodey got it?" Natasha calls.
"Alright! We're gonna kick your guy's asses!" Clint cheers.
"Language." Steve says slapping Clint's arm.
"Really Cap?" Clint whines causing everyone to laugh at them.
"Ok. South is your guy's turf and North is our's." Peter exclaims.
"Good. They don't know but the North is the best." Natasha whispers, winking at him.
Peter blushes as the teams agree.
"May the odds be ever in your favor!" Rhodey yells as they grab their paintball guns and run into the forest.
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"What if something happens? I won't even be there." Tony mutters.
"Tony. You are stressing over nothing. If Peter even gets a paper cut the team will come flying back to the Med Bay. They're almost as protective of him as you." Pepper tells him, laughing to herself. Tony was such a dad.
"Exactly. Almost." Tony complains. He goes to continue but decides against it when he sees the look on Pepper's face.
"What?" Tony asks.
"Nothing. It's just...Peter's been really good for you." Pepper points out.
"Yeah. The kid can soften anyone. Damn puppy dog eyes." Tony laughs.
Pepper giggles as Tony's phone rings.
"One-sec Pep. Hello?" Tony asks.
"Tony it's Steve. Peter sprained his ankle while we were playing paintball. He says it doesn't hurt and it'll heal in a few hours but we're coming back." Steve tells him.
"WHAT! Come back this instant. You are dead Rogers." Tony growls, ending the call.
"What is it, Tony?' Pepper asks.
"I knew it was a bad idea. Peter sprained his ankle. They let him sprain his ankle Pep!" Tony says, paying for the bill quickly and placing a $100 tip on the table.
"Tony. Things like this happen. You can't freak out every time it does! I'm sure he's fine." Pepper chastises.
"I know Peter is fine. But, Rogers and the team are getting hell from me. Can I ground the team? Too bad, I'm grounding the team." Tony grumbles.
"God." Pepper laughs.
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Everything was going great. It was up to Peter and Steve now. Everyone else was out and Steve was coming his way. Then, of course, Peter had to trip on the god-forsaken root.
"Ow." Peter says as he breaks his fall with his hands.
"Kid? You alright?" Steve asks, kneeling down beside him, gun forgotten.
Peter grins evilly and before Steve can react, he shoots him right in the chest.
"We win!" Peter yells.
"That's not fair!" Steve complains.
"Awesome! Good job kid! Oh, shoot, what happened?" Bruce asks.
"We win! What did I tell you! Crap Pete!" Natasha says, running over.
"I'm fine guys. I'm just kinda a clutz." Peter mutters, his cheeks turning red.
"Let me help son." Steve says, ripping the root and freeing Peter's ankle.
Peter lets out a small wince of pain and everyone looks at him concerned.
"Tony is going to murder us." Sam says, examining Peter's ankle.
"Don't worry. I'll make sure he doesn't blame you guys." Peter laughs.
"This kid is the best. But nothing is going to save us from your dad's wrath." Steve laughs, pulling out his phone to call the man.
Peter blushes at the dad comment but stays silent.
As Steve steps away to make the call, Sam and Thor help him up.
"Careful child of spiders. You mid-guardians are so fragile." Thor tells him.
"Thanks? I think?" Peter says, gingerly putting a bit of pressure on his left leg and wincing.
"Steve or Thor can just carry you." Natasha tells him.
Peter turns beet red. "No I-I'm fine. I can walk." he stutters.
They laugh and start to walk over to the Quinjet. Steve runs to catch up with the team and looks at them with wide eyes.
"Welp. Say your goodbyes. We're dead."
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"WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED. You all are so freaking irresponsible. You didn't tell me you were taking my kid. Then, you proceed to let him get hurt, after everything he's been through. WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU IDIOTS THINKING?! I should kick all of you worthless dimwits out of my house right now." Tony seeths.
"Tony.." Natasha tries.
"No. You are all grounded. My house, my rules. You will clean the first 15 floors of the tower today if you want dinner." Tony tells them.
"The kid tripped Tony. He said he's fine and he knew you were going to freak out over it. And I told FRIDAY to tell you where we were if you asked." Steve defends.
"If I asked now huh? Get this straight all of you. You might be like family to me and kid but he is MY kid. He needs my permission to go out with you. If something happens, I need to know where he is. Got that?" Tony growls.
The team nods together looking ashamed.
"Now get cleaning." Tony says and walks toward the Med Bay.
"He's such a dad." Clint laughs, and they get to work.
"On the plus side, he did call us family." Steve says smiling.
"Yeah. True." Sam says with a laugh.
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"Seriously? You grounded them? Tony! They didn't do anything!" Peter whines.
"They let you sprain an ankle!" Tony points out.
"Oh my gosh. You are soooo overprotective! I can already walk, look!" Peter gets up and walks over to Tony with little to no issue.
"Only because you have fast healing! They still let you get hurt!" Tony exclaims.
"Jeez, Tony I'm fine! They didn't "let" me get hurt, it just happened. Oh, and we were supposed to have a team movie night! You're punishing me, not them." Peter whines.
"You deserve it you little clutz." Tony says, pulling the teen in and ruffling his hair.
Peter makes his cutest puppy dog face and looks at Tony.
"No. Don't you dare!" Tony says, trying to resist the adorable-ness.
Peter tilts his head up.
"Agh fine. You can tell them they can stop cleaning." Tony grumbles.
"Yes!" Peter says, pumping a fist in the air.
"Fri? What floor are they on?" Peter asks the AI.
"The Avengers are currently cleaning on floor 2." The AI tells them.
"Be careful. Don't fall." Tony calls as Peter heads into the elevator to get the team.
"Yeah, yeah!" Peter calls.
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"Guys! I got you out of it! Let's go! Movie night!" Peter calls, rushing up to Steve.
"Yes! This kid is the best!" Sam says, throwing his broom aside.
"Kid. You're a lifesaver. God, I thought we'd actually miss movie night for cleaning!" Natasha says, giving him a side hug.
Peter snickers at the assassin doing chores.
"We got the best kid! Right here!" Clint says, ruffling Peter's already ruffled brown locks.
"Kid! Your ankle is healed already!" Steve says crouching down.
"Yup. Fast healing is pretty great." Peter says.
"Alright! Let's go! Pete, you get to pick the movie cuz you got us out of this hell hole." Rhodey calls.
"Awesome! Let's go!" Peter says, grabbing Clint and racing to the elevator.
"Man. I love that kid. Who else can get us out of trouble with Tony?" Steve asks, walking after them.
"He's got talent." Natasha jokes.
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Tony glares at them playfully as they walk in.
"You guys are lucky Peter's puppy dog eyes are my only weakness." Tony grumbles, grabbing a fist full of popcorn.
"The kid is pretty great." Clint says looking over at Peter, who was fast asleep in Tony's lap.
"We're pretty lucky to have our kid." Steve says softly.
Everyone focuses back on the movie while Tony just looks down at Peter. His brown locks kept covering his eyes. Tony brushes them back and plants a light kiss on Peter's forehead. God. Pepper and the team are right. He is such a dad.
"I'm pretty lucky to have you guys." Peter mumbles to Tony.
Tony pulls him in close and Peter falls asleep again.
"Nope. We hit the lottery with you kid." Tony mutters.
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"Hey, Friday? Can you take me to Pepper's office?" Peter asks, stepping into the elevator the next day.
"Sure Peter." the pleasant voice sounds.
The elevator dings and Peter walks into Pepper's office.
"Hey, sweetie. What are you doing here?" Pepper asks, putting down her paperwork.
"I can come back later if you're busy." Peter says politely.
"No, I actually need a distraction. All this stuff is really boring. What's wrong?" Pepper asks.
"Ok. Well...Tony's birthday is coming up and I'm thinking of changing my name. As, you know, like a present." Peter says nervously.
"Sweetie I'm sure he'll love that. But what's wrong? You look like something is bothering you." Pepper inquires.
"It's just...Do you think he'll like it? I'm not really sure.." Peter trails off.
"One thing I know for a fact is Tony loves you more than anything. He'll be over the moon honey." Pepper reassures.
"Ok. Do you think you could get the paperwork for me?" Peter asks.
"Of course I can! Is there anything else?" Pepper asks.
"Yeah, I wanted to talk to you about something else too. Umm...one day Tony mentioned him adopting me, and I said I wasn't ready. Do you think you can get the paperwork for that too?" Peter asks nervously.
"This will probably be the best birthday present anyone has gotten him. He will love it Pete." Pepper tells him sincerely.
Peter beams. "I hope so." he tells her.
"Just come to my office after lunch today and I'll have both ready for you." Pepper tells him.
"Ok, thanks, mom! Shoot. I mean Pepper." Peter says sheepishly.
"I would love it if you called me mom, sweetie" Pepper smiles at him.
"Oh ok." Peter blushes.
Peter waves and heads out the door blushing furiously.
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"Oh my gosh! Tony!" Pepper squeals.
"Jesus Christ. What's wrong?" Tony winces, rubbing his toe where he dropped his hammer.
"Absolutely nothing! Peter called me mom!" Pepper says excitedly.
"Congrats?" Tony says.
"I have been waiting for this day. We're going out to dinner today!" Pepper says excitedly.
"You are way too excited about this. I'm telling Peter." Tony snickers.
"You will not ruin this for me. And don't give me that Anthony. You were way worse the first time Peter called you dad. You wouldn't shut up about it!" Pepper points out.
Tony looks down at his suit and chuckles. "True."
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"Peter, Mrs. Potts would like me to inform you that your delivery is currently with her." FRIDAY says from above.
"Ok, thanks FRIDAY. Can you tell her I'm heading her way?" Peter asks, walking to the elevator.
"Sure."
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"I have all the paperwork ready here." Pepper tells him.
Peter takes a deep breath. "Great. Thank you Pepper."
"Peter. I need you to finalize something. What are you going to do with your middle name?" Pepper asks.
"I think I'll have it Peter Parker Stark. I'm still honoring my uncle because Parker is his name as well." Peter reasoned.
"That's a great idea. Just sign here." Pepper tells him.
Peter signs and lets out a sigh.
"Ok. So for the adoption papers, you and Tony both have to sign. Do you want to sign now?" Pepper asks him.
"Umm yeah. I'll sign now." Peter says.
"He will be thrilled, sweetie." Pepper soothes.
"Yeah…" Peter trails off.
He takes another deep breath and signs his name.
"We're going out for dinner later. How about you go get Tony?" Pepper tells him.
"Sure Pepper! See you later!" Peter says, bouncing off toward Tony's lab.
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"Hey, Tony?" Peter calls.
"Hey kid. Come in." Tony calls.
Tony is sitting on the floor working on some new tech for Stark industries. Peter walks in and sits next to him.
"You ok kid? Not usually this quiet." Tony says, glancing over to Peter.
Peter sighs and puts his arms around Tony pulling him into a hug and leaning his head on Tony's shoulder.
"Kid? What's wrong?" Tony asks, squeezing back and putting a hand on Peter's head.
"Nothing. Just….thanks for being so great." Peter mumbles, blinking back tears. He really didn't deserve Tony. Didn't thank him enough for everything he does for him.
"Pete…" Tony trails off, squeezing his kid more.
"I know it must have been hard for you to take me in, but you and everyone are everything to me." Peter tells him, looking into his dad's eyes.
"Peter. When are you going to realize that you are my everything?" Tony asks softly.
Peter's eyes shine and he buries his head into Tony's chest.
"I know I'm not the best at feelings. But, I love you. You're my son and I will do anything for you." Tony tells him gently.
"I love you too." Peter says quietly.
"Let's go get ready before Pepper has our heads." Tony says after a little while, with a sigh.
"Yeah."
Ahh, the fluff is real :)
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