SENSORY OVERLOAD

The day started like any other for Peter Parker, well other than the fact that his stomach was fighting him. He wasn't sure why his stomach was bothering him so much, he just knew he couldn't tell anyone. If he did MJ and Ned would hound him to go home and that's the last thing he wanted. You see Peter had been waiting all week to go to the avengers tower so he can work on a new suit with Mr. Stark and train with Cap and Natasha, and lord knows nothing was going to stop him from going. Peter was on the bus to school when he felt someone poke him. He turned to see Ned with a concerned look on his face.

" what the hell dude, what was that for" Peter said harshly.

"Woah, sorry. I was just making sure you were still alive. You honestly look like the definition of death" Ned said. This caught the attention of MJ.

" he's right dork, you really don't look good," she said. ' ugh , why does everyone have to be so observant ' peter thought to himself. "Look guys, im fine. Just didn't get a lot of sleep last night, that's all " Peter responded.

" Okay, whatever you say loser," MJ added. They left him alone after that, both having concern build up in the pit of their stomachs. The bus arrived at the school minutes later, and peter hurried off. He could feel the thick liquid coming up his throat, and his mouth was watering an insane amount. He knew he had to find a bathroom quickly but of course he ran right into Flash.

"Woah, Parker watch where you're going." flash said as he shoved Peter.

"Flash i'm honestly not in the best mood. I didn't mean to run into you ,so can you just leave me be" Peter said shakily .

"You're lucky I'm in a good mood Parker" With that Flash moved out of the way and Peter ran down the hallway. As soon as he made it to the bathroom his breakfast made its grand entrance back into the world. All Peter could do was let his body do its thing. Once he finished, he shakily got up and flushed the toilet. He started to feel a little anxious but thought nothing of it. He caught a glimpse of himself on the way out of the bathroom and realized Ned was right, he really did look like death. He made his way to first period and when he got there everyone just stared at him. He wasn't sure if it was the fact that he was 20 minutes late or if it was his appearance. Either way he didn't care, he just wanted the day to be over already.

"Okay ,class solve this next equation on the board." was all peter heard before he completely zoned out and escaped reality.

" Peter! Hello earth to Peter" peter snapped out of his trance and saw MJ standing there.

" hey, class is over," she said.

" o-oh" peter responded.

" You sure you're okay, cause you look worse for wear" MJ said. Peter just nodded in response while grabbing his bag off the floor. He walked out of the classroom, and stumbled to his second period. His senses were starting to heighten but he tried to ignore it as much as possible. At this point Peter didn't know what to do with himself, he just wanted to get through the day and make it to the tower. That was slowly starting to feel like an impossibility for peter. He's barely made it through his first period, he couldn't even begin to imagine what the rest of the day had to throw his way. When he finally reached his second period class he was exhausted. He decided to just tune out this class just like he did in his first class. Time started to pass way faster than Peter expected and before he knew it, it was lunch. He slowly made his way to the cafeteria. He got to the table where Ned and MJ were seated and he sat down without a word. Both MJ and Ned looked up from their food and saw an absolutely miserable Peter displayed in front of them.

" Just go home already, you're obviously sick" Ned said.

" No I'm not! I already told you two that i just didn't sleep well" Peter basically yelled. MJ and ned were taken by surprise. It's not like Peter to go off like that. Even peter as surprised, something was off and it wasn't just his upset stomach. After lunch finished, it was like someone fast forwarded through the rest of the day. Soon the final bell rang and Peter let out a sigh of relief he wasn't aware he was holding in. he made his way down the, what seemed like, never ending hallway and out the school's front doors, there Happy was waiting for him. It was a silent ride to the tower. Happy noted how quiet Peter was, it wasn't like him to not say a single word for an hour straight.

" you okay back there?" Happy asked. All Peter could do was grunt in response. Happy took that as a no ,but didn't ask the kid anymore questions. When they arrived at the tower, Peter was more than ready to get out of the car. As soon as he was out of vehicle appy pulled him aside.

" hey kid, don't push yourself too hard in there, I'm sure he'll understand if you need a break" Happy said referring to Tony. In all honesty, Peter wasn't focused on what Happy was saying, he was more focused on the bird and how loud they were. He's never noticed that before. Once he realized Happy was done talking , Peter made his way into the tower. He was greeted by Cap who looked way too excited to see him.

"Hey kiddo, heard you're gonna join me and natasha for some training" Cap said. Peter just nodded and they headed upstairs to the training area. There peter saw Mr. Stark sitting in the corner playing with some new gadget he probably just made, and natasha doing her stretches before training begun.

"Oh, hey underoos" Tony said looking up from his new toy. Peter was surprised no one had commented on his appearance yet.

" h-hey Mr. Stark" peter replied to Tony. He felt a chill go down his spine.

"You good kid" Tony asked. Peter nodded. Cap came in and started barking orders.

"Kid youre with me, Tony you're with natasha. After a few minutes we'll switch up partners." Peter immediately starting regretting showing up. His stomach was bothering him more and more by the minute, and everything seemed louder than usual. Sparring begun and peter heard a loud thud.

" you really dont put up a fight anymore, do ya old man" natasha said making fun of tony who was currently laying on the floor.

Cap started laughing, "don't make it that easy for me okay kid" he said referring to what just happened. Peter just nodded. Sparring begun again and peter was doing okay, he was dodging Cap's punches and kicks, but soon he started to become more and more aware of his surrounds. It was becoming too much for him. Without saying anything peter rushed out the door to find the nearest bathroom.

"What did you do Steve" natasha asked.

"Nothing, he just ran off" he replied.

" I'll go find him" Tony said, making his way to the door. He walked down the hallway until he heard sobs coming from the bathroom. He didn't even bother knocking, he just barged in, and there sitting on the floor was Peter. He was shaking uncontrollably and looked as if he was about to pass out.

"Kid, what going on" Tony asked. Peter finally broke.

" I-I haven't been feeling well all day, and I tried to make it but i couldn't take it anymore. Everything was just becoming too much for me" he cried. Peter's stomach started to chime in with some uncomfortable sounding groans.

"I CAN'T DO THIS! PLEASE MAKE IT STOP! MAKE THE NOISES STOP! MAKE MY STOMACH STOP HURTING! MAKE EVERYTHING STOP!" Peter yelled. Tony's heart broke.

" I think you're having a sensory overload Peter." Tony said calmly. Peter just started sobbing again. He wanted it all to be over. His stomach began protesting which made him gag.

"Hey bud, let's get you over the toilet " Tony said. When he got peter situated, peter immediately started throwing up.

" you've got it pretty bad don't you" Tony said. "Friday, scan Peter" he added.

"Peter's temperature is 103 and he seems to show signs of the stomach flu, sir" Friday said.

"Thank you, oh and Friday, could you tell Cap i need him to bring me the fever reducers Bruce made him" Tony added.

"Already done, sir" Friday replied.

"Thank you" Tony said. Peter finished throwing up and sunk into the wall behind him.

" well at least i know why you're having a sensory overload but what i don't know is why you felt the need to hide the fact that you're sick" Tony said.

" I didn't want to let you down" peter said weakly.

"Kid, you're sick. I would've let you take a few days off, I'm not a monster.'' Tony said with a smirk. Just then Cap came in with the medicine.

"What's going on" he asked.

"The kid has the stomach flu and hid it all day ,which made things worse ,and caused a sensory overload" tony replied.

"Oh, well i hope you get better soon, because natasha was really hoping to kick your ass" Cap said before heading back to the training area.

" let's get you to your room and in bed and ill give you the meds." Tony said helping the exhausted teen up. When they made it to the room peter was already half asleep.

"I'm gonna need you to stay awake to take your meds" tony told him. He laid peter on the bed and quickly gave him the meds so he could go to sleep. As soon as he heard soft snoring, Tony rushed around the house to get things for the sick teen. When he gathered all the supplies he took it up to the kids room and put everything in its place. He wrote a note and put it on the nightstand that said, 'water is next to this note, bucket os next to the bed and if you need me tell Friday to alert me.' He was about to walk out of the room but he turned to see peter. Tony knew he was a good kid and he was kinda glad his stubbornness was rubbing off on him.