When Peter first walked into the Compound, he was excited to see Tony as he hadn't seen him in over a week since Peter decided to spend the last weekend with Ned, with Tony's blessing of course. Peter got off the elevator and walked right into Clint who was standing in the middle of the common room.
"Oh sorry kid, didn't mean to be in the way" Clint said with a grin helping Peter to his feet.
"It's alright Clint I wasn't paying attention. I didn't even know you were in town" Peter said before noticing that Clint had his uniform on.
"I just got in town earlier today kid, I'll be hanging around for a bit" Clint said smiling.
"That's cool! Is there a mission? Do I need my suit? I can grab it quickly since it's in my room" Peter said excitedly.
"Kid I'm not the one who can give you the clearance for that, that's up to your dad, plus I don't think everyone is needed" Clint said smirking grabbing his arrows.
Peter grin dropped as Tony, Steve, and Natasha walked in the room all suited up.
"Hey kiddo, is Legolas playing nice?" Tony quipped,
"Hey I take offence to that Stark. I would never harm your kid" Clint said sticking out his tongue.
"Just playing with you Barton" Tony said laughing.
Peter got up and looked at Tony in the face "Tony can I please go too? You said I'm and Avenger and so far I've barely been on any missions" Peter pleaded.
"Pete so far we haven't needed you yet" Tony said sighing "for example today it's just me, Birdbrain, Capsicle, and Natalie, it's a minor mission"
"If it's a minor mission why can't I go? I've probably handled worse on the streets of Queens" Peter asked crossing his arms.
"Just looking out for you kid. We're going out of State and I don't know how long the mission will last. I think probably until tomorrow but if something could surprise us then it could last longer. I'd rather not have May castrate me" Tony said looking away.
"Mr. Stark, I'm calling bullshit. I think the real reason why you don't want me there is that you don't trust me. I'm right, aren't I?" Peter said raising his voice.
Tony could tell Peter was annoyed with him as it was the first time he called him Mr. Stark in months.
"Of course I trust you Pete" Tony said simply.
"You don't trust me. You never let me help even though I'm stronger than you. You treat me like a child even now. Even though I'm 17 and have died"
That completely stopped Tony in his tracks. The others didn't even attempt moving or talking, they just stared in silence.
"Kid I trust my life in your hands okay. It pains me to bench you because of your potential but for my sanity I have to, at least sometimes. I'm sorry" Tony said weakly.
"I need more of a reason than that Tony" Peter said shortly.
"Kid after I got you back and you went back to being a friendly neighborhood Spiderman, I nearly had a heart attack every time you got even the smallest injury. I obviously knew that with your healing, you'd be fine but my mind just can't process it. Kid, I know you want to be on the missions with us and I want that for you too but you've got to wait until I'm in a better state because if you went now, I'll literally be worrying about you the whole so I wouldn't be able to focus on anything but you even if you didn't get hurt and if you do, I don't think my heart could take it." Tony said quietly looking away from Peter.
Peter knew Tony worried over him but he never thought it had gotten to this extreme and sighed, and walked over to Tony.
"Tony look at me" Tony listened "I never knew I worried you so much, I'm sorry but if you bottle it up, I won't ever know. I accept not going today, that's fine but for future minor missions, you need to be more open to me helping okay? I'll do whatever to make you more comfortable like training, updating my suit, whatever; you can't shelter me forever okay?"
"Yes Peter, that would help" Tony said with a grin.
"As far as your issues go, you really need to talk to a professional" Peter said calmly.
"I've tried in the past, they never work for me" Tony said sighing.
"From what Pepper has told me you used Bruce once and he's not trained as a therapist, you need to use an actual therapist Tony, it will help" Peter said pleading.
"Okay kid, once I get back, I'll start looking for one alright?" Tony said with a smile.
"Good and you can always talk to me too" Peter said leaning forward to hug Tony.
Tony tensed for a moment before he accepted the hug.
"Thanks Pete" Tony said happily.
Clint, Steve, and Natasha all looked at each other dumbfounded; they were expecting a huge fight, not a little heart to heart that ended in a hug.
"If this bonding moment is over Tony, we really need to be going" Natasha said with a grin.
Tony let go of Peter, both of them looking a little embarrassed.
"Yeah Stark, you can be a dad later. Right now I want to kick some ass" Clint said.
"Okay let's go then Legolas" Tony said walking towards them.
Peter started walking towards his room to work on his homework but when he heard Tony call his name, he turned to the elevator
"Hey Pete once I get back how about a movie and game night? We can watch Aliens and I can kick your butt in Mario Kart." Tony said with a sly grin.
"You're on but I'm going to be the one kicking your ass Tony" Peter quipped.
"We shall see brat" Tony said as the elevator doors closed.
"It seriously is the funniest thing seeing you as a dad" Clint said chuckling as the elevator descended "Never thought I'd see the day"
"You're not the only one" Natasha added as they walked out of the elevator.
"I never imagined myself as a dad either" Tony said shrugging.
As they entered the quinjet Steve spoke.
"Hey I've witnessed you letting the kid sleep on your chest while watching a movie so yeah its official, you're a dad. Congratulations, it's a boy"
"Shut up Capsicle" Tony said entering the cockpit.
"I definitely need to witness their game night, should be hilarious seeing Stark losing" Clint said before taking his seat.