Peter stood there staring at Bruce and a grinning Tony. There was silence for a moment longer.
"Look, if you wouldn't mind, you know, moving out the way." Peter said nervously.
"Oohoho wait until Cap hears about this. This will be a great conversation! Well, then again, you two barely talk. I can make this as embarrassing as possible if I want to." Tony pointed out laughing.
Peter just wanted to get away as quickly as possible. He looked at Bruce for support but the man kept his mouth shut.
"What do you want?" Peter practically begged.
"All I want is her full name, picture, address and -" Tony listed off but he was cut off by Bruce. Bruce laughed and then grabbed Tony's arm and dragged him from the doorway.
"See you later Pete." Bruce laughed once the doorway was clear. Peter looked at Bruce and wanted to kiss the man! Well, no he didn't but, he wanted to say thanks. Anyway, Peter spun round and grabbed his phone, skateboard and jacket with his wallet in the pocket before running out of the room. All of this was done before Tony could protest.
"Hey!" Tony Protested. "You're no fun! I just wanted to know if she was pretty!"
"Yeah, like you weren't planning on stalking her anyway." Bruce laughed.
"I was not!" Tony said as though that was an absurd idea. He face then changed to one of innocence and curiosity. "He didn't, by any chance mention her surname did he?"
Bruce laughed and let go of Tony's arm. He then left the room.
Peter got on his skateboard the moment he got out of the Avengers Tower doors. He didn't care that Peter Parker was supposed to be a bumbling, stumbling nerd. He used full advantage of his spider sense, dodging any and all obstacles. He used his extra strength to power his legs a little over normal human capability and he sped towards Gwen's apartment. He reached the building within fifteen minutes which should have been impossible but no one needed to know that.
Peter had even completely forgotten the hate that the doorman held for him. He got to the door and the man just glared at him. Peter looked down at his feet as he walked to the elevator. Once the elevator dinged open on Gwen's floor Peter walked over to the door and knocked. He couldn't hear any movement or any sign that someone was inside. Gwen must've been so mad that she tricked him. Maybe if he just waited for another hour or two she would turn up. Wait – no – then she'd think he was a stalker and –
The door opened and there stood Gwen. She had her hair in a messy bun, a plain shirt and jeans on. They stood staring at each other.
"Um, hi." Peter said. Gwen looked like she was about to slap him. Finally, she thought better of it and relaxed.
"Hi, wanna come in?" she offered. Peter walked in and Gwen shut the door before leading the way to her room.
"I think that's one of the very few times you've used my front door." Gwen said breaking the ice. She let out a small smile.
"Yeah, I forgot how intimidating the doorman is!" Peter said honestly. Gwen laughed and Peter looked at her, finally realising how much he missed her.
"Anyway, you owe me an explanation. All I know is your house burnt down and I can't get in touch with anyone." Gwen said turning serious.
"Well, after I left you, I found my house had been burnt down. My aunt was inside." Peter said looking back down. Gwen's face fell and she reached out and grabbed his arm encouragingly.
"I was put into care for a week, not really sure what happened. My phone was dead so I never got any of your messages." Peter continued. He sped up the last explanation. "Then they found a long lost family member and I'm staying with him."
Gwen eyed him critically. She felt sorry for him, she was sad herself, she like May. But Peter was hiding something, why did he speed up at the end? What was he not telling her? Or what was he leaving out?
"Peter." Gwen urged. Peter looked back at her and saw that she wanted more.
"Well, um…"
"Who was laughing in the background?" She encouraged.
"Tony Stark." He said quickly and quietly. Unfortunately, Gwen still caught it. She leaned backwards and eyed him even more critically. That just couldn't be true.
"Peter." Gwen warned. Peter raised his arms in defence but he had a serious expression ruined by a small goofy smile.
"I swear to you, I'm not lying."
"Okay, then who's the long lost relative?"
Peter wasn't sure how to phrase that the idol of America was actually his great grandfather. He decided that honesty probably wouldn't get him slapped although Gwen might find it hard to believe.
"Steve Rogers…" Peter said cautiously, watching Gwen's expression. He saw a flicker of recognition in her eyes but she probably didn't know who that name belonged to.
"What does that have to do with Tony Stark?" Gwen said quizzically. Peter decided to explain a bit more.
"Well, Steve Rogers is sort of Captain America…" Peter said. Okay, he may have been planning to be more detailed but apparently not.
Gwen sat there in silence, dumbfounded. She stared off into space. After a few minutes of silence Peter started fidgeting.
"Gwen?" He questioned quietly. Gwen snapped out of her thoughts.
"You – you said long-g lost relative." She whispered, looking into Peter's eyes for answers.
"Well, my uncle and dad were sons of Katherine Cater. Katherine Carter was daughter to Margret Carter who had been in a relationship with Steve before he disappeared sort of leaving her pregnant." Peter rambled.
"So, he's basically your great grandpa." Gwen summarised.
"In fewer words, yes." Peter confirmed.
"So you're living with Captain America which somehow resulted in Tony Stark being in the same room as you while I was on the phone ranting at you." Gwen summarised.
"And Bruce Banner, you forgot Bruce Banner." Peter corrected causing Gwen to be even more confused. "He was in the room too."
"So Tony Stark and Bruce Banner were listening to my screaming and you didn't tell me? Why were you even with them?" Gwen questioned. Peter could see her becoming angry.
"I didn't tell you who because you wouldn't believe me -" Peter pointed out.
"True." Gwen cut in.
"- and I live with them. Steve has one of the floors so I live on his floor. As for why I didn't interrupted. I was sort of in shock." Peter continued shyly. Gwen stared at him and then burst out laughing.
"You were in shock because of ME?" Gwen laughed.
"Well, yeah, I pick up the phone and it screams at me. You try listening to someone shouting at you when you have super hearing!" Peter pouted. Gwen sat next to Peter and hugged him as one hugs a cute puppy. She was still laughing.
"So, you're terrified of a doorman and scared of your girlfriend?" Gwen questioned rhetorically. Peter huffed but still smiled.
Once Gwen had caught her breath Peter decided to speak again.
"So, we're good?" Peter asked. Gwen leaned on Peter, resting her head on his shoulder.
"Yeah, we're good." Gwen confirmed. "Now, tell me everything. What's it like living with them, where do they even live? What're they like?"
Peter looked down at Gwen, she was actually showing genuine interest. Peter started from the beginning and explained his craziest weekend yet and it wasn't even Sunday!
Tony stood in front of several expanded images that semi circled around him.
"Damn, she is pretty." He said, louder than he thought.
"Tony!" Bruce called warningly.
"Never mind." Tony called back. "Jarvis, delete all pictures of Gwen Stacy from my hard drive and any extra files I may or may not have accessed."
"Of course, sir." Jarvis responded and the images disappeared.
Bruce just rolled his eyes.
Sorry for the delay, cap and hopefully Spidey in the next chapter.