Author's Note/Disclaimer: You guys know the drill: All characters mentioned belong to Marvel, the ploty bunny/story line is mine, I just do this for fun. This chapter was really fun to write, there is a little more superhero action and suits! I've also started on chapter nine, it's a little more comical than this one (thank God) and half way done, I hope to finish it some time this week if not this weekend and don't forget it's a long weekend too! Cross your fingers. Anyway, happy reading! :)

It was a hot bright day when Spiderman patrolled the city; if you were lucky enough you would have been able to catch a glimpse of the wall crawler swinging away from building to building scoping to see if the city was safe from those who would ruin the peace. One would think that Peter would have been hot in his suit but on the contrary he was pretty cool enough as is, the suit was pretty thin after all.

Thoughts over last night's dinner kept replaying over and over in his mind; Mary Jane laughing at Tony's jokes, Tony hinting that the two of them (MJ and himself) should get together without a third wheel. No, not his Mary Jane, that was crossing a line. Peter never talked to Pepper like that so why should Tony get a free pass at the people Peter cares about?

Tony's response was a carefree shrug when Peter glared at the older man and got up while speaking to MJ that it would be a good idea if he took her home. MJ noticed how agitated Peter got and agreed that it was getting rather late and she had rehearsals in the morning.

/FLASHBACK/

"Peter? Are you okay?"

"I'm so sorry MJ, I should have known better than to trust or believe—I'm sorry,"

"Peter it's not your fault!"

"He shouldn't have done that, not to you,"

"Peter slow down you're driving too fast!"

"Sorry…"

"And will you stop apologizing? I told you that it wasn't your fault…"

/END FLASHBACK/

Suddenly Peter's spider sense went off, his attention focused on his right side just as he saw Harry throwing a pumpkin bomb in his direction, "And here I thought I wouldn't run into you!" he called just after he did a back flip over to the other side of the roof, "Come on Harry, this vendetta of yours has got to end! You know I didn't kill your dad, you know me!"

"I thought I knew you! But you took everything from me and now I know the kind of person you really are Peter!"

They fought back and forth. Well, not really, it was more like Harry was attacking Peter with more bombs and heat seeking mini missiles while Peter evaded Harry's assaults by swinging away. There was a loud crash followed by Harry yelling in surprise; this caused Peter to stop by the nearest building to see what had happened. Tony was there in mid-air in his ironman suit with his hand out at Harry. Harry had an annoyed glare on his face while he was still hovering in midair, "I'd never thought I'd see the day when the heroic Spiderman called for help!"

"This isn't your fight, stay out of it!" Peter called to Tony but Tony only kept his pose, "IRONMAN!"

"He would have killed you,"

Peter snorted, "No he wouldn't have, trust me."

Peter's reply wasn't good enough for Tony just as the high pitch sound of his hand blasters reached Peter's ears and Harry held another pumpkin bomb in his hand, only this one seemed to be the kind of bomb that exploded on contact, shit!

Quickly, Peter presses himself against the building, making sure that both of his hands were free so that he shot two globs of web, one at Tony's hand, the other at the pumpkin bomb. The bomb flew out of Harry's hand and into the air while Tony got the idea to shoot at it with his web free hand allowing the bomb to explode with an impressive BOOM. The fire and smoke died out and this allowed Peter to jump then latch himself onto the bottom of Harry's glider. Next Peter pulled out the wires at the bottom and he carried the young man off to the top of another building where he began to stick Harry up against the hard brick wall.

"I had him, you didn't need to interfere," Peter snapped just as Tony landed close by him. Tony watched as Peter tied Harry up with his webbing, "And you young man have a lot of explaining to do to the NYPD, they're not going to be all too happy with all the mess you made of the city's buildings."

"Oh shut up!" Harry struggled against the sticky webbing, his feet kicking helplessly.

Peter only shook his head and had started to leave only to have Tony reach and grab him by the shoulder, "We still need to have a talk, and you owe me," Tony's mask flips up.

"Mr. Stark, exactly what do we have to talk about?" Peter really didn't think anything of it. Perhaps this was Tony's way of trying to get to know Spiderman some more as opposed to their previous encounters. This was stupid, unbelievably stupid, why would Tony want to talk to him about what had just happened with Harry when-

"About that kiss I gave you in my office Cottontail," Tony gave Peter a knowing smirk, "You uh left a little something behind on my camera when you handed it back to me, that's how I know it's you under that mask Parker."

Peter was absolutely paralyzed! This was not happening. Harry must have knocked him out or something and Peter was just dreaming this. Tony knew? But how could he have known? It was impossible! Okay not really impossible he knew Tony had the resources if he wanted to track him but Peter just never really thought Tony would actually do it!

"What did you just say?" Peter chose his words carefully.

"Peter I know that it's you under there I've known since yesterday when you left my office in a hurry,"

"I—" Spiderman shook his head slightly in disbelief, "This is insane! You can't know! You shouldn't know! How the hell do you know?"

"Oh cut the crap Parker you're behaving just like you did last night at dinner when I started to put the moves on your girlfriend," Tony was starting to lose his patience, "I mean really this was cute for like two seconds now I'm getting bored."

"Don't bring MJ into this! And forgive me for freaking out but HELLO," Peter made a hand gesture at Tony to indicate to who he was speaking to, and then it hit him; oh fuck.

"Well now I do believe that is the first profane thing I've ever heard you say!" Tony was laughing at him.

Did Peter curse out loud? Hell.

"Look, all I know is that you wouldn't care about her if you had made her yours. You would have thrown her away just like all the other girls and I won't let you do that to MJ." Peter's anger began to rise and had somehow gotten in Tony's face.

"Well I had to get your attention somehow Cottontail," Tony flashed him a cocky grin and he reaches over with a metal scarlet hand to tug a little at Peter's costume. He pulled it back and let it snap, "What a clingy suit you have Spidey, must be a bitch to take off. Let's get back to my place and I can help you out of it."

"This isn't a game!" Peter smacked Tony's hand away, "Tell me how you exactly confirmed who I really am?"

Tony's smile faded and he looked seriously at the younger man, "I had my suspicions but do you really think I don't know what's going on inside my own building? You think I don't know how to run my business?"

Now it was Peter's turn to smile, "You can't stand it," he laughed and shook his head in disbelief, "You can't stand it when people don't give in to you. Oh, I don't believe this!"

"Parker, what the hell are you talking about?"

"You said once and I quote, 'I haven't come across anyone who's man enough to go toe-to-toe with me on my best day.' I remember that because you said that at your Expo a couple years back. Tony, I'm not some innocent, hero worshipping, fan boy who will come at your beck and call and fawn all over you just because you're Tony freaking Stark. Okay maybe I was six months ago but after working with you and for you I've changed my mind," Peter stepped forward again and this time he said in a low and soft voice, "Now how's that for going toe-to-toe?"

Tony had been about to retaliate when his eyes caught something spherical and bright hit the ground.

CLUNK!

Peter looked down only to find an orange metal ball in the shape of a pumpkin. The pumpkin made a definite click then began to beep an ominous red.

"Oh damn!" Peter moaned his eyes widened under his mask, "Tony get out of here now!"

Tony's attention went directly for the pumpkin detonator, "What the hell?"

Peter pushes him off the side of the building, suit and all just as the entire roof exploded causing thick dark smoke to billow and the spectators bellow began to point and shout as a shower of debris began to fall down to the ground.

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