"Hey look! I'm really, really sorry! I didn't mean to text Aunt May that, I swear!"

Peter tested the door handle to make sure it was locked once again. He wanted to keep the overly-apologetic Tony Stark out of his room for the time being. Tony had launched one of his practical jokes, which involved him texting a ranty paragraph to Aunt May about how Peter wanted her to go out with Tony. Obviously, the younger Avenger was less than pleased with his mentor, especially since there was a bit of a rift between the two of them lately. Peter was surprised Tony had not picked up on it too much. He thought Tony would piece together the facts and draw the conclusion that Peter and Jessica had contacted Steve Rogers. In fact, he was almost positive Natasha knew, but the wise assassin decided not to bring it up.

Anyway, Peter remained irritated and stressed, which heightened when he had to figure out how to tell his Aunt that he actually did NOT want Tony to be his new Uncle. Aunt May had been confused, but eventually gave up on asking follow-up questions. She'd been seeing a couple guys over the past few months and was happy with that.

However, after Peter finished explaining, he stormed off to his room to get some alone time. He considered calling Gwen, but changed his mind when he saw on Instagram that she was working on a case for her mock trial club. Instead, he pulled out his notebook and thumbed through he notes on the spine again. After doing that for an hour, he huffed loudly and flung it across the room. He wasn't sure why since he wasn't particularly mad at this point.

That's when Tony had started banging on the door.

"I get it. You're sorry. Go away," Peter called through the door.

Tony, apparently, did not get the memo for he kept knocking.

"Petey, I feel bad!"

"Don't call me that!"

"Okay, fine! Just listen. I need you to open this door right now."

"No. I want some alone time."

"What if I told you Jessica was here."

'She's not. She's out on a date right now."

"Oh, well—I have a surprise for you!"

"I don't want a surprise."

"But you'll want this!"

"Tony, I'm fine."

"Okay, I'm not super strong like you and I honestly think it's gonna slip out of my arms."

Peter paused. What on Earth was he talking about? He placed his forehead against the door and sighed. Peter didn't want to deal with whatever slippery present Tony had at the moment.

Then, it occurred to him.

"Is it alive?" Peter yelled "Tony, please don't tell me you got me a dog!"

"It's not a dog, Peter! It's better!"

He quickly unlocked the door and flung it open. There stood Tony, who had his arms tightly wrapped around some kind of wiggling animal that was wrapped in a blanket. Peter couldn't tell what kind of an animal it was, but he saw it move frantically.

"Put it down!" Peter called "Put it down! You're squeezing it!"

"It will run away then!"

Peter groaned and took the bundle from Tony's arms. He peeled back the blanket.

He saw it.

"What the—"

Peter's face crinkled up with confusion and he stared back a Tony.

"It's a pig," he said dumbly "It's a pig."

"A miniature piglet, actually."

"Tony, you were gone for only two hours. Where did you get a pig from?"

"I googled this barn and they were selling miniature piglets, so I drove to it and bought it."

"For me?"

"Yes, it's for you."

"I don't know what to say . . ."

"Don't say anything. I bought a bunch of stuff to go with the piglet. It's in the living room. It had a manual, food and everything else you might possibly need."

"Why?"

"I don't know. I thought about a Chinchilla, but I don't know what they are exactly so I opted for a pig."

He paused.

"Do you like it?"

"Um—It's cute, I guess. I just wasn't expecting a—er—pet."

"I'm really sorry about texting you Aunt, Peter. I forgot that she starting to get back in the dating world and was already seeing someone."

"Wait, is the pig an apology gift?"

"A peace offering, if you will . . . But we're not actually going to offer up the pig. Bacon is good, but I want to keep this little one alive.

"What's his name?"

"Algernon."

"Can we change it?"

"No! It's gotten use to that name, haven't you, Algernon?"

Tony reached down and scratched the piglet behind it's ears. It squeaked and struggled a bit to get out of Peter's arms.

"It's about time the Avengers got a mascot," Peter said slowly.

Algernon started to relax and wiggled so that his tummy was facing up.

"Awww, he wants you to scratch his stomach?" Tony chuckled "Anyway, I hope you like him."

"I think he'll grow on me."

"Algernon also as free range of the facility, except for the lab. That's for his own good. I hate the idea of cage. It never sat well with me."

"I didn't know you were an animal rights activist, Tony."

"Well, I never was. At least, I never said anything publically. I've always felt that way through."

'What's next? Free-range chickens?"

"That actually might be a good idea. Where do you think—"

"Tony, let's get one animal at a time, okay?"

"Fine, but we are adopting chickens in the near future, okay?"

"That's a deal."

"Do you think we should show Natasha?"

"Sure. What do you think, Algernon?"

Algernon squeaked, and burrowed into Peter's arms, trying to snuggle up closer to him. Peter could not help but smile as the piglet snorted a little bit, then sighed as Algernon's eye lids grew heavy. Algernon was soon snoring in Peter's arms. Peter chuckled, and carried Algernon over to his bed.

"He's had a long day," Tony commented "We'll show her later."

He then patted Peter's shoulder and walked out of the room. As soon as he left, Peter pulled out his phone and took a picture. He then sent it to Gwen.

"I can't wait to see what she says."

Hey!

Yes, I know I said I would do a better job updating this story, but life got a bit out of hand. Anyway, I wanted to write some fluff about a pet, but I didn't want to do a kitten or a puppy because I feel like people write about them a lot (Not that I don't like kittens or puppies. I have two kittens and a puppy and I love them dearly.) My cousin got a pet miniature pig last Christmas and its the cutest thing, so I decided Peter should get one as well.

If you want more stories and Algernon, let me know!

Much Love,

gotmoreissuesthanvogue