Author's Note: Hello, people! I'm back with another installment of The Many Adventures of Iron Dad and Spider Son! Thank you again for your continued support for this oneshot series! We are going to dive into Tony and Peter's first patrol together! This takes place right after "Face Time with Iron Man!" Also, I'm sure a lot of you know by now that Spider-Man is back in the MCU, so we have that to look forward to! Anyway, onto ON PATROL! But before we get to that, REVIEW REPLIES!

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On Patrol

Tony and Peter continued to talk via FaceTime as Peter finished his dinner and Tony finished the upgrade on his suit, and as soon as they were finished with their respective tasks, they immediately decided to meet up at Delmar's Deli to go patrolling. To say that Peter was excited was an understatement; he was beyond thrilled! As he changed into his Spider-Man suit, his heart was pounding with excitement. Ever since the fight in Germany—as much as he hated the idea of fighting heroes like Captain America, he had been dreaming of the day he and Tony could fight side-by-side again. Sure they fixed the ferry in the city a few months ago, but…that ended with the two of them arguing and Tony taking his suit away. Yes, it was tough love, but Peter hoped for a chance to fight alongside Iron Man that ended differently. Tonight was that chance!

After sending a quick text to his aunt letting her know that he was patrolling with Tony, he snuck out of his apartment and webbed his way through Queens to meet up with his mentor. The rookie superhero found himself crouching down on the roof of a building across the street from Delmar's and the ATM where he caught those robbers with Avengers masks. Peter couldn't help but notice how it looked as if there was never any kind of explosion or battle, and he remembered seeing the "clean up crew" just the day after. Soon enough, he heard the familiar sound of repulsors from right behind him, and a smile emerged under his mask.

"This isn't Peter Screws the Pooch, right?" he joked turning around to see Iron Man right behind him.

Tony chuckled under his Iron Man mask. "More like Peter Works With the Pooch," he retorted.

Peter laughed as he lifted his mask…just a little allowing his mentor to see his smile. "It's good to see you, Mr. Stark," he said.

Tony's facemask lifted up. "You too, kid," Tony replied with a genuine smile of his own. "So, what do Iron Man and Spider-Man have on tap for tonight?"

"Karen, what do you have for us tonight?" Peter immediately asked after pulling his mask back down over his face.

"Karen?" Tony immediately asked.

"My…uh…suit lady…AI…person…thing?" It was at that moment Peter realized that he never mentioned to Tony that he named his suit's AI.

"Oh, what does that stand for?"

"Stand for?"

"You know…an acronym? Like FRIDAY stands for Female Replacement Intelligent Digital Assistant Youth?"

"Oh, uh…no, it doesn't stand for anything. I just named her Karen…after an AI character in Spongebob."

"Hmm…" Tony nodded. As much as he wanted to question as to why Peter named his AI after a character, he knew that they had a job to do and decided to ask him later. "After this, I'm teaching you how to make acronyms, kid. Alright, Karen, please go on."

"Of course, Mr. Stark," Karen replied as Peter realized that Tony must've had some kind of link to his AI as well, which made sense seeing as how he put everything in Peter's suit. He pushed it to the back of his mind for now as he and Tony listened to Karen explain the crimes that littered the borough of Queens that night.

"I'm only detecting a bank robbery a few blocks away from your location," Karen explained.

"Ohhhh…we're starting this off real good, Mr. Stark," Peter said excitedly.

"Lead the way, Spider-Man," Tony said smiling under his mask.

Tony flew at a steady pace alongside Peter as his mentee led him to the bank robbery. As much as he missed the times when the Avengers were a team and his family, he found himself smiling as he flew with the teenager he just met a few months ago. There was no tension, no drama—well, there was, but that's all resolved, no betrayal. It was just him and Peter Parker…a teenaged vigilante…his mentee, and he was okay with that.

"We're here, Mr. Stark," Peter suddenly said unknowingly jolting Tony out of his thoughts.

Tony looked only to see that Peter was right. They arrived at the bank and were now perched on a building across the street, and sure enough, there was a group of men dressed in black with masks covering their faces breaking open the ATM machines.

"Alright, kid, you call the shots here," Tony said as he and Peter crouched down to avoid being spotted. "What's your plan?"

"Umm…okay," Peter replied studying the robbers and the bank. Normally, he would jump in and use his webs to restrain the criminals for a while until the cops were to show up. However, now, he had his mentor, Tony Stark with him, and they had a chance to stop crime together. He didn't want Tony to feel he came all the way out here for nothing.

"Just study the environment, use it to our advantage," Tony said quietly with encouragement.

The teenaged vigilante noticed the big glass doors at the entrance of the bank. "What if…you stood at the front of the bank?" Peter asked as the plan formed in his head. "They're going to be confused seeing Iron Man in Queens, so that's the perfect decoy. Then I can come in and use my webs. They'll likely put up a fight, but seeing Iron Man might keep them busy."

Tony smiled at the teenager next to him. "Quick and easy, I like it," he said. "Nice job, kid." One thing Tony had noticed about Peter going out as Spider-Man…he always tried to avoid killing anyone. He just webbed them up and left the rest for the cops. Perhaps, that was one of the very first things that drew him to looking into Spider-Man's secret identity, in addition to the fact that the kid had super strength, made his webs while in class, and used his powers to help others…to stand up for the little guy.

Peter smiled. "Thanks, Mr. Stark," he replied.

"So, you ready? It looks like these idiots are just about ready to wrap this little party up," Tony said after a moment.

"Yeah, let's do this," Peter said with determination in his voice.

With that being said and their plan in place, the two superheroes leapt into action.

"You know you guys should consider yourselves lucky," Tony said looking down at the robbers.

"How is this supposed to be lucky?" one of the robbers sneered as he struggled against Spider-Man's webs that bounded him and his accomplices.

"It's not every day Iron Man shows up to help Spider-Man kick your asses," Tony retorted as he flicked a piece of glass off his armor.

Peter chuckled from under his mask at his mentor's quips to the criminals as he finished writing his note to the cops explaining the situation. "That's right, Mr. Criminals," he said as he walked over to the group of men webbed up against the wall of the bank and taped the note on the leader's chest. "An Iron-Man-and-Spider-Man team-up is a special treat!"

The leader of the criminals rolled his eyes and scoffed shaking his head. "If you ask me, this team-up…or whatever you call it is only going to end badly for you, kid. You'll either die or get thrown in prison because of Stark…just like his Avenger buddies."

It was at this moment Tony was thankful that his mask was still up not allowing the criminals…or Peter see his reaction. Although, Peter could probably tell that something was up when his mentor didn't respond to the comment. Fortunately, he didn't have to wait very long as Peter suddenly fired his webs at the robber's mouth silencing him.

"That will teach you to keep your mouth shut," Peter said sneering at him under the mask. "Mr. Stark did what he thought was right with other Avengers. It's not his fault they decided to break the law. You don't even know the full story, so shut up."

Tony let out a breath he didn't realize he was holding watching Peter snap at the criminal. The only times he saw Peter angry or upset or annoyed were few and far between; the kid was 15 years old, so of course, he was bound to act broody…or moody…or whatever it was teenagers tended to do. He was quickly snapped out of his thoughts when Peter suddenly began walking toward him.

"That will dissolve in 2 hours," Peter said aloud. However, no one could tell if it was directed at Tony or the robbers. "Mr. Stark?"

"Yeah," Tony suddenly said only to see that Peter was at the doorway looking at him.

"You coming?" Peter asked. "The cops will be here soon."

"Uhh…yeah, yeah, right, I'm coming." Tony no longer paid the criminals much attention knowing the cops were on their way to pick them up and followed his mentee out of the bank.

Both superheroes watched from their hiding place on a building across the street as the police showed up to arrest the perpetrators surrounding the bank. Tony observed how quiet Peter had gotten because of that one comment from the corner of his eye, and while it stung a little that that was how some people viewed the civil war between the Avengers he couldn't help but feel touched that someone stuck up for him… He knew Peter was a smart kid. This was the same kid, who used his powers to save innocent people…the little guy and used what he had at his fingertips to do just that before Iron Man himself came along. He knew Peter clearly had some knowledge about what Ross and the UN were trying to do with the Accords and what it all meant. Peter clearly knew his past and how he acted before everything went down in Afghanistan, but he chose to help in Germany and agreed to let him be his mentor anyway. He didn't think Peter would go into this new life blindly, but…hearing him stand up for his mentor opened his eyes a little more.

"You know, maybe you and I can go back to the tower for a little bit," Tony finally said aloud. "I've got some new upgrade ideas."

That seemed to get Peter's attention as he perked and turned to Tony with a small smile on his face. "Yeah, good idea," he said quietly.

The way back to the Tower was somewhat long and quiet as Tony led the vigilante, who was webbing from building to building. Thankfully, Pepper was at a conference, which would give him and Peter some time to talk. He didn't know what he would say to the kid, but…maybe he could try to thank him but also tell him that it didn't matter what that guy said…something along those lines. For some reason, talking to Peter about calling a girl seemed easy and somewhat effortless…like it all just fell into place. Maybe this would be too.

"As fun as it was fighting Stane, those drones, Mandarin, a crazy god, HYDRA, and my own creation," Tony began as he pulled up some files on his holographic screens in the lab, "small time crime-fighting was…sort of refreshing in a way." They arrived at the tower about 10-20 minutes ago and immediately went down to the lab.

Peter was still quiet until Tony finally spoke up. "Yeah?" he asked. "I honestly didn't think you would like it. You know, I thought you would miss the big stuff, Mr. Stark."

"Ehh…after Ultron, I was ready to take a break from it all," Tony replied, "but then the Accords happened…"

Tony then noticed that Peter had a saddened look on his face at the mention of the Accords. "Look, kid," Tony said as he walked over placing a hand on Peter's back, "don't listen to what that guy said. He was just being an idiot. Everyone has their own opinions on the whole Accords thing."

Peter sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "I know, and I'm sorry I lost my cool, Mr. Stark," he began. "It's just…you know I get that everyone has their thoughts on it. But a lot of people…like him…and even Captain America…they all make it seem like you did this horrible thing by signing a piece of paper that 117 countries put together to keep things from getting out of hand. I mean…I understand Captain America's point of view—the government shouldn't act like they own you or whatever, but…I also understand why you signed them, Mr. Stark. You're trying to stand up for the little guy…like me…like Spider-Man. My uncle used to always say that with great power comes great…"

"Responsibility…" both Tony and Peter finished in unison.

Peter looked at Tony when he said that. "Yeah…" he said with astonishment, "and people don't seem to understand that…and it's frustrating to see. You're a good person, Mr. Stark, and you were just trying to make things right."

Tony stared at the kid wondering how in the world someone could talk so fast and so long as Peter did, but he was once again shocked by how mature and smart Peter was. He never thought Peter was someone who followed blindly, but hearing him voice his feelings really hit him in the face. He knew he wasn't crazy to recruit a teenager. This kid in front of him was full of surprises and was too smart for his age.

Doing his best to hide that shock, Tony sighed as he sat down next to Peter with his hand still on his back. "I get it, kid," he said. "It frustrates me too when the people we protect don't look at the big picture. I mean, sometimes you need to hear someone voice their opinion," he thought about that one mother, who lost her son in Sokovia, "but other times like tonight, the best thing you can do is focus on what you know is the truth and tune that person out."

"So…basically, ignore what they say?"

"Exactly," Tony replied. "It's not always easy, but you'll learn that that comes with the superhero gig. Not everyone will agree with your actions. The best thing you can do is take it in stride, focus on the truth, and try to keep doing what you're doing and show the people that you will protect them no matter what."

Peter smiled. "You're right," he said. "Thanks, Mr. Stark."

"You're welcome, kid," Tony said smiling in return. "Now, what do you say we get back to those upgrade ideas?"

Author's Note: Annnnnd that's all for the third oneshot, guys! A little fluff with a touch of angst! I wasn't originally going to put what the criminal said about the Accords in, but I felt that that would be a good stepping stone for Peter and Tony's relationship as Tony sees how Peter feels about the Accords and that whole debacle and how Peter stands up for him. Tony gets to see that Peter sees him as more than just a role model and that he isn't following blindly reaffirming how smart the kid is. Peter sees what Tony has dealt with and still values him for it. I really hope you all enjoyed it! Up next is WEEKEND WITH IRON MAN! Don't forget to read and review! Thanks, guys!