Author's Note: Hello, hello, my readers, and welcome back to The Many Adventures of Iron Dad and Spider Son! We are now at Thanksgiving, and while Tony and Peter aren't together for the holiday, Tony makes sure that Peter and May are included in their little Thanksgiving celebration. I hope you all enjoy it!

Disclaimer: I do NOT own anything related to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Thanksgiving 2016

The week following Peter and Tony's weekend together flew by in the blink of an eye as school let out for the Thanksgiving break on Wednesday, and needless to say, Peter was relieved. He would get his homework done on Wednesday, so that he wouldn't have to worry about it for the rest of the break. He then would get to spend the day with May on Thanksgiving, and then Friday—Black Friday—he would get to spend time with Tony for the day and then go back to the apartment that night with Tony to have leftovers with May. Then he and May would spend the rest of the weekend together before he was to go back to school on Monday. All in all, it was going to be a great weekend.

Thanksgiving came quickly that Thursday, and of course, Peter and May were excited to spend the day together. While they were melancholy that it was their second Thanksgiving without Ben, but they knew he would want them to enjoy the day. That morning, they went to the cemetery to wish Ben a happy Thanksgiving in heaven, and after that, they went back to the apartment to watch the parade. While the parade finished with the appearance of Santa Claus on his sleigh—New York's way of broadcasting that Christmas was officially coming, Peter felt his phone vibrate in his pocket, and he furrowed his eyebrows together wondering who it was. He had texted Ned and MJ earlier, and they had replied. When he unlocked his phone, he saw it was a text…from his mentor.

"Happy Turkey Day, kiddo! Hope you and Aunt May enjoy the day!"

Peter smiled as he typed back. "Happy Thanksgiving, Mr. Stark! Hope you and Ms. Potts enjoy the day too!"

"You two doing anything fun today?"

"Nothing too much, it's only May and me—we don't have much extended family, so we spend the day together. What about you?"

"Pepper, Happy, and I went up to the compound to see Rhodey and Vision. We spend the day together and watch the parade and whatnot."

"No way! That's what May and I were just doing! We also put on football because my uncle used to watch it all the time."

"That's really sweet, kid! I'm sure your uncle is smiling down on you and May today."

Peter couldn't help but blush reading Tony's latest text. He wished he could say the same about Tony's father, but given what Tony said about him, he couldn't help but wonder if that would be overstepping boundaries.

"Thanks, Mr. Stark!" He then decided to add another text. "Just so you know, I'm pretty grateful for everything you've done for me over the past few months."

"Well, I'm grateful for my amazing intern."

Peter couldn't help but smile at the text. He really was grateful for everything Tony had done for him over the past few months ever since they first met before going to Germany. To know that Tony appreciated him as well left a warm feeling in his chest. He wanted so badly to be a part of Tony's life. He was his childhood hero, and now, he was giving him every opportunity to become a great superhero…or—as the man put it himself—to be even better, but Peter wasn't sure if that was even possible. Not many kids could say that they were granted a chance to work with their childhood hero and to have said hero offer to mentor them. He was pretty lucky.

He was jolted out of his thoughts when his phone vibrated again.

"Enjoy the rest of the day, kid! We'll FaceTime after dinner!"

"Sounds like a plan, Mr. Stark!"

He turned to May as she stood up from the couch. "Mr. Stark said we could FaceTime after dinner," he said.

"Oh, good!" May said happily. "That will make for some interesting conversations."

Peter couldn't help but laugh at his aunt's joke. "You getting the leftover Thai?" he asked. "I'm starving."

"You bet I am," May replied with a smile as she walked to the fridge to grab the food she would reheat for dinner.

Peter chuckled in return as he turned his sights back to the TV in front of him.

After a successful microwaved dinner, Peter and May found themselves completely stuffed and back on the couch watching a movie that May had been wanting to see for a while. They agreed to watch the movie before dessert to digest their dinner, which Peter didn't have a problem with. Even with his enhanced metabolism, there were times Peter reached his limit when it came to eating, especially now that both May and Tony were aware of it, which he was grateful for. It was nice to not have to hide anymore. In fact, it had been so much easier with May, Tony, and Ned knowing he was a vigilante. It was nice to have them back him up…to be in his corner.

He was suddenly jolted out of his thoughts when his phone vibrated in his pocket, so he took it out and saw that it was Tony calling him to video chat.

"Hey, May, it's Mr. Stark!" Peter said excitedly as the movie's end credits began to roll up the screen.

"Well, what're you waiting for?" his aunt asked with a smile. "Answer it!"

Peter chuckled and quickly tapped on the phone to accept the call, and sure enough, Tony's face appeared on the screen with a huge smile. "Hey, Mr. Stark!" he greeted happily. "Happy Thanksgiving!"

"Happy, Thanksgiving, kid," Tony replied. "How's your turkey day faring so far?"

"It's been good," Peter replied happily. "May and I decided to play it safe and get some take-out Thai. We just finished watching this movie that May wanted to see for a while."

"I have to say, I'm surprised that you didn't put on the Star Wars holiday special."

"What holiday special? The abomination? Mr. Stark, with all due respect, that doesn't exist."

"It's true, Tony," May added as she leaned over next to Peter so that Tony could see her face as well. "He's refused to watch that one Star Wars movie…ever since he was a kid."

The billionaire was genuinely surprised to see that his intern refused to watch one of the Star Wars movies, but at the same time, the fact that Peter called it an abomination let him to believe that it was not a great choice for a movie night. At the same time, he couldn't help but smile at Peter's unwillingness to watch it.

"Hey, Peter, hey, May," Pepper said coming up from behind Tony smiling. "Happy Thanksgiving!"

"Same to you, Ms. Potts," Peter said with a smile on his face. "You're just in time. Mr. Stark was talking crazy about this…Star Wars holiday special, crazy right?"

"Oh, Tones, no," Rhodey suddenly said from where he sat in the background. "A Star Wars fan like the kid would never stand for that piece of shit."

"See, Col. Rhodes agrees with me," Peter said to May. "I always knew I liked him." He hadn't had the chance to meet Rhodey in person as of yet…at least not since Germany.

"Hey, watch it, young buck. Don't forget who your mentor is."

They all couldn't help but laugh at Tony's comment, and Peter couldn't help but feel a warm feeling in his chest yet again. He didn't remember many Thanksgivings with his parents, but he remembered ones with Ben and May…being together, laughing together as a family. He and May had been doing that today with a slight pang of sadness knowing that Ben and his parents weren't there, but while talking and texting to Tony throughout the day, the sadness was still there. However, it felt like it was something clicking into place. He couldn't figure out what it was, and he wished he did because it was nice…very nice.

"Hey, kid, you still with us?" Tony suddenly said bringing Peter out of his thoughts.

"Oh, yeah, sorry, Mr. Stark, what were you saying?"

"I was saying that we should have dessert now if you and May hadn't done so yet."

Peter smiled. "Can we, May?"

"Of course, we can," May replied happily. "I bought some pies and ice cream."

"Excellent! The perfect Thanksgiving combo!" Tony replied with a smile. "Keep me on the phone, and we can keep chit-chatting, sound good?"

"Sounds perfect, Mr. Stark," Peter replied with a big smile.

Dessert went off without a hitch as Peter and May sat on the couch eating ice cream and pie and talked more with Tony, Pepper, Rhodey, Vision, and Happy. Rhodey, Vision, and Pepper knew about Spider-Man like Tony, May, and Happy, so he got to regale them with the stories of patrol, even ones where Tony accompanied him. Rhodey even told May and Peter about his and Tony's college days, which had them all laughing hysterically, while Tony of course just rolled his eyes. However, Peter didn't miss the huge smile on his face, and May definitely saw the smile on his face as well. She didn't say much about it though.

Unfortunately, though, like all other holidays, the day came to an end, and it was eventually time for May and Peter to say goodbye to Tony, Pepper, Rhodey, Happy, and Vision. However, it wasn't before Tony reminded Peter that their first lab day was the next day…the day after Thanksgiving just as he told May, and the smile on Peter's face widened. Not long after they said goodbye, it was time to go to bed, and sure enough, as soon as he was settled in his bed after brushing his teeth and putting his pajamas on, his phone vibrated, and Peter couldn't help but smile yet again when he saw that it was a text from Tony.

"Today was fun, and I can't wait for our first lab day tomorrow! But just so you know, kid, next year, and I'll have to talk to Pepper and May about it, we're all going to spend Thanksgiving together and make it a Friends-giving! What do you think?"

"Sounds like a great plan, Mr. Stark!"

Author's Note: Annnnnnnnd that's all for now, boys and girls! I really hope you all enjoyed it! Up next is Tony and Peter's first official lab day, and it takes place the next day! See you all in the next chapter, and don't forget to leave a review! Thanks, guys!