Peter Parker came into SI today ready to cause some chaos. Half a year ago he would never do what he did, but hanging out with Tony Stark will do that to someone. He has heard the rumors about him, being a young collage student, and most discussed, him being Tony’s son. It’s understandable why people would think that, they both have brown hair and eyes but so do 70 to 80 percent of the population. And as much as Peter would love for Tony to be his dad, he is not.
He greeted the front desk receptionist and headed toward the elevator. He asked FRIDAY where Tony was, “Boss is in the common room, Peter.” She responded, “Would you like to go there?”
“Sure” Peter replied.
Getting off the elevated Peter hears two heartbeats. He heads into the kitchen knowing it’s Mr.Stark and Rhodey. He is wrong….well it is Mr.Stark but the second heartbeat was not Rhodey, instead it was a man with shoulder length brown hair, a stubble and most noticeable, a metal arm.
Peter gasped,”Holy cow! You’re the Winter Soldier! It’s so cool to meet you!”
Tony huffed in amusement,”Afternoon kid, Bucky, this is my intern Peter Parker. Peter, this is Bucky. Yes he’s the winter soldier but prefers to be called ‘White wolf’ if you’re sticking with honorifics which I know you will. But just call him Bucky. Seriously, hearing you say ‘Mr.Winter soldier White wolf sir’ will get very tiring to hear, as amusing as it is.
Peter’s face flushed with embarrassment,” I do not do that!”
“Hah, yeah you do kid. Remember the time you met Rhodey? You were fanboying and called him ‘Mr.War machine Iron patriot sir’.” Tony retorted
“Well, that was a long time ago.. “ Peter tried to defend himself but he knew it was fruitless.
They both seemed to remember the other man in the room at that moment. The poor dude looked so out of place between the bickering duo.
“I’m just gonna go find Steve..”he said quietly.
Bucky walked out but not before he could hear a shout of “STEVE? AS IN CAPTAIN AMERICA?!” and smiled to himself. Tony was right, that kid was a fanboy.
Steve came into the tower that day expecting it to be normal. Everyone seemed a bit on edge today and he was confused. It wasn’t the normal bustling that office building people have. Instead they were talking amongst themselves about something, while eyeing the area around as if looking for something. Or someone. On his way to the elevator reserved for the Avengers. He heard some interns talking and despite knowing it was bad to eavesdrop he listened in, slowing his pace.
“The kid came in today, did you see the way he just casually walked in, he didn’t scan a badge or anything. I’m wondering why Aaron didn’t stop him.” A girl in her late 20’s said.
“I’m telling you, the kid has to be Mr.Stark’s son, there is no way someone can just walk right through, and you wanna why Aaron doesn’t stop him? Apparently, like 3 or so months ago, someone attempted to stop the kid from getting in. It was a disaster, Pepper Potts came down here as well as Mr.Stark. They were furious. I’m pretty sure the dude was fired, and not just because he was trying to stop the kid, I heard the guy was manhandling him as well.” This time it was a man who spoke.
Steve was totally intrigued now. Tony having a kid? That made no sense, the only way to actually find out is to ask the man himself.
Steve went to the gym floor thinking Tony was there but was met with Bucky instead. “Ah, there you are, I was looking for you.” Bucky said.
Sheepishly smiling Steve responded,”Sorry Buck, I was caught up in something. Do you know where Tony is? I have to ask him something I overheard.”
“He should be in the common room, but he has company right now.” As Bucky said this, he smiled a little.
“What kind of company?” Steve asked
“Why don’t you go find out for yourself.”
So Steve did just that. He headed toward the elevator and up to the common room where he heard taking. The first voice he knew, it was Tony’s voice but the second one was more on the young side.
Does Tony really have a son? Steve thought. There’s no way that man could have kept someone hidden for so long.
He walked into the living room and was taken aback at what he saw. Tony was smiling and laughing with a kid…everybody knows that Tony hates kids, it’s just a given fact.
The kid spotted him first and gasped, which honestly sounded a bit painful, Steve winced internally.
“OH MY GODS, YOU’RE CAPTAIN AMERICAN!!” He squeaked out
“Uhm, yes and you are?” He hesitantly asked.
“I’m Peter Parker, Mr.Starks intern.”
“Your not his son?” Steve just had to clarify
“I-uhm…n-no.” the poor kids face was flushed.
Steve din’t mean to embarrass the kid but he just has to double check, he finally remembered that Tony was in the room and switched his gaze toward him.
“Sorry Cap, as much as I would love the kid to be mine, he’s not. Those are just rumors. Don’t listen to the people downstairs.” Came Tony’s response to the question in his eyes.
“Ah, my apologies then.” Steve awkwardly said.
when Steve left Tony started laughing so hard Pete was concerned for him.
“Are you okay Mr.Stark?”
“Oh I am more than okay, kid. Wanna watch Star Wars?”
“Uh..sure?”
Peter was confused at the sudden change in conversation but was okay with it.
He sat down with his the man he secretly called dad and together they watched the movie.
Steve was still confused and ended up talking to Bucky who laughed it off and continued to train.